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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says Square Enix would have to compromise “the quality of the final chapter” to ship the game fully on disc

  • FF7 Revelation ships on disc but still needs a download
  • Director says full disc release would hurt game quality
  • Comes amid wider industry shift away from physical media

Square Enix has confirmed that physical editions of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, the final instalment in the Remake trilogy, will still require an additional data download rather than shipping fully on disc. Series director Naoki Hamaguchi explained that fitting the entire game onto a single disc would have…

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Metroid Ravenous’ Surprise Reveal Was Secretly the Star of Nintendo’s Busy Week

  • Metroid Ravenous trailer overshadowed Nintendo's Ocarina of Time remake reveal
  • MercurySteam's Metroid 2 remake in 2017 led to acclaimed original game Metroid Dread
  • Nintendo often uses remakes to test studios before greenlighting original titles

Nintendo's latest Direct showcase drew most attention for its Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, but according to Polygon, the more significant announcement was Metroid Ravenous, a new 2D entry in the Metroid series. The game's debut trailer, showing Samus Aran able to…

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GTA 6’s PS5 Controller Pre-Orders Are Already Getting Ruined by Scalpers

  • Scalpers are reselling GTA 6-themed DualSense controllers before sell-out
  • Retail price $84.99; resale listings already around double that
  • Sony limits orders to one per account, but scalping persists

Sony and Rockstar Games have released two limited-edition DualSense controllers to coincide with the November launch of Grand Theft Auto 6, but scalpers moved almost immediately to buy up stock and resell it at inflated prices. Although pre-orders remain technically open, the controllers are already appearing on eBay…

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‘Marvel’s Wolverine’ Length Officially Makes Players Question $70 Price Tag

  • Marvel's Wolverine gets mostly positive reviews but faces length and value complaints.
  • Some players cancelling pre-orders over its roughly 13-hour campaign.
  • Critics also flag repetitive combat and overly linear, restrictive design.

Marvel's Wolverine, Insomniac Games' long-awaited PlayStation exclusive, has received largely positive reviews ahead of its 15 September release, but complaints about its short length and restrictive design are prompting some fans to cancel pre-orders or wait for a price drop. Critics have praised its brutal combat and portrayal…

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Rockstar Games workers claim they were ‘put on watch list’ for signing petition

  • Ex-Rockstar staff claim they were watch-listed after signing an office petition
  • 23 of 34 dismissed workers are suing for unfair dismissal over union activity
  • Rockstar says sackings were for gross misconduct over a Discord server leak

Former staff at Rockstar North, developer of Grand Theft Auto, have told an employment tribunal that the company kept a "watch list" of employees who signed a petition about returning to office working, which they allege was later used to justify their dismissal for trade union activities. The…

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More than 40% of people cancelling Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation Plus and Nintendo Switch Online subscriptions blame rising costs

  • Over 40% of US subscribers cancelling gaming subscriptions now blame cost
  • Nintendo Switch Online cost-related cancellations rose from 40% to 50%
  • Coincides with wider price hikes across consoles and subscription services

More people cancelling video game subscriptions such as Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation Plus and Nintendo Switch Online are now citing rising costs as their reason, according to new US survey data from analytics firm Circana. Analyst Mat Piscatella noted that while this doesn't mean cancellation numbers have risen…

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Wolverine and Onimusha are cool and all but games forgot how to do dynamic dismemberment

  • Opinion piece says modern sword games lack real dynamic dismemberment mechanics.
  • Credits Metal Gear Rising (2013) and Jedi Outcast (2002) as past examples.
  • Wolverine and Onimusha only allow cutting in scripted kill animations.

A Destructoid opinion piece argues that modern sword-based action games, including the newly released Marvel's Wolverine and Onimusha: Way of the Sword, have abandoned the dynamic, freeform dismemberment mechanics pioneered over a decade ago, instead relying on scripted "kill animations" while regular combat treats blades as blunt weapons.…

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‘Blade Runner 2099’ Showrunner Reveals the Sci-Fi Secrets She Learned from Ridley Scott

  • Blade Runner 2099 miniseries arrives on Prime Video 25 November.
  • Set 50 years after Blade Runner 2049, with new characters.
  • Showrunner Silka Luisa confirms Harrison Ford will not appear.

Prime Video's Blade Runner 2099, a 10-episode miniseries premiering on 25 November, sees showrunner Silka Luisa expand the franchise 50 years beyond Denis Villeneuve's 2017 film Blade Runner 2049 and 80 years after Ridley Scott's original 1982 classic. Speaking to Polygon ahead of the launch, Luisa discussed the…

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Dutch court bans sale of Nintendo Switch piracy tools

  • Dutch court rules selling Switch "circumvention devices" like MIG Switch is unlawful
  • Ruling targeted a dropshipper selling cards imported from Asia
  • Echoes a 2010 ruling against Nintendo DS "R4 card" sellers

Nintendo has won a court case in the Netherlands confirming that selling "circumvention devices" for the Switch, such as the MIG Switch Card, is unlawful. The Hague District Court ruled against an online seller "dropshipping" the devices from Asia via websites including r4switch.nl, ther4card.com and r4switch.co.uk, finding that…

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Raiding the past: Lara Croft relives her first adventure in Legacy of Atlantis

  • Tomb Raider's 1996 classic is being remade as Legacy of Atlantis
  • New scanner tool gives hints, risking the original's eerie isolation
  • Combat overhauled with smarter enemies; new voice actor for Lara

The Guardian has had an early hands-on preview of Legacy of Atlantis, a remake of the seminal 1996 Tomb Raider, co-developed by Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog. The reimagining preserves iconic locations such as St Francis' Folly, rendered with far greater environmental detail, but introduces significant gameplay…

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