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Petit Planet’s delightfully cosy galactic take on Animal Crossing is the closest we’ll ever get to the life sim on PC

  • Petit Planet offers a cosy, space-themed take on Animal Crossing for PC.
  • Animal Crossing has no official PC release, leaving a gap.
  • Full article details weren't accessible beyond the headline.

PC Gamer has highlighted Petit Planet, a cosy life simulation game with a space-themed twist, describing it as the closest PC players are likely to get to an experience resembling Nintendo's Animal Crossing series. The comparison matters because Animal Crossing remains a Nintendo exclusive, leaving PC players without…

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is getting a physical version, but it will require an internet connection to download

  • Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's physical edition needs an internet download to play
  • Switch 2 version reportedly weighs in at around 130GB
  • Game launches worldwide on all platforms on 8 April 2027

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, the third and final instalment in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy, will get a physical release, but buyers on every platform will need an internet connection to download additional game data before they can play. This marks a departure from Final Fantasy 7…

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Miami-Dade police outraged by proposals to turn parts of Miami into GTA 6, saying that Rockstar’s game embodies what they “work every single day to prevent”

  • Miami-Dade sheriff and commissioner slammed mayor's GTA 6-themed pitch to Rockstar
  • Pitch deck proposed Vice City airport branding, dockyard, car fest and radio lab
  • Row overlapped with 2027 budget funding fight between officials

Miami-Dade's sheriff and a county commissioner publicly condemned a proposal from county mayor Daniella Levine Cava's office to recreate parts of Grand Theft Auto 6 across the county, in a dispute that ultimately settled into a political spat rather than any concrete deal. Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz argued the…

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8 Near-Perfect Anime To Watch if You Like ‘Solo Leveling’

  • Polygon lists anime recommended for Solo Leveling fans.
  • Picks include Tomb Raider King, Shangri-La Frontier and Log Horizon.
  • All share RPG-style power progression and fantasy/game-world settings.

This Polygon listicle recommends anime for fans of the hit series Solo Leveling, which follows Sung Jin-woo, a weak "Hunter" granted the unique ability to level up endlessly through an RPG-style System. As Solo Leveling has become a major crossover hit thanks to its dungeon-crawling, video-game-inspired power progression,…

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Best Onimusha: Way of the Sword graphics settings for no lag and max FPS

  • Guide offers PC settings for Onimusha: Way of the Sword to boost performance.
  • Settings favour lower-end PCs but scale up for stronger systems.
  • Capping frame rate at 60 FPS recommended even on high-powered machines.

A guide published by Destructoid outlines recommended PC graphics settings for Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the newly released action game, aimed at helping players avoid lag and maximise frame rates. The author reports that overall performance on release has been largely satisfactory, but says some adjustments were…

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Nvidia Extends DLSS 5 to Older GPUs as Performance Concerns Emerge

  • Nvidia will officially bring DLSS 5 to RTX 40-series GPUs, not just RTX 50-series.
  • Move follows modders leaking and porting DLSS 5 to older, unsupported cards.
  • Nvidia declined to reconfirm which of 16 announced games will get DLSS 5.

Nvidia has confirmed to The Verge that its new DLSS 5 AI rendering technology will officially extend to older RTX 40-series graphics cards, reversing an earlier plan to limit the feature to its newest RTX 50-series GPUs at launch. The reversal followed modders successfully porting a leaked version…

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Online Gaming Drives the Search for a Missing Roommate in Dong Jie’s Venice Critics’ Week Debut ‘Zoom In, Zoom Out,’ Clip Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)

  • Dong Jie's debut "Zoom In, Zoom Out" premieres at Venice Critics' Week
  • Film follows a search for a missing roommate via digital and gaming traces
  • Production built a real in-house game instead of using VFX

Chinese director Dong Jie's debut feature "Zoom In, Zoom Out" will premiere at the Venice Critics' Week, with Variety exclusively unveiling a clip from the film. The story follows Shi, a young game designer, as he searches for his missing roommate Gao, a quest that draws him closer…

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39 Years Later, an Iconic X-Men Villain’s First Appearance Is Suddenly the Hottest Comic on the Market

  • Uncanny X-Men #221 is now the market's hottest comic
  • It's Mister Sinister's first full appearance, tying into the 2028 film
  • Near-mint copies now sell for up to $150

A copy of Uncanny X-Men #221 from 1986 has become the most sought-after comic on the collector's market, driven by renewed interest in the X-Men following the success of X-Men '97 and Marvel Studios' upcoming live-action reboot. The issue marks the first full appearance of Mister Sinister, the…

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I’ve found DLSS 5 can slash frame rates by up to 73% on an RTX 5080 gaming PC in NBA 2K27, and I’m wondering what kind of mega-rig would justify the performance hit

  • DLSS 5 cut frame rates by up to 73% on an RTX 5080 in NBA 2K27.
  • The drop contradicts DLSS's usual promise of boosting performance.
  • Raises doubts about which systems could offset such a big hit.

A PC Gamer writer testing Nvidia's new DLSS 5 upscaling technology found that, in NBA 2K27, enabling certain DLSS 5 features can reduce frame rates by as much as 73% on a system running an RTX 5080 graphics card. The finding is notable because DLSS is generally marketed…

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Dave Bautista Shows Off Physical Transformation Ahead of ‘God of War’ Series

  • Dave Bautista is bulking up to play Kratos in God of War series
  • He replaced Ryan Hurst, who suffered a stunt injury
  • Filming resumes in Vancouver this autumn

Actor Dave Bautista has shared a video on Instagram showing off his physical transformation as he prepares to play Kratos in Prime Video's live-action adaptation of God of War. The former WWE star, who has appeared notably leaner in recent films than during his wrestling days or his…

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