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Capcom’s Goal Is To Release A Resident Evil Game Every Year

  • Capcom aims to release a Resident Evil game annually
  • Remakes help meet that target and fund new IP
  • Resident Evil Veronica remake is due in 2027

Capcom producer Masachika Kawata has confirmed the company aims to release a major Resident Evil title every year, with remakes of older games used to fill gaps between new mainline entries. Speaking to Game Informer, Kawata said this approach lets Capcom hit its annual release target while also…

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Xbox Executive Explains Outage, Vows to ‘Do Better’

  • Xbox outage traced to a shared internal Microsoft licensing service failure
  • CTO Scott Van Vliet apologised, promised improvements and a post-incident review
  • Comes as Xbox launches Halo: Campaign Evolved and after a similar PlayStation outage

Xbox's Chief Technology Officer, Scott Van Vliet, has publicly explained the cause of a system outage that disrupted sign-in, game libraries and game launching for many players from late Sunday night into Monday. He attributed the failure to an internal Microsoft licensing service shared across multiple products, which…

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Final Fantasy Devs Think Other Remakes Would Probably Go Beyond A Trilogy

  • Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy concludes Spring 2027
  • Developers estimate other FF games would require 4-5 chapters vs 3 for FFVII
  • No commitment to future remakes; sustained development cycles cited as barrier

FFVII was already a massive undertaking. The Final Fantasy VII Remake series will reach its conclusion next year, and it's led to questions about other entries in the long-running role-playing series receiving a similar makeover. The FFXIV game director Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida responded to a question about this…

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Cringe ’90s stoner icons Jay and Silent Bob are getting a cosy farming sim, but wait for it: you farm weed

  • Jay and Silent Bob are getting a cosy farming sim game.
  • The gimmick: players farm cannabis rather than ordinary crops.
  • Further details like release date or platforms aren't yet confirmed.

Jay and Silent Bob, the stoner double-act from Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse films of the 1990s, are set to star in a new cosy farming simulator. The game's twist is that, in keeping with the characters' stoner reputation, players will spend their time cultivating cannabis rather than conventional…

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Halo’s new Xbox remake is an instant culture war disaster

  • Halo: Campaign Evolved remake sparked backlash over a new female marine character
  • Critics call Lieutenant Williams a "girlboss" and "DEI insertion" online
  • Defenders cite in-game lore explaining her scepticism of Spartan soldiers

Halo: Campaign Evolved, a remake of the 25-year-old original released into early access on 23 July for PlayStation 5, Windows PC and Xbox Series X, has become embroiled in an online backlash despite generally positive reception as a game. Developer Halo Studios added a new three-mission bonus campaign…

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Custom ‘Spider-Man’-Inspired Ping-Pong Table With Stan Lee Signature Hits Market for Close to $500K

  • 11 Ravens unveils $480,000 Spider-Man-themed ping-pong table
  • Table bears Stan Lee's preserved signature and is one-of-a-kind
  • Took over 1,000 hours; uses aerospace aluminium and titanium coating

Luxury gaming furniture maker 11 Ravens has released a one-off Spider-Man-themed ping-pong table featuring the preserved signature of Marvel legend Stan Lee, listed for $480,000 (roughly £375,000). The Los Angeles-based company, whose clients include Timothée Chalamet, Kylie Jenner and Robert Downey Jr., describes it as the most ambitious…

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Fans Discover Cut Zombies Content Over 15 Years After Release

  • Fans found a cut, unfinished Zombies tower-defence mode in Black Ops 1
  • Discovered via a recent PS4 port, over 15 years after release
  • Likely dropped in favour of the now-classic Dead Ops Arcade mode

Call of Duty: Black Ops fans have discovered a previously unknown, unfinished Zombies mode hidden in the game's files, more than 15 years after its original 2010 release. YouTuber JTAG found the content while examining a recent PS4 port of the game and shared gameplay footage, offering a…

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Pick up a Big and Tall Gaming Chair for Less Than $140 With Free Shipping on Amazon

  • COMHOMA Big and Tall Gaming Chair now $137.99 with code on Amazon
  • Features 400lb capacity, PU leather, reclining wingback design
  • Alternative GTPLAYER version available for $159.29 with its own code

IGN is highlighting an Amazon discount on the COMHOMA Big and Tall Gaming Chair, aimed at shoppers seeking a spacious, comfortable seating option without paying a premium price. The deal matters for larger users in particular, as gaming chairs with generous size and weight allowances are less common…

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Ubisoft Gives Free PC Copies to Xbox Owners of Select Games

  • Xbox owners get free PC copies of 12 Ubisoft games via Ubisoft Connect
  • Offer applies automatically to linked accounts by 4 August
  • Part of Microsoft's wider push to unify Xbox and PC gaming

Ubisoft and Xbox have expanded their partnership so that Xbox owners of select Ubisoft titles now receive free PC copies of those same games through Ubisoft Connect. The move rewards players who bought games on Xbox but have since switched to, or also play on, PC, and reflects…

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Splatoon Raiders’ Pudyin Den is one of Nintendo’s toughest boss fights of all time

  • Splatoon Raiders' Pudyin Den boss fight against a tiny Smallfry is brutally hard
  • Writer has failed to beat it despite over 40 hours of grinding
  • Community has turned it into a meme, nicknaming it "John Smallfry"

A Polygon writer has singled out the Pudyin Den boss encounter in the looter shooter Splatoon Raiders as one of the toughest fights in Nintendo's history, describing over 40 hours of grinding without managing to defeat it. The challenge does not come from the game's fearsome Mythic Salmonids,…

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