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Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’s AI music video should be viewed with “understanding in mind”, says studio boss
Shift Up CEO Kim Hyung Tae has defended the studio’s use of an AI-generated music video promoting Stellar Blade: Blood Rain, after players criticised its poor quality on social media. The video, posted to the official Shift Up YouTube channel in late July, shows protagonist EVIE singing an original song titled “Wanna be in Love”,…
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Attack On Titan 3 Brings “The Final Titan Showdown” To Switch 2 This December
Koei Tecmo has confirmed that Attack on Titan 3, developed by Omega Force, will launch on Nintendo Switch 2 and other platforms simultaneously on 10th December 2026. The game marks the conclusion of the action series based on the popular anime and manga, letting players relive the story of the Scout Regiment from its early…
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Pokémon Pokopia ‘Bubbly Basin’ DLC Preview Reveals New Update Details
Pokémon Pokopia’s first paid Expansion Pass, “Bubbly Basin,” launches on Nintendo Switch 2 on 5th August 2026 alongside a free Version 2.0.0 update, with Japanese outlet Famitsu previewing what players can expect. The DLC introduces a largely underwater world as “Part 1” of a planned three-part expansion, expanding the game’s Pokédex and adding new mechanics…
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Game Freak’s Beast of Reincarnation impresses with combat depth but struggles with narrative cohesion
Beast of Reincarnation, an action RPG from Pokémon developer Game Freak, has drawn a mixed critical response that highlights both the strength of its combat and a struggle to unify its many influences into a coherent whole. The title marks the studio’s most ambitious attempt at a blockbuster outside its flagship franchise, set in a…
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Spider-Man Franchise Surges With Record Box Office, Mary Jane Anniversary, And Upcoming Animated Sequel
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day has become a major box office success, posting a record-breaking $930 million global opening that far exceeded pre-release forecasts of around $600 million and surpassed the lifetime gross of Tom Holland’s first solo Spider-Man film. The result marks a significant win for Sony and Marvel, reaffirming the character’s commercial pulling…
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Two Cancelled Virtual Boy Games Join ‘Nintendo Classics’ Today
Nintendo has added two previously cancelled Virtual Boy games, Zero Racers and D-Hopper (Dragon Hopper), to its Nintendo Classics library on the Switch Online + Expansion Pack service. The move continues Nintendo’s practice of reviving unreleased titles from the ill-fated 1995 console, offering subscribers access to games that never made it to market nearly three…
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Producer Amy Pascal On How Destin Daniel Cretton’s Vision Made The Difference, Franchise’s Future & A 007 Update
Producer Amy Pascal, who has been part of the Spider-Man franchise since its 2002 debut, discussed how director Destin Daniel Cretton’s vision shaped Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which has just broken box office records. Rather than trying to outdo the scale of the previous three films, Pascal said the team focused on deepening Peter Parker’s…
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Beast Of Reincarnation Difficulty Options – How To Change Difficulty
Beast of Reincarnation is the new action-RPG from Pokemon developer Game Freak, and offers a very different experience from the creature-collecting bliss you’re used to. It has three difficulty options, with each being designed so that a wider variety of players can enjoy it, unlike a typical Soulslike game. Story Mode is best for those…
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Review: Beast of Reincarnation (PS5) – Pokémon Dev’s Flower Power Action RPG Is Nearly in Full Bloom
Push Square’s review of Beast of Reincarnation, a PS5 action RPG from a developer with Pokémon pedigree, finds a game that borrows Souls-like conventions without being a straight copycat, offering a more forgiving and distinctive alternative to FromSoftware’s punishing formula. Players control Emma, a woman afflicted by a plant-based curse in a post-apocalyptic, nature-reclaimed Japan…
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Britain’s richest WhatsApp group: How some of the UK’s biggest National Lottery winners have a community sharing holiday snaps and discussing how to spend their money
A National Lottery adviser has revealed that some of the UK’s biggest jackpot winners maintain a private WhatsApp group where they swap holiday photographs and discuss how to spend their fortunes, including charitable projects. Andy Carter, known as the lottery’s “fixer” and who has guided more than 2,500 winners over 20 years, said the community…