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9 Years Later, Nintendo’s Most Underrated Hero Has A Comeback All Primed To Happen

‘Donkey Kong Bananza’ is a bold statement of what the Switch 2 can do. Now, it's time for Nintendo to dig into its library more, and bring back another icon.

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I'm glad to announce Donkey Kong Bananza has the Super Mario Odyssey sauce: it's taken less than a day for players to skip a boss fight entirely with speedrunning tech

He's bigger, faster, and stronger too

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Author responsible for JRPG icons like Shin Megami Tensei and Persona says Atlus game royalties aren't as big as you'd expect: "That's why people call me a novelist"

Aya Nishitani wrote Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei almost 40 years ago

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Ghost of Yotei leads praise "exquisite" open-world games like Elden Ring and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as "bar-setting" examples of the genre

The two are "great" at capturing the magic of open-world games

GamesRadar

Donkey Kong Bananza among Switch 2 games with no DLSS support — reviewers balk at Nintendo's aversion to technology

Donkey Kong Bananza is among the list of Nintendo Switch 2 games that do not have DLSS support, one of the most exciting features in the new handheld.

Tom’s Hardware

Consume Me's "cute-looking, approachable art style" hides a darker side

Jenny Jiao Hsia's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age slice-of-life sim has been almost a decade in the making.

Creative Bloq

Rematch director doesn't want to make "$50-100 million" games, "because that's what the big studios do" and all it does is limit the studio's creative freedom

And that just makes it harder to survive in a tough industry

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Is Grounded 2 on Xbox Game Pass? — Here's what we know

Obsidian Entertainment's Grounded 2 — the sequel to its 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids!' inspired survival game — is almost here. But is it on Xbox Game Pass?

Windows Central

EXCLUSIVE: Video Game ETF CEO Says Switch 2 Is 'Blockbuster,' EA Gains From Sports, GameStop Doesn't Pass ETF Test

The Roundhill Video Games ETF (NASDAQ:NERD) launched in 2019 and is having a great year in 2025 thanks to the launch of the Switch 2 console from Nintendo Co (OTC:NTDOY).

Benzinga

There’s your weekend sorted — Civilization VI Platinum bundle is completely free for a limited time

Civilization 6, two expansions, and six civilization scenario packs are included in this bundle, and you'd normally pay about $80. It's now free on Epic Games for a limited time.

Windows Central

Watch Blizzard's insane China drone show for World of Warcraft's 20thanniversary — Blizzard also announces a crazy, China-exclusive "Raid Rush" server that I wish the rest of the world could play

Social media has spotted footage of China hosting an epic drone show in honor of World of Warcraft's 20th anniversary. Around the same time, NetEase, the main operator for World of Warcraft in China, hosted a livestream showcasing new gameplay info for Chinese players and for the world at large.

Windows Central

Mortal Kombat II: release date, trailer, cast and everything we know about the Karl Urban movie

Urban’s Johnny Cage debuts in the action sequel, but there’s plenty more to know about Mortal Kombat II, all of which is right here.

WhatToWatch

He spent years making the single-player MMO he dreamt of for decades – it blew his "expectations and sales goals out of the water," and of course fans added multiplayer to it

Erenshor has been a massive hit for a very specific type of MMO fan

GamesRadar

Valve boss Gabe Newell shares his "daily routine," which is shockingly like his Steam God persona: "I get up, I work, I go scuba diving, work some more" then "go on a second scuba dive or I go to the gym"

"I work seven days a week"

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Oblivion Remastered and Metal Gear Solid Delta co-developer Virtuos faces layoffs — with 270 workers cut

Virtuos, a company that's worked on games like The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered and Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, is hit with layoffs.

Windows Central

Steam takes down tons of porn games, cracks down on "certain kinds of adult-only content" — here's why, and its new policy (UPDATE: Valve responds)

Porn games have been on Steam for years now, but many just got taken down from the platform after a recent policy change. Here's Valve's new rule.

GamesRadar

I'm convinced Grounded 2 could be 2025's scariest game, and it's all from a single shot in the trailer

Opinion | I'm already getting nervous for Grounded 2, because Obsidian know that terror is more effective when it's unpredictable

Inverse

'Mortal Kombat 2' Will Be All About The Series’ Most Lovable Loser

The trailer for the 'Mortal Kombat' sequel dropped today, giving us a gory first look at beloved characters like Johnny Cage.

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Donkey Kong Bananza doesn't have Switch 2's latest firmware on the cart, which means there's still no way to play backwards compatible Switch 1 games without an internet connection

Nintendo still isn't making it easy for offline gamers

Inverse

One Of The Best Space Strategy Games On PC Is Free Now With Amazon Prime

One of the best space strategy games ever is free to claim now on PC along with all of its DLC.

GamesRadar

I always like gunplay builds in RPGs like Fallout or The Outer Worlds, but Destiny 2's new "Weapons" stat feels wrong for an MMO, and I'm not the only one who seems to hate it

Weapons is arguably one of the strongest and worst stats you can invest in

GamesRadar

I took 140 hours to finish Assassin's Creed Shadows, but post-launch updates are making it harder than ever to feel satisfied by RPGs

Opinion | RPGs aren't overly long or expansive – excessive post-launch content is the problem

Inverse

Looks Like ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Is Getting One Final, Surprisingly Big Update

CD Projekt Red has one final update to deliver for Cyberpunk 2077, and it's not just an afterthought, providing some great improvements.

GamesRadar

"Sounds like I'll be a millionaire soon": Steam error sends game wishlist numbers to the moon, indie devs take a moment to celebrate their new massive audiences before Valve fixes it

Don't count your chickens

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Playtesting for Steam's cutest "Pokémon-inspired creature collector game" is now open, and it's threatening to ruin my productivity

Whimside also has a demo

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