Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound review

Need to Know What is it? The first new 2D Ninja Gaiden in basically forever. Release date July 31, 2025Expect to pay TBCDeveloper The Game KitchenPublisher Dotemu, JoystickReviewed on ASUS ROG AllySteam Deck TBALink Official site Well, this is a nice surprise. Previous Ninja Gaiden games have been about as warm and welcoming as being…

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Oblivion Remastered lets you shatter whole buildings like Fabergé eggs with mod that resurrects spirit of Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction

I bang this drum a lot, but what the world needs right now, more than anything, is a remaster (and PC release) of Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, a game I mostly remember for letting me fly around in a helicopter and collapsing infrastructure. Would it hold up? Possibly not, but it’s one of very few…

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EA CEO taps into the great machine spirit of corpo-speak, says Battlefield 6 isn’t ‘just a product’, it’s a ‘platform’, and that EA’s ‘all in’ on making it massive

EA’s CEO, Andrew Wilson, has tapped masterfully into the greater machine spirit of corporate jargon to deliver news that’ll doubtlessly have you very excited about the future of Battlefield 6: “This isn’t just a product. We’re really building out Battlefield as a platform.” I’m salivating already. Alright, in fairness, Wilson was preaching the monetisation choir—delivering…

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‘They stuck to their convictions’: Astarion’s VA Neil Newbon is glad Larian stepped away from Baldur’s Gate 3 to follow their passions, since ‘It was absolutely the right call’

Baldur’s Gate 3 was one of the best RPGs of the decade, and it’s not getting a sequel—at least, not one made by Larian, anyway. That’s simply because the developer’s heart wasn’t in it, or the prospect of making DLC, either. I can’t quite blame them. If I spent close to 10 years doing anything,…

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New body scanning Wi-Fi tech has me seriously considering ditching my corporeal form in favour of joining the rogue AIs on the net

As time passes, my deep-seated desire to not be perceived only grows. Unfortunately, becoming truly imperceptible both online and off clashes with a number of my ambitions—I can’t keep writing if there’s no audience, right? Well, going off the grid and becoming a cryptid in the woods looks like it’s fully off the cards for…

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Best base locations in Grounded 2

Grounded 2‘s Brookhollow Park is full of scenic spots, from a miniature Stone Henge to a lovely tree surrounded by mushrooms, but the best base locations take more than that into account. To thrive in the park, you need access to food, natural resources, a Ranger Outpost, and you’ll generally want to be close to…

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