Feature: “They Were Pretty Sure It Was Not Going To Do Well” – How Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Was Brought To The West

And how it almost didn’t happen… It’s hard to imagine now, given the incredible popularity of the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney games in the West, but it wasn’t always a given that Capcom was going to release the series outside of Japan. Back when Capcom launched the very first version of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney…

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GPD’s Strix Halo handheld has finally seen some testing, and $2,200 still seems like a tough sell even if it blows today’s handhelds out of the water

It seems like the first gaming handheld with the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 to hit the market will be GPD’s Win 5, which works around the thermal and battery constraints of that beefy chip by popping an optional external battery on it. Early tests are all rather positive, despite that quirk. According to YouTuber The…

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Yoko Taro wanted Nier: Automata to be ‘a story I’d have trouble grasping myself,’ so job done, then goes on amazing extended digression about cubes and ‘aspiring to perfect’ them

Nier: Automata is one of those games you have to experience for yourself. If you haven’t then beware spoilers, but the game is set up with dead ends, false finishes, constant narrative table-flips, and a grand total of 26 endings. I remember ploughing through it breathlessly with only the vaguest idea of what was going…

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One UK national arrested in joint-US operation is accused of being part of Scattered Spider, a group involved ‘in a sweeping cyber extortion scheme’ that resulted in over $115,000,000 in ransomware payments from victims

Last week, a UK national was arrested in East London and subsequently charged with multiple counts by both British and US authorities. In the case of the former, it is in connection with a cyber attack against Transport for London’s systems in 2024, whereas the US Department of Justice has filed charges of “conspiracies to…

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How to get Aegon’s Dream in Borderlands 4

While we wait for George R.R. Martin to finish A Song of Ice and Fire, you’ll have plenty of time to farm for Aegon’s Dream in Borderlands 4. Referencing the iconic series, this legendary assault rifle shoots both fire and ice projectiles, dealing incredible damage against unarmoured and armoured foes alike. Unlike some other popular…

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