Marvel Rivals creative director says it’s going to become ‘a comprehensive Marvel “moving anime” experience’ and no, I don’t know what that means either

You may have thought Marvel Rivals was just a weirdly horny hero shooter with that one shark people like in it. Guangyun Chen, creative director for Marvel Rivals at NetEase, would like to prove you wrong. As he recently told FRVR, “Our goal is to shift from being ‘just a shooter’ to a comprehensive Marvel…

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1000xResist developer added a video sequence ‘out of desperation’ but now they’re bringing FMV back for their next game

You’ve been playing 1000xResist for half a dozen chapters, enjoying changes in perspective and mechanics with each chapter shift. Yet the sudden jump to video still feels unusual when it happens—recorded footage of Hong Kong suddenly taking the place of a cutscene in the middle of the game. As creative director Remy Siu says, that…

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Two First-Party Switch 2 Ratings Have Been Spotted

We’re ready when you are, Nintendo. New ratings for Splatoon Raiders and Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave have reportedly been spotted on Nintendo’s European webpages. The spin-off Splatoon Raiders now has a ‘PEGI 7’ rating, and the new Fire Emblem game has apparently been updated from a provisional rating to a ‘PEGI 12’ rating. According to…

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They finally made an action figure of Star Wars’ most evil and nasty grandma but it’s already sold out

As reported by The Toyark, Hasbro recently opened preorders for an Amazon-exclusive action figure two-pack in its primo Black Series line, one that revisits the all-timer Star Wars RPG and perennial PC Gamer favorite, Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords. Unfortunately, the dang thing’s already sold out. Included in the pack is…

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Dead or Alive creator was once held at gunpoint by LAPD, says former colleague: ‘It was a real Dead or Alive situation’

As translated to English by Automaton, Japanese gaming website 4Gamer has published a feature on the late Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of Dead or Alive and the neo-Ninja Gaiden games. 4Gamer interviewed some of the developer’s collaborators, unearthing some surprising stories from the colorful developer’s life. In addition to his ultraviolent and occasionally terminally horny games,…

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Graveyard Keeper devs respond as players make AI accusations: ‘You may not believe me, but we’re not using the AI in Graveyard Keeper 2’

When it was announced that medieval cemetery management sim Graveyard Keeper was getting a sequel this week, the reveal attracted some uneasy comments on social media. Players thought the new key art had some of the uncanny hallmarks associated with generative AI, and it pushed some fans to scrutinize things further. “The promo art looks…

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