Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse isn’t a roguelike, says Konami, despite it being made by the 2 studios behind Dead Cells

The two developers behind Dead Cells are making the next Castlevania, so of course it’s going to be a roguelike, right? Actually, no. Despite Motion Twin and Evil Empire’s pedigree, Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse is going to be a bit more traditional in that it’s a 2D action-exploration romp without roguelike mechanics. This was confirmed by…

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After Resident Evil Requiem, Leon Kennedy’s actor wants to see Code Veronica remade: ‘I think that would be one hell of a game’

Capcom’s settled into a pretty rhythmic schedule: new game about mould, remake, another remake, new game about mould in a village, remake, and now, with Resident Evil Requiem, we’ve got our next new game. So what’s next? Well, there are some rumours of a Requiem DLC, but otherwise it’s a safe bet that there’ll be…

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After playing a bunch of Midnight, I don’t think I miss WoW’s combat addons or my old class design at all

Harvey Randall, Staff Writer (Image credit: Future) This week I’ve been: Getting stuck in to World of Warcraft: Midnight. Last week I was: Playing Crimson Desert, which I’ve got lots of opinions about. World of Warcraft: Midnight‘s lack of UI mods—called addons—has been a point of contention since the pre-patch. I said I was grateful…

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Hallelujah, Bungie’s confirmed that Marathon’s battle passes don’t expire, you can purchase old ones, and you never pay for power

After years of waiting, only extended by a lengthy delay, Marathon‘s release time is almost upon us, and Bungie’s been spilling the beans on its post-launch plans. There are seasonal wipes that’ll reset your progress, which has been a little divisive, but on the bright side, these resets coincide with new content drops like maps,…

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How to open the Rookery Cache in WoW Midnight

World of Warcraft Midnight has added a handful of different treasures for you to collect, tying into the Treasures of the Eversong Woods achievement, such as the Triple-Locked Safebox. While the others are located in the woods itself, the Rookery Cache is hiding away in Silvermoon City. More specifically, it’s atop a floating tower called…

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Third time’s hopefully the charm as Nvidia releases hotfix driver to tackle voltage issues and Resident Evil Requiem performance in one fel swoop

Gamers have been really enjoying Resident Evil Requiem—assuming they’ve been able to get the game running well. And unfortunately, Nvidia seems to have made that pretty difficult for at least some PC gamers, as there are reports that path tracing, in particular, has been causing a bit of a frame rate headache on recent drivers….

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Copyright trolling kept evidence of Japanese cult classic Cookie’s Bustle offline, until now

You may not have heard of Cookie’s Bustle. That’s partly because it’s an obscure Japanese point-and-click released by a small studio called Rodik in 1999. It’s also because of the efforts of a copyright troll, who kept playthrough videos, screenshots, fan art, and even Discord mentions of Cookie’s Bustle offline for years. Cookie’s Bustle has…

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