Japanese book publisher 'urgently' reprints Dante's Divine Comedy because a gacha game where you can summon him has the weebs thirsting for that 14th century epic verse

Japanese book publisher ‘urgently’ reprints Dante’s Divine Comedy because a gacha game where you can summon him has the weebs thirsting for that 14th century epic verse

The Divine Comedy is one of the classics of world literature, and still taught in Italian schools to this day. This epic poem was finished in 1321, shortly before author Dante Alighieri’s death, and essentially follows his quest to right the world’s wrongs and put a lot of people he didn’t like in hell. Virgil…

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Nioh: Bloodshed’s End Out Today on PS4

Hi folks, it’s Tom with Team Ninja again. As we celebrate the release of our final DLC today, I just wanted to provide some insight and inspiration into why we chose to finish our campaign with Bloodshed’s End. As our dedicated players have come to experience the bloody Sengoku period through the eyes and heart…

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Nintendo president doesn’t believe next gen systems will significantly impact Switch business

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa is confident that the upcoming PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X won’t significantly impact Nintendo Switch sales. Despite the interest in these consoles being sky high on the internet, Mr. Furukawa doesn’t think they will chip away at Nintendo’s core business. “We do not believe that the business trends of other…

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25 years ago today, Baldur’s Gate 2 set RPGs on the path to becoming the industry-defining genre they are today: ‘We were putting all the fantasies that we had into the game’

Read the full, unabridged, and beautifully laid out version of this behind-the-scenes feature in PC Gamer magazine issue 415, out October 9th! In 1998, Baldur’s Gate redefined what a computer RPG – and videogame interpretation of the D&D ruleset – could be. Just two years later, Baldur’s Gate 2 expanded on it so much that…

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New Year, New Rewards with Xbox

Category: Announcements January 6, 2025 New Year, New Rewards with Xbox Jesse JanosovGM Business Intelligence and Growth Rewards with Xbox are our way of, well, rewarding you for your love of gaming, and today we’re thrilled to announce new ways for players to earn points. From expanding Quests to PC Game Pass, to reimagining the…

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After 2 years of silence, an extraction shooter we liked back in 2022 for its ‘impeccable vibes’ suddenly springs back to life on Steam

In the year 2022, PC Gamer’s Morgan Park asked if the then-pre-release extraction shooter Marauders could “dethrone Escape From Tarkov with dieselpunk spaceships and impeccable vibes.” The answer, we would later learn, was “no.” Marauders launched into early access in October 2022 and came out of the gate with impressive concurrent player numbers on Steam,…

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We finally saw ZA/UM’s Zero Parades in action and even though it’s extremely Disco Elysium, the protagonist couldn’t be more different

It’s true: If you squint at the gameplay footage of ZA/UM’s Zero Parades, all you’ll see is Disco Elysium with a different coat of paint. It’s set in an isometric city covered in rust and filth, is intensely detailed with surreal art, and sticks all its dialogue on the right side of the screen. However,…

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