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“We Jumped At The Chance” – Industry Veteran Launches Rocket Books, And Its Debut Is All About Ridge Racer Type 4

“We were completely enamoured by One More Win”. Veteran game developer and journalist Andy Roberts has just launched Rocket Books, a new independent UK publishing house specialising in video game-related publications – and the company’s first release will be of particular interest to Ridge Racer fans. It’s reprinting the utterly superb One More Win (which…

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Shares in Chinese gaming giants tumble as the CCP imposes strict new regulations and spending limits, alongside a ban on login bonuses and ‘luck-based draw features’ for minors

Regulators of the Chinese Communist Party have come down hard on several key pieces in the live service model, leading to spiralling shares for major players in the market as investors scramble to assess the damage. According to a Reuters report, “nearly $80 million in market value” has sloughed off Tencent Games and NetEase Games:…

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Pac-Land Is Coming To Analogue Pocket

Munch munch. Namco’s 1984 impactful action platformer Pac-Land is coming to the Analogue Pocket via a new FPGA core. A spin-off from the original Pac-Man, Pac-Land is considered to be one of the most influential titles of the 1980s, as it pioneered many mechanics which would later become commonplace in side-scrolling platformers, such as Alex…

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‘It runs awful. It looks awful’: Monster Hunter Wilds performance issues put a dampener on its record-breaking concurrents as it settles into an early Mixed rating on Steam

I’m now over 100 hours into Monster Hunter Wilds, yet between a respectable rig and a CPU upgrade a few hours into playing, I gotta say: The game runs kinda bum. That seems to be the most commonly shared sentiment among the game’s negative Steam reviews right now too, with the first few hours of…

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