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It’s strange and difficult to follow, but like a real dream, can be quite profound.
Its exposed electronics include RGB lights that mimic cooling fans and a power module that looks like a graphics card.
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier talked to Mina the Hollower’s development team about the game’s recent delay. The game’s director showed Schreier examples of things the team is polishing before release, like making an exit easier to spot. It’s fascinating stuff and a good look at what a delay really means.
[Bloomberg]
Embrace looks like Elgato’s answer to Herman Miller’s Embody gaming chair. It has a five-step recline with adjustable tilt tension, a headrest, a mesh back, lumbar support, and arm rests that move up, down, forward, back, in, and out. It will be priced at $499.99, and Elgato is aiming to ship Embrace before the Christmas holiday period.
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Remedy’s Control is the next console blockbuster making the transition to mobile. It’s coming to the iPhone and iPad, as well as the Apple Vision Pro. The ports won’t launch until early next year, so you have plenty of time to read my Remedy profile in the meantime.
Former ZeniMax Online Studios developers who worked on promising but now-canceled Project Blackbird MMO and The Elder Scrolls Online have started a new studio, Sackbird Studios. “With no outside investors and full creative control, the team is focused on building great games — on their own terms,” Sackbird says.
[Sackbird Studios ™]
Heart Machine is also tying up work on the game, which launched in early access earlier this year but received some mixed reviews. “This was not our ideal path, but rather the only one available given the circumstances,” Heart Machine says.
I mean, of course I’m going to play a skateboarding game with that description. But the new Skate Story trailer has sold me even further. Thankfully I don’t have to wait too long to play: it launches on December 8th.
As the publisher goes all-in on franchises, the stakes have become higher for its military shooter.
A trio of SNES games just hit the service, and the most interesting is Mario & Wario, a previously Japan-only puzzle game that requires a mouse to play.
Nintendo Japan has announced new scenes and seven new alarms from the Switch 2 edition of Kirby and the Forgotten Land and its Star-Crossed World expansion for the Alarmo alarm clock. Samples of the new alarm sounds are available on Nintendo’s Japanese site if you’re curious.
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According to Game File’s Stephen Totilo:
In this Reconstruction-era Assassin’s Creed, gamers would play as a Black man who had been formerly enslaved in the South and moved west to start a new life. Recruited by the series’ Assassins, he would return to the South to fight for justice in a conflict that would, among other things, see him confront the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan.
In an upcoming update, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will get a “new, playable environment” to explore, new late-game boss battles, new costumes, and new localizations, developer Sandfall Interactive announced today. The game has also sold five million copies.
[Clair Obscur: Expedition 33]
The site, which is home to merch from titles like The Last of Us, Astro Bot, and God of War, now displays a message saying it’s closing on December 31st, 2025, as spotted by PushSquare. It notes that its customer support team will still be available, but all sales are now final.
Does a sale count? Either way, seven months later, Newegg is finally selling an entry-level RX 9070 at MSRP rather than scalping it. Guess it wasn’t “launch-only pricing” after all.
(In case you’re wondering why I call it “scalping,” I did a dive into changing sticker prices back in April.)
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Following recent legal action against a cheater and a person who carried out DDoS attacks, Epic Games said today it has taken legal action against two developers of player-made Fortnite experiences. The developers created bots to inflate player counts so they could get higher payouts, according to Epic’s complaint.
Vampire Survivors developer Poncle is drip-feeding new features coming in the game’s 1.14 update, and online co-op is the first of five teased announcements.
Local co-op came to Vampire Survivors back in 2023, but I’m excited I’ll be able to bother someone other than my wife to play with me.
The Special Edition controller will be available starting on October 20th for $84.99 through Walmart and in addition to layers of blue it features Pureisutēshon, the Japanese spelling of PlayStation, written on the back in Katakana characters. It’s part of a wider selection of PlayStation merch coming to Walmart including bags and figures.
Last year, Nintendo sued r/SwitchPirates mod James “Archbox” Williams for allegedly selling thousands of pirated Switch games. Now, the gaming giant is requesting $4.5 million in damages after Williams didn’t respond to the lawsuit.
Next month’s Apple Arcade lineup includes the revamped Football Manager (November 4th), which, among other things, is finally adding women’s teams. Meanwhile, on November 6th the subscription service is adding a pair MySims games and a collection of Toca Boca minigames. Full details here.
The company released a new collection of Switch 2 accessories including cases, controllers, and screen protectors, but the standout is the Afterglow wireless gamepad featuring a fully transparent shell and color-changing LEDs inside. The $64.99 controller is cheaper than Nintendo’s while also offering upgraded drift-resistant TMR thumbsticks.
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The company just released a four-minute-long animated short called “Close To You,” about a small baby and possibly a sentient soother. But it’s unclear right now what the short is for, or if it’s teasing something bigger from Nintendo.
In its lawsuit, the state of Kentucky alleges that “Roblox is a hunting ground for child predators” and that the company fails to “implement basic safety controls to protect child users.” Louisiana sued Roblox in August.
Mina the Hollower, the next big game from Shovel Knight developer Yacht Club Games, will miss its planned October 31st launch. “This isn’t a major delay, it’s just a stretch of time to apply some final polish and balancing to make the game truly shine,” the team says.
[Yacht Club Games]
