Elden Ring Nightreign Is About To Get Its Toughest Boss Fight Yet

Ethan Gach / kotaku - Others may disagree, but I’ve decided Equilibrious Beast is the hardest boss fight in Elden Ring Nightreign. He’s fast, has a bunch of different attacks, and uses lots of hard to block magic. In addition to dodging incoming threats, you also have to manag…

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Donkey Kong Bananza Fans Are Having Way Too Much Fun With Its Artist Mode

Ethan Gach / kotaku - Donkey Kong Bananza is a 3D action platformer where you can dig holes, build bridges, and experiment in other ways as you burrow through various whimsical worlds on your way toward the planet core. Nintendo was so happy with its deformation tech that it d…

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New FBC Firebreak Update Will Address The Game's "Frustrating" Opening Hour

Darryn Bonthuys / gamespot - FBC: Firebreak has been out for around a month, and Remedy Entertainment has revealed how it plans to draw more players in ahead of the game's first big update in September. While Steam only counts for a portion of the game's audience--it's also available…

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Valve Pulls 'Adult Only' Games From Steam as It Tightens Rules to Appease Payment Partners

Vikki Blake / ign - Valve is tightening its guidelines around 'adult only' content to satisfy rules set by Steam's payment processing partners, with dozens of sexually explicit games removed from the platform throughout the week.

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Final Fantasy XIV Is Ending Windows 10 Support, Though You'll 'Likely' Still Be Able To Play

Eric Van Allen / ign - Square Enix has announced it will end Windows 10 support for its MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV this October.

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Nintendo Confirms Return of Mysterious Switch Online: Playtest Program — Now Compatible with Switch 2

Tom Phillips / ign - The mysterious Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program will once again take place later this month, and now be compatible with Switch 2.

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Nintendo wants you to join its next mysterious Switch Online playtest

Jay Peters / theverge - Late last year, Nintendo hosted a mysterious Switch Online playtest, and on Thursday, the company announced that it would be doing another test as part of the “Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program” and that it will be opening applications soon. This s…

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Razer’s new Pokémon collab is not very effective

Cameron Faulkner / theverge - Razer's new Pokémon collaboration is a missed opportunity. The four PC gaming peripherals in this lineup are simply reskinned versions of products that already exist, and which cost $20 to $40 more than their all-black counterparts. You really should be g…

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Mortal Kombat 2 Movie Trailer Is Here And Absolutely Bloody

Darryn Bonthuys / gamespot - The trailer for Mortal Kombat 2 has officially arrived, and as you'd expect, it looks like this sequel to the 2021 film reboot will be even bloodier. With the threat of Outworld casting a shadow over Earthrealm, it's up to several chosen warriors to step …

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Cyberpunk 2077 Now Available on Mac With High Performance Presets

Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Development studio CD Projekt Red today released acclaimed role-playing action game Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition for the Mac, and it looks like the developers have gone all-out to make the experience as impressive as possible for Mac gamers with the r…

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Apple News+'s All-New 'Emoji Game' Now Available

Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple's all-new "Emoji Game" for Apple News+ subscribers is now available for users running iOS 18.4 or newer.The Emoji Game was initially unveiled at WWDC earlier this year as an iOS 26 feature, but to coincide with World Emoji Day today, Apple has relea…

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Subnautica 2’s creators sue their publisher for ‘severely’ damaging the game’s release

Ash Parrish / theverge - The battle between Subnautica 2 publisher Krafton and the three former executives at its developer Unknown Worlds continues. Ted Gill, Charlie Cleveland, and Max McGuire — the three executives who Krafton terminated earlier this year — have filed a lawsui…

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YouTuber Threatened With Jail Time For Reviewing Retro Gaming Handhelds

Zack Zwiezen / kotaku - A retro gaming YouTuber in Italy claims he might end up in court and could even face possible jail time for reviewing Android-powered handheld gaming devices that sometimes come pre-loaded with old games. Read more...

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Virtuos, the studio behind Oblivion Remastered, is reportedly laying off staff

Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - Virtuos, the studio that developed The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, is reportedly laying off seven percent of its staff, or around 300 employees, according to Gauthier Andres, a reporter and co-founder at Origami. The studio has provided support …

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Ubisoft CEO Makes His Son Co-CEO Of New Ubisoft

Ethan Gach / kotaku - Earlier this year, Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft got $1.25 billion from Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent to spin-off its most successful gaming franchises into a separate subsidiary. Now we know who’s running this new Ubisoft within Ubisoft: North Ameri…

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Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.3 Notes: New Auto-Driving Cars, Improved Photo Mode, And More

Darryn Bonthuys / gamespot - CD Projekt Red has lifted the lid on Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.3, revealing several of the big features coming to its open-world game. In a livestream featuring Cyberpunk 2 associate game director Paweł Sasko and several other members of the team, the studi…

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Donkey Kong Bananza is a worthy successor to Super Mario Odyssey’s legacy

Kyle Orland / arstechnica - Cathartic, punch-fueled land destruction is a great showcase for Switch 2 hardware.

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Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition Launches on Mac on July 17

Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition is making its way to macOS this week, available on Apple's M-series devices.The post Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition Launches on Mac on July 17 first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

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Razer unveils Core X V2 eGPU enclosure with TB5 bandwidth — costs $400, but no longer has a power supply and I/O expansion requires a separate Thunderbolt 5 Dock

tomshardware - Razer’s new Core X V2 eGPU supports quad-slot cards, 140W charging, and Thunderbolt 5 bandwidth—but drops I/O, PSU, and macOS support. The matching Dock fills the gaps, but at $390, the full setup gets expensive. It’s modular, sleek, but not quite the upg…

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Xbox Insiders can now stream owned console games directly to PC, including titles not on Game Pass

techspot - Streaming games from users' Xbox libraries on PCs currently requires a web browser, but Microsoft is gradually unlocking the feature in the Windows 11 Xbox app. The launcher's "Stream your own game" section will initially only be available to Xbox Game Pa…

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