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Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Midnight Launches Announced For Nintendo New York And San Francisco Stores
Both events have already "sold out". Ahead of the launch of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on the Switch 2 next week, Nintendo has officially revealed its midnight launch plans for the New York and San Francisco stores. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
The 50 most-played Steam Next Fest demos include 7 incremental games, 4 AI disclosures, and only one instance of haystack slop
Ten years ago, this list would have shocked most PC gamers.
JRPG vets say humans will always need to "turn zero into one," but AI "can improve efficiency"
"Humans need to be involved in the initial step of turning zero into one. That will never change"
World of Warcraft: Forever's last-minute patch transforms its bovines into racecars capable of zooming 60% faster than everyone else
Blizzard dropped a final balance pass for each playable race's unique abilities.
Grammy-winning composer uploads Mass Effect 5 music following cancellation news
Austin Wintory made more than 20 minutes of Mass Effect 5 music in a pitch to BioWare
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is getting its "final major update" this week
Update 1.0.8 is out October 27
One day before launch, ARPG Emberville gets delayed until 2027
Don't blame this one on GTA 6: The developers say incorporating feedback on Emberville's demo is taking longer than they expected.
A free 'micro' horror game from the maker of The Mortuary Assistant is basically if PT was an episode of Law and Order
Playable Archive is free, and it's very good.
Mass Effect 5 was Journey composer's "biggest dream project" – here's 20 minutes of music he created
"Thank you to those at BioWare and EA who recently emboldened me to dream of what my place in that universe might sound like"
Xbox staff among up to 60,000 Microsoft employees offered voluntary exit
Microsoft is offering voluntary exit to employees. Read more
The developer of one of my favorite 2020s RPGs does it because of BioWare: 'Baldur's Gate 1 is the first game I truly loved'
It's a hard one to beat.
Veteran game composer in talks to score Mass Effect 5 shares 20 minutes of music he wrote for the project: 'To even dream in your sandbox was a privilege'
We're so back / It's so over / We were so robbed.
The best haunted card game since Inscryption is back with a new mystery only solitaire freaks can solve
Forbidden Solitaire's The Discarded DLC is here and those cards aren't going to play themselves.
Microsoft is looking to cut over a quarter of the whole company in new voluntary buyout program
The company has already laid off nearly 20,000 people in the past 18 months
Walter Koenig, Star Trek's Pavel Chekhov, has died
Koenig gained fame as the Russian navigator of the USS Enterprise in the original Star Trek television series, films, and games.
Mass Effect fans ramp up efforts to save BioWare's RPG series with a Times Square billboard and plans for more ads outside The Game Awards
Fans continue to rally around the 'Save Mass Effect ' movement, this time with a billboard at Times Square and more initiatives planned throughout the rest of the year. Read more
The Regreening is a post-apocalyptic farm sim where you grow animal habitats instead of cash crops
My favorite part of this farm sim so far is actually how un-farming it really is.
Epic Games CEO calls Steam's AI disclosure policies "a political act"
CEO of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, has once again slammed Steam's AI disclosure policy, calling the company's position on AI disclosure "a political act". Read more
Mass Effect fan group buys billboard in Times Square promoting petition to save series
If you can make it in New York, well, baby you can make it anywhere.
CD Projekt marks the 19th anniversary of its first Witcher RPG with a tribute to BioWare: 'Their support helped turn our vision into Geralt’s first interactive adventure'
The Witcher was developed on BioWare's Aurora engine, but the Dragon Age studio did more than just share its tech.
What to play this Halloween, plus last-minute costume ideas and spooky movie recommendations
Welcome to PC Gamer's hub of Halloween horror.
A long-overdue conversation with Jordan Mechner
The creator of Prince of Persia on why every generation has its defining prince.
Amid sweeping layoffs at Xbox and massive AI investments, Microsoft introduces a "Voluntary Exit Offer" to 60,000 workers
Xbox isn't the only Microsoft division looking to massively reduce worker headcounts. In fact, Microsoft has just announced a "Voluntary Exit Offer" that will essentially pay staff to move in front of any potential layoffs and voluntarily leave their jobs. Read more
Nintendo's New Switch 2 Ad Is As Wholesome As They Come
We're not crying, YOU'RE crying. Trust Nintendo to catch you off guard on a Monday morning with a Switch 2 ad so wholesome it brings an actual tear to your eye. The latest from Nintendo UK is exactly that. It has it all — a break-up, university isolation, finding comfort in family — crammed into a swift one minute, and it shows us just how smug we'll all feel when we finally get to experience Ocarina of Time all over again. Read the full article on nintendolife.com