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Gabe Newell, co-founder and CEO of Valve, has provided Microsoft with a much-needed show of support as the Xbox manufacturer tries to persuade anti-trust authorities to approve its plan to acquire Activision Blizzard. Microsoft executives are scheduled to meet with US FTC chair Lina Khan and other commissioners on Wednesday to present their case for why the $68.7 billion deal ...

IGN has published the first 18 minutes of gameplay from EA’s upcoming Dead Space remake, and it already looks like a significant improvement over the PS3 original. Even though this opening is largely the same as the one from 2008, devoted viewers will notice a few small changes. For instance, the main character Isaac spends a few seconds building the ...

The Pokémon Company revealed the initial competitors for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s Tera Raid Battles at the beginning of November, and it appears that we now know who will be turning all crystal-y next. The next “mon” to step up for the game’s limited-time Tera events will be Tyranitar and Salamence from December 9–11, following Eevee and Charizard. Depending on ...

With numerous major blockbusters debuting at the start of December, this year is ending in style. Need for Speed Unbound, the most recent attempt to revive the arcade racer, is one of them. The game looks great and we won’t have to wait long to give it a try. It has a ton of spectacular effects and a brand-new city ...

A week before the game’s official release, a user with an early copy of Need for Speed Unbound appears to have streamed gameplay online. Prior to the game’s scheduled release on December 2, nearly 20 minutes of gameplay have been uploaded to YouTube by an unidentified player. On November 29, three days earlier, the game’s Palace Edition and EA Play ...

It appears that the logo and boot animation for the Nintendo NX, the Switch’s prototype, have been found and posted online. The Switch’s first codename, NX, was initially made public in March 2015 as part of a press release announcing Nintendo’s collaboration with mobile developer DeNA. This codename remained attached to the console for more than 15 months. The Switch ...

Crunchyroll, a well-known anime streaming service, has revealed that it is creating and releasing a retro-inspired video game based on its iconic mascot Hime. This is one of the weirdest bits of news we have heard today (thanks, Gematsu). Even stranger is that it will be available via Limited Run Games for Game Boy Color play, with cartridge pre-orders open ...

Derek Kolstad, the director of John Wick, is in charge of the Streets of Rage movie that SEGA and Lionsgate are producing. The movie doesn’t have a release date, but Kolstad seems enthusiastic about it. It was revealed earlier this year, but production seems to be accelerating quickly. “I was so immediately freaking in when [Sonic the Hedgehog movie producer ...

Netflix has unveiled its first full trailer for the upcoming Sonic Prime series, which will premiere on the streaming service on December 15th, after releasing a teaser at the end of last month. The multiverse appears to play a significant role in the upcoming series, always the parameters for a writer’s get-out clause. In the video above, Sonic can be ...

The character of Harry Osborn in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 appears to have been recast after star Scott Porter revealed he would not be back for the sequel in a since-deleted tweet. Porter, who excels at playing Heimdall in God of War Ragnarok, hinted that the developer, Insomniac Games, had chosen to cast the highly anticipated PS5 successor “photo real,” and ...