Get ready to see more Wombo Combos thanks to the latest update for Slippi, the online Super Smash Bros. Melee mod. Slippi version 2.3.0 has added support for a crucial part of Melee that has been missing since in-person tournaments ceased due to the Covid-19 pandemic: doubles. Doubles in Slippi …
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Prior to the success of Assassin’s Creed and Just Dance, the collective “Tom Clancy’s” games were arguably Ubisoft’s biggest hits. Rainbow Six revolutionized close-quarters tactical squad shooters with its relentless difficulty and necessitated planning. Ghost Recon took the action into larger areas for a blend of intense action and precision. …
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Oculus held its first livestreamed game showcase this week, and Resident Evil 4 in VR–a Quest 2 exclusive–was a major part of the presentation. New footage gives us a good look at how combat will feel in the game, as well as a rundown on which systems have been changed …
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Recently retired designer Takaya Imamura had a hand in many of Nintendo’s most beloved games and franchises during his 30-plus year career at the company, including the now-dormant sci-fi racing series F-Zero. It’s been more than 16 years since the last F-Zero game–2004’s F-Zero Climax–released on the Game Boy Advance, …
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Although it’s younger than many of Nintendo’s other tentpole properties, the Animal Crossing series is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week, making it one of the longest-running franchises in gaming today. Western fans were first introduced to the quirky life sim on the GameCube, but the series actually debuted on …
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Resident Evil 4 is coming back–but not the way you might have expected. The classic third-person action game is getting reworked for virtual reality, coming in as a first-person shooter for the Oculus Quest 2 VR headset. Capcom announced the new version of RE4 at its 25th Anniversary Resident Evil …
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A former Nintendo game designer doesn’t believe the F-Zero franchise is dead. However, Nintendo’s own design philosophies are likely behind why we haven’t seen a new entry in the racing series in more than 16 years. Speaking to IGN, retired designer Takaya Imamura said that he doesn’t believe F-Zero is …
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Earlier today, a new Super Monkey Ball game titled Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania was listed on The Australian Classifications board, seemingly indicating a new entry in the long-running franchise is coming. If this leak follows the same timeline as the last entry in the Super Monkey Ball series–which was …
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Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield are getting a new story in Netflix’s animated series, Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, and now we know when you can expect to watch it: July 2021. We also know a little more about the story the series will cover and how it fits into …
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April 14 marks the 20th anniversary of the original Animal Crossing’s debut in Japan. To commemorate the occasion, we are reposting this piece, originally published last year to coincide with the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Nintendo’s charmingly offbeat life-sim series Animal Crossing finally made its long-awaited debut on …
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