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The Week In Games: Arceus, I choose you!

The Week In Games: Arceus, I choose you!

image: The Pokémon Company / Nintendo Pokémon Legends: Arceus is almost there. The next big entry in the franchise, set in the past, is coming to Nintendo Switch on January 28th. This week is pretty empty for me as I don’t care much about it Pokemon or Serious Sams latest spin off. So I’m going ...

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Nintendo improves Ocarina Of Time emulation on Switch Online

Nintendo improves Ocarina Of Time emulation on Switch Online

Is there a song that fixes other graphics issues?image: Nintendo It seems Nintendo Switch Online fans are listening regarding emulation issues with some of the classic games on offer. After a January 20th NSO update that brought Rare’s N64 platformer from 1998 Banjo Kazooie for the subscription service it seems that there is water in ...

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Microsoft x Activision Blizzard FAQs do not answer questions

Microsoft x Activision Blizzard FAQs do not answer questions

photo: SOPA images (Getty Images) As part of Microsoft’s proposed $70 billion purchaseSome sort of official FAQ was sent out to all Activision Blizzard employees. Unfortunately, not many questions are actually answered, with the answers looking more like giant black holes in the shape of things could be answers. Someday. Could be. The FAQ – ...

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Microsoft’s  billion purchase of Activision was inevitable

Microsoft’s $70 billion purchase of Activision was inevitable

photo: FREDERICK J. BROWN (Getty Images) Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard was significant news today, both for the scope of the deal and its shock value. But we shouldn’t be too surprised. That was inevitable. A handful of companies have always wanted to own everything, and nothing will stop them. The proposed sale – for ...

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Death Door, Hitman and more

Death Door, Hitman and more

screenshot: sour nerve The big news from Microsoft today is, of course, the acquisition of Activision Blizzard for the nominal fee of, oh, the GDP of a small country. The immediate implications here mean big giants released by Activision like call of Duty and over watch are becoming first-party games in Microsoft’s ever-expanding purview, with ...

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Sailor Moon Cosplay Shoot turns the team into Sailor Witches

Sailor Moon Cosplay Shoot turns the team into Sailor Witches

Back in 2019, in the past Ukraine-based illustrator Kutty Sark celebrated Inktober with a series of Sailor Moon photos who portrayed the girls as straight forward witches (this is not the blog to have fun discussions about whether using wands and magic means Sailor Moon beautiful a witch, thanks). This team of cosplayers, costume designers ...

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Director behind Halloween, John Carpenter, loves Halo Infinite

Director behind Halloween, John Carpenter, loves Halo Infinite

photo: Gabe Ginsberg (Getty Images) John Carpenter played Halo infinity, the latest game in the long-running Xbox franchise, and he loved it. In fact, the famous director called it the “Best of the gloriole Series” in a recent tweet. Last night, Carpenter tweeted a short but very positive review of the latest Halo game. “HALO ...