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Two F-Zero games are headed to Nintendo’s Switch Online subscription, including a previously Japan-only release.
Both games launched on the Game Boy Advance and will be available on Switch from 11th October.
The first is F-Zero: GP Legend, which followed GBA launch game F-Zero: Maximum Velocity and was released in Europe in 2004. It plays similarly to the SNES original, but includes a Story mode based on the anime of the same name.

Game Boy Advance – October 2024 Game Update – Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack

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Team Asobi says that while “almost 100%” of its most-wishlisted iconic Sony characters made it into Astro Bot, it finds it “difficult to comment” why Square Enix characters were missing.
Talking to journalist Stephen Totilo, Team Asobi studio head Nicolas Doucet said that despite hoping that “maybe half” of the characters the team approached would be greenlit, most “partners just raised their hand and said, “Absolutely'”.

9 Adorable Astro Bot Gameplay Moments & Features That’ll Melt Your Heart – ASTRO BOT GAMEPLAY REVIEW

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Palworld will not be releasing on PS5 in Japan for the time being.
Last night during PlayStation’s State of Play broadcast, developer Pocketpair announced its monster-catching survival game was available to play for the first time on Sony’s console.
However, while Palworld has debuted on PS5 across 68 countries and regions worldwide, it has not yet been released in Japan.

Palworld – Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

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Satirical Doom WAD Thatcher’s Techbase has returned to Bethesda’s official mod browser – now shorn of Maggie and anything else that might conceivably be deemed offensive – after initially being booted for daring to dabble in “real-world politics”.

Thatcher’s Techbase – which sees players descending to the Tenth Circle of Hell in order to thwart the return of “one of humanity’s greatest threats” – has been around for a while, originally launching in 2021. However, when Bethesda’s official community published mod support arrived for Doom in August, developer Jim Purvis opted to take advantage of it, giving console owners the chance to play the WAD for the first time.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t long before Bethesda stepped in, yanking Thatcher’s Techbase from its browser after telling Purvis the mod had been reported for “real-world politics”. Purvis was also instructed to “educate” himself on modding guidelines and community rules.

Thatcher’s Techbase trailer

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Sony’s eye-catching PlayStation 5 30th Anniversary Edition bundles were announced last week with a key component missing – the prices.

Now, Dealabs’ reliable leaker bilbil-kun has obtained US pricing information, and found the PS5 Slim 30th Anniversary bundle will cost $499.99 – a $50 increase on the usual model. This will likely translate to £449.99 here in the UK, and around €519.99 in mainland Europe.

Included in this bundle is the PS5 Digital Edition console, DualSense, a faceplate, a vertical stand, plus collectors items including a sticker.

Introducing the PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection

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Kingdom Hearts 4 is being developed with the intention of the series “being a story that will be completed”.
That’s according to series director Tetsuya Nomura, via a new interview with Japanese outlet YoungJump.
Nomura was asked if he could foresee an end to the Kingdom Hearts series, especially considering its multiple sequels and spin-off games.

KINGDOM HEARTS 20th ANNIVERSARY ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER

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4J Studios – the award-winning developer best known for bringing Mojang’s Minecraft to consoles – has shared details on its next game: Reforj.
Reforj is described as a creative survival sandbox game, and one the studio will develop with a community-focused approach. But no, Reforj is not Minecraft 2.
“Reclaim the future. Rewrite the past. Reforj the world,” reads the Reforj social media account.

Eurogamer Newscast: When it costs £700, who exactly is the PS5 Pro for?

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Following a difficult year for Immortals of Aveum developer Ascendant Studios, a “core team” of around 20 employees has now decamped to Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser’s Absurd Ventures, establishing a new studio that’ll be known as Absurd Marin.

Immortals of Aveum, a “single-player first person magic shooter”, launched to mixed reviews last August, and it failed to make much of an impact commercially. As a result, just a month later, Ascendent Studios announced it had made the “painfully difficult, but necessary” decision to lay off 45 percent of its staff, equating to around 40 employees.

And things didn’t get much better from there; earlier this year, it was reported a “large portion” of the remaining team had been furloughed, leaving the future of Ascendant in doubt. But now, Houser’s Absurd Ventures has announced it’s taken at least some of the studio under its wing, with a “core team” of around 20 former employees forming new developer Absurd Marin.

Immortals of Aveum – Official Colossal Assault Gameplay Trailer

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After a stint in beta, Valve has opened up Steam Families to the wider public.
Steam Families replaces both Steam Family Sharing and Steam Family View, giving users a one stop shop to manage who can access what and when.
Up to five family members can be added to a user’s Steam Family account, making for a total group of six maximum. These members can be managed from the Steam Client, mobile device or browser. Alas, it can’t help you manage your children enough to get them to brush their teeth before bed, though.

Introducing Steam Families

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Vampire: The Masquerade’s trilogy of New York themed visual novels is set to conclude next Tuesday, 10th September, with Reckoning of New York on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC.

Vampire: The Masquerade – Reckoning of New York, from developer Draw Distance, wraps up a tale that began with 2019’s Coteries of New York and continued a year later in Shadows of New York. This time around, the story unfolds against a backdrop of the modern-day city, where “the delicate balance of power hangs by a thread”.

“Navigate the treacherous waters of vampiric politics as you contend with the ever-shifting landscape between the Camarilla and Anarchs,” teases Draw Distance. “In a city where every move could mean the difference between unlife and final death, will you carve out your own destiny amidst the chaos or will your ambition spell your doom?”

VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE – Reckoning of New York Reveal Trailer

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