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It's Balatro, not Balatro. Ever since its release and subsequent success in 2024, indie hit Balatro has garnered attention for a somewhat surprising and amusing reason. That being how you're actually supposed to pronounce the title correctly. Is it 'Bah-LAH-trow'? 'BAH-luh-trow'? 'Bay-LAH-troo'? Yeah okay, no one's saying that last one... Well, we now have an official answer courtesy of Stephen Totilo over at Game File (thanks, Push Square). While at GDC, Totilo met with Naman Budhwar, head of v...

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Mario Kart 8 has established itself as a "juggernaut". Mario Kart 9 looks set to be Nintendo's premier launch title for the Switch 2 but will it be enough to convince millions of existing Switch owners around the world they absolutely need this new hybrid system right away? Former Nintendo employees Kit and Krysta, who now run their own YouTube channel, aren't so sure. In a new video titled "The problem with the new Mario game on Switch 2", the former Nintendo of America alumni discussed how thi...

His latest post has gone viral on social media. Nintendo is hosting a special Direct broadcast for the Switch this week which will feature around half an hour of information about upcoming games for the aging platform. Excitement about what might be announced is already building and now Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has sent fans into a huge frenzy by simply reposting Nintendo's latest announcement on social media. His post has already got close to four million views with over 40 thousan...

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Pre-orders are "coming soon". Sega surprised fans in February with the official reveal of Shinobi: Art of Vengeance for the Switch and multiple other platforms. It's already locked in a release date of 29th August 2025 and in an update today we've now got news of a physical release. This hard copy version will be distributed by Limited Run Games. Pre-orders for this physical release are "coming soon" with a collector's edition also confirmed. Here's a look:

Apple is preparing to sell new Beats-branded charging cables, according to placeholder product listings on a handful of reseller websites in Canada and Europe. There are listings for three different 5-foot/1.5-meter cables, including USB-C to USB-C, USB-C to Lightning, and USB-C to USB-A variants. All of the cables have a tangle-free, braided design for extra durability and convenience. The cables will be available in at least three never-before-seen color options, including Bolt Black, Surge St...

It'll run for three days, from October 10–12.

The special event kicks off next week. The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct takes place next week and ahead of the big broadcast, Nintendo is now busy preparing for its special "hands on" experience which will take place just days later.

It's been exactly ten years since Pillars of Eternity thundered out into the world, and developer Obsidian Entertainment is celebrating the occasion with a new patch and the announcement it'll be adding turn-based combat to the acclaimed old-school RPG.

Lies of P is unashamed of its obsession with FromSoftware games - the soulslike is not only heavily inspired by them, but it had the goal of becoming an all-time great in the genre. To an extent, I’d say it achieved that goal - while maybe not as exceptional as Elden Ring or Bloodborne, it delivers all the dark, challenging RPG action you’d want, while wrapping it up in a novel setting with a distinct style. With its Overture DLC coming this year, Lies of P’s director has been revealing a few mo...

Apple regularly refreshes the MacBook Pro models, and a new version that uses M5 series chips is in the works. Apple just finished refreshing most of the Mac lineup with M4 chips, and now it's time for the M5. Rumors suggest that we could see the first M5 ‌MacBook Pro‌ models this fall. Design There have been no rumors of a design update for the M5 ‌MacBook Pro‌ models that are coming this fall, so we are expecting the same look as the current models. There might be minor updates, but most of th...

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YouTube Shorts has introduced a change that brings analytics for its bite-sized video option into closer parity with rival services TikTok and Instagram. The video platform will remove the minimum play time requirement it previously had for a user watching a clip to count as a view. Beginning March 31, a "view" will be added any time a YouTube Short is played or replayed. This will likely mean that creators will see higher view counts after the change takes place. YouTube will continue to track ...

Utah Governor Spencer Cox has signed the App Store Accountability Act into law, making it the first state to require that app store makers verify their users' ages. Under this law, people in Utah will need to be over age 18 to make a new account with an app store; underage users will either need to link their account to a parent's so that the adult can give permission for the child to use certain apps. The legislation is intended to protect children and teens, according to bill sponsor Todd Weil...

Superhero universes are famed for their revolving-door approach to character death: You can hardly name a major comics character who’s never had some sort of death-and-resurrection arc. But even compared to the genre-standard number rate of deaths and returns, Tom Hiddleston’s Loki — who’s apparently set to appear in 2026’s Avengers: Doomsday, according to Marvel’s...

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Utah today passed the App Store Accountability Act, a law that requires mobile app stores from Apple and Google to verify the age of users rather than having individual apps do age verification. According to CNBC, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed the bill this afternoon. It is the first law related to mobile app store age verification that has passed in the U.S., and it will require Apple to verify user age when an Apple Account is created. If a child under the age of 18 opens an account, Apple ...

Crystal Dynamics is currently working on a new Tomb Raider game and is also co-developing a Perfect Dark reboot.

On Wednesday morning, Marvel Studios kicked off an agonizingly slow, exceedingly fun casting announcement for Avengers: Doomsday. Marvel’s five-and-a-half-hour livestream panned across chairs with actors’ names on their backs to let us know which heroes would be appearing in the next Avengers movie, showing off a new reveal roughly every 12 minutes.  Unfortunately, as annoying...

It's hard to envision our last days on the big blue marble, but I've already said goodbye to worlds aplenty.

Pillars of Eternity has always been revered as a brilliant CRPG, and today marks its tenth birthday. It’s also recently returned to many gamers’ attention, or blipped onto their radars for the first time, thanks to the high-profile release of Avowed, which is set in the world of Eora that PoE created. With both of these moments in mind, Obsidian has just announced a big surprise for fans of the RPG. Despite it being hard at work supporting Avowed, getting The Outer Worlds 2 ready for launch late...

My Arms Are Longer Now is a heist game where you play as a 'yucky long-armed thief.'

Pillars of Eternity is 10 years old, but the fight over turn-based versus real-time with pause is much, much older.

The Fukui Curse in Assassin’s Creed Shadows is an affliction (real or imagined) that affects some of the people you’ll meet. These are people you’ll run into along the side of the road who have all had some sort of bad luck and blame the curse. Our Assassin’s Creed Shadows guide will tell you if...

Mantic Games has announced the Halo Flashpoint Rise of the Banished tabletop expansion. It is available for pre-order right now.

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Need a Madoka Magica Magia Exedra tier list? While we're still in the early stages when it comes to the release of this much-anticipated replacement for Magia Record, there are enough characters in the game to fill out a fittingly early unit ranking for those jumping in at launch. So who's the best? Let's figure it out together. Have you been chipping away at other turn-based gacha RPGs while waiting for Magia Exedra? Get a load of the Honkai Star Rail tier list or Raid Shadow Legends tier list ...

What do a Portuguese soccer player and a Japanese fighting game have in common? Two words: Saudi Arabia.

The Lord of the Rings Deluxe Illustrated Box Set is currently discounted to its lowest price ever; it’s also one of the dozens of eligible titles you can pick up during Amazon’s “buy two, get one free” sale. That lines up neatly with Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, going on right now: You can get a...

The year is 1949, but in the timeline of Grit and Valor, WW2 didn’t end. The global battle still rages on in this alternate history, with the Axis powers having taken control of almost all of Europe thanks to its legion of deadly mechs. Well, it’s time to turn the tide on them with some mech-based mayhem of your own making, because the roguelite real-time strategy game just launched on Steam after months of encouraging demos and playtests.

They actually did it. After teasing a mysterious collaboration with Cristiano Ronaldo last year, SNK has announced the soccer player will be, not just a skin or promotional spokesperson, but a playable character in the upcoming Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. The fighting game launches in April. Ronaldo is widely regarded as one of...

Via a slow, four-hours-and-counting stream of names on the backs of director’s chairs, Marvel Studios has announced that Patrick Stewart is on the cast list for the Russo brothers’ upcoming MCU movie Avengers: Doomsday. The stream, still in progress, is continuing to list former X-Men actors who’ll be in the movie, including Ian McKellen, Alan...