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Another week and another Nvidia GPU driver that promises to fix a lot of RTX 50-series issues.
The company says that ‘video games are currently primarily manufactured in Japan.’
FromSoftware has shared the minimum and recommended PC specs for Elden Ring Nightreign ahead of the game’s May 30th release. Personally, I have my fingers crossed that it will be verified for Steam Deck like Elden Ring is.
Shortly after we published this story about an unofficial Blue Prince iOS app on the App Store, the app was removed. I’ve updated the story.
You should play the game on the platforms it’s actually available on, by the way: Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox.
With sneeze mechanics and banana skins, the new game from Blendo plays like an action-cartoon fever dream.
EA started accepting applicants for the game’s alpha playtest in February, and gameplay video keeps leaking, frustrating developer DICE, as Insider Gaming noted earlier this month.
You can see some videos in the outlet’s story today (while they’re still available) via embeds of a few posts from X user goodboy. Here’s one showing what it’ll be like to fly an F-16 fighter jet in the game.
0The retailer lists its Mario Kart World bundle as available to buy on the console’s June 5th launch day and including a 12-month subscription to the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack — with the caveat that it’s “for NEW members; cannot add to existing membership,” as deal-hunter Wario64 spotted.
Whether that’s as a free bonus or added onto the price of the system isn’t clear, since Costco hasn’t posted pricing yet.
The Strong National Museum of Play has received a donation from Volition, and the collection includes materials from series like Descent, Red Faction, and Saints Row. The museum’s director of digital preservation, Andrew Borman, shared a video on LinkedIn about the donation.
The new roleplaying game makes turn-based combat exhilarating.
0The Slayer approacheth. Every day we get closer to the May 15th release date of Doom: The Dark Ages. In the lead up to launch, id Software has been drip feeding fans new trailers and tidbits to keep the hype high. With this latest update, the developers at id are showing off an all new location, the cosmic realm, new Lovecraftian enemies, and new combat mechanics that are gonna look mighty familiar to anyone who’s played Returnal.
There’s no word on whether she’ll be playing Zoe or Mio, but Variety reports Sydney Sweeney has been cast in the upcoming Split Fiction film adaptation that will be directed by Wicked’s Jon M. Chu and written by Deadpool & Wolverine scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
As part of its relatively new preservation program, GOG has just added Capcom’s classic PlayStation-era RPG Breath of Fire IV to its digital PC games shop. The new version features both English and Japanese localizations, some visual improvements, and support for modern controllers. You can grab it right here.
EA’s upcoming free-to-play Skate revival is still set to launch in early access this year, according to a blog post published Thursday.
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Nintendo has started inviting customers in Japan to preorder the Switch 2 from its online store, but it seems scammers are trying to ruin the fun. In a machine-translated post on X, Nintendo confirmed “phishing emails disguised as the results” of the Switch preorder lottery.
“If there is a URL for reservations or purchases, it was not sent by our company,” Nintendo writes. “Please be careful.”
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This week’s two big new RPG releases are now both available on Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud streaming service. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered has been added to GeForce Now today, alongside Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Both are on PC Game Pass, so you can even access them on GeForce Now through Microsoft’s subscription service.
We’re already big fans of the company’s Analogue Pocket and original Switch cases that swap zippers and annoying velcro for quick access magnetic closures. WaterField’s Magnetic Case for Switch 2 is now available for preorder for $89 to $119 depending on the material you choose, as is its $129 CitySlicker for Switch 2 which can be paired with an optional strap turning it into a bag. Both are expected to ship in late June 2025.
As Siliconera points out, the Pokémon Center in Japan just released a batch of fun household goods, ranging from a Bulbasaur planter to a Mimikyu mirror. My favorite, though, is this garbage can that actually makes Trubbish seem useful.
