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Dawn riding a Staraptor in a mockup trailer for a Pokemon game.
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Fan Creates Mockup Trailer for Open-World Pokemon Game

With Pokemon Legends: Arceus, an open-world Pokemon game taking place in an older version of Sinnoh, around the corner, fans are thinking about just how the game's open-world concept will work. One…

May 12, 2021 | 08:46 EDT

The announcement image for Conker as a new character in Smash Remix, a mod for Super Smash Bros
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Super Smash Bros Mod Smash Remix Adds Conker to the Game

The Smash Remix mod, a gameplay mod for the original Super Smash Bros, has just released one of its biggest updates yet. Version 0.9.7 brings with it the official release of Wolf O'Donnel, as well as…

May 11, 2021 | 09:24 EDT

Reverse-Engineered GTA 3 Vice City GitHub DMCA counter-claim cover
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Reverse-Engineered GTA 3 Code Restored to GitHub Following DMCA Counter Notice

Earlier this year, reverse-engineered GTA 3 code and GTA: Vice City code launched on GitHub. That code received a DMCA notice from Take-Two — and now one developer is fighting back. The "Re3" and "…

May 10, 2021 | 03:16 EDT

The title screen for Sesame Street Dating Sim.
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Someone Made a Sesame Street Dating Sim

Dating sims have allowed players to romance a wide variety of characters, human or not. Whether you're romancing fast-food mascot Colonel Sanders to get a taste of his finger-lickin' chicken or…

May 10, 2021 | 10:00 EDT

Rim Effect Rimworld Mass Effect mod cover
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Rimworld Mass Effect Mod 'Rim Effect' Released

Get ready for a very interesting gaming mash-up: Rim Effect is a RimWorld Mass Effect mod that overhauls the game with content from BioWare's iconic RPG series — and it just went live! As you may…

May 7, 2021 | 02:45 EDT

Jong-ryeol "Saebyeolbe" Park of the South Korean Overwatch team Seoul Dynasty.
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Chinese Overwatch Teams Rescind Boycott of Korean Player

A few days ago, players from four Chinese Overwatch League teams said they would boycott any events that included Korean player Jong-ryeol "Saebyeolbe" Park. However, a group of newly-released…

May 7, 2021 | 10:00 EDT

World Video Game Hall of Fame 2021 inductees cover
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World Video Game Hall of Fame 2021 Inductees Announced

The World Video Game Hall of Fame 2021 Inductees have been announced, highlighting four of the greatest games of all time including the original Animal Crossing and some other very familiar friends…

May 6, 2021 | 03:24 EDT

The logo for Realm of Thrones, a mod for Mount and Blade II.
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Realm of Thrones Brings Westeros to Mount and Blade II

The medieval warfare and intrigue found in Mount and Blade II makes it a perfect game to receive a major mod themed around Game of Thrones. An in-development mod for the medieval open-world game will…

May 6, 2021 | 10:20 EDT

Soulja Boy SouljaGame TRDR Pocket cover
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Soulja Boy Says Nintendo & Google Tried to Buy His Gaming Company

Soulja Boy is as boisterous a rapper as they come, but he's recently made an astonishing claim: in a recent interview, he says that Nintendo and Google have offered to buy the company behind the …

May 5, 2021 | 03:23 EDT

The logo for The Elder Scrolls Morrowind
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Morrowind May Modathon Celebrates 19 Years of Morrowind

Nineteen years ago, a company known as Bethesda released The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, an ambitious open-world RPG that would save their company from bankruptcy and sell millions of copies. Now,…

May 5, 2021 | 11:18 EDT

Diablo, a dog (not a Lord of Terror) in the middle of a legal dispute between Blizzard and Fox
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Blizzard and Fox Fight Over a Dog Named Diablo

Many PC gamers know Diablo as the Lord of Terror from the namesake series created by Blizzard Entertainment. However, a new Diablo will soon be in town thanks to Fox Media, and Blizzard is contesting…

May 4, 2021 | 12:13 EDT

A screenshot from the Doom II mod Wolfenstein: Blade of Agony
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Doom II Mod Wolfenstein: Blade of Agony Releases After Six Years of Work

A newly released mod for Doom II has finally released after a long period of development. Titled Wolfenstein: Blade of Agony, this WWII mod brings players gameplay themed after late 90's/early 2000's…

May 3, 2021 | 09:30 EDT

A character that's supposed to be a $20 V-Bucks card in Miitopia.
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Players are Making Magic with Miitopia Masks

The Switch port of Miitopia, Nintendo's humorous 2016 RPG which made use of Miis to take the roles of various characters, may not officially be out yet, but players are toying around with the demo's…

April 30, 2021 | 09:00 EDT

A Meowth from a Game Boy Color reimagining of Pokemon Snap
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Animator Imagines Pokemon Snap as a GBC Game

In one day, fans of Pokemon and fans of photography will be rejoicing when New Pokemon Snap gives them a sequel to the 20-year-old Nintendo 64 game. However, one animator decided to imagine what the…

April 29, 2021 | 12:09 EDT

A press release photo of Queen Elizabeth's golden Wii, complete with golden Wiimote and nunchuck.
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Golden Wii Created for the Queen is Up for Sale

In 2009, THQ gave Queen Elizabeth the 2nd of England a 24 Karat golden Nintendo Wii console as part of a marketing move to promote a series of games for the console. Now, its new owner is auctioning…

April 28, 2021 | 09:23 EDT

An ecological wasteland from one of the earlier Sonic games SEGA made.
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Sega NFTs Are Coming From a New Collaboration

NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are a relatively new concept that allows someone to own a unique copy of a digital asset through a variety of means. Sega NFTs are coming as the company is now getting…

April 27, 2021 | 12:12 EDT

A selection of characters from the first Danganronpa game.
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Uncertainity Reigns As Spike Chunsoft Changes Danganronpa Streaming ToS

A new update to the streaming Terms of Service for the visual novel series Danganronpa prevents Japanese players from sharing any footage past the first chapters of their games. However, there's…

April 28, 2021 | 10:11 EDT

The title screen for The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind.
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Morrowind Spring Modjam Brings Some New Mods Ahead of Annual Modding Contest

Recently, the Reddit for The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind, the third main game in the Elder Scrolls series, has just finished a game jam focused on creating mods for the 2002 title. With the jam wrapped…

April 23, 2021 | 12:40 EDT

The logo for the Olympic Virtual Series
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Olympics Sponsor Virtual Sports with Olympic Virtual Series

The Olympics is making their first major foray into the world of virtual sports. Next month, the Olympic Virtual Series will be the first Olympic-licensed event to make use of virtual sports games.…

April 22, 2021 | 09:15 EDT

Official Valheim art featuring two Viking overlooking a vista.
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Modder Team is Making a Valheim MMO Server

The Viking purgatory survival game Valheim has attracted plenty of modding projects during its time on the market, but one group is planning one of the game's most ambitious mods. Known as VaLNGOS (…

April 21, 2021 | 09:05 EDT

Discord Microsoft Acquisition cover
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The Discord Microsoft Acquisition is Dead — For Now

The Discord Microsoft acquisition has died on the vine, easing any concerns that the voice and video chat service would fall under the control of the same company that runs Skype. Discord is a free…

April 20, 2021 | 01:51 EDT

Lucas in the sunflower fields from Mother 3, which turns 15 today.
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Fans and Creators Celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Mother 3

15 years ago, Nintendo released Mother 3 on the Game Boy Advance in Japan, the final entry in the cult classic Mother/EarthBound RPG series. Today, fans celebrate this milestone with fan art and a…

April 20, 2021 | 09:23 EDT

The logo for Project Deluge.
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Wave 2 of Project Deluge Brings PS1, CD-i, and Saturn Prototypes

Hidden Palace, a website dedicated to video game preservation, has released a second wave of prototypes archived via Project Deluge. Consisting of nearly 500 prototypes, these early development…

April 19, 2021 | 11:14 EDT

A battle in the Freelancer mod for Mount and Blade II.
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Freelancer Mod Arrives in Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord

The Freelancer mod for Mount and Blade Warband allowed players to step away from being a major player in the game's world by being a rank-and-file soldier instead. Now, a new version of this mod is…

April 16, 2021 | 11:25 EDT

The Convoking Wand from the Necromancy mod for Valehim.
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Master the Dead in the Valheim Necromancy Mod

It's clear in the purgatorial realm of Valheim that there's a good bit of magic in the game. However, you'll generally be limited to the weapons and armor most Vikings would be able to make. A newly-…

April 14, 2021 | 10:28 EDT

An 8-part obstacle course made for a Valheim version of Ninja Warrior.
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Valheim Ninja Warrior Course and Competition Created

Ninja Warrior, also known as Sasuke in its native Japan, is a game show where 100 contestants try and complete a series of obstacle courses without falling into the water below. One Valheim fan,…

April 15, 2021 | 09:28 EDT

The logo for Oh My Git.
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Game And Learn How To Program with Oh My Git!

Created in 2005 by Linus Torvalds, Git is a program often used by programmers to help collaboratively develop source code. But like many programming-related topics, it can be pretty hard for the…

April 13, 2021 | 11:39 EDT

Watch Dogs: Legion modding Scripthook cover
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Watch Dogs: Legion Modding is Getting Major Improvements

Watch Dogs: Legion modding is about to get a heck of a lot better thanks to the Nomad Group modding collective. The upcoming Watch Dogs: Legion Scripthook will give gamers a serious set of tools for…

April 12, 2021 | 02:51 EDT

A battle in the Explorer mod for Mount and Blade Warband.
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Explorer Mod Turns Mount and Blade Warband into a Third-Person Open-World

Over on the Mod DB, a creator named Ruthventwo has just released the final 1.0 update to their ambitious 'Explorer' mod for Mount and Blade Warband. This mod replaces the game's usual world map…

April 12, 2021 | 09:28 EDT

Yahoo! Answers Typing of the Dead Overkill mod cover
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Yahoo! Answers Immortalized in The Typing of the Dead: Overkill

Yahoo! Answers is shutting down for good in May 2021, but it will live on forever as a very strange Typing of the Dead: Overkill mod on Steam, perfectly preserving some of the Internet's dumbest…

April 9, 2021 | 04:14 EDT

Early art from the Warcraft mod for Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord.
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Mount and Blade 2 Bannerlord Mod Seeks to Recreate Azeroth

A new mod for Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord is looking to bring the world of Azeroth to the game replacing the fictional medieval realm of Calradia. Mount and Warcraft Reborn is still in the early…

April 9, 2021 | 11:53 EDT

A gameplay scene in the Dance Dance Revolution-esque Friday Night Funkin'
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Friday Night Funkin' Is Getting Polymod Support Soon

Newgrounds rhythm game Friday Night Funkin' is getting Polymod support. Lars Doucet's system for loading and playing multiple mods in Newgrounds games is coming to the dance-'em-up "soon", according…

April 8, 2021 | 10:34 EDT

Art for the NES version of Super Mario Bros.
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Super Mario Bros. Speedrunner Breaks 4.55 Barrier

Four minutes and fifty-five seconds. Since 2018, that has been the start of all world records in Super Mario Bros. speedruns. It's a speedrun record so precise that there's been debate on whether it'…

April 8, 2021 | 09:04 EDT

A gameplay screenshot of Castlevania Resurrection.
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Newly Found Castlevania Resurrection Demo up for Auction

Earlier this week, we learned that a pre-E3 prototype version of the scrapped 1999 Dreamcast game Castlevania Resurrection had been found and footage of its gameplay has been posted online. We've now…

April 7, 2021 | 11:15 EDT

A gameplay screenshot of Crusader Kings III.
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[Updated] Modder Banned from Crusader Kings III Forums for Gay Marriage Mod

Update 9:24 AM EST 4/7/2021: Community manager "PDX_Pariah" posted on the "Legalize Gay Modding" thread, apologizing for both the delayed response due to Easter weekend in Sweden and reiterated their…

April 6, 2021 | 02:16 EDT

Castlevania Resurrection

Canceled Castlevania Game Castlevania Resurrection Demo Found

Castlevania Resurrection is a canceled Dreamcast title that was set in 1666 and would have had Sonia Belmont and Victor Belmont meeting via time travel. Long thought lost and seen as a holy grail for…

April 5, 2021 | 10:46 EDT

A screenshot of Valheim being played in VR mode via a mod.
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Experience Valheim VR With This New Mod

Valheim has plenty to offer its players, but one thing it doesn't have is a VR mode. Rest easy, however, as a modder is on the case to make Valheim VR a reality with a newly-released mod on Nexus…

April 5, 2021 | 09:20 EDT

Super Mario Bros. Box for Auction
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Super Mario Bros. Sells for Over 600k At Auction

New Record! Mario's been at it again and has set a new record for video game prices at the most recent Heritage Auction event, where a sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. sold for $660k. "As soon as…

April 2, 2021 | 03:41 EDT

A dog being pet in Skyrim thanks to the power of mods.
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Play with Stocks and Pet the Dog in These Skyrim Mods

April Fools' Day may be over, but there are still some particularly silly mods being released. Three new mods for Skyrim will give players (of both the normal and special versions) the ability to…

April 2, 2021 | 10:20 EDT

A dating sim announced by the Armello devs for April Fools' Day.
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April Fools' Day 2021 Gaming Roundup

 Today on April Fools' Day, all parts of the video gaming community are bringing out their best jokes, pranks, and silly game ideas to share on social media. Here are some of the ones we found the…

April 1, 2021 | 09:10 EDT

One dead Mario, courtesy of Sephiroth's Smash Ultimate reveal trailer.
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People are Celebrating Mario's "Death" Today

If you go on social media today, you might hear people talking about how Mario, Nintendo's iconic mascot and character, is going to die today. It sounds like shocking news, but it's actually a joke…

March 31, 2021 | 01:12 EDT

The main cast of heroes from Marvel's Avengers.
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New Marvel's Avengers Outfits Lead to Confusion and Frustration

Recently, Marvel's Avengers announced an upcoming event that comes with a variety of new features, including new outfits themed around the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Unfortunately, some improper…

March 30, 2021 | 09:45 EDT

A magazine cover from Famitsu, Japan's most prominent video game publication
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Famitsu Editor Arrested for Alleged Fraud

An editor at Famitsu, one of Japan's biggest legacy video game publications that has been running since 1986, has been arrested. 43-year-old Eiichi Sato, who was tasked with editing freelancer…

March 29, 2021 | 09:58 EDT

The map of Northrend as recreated in Valheim.
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Valheim Modder Creates Northrend from World of Warcraft

We've seen ambitious builders in the Viking sandbox survival game Valheim recreate the Dwarven capital of Ironforge as we've seen it in World of Warcraft, but what about an entire region? A new mod…

March 26, 2021 | 10:56 EDT

The Nintendo 64DD development kit Shane Luis helped unbox.
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Unboxing the History of the Nintendo 64DD

Yesterday, video game YouTuber Shane Luis (also known as Rerez) shared a series of tweets in which he helped a private collector verify, photograph, and unbox a development kit for a Nintendo 64DD (…

March 25, 2021 | 09:59 EDT

Art from Bloodborne.
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Bloodborne Celebrates 6 Years with the Return to Yharnam

Today, March 24th, marks the 6-year anniversary of FromSoftware's tough-as-nails Souls-like Bloodborne. To celebrate the occasion, players are starting up new characters and organizing a "Return to…

March 24, 2021 | 11:21 EDT

A shot from the Monster Hunter Rise trailer.
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Japanese Company Takes Day Off for Monster Hunter Rise Launch

Monster Hunter Rise, the sixth entry in Capcom's action-RPG video game series, is set to be a very exciting launch, especially in Japan. In fact, one company is giving their employees the day off for…

March 23, 2021 | 10:50 EDT

The PlayStation 2, the first console Hidden Palace is focusing on in their newest project.
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Hidden Palace Starts Project Deluge Releasing Over 700 PS2 Prototypes and Demos

Hidden Palace, a website dedicated to preserving video game media, has announced a major assessment project. Titled 'Project Deluge,' this project will have Hidden Palace assessing a giant collection…

March 22, 2021 | 11:38 EDT