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17 testate italiane e internazionali in un solo posto. Ogni scheda porta all'articolo originale.

Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto Defends Remakes Ahead Of Ocarina Of Time Switch 2 Remake

Gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario and The Legend of Zelda, has spoken up to defend remakes. A lot of people embrace and enjoy remakes, while others say developers should instead spend more time and resources on entirely new games. Miyamoto, for his part, said remakes are good, actually, because a lot of people might have missed out on a game when it was originally released.…

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If You Aren’t Going To BlizzCon 2026, You Can Still Spend Money Like You Are

BlizzCon 2026 is shaping up to be a major moment for the house World of Warcraft built, but even if you won't be in attendance, Blizzard will still let you buy all kinds of cosmetics to celebrate the occasion. Though BlizzCon this year isn't until September 12, players can buy digital BlizzCon bundles for all of Blizzard's major live-service games right now. Those lucky enough to have a BlizzCon…

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Here’s How To Play Halo: Campaign Evolved With Your Friends Across Xbox, PlayStation, And PC

With Halo: Campaign Evolved's early access period set to kick off on July 23 , you may be wondering just how to enable cross-platform play so you and your fellow Spartans can kick grunt butt across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Well, the process is actually super simple, so let us break it down for you right here. As outlined in a July 22 blog on the Halo Waypoint site , playing this…

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Analyst Says Sony Killing Physical PS5 Games “Dooms” Brick-And-Mortar Stores

Sony's decision to kill physical PlayStation games in January 2028 has, understandably, gotten under the skin of just about everyone. And while Disgea's creator says the company should just stop making consoles altogether if there won't be any more physical games, an analyst is sounding the alarm on how Sony's decision could be the death knell for brick-and-mortar gaming stores in the future.…

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PlayStation Plus Subscribers Have 9 Games To Finish Before August Ends

PlayStation Plus has gotten several new games throughout the month, but as expected, several of them are also set to leave the subscription service's Game Catalog for Extra- and Premium-tier subscribers. In total, there'll be nine games exiting PS Plus on August 18, so you've only got a few weeks left to check out a fun zombie apocalypse adventure, a JRPG with an elegant hand-drawn art style, and…

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Xbox Brings Backwards Compatibility To PC, Starting With Four Classics

Backwards compatibility is finally coming to PC, with Xbox announcing the initiative with four original Xbox classics now available to download on your desktop or handheld PC of choice. Starting today, you'll be able to download and play Blinx: The Time Sweeper, Fuzion Frenzy, Conker: Live and Reloaded, and Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge on PC. If you own these games already, or are…

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Hasbro’s The Legend Of Zelda Figures Have Been Revealed, And They Look Pretty Great

Hasbro and Nintendo are teaming up for The Legend of Zelda toys , and the first have now been revealed as part of the start of San Diego Comic-Con. These include Zelda, Link, and Ganondorf figures, based on their designs from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The Zelda and Link figures are six-inch scale figures with 20+ points of articulation. The Zelda figure includes a Decayed Master…

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Disgaea Creator Says Sony May As Well Scrap PlayStation Consoles If It’s Killing Game Discs

Sony's decision to stop producing PlayStation discs in 2028 has been a lightning rod for discussion across the globe, and Disgaea series creator Sohei Niikawa has weighed in, saying that the company might as well stop making PlayStation hardware as well. Speaking to Noisy Pixel at Anime Expo 2026, Niikawa explained why he thinks physical editions of games are still so important, as he believes…

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Viral Raccoon “Jimothy” Gets His Own Browser Video Game, And The Internet Is Smitten

The internet's hearts have been stolen by yet another mammal, but instead of a small baby hippo named Moo Deng , it's a short-spined raccoon dubbed "Jimothy." About a week ago, 33-year-old marketing specialist Kiana Hall posted an Instagram Reel of a creature that looks straight out of The Lord of the Rings--like Gollum's cousin or something. This creature, though odd-looking, was a raccoon with…

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Xbox Sales “More Than Doubled” In June 2026 In The US, While PS5 And Switch 2 Dropped

Circana, formerly NPD, has released its latest monthly sales report for the US video game industry, and one key takeaway was that Xbox was the only console platform to grow in sales during the month. Xbox Series X|S unit sales grew by 86% compared to June 2025 , and June 2026 was the best month so far in 2026 for Xbox Series X|S sales, Circana said. In June 2025, Xbox Series X|S sales were…

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I Wanted RoboCop: Rogue City 2 And All I Got Was This TV Series Announcement

Amazon MGM Studios has officially greenlit production on a new RoboCop TV series. Based on the classic 1987 movie directed by Paul Verhoeven, the series has already recruited Peter Ocko (Lodge 49) as its showrunner, while The Conjuring's James Wan will serve as one of its producers. "I've been a massive fan of RoboCop forever, so getting to help bring this world to television is a dream," Wan…

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FC 27 Cover Star Announced, And It’s An Obvious Choice

EA Sports has announced the cover star for FC 27's Ultimate Edition, and it's none other than superstar Kylian Mbappe. His national team, France, may have lost to Spain in the World Cup semifinals this year, but Mbappe scored a tournament-best 10 goals, earning himself the Golden Boot award. Mbappe was also on the cover of FIFA 23 in 2022; that was when EA and FIFA were still in business together…

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Count Binface Is Making A Campaign Promise That Every Sega Fan Can Get Behind

The campaign season is heating up, and by now, you're probably used to politicians making grand promises that won't be fulfilled. Across the pond in England, at least one "independent space warrior" is making a push to get Sega fans on his side, as Count Binface's bid to be elected the new MP of Clacton has seen him call on Sega to reopen its beloved West End Arcade and get Shenmue 4 into…

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Maybe Not Everything Needs To Be A Fortnite Collab

Honestly, I thought I could no longer be surprised by the off-the-wall collaborations between Fortnite and various other IPs. At this point in Fortnite's very lucrative lifespan, the general rule of thumb seems to be, "If it's popular, it's gonna end up in Fortnite." Damn near every Marvel Cinematic Universe character has made an appearance, countless musical artists have held in-game concerts,…

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Darkest Dungeon Is Getting New DLC, Even Though It Has A Sequel

Red Hook Studios surprised Darkest Dungeon fans by announcing new DLC for the first game years after a sequel was already released. It's titled The Fire's Edge and will be out in August. Darkest Dungeon exited early access in 2016 and last received DLC in May 2020. In the six years since, Red Hook launched a sequel that builds on the strong foundations of the first game and has supported it with…

Ubisoft Reacts To Ghost Recon Leaks, Promises News In August

Ubisoft has confirmed that it will share what's next for Ghost Recon when it celebrates the series' 25th anniversary on August 6. This comes after several reports and rumors about upcoming Ghost Recon games emerged over the past month. On July 20, Insider Gaming reported on a leak of the Ghost Recon: Wildlands Definitive Edition, a current-generation remaster of the 2017 game that will add a new…

Warner Bros. Acquisition Is Stuck In Legal Limbo Again

Paramount Skydance's plan to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery has hit yet another snag, as a judge has issued a two-week pause on its planned acquisition. After a coalition of 12 state attorneys --led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta--argued that the merger would violate federal antitrust law and potentially lead to higher film and TV prices, Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin placed a temporary…

Nintendo Basically Says That Splatoon 4 Will Happen

While Splatoon Raiders looks like a pivot from Nintendo's competitive multiplayer-focused franchise, a producer on the series confirmed that PvP gameplay in Splatoon will endure, even uttering the phrase "Splatoon 4" in an interview. Nintendo's Ask the Developer feature (per Nintendo Life ) included a question that straight-up asked producer Seita Inoue why a spin-off is the franchise's next…

Hasbro Is Betting On Fewer, Bigger Video Games After $56 Million Write-Down

Hasbro's ambitious plan to expand into video games appears to have hit an expensive snag, as the company has recorded a $56 million impairment charge related to its video games portfolio for 2028 and beyond, according to its second-quarter earnings results. For the uninitiated, an impairment charge is a sudden loss of value for an asset, making it worth far less than what a company originally…

We Finally Know Xal’atath’s Evil Plan For The World Of Warcraft

After years of theories and speculation, World of Warcraft players may have finally uncovered the real endgame of its current main villain, Xal'atath. Xal'atath has been Azeroth's big bad for the past several expansions, but aside from amassing power in her Dark Heart artifact, her exact motivations haven't been entirely clear. She doesn't seem to work for the Old Gods but for herself, though to…

Neill Blomkamp’s AI Film Has Fans Asking For District 10 Instead

A handful of filmmakers have begun testing the waters of AI-generated movies, and this week, Gran Turismo director Neill Blomkamp showed off a 14-minute short that was made entirely with the technology. Could the famed director of cult-classic movies like District 9 and Elysium be one of the first people in Hollywood to use generative AI in a way that wasn't met with overwhelming negativity?…

Xbox Game Pass Is Going Somewhere You Probably Forgot About

Xbox Game Pass is teaming up with another subscription service this week, albeit one that appeals to a niche section of gamers. Facebook parent group Meta and Xbox have announced that a starter edition of Xbox Game Pass is now available to Meta Horizon+ subscribers, giving them access to over 50 games via cloud streaming. Games can also be downloaded directly from the cloud and onto a Meta Quest…

Nintendo Will Not Refund Tariff Fees It Passed Onto Customers, Saying They “Received Exactly What They Bargained And Paid For”

Nintendo is just one of many companies that has been claiming refunds on the tariffs it was forced to pay on goods entering the United States from August 2025, but says it doesn't have to, and won't, pass these onto customers. In August 2025, Nintendo increased the price of the original Switch console in accordance with ongoing tariffs at the time. These were deemed illegal but a US court in…

Hideo Kojima Reveals How He Wants To Die

Writer-director Hideo Kojima, famous for creating Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding, has commented on how he would like to die. During a recent event, Kojima said he would like to die in a movie theater, and he even knows when, exactly, he'd like to pass away. "I like the time before the movie starts the best. Enter the movie theater, the lights turn off, the commercials and trailers play,…