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• Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch 21.1.0 update out now, patch notes

  09-12-2025 18:41 via n4g.com
  Another system update has been released for both the Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2 with version 21.1.0.
  
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• What We Hope To See From The Video Game Industry In 2026

  30-12-2025 13:59 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  Skewed and Reviewed have posted an Opinion Piece about what they hope to see from the gaming industry in 2026.
  
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• Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Added Nearly 300 Games in 2025, Worth Over $8,000 in Retail Value

  30-12-2025 13:38 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  Game Pass added around 300 games in 2025, almost double from 2024, with a retail worth of over $8000, presenting a good value.
  
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• You Didnt Just Buy a Console. You Joined an Ecosystem

  30-12-2025 13:37 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  Modern consoles arent one-time purchases. How PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox keep you inside their ecosystems.
  
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• It looks like Call of Duty is starting to overtake Battlefield 6

  30-12-2025 13:37 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  After an immense start, Battlefield 6 appears to be losing momentum faster than Call of Duty.
  
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• Game of the Year: Best PS5 Story Game of 2025

  30-12-2025 13:35 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  Push Square "Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 story game of 2025."
  
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• Ghost Cam Launch Date Set for January

  30-12-2025 12:27 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  Arch Rebels has announced that the launch of Ghost Cam has been scheduled for January 2026, coming to Meta Quest, PC VR and flatscreen PC.
  
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• Taking Flight With Raptor Claw's FUR Squadron Phoenix

  30-12-2025 12:25 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  The indie inspired StarFox style game returns with a vengeance in 2026.
  
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• Hell Is Us PS5 Review: A Mapless Mystery Worth the Effort | Spawning Point

  30-12-2025 11:14 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  Hell Is Us on PS5 is a bold, waypoint-free action-adventure that rewards curiosity and note-taking, even if combat repetition and UI friction hold it back.
  
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• Digitalfoundry Review: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Gets A Solid, Unsurprisingly Great PS5 Port

  30-12-2025 11:14 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  The clue's in the name: Microsoft Flight Simulator is a venerable gaming/simulation series, initially exclusive to PC across the decades until Asobo Studio created the remarkable Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, delivering an excellent experience to both the Personal Computer and Xbox consoles.
  And now, it's available on PlayStation 5 consoles. Is there parity in features between Series X and PS5? What extra features does the PS5 Pro get? And what's the score with unlocked frame-rates at 120Hz?
  
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• PC Gaming in 2025 Is Bigger Than Ever and More Frustrating Than Ever

  30-12-2025 11:13 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  PC gaming in 2025 delivered massive highs and frustrating lows. From hardware costs to handhelds and Linux, heres where the platform stands now.
  
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• Squirrel With a Gun Review Gamerhub UK

  30-12-2025 10:33 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  Game of the year! Okay, not really, but Squirrel With a Gun is a gas.
  
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• Twisted Voxel Presents Most Anticipated Games Of 2026

  30-12-2025 10:32 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  Ali: "Here's a list our staff at Twisted Voxel has put together featuring our most anticipated games of the year 2026."
  
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• Epic Games Store December 28 Mystery Game Revealed As SKALD: Against The Black Priory

  30-12-2025 10:32 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  Epic Games Store has officially revealed its December 28, 2025, mystery giveaway title, confirming that Mystery Game number 12 of 17 is SKALD: Against The
  
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• Terminator 2D: No Fate Review Retroactive Fun | The Outerhaven

  30-12-2025 10:09 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  Terminator 2D: No Fate brings back the glorious Arcade brawler action of the 1990s, while adapting one of the best movies ever in a faithful recreation
  
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• The Worst Video Games Of 2025: A Year In Shame

  30-12-2025 10:08 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  In which long-time video game critic Paul Semel complains about his least favorite games of the year.
  
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• Lost Soul Aside PS5 Review - Spawning Point

  30-12-2025 08:40 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  Lost Soul Aside on PS5 delivers flashy, satisfying character-action combat and striking visuals, but uneven storytelling and some jank hold it back.
  
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• Ars Technicas Top 20 video games of 2025

  29-12-2025 22:56 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  A mix of expected sequels and out-of-nowhere indie gems made 2025 a joy.
  
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• Soulframe isn't ready for Nintendo Switch 2 yet, but could that change soon?

  29-12-2025 22:55 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  Digital Extremes' new Warframe follow-up Soulframe is already in great shape to be a hit on Switch 2, but you play it on your Steam Deck right now.
  
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• Silent Hill F Has One of Horror's Most Gnarly And Profound Transformations

  29-12-2025 22:00
  
  What do you think of when you think of a woman in pain? There are no tidy universalisms here, but for many of us, even most of us, pain is private and domestic. You could think of a mother shouldering burdens alone while her husband is at work. The father in the waiting room while the mother screams with strangers. A woman going to the doctor about an ache, only for him to tell her to lose weight and deny the problem is even happening.All these things are simple clichés--tropes stolen fro
  
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• Another Japanese City Opens its Own Game Within Fortnite

  29-12-2025 21:55 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  Fortnite's gradual transformation into a Metaverse has been attracting many institutions, including the Japanese city of Tamana.
  
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• Quentin Tarantino and Fortnite: why Yuki's Revenge is pivotal to a new filmmaking era

  29-12-2025 20:34 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  Digging up lost Kill Bill content for Fortnite is a funny idea, but is Quentin Tarantino onto something with Yuki's Revenge?
  
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• How Screamers anime-inspired story avoids the usual tropes of racing games

  29-12-2025 19:02 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  In this interview, Milestone reveals to Traxion how Screamer is reimagining the racing game story mode. The integrated narrative is more than cutscenes, but in-race characters and customised vehicles to match each protagonist.
  
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• How Love And Deepspace Became A Viral Phenomenon In 2025

  29-12-2025 15:00
  
  In the cavernous convention halls of Gamescom 2025, conference attendees gawk at towering installations of fabricated castle sets and pirate ships. The massive movie set-esque booths inspire awe, but off center and to the side of these constructions rests another installation--one that has managed to draw an equally impressive crowd without a flashy monument. Wrapped around this booth are chattering fans--many who appear to be women and femmes in their 20s and 30s--all queued in a line long enou
  
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• UNBEATABLE Review - Jump Dash Roll

  29-12-2025 13:27 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  UNBEATABLE is a rhythm game with a plot. But does the gameplay make it sing? JDR loosens up its fingers for today's review.
  
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• The cross-platform RPG, Fallen Sword II, is coming to PC and mobile in Q3 2026

  29-12-2025 13:02 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  "Hunted Cow Games are today very happy and proud to announce that their cross-platform RPG, Fallen Sword II, is coming to PC and mobile in Q3 2026" - Hunted Cow Games.
  
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• The chaotic multiplayer party game, Pritto Prisoner, is out now for PC and the Switch

  29-12-2025 13:02 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  "PinCool, in partnership with publisher Initiate Games, today announced that Pritto Prisoner is available now worldwide, launching just in time for Christmas on Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam." - PinCool and Initiate Games.
  
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• The 2.5D multidirectional shooter Sub-Species has just been announced for PC

  29-12-2025 13:02 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  "Howling Hamster Entertainment are today very happy and excited to announce that their 2.5D multidirectional shooter Sub-Species, is now in development for PC." - Howling Hamster Entertainment.
  
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• Remasters Are Bad Actually

  29-12-2025 13:01 via youtube.com
  
  
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• The narrative-driven survival experience, Oppidum, is now available for the Switch

  29-12-2025 08:54 via newsboiler-www-website.azurewebsites.net
  "Oppidum, the narrative-driven survival experience for 1 to 4 players developed by the Spanish studio EP Games, is now available on Nintendo Switch." - EP Games.
  
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