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Through Feb. 8, Nintendo is cutting prices on Switch physical and digital games, many of which are must-play titles that belong in everyone’s collection. In case you missed out on Switch game deals close to Black Friday, this sale is a little different. It includes fewer first-party Nintendo games, but in some ways it’s actually more impressive, looping in a more diverse swath of games that Switch owners should nevertheless check out.

Street Fighter Duel, the Idle RPG, is set to celebrate its first anniversary on February 28. Capcom and Crunchyroll teamed up to release this JRPG last year globally for mobile devices. Now, it’s gearing up for the celebrations and dishing out log-in rewards. Keep reading to know more about the Street Fighter: Duel 1st Anniversary!

Frontier Developments, the British developer-publishers behind Elite Dangerous, Planet Zoo and Warhammer games including Warhammer 40,000 XCOM-a-like Chaos Gate: Daemonhunters and last year’s Age of Sigmar RTS Realms of Ruin, will host a new monthly developer showcase starting next week.

The next title in the Order & Chaos series is in the making for which NetEase and Gameloft have joined forces. Titled Order & Chaos: Guardians, its closed beta for Android is kicking off on January 24, 2024 for Android players. Keep reading to know more about the Order & Chaos: Guardians CBT.

Palworld, the survival game where you recruit adorable Pokémon-like creatures and send them to fight or work, has been out for four days and is already a massive hit. On Monday morning, the Early Access version of the game reached over 1.5 million concurrent players on Steam, making it the most-played game on the platform and marking the third highest number of concurrent players on the platform of all time. The statistic doesn’t even include players who downloaded the game via Xbox Game Pass, meaning its overall active player base is likely much larger. According to its developer, Pocketpair, the game sold over 5 million copies in three days.

I never quite understood the rivalry between pirates and ninjas, but Steam’s latest sale is offering discounts on a variety of titles that feature stealth, swashbuckling, and occasionally both. Regardless of which side of the argument you fall on, you can find discounts on essential titles like Sea of Thieves, Mark of the Ninja Remastered, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Return to Monkey Island, and more through Jan. 29. While many of these discounts are reserved for slightly older titles, you can still find some modest discounts on newer titles too. Below, we’ve pulled together some of our recommendations for you to browse, conveniently sorted into pirates and ninjas.

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CD Projekt Red plans to kick off the production phase of The Witcher 4 this year, according to the Studio Head and Joint CEO Adam Badowski.

No, sorry, there won't be a Bill and Frank TV spin-off for The Last of Us after all. Series co-creator Craig Mazin has said the crew is happy with what it accomplished with those characters in the first season, and as such «there won't be more Bill and Frank».

Diablo IV’s third seasonal event, Season of the Construct, has been revealed and kicks off next week. This time, players will journey beneath Kehjistan to battle demonically corrupted machines.

Tekken 8’s first DLC character will be a familiar face: Eddy Gordo, the capoeira pro who has previously appeared in the mainline roster of the fighting game series since 1997’s Tekken 3.

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