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Nintendo’s next console could launch later than expected, in early 2025, it’s claimed.

Capcom has suggested that it could release more $70 games after Dragon’s Dogma 2, which is the Japanese publisher’s first title to carry the increased price point.

Microsoft, you may have heard, has acquired a few gaming companies in the past few years, the biggest and most recent being Activision Blizzard. Largely thanks to these enormous acts of corporate consolidation, Microsoft Gaming boss Phil Spencer reckons Xbox is now "one of the largest publishers" on competing platforms PlayStation and Nintendo.

Sony shares recorded their biggest intraday fall since February 2022 after the company said that PS5 sales growth has likely peaked.

Taipei’s blue-hued Bannan Line is always packed to bursting, as it’s the approximately 26-kilometre MRT line which ferries passengers to key city destinations like Ximen and Taipei Main Station, but it was abuzz with added enthusiasm late last month, as enthused gamers rode the train all the way through to its destination station for the Taipei Game Show.

Have you ever wanted to listen to the music of The Legend of Zelda live? Well, consider your wish granted. Nintendo has dropped the VOD for The Legend of Zelda Orchestra Concert onto their YouTube after canceling the originally Tokyo-exclusive performance at Nintendo Live 2024 TOKYO.

AI model forecasts psychosis via brain scans; Rajasthan teen creates AgRobot to revolutionise farming; California bill proposes mandatory AI model testing; OpenAI's Altman pursues trillions for chip- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

Yu-Gi-Oh is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2024, and Konami is joining in on the festivities with the Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection.

Team NINJA, one of the most acclaimed action game studios thanks to its portfolio of franchises like Ninja Gaiden, Nioh, Dead or Alive, and Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (not to mention the spinoff Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin), is readying its release of Rise of the Ronin.

A Hi-Fi Rush launch on PS5 and Nintendo Switch could be imminent, following a recent leak. Currently an Xbox console exclusive, in-game files accessed by dataminers reveal new assets that seemingly confirm previous rumours of the game’s arrival on other platforms.

Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth has rebranded all of Kamurucho and Hawaii's Club Sega arcades into GiGo arcades, reflecting a real-life change from 2022.