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In celebration of cosy farming sim Stardew Valley's eighth anniversary, sole creator Eric «ConcernedApe» Barone has revealed roughly when we can get our dirt-smeared hands on the game's eagerly anticipated 1.6 update, which is shaping up to be a real doozy.

If you've been holding off on taking the PS VR2 plunge, today's the day to leave crappy old crud-reality behind. 132 bucks off the headset, Sense Controllers and one helluva good showcase title for the tech is a very enticing deal. Take it from the guy who's played everything worth playing on the system—it's awesome and well worth a spot in your collection.

Todd McFarlane's Spawn just reached a landmark 350 issues, a big milestone for an independent comic (one of the longest running ever), and to celebrate, the Toddfather has announced a huge expansion of the Spawn comic line with multiple upcoming titles - no less than 15 new titles, to be exact.

During the Campfire Chat Livestream on February 29th, Blizzard announced a new competition to celebrate the release of The Gauntlet! This limited-time contest has been dubbed Leaderboard Legends and starts on March 19th. This contest will have multiple winners for each of the categories of The Gauntlet, including the individual classes and for Hardcore as well! Vampiric Powers Returning in Season 3 Patch 1.3.3 Class Changes Summary The winners of the Leaderboard Legends contest will receive a custom art print.

Visiting Warhammer's flagship store-museum hybrid is on the wishlist for many fans, so it's not surprising that Warhammer World Anniversary celebrations - complete with reveals - are a thing. 2024's announcements weren't necessarily world-shattering, but they had a chaotic energy that I'm totally herefor.

Call of Duty Warzone doesn't exactly lend itself to skins in the same way Fortnite does. Sure, Nicki Minaj and Snoop Dogg have been added as operators, but you can't truly customize your in-game self to look just the way you want as doing so would scupper your attempts to remain hidden from enemies. That doesn't mean you can't look good while you play in real life though, and now you can do so by wearing some official Call of Duty merch courtesy of Boohooman.

Get ready for a celestial spectacle as NASA extends a warm invitation to theHT public to witness a total solar eclipse on April 8, painting the skies over North America. This rare event will offer residents in 15 states a mesmerizing view of the Moon completely obscuring the Sun, unveiling the Sun's delicate corona.

Hello PlayStation Stars members! This month introduces more exciting Campaigns, from earning Points on acclaimed titles to celebrating award-winning franchises and fan-favorite games. Let’s dive into the featured Campaigns awaiting you in March.

Dragon Raja, the stunning open-world cyberpunk MMORPG powered by Unreal Engine, is turning four this month.

A new post from the official Kingdom Hearts Twitter account has some fans thinking that it's a new glimpse at Kingdom Hearts 4, but it's actually just an edited shot of Kingdom Hearts 3's secret ending.

James Gunn has celebrated Superman’s birthday in fine style. First, the director unveiled the first sneak peek of David Corenswet’s new suit before revealing that the Superman: Legacy title is no more.

Thank your own personal deity—possibly the God-Emperor—it's Friday! I'm going to round out the week with a crapload of triple and double packs on Xbox. I'm also seeing an unusually cheap Switch Pro Controller, and the first double-digit discount yet spotted for Shadow of the Erd Tree. If I don't see you defending Super Earth in Helldivers 2, stay safe, save often, and catch you Monday!

Google has a long history of easter eggs, from HTML trickery to paying homage to Bletchley Park with a very apt decoding animation. I can say with certainty that I wasn’t expecting to see a stampede of Chocobos on my screen today, though.

February 29 is a rare day, a perfect date to celebrate with a session of the Final Fantasy-themed musical game Theatrhythm Final Bar Line. However, I’ve got sad news for anyone attempting to celebrate today with a little Theathrythm as the rhythm game just won’t load on this day, specifically.

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars is being given a makeover to celebrate the point and click adventure's 25th anniversary. Upgrades to its sounds and visuals will see the game reimagined in 4K, but its creators want to do even more to mark this significant milestone. The first Broken Sword adventure is also getting a physical release in the form of a Collector's Edition, the Kickstarter for the project hitting its $63,000 goal within an hour of the page going live.

Today I'm all about discount deals and democracy manifest. Though discounts on it are scarce (beyond this 17% off one with the code OMEN17), Helldivers 2 still holds my attention like the vice-like pincers of a terminid warrior bug. Why? Because even in a squad of randos, you can experience heroic, heart-in-your-mouth moments like these.

Old School RuneScape – and also regular RuneScape – developer Jagex has a new corporate owner, but it's business as usual for the MMO's community, which is still hard at work finishing grinds that nobody, not one soul on this Earth, asked or expected them to actually do. The latest landmark achievement comes from well-liked content creator Limpwurt, who's finally emerged from a self-imposed grind that started some 2,500 hours of game time ago in August 2023, but at least he's got a really cool cape and a baby mole to show for it. 

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When it first launched in 2016, you'd be forgiven for shrugging off Pokémon Go as a passing fad.

Well, it's the day of days. The much awaited sequel to Remake, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, is launch imminent, and I have the cheapest prices for it. Preloading is available for your midnight play, however, I have just been informed that the embargo for longplays and other VODs is two hours earlier at 10 p.m. AEST. That's good news if you want a bigger sneak peek, possibly via the three non-commentary vids I have in the wings. I'd put gil on the US team having a Let's Play going on too. Will link that when it's live and I'm allowed to.

The newly-announced Pokemon Legends Z-A has got fans reminiscing about Gen 6 and the X and Y sequel we never got. 

To celebrate the 28th anniversary of Pokémon Red and Green in Japan, three of the most beloved evolutions from the original games are set to receive special raids in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

It’s Pokémon Day, the annual celebration of everything Pokémon that’s timed to the original launch of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green in Japan on Feb. 27, 1996. The Pokémon Company started celebrating the 1996 release date officially in 2016 and has hosted events every year since, making Feb. 27 one of the more important days on the Pokémon fan calendar. Typically, we get a Pokémon Presents broadcast on Pokémon Day, and this year is no different: Pokémon Presents debuted at 9 a.m. EST and showed off a whole new era of Pokémon.

Stardew Valley creator reveals the farming sim is "thriving more than ever" and has sold 30 million copies. 

The Pokémon Company is celebrating the annual Pokémon Day today (February 27) alongside the 28th anniversary of the original Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green versions, which were both first released in Japan in 1996. To mark the occasion, it's livestreaming a special Pokémon Presents to hopefully share what's next for the franchise.

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Feb. 27 marks the anniversary of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green’s 1996 release date in Japan, and to celebrate, the Pokémon Company is broadcasting its next Pokémon Presents. What’s next in the world of Pokémon? Let’s find out.

It’s finally happening: Dying Light 2‘s post-apocalyptic civilization has rediscovered guns. As announced months ago, late in 2023, Techland’s latest major content update for Dying Light 2 is all about weaponry, celebrating the game’s second anniversary with a boom and a bang.

With Helldivers 2's severs holding firm, developer Arrowhead Game Studios is ready to return to its "original plan" for the shooter. 

The nominations for this year's Gayming Awards 2024 have been announced, and somewhat predictably, Baldur's Gate 3 has managed five nominations across four categories. 

Square Enix will share new developments in the Bravely series this year, producer Tomoya Asano said in a tweet celebrating Bravely Default II‘s second anniversary.

A sophisticated Apple iPhone scam has emerged in Iran, amassing a staggering $35 million, with celebrities unwittingly roped in to endorse the fraudulent scheme. Exploiting the absence of Apple's official presence due to US sanctions, the orchestrator of the scam has been traced by Iranian authorities, paving the way for potential extradition through Interpol.

The Mother games are a highly celebrated RPG series, containing the likes of both Mother and EarthBound. There’s also Mother 3, a really good RPG from what I’veheard, that still hasn’t made it to the west.

Xbox Game Studios is currently hosting a New Year, New Age live stream to celebrate everything Age of Empires and reveal updates about its future. However, it’s not all about Age of Empires. After being teased in 2022, Age of Mythology: Retold has been revealed. A definitive edition of the original classic RTS Age of Mythology, Retold will release on PC and Xbox Serise X|S later this year.

Set that dial to maximum Turtle Power! To celebrate 40 years of the Heroes in a Half Shell - and the renewal of IDW's contract to release comics based on them - the publisher has announced five brand new TMNT titles, including two ongoing series, a short story anthology, and a pair of one-shots.

The live-actionAvatar: The Last Airbender isn’t supposed to be a shot-for-shot remake of the original animated series. After all, with only eight episodes instead of the first season’s 20, there’s a lot to be condensed and cut and changed. But the showrunners behind the new Avatar did add something to the very beginning.

Today is the seventh anniversary of the launch of NieR: Automata in Japan, so PlatinumGames took some time to celebrate the occasion with a blog post. The studio also revealed that the game has now surpassed eight million units sold to date.

Thank your own personal deity—possibly Fortinbras—it's Friday! Well, by now you've heard that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is quite the sequel. I've been playing it for two weeks and have secretly been trying to tell you all how good it is via a complex system of blinks and winks. That probably didn't translate well into text. Anyway, it's great and worth paying full price for. But why do that when you can do this?

2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace. And to celebrate, Marvel Comics is releasing the Star Wars: Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary Special one-shot comic.

To celebrate the first anniversary of the PlayStation VR2, Sony revealed a new batch of games coming to its virtual reality headset and confirmed that it’s testing a feature that would let people play PC VR games on their PSVR2.

Crash Bandicoot was an icon of the '90s.

Taliesin and Evitel cover the latest news in The Weekly Reset. This week they talk about the legacy of Steve Danuser, the former World of Warcraft Narrative Director.

As Einstein once said, and I’m paraphrasing: Two things are infinite; the universe, and the number of celebrities and fictional characters who’ll appear in Fortnite… and I’m not sure about the universe. With the announcement that Lady Gaga is going to be cameoing in this next season of the extremely popular online game, Taylor Swift fans are taking to social media and coming up with all sorts of elaborate conspiracy theories as to why their pop queen should follow suit.

Epic Games has detailed the collaboration between Lady Gaga and Fortnite Festival, which arrives as part of Season 2 on February 22.

Fantasy role playing game Tales of Arise has sold three million copies ahead of arriving on the PlayStation Plus Games Catalog and Xbox Game Pass.

You might not think Pokemon teaming up with Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum would be something fans would be all that excited about, but that's where you'd be wrong. Pokemon revealed a line of products that included prints of the artist's paintings reimagined to include the likes of Snorlax and Sunflora, and best of all, a free Pikachu Van Gogh card with every purchase. Generating so much attention that the card was being resold for north of $120, Pokemon has reprinted the card en masse, and its second wave hits stores this weekend.

Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem Codes for February 21: Yesterday, we learnt information about the upcoming Bony Ring event in Garena Free Fire MAX. The information about the event was leaked by data miners, and it is said to bring rewards such as Death Walls with Me Emote, Neon Bones Parachute, Memory Celebration Grenade, In the Bones Loot Box and Memory of The Bones Bundle. But before that, another event has been introduced in Garena Free Fire MAX, and it is called the Wall Royale. Check out the details below. 

Back in 2022, Magic: The Gathering released a series of Commander Decks based on Warhammer 40,000, which ended up being overall very popular in the community. Being so popular, those that play Magic the Gathering: Online were eager for them to be added to the title, only for Wizards of the Coast to explain that "technical hurdles" prevented them from doing so.

Each year, Maxis releases various packs for The Sims 4, ranging from large-scale expansions to smaller additions that introduce new clothes and furniture. Since 2024 began, the Sims team has released various teasers for new kits and packs, with Crystal Creations being the first Stuff Pack to launch this year on February 29.

The Pokémon Company’s next Pokémon Presents broadcast is scheduled for Feb. 27 in celebration of Pokémon Day, which marks the date of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green’s Japanese release in 1996. The Pokémon Company announced the broadcast on Tuesday morning via its social media channels. Pokémon Presents will go live at 9 a.m. EST on Feb. 27. The Pokémon Company hasn’t said what it’ll share, or how long the event will run — just to expect the “latest news and updates from the world of Pokémon.”

The TV adaptation of Fallout is due to air on April 12. To celebrate this – and because you need more Fallout in your life – Bethesda is launching an anthology of all the games in the series.

The Pokemon Company is celebrating Pokemon Day next week with a special broadcast. 

Pokemon fans have something to look forward to, as the next Pokemon Presents is coming our way on February 27, just a few days after the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase.

The Pokemon Company will host a Pokemon Presents broadcast on February 27 at 6:00 a.m. PT / 9:00 a.m. ET, the company announced. You will be able to watch it on YouTube (English, Japanese).

If you prefer being given the tools to create your own adventure rather than being told a story that has already been written, then you're likely a fan of Dungeons & Dragons. There's a strong chance you're pretty into Lego too, something else that lets your imagination run wild, just through builds rather than storytelling. Worlds rooted in encouraging players to use their imagination, and 50 years on from D&D's inception, it and Lego and finally teaming up for what will be a very special collaboration.

SEGA has played Sonic fans the world over with a pretty amusing bit of DLC for its colourful side-scroller, Sonic Superstars. To celebrate the announcement of Sonic X Shadow Generations, a new costume is now available for free, and it brings the infamous anti-hero, Shadow the Hedgehog, to the action — well, kind of.

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Since our last content update, players celebrated the Lunar New Year with Tong-Shi’s Renewal, slew allies in Howler Hunt, and devoured the Season 23 Battle Pass. This content update introduces changes to the Survivor’s Bane Event, 42 new Legendary items, Class Balance updates, and a new PvP mode: Tower War.

After the blockbuster sequel was pushed out of 2023 and into this year, Dune 2's release is almost here. Hitting cinemas on March 1, you likely don't need me to tell you that the hype for the next chapter in Denis Villeneuve's retelling of the iconic story is finally here. Less than two weeks more to wait, and whether you want to celebrate in more ways than one, or 11 more days is still too long to wait, there's a range of Dune 2 Funko Pops available now.

Baldur's Gate 3has been out for a while now, but, thanks to the playful and open-ended design found in Larian's hit fantasy role-playing game, players are still finding new ways of approaching its sprawling campaign.

25 years ago, Time put Pokemon on the cover of its iconic magazine. That might sound like a good thing, but it wasn't. In the wake of Pokemon's very first movie, Time questioned whether its grip on the world, particularly children, through video games and trading cards was a good thing. Fast forward to 2024, Pokemon is back on the cover of Time, but this time, the publication has nothing but good things to say about the franchise.

I have my usual eclectic list of bargain games worth buying today. That said, here's a personal recommendation for you: become a bounty hunter in Huntdown and make a healthy living (by making living unhealthy). In the same side-scrolling, hyper-violent, and co-optastic vein, Broforce is going for cheap, too. Spectacular '80s action movie vibes for both games, much like the reduced RoboCop: Rogue City on offer.

Capcom has celebrated Street Fighter 5's eighth anniversary by apologising for its rough launch and thanking fans for sticking all the way up to Street Fighter 6.

Google India head Sanjay Gupta sees AI as India's economic 'FASTag' for growth and accessibility; India a key player in responsible AI revolution, emphasises need for swift advancement, says IBM's Sandip Patel; AI avatars could replace employees in meetings, says Otter CEO; Rise of deepfake advertising raises concerns over celebrity endorsement scams- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

It's appropriate that President’s Day comes right after Valentine’s Day because there’s nothing we love more than democracy. To celebrate this most sacred of holidays, we’ve collected some games and literature to deliver some of that piping hot liber-tea directly into your veins.

To celebrate the so-called year of Shadow the Hedgehog, a new skin has been added to Sonic Superstars. Fans are divided - some think it's kinda cute, others say it's downright creepy. Imagine if your buddy was walking around in a onesie made to look like your skin, after all. It's a bit weird.

It seems like Sonic the Hedgehog is always finding ways to one-up his rival and frenemy, Shadow. This time, it’s dashing around Sonic Superstars while wearing a onesie that makes him look exactly like his black and red counterpart. The new costume looks like some sort of cosmic horror, and its reveal prompted a wave of responses online making jokes about Sonic’s terrifying but hilarious new look.

The Dune: Part Two cast might have had some awkward moments during the film’s press tour, but thank goodness Zendaya is here to set things right. Fans have had high expectations for fashion at the string of press events, and she has not failed meet them. In fact, she might have just worn her best outfit yet for world premiere of the film in London on Thursday.

GeForce NOW 4th Anniversary is being celebrated by adding two well-known titles to its already impressive collection: Halo Infinite and Skull and Bones. You can now jump into these AAA games hassle-free without worrying about storage space or those dreaded download times.

Project Moon is celebrating Limbus Company’s first anniversary! They’re dropping Chapter 5.5, which is called ‘Yield My Flesh to Claim Their Bones’ on February 22, 2024. The anniversary bash is also loaded with lots of missions and goodies. So, keep reading to know more!

The 27th annual D.I.C.E. Awards took place last night (February 15), and it celebrated some of the best games that we've seen in the previous year. 

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's director says "work has finally come to an end" on the Switch fighting game now that the Sora amiibo is here. 

The 27th D.I.C.E. Awards have arrived and are here to celebrate the best of the best in the world of video games from 2023. The show, which is put on by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and takes place at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas, will feature 23 categories and 56 games that were nominated by and voted on by game developers.

Thank your own personal deity—possibly Tendo, Mountain God—it's Friday! Speaking of towering beings of immense power, we're celebrating the 22nd birthday of PS2 classic Shadow of the Colossus, andwith a bargain 50% off price no less.

Hello Games released the Omega update for No Man’s Sky today and is making the sci-fi game free-to-play temporarily to celebrate.

EA is celebrating Apex Legends’ fifth anniversary with the launch of Season 20: Breakout, which went live earlier this week.

No Man's Sky is going free to play this coming weekend to celebrate the launch of the Omega Expedition, which comes in an update alongside myriad other changes today, February 15.

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In honor of 2024 marking the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese calendar, S-Game has revealed an introspective and suspenseful Phantom Blade Zero anime trailer called Rain & Bloodthat recalls Phantom Blade's history–and its upcoming future as a third-person action game.

In honor of 2024 marking the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese calendar, , S-Game has revealed an introspective and suspenseful Phantom Blade Zero anime trailer called Rain & Bloodthat recalls Phantom Blade's history–and its upcoming future as a third-person action game.