It's been an interesting year for Capcom, so far. After the successful launch of Monster Hunter Wilds earlier this year, the keystone franchise for the developer appears to have hit a snag, as sales have declined rapidly in the post-launch window. As the game released, it broke records for Capcom as its fastest-selling game ever, and enjoyed the biggest physical launch of any game in the series.
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One developer has said it will give away its game for free to anyone who responds to a social media post, but only if Hollow Knight Silksong shows up at this afternoon's Nintendo Direct.
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Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima won't be playing Konami's forthcoming remake of Snake Eater.
Apex Legends has announced Showdown, the 26th season of Respawn's Battle Royale, which introduces a brand new permanent game mode called Wildcard, a new progression system and more quality of life updates. Additionally, Caustic and Bangalore get some love and Elite weapons join the game. There are also a couple of ranked updates on the way. With changes come sacrifice, Arenas has been removed for the foreseeable future.
Sandfall Interactive has released a new update for its widely-praised turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, adding among other changes a Battle Retry prompt.
In the crudest terms possible, Cronos: The New Dawn is a survival horror game about going back in time to steal things from the past. I say this because its developers, Bloober Team also seem to have gone back in time and stolen almost every aspect of Cronos' gameplay from past survival horror titles and more.
Nintendo has listened to community feedback, and with its latest Mario Kart World update has "increased the frequency" of lap-type courses appearing on the selection screen when choosing the next course in both Vs Race and wireless races.
The team at Pokémon TCG Pocket - that is to say, the wildly popular trading card mobile game - has released a statement apologising to its community following a report that highlighted a piece of fan artwork which had been copied to create a card, saying it was provided "incorrect reference materials".
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Xbox Game Pass made Microsoft almost $5bn in annual revenue last year, proving the company is in a healthy state despite last month's shock layoffs.
The majority of PlayStation's top selling games this last quarter in the US came from Microsoft.
Nintendo has announced a Direct, which is set for tomorrow.
Despite reports to the contrary, it doesn't look like Battlefield 6 will cost $80 after all, as publisher EA is shunning the move to that kind of pricing for its games, at least for the time being.
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