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Like a ray of sunlight piercing the cloudy sky she comes, spreading joy to rhythm game loving Switch owners everwhere. Hatsune Miku Project Diva: Mega Mix for the Nintendo Switch launches on May 15 with 101 songs and more on the way. In case you could not tell, this news makes me incredibly happy. Soon I shall be back

Spotted on a quick quarantine-breaking walk in Brooklyn: this fantastic Pokémon mural. Considering Red has no ‘mons of his own, I think he’s gonna lose this battle. (Click to see a full gallery!)

Taxi cab whodunit Night Call is getting a big update on PC today. Called “The Long Way Home,” it adds a new passenger system, more guests to interrogate, and a free roam mode where you can explore neo-noir Paris at your own pace. The update comes to console later this year.

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Beat up your friends when Streets of Rage 4 launches on April 30. Along with four-player co-op the game also features Battle Mode, where up to four players can hit and kick each other until only one remains. Check out this morning’s post on the PlayStation Blog for more details.

The indie studio behind OlliOlli has a new experimental game out called RUNME.EXE. In the words of its creators it’s “an esoteric turn based puzzle game with glitch graphics, weird sounds, and a bunch of strangeness.” Sounds perfect. Also it’s free. You can give it a try over on itch.io.

Mods are asleep so I’m playing MAXIMUM Action right now on Twitch. Come join chat for John Woo shenanigans and mayhem on this laziest of Thursdays.

Star Wars: Battlefront II’s Battle of Scarif update has been delayed again. It was originally due out last month but got pushed back as the team started working from home. The update, which adds the new Scarif map and Galactic Civil War-era Supremacy fights, will now arrive later this month.

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The improbable remaster SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated will see the light of day on June 23. The GameCube-era 3D platformer is headed to PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC, and will include not only new content cut from the original but a multiplayer horde mode of all things.

From Software’s Sekiro is getting an excellent-looking poseable Figma figure that has been intricately painted and detailed. Priced at $125.99, it will be released early next year. 

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