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The official Mother (Earthbound) merch Twitter announced that on August 17 it will be making an announcement. Previously reveals have been goods-related so expect the same here.

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Shin Megami Tensei, Now Featuring Dante From The Devil May Cry Series

Devil May Cry’s Dante is going to be making a guest appearance in the upcoming remaster of Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne Hopefully the game’s box art willfeature the appropriate badge

How’s It Going? Gundam Style Edition

Has anyone seen my snipper tool? Welcome back to our daily open thread. Here’s a confession. I know next to nothing about Gundam anime. I cannot look at a white, red, blue, and yellow robot and tell you which series it is from or recall its greatest battles. Who is piloting the RX-78-2 Gundam that’s…

Oh No, Earthworm Jim

I have very fond memories of growing up with Earthworm Jim. Most of them centred around the incredible first video game on the Genesis, but maybe also the old cartoon as well? Anyway whatever, that’s ancient history, because Earthworm Jim in 2020 ain’t what it used to be. How so? For starters, let’s look at…

Fall Guys’ Mini-Games, Ranked

We at Kotaku have been playing a lot of Fall Guys. There are 24 mini-games, and while many of them are good, there are some that are great and others that are terrible. We don’t all agree on which ones those are, though! So here are Fall Guys’ mini-games, ranked from best to worst. Hex-A-Gone…

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Spelunky 2 is coming out on September 15. That’s very soon! The release date was announced as part of Sony’s State of Play event today, alongside online multiplayer for the spelunking sequel, which is a followup to one of the most revered roguelikes of all time.

Red Dead Online’s New Role Makes Me Appreciate The Game’s Animals

Red Dead Online got a major update last week. The update is all about wildlife, giving players new ways to interact with critters. It’s a nice addition that makes me think about the game’s world in a new way. Players have been waiting a while for this update, which arrived on July 28. The update…

Apex Legends Season 6 launches August 18, developer Respawn announced today. The new season will feature a new Legend, crafting (?!), and a new weapon.

Through Monday, multiplayer will be available to all Xbox One players, regardless of Xbox Live Gold status. Microsoft is also unlockinga ton of games, including Gears 5 and Borderlands 3. In other news, Sony is making multiplayer free for everyone on Saturday and Sunday. Let’s hope the Fall Guys servers can keep up

Serious Sam 4 has suffered a small delay. Originally set to come out this month on Stadia and PC, it’s now not releasing until September 24. It’s still not clear when the game will eventually come to consoles. The Stadia exclusivity deal appears to go into 2021.

Paper Mario: The Origami King has a new patch out that fixes a game breaking glitch that was previously keeping some players from being able to beat the game It also includes a handful of other bug fixes.

CD Projekt Red announced it will detail more about how quest progression and combat will work in Cyberpunk 2077 in another Night City Wire Twitch stream. Welcome to the never-ending summer of not-E3. It’ll air August 10 at 12:00 p.m. ET.

As of June 30, the Nintendo Switch has sold 61.44 million hardware units and 406.67 million software units. Both numbers are worldwide. 

Call Of Duty Warzone Season 5 Launches With Map Updates, Loot Train

Today’s update finally gave Call of Duty’s Warzone a slight refresher with a bunch of satisfying map changes. The Season 5 content launched for both Modern Warfare and Warzone across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. At first glance, Warzone’s map of Verdansk looks pretty much the same as it did at launch, but now…

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Meanwhile in not Fall Guys news, check out the latest trailer for Mortal Shell Mortal Shell is a Souls-like action RPG where players possess the bodies of fallen warriors—y’know their mortal shells—and use them to fight. Coming to PlayStation, Xbox One, and the Epic Game Store August 18th, Mortal Shell looks like it’ll fill the Bloodborne-sized…

Osaka Governor Causes Panic Buying Over Covid-19 Prevention Claims

Yesterday, Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura claimed that gargling with diluted povidone-iodine solution prevents patients with mild covid-19 symptoms from getting seriously ill. Experts do not agree. According to the Governor, an Osaka study found that gargling four times a day with the solution resulted in reduced positive covid-19 tests in 41 patients to just 9.5% after…

Hellboy is being turned into a second tabletop RPG (the original is almost 20 years old), this time based on DnD5E. It’s coming to Kickstarter later this Summer