2025-02

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NetEase Founder Reportedly Almost Canceled Marvel Rivals Because it Didn’t Use Original IP

NetEase's Marvel Rivals can't be described as anything less than a hit, netting ten million players in just three days from launch and raking in millions for developer NetEase in the weeks since. But a new report suggests that NetEase CEO and founder William Ding nearly canceled the game due to a reluctance to use licensed IP....
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Moroi Preview: Macabre, Weird, and Mysterious in All the Right Ways

Moroi marries the macabre and the mysterious, and it often went to places we didn’t see coming in our half-hour demo....
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After ‘Failing to Meet Expectations’ at Launch, Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth Shoots to No.3 in U.S. Charts With Steam Debut

January is always a quiet month for video games. With only one new game release cracking the top 20 and the predictable domination of Call of Duty, there's little to crow about from last month... except, perhaps, what may be a comeback story for one of last year's alleged sales disappointments: Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth....
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Genshin Impact Is Getting an Official Cookbook — Here’s an Exclusive First Look

Genshin Impact is getting an official cookbook later in 2025, and IGN has an exclusive first look....
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Gaming Peripherals Maker Corsair Clarifies GTA 6 PC ‘Early 2026’ Release Date Comment

Corsair has clarified recent comments from one of its executives who claimed Grand Theft Auto 6 would release on PC early 2026....
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After Becoming the Worst User-Reviewed Game Ever on Steam, Overwatch 2’s Recent Reviews Jump to ‘Mixed’

Overwatch 2 Season 15 appears to be going down well, improving sentiment around what was once the worst ever user-reviewed game on Steam....
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George R. R. Martin Reveals ‘There Is Some Talk About Making a Movie Out of Elden Ring,’ but There’s One Big, Obvious Thing That Could Limit His Involvement With It – IGN Fan Fest 2025

George R. R. Martin has issued the strongest tease yet that an Elden Ring movie may come to pass, but has acknowledged a significant blocker to his potential involvement with it....
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IGN UK Podcast 788: Singing in the Nightreign

Elden Ring Nightreign, The Brutalist, Common Side Effects, and Citizen Sleeper 2....
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Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & The Envisioned Land Might Be the Series’ Coziest JRPG Yet – Hands-On Preview

After spending over six hours in Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories and the Envisioned Land gathering resources, doing Sailor Moon-esque magical dancing rituals, and riding around on a motorbike, there’s quite a bit to be optimistic about, even if what I saw of the story and characters was, at least so far in the opening hours, pretty boilerplate stuff for the JRPG genre....
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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Announcement Teased as Fans Spot Easter Egg in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Activision may finally be ready to start talking about its next Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game, and it seems to be using a sneaky Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Easter Egg to get the conversation started....