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Accessibility Celebrated At Second Annual Video Game Accessibility Awards

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Video game accessibility is one of the most important aspects of inclusive game design. Over the weekend, the second annual Video Game Accessibility Awards took place online. These awards focus specifically on those games that have made real positive steps in their inclusiveness and are making improvements to their accessibility settings. Now in its second …

Konami Hosts Free Indie Game Convention In Japan

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Exciting news from Konami as the company have announced a new indie game convention this summer. Indie Games Connect 2022 will take place in Ginza, Tokyo and will be a real celebration of the indie gaming scene. Best of all, Konami is making the event free for all attendees, so both exhibitors and visitors alike …

State Of Decay 3 Looks ‘Exciting’ To Phil Spencer

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It’s been a while since we heard anything about State Of Decay 3. The upcoming newest instalment in the State Of Decay franchise from Undead Labs was first teased back in July 2020. This was during the Xbox Games Showcase, and it’s been more than a whole year and a half since the game was …

GTA 6 Development Being Sped Up Rockstar Games Leaker Claims

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Expectation and speculation about the arrival of the next instalment of GTA are always rife in the Grand Theft Auto community. However, in new claims by prominent Grand Theft Auto series leaker Chris Klippel, GTA 6 probably isn’t going to be released much before the end of 2024. In his view, we may, however, hear …

Full Crossplay For Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands On March 25th

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News just in from Gearbox as the launch date for Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands has just been confirmed. Alongside the upcoming release date, players will be pleased to know that the chaotic and colourful game will feature full crossplay at launch. This will be for players on all platforms, including PlayStation. In a tweet by Gearbox’s …

Elden Ring Beaten In Under 30 Minutes By Speedrunner

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Elden Ring has been creating a huge buzz around the world in the last two weeks. Since its release, there’s been a huge amount of discussion about the game’s perceived difficulty, and near-universal praise for its overall content and design. However, the devil works hard, but the speedrunning community definitely works harder. After yesterday’s news …

Elden Ring Player Finishes Game In Under 34 Minutes

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A well-known and experienced Dark Souls speedrunner known as Distortion2 has set several new speedrunning records in Elden Ring. In the past few days the player has uploaded several videos speedrunning the game, each one with a quicker time. A video uploaded 6 hours ago shows him finishing the title in just 33 minutes and …

Windows Games May Run On Stadia, Google Hints

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Google has hinted at having its own solution for running Windows games on Stadia. It is said that Google are planning to detail its Windows ”emulator” for Linux next week at the Google for Games Developer Summit which is on March 15th. Some Reddit users have seen a session at the summit that will detail …

Perfect Dark Game Director Quits Xbox Developer The Initiative

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Dan Neuburger, the director of the Perfect Dark game, appears to have left the California-based studio, The Initiative, last month, according to his LinkedIn profile (as spotted by Xbox sleuth Klobrille) With his profile page currently stating that he is looking for work in design or director roles. Dan Neuburger had worked at The Initiative for almost …

Pokemon Go Has A New Event: Festival Of Colors

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As part of the Season of Alola, Pokemon Go will be launching its new event Festival Of Colors next week. The Festival Of Colors event starts on March 15th and runs until March 20th. It’s not just collection challenges and exciting new Field Research tasks to get your teeth into during the event. Festival Of …