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'Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero' gets new gameplay trailer

Today, Bandai Namco aired a new trailer for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero showcasing the gameplay. The trailer also unveiled 11 new characters joining the game's roster. Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is developed by Spike Chunsoft for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. There is no release window announced yet. :arrow:SOURCE
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Game Pass gets its first Activision-Blizzard title in Diablo IV next week

The next wave of Game Pass additions is a momentous one, as it will be the first to feature an Activision-Blizzard title, fulfilling a promise Microsoft made when it acquired the publisher in a mammoth $68.8 billion deal. Diablo IV will be the first Activision-Blizzard title available to Game Pass subscribers when it comes to the service next Thursday, March 28. Although Diablo IV is the headliner, this is a good wave of new titles overall. Coming today is The Quarry, a full-length branching narrative horror game from the makers of Until Dawn. Yesterday also saw the launch of the newest edition of MLB The Show, and at the beginning of April we'll get the Superhot sequel, Superhot: Mind Control Delete. As a bonus Game Pass Ultimate...
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Denuvo unveils new technology "TraceMark" aimed to watermark and easily trace leaked games

Denuvo by Irdeto has unveiled at GDC (Game Developers Conference) this past March 18th their brand new anti-piracy technology named "TraceMark", specifically tailored to make "leakers think twice". This new technology is aimed towards the never-ending problem in the gaming industry of pre-release videogame leaks, be it press releases, distributed review copies or broken street dates. The watermark technology which Denuvo unveiled is apparently already trusted by Hollywood, paid-TV and sports leagues. Quoting Denuvo's own blogpost about the technology: This brand new technology will be platform-agnostic, meaning it can be implemented in different systems as long as the game has the technology integrated into it, and so far it seems to...
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XREAL announces XREAL Hub accessory and AR games

Consumer augmented reality (AR) hardware manufacturer XREAL has announced a new product and AR games today. The XREAL Hub (displayed in the image above) is a two-port accessory that lets you charge your source device and connect your XREAL glasses at the same time. This can be handy for extended gaming sessions as these AR glasses have become popular companions for gaming. Still about gaming, the company has announced a few AR games in partnership with some developers during GDC and includes the following: Landing Party from Monsarrat: a mini-game, with 6 sci-fi missions that is laid out across a public park that you walk through to play. Table Trenches from DB Creations: an AR real-time tactics game. AppAARatus from ForwARdgame: a...
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Konami debuts 'METAL GEAR SOLID Legacy Series' video series narrated by David Hayter

The iconic voice actor behind the Metal Gear Solid series, David Hayter, is back with the stealth franchise but for a different purpose: narrating the games' history and cultural impact. Konami has debuted METAL GEAR SOLID Legacy Series, a series of short form videos about the origins of Metal Gear with none other than David Hayter as our guide. You can watch the first part below: However, the company has not revealed the frequency of these videos' airing nor how many parts the series will include. :arrow: SOURCE
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Editorial  'God of War' PC Version Impressions

Santa Monica Studio's God of War first launched on the PS4 back in 2018 and on PC for the first time in 2022. Last week, the DRM-free version debuted on GOG and having not played it before myself, I jumped at the opportunity this time around. For those unfamiliar with the title, here's a quick refresher. Despite a confusing naming convention, God of War is the 8th instalment in the God of War series and is the sequel to 2010's God of War III. It puts players back in control over the titular God of war, Kratos, but this time accompanied by his son Atreus. This father-son duo ventures across the realm of Midgard to fulfil Atreus' late mother's wish which unfolds into an eventful journey. While following the canonical story, God...
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Homebrew  SpotPass Archival Project announced

With Nintendo ceasing online communication for Nintendo 3DS, 2DS and Wii U systems next month, SpotPass data distribution will be halted. This will in turn affect games that use SpotPass features such as Mario Kart 7 and some Pokémon games. In order to enable such features to persist even after official support ends, the SpotPass Archival Project was launched. It allows owners of 3DS, 2DS and Wii U consoles to contribute their SpotPass data for archival purposes to assist network revival services in preserving SpotPass content. The project page notes that when collected, database dumps are anonymized before being sent to network revival services to allow SpotPass features to be replicated later. It further notes that "in the interest...
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Leak claims a PlayStation 5 Pro will launch later this year

A YouTuber has leaked some insider paperwork that reveals what future plans Sony has in store for the next PlayStation hardware. The channel Moore's Law Is Dead showcased what are purportedly internal documents directly from PlayStation's developer portal, stating that a PlayStation 5 Pro is allegedly in the works. According to these papers, Sony aims to have a PS5 Pro--codenamed Trinity--out for the 2024 holiday season, with the system boasting major performance increases over the original PS5. Supposedly, the PlayStation 5 Pro will offer 33.5 teraflops, compared to the PlayStation 5's current 10.28 teraflops, and will utilize Sony's own in-house developed upscaling software, which will provide benefits similar to AMD's FSR or...
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Nintendo sends DMCA notices for "syspatch-updater" homebrew app by iTotalJustice

Nintendo is back at it again with their latest and most well known franchise, the DMCA, and this time they went after quite a handful of GitHub repositories with their DMCA strikes. The latest and most notable repository attacked by Nintendo's DMCA is the "sigpatch-updater" homebrew application by iTotalJustice (alongside all of its forks) just a few days ago. This isn't the first time for iTotalJustice however, since he got another DMCA takedown previously for the standalone "sipatches" repository before back in 2022. The application worked as its title implies, by basically updating the signature patches from within the Nintendo Switch console itself. This seems like yet another instance of Nintendo trying to stomp on any kind of...
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'Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes' gets new trailer

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, the sequel to Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, launches next month. In anticipation of its release, publisher 505 Games and developer Rabbit & Bear Studios have aired a new trailer for the game today: Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes launches on April 23 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox Game Pass, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch and PC (EGS, GOG, and Steam). :arrow: SOURCE
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Stealth platformer 'Ereban: Shadow Legacy' gets release date

Ereban: Shadow Legacy is the debut title of Spain-based independent studio Baby Robot Games. It is a story-driven game with third-person stealth platformer gameplay which introduces a new mechanic allowing protagonist Ayana to merge with shadows for greater mobility and strategic advantage. After 5 years in development, the developers have today revealed the PC launch date for the game and aired a new trailer for the occasion: Features of Ereban: Shadow Legacy include: Become one with the shadows: Experience an unprecedented blend of stealth and shadows with the Shadow Merge ability. Dive into shadows and move freely through them to climb walls, reach inaccessible places, attack from cover or advance unseen. Combine agility...
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PS2 emulator AetherSX2 removed from Google Play Store

The highly controversial PlayStation 2 emulator for Android devices, AetherSX2, has been removed from the Google Play Store starting from March 10th, 2024. This doesn't come as a surprise for many, though, as the AetherSX2 emulator halted development entirely back in 2023, with the developer specifically mentioning the "neverending impersonating, complaints, demands, and now death threats". Although, it took almost a year for the actual emulator app to be taken down from the Play Store, following the discontinuation of the project. While AetherSX2 has suspended development a long time ago, and the Play Store will no longer offer the emulator, there's currently a community effort put into patching certain the latest available AetherSX2...
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Mar10 Day 2024 announcements - new Mario movie, Paper Mario TTYD remaster release date, and more

Happy Mar10 day! Nintendo is celebrating its mascot by unveiling a handful of announcements featuring Mario. A two-minute video was posted to the official Nintendo YouTube channel, detailing three new bits of information. First off, Nintendo and Illumination are teaming up once more, for a second Super Mario Bros. movie. The same team in charge of the first movie will return for this project, which will release in theaters on April 3, 2026 in the United States. Two other reveals quickly followed: the release dates for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, which will be out May 23, 2024, and Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, which launches on June 27, 2024. For those subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online, a few new games will arrive on the platform...
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Akira Toriyama: An Enduring Legacy

Akira Toriyama, a luminary in the world of animation and gaming, may have left us, but his creations continue to live on, influencing and inspiring millions worldwide. A Creative Genius Akira Toriyama, who departed from our world earlier this month at age 68, was an artistic force behind the creation of the world-renowned Dragon Ball series, along with iconic character designs for video games like Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, and Blue Dragon. His influence extended far beyond the world of anime, manga, and video games, permeating global pop culture in a way few others have managed. His sudden departure has left millions of fans worldwide in a state of sorrow. Childhood Memories Just like many of his fans belonging to my generation...
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Microsoft hacked by Russian group, gaining access to source code repositories

Back in January 19th, Microsoft posted an entry in their blog about the company detecting a "nation-state attack" on January 12th that affected several of their systems. Back in January, Microsoft worked on mitigating, disrupting and investigating the attack, which according to Microsoft's investigations, led to the threat actor being Midnight Blizzard, a Russian state-sponsor actor that also goes by the name of NOBELIUM. According to their initial blog post, the way in which the attackers gained access to Microsoft's systems was through a password spray attack, then gaining access to a portion of corporate Microsoft email accounts, but back then they assessed that the attack didn't show evidence of any stolen assets or data, but...
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Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball, and artist for Dragon Quest, has passed away

Famous and beloved manga creator Akira Toriyama has passed away at the age of 68. According to an official blog post made by Bird Studio--Toriyama's manga company--he passed away on March 1st, of an acute subdural hematoma. He was known for a wide variety of works, most notably as the creator of the Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump manga series, and having an influential affect on the industry. Toriyama also contributed as an art director and character designer for video games such as the Dragon Quest Series, Chrono Trigger, Blue Dragon, and more. He had several projects both announced and unannounced that he was currently working on, including the anime Dragon Ball Daima, and a video game based on a manga series, Sand Land. :arrow: Source
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Emulation  GBA and GBC emulator "Pizza Boy" has been removed from the Google Play Store

Yet another emulator bites the dust, in the aftermath of the Tropic Haze/Yuzu vs. Nintendo case. Pizza Boy, a $5.49 paid app on the Google Play Store, has been taken down and is no longer available for purchase. Developer Davide made an announcement post explaining that he has permanently removed his app from the Play Store, citing the reasoning as, "I have chosen to prioritize my family over the development of my apps." With the implication that he has not been forced to delist his emulator, but has chosen to do so as a precaution after other emulator developers have been affected. Currently, several other paid GBA/GBC emulators are still available on the Play Store, including John GBA, My Boy!, and Nostalgia.GBA. :arrow: Source
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Xbox Partner Preview March 2024 roundup

Microsoft aired a 29-minutes Xbox Partner Preview for March 2024 yesterday. This included a range of details regarding upcoming games as well as the reveal of new ones from third-party publishers. Below is a break-down of the announcements: Square Enix announced the full release of Final Fantasy XIV Online for March 21 on Xbox Series X|S. A Starter Edition will be available through Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks for a limited time from March 21 to April 19. The Open Beta is available now on Xbox Series X|S. Capcom shared a new gameplay trailer for Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess. It is a single-player game set in a Japanese-inspired universe and is set to release later this year on Xbox Series X|S and Windows and will be available on...
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3DS homebrew tool FBI title manager removed from GitHub

After a rough week, the emulation and homebrew scene continues to suffer major losses. As of today, homebrew developer Steveice10's GitHub repository has been deleted. A known quantity in the 3DS homebrew scene, Steveice10 created important tools for the system such as a modified sysupdater, a port of GBC emulator GameYob to the 3DS, and most importantly, FBI title manager, which allows users to install .CIA format 3DS titles and homebrew. FBI has not been updated since 2020, and was considered feature-complete, with its source code available and the project archived, but it was suddenly removed from GitHub today, along with all of his other projects. The exact reasoning behind the removal isn't known, though the timing implies it may...
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Trailer  "Keeper's Diary: A Biohazard Story" fanfilm gets a brand new trailer

The fanmade Resident Evil-centric YouTube channel, Residence of Evil (RoE), has been working on an entirely new fanfilm, which focuses on the story elements detailed in one of the documents found in the first Resident Evil game, titled "Keeper's Diary", that described the fallout of the underground laboratory found in the Spencer Mansion and the eventual outbreak within it. Here's the synopsis for the fanfilm by RoE themselves: The fanfilm doesn't have any specified release date as of yet, but according to Residence of Evil, the film is expected to release during 2024.
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