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Helldivers 2’s ‘Machinery of Oppression’ update adds Cyberstan and socialist Cyborgs

The democracy is under the Cyborg threat again!

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The Cyborgs are coming back to Helldivers 2—and they're bringing 3 new units armed to the teeth with advanced technology, and also robo-roundhouse kicks

"Leave us and there will be peace".

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Automatons speak! Helldivers 2 nemesis hacks Super Earth channels in desperate plea to save Cyberstan: 'WE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED FREEDOM'

"TELL YOUR LEADERS TO STOP THIS MINDLESS WAR."

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Helldivers 2's new Bastion tank absolutely rules — it's amazing and awful all at once, and my new favorite stratagem for spilling Automaton oil

I've put Helldivers 2's new Bastion tank through its paces, and am happy to confirm: it's absolutely awesome.

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Helldivers 2's new explosive hammer is the most dumb fun I've had in ages

Hammering a hulk in the face never gets old.

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Helldivers 2's overpowered, wildly fun tank is the culmination of two years of balancing

I hope the Bastion tank is a sign of what's to come in Helldivers 2.

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Helldivers 2 grunts, your tank awaits: Completely "pancake" Automatons threatening democracy with "new heavy-hitting" Bastion Tank

"In the wrong hands this symbol of peace would become a weapon of total annihilation – a threat to freedom itself"

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Helldivers 2's next premium Warbond comes with a reloadable, exploding hammer, but what's got fans' attention is Arrowhead's tease of a returning faction from the original game

Helldivers fans will be quaking by the trailer's end

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As notorious 'Adult Only' Animal Crossing: New Horizons island shuts down after 5 years, creator thanks Nintendo for "turning a blind eye" for so long: "I apologize from the bottom of my heart"

Oh.

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Game devs charged up to 50x more for fonts by Japanese typeface maker and yes, even this might be AI's fault

AI doesn't pay.

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Like a Dragon creators won't buckle to mainstream western tastes: 'people start making strange things when they misunderstand what their business is supposed to be'

Ryu Ga Gotoku won't create a foreign protagonist whose story is set overseas.

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Nintendo, cover your eyes: Kirby Air Riders players fight back as micro bikini vehicle gets removed from the Switch 2 racer, immediately replacing it with a newer, sexier version

The open flames aren't the hottest thing in Chef Kawasaki's kitchen

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One small indie developer has accidentally saddled itself with almost 65,000 extra people to thank after initially asking for 100 names to pad out its credits

That's a lot of special thanks.

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Approximately 2,555 days after a 'day one' giveaway, people are finally receiving copies of a game they won 7 years ago

Turns out "day one" was several years and eight delays away.

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Stellar Blade studio swears it wasn't doing anti-small-penis 'hate speech' in art that had men in a tizz, and promises it won't ever 'tolerate' it in future

Targeting potential "crab hand" gestures has caught out several companies in South Korea.

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Anime-based therapy is being trialed in Japan

Well, to be specific, visual novel-based therapy.

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Nobody told Octopath Traveler 0 devs they'd make an extreme town building system, so they guessed it was a mistake before the JRPG's producer said it "absolutely" wasn't: "I thought it would be only logical"

If you say so!

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Silent Hill f actor didn't just feel her "sanity slipping" while recording for the horror game, "there were times when I would burst into tears" during production: "I felt like I was going crazy"

"The more time I spent facing Hinako, the more my confusion grew"

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As games face censorship on Steam and beyond, Japanese site says fine, we'll make our own dang payment method, and actually pulls it off

DLsite finds an alternative amid Visa and Mastercard moral crackdown

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Ghost of Yotei only lets you pet the fox because of its "proper" research into Japanese history, says expert, but you might get a tapeworm if you tried it today

Don't pet the fox, OK?

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OpenAI hastily retreats from gung-ho copyright policy after embarrassing Sora video output like AI Sam Altman surrounded by Pokémon saying 'I hope Nintendo doesn't sue us'

OpenAI updates its policy for copyrighted content in Sora after a wave of viral videos containing Japanese IP.

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"We don't need a gacha system": Like a man boldly arguing fire burns, dev says gacha garbage is not fun and "getting rid of gacha" in their anime action RPG "is beneficial for developers too"

Duet Night Abyss ditching gacha mechanics does bring some "concerns," but devs say it's worth it

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Resident Evil: Requiem "conveys the romanticism of a delicate girl fighting with a rugged revolver," director says, but its RE2-style boss battles prioritize subtlety over "gun shooting action"

Keep your rugged revolver to yourself

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TGS players try Ananta, the game that looks like an anime GTA, Spider-Man, and Yakuza hybrid, and shockingly report that it feels like an anime GTA, Spider-Man, and Yakuza hybrid

While some worry the similarities may result in a Palworld situation

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Over half of Japanese game companies are using AI in development according to a new survey, including Level-5 and Capcom

A survey of Japanese game companies showed that AI use has reached a tipping point.

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