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Silksong crashes Steam, Nintendo eShop on release day — highly anticipated indie video game took six years to arrive and is already one of the most played games ever on Steam

Hollow Knight: Silksong has become one of the biggest releases in recent video game history. The game crashed digital storefronts worldwide on release, and soon became the #3 most-played game on Steam behind Counter-Strike and Dota 2.

Tom’s Hardware

After 14 years, Nintendo ends repairs for 2DS and 3DS systems in Japan due to a lack of parts

The era of Nintendo handhelds is over

GamesRadar

Hollow Knight Silksong review: "Worth the wait and then some, this isn't just more Hollow Knight but an evolved, spindly beast all its own – even if it's fiddly at times"

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Former Nintendo marketing lead says rumored Direct "is probably a sure thing" given the Switch 2 games still set to release this year: "Some sort of an update on Metroid Prime 4, hopefully, please, my god"

And maybe Hyrule Warriors

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2 CEO knows "we're not getting a passing grade on performance and stability" right now, but another 60-day action plan wouldn't be enough to fix everything

Arrowhead's Shams Jorjani says "the fixes that are required are deep engine stuff"

GamesRadar

‘Kirby Air Riders’ Is the Sicko Younger Brother of Mario Kart, and That's Exactly What I Want

‘Kirby Air Riders’ is a fast-paced racing game filled with diabolical chaotic energy, and that's exactly the kind of game the Switch 2 needs.

Inverse

Star Wars Outlaws is a controversial Switch 2 game-key card release, but one Ubisoft dev says that's because the standard cartridges "simply didn't give the performance we needed"

"I don’t recall the cost of the cards ever entering the discussion"

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DIYer creates the PC gaming handheld of your widest dreams – 32:9 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme device showcased in driving games

A Chinese electronics wizard had shown off super wide 32:9 screen PC gaming handheld.

Tom’s Hardware

Pokemon fan finds holy grail that's been "sat in the closet for decades" – an immaculate, sealed copy of Pokemon Blue with a rare error that makes the RPG even more valuable

A collector's dream

GamesRadar

Subnautica 2 takes the crown on Steam's Top Wishlists chart after Hollow Knight Silksong finally releases, despite its $250 million lawsuit

Steam has a new most-wishlisted game

GamesRadar

Dosa Divas is a flavourful RPG that's also about family and being self-sustainable

How Outerloop Games takes a different approach with its latest party-based RPG.

Creative Bloq

Hollow Knight: Silksong launch crashes online gaming stores

Steam, the Nintendo eShop and Playstation Store among those that crashed on Friday, unable to cope with demand for the Australian-made game

The Guardian - AU

Eric Barone says he wants to "take a more 'creative director' role" on Stardew Valley 1.7 so that he can "focus the vast majority" of his attention on Haunted Chocolatier, but he'll eventually have to spend more time on his "1st game"

"I need my hand to touch every piece of new content"

GamesRadar

Rematch crossplay is delayed after devs found "a major matchmaking issue" during its "final tests" before Patch 3's launch

"Since Crossplay is the heart of Patch 3, we've decided to delay the release while we fix it"

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Windows Central

"There was a staff reduction" — 2K quietly announces layoffs at Civilization 7 dev Firaxis amid Hollow Knight: Silksong launch hype, but won't say how many

Civilization 7's Firaxis Games is quietly going through layoffs in the midst of the loud, attention-grabbing launch hype for Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Windows Central

Helldivers 2 performance on Xbox challenges fanboy assumptions — what’s behind the sales surge?

A disproportionately high attach rate and Xbox's long-established shooter-oriented audience may be contributing to Helldivers 2's PlayStation success story.

GamesRadar

Weeks after BioShock layoffs, 2K axes employees at Civilization and XCOM developer Firaxis for "adaptability, collaboration, and creativity," which is a pretty cold way of acknowledging the reported dozens of job losses

Another round of layoffs is here

GamesRadar

Destiny 2 is a mess right now but it's still one of the best-feeling shooters ever, so I'm encouraged to hear it was a "guiding light" for The Outer Worlds 2 gunplay

If you're gonna follow gunplay, follow Bungie's

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"Silksong's price is Team Cherry being cool and giving their game away": Metroidvania devs wonder if $20 is unrealistic for their games after Silksong, but "can't afford" to go super low

"What should we price it at now?"

Cinemablend

The Street Fighter Reboot Has Officially Announced Its Main Cast In A Wonderfully Nostalgic Way

This is clever!

GamesRadar

Hollow Knight: Silksong breaks 535,000 concurrent players on Steam, making it one of the biggest launches of all time and nearly 8x bigger than the first game

That's a big bug

Windows Central

Helldivers 2’s CEO talks potential Steam Deck support — but what about the Xbox Ally?

Helldivers 2’s CEO has spoken about potential Steam Deck support, sparking discussion about handheld gaming. But with no Xbox Play Anywhere or cross-progression, what does this mean for the Xbox Ally?

GamesRadar

With a DRM-free version and a low $20 price tag, Silksong has won many pirates over: "This is a time where if we can afford to support them, we should"

Nobody can resist a good deal

GamesRadar

"A lot of RPGs have adopted more action gameplay elements," says Dragon Quest remake producer, making old-school turn-based JRPGs "actually rare nowadays" and "considered fresh again"

And it all started with Dragon Quest

Inverse

5 Years Later, There’s Still Nothing Like This Bizarrely Beautiful Detective Game

A surreal, sensational detective game turns five years old, just after its idiosyncratic developer's next bizarre adventure game was released.

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