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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Original Soundtrack Preorder at Amazon Preorder at Play Asia The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Original Soundtrack Collector's Edition Preorder at Amazon Preorder at Play Asia The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is undoubtedly one of the best Switch games of all time. Weaving an engaging narrative with inventive gameplay mechanics and a sprawling world to explore, the successor to Breath of the Wild quickly proved it was far more than just an asset flip. A sometimes overlooked part of its success is its soundtrack, which is filled with powerful tracks that help bring the diverse world of Hyrule to life. And if you want to keep listening to its music while away from your Switch and have a cool display piece, you'll be glad to know that Tears of the Kingdom: Official Soundtrack preorders are now open. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Original Soundtrack The Tears of the Kingd...

More of PlayStation's games on PC will require a PSN account, even the single-player ones, and many players were upset with this decision. During Sony's May 2024 State of Play presentation, PlayStation announced that God of War Ragnarok and the Until Dawn remake were coming to Steam. However, according to their respective store pages on Steam and the Epic Games Store, both games require a PSN account in order to play them. Players voiced their concerns about the situation, questioning why a single-player game needs this requirement. One player even joked that they'll sign up for PSN when Sony finally ports Bloodborne to PC.Continue Reading at GameSpot http://dlvr.it/T7g25x

Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of Rockstar Games parent company Take-Two, has weighed in with his thoughts on how new technology like generative AI could impact the video game industry. Speaking at the TD Cowen Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference, Zelnick said generative AI will absolutely shake up how games are made, but it will not reduce employment levels. "Generative AI will allow us to do a bunch of things more efficiently, so we'll turn out attention to other things. Those other things will probably still be costly and time-consuming," he said. "I don't think for a minute that generative AI is going to reduce employment. That's crazy. That's actually crazy. It's not going to make people irrelevant. It's going to change the nature of certain forms of employment. And that's a good thing." As an example, Zelnick said in the 1870s, around 65-70% of the US population made their living in the agriculture business. Today, that number i...

Last year HBO announced that the It prequel television series, Welcome to Derry, was officially moving ahead and greenlit to a full season. The show centers around the origins of Pennywise the Clown and now HBO has confirmed the most central piece of that story is returning. Bill Skarsgård will be reprising his role from the previous It films. Welcome to Derry, which comes from Warner Bros. Television, is being developed by the director of the movies, Andy Muschietti, along with his sister, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs. Just when you thought your nightmares were over… Bill Skarsgård has been cast in the Max Original Series Welcome to Derry (working title), reprising his role as Pennywise from “It” and “It Chapter Two.” pic.twitter.com/tm3pNduKrZ — Max (@StreamOnMax) May 30, 2024 It was previously announced that Taylour Paige (Zola), Jovan Adepo (Watchmen), Chris Chalk (Perry Mason), and James Remar (Oppenheimer) were added to the cast in undisclosed roles. This is the f...

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The odds of a new Castlevania video game might be about as good as Dracula seeing his reflection in a mirror, but at least the franchise has found a new lease on life with Netflix's excellent anime adaptation. Four seasons were produced for the first saga starring the dream team of Trevor Belmont, Alucard, and Sypha, and if you're looking to watch the show on Blu-ray, you can score a limited-time deal right now. * Castlevania Seasons 1 and 2 -- $16 ($30) * Castlevania Season 3 -- $16 ($30) * Castlevania Season 4 -- $17 ($30) * Castlevania Season 1 + T-Shirt bundle -- $20 Amazon has all the original seasons available at a pretty steep discount, and these box sets also come with several extra pieces of content you won't find on Netflix. The first two seasons are discounted by nearly 50% and can be yours for $16, while Seasons 3 and 4 are $16 and $17, respectively. If you're a big Castlevania fan who wants some merch, there is a Season 1 box set available tha...

Anyone looking to jump into Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion next week might want to steer clear of the internet for a while, as some players reportedly accessed the new content after it accidentally went live. According to a warning post on the Destiny 2 subreddit, details on the entire campaign, seasonal content, and the raid were leaked online. "If you don't like leaks/spoilers, tomorrow is gonna be hell. Get off the internet. It's so bad that I'd be surprised if they didn't just release The Final Shape early to avoid people getting spoiled," the warning reads. Bungie has not responded to the leaks yet, which are reportedly the result of an accidental update made by Sony. What makes this leak notable is that The Final Shape is being billed as the conclusion to the decade-long Light and Darkness Saga of Destiny. The last few years have seen Bungie focus more on the story of its game, slowly weaving in new threads and developments across multiple...

Repeating what he originally said in 2022, PlayStation boss Hermen Hulst said during Sony's latest business update briefing that Sony will not launch most of its first-party "tentpole" titles to PC at the same time as they come to PlayStation 5. The exception here is for live-service titles, which is something Hulst also made clear years ago. Microsoft, on the other hand, launches many of its first-party games on Xbox and PC at the same time, and also as day-one releases on Game Pass. "We have a dual approach here. On the live-service side, we are releasing our titles simultaneously, so day-and-date on PlayStation 5 and PC. But with our tentpole titles--our single-player, narrative-driven titles that are the backbone of what PlayStation Studios has delivered in recent years and in our history--we take a more strategic approach," Hulst, the new co-CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, said. Back in 2022, Hulst said the company would not bring its marquee fir...

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will apparently release across multiple console generations. With the Season 4 launch today for Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone, dataminers dug into the files and found references to a Black Ops 6 cross-gen bundle. If the bundle is real, its name would suggest Activision will offer a bundle that includes copies of the game for multiple console generations, just like the company did with Modern Warfare 3 before it. Black Ops 6 now officially confirmed for last-gen Logo for Black Ops 6 Cross-Gen Bundle found in files pic.twitter.com/WFNB1O0MGa — CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) May 29, 2024 Activision supporting the PS4 and Xbox One wouldn't be a big surprise. After all, the PS4 alone has sold more than 117 million units, and even though the Xbox One is lagging behind that, the combined number of PS4 and Xbox One units out there is no doubt very substantial.Continue Reading at GameSpot http://dlvr.it/T7b0xn

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We go over a list of the best first-person shooters you can play on Android devices. This includes free-to-play and premium games. http://dlvr.it/T7XmZ8

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Last week, Fortnite kicked off its 30th season in the game's unique history. It became a pop-culture titan almost immediately after it debuted in 2017 and has not only enjoyed a level of sustained success that few other games have ever achieved, it's also turned many other live-service games into followers that must react to the waves Epic's game creates. Fortnite has blazed trails and reinvented itself more times than I can easily recall, and yet it's the latest season, Chapter 5 Season 3, that might be the game's best effort yet. Subtitled Wrecked, this season of Fortnite reinvents the game to an extent Epic has arguably never gone before. Despite seasons debuting roughly four times a year and the introduction of new islands now being an annual event, Wrecked feels like the biggest and boldest change in how the game plays since Chapter 2 Season 3, which saw the entire island be submerged under flood waters that took weeks to recede. Once they did, cars were newl...

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Two new Sora and Roxas figures have been revealed, recreating the official art of the characters' heart Stations. http://dlvr.it/T6b9lT

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Humble Bundle's Spring Sale 2024 is underway, offering big price cuts on hundreds of PC games, including titles from big publishers and small indies. Many of the games in the sale are even Steam Deck compatible. See all deals at Humble The sale is kicking off at the perfect time for anyone who recently got into the Fallout TV series on Amazon Prime and wants to experience the post-apocalyptic games the show is based on. Every mainline Fallout game is discounted in the sale, including the two original isometric 90s RPGs available in the Fallout Classic Collection for $5 (was $20). If you want to play modern, first-person titles in the franchise, Fallout 3: Game of the Year edition is just $5 (was $20), Fallout New Vegas: Ultimate Edition is $6.49 (was $20), and Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition is $15 (was $60). You can also get Fallout 76, which offers an online multiplayer spin on the series' open-world RPG formula, for just $8 (was $40). Many of Bethesda's other op...

The Nintendo Switch is entering its eighth year of existence, and while sales remain somewhat steady, overall sales of both hardware and software on the console declined year-on-year from fiscal year 2023 to 2024. That's according to a recent financial report from Nintendo, which broke down the company's performance on a number of levels. As one slide of the presentation shows, sales of Nintendo Switch hardware declined by 12.6% year-on-year from 17.97 million to 15.70 million, driven primarily by a 37.1% decrease in the amount of vanilla Switches sold. However, the OLED Nintendo Switch slightly increased its sales by 1.1%. Software sales also declined from 213.96 million to 199.67 million, a decrease of 6.7%. The lifetime sales for the Switch are 141.32 million consoles sold, along with 1.235 billion games sold.Continue Reading at GameSpot http://dlvr.it/T6YMfY

Nintendo has confirmed that it'll hold a June Nintendo Direct once again this year, but don't expect to see a teaser for the Switch 2 during this livestream. On X/Twitter, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed the showcase and how it'll be focused on titles arriving for the Switch in the latter half of 2024. "We will be holding a Nintendo Direct this June regarding the Nintendo Switch software lineup for the latter half of 2024, but please be aware that there will be no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor during that presentation," Shuntaro posted. While a look at the Switch successor is off the table, this Nintendo Direct will at least give owners of the current console a closer look at the games coming to the system. Currently, Nintendo's lineup includes remasters of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (May 23) and Luigi's Mansion 2 HD (June 27), and April's Nintendo Indie World showcase had games like Steamworld Heist 2, Europa, an...

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May is Military Appreciation Month, and Activision is marking the occasion with new DLC for Call of Duty games that supports the company's veteran-themed charity, the Call of Duty Endowment. Additionally, Activision has announced it received the biggest-ever private donation to the endowment to the tune of $2.5 million. Kenneth C. Griffin, the founder and CEO of the hedge fund Citadel and founder of Griffin Catalyst, has donated $2.5 million to the charity. This amount will help support the placement of more than 4,000 veterans in new jobs, Activision said. The new DLC out now is the Call of Duty Endowment Knight Recon Tracer Pack for Modern Warfare III, Warzone, and Warzone Mobile, along with the Regulator pack for Call of Duty: Mobile.Continue Reading at GameSpot http://dlvr.it/T6WpMy

So far, the biggest mystery surrounding Star Wars: The Acolyte is why a former Padawan learner has become so hell-bent on getting revenge on the Jedi that she's trying to murder them one-by-one. A younger version of Mae (Amandla Stenberg) was briefly glimpsed as a child in the first trailer for The Acolyte, but the newly released video shows more of her rampage. That's why Mae's former mentor, Jedi Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae), resolves to confront her alone. Since Mae is wielding knives instead of a red lightsaber, it suggests that she isn't affiliated with the Sith... at least not yet. In one of the most intriguing scenes from the new trailer, a masked member of the Sith confronts several Jedi. However, there aren't any additional clues as to who this Sith is, and if they are a master or an apprentice. Carrie-Anne Moss leads the rest of the cast as Jedi Master Indara, with Manny Jacinto as Qimir, Dafne Keen as Jecki Lon, Charlie Barnett as Yord Fandar, Jodie Turn...

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The hits keep coming for Helldivers 2, as the PSN sign-in controversy has led to it being delisted from Steam in over 100 countries. http://dlvr.it/T6RnN5

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Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace turns 25 later this month, so it only makes sense that Disney would celebrate this year's edition of Star Wars Day with a line of nostalgic merch. Earlier this week, new Phantom Menace Lego sets launched, and now the Disney Store has a bunch of new collectibles, led by Darth Maul's iconic double-sided lightsaber hilt, sold for an eye-watering $400. Update: The limited-edition Darth Maul lightsaber is sold out, but you can save over $100 on Hasbro's Black Series Darth Vader lightsaber at Amazon. See Darth Maul Lightsaber on Disney Store Darth Maul's Legacy Lightsaber Set is limited to 7,000 units and comes with a certificate of authenticity. At the time of writing, Disney had a queue for its online shop and was limiting customers to 10 minutes of shopping before requiring them to jump back in line. Here's the official description of the Darth Maul Legacy Lightsaber Set:Continue Reading at GameSpot http://dlvr.it/T6RHYj

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It's been one year since the release of Redfall on PC and Xbox Series X|S, and there's been no sign of a few extra bits or promised DLC for the game. Users over at ResetEra took notice of this and pointed out how the Bite Back Digital Edition included the Redfall Hero Pass. It promised that players who bought this edition would have access to two future heroes. However, developer Arkane Austin hasn't provided any updates on when they would come. Redfall's biggest update so far was a patch that came six months after launch that added stealth takedowns, bug fixes, and accessibility features. Since then, Redfall hasn't really gotten many substantial updates.Continue Reading at GameSpot http://dlvr.it/T6PJTR

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Nintendo's release schedule for the remainder of 2024 is a major unknown; other than remakes of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (May 23) and Luigi's Mansion 2 (June 27), there are no first-party titles announced by Nintendo for release this year. A new ESRB rating might hint at an upcoming reveal, as a listing for Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition has appeared on the ratings board's website. The ESRB listing calls Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition a "collection of 2D challenges and platformer games in which players traverse through various modes (e.g., speedrun, survival)." These modes will incorporate various challenges including reaching certain areas or battling groups of enemies, among others, according to the ESRB description.Nintendo World Championships 1990 Some speculated that the tease could have been an imminent return for the in-person event after known Nintendo leaker Pyoro posted an image of the Nintendo World Championships 199...

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Elden Ring - Shadow of the Erdtree--the expansion to FromSoftware's 2022 action-RPG--is coming next month, and it will add a new layer to the story of one of gaming's most-recent smash hits--and GameSpot's 2022 Game Of The Year. Unfortunately for Elden Ring fans, this extra chapter will be the only DLC expansion, as game director Hidetaka Miyazaki confirmed that no other new content will be coming to the game after it. Per GamesRadar, Miyazaki made the statement while speaking with Chinese outlet Campfire Camp, where he calls Shadow of the Erdtree the "the first and last DLC" and the "only DLC" in multiple instances. However, in the same interview, Miyazaki does not rule out another game set in the Elden Ring world, though he does not confirm one either. Previously, Bandai Namco has stated that Elden Ring would be made "in a variety of other areas" beside gaming, but no other projects outside of the Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC have been annou...

Between her supporting part in F9: The Fast Saga and her leading roles in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and Shōgun, Anna Sawai seems to be poised for greater stardom in the future. However, Sawai recently revealed that she was forced to turn down a chance to audition in 2016's Suicide Squad, which could have helped her break out sooner. At the time, Sawai was a member of a J-Pop girl group, FAKY, and under a strict contract that limited what she could do outside of music. Sawai shared the story during her appearance on The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast. She also recalled being excited about a "big audition" for Suicide Squad because the film's producers "were looking for a Japanese girl" to play Katana. "I was like, 'This is my chance!' And then I go to my manager and he's like, 'You can’t audition,'" said Sawai. "They basically told me that if I'm gone for over a month, the girls [the other members ...