Video Game News 8/14/2023

#BaldursGate3
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Paladin Is Baldur’s Gate 3’s Most Popular Class By A Large Margin

Skyrim gets one of Baldur's Gate 3's best spells

Baldur's Gate 3 - Save Vanra Quest And Legendary Guide

Baldur's Gate 3 - How To Win Akabi's Jackpot

How Baldur's Gate 3 Was Completed in Just Ten Minutes by a Speedrunner

Larian 'Cooking' Ability to Change Baldur's Gate 3 Character Appearance In-Game

Baldur’s Gate 3 Is Proof That We’re In a Golden Age for RPGs

Baldur’s Gate 3 ‘Owlbear From the Top Rope’ Deals Enough Damage to Take Down Pretty Much Anything

Larian teases the future option to change your Baldur’s Gate 3 character appearance

Baldur's Gate 3 is Metacritic's highest-rated PC game ever, but devs are rejecting cheap comparisons

Assassin's Creed Mirage Is Coming Out A Week Early

Wondering where your C: drive space is going? Check your Baldur's Gate 3 save folder

Baldur's Gate 3 modder haphazardly adds lone wolf mode inspired by Divinity 2: 'I have not playtested this mod for more than an hour'

Larian boss says we should think of Baldur's Gate 3's entire first act as the tutorial

ULTRARAM may be a silly name but it's the holy grail for memory tech and means your PC could hibernate for over 1,000 years

Baldur’s Gate 3 will let you change your character’s appearance

Baldur’s Gate 3 Steam Deck split screen is possible after all

What is the Baldur’s Gate 3 Counting House vault code?

How to get Baldur’s Gate 3 Sussur Tree Bark

How to solve the Baldur’s Gate 3 Silent Library puzzle

Larian Studios CEO Responds to 'Raised Standards' Concerns: 'Standards Die Every Day'

Baldur’s Gate 3: Where to Find the Githyanki Patrol

Baldur’s Gate 3: How to Multiclass

Baldur’s Gate 3: Should You Recruit Minthara?

Baldur’s Gate 3: Investigate Last Light Inn Guide

Baldur’s Gate 3: How to Defeat the Observer Beholder in Underdark

Baldur’s Gate 3: How to Complete Rescue Orin’s Victim in BG3

Baldur’s Gate 3’s Restrictive Dice Turned Me Into A Murderer

Baldur’s Gate 3: How to Complete Investigate the Murders in BG3

Baldur’s Gate 3 Doesn’t Need to Be Feared – Slightly Something Else

Baldur's Gate 3 Reveals Crazy Debut Numbers; Players Should Be More Careful with Fireballs

Baldur’s Gate 3 releases player stats for race, class, player choices

Highlight Everything in Baldur’s Gate 3 With This Mod

Overwatch 2 becomes the worst user-reviewed game on Steam

Game Guidance

What does Baldur's Gate 3 mean for gaming?

#AssassinsCreedMirage
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Surprise: Next Assassin’s Creed Game Launching A Week Early

Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Here’s What Comes in Each Edition

Assassin's Creed Mirage Launching a Week Early

Assassin’s Creed Mirage release date sneaks forward by a week

Assassin’s Creed Mirage is suddenly launching earlier than we thought

Assassin’s Creed Mirage release date, news, and gameplay

Assassin's Creed Mirage release date moved up

Assassin's Creed Mirage Release Date Pushed Forward as Game Goes Gold

Assassin’s Creed Mirage Releasing One Week Early

Assassin’s Creed Mirage Release Date Moves Up One Week

Assassin's Creed Mirage Has Gone Gold & Will Release a Week Early

Assassin’s Creed Mirage Release Date Moved Up as the Game Goes Gold

Assassin’s Creed Mirage Has Gone Gold

Assassin’s Creed Mirage Goes Gold, Launches One Week Early

Assassin's Creed: Mirage Sneaking Out Early

Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Release Date Moved Forward and Game Goes Gold

Assassin's Creed Mirage Is Coming Out A Week Early

#Steam
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Overwatch 2 Is Steam’s Worst-Rated Game, But It’s Complicated

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 review: the least underwhelming 1080p graphics card

Vampire Survivors-alike Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors has a release date

Five new Steam games you probably missed (August 14, 2023)

The best games like Wordle 2023

Half-Life smashes Steam world record, showing Valve we all still care

When is the next Steam sale?

Overwatch 2 Swiftly Branded Steam's 'Worst Game of All Time'

Overwatch 2 is Now One of Steam’s Lowest-Rated Games of All Time

Touhou 19 Now Available on Steam

Mad World shares the rest of its 2023 roadmap with tribal wars and Halloween

Savant: Ascent REMIX gets September release date

Freedom Planet 2 console ports will be published by XSEED Games

Sengoku Dynasty Bucket Guide – How to Make & Use

When will Dark and Darker come back to Steam?

XSEED publishing Freedom Planet 2 for release on consoles this year

Evening Gatherings & Events

#Ubisoft
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Ubisoft moves up Assassin's Creed Mirage to October 5

Rainbow Six Siege Reveals New Season Operation Heavy Mettle Reveal & New Operator "Ram"

Ubisoft appoints veteran scribe Drew Holmes as Far Cry IP director

Far Cry Series Gets New Director, Promises ‘Big Things’

Assassin’s Creed Mirage Goes Gold, Launch Brought Forward by a Week

Amazon Luna Review – Can you buy streaming success?

Vertical Play Is More Viable That Ever in Rainbow Six Siege’s Operation Heavy Mettle Season

#RPG
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Roblox’s Hamilton Simulator lets you rap Redcoats to death with a squad of Founding Fathers

IO have a policy against using AI in gamedev, but it "might be for us in the future"

Aviary Attorney dev’s Redwall-meets-Final Fantasy RPG Small Saga still looks incredible as it gets a release date

Dark and Darker update changes class abilities, buffing Wizards

Is Starfield on PC?

Dragon Age 4 release date speculation, trailer, and news

Is Starfield Steam Deck compatible?

Lovebrush Chronicles is NetEase's upcoming mobile RPG that sends players on an epic dating adventure

Star Anvil’s Secret World TTRPG is about to start delivering draft digital rulebooks to backers

Reverse tower defense coffee RPG Affogato gets launch trailer

Lords of the Fallen Gameplay Showcases its First 13 Minutes

Tower of Fantasy PS5 Review – No Escape From Reality

Delicious Dungeon – Beta Sign Up

#GenshinImpact
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Genshin Impact studio head says Breath of the Wild comaprisons left some devs in tears

Genshin Impact 4.0 adds robot stingrays, lazy seals, and dogs in wigs

Genshin Impact Boss Remembers the Backlash Which Prompted Irate Breath of the Wild Fans to Smash Their PS4s in Protest

Genshin Impact Lyney Kit Guide: Elemental Skill, Burst, Passive Talents, and Constellations

4.0 Genshin Impact Lyney and Yelan Banners Detailed

Genshin Impact devs were very upset over Zelda clone accusations

Genshin Impact Reveals Handsome New Characters Neuvillette & Wriothesley

Zhongli Conducts in Lovely Genshin Impact Anime-Style Trailer Teasing Upcoming Concert

How To Manually Update to Genshin Impact 4.0 on PC

Genshin Impact head says staff were extremely upset when accused of copying Zelda: Breath of Wild

#Starfield
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Starfield Predicts We’ll Get To Mars In 27 Years

The events leading up to Starfield include a war, the founding of a space detective agency, and another war

Starfield on PC better be lightyears ahead of Xbox

This Starfield Steam Deck skin is absolutely stellar

Official new Starfield timeline reveals big years and events to know

Starfield Timeline Details Nearly 300 Years of Backstory Leading up to the Game’s Events

#UK
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Xbox 360 Call of Duty Resurgence Continues as Classic Titles Top UK Charts

How the co-creator of Skins became the lead writer on an upcoming AAA open world game

PS5 Pulling Ahead in the UK Thanks to Sony's Summer Sale

Xbox backwards compatibility sends old Call of Duty games back into the Top Five | UK Monthly Charts

UK sales for July 2023

UK hardware/software sales for July 2023 detailed

GAME's Ultimate Pokémon Hunt Brings Limited-Edition Prizes To Six UK Stores This Month

#Switch
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Pokémon Company Hints That Its Game Output May Be Unsustainable

Visual novel Embraced By Autumn hitting Switch this week

Precision-puzzle game Reflectile heading to Switch

Zombie Soup gameplay

Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical gameplay

Cuphead-like 2D platformer Enchanted Portals gets release date

Iceberg Interactive Partners with Mango Protocol to Publish CLeM

Enter the Ciudad de Colores in Super Mega Baseball 4

New Video Game Releases in Week 33 of August 14, 2023

Castle Of Shikigami 2 Is Getting A Lovely Dreamcast-Inspired Physical Edition

Tiny Dragon Story (Switch)

#PS5
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DF Weekly: the new PS5 may not be so 'Slim' after all

Blasphemous 2 Looks Like a Truly Sick Sequel in Raw Gameplay Footage

Armored Core 6 PS5 File Size Isn't So Bad

Final Fantasy Creator Believes Latest Instalment Is Ultimate Entry in Franchise

Guide: New PS5, PS4 Games This Week (14th August to 20th August)

Gritty Strategy Game Gord Gets Dark Fantasy Gameplay Trailer

Tekken 8 Boss Katsuhiro Harada Hits Back at 'Silly Threats' from Irate Eddy Gordo Fans

Square Enix Shares New Trivia about Tifa from Crisis Core FFVII

Armored Core VI PC Requirements Detailed

Alleged New PS5 Model Design Surfaces in New Video

Jimmy Neutron Moves Detailed for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

PS5’s Dolby Atmos Solution Is Lag-Free, Mark Cerny Explains How It Works

#Pokémon
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The Pokémon Battle Gimmicks, Ranked From Worst To Best

All The Starters Are Coming To Pokémon Scarlet And Violet

Pokemon Scarlet And Violet DLC Will Feature All Previous Starter Pokemon

The Pokemon Company Sees Plenty Of Room For Many More Pokemon Designs

Every Starter Pokémon Will Return in the Scarlet and Violet DLC

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet DLC trailer confirms returning starters

Pokémon World Championships disqualifies pros with hacked creatures, sparking community debate

The Pokémon Company having "more conversations" about game quality, as fan complaints grow louder

Pokémon GO and Sleep exist to integrate Pokémon into people's daily lives, says COO

Pokémon Sleep Will Be Tucking In New Species, Relaxing Sounds And More In Future Updates

Pokémon Company's COO Addresses Issue Between Release Schedule And Game Quality

Every Starter Pokémon Will Return in the Scarlet and Violet DLC

#Japan
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The Pokemon Company donates $200k to Hawai'i following Championships 2024 location reveal

The Pokemon Company is having “more conversations” about producing regular, but quality, releases

1993's Mario Movie Is Coming Back To Theaters, In 4K

The Pokémon Company donates $200k to Hawaii after announcing it as 2024 tournament location

Yukihana Lamy Takes Break Due to COVID-19

Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Art Book Won’t Be Resold

Review: Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed Almost Gets It Right

Typhoon Lan closes Nintendo Osaka, Universal Studios Japan, and Ghibli Park

2B and 9S Wear Matching Shirts in New NieR Automata Merchandise

Switch hits 30m lifetime unit sales during July | Japan Monthly Charts

Review: 'The Art Of The Box' Celebrates A Time When Cover Art Could Sell A Game

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Producer Asks Fans To 'Trust' That A New Chapter Will Dawn

#TexasChainSawMassacre
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Review - Thrill Of The Hunt

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre review – A thrilling horror homage

Texas Chain Saw Massacre Developers Ensuring It Doesn’t Share Same Fate of Friday the 13th Game

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre joins this week’s upcoming games

#August
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Why Magic: The Gathering's 'The One Ring' Card Is Worth $2 Million

Nightingale shows off estate styles, new POIs, NPC body randomization, and fancy trees

Path of Exile’s Trial of the Ancestors is coming soon

Palia Outlines August, Responds to Community Feedback, and Sets a 'REVEAL' in Late August

#Nintendo
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Nintendo, Limited Run and Kepler join the GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit at PAX

Splatoon 3 – Splatfest #8 results – Money vs. Fame vs. Love

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet DLC gets new trailer showing off returning and new pokemon

My Nintendo Store Japan now selling empty replica Splatoon 3 shoe boxes

Nintendo to be part of the GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit at PAX

Japanese hardware/software sales for July 2023 detailed

#EmbracerGroup
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Report: Embracer's $2 Billion Deal That Blew Up Was With Saudi Arabia

Embracer Group's Partner Who Walked From $2 Billion Deal Finally Revealed

Report: Savvy Games Group backed out of $2bn deal with Embracer

Saudi-funded Savvy Games was partner involved with failed Embracer Group deal

New Report States Embracer's $2B Deal That Fell Through Was From Saudi-Backed Investment Fund

Partner In Failed Embracer Group $2 Billion Deal Finally Revealed

#October
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Like Halo before it, Forza Motorsport can’t justify splitscreen at launch

Assassin’s Creed Mirage goes gold, release moved up one week

Italian metal act Marthe announces debut album 'Further In Evil'