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Video Game News 1/12/2024

#Smite2
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While OG players will get rewarded, Smite cosmetics will not carry over into Smite 2
Smite 2 has been just announced for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S
Smite 2 Revealed, Will Run Alongside The First Game
Smite 2 Announced, Alpha Playtest Coming Spring 2024
Smite 2 Is An Unreal Engine 5 Sequel To Smite, Alpha Testing Begins This Spring
Smite 2 is coming to PlayStation 5
One of the most underrated MOBAs of all time is getting a sequel
Smite 2 Is the Sequel to the Super Popular MOBA, and It's Coming to PS5
Smite 2 Will Be A "True Sequel" To Original, Closed Alpha Coming Spring 2024
Will Smite 2 be on PS4 and Xbox One? Answered
How to Sign Up for the Smite 2 Alpha Playtest
Smite 2 not on Switch due to concerns about its “power level”
Smite 2 Officially Revealed for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S
Smite 2 devs say they aren’t planning a Switch release due to power concerns
Smite 2 Is An Unreal Engine 5 Sequel To Smite, Alpha Testing Begins This Spring

#MOBA
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Smite developer announces standalone Smite 2
No Surrender Heroes combines card battling, tower defence, and MOBA elements into a real-time multiplayer game
Smite 2 revealed at Smite World Championship 2024
All SMITE 1 and SMITE 2 differences, explained
Betawatch: SMITE 2 encourages you to smite what has already been smitten
SMITE 2 has been announced for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC
SMITE 2 Announced
SMITE 2 Announced, Built Using UE5 And Coming To PC And Console With Early Alpha This Spring

#Switch
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South Park: Snow Day gets a March release date
I wish I could cheat Reigns: Three Kingdoms like a Choose Your Own Adventure book
Golden Sun and its sequel finally join Nintendo Switch Online's Game Boy Advance catalogue next week
Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age Are Coming to Nintendo Switch Online Next Week
Review: Metro Quester Is One of the Most Special KEMCO RPGs
Horror game Devil Inside Us: Roots of Evil hitting Switch this month
Japan’s best-selling games of 2023, hardware rankings
Outer Wilds update out now on Switch, patch notes
RPG Knights of Grayfang reaching Switch next week
Nintendo Switch and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Were Japan’s Biggest Sellers in 2023
Bullet hell heaven – Shinorubi is flying to Xbox, PlayStation, Switch
Nintendo Games Have Now Dominated Japan's Sales Charts For 19 Consecutive Years
Yes, The Nintendo Switch Showcase Really Was Seven Years Ago
Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown
Reigns: Three Kingdoms Released

#Steam
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What To Expect From Starfield's First Beta Update Of 2024
Persona 3 Reload PC Preorders Discounted At Fanatical
Capcom Quickly Rolls Back Resident Evil Revelations DRM Update After Steam Review Bombing
Capcom adds new DRM to old PC games, raising worries over mods
Going by its demo, Crystal Story: Dawn Of Dusk is a slick retro-modern RPG with many eerie touches
One of 2023’s best indie games is dirt cheap, get it while you can
Starfield gets its “biggest update yet” with over 100 new changes
2023’s stellar, 9/10 Warhammer 40k FPS is going cheap, don’t miss out
The best PC games 2024
Starfield's next update promises "over 100 fixes and improvements" and a PC beta arrives next week
American Truck Simulator heading to Missouri in latest announced expansion
Capcom reverses Resident Evil Revelations update with Enigma DRM
Which Destiny 2 expansions & DLC to buy
Horizon Forbidden West’s PC trailer confirms DLSS 3 support
Vampire Survivors Developers Tease Indie Collabs, Update 1.9, and More
Steam Changes Rules on AI to Allow "the Vast Majority of Games that Use It"
How To Enable PlayStation Prompts in Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
SAND LAND System Requirements Officially Revealed for PC
Brick Exorcist Steam keys giveaway
Myth of Empires, Playtest Happening on STEAM
Sand Land in April
Wage War and Support a Stronghold in Indie MMO Grudge

#NintendoSwitch
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Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter looks like a promising indie successor to Danganronpa
Konami brings back retro classics Rocket Knight Adventures and Felix The Cat
Japan Sales Charts: PS5 Can't Quite Topple 100k in Final Weeks of Year
Unicorn Overlord Gameplay Trailer Highlights Exploration and Liberation
Top 25 best Switch action games
Top 25 best Nintendo Switch RPGs in 2024
Sea of Thieves could be released for PlayStation and Switch
Indie Horror Hit The Mortuary Assistant Is Coming to PlayStation in 2024
Review: One Night: Burlesque (Nintendo Switch)
Prince of Persia demo joins this week’s eShop roundup
Hitman: Blood Money Reprisal coming to Nintendo Switch this month
Japan: Nintendo has been on top for 19 consecutive years, Famitsu annual report
Mario vs. Donkey Kong – Nintendo Switch (Gameplay)
Super Mario Party – Mario VS Everyone

#SandLand
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Everything We Know About Sand Land, Akira Toriyama's New RPG
Sand Land, the Video Game Based on Dragon Ball Creator Akira Toriyama's Manga, Has a Release Date
Sand Land Launches In April, Animated Series On The Way
Sand Land, the video game adaptation of Akira Toriyama's manga, gets April release date
Sand Land Release Date Locked in for April on PS5, PS4
Sand Land Game Gets Release Date
SAND LAND release date has been confirmed for April 26th
Sand Land Launches April 2024 Worldwide
Sand Land Launches In April, Animated Series On The Way

#PS5
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Our Best Tips To Track Down A PlayStation Portal
PS5 Just Did Something A PlayStation Console Hasn’t Done Since 2004
Wo Long getting Complete Edition with base game and all DLC next month
Unofficial PS5 'FPS Boost' mods are radically improving PS4 back compat
Guide: New PS5, PS4 Games This Week (15th January to 21st January)
Get a Sense for Unicorn Overlord's Exploration in New PS5, PS4 Trailer
PS Store Sales Charts: Few Surprises for PS5, PS4 Over Crucial Christmas Period
Fake Mobile Game Ads Take Centre Stage in New PS5, PS4 Release
Rock Out in The Last of Us 2 Remastered as Legendary Composer Gustavo Santaolalla
Persona 3 Reload New Trailer Showcases Locations
Alisa Bosconovitch Jets Into Tekken 8 in New Character Trailer
Honkai: Star Rail Supreme Idiocy Trailer Features Dr Ratio
39,600 YenFFXIV Meister Quality Hydaelyn & Zodiark Figure Includes Sundering Emote
Final Fantasy 14 Crosses 30 Million Players
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail Trailers Showcase New Areas and Dungeons
Tekken 8 Is The UK’s Most Anticipated Game Of 2024
SMITE 2 Announced for PS5
A Free Demo of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is now available

#GoldenSun
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Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age Rise at Last on Nintendo Switch Online
Golden Sun And Its Sequel Join The Nintendo Switch Online Library Next Week
Golden Sun GBA Games Coming to Nintendo Switch Online
Two Golden Sun Games Are Heading to Nintendo Switch Online Next Week
Golden Sun And Its Sequel Join The Nintendo Switch Online Library Next Week

#RPG
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Suicide Squad Planning 'Hundreds' of Possible Build Combinations Along With Major Post-Launch Support
Action RPG Sand Land's release date trailer is a montage of Dragon Ball-powered tank shenanigans
Monster Hunter Wilds release date estimate, trailers, and latest news
Reverse 1999 codes January 2024
Dragon's Dogma 2's Sphinx Poses Compelling Gameplay Riddles on PS5
Granblue Fantasy: Relink PC Requirements Revealed, 90 GB Space Required
SAND LAND Launches on April 26
SAND LAND Pre-Order Bonus Content Revealed for PC and Consoles
Waven Tier List – January 2024
Starfield Beta Patch Next Week
Diablo IV Season 3 Details Next Week
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition Next Month

#PlayStation
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The Last Of Us 2 Documentary Trailer Reveals Peek Behind Curtain Of How The Game Was Made
Sony Working to Make NPC Behavior More Believable
Morning Consolidation

#Capcom
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Resident Evil Revelations update reportedly adds DRM to decade-old game, breaks it, then removes DRM - for now
Capcom rolls back Resident Evil Revelations update that caused performance problems and crashes as fans accuse it of trying to sneak in DRM in order to kill mod support
Certain Monster Hunter Rise DLCs will be removed
Capcom Donates 120 Million Yen to Support Noto Earthquake Victims

#CES2024
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The best, worst, and weirdest gaming tech of CES 2024
The president of Sony Honda is allowed to drive an electric car on-stage with a DualSense yet I'm not allowed to play games while I drive. Typical
I got my hands on the fastest gaming mouse on the planet
This be quiet! PSU cable could stop your Nvidia graphics card melting
MSI won’t keep you waiting for new Claw models, unlike Steam Deck 2
Shack Chat: What is the coolest thing you saw at CES 2024?
Shacknews Best of CES 2024
Morning Mobilization

#Play
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Top 10 Best Steam Deck AAA Games to Play Now
Play Together brings the mystical Icy Fish to the game as the seas freeze
The Xbox Games to Play in 2024 – TheXboxHub Official Podcast #189
Ghost At The Door Guide – How To Play

#Japan
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Nintendo Switch Online: Every NES, SNES, Game Boy, N64, Sega Genesis, And GBA Game
Sword Art Online 10th Anniversary Official Design Works Book Released
Usada Pekora 1/4 Scale Figure Will Appear This Year
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince at No.1 | Japan Monthly Charts
Mixed Reviews Roll In From Wizardry Variants Daphne CBT

#NintendoSwitchOnline
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Golden Sun & Golden Sun: The Lost Age join Nintendo Switch Online next week
Nintendo Switch Online Adds Golden Sun And Golden Sun: The Lost Age

#SteamDeck
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Upgrade your ROG Ally, Legion Go or Steam Deck with this £81 1TB NVMe SSD
This Lexar Play 1TB Micro SD card is down to £67.85 and works great in Steam Deck
VVVVVV, one of the best platformers of all time, is now Steam Deck verified
Valve continues to improve the gaming performance of Linux open source drivers for AMD GPUs, as part of the Mesa project
Ayaeneo's Next Lite is 'the cost-effective choice' but only because it cloned SteamOS off Github and jammed a 4 year-old APU into it
(Updated) Classic Platformer VVVVVV Gets First Update in Two Years on Its Fourteenth Anniversary
City of Heroes fans have City of Heroes Homecoming working on a Steam Deck

#PlayStation5
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Guide: Upcoming PS5 Games for January and February 2024
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Soundtrack Release Date Announced
SAND LAND is set to release on April 26th 2024

#AI
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After a deluge of AI-powered products CES 2024 is making it tougher than ever to define what AI actually is
Actors' Union SAG-AFTRA Doubles Down on Controversial AI Voice Agreement But Silences Disagreement
SAG-AFTRA Announces "Groundbreaking" Agreement With AI Voice Company, and It Isn't Even April 1
Save your human from evil AI in Kitten Hero
Mini Review: Shinorubi (Switch) - A Curious Shooter That's A No-Go In Docked Mode
Morning Safety Dance
Point & click detective game Trust No One announced

#PrincePersiaLostCrown
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Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Review, 2024 Predictions | All Things Nintendo
All Prince of Persia The Lost Crown Spirited Sand Jar locations
All Prince of Persia The Lost Crown Mystery Chest locations
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown review - fabulous exploration and combat
Ubisoft to fix Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown character's text-to-speech dialogue in future patch
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown's PS5, PS4 Accessibility Goes Above and Beyond
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown NPC Sneaks Through with Text-to-Speech Audio at Launch
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown Demo is here
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Reviews
Game and Mod Development