Video Game News 3/18/2024

#Balatro
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Balatro Hits One Million Copies Sold In Less Than A Month, Mobile Port Incoming

Valve Introduces New Steam Family Game Sharing Program

The indie breakout hit of 2024 has now sold over a million copies

Poker-themed roguelike Balatro deals out 1m sales in first month

Hit deck-building poker roguelike Balatro gets tentative news of iOS port

Balatro crosses over 1 million unit sales in first month

Balatro sells one million units | News-in-brief

Balatro sales surpass one million copies

Indie Poker Roguelike Balatro Smashes Through the One Million Sales Mark

Poker-Inspired Roguelike Balatro Sells 1 Million Copies

Balatro Has Officially Sold 1 Million Copies

Balatro has now shifted over one million copies

Balatro Sells 1M

#Steam
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Classic Marathon is coming to Steam well before the unclassic Marathon reboot

A year after being removed from Steam, Dark and Darker is coming to the Epic Games Store

Steam now allows you to create shared family game libraries

Stunning Steam roguelike gets launch date, but you can try it now

One of the best zombie games is 90% off in the Steam sale

Steam sees record-breaking online user count, could populate Canada

Sand Land, the game adaptation of Akira Toriyama's manga, now has a demo

2D pixel art adventure Animal Well gets May release date

Dark and Darker heads to Epic Games Store, but no word on Steam return

Helldivers 2 Named February's Best-Selling Game in Europe

Pocketpair in Talks to Bring Palworld to Other Platforms, Potentially Including PS5 and PS4

Holo X Break Gets Release Date and New Trailer

Idol Showdown Is Now a Holo Indie Game, Will Get More Hololive Characters

Steam Overhauls Family Sharing and Parental Controls With Steam Family

PvPvE zombie escape shooter The Midnight Walkers announced

Puzzle adventure game Paper Trail launches in May

Deceit II goes free-to-play ahead of console launch

Hand-painted hidden object game Sophia the Traveler launches in April

Steam Families announced with parental controls, no more library locking

Steam now has over 100,000 games listed

Steam breaking records again hitting over 36 million players online

Random game Steam keys giveaway

Steam Introduces Steam Families

Steam Families Beta

New Steam User Peak

Dune: Spice Wars - House Vernius of Ix

Dark and Darker Epic Listing

Explore the World of Ario When it Launches on March 28th!

Dark And Darker Is Returning To Major Digital Storefronts Via The Epic Games Store

DD2 Character Craze

#FatalFuryCityWolves
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Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves Makes A Strong Case For The Series' Return After 25 Years

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Hands-On Preview – Revving Up An Old Engine

Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves Gets Early 2025 Release Window In New Gameplay Trailer

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Will Have 2 Control Schemes, Reveals Details About New Character

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves launches in 2025, full reveal

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is coming out in early 2025

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Will Launch In Early 2025

Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves Looks Slick As Heck In New Character Trailer

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves coming 2025

#Helldivers2
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Helldivers 2 Matches Currently Filled With Strange, Unexplained Blue Lasers

Helldivers 2 players have nearly secured Draupnir, but they reckon it may be the calm before a blue beam storm

Why Helldivers 2 Players Are Convinced the Illuminate Are Coming

Over Eight Million Helldivers 2 Players Recruited Since Last Month

Helldivers 2 Players Urge Arrowhead To Work On Bug Fixes, Not New Content

All Suits and Helmets in Helldivers 2 (Full List With Stats)

Sea of Stars Crosses 5 Million Players

All eradication mission sample locations in Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 Blue Beam Attacks Could Signify a New Faction's Arrival

Breaking Free from Battle Passes: Reflecting on Helldivers 2's Warbonds

Helldivers 2 Players Report Casualties From Mysterious Snipers With Deadly Blue Laser Beams

#PSVR2
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Uh oh, PS VR2 production's reportedly been paused until Sony manages to clear some warehouses

PlayStation VR2 production paused as stock "piles up" - report

Sony Allegedly Pausing PSVR2 Production Due to Surplus of Unsold Stock

PS VR2 production reportedly paused as Sony seeks to move backlog of unsold units

Sony reportedly stops PSVR 2 production to clear the current backlog

Report: PSVR 2 Production Temporarily Paused Due to Unsold Stock Surplus

PSVR2 production has been paused, according to a new report

Virtual Reality Check

#DragonsDogma2
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Dragon's Dogma 2 spoilers are everywhere, and you might find out that, er, Dragon's Dogma fans may like it

PSA: Dragon's Dogma 2 Spoilers Have Leaked Online

Dragon's Dogma 2 Gets an Amazing Discount on PS5 and Xbox Before Release Day in the UK

Does Dragon’s Dogma 2 have multiple save files?

How Dragon’s Dogma 2’s creates companionship with Pawns

Beware, Dragon's Dogma 2 leaks and spoilers are out in the wild

Dragon’s Dogma 2 players have created a horrifically hideous Moogle from Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Will Require an Internet Connection to Play Due to Denuvo

Capcom Taps Award-Winning Actor Ian McShane for 'Welcome to Dragon's Dogma 2' Trailer

#Tales
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Tales of franchise character designer Mutsumi Inomata has died

Tales of character designer Mutsumi Inomata has passed away

Obituary: Mutsumi Inomata, Tales character designer, has died at age 63

Tales series character designer Mutsumi Inomata dies at 63

'Tales' Series Artist & Character Designer Mutsumi Inomata Has Passed Away

Main character designer for the Tales Of games has sadly passed away

#ApexLegends
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Apex Legends Tournament Postponed After Players Hacked Mid-Game

UPDATE: Fancy playing Apex Legends? Probably best to wait until it's clear you're not at risk of seeing through walls

Apex Legends Global Series Tournament Abandoned After Pros Hacked Mid-Match

Historic Mid-Game Hack Halts Apex Legends Global Series

Apex Legends esports tourney is hacked mid-match, postponing the event and raising security concerns

Apex Legends Global Series postponed due to mid-match hacks

Morning Safety Dance

Respawn Entertainment Hit By Layoffs As Electronic Arts Cuts 5% Of Its Workforce

Hackers Sow Chaos During Apex Legends’ Pro Tournament Regional Finals This Weekend

Apex Legends Live Hack Has Community Panicked

#AI
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New AI Demo Shows Why Games Writing Should Be Left To People [Update]

To understand the future of generative AI, we need better language to describe it

All Eyes on AI: Automotive Tech on Full Display at GTC 2024

NVIDIA Unveils Digital Blueprint for Building Next-Gen Data Centers

New NVIDIA Storage Partner Validation Program Streamlines Enterprise AI Deployments

NVIDIA Maxine Developer Platform to Transform $10 Billion Video Conferencing Industry

NVIDIA Edify Unlocks 3D Generative AI, New Image Controls for Visual Content Providers

NVIDIA Brings Generative AI for Digital Humans, New RTX Technologies and More DLSS 3.5 Games to GDC

Johnson & Johnson MedTech Works With NVIDIA to Broaden AI’s Reach in Surgery

BNY Mellon, First Global Bank to Deploy AI Supercomputer Powered by NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD With DGX H100

NVIDIA Isaac Taps Generative AI for Manufacturing and Logistics Applications

AI already used by 62% of studios, Unity report claims

NVIDIA reveals Blackwell AI superchip at GTC 2024

OpenAI in talks with Abu Dhabi investment company to fund new AI processors

Shroud of the Avatar devs form new studio to make AI-generated roguelike battle royale Project Rise

The Quinfall begins taking names for its second closed beta test, reaffirms it will have no NDA

2024 Unity Gaming Report indicates 62 percent of devs are currently using AI tools

#PS5
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Sony Reportedly Halts PSVR2 Production As Headsets Fail To Sell

Sand Land Demo Out Now, Unlocks Rewards For The Full Game

One of the Fastest 2TB PCI-E 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSDs for PS5 or PC Is On Sale Today

Where to Buy a PS5 Console Online (March 2024)

PlayStation 5 Pro leaked specs appear online

Try PS5, PS4 RPG Sand Land in a New Demo Available Now

Review: Hi-Fi Rush (PS5) - Xbox Gem Makes Its Rhythmic Debut on PS5

Reminder: You're Losing Access to 7 Great PS Plus Extra Games Tomorrow

Anticipated PS5 Indie Animal Well Out This May

FFXIV Xbox Series X Launch Editions, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perk Early Purchase Bonuses Explained

PS5 Hardware Update Adds New Quality of Life Features

Sea of Stars Crosses 5 Million Players

Sea of Stars is Getting a 3-Player Co-op Mode

V Rising Exits Early Access on May 8th for PC, Coming Later This Year

Red Dead Redemption Gets New Update

Pentiment Update Reintroduces 120 FPS Mode on Xbox Series X

Dazzling Puzzle Platformer Animal Well Gets PS5 Release Date

Hi-Fi Rush (PS5) Review – Kickstart My Heart

Balatro Crosses 1 Million Units Sold

PS5 Pro Will Feature Detachable Disc Drive and 1 TB Space, Targeting Fall 2024 – Rumor

Report: PS5 Pro specs leak reveals big GPU bump, faster RAM, CPU and more

#Sony
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PS5 Pro Specs Leak Online

Both God of War PS5, PS4 Games Battle for Top Billing in Sony's Twitter Competition

Sony Polls Players on Favourite Games That Aren't Bloodborne

New AAA studio Muddy Robot launches

Sony Conducts Poll on Favorite PlayStation Games, Ignores Bloodborne

#March2024
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Anime Ball codes March 2024 – Free spins and yen boosts

Complete Fortnite Codes List (March 2024)

Anime Punch Simulator Codes (March 2024)

Pet Simulator 99: All Codes (March 2024)

Katamari Damacy 20th Anniversary Brings New Merchandise and Music

One Piece Day 2024 Detailed, Takes Place in August

Princess Peach Showtime! launches this week

Haze Piece Codes List (March 2024)

#NintendoSwitch
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Genshin Impact Switch Website Was Temporarily Unavailable

Characters Can Drink Mayonnaise in Stardew Valley 1.6

LOZ Tears of the Kingdom Won Famitsu Dengeki Awards 2023

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Launches May 23rd

Animal Well Release Date Announced for PC, PS5, and Nintendo Switch

Touhou Danmaku Kagura: Phantasia Lost gets Switch port in September

Review: Highwater (Nintendo Switch)

Review: Lawn Mowing Simulator (Nintendo Switch)

#RPG
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How To Get Goat Milk In Unicorn Overlord

Monsters Never Cry is a new idle gacha RPG that's just released for iOS and Android

Upcoming multiplatform anime-inspired RPG Duet Night Abyss hits technical test for PC

Honkai: Star Rail is gearing up for Version 2.1, with first-anniversary festivities in real life across the globe

Hyper Light Breaker is a gorgeous roguelite that doesn't pull punches

Whisker Waters release date set for April, new trailer

Seekers of Skyveil – Beta Sign Up

Action-Packed, Side-Scrolling RPG Goddess Order Unveils Teaser Site

SAND LAND Demo

#Twitter
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Bandai Namco celebrates Katamari Damacy's 20th anniversary by... opening a Twitter account

More Star Wars-Inspired Coins Are Coming To The UK

Fortnite Teases The Return Of A Fan-Favorite Character

Indie Metroidvania Animal Well, The First Game From Dunkey's Bigmode Publisher, Gets May Release Date

PSA: Most mods should work with Stardew Valley 1.6 on launch

Random: Nintendo Puts Out Another Tasty Splatoon 3 Music Video

#PS4
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Sand Land Demo Available Now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC to Enjoy Akira Toriyama's Anime World

Froggie: A Retro Platformer (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)

#SteamFamilies
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Valve is improving how Steam Family Sharing works—but if your brother gets banned for cheating, so do you

Valve launches new Steam Families household game sharing tools

#Xbox
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Xbox is giving away a custom Fallout-themed Series X that will surely survive the apocalypse

Good news, Baldur's Gate 3's latest hotfix stops Minthara from suddenly dumping your not so evil bottom

Baldur’s Gate 3 on Xbox Finally Caught Up on Recent Updates, Cross-Saves Should Now Work

Where to Buy Xbox Series X|S Consoles Online (March 2024)

Sci-Fi Puzzle Platformer Planet Of Lana Hits PlayStation And Switch Next Month

Xbox Insider Release Notes – Alpha (2404.240314-2000)

Xbox Insider Release Notes – Alpha Skip-Ahead (2408.240314-2200)

Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection reportedly used modder's work without credit

Ereban: Shadow Legacy Launches April 10th on PC

#GOG
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You'll soon be able to play GOG games away from your PC through Amazon Luna

GOG adding cloud gaming support via Amazon Luna "soon"

GOG teams up with Amazon Luna to bring titles to cloud gaming

Play GOG.com Games on Luna