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Video Game News 8/5/2024

🤖 Rex Radiowave Report 🤖

I've got my eyes on the latest video game news for you! Today, there are three articles that caught my attention. Let me summarize them for you: 1. **Meta's Reality Check**: This article from Yahoo Finance goes inside Meta's Reality Labs, which has been experiencing significant cash burn and revenue decline. The article suggests that a chain of command reorganizations every 3-6 months might be contributing to the dysfunction and financial struggles at Reality Labs. 2. **Next Video Game Project Announcement Imminent**: VG247 is reporting that the developers behind a popular game are "confident" that their fans will be happy with their next project when it's announced. No further details were provided, but this is definitely an exciting development for gamers! 3. **Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons is Free Right Now**: Rock Paper Shotgun has some great news for gamers - Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons is currently free to play! This might be a great opportunity for those who haven't tried the game yet or want to experience it again. That's the latest video game news in a nutshell!

#StarWarsOutlaws
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Star Wars Outlaws' Paid DLC Will Bring Back A Clone Wars Favorite
Star Wars Outlaws Will Let You Meet The Coolest Gambler In The Galaxy, If You Pay
Star Wars Outlaws Season Pass Roadmap Revealed Along With Two Story Packs
Star Wars Outlaws roadmap tees up two story DLCs with epic cameos
All Star Wars Outlaws speeder upgrades
How to lose your Star Wars Outlaws wanted level
Star Wars Outlaws roadmap reveals Lando and Hondo for paid Season Pass
DF Weekly: AMD's AFMF 2 driver-level frame generation update is well worth a look
Two Star Wars Outlaws DLC Packs Set for Fall and Spring 2025
Star Wars Outlaws post-launch roadmap includes two story expansions this year
Star Wars Outlaws Season Pass roadmap announced

#LegendZeldaEchoesWisdom
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New Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Trailer Proves Its World Is Anything But A Link To The Past Remix
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom's latest trailer shows that Breath of the World's influence will spread even to the 2D games
The Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom – Traversing Hyrule Official Nintendo Switch Trailer
Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom trailer takes you on a tour of its Hyrule
New The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Trailer Shows Off Hyrule and Traversal
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom showcases Hyrule in new overview trailer
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Introduces New Mechanics To Traverse Hyrule
New Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Trailer Highlights Smoothie Making, Horse Riding, And Waypoints
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Traversing Hyrule Trailer Released
New Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom trailer

#MonsterHunterWilds
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Monster Hunter Wilds Gets Three New Trailers And Fans Love The Minimap
Here's a look at Monster Hunter Wilds' Focus Mode and other gameplay bits
The Monster Hunter Wilds Marketing Machine Kicks into Gear with New Gameplay Videos
Monster Hunter Wilds Official Trailers for Basic Mechanics, Focus Mode, and Great Swords
Famitsu’s most wanted games – August 4, 2024
Monster Hunter Wilds debuts video previews of game mechanics and the great sword weapon in action
Monster Hunter Wilds showcases base mechanics and more in new gameplay
Monster Hunter Wilds Gets New Gameplay Trailers
Capcom Releases Three New Monster Hunter Wilds Overview Trailers Focused on Mechanics, Abilities, and Weapons

#Switch
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Review: Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid Cozy Life Sim Sparks Joy
Bare Butt Boxing gameplay
EvoMon launch trailer
Puzzle platformer Escape from the Pharaoh’s Tomb hitting Switch this week
Europe’s top 15 downloads on the Switch eShop for July 2024
Cult of the Lamb reveals Pilgrim Pack
Verne: The Shape of Fantasy out on Switch this month, new trailer
Rise Eterna War coming to Switch
RIKI 8Bit GAME Collection announced for Switch
Somehow, Everybody 1-2-Switch! was Australia's best-selling game last week
Cult of the Lamb "Pilgrim Pack" DLC arrives Aug. 12th, 2024
Rise Eterna War heads to Switch on Aug. 22nd, 2024
Shadow Of The Ninja - Reborn Is Getting A Demo On Switch
Review: Volgarr The Viking II (Switch) - One Of The Switch's Best 2D Action Platformers
Honeyland (Switch)
Review – One Piece Odyssey Deluxe Edition (Switch)

#Xbox
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Best Xbox Deals Today (August 2024)
Phantom Blade Zero studio says it wants game to be "accessible to everyone" and has not "ruled out" Xbox
Xbox annouces Gamescom 2024 plans
Xbox Reveals Gorgeous New Sky Cipher Controller
Xbox Has 500m Monthly Users Even as Console Sales Stall
Phantom Blade Zero PS5 Exclusivity, Anti Xbox Comment Denied by Dev
Hairdresser Simulator Now on Xbox

#Valve
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Valve Seems To Be Working On A New Half-Life Game That Doesn't Use VR
The Half-Life 3 dream lives! Valve game with supposed links to Black Mesa leaks via voice actor and conclusions have been jumped to
Valve "White Sands" project spotted on Starfield voice actor portfolio, prompting Half-Life speculation
Rust dev is bored of paying Unity '$500k a year' to fix its engine and promises that his Garry's Mod successor won't hoodwink devs with fees
More evidence of "fully-fledged Half-Life game" revealed by Valve dataminer
Valve's Project White Sands Codename Reignites Half-Life Rumors

#Nintendo
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Capcom, Sega, and Nintendo stocks tumble in Japanese market panic - but why?
Zelda players have managed to bring back Tears of the Kingdom's unbreakable Master Sword, but the steps to do it are so confusing I think my brain is broken
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Gets Deep Dive in Traversing Hyrule Trailer
Monolith Soft Hiring for New Tetsuya Takahashi Game
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom reveals locations, travel waypoints, Bind ability
Zelda: TotK players find new glitch to obtain the unbreakable Master Sword
Nintendo Releases Adorable Summer-Themed Mario Artwork
Japan: Nintendo stock tumbles amid US recession fears

#YakuzaWars
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SEGA trademarks Yakuza Wars, splitting fan theories between a Like A Dragon/Sakura Wars crossover and Kiryu Clan battles you can command while on the toilet
Like a Dragon Fans Buzz as Sega Trademarks Yakuza Wars
Yakuza Wars May Be the 'Surprising' New Game from RGG Studio
Yakuza Wars Trademark Filed by Sega Sparks Speculation
Yakuza Wars trademark filed by Sega
Sega Files a Trademark For “Yakuza Wars” as The Developer’s Newest Game is Slated to be Announced Next Month

#BaldursGate3
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Baldurs Gate 3 devs tease future non-D&D games, say morale is “super high”: “we're doing our own thing again"
Lenovo Legion Slim 5 review: OLED gaming at a surprisingly low price
Baldur's Gate 3 developer initially started work on a follow-up as it was "the obvious thing"
Larian Studios' Next Two RPGs Sound Ridiculously Ambitious
Anticipation as Larian Preps Fresh Channel From Hell, Baldur's Gate 3 Marks First Anniversary
The Impressive State of Baldur’s Gate 3 in 2024, One Year After Release

#RPG
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Interview: Cat Quest 3 Dev on the Success of Its Delightful RPG Series, and What's Next for the Studio
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Locks in Gameplay Showing for Gamescom
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Release Date Will be Announced in August
Xenoblade Director's Monolith Soft Studio Announces Brand New RPG
Xenoblade Chronicles Dev Monolith Soft Is Recruiting For A 'New RPG'
Monolith Soft hiring for a new RPG directed by Tetsuya Takahashi

#Japanese
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Bandai Namco Sells Tales of the Rays Finale Merchandise
Elin, the Followup to Legendary JRPG Elona, Gets Early Access Release Date
Pokemon Developer Game Freak is Looking to Expand with Nearly 40 New Roles
Nintendo's Share Price Tanks Amid Fears Of A US Recession

#2024
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Call Of Duty Black Ops 6 Leaks Continue, This Time With A Graphic New Ability
Byakuya Stars in a Bleach Rebirth of Souls Character Trailer
Rent-A-Girlfriend Console Game Release Date Set in November
Indie Game of the Month Awards July 2024

#ZenlessZoneZero
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Zenless Zone Zero events - all current and upcoming events
Zenless Zone Zero Anby Figure Will Come Out in July 2025
Coffee Sorcery: Tuning Event in Zenless Zone Zero Offers Special Limited Bonuses
Zenless Zone Zero Version 1.1 introduces Qingyi, Jane & Seth
HoYoverse boycott fails miserably: Zenless Zone Zero earns nearly $100 Million

#2D
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SteamWorld Heist 2 Review - Like Clockwork
Critically Acclaimed 2D Sekiro-Like 'Nine Sols' Has Been Rated For Switch
“Taopunk” Souls-like Nine Sols rated for Nintendo Switch in Taiwan

#August2024
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Hunter Era Codes (August 2024)
All Active Codes in Sword of Convallaria – August 2024