Kingdom Hearts is a top-five series for me. SO EXCITED for 4.
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This would be a nuts recon.
Ubisoft continues to shed hundreds of jobs amid two new studio closures and a fresh round of cuts to publishing.
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Ubisoft Winnipeg is one of the offices that's shutting down
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The Square Enix Disney RPG was a massive gaming milestone for many of us
definitely zero chance of the uncomfortable but character-defining abuse of shera surviving into this game then
Haven't slept in 32 hours. Let's watch the Nintendo Direct again
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even after taking a couple of Dramamine, I had to tap out after two trips on the new Muppets Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster. sadly did not get “Song 2.” “Born to Be Wild” was a solid pick, though; “Walking on Sunshine” not so much. wrote about it for Kotaku. kotaku.com/the-muppets-...
Alex Donaldson
Director Naoki Hamaguchi says that he wouldn't say Cid is necessarily a mean-spirited character, per se in FFVII Revelation. He thinks he's a straight shooter - he says what he thinks and feels, but I think he also has, very much of a warmth as a human being. (Restart.run, 6/8)
The Muppets rock Disney World's most intense coaster with a major upgrade
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Chris Plante
People are focusing on the exclusivity soundbite from the latest interview, but the discussion about next-gen pricing and finding ways to get one of the most costly hardware cycles into actual players' hands seems like a way bigger issue
Here's the full article for those interested. Insanely bleak stuff, I don't think I'll ever be able to look at the Pokemon franchise the same way again
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Shinra Archaeology
Asha Sharma keeps hinting at a big problem
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Pokémon Go players' 30 billion scans trained navigation tech now bound for military drones, via Niantic Spatial's defense partnership with Vantor.
Asked about Gears of War: E-Day coming to PS5, studio creative director Matt Searcy said, "Well, we never talked about it."
This week, Bloomberg reported that a PS5 was in development and planned for release until Asha Sharma decided to make it exclusive.
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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says the division must face harsh realities including massive revenue drops, component crises, and an overextended studio system, but doesn't specify who's actually staring them d...
Unfortunate though it may be, a lot of the focus on Gears of War: E-Day coming out of Summer Game Fest has been the exclusivity situation, so we naturally had a