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Nintendo surprised fans yesterday by announcing a new chapter in its 40-year-old Zelda saga, one of the Japanese video game titan’s biggest franchises. During an event broadcast on the web, the firm said that "The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom" is scheduled for release on the Switch console on 26 September. Eiji Aonuma, producer of the Zelda series, said on a webcast that fans would be able to play as Princess Zelda herself rather than the elf-like warrior Link – a first for an official entry into the game’s canon. “This time around Link has vanished and it’s up to Princess Zelda to step i...
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Berlin (dpa) — Players and critics have rarely been so unanimous: The action adventure "Hellblade" is considered a modern classic in video game history. The battle of the Celtic warrior Senua against the Nordic mythical world became a major hit for the studio Ninja Theory in 2017 and won numerous awards. Seven years on, the studio, now owned by Microsoft, is releasing a successor. Can "Hellblade II" build on the success of its predecessor? Not your typical action hero The focus of the game is again on Senua. After the Celtic warrior has gone through hell and defeated the goddess Hela, the next...
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Berlin (dpa) — Players and critics have rarely been so unanimous: The action adventure "Hellblade" is considered a modern classic in video game history. The battle of the Celtic warrior Senua against the Nordic mythical world became a major hit for the studio Ninja Theory in 2017 and won numerous awards. Seven years on, the studio, now owned by Microsoft, is releasing a successor. Can "Hellblade II" build on the success of its predecessor? Not your typical action hero The focus of the game is again on Senua. After the Celtic warrior has gone through hell and defeated the goddess Hela, the next...
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Metallica is set to take to a virtual stage in "Fortnite" later in June for a series of live concerts for players of the cult battle royale game. To ring in the start of season four, three live performances are set to take place at different times on June 22 and 23, Universal Music said, announcing the "METALLICA:FUEL.FIRE.FURY" exclusive for "Fortnite" players. "James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo from Metallica are the Icons of Season 4," Fortnite said, announcing various festival-themed additions to the game. The US band is the first to be experienced in the game ...
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Metallica is set to take to a virtual stage in "Fortnite" later in June for a series of live concerts for players of the cult battle royale game. To ring in the start of season four, three live performances are set to take place at different times on June 22 and 23, Universal Music said, announcing the "METALLICA:FUEL.FIRE.FURY" exclusive for "Fortnite" players. "James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo from Metallica are the Icons of Season 4," Fortnite said, announcing various festival-themed additions to the game. The US band is the first to be experienced in the game ...
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GameStop, the videogame and console retailer, witnessed a huge plunge in stock price despite a vocal pandemic-era viral supporter attempting to rally investors. The person known as “Roaring Kitty” or Keith Gill took to YouTube to stream about the stock, commonly known as a “meme stock.” This type of stock sees viral popularity due to heightened social sentiment or a cultural event. This person was responsible for the trading frenzy during the pandemic for GameStop stock but couldn’t repeat the feat after live streaming the company’s most recent financial earnings. GameStop Stock on the slideDe...
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It's now 40 years since gamers began sliding falling blocks around screens to the iconic melody of a Russian folk song. Alexei Pashitnov's puzzle game quickly gained popularity and was played around the world, particularly when released on the Game Boy in 1989. Today, to play this still highly addictive classic of computer game history, you don't need a Game Boy to hand, and the game can be started for free with two clicks on tetris.com. The first notes of the Tetris melody provide a little nostalgia while you try to improve on your high score. There are ads, but only for Tetris games and none...
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It's now 40 years since gamers began sliding falling blocks around screens to the iconic melody of a Russian folk song. Alexei Pashitnov's puzzle game quickly gained popularity and was played around the world, particularly when released on the Game Boy in 1989. Today, to play this still highly addictive classic of computer game history, you don't need a Game Boy to hand, and the game can be started for free with two clicks on tetris.com. The first notes of the Tetris melody provide a little nostalgia while you try to improve on your high score. There are ads, but only for Tetris games and none...
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Wide-eyed, Willis Gibson, 13, covers his face, leans foerward and gasps for air, saying, "Oh my God," over and over again. He's the first person to beat Tetris, the puzzle video game invented by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer, back in 1985. Thanks to a new technique, Gibson made it to the "kill screen" in level 157 - the moment when the screen freezes because the hardware and software have finally reached their limits. Normally, the pace of gameplay is so quick from level 29 onwards that no one manages to get much further than that. Henk Rogers, head of the US-based Tetris Company...
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Wide-eyed, Willis Gibson, 13, covers his face, leans foerward and gasps for air, saying, "Oh my God," over and over again. He's the first person to beat Tetris, the puzzle video game invented by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer, back in 1985. Thanks to a new technique, Gibson made it to the "kill screen" in level 157 - the moment when the screen freezes because the hardware and software have finally reached their limits. Normally, the pace of gameplay is so quick from level 29 onwards that no one manages to get much further than that. Henk Rogers, head of the US-based Tetris Company...
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