The live service multiplayer shut down last June. Although the free-to-play multiplayer brawler Knockout City shut down last June , develo...
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Poll: Box Art Brawl - DK: King Of Swing
B-A-N-A-N-A-S. We are back, back, back with another edition of Box Art Brawl ! Before we swing into this week's match-up, let's ta...
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Round Up: The Previews Are In For Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
Here are the first impressions. Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition will revive classic speedruns next month and before the game...
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House Of The Dead 2: Remake Gets Rated For Switch By The ESRB
A PEGI rating appeared earlier this month. After a PEGI rating for House of the Dead 2: Remake was discovered earlier this month, it seems...
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Overwatch 2 Devs Agree: Tanks Are Miserable To Play Right Now
Overwatch 2’s tank role has been in an awkward spot since the sequel took one of them out of the mix. Where once the role prioritized team...
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Gamer Flies Across Country To Attack MMO Rival With A Hammer
A man from New Jersey was charged with attempted second-degree murder over the weekend after he flew to Florida and attacked another gamer ...
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Where To Find Pata, Shadow Of The Erdtree's Stylish, Guard-Breaking Twin Blades
Pata is a Fist weapon that can only be found in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. Though this armament is technically worn on t...
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Review: Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition (Switch) - Beyond Good, Still
Turning a new Pey'j. Considering the lengthy ongoing development of Beyond Good & Evil 2 and the subsequent grilling from eager fa...
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9 Things We Just Learned About PlayStation's Sci-Fi Shooter Concord
Concord is Sony’s next big PlayStation bet on live service gaming and the sci-fi shooter is just a couple months away. A recent batch of p...
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This Real Life Monkey Ball Is My New Favorite Video Game Controller
Anything can become a gaming controller if you try hard enough , even a monkey in a ball. Thomas Tilley proved that after his recent creati...
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Players Are Obsessed With Shadow Of The Erdtree's Number One Hater
If you’ve been roaming the Land of Shadow in Elden Ring’ s recently released expansion, there’s a good chance that you’ve met the greatest ...
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Honkai: Star Rail Apocalyptic Shadow Guide
Version 2.3 of Honkai: Star Rail might have brought an end to the Penacony story, but it also introduced us to the new Apocalyptic Shadow ...
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The 1994 Street Fighter Movie Is Still Making Money 30 Years Later
Do you remember the live-action Street Fighter film from 1994 ? Well, in 2024 the film is still making Capcom “tens of millions of yen” eve...
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Starfield’s 20-Minute, $7 Bounty Hunter Quest: The Kotaku Review
Taking a break from unraveling the mysteries of the stars in my repeated trips across the Unity into parallel replications of the universe,...
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Tomb Raider's Lara Croft Will Soon Get Gruesomely Killed Over And Over In A Different Game
Lara Croft from Tomb Raider is reportedly the next crossover character arriving in the popular online asymmetrical horror game Dead by Day...
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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble: The Kotaku Review
I play the original 2001 Super Monkey Ball almost every day, and if you’ll allow me one brag, I’m pretty good at it. Sometimes I play to ju...
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Estimated File Sizes For Donkey Kong Country Returns HD And Mario & Luigi: Brothership Revealed
Time to clear space..? Pre-orders for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD and Mario & Luigi: Brothership have gone live via the Japanese e...
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Leaker 'Pyoro' Locks Account After Claiming Their Source Works For Nintendo
"I didn't know they would include my responses in their report". Nintendo Direct information leaker 'Pyoro', who has ...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Return In A New Roguelike Action Game Next Month
Cowabunga, dude! At Nintendo's Indie World showcase in April, publisher and developer Super Evil Megacorp announced it would be releasi...
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The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Estimated Switch File Size Revealed
Launching on Switch this September. Nintendo has shared some key details about the new top-down Zelda game (starring the Princess herself)...
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Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Primed for battle. Hello everyone, and welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl ! Before we get cracking with this week's batt...
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Some Of The "Original Developers" Are Working On Mario & Luigi: Brothership
But Nintendo won't reveal the development team. Nintendo this week announced a brand new Mario & Luigi RPG , officially titled Mari...
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Where To Find Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree's Black Steel Greathammer
The Black Steel Greathammer is a Greathammer found exclusively in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. This big and powerful hamme...
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The Best SMG In Warzone Right Now (And How To Make The Most Of It)
Despite the massive size of its map, Warzone rewards fast-paced, frantic gameplay through close-quarters combat. You’re rewarded for playin...
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Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Trailer Is Full Of Clues To Its Place On The Timeline
Ever since Nintendo confirmed that The Legend of Zelda has an official, branching timeline , fans have been curious about precisely when ev...
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Video: New Metroid Prime 4 Footage Spotted On Nintendo's Teaser Website
Another look at the game's jungle environment. This week's Nintendo Direct went out with a bang , announcing Metroid Prime 4: Beyon...
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Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Pre-Orders Are Now Being Cancelled (US)
Following Paper Mario pre-order cancellations. Ahead of the launch of Luigi's Mansion 2 HD for the Nintendo Switch next week, Walmart ...
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Switch Online's Latest N64 Release 'Perfect Dark' Appears To Have Some Emulation Issues
"Do yourself a favour and play the PC version instead". Switch Online's N64 library didn't get off to the best start, wit...
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Feature: 25 Things You Might Have Missed In The Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Reveal Trailer
From familiar faces to creative controls. Our initial reaction to The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom reveal at the June Nintendo Direct...
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Hands On: 'Hello Kitty Island Adventure' Was By Far Our Biggest Surprise Of Summer Game Fest
So much more than "Sanrio meets Animal Crossing". “ One World, Connecting Smiles.” That’s the tagline Sanrio , the company respo...
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Nintendo's War On Fan Creators Now Includes People Making Sheet Music For Fire Emblem
Nintendo’s reputation for taking down anyone it deems is using its intellectual property in a way it doesn’t like is pretty well documente...
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After 7 Years Of Nothing, Metroid Prime 4 Showers Fans With 14 Fresh Glimpses Of The Upcoming Sci-Fi Shooter
Metroid Prime 4 was one of the first big teases after the Switch launched back in 2017. Ever since, fans have been desperate for a taste of...
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Best Swords For Cloud
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is full of unique weapons to equip your party with, each with their own pros and cons. Cloud, the game’s main p...
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New Uncharted Movie In The Works As Everyone Wonders Where The Hell The Next Game Is
That sequel to the 2022 Uncharted film that approximately five of us actually liked is officially in production. The news was confirmed by ...
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Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode One Is The Fresh Take The Jedi Needed
A long time ago in a galaxy that’s ours, Star Wars meant fun, adventure, creativity, and cultural impact. Then Disney bought the rights fro...
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PSA: There Are Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Spoilers Out There
With tiresome predictability, action RPG Elden Ring’s first and only DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree , is already being spoiled online, four day...
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Review: Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked (Switch) - A Sparkling Return For One Of The 1990s' Best Platformers
Unsung hero. ‘Underrated’ is a term too often applied recklessly, but for Rocket Knight Adventures , a series that struggled to reach globa...
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Random: 350 Switch Carts Smuggled In Passenger's Bra Seized By Chinese Customs
Busted. Here's a story to make any tea-drinking Englishman go red in the face. Officials at Liantang Port, Guangdong, have intercepted ...
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Random: NES Zelda Overworld Has Been Recreated In 'Quest Master'
Doing what Nintendon't. On 29th May 2024, Apogee Entertainment launched Quest Master via Early Access on Steam, and though it may be s...
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Mailbox: Switch's Pokémon Woes, NSO's Value, First-Person Plurals - Nintendo Life Letters
Issue #13 - June 2024. Welcome back, one and all, as we delve into the Nintendo Life Mailbox once more. It's Direct season, and Summe...
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Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Turok 2: Seeds Of Evil
Life, uh, finds a way. We are back for another edition of Box Art Brawl ! Are you ready to rank some covers? Last time saw a mega match-...
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Square Enix's SaGa Emerald Beyond Receives A New Update For Switch
Physical release with English language support also coming. Square Enix's SaGa Emerald Beyond might not have received the same amount ...
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'Mina The Hollower' Teases Grand Gameplay Reveal In The Near Future
For now, here's a new trailer. Yacht Club Games spent most of its recent broadcast digging into Shovel Knight 's upcoming games and...
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XDefiant Devs Say Any Ubisoft Game Could End Up In The FPS
Could Rayman or the Panda from Just Dance show up in XDefiant ? I asked executive producer Mark Rubin and creative director Safy Saada abou...
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This Summer Is Too Packed With Great-Looking Games
Summer is looking stacked with big and small game releases across all platforms . If you were hoping you’d get a break from all the awesome...
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New Updates Just Made The PS5 And Xbox Series X/S A Little Better
Apparently it’s update day in the world of current-gen consoles. The PlayStation 5 is finally getting direct Discord integration and other ...
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Wolfhound Is A Rad-Looking WWII Metroidvania Where You Kill Mutant Nazis
There’s no shortage of Metroidvanias out there, but none of them are set in World War II and pit you against diabolic Nazi experiments. Tha...
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Let’s Skip The Dragon Age: The Veilguard Vs. Baldur’s Gate 3 Comparisons, Yeah?
In 2023, Larian Studios’ award-winning game Baldur’s Gate 3 filled a void in RPG fans’ hearts. As of last year, BioWare, the developer beh...
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This Custom Halo Map Turns The Series’ Best Level Into A Destiny-Like Strike
Last year, Halo Infinite saw the inclusion of campaign bots such as grunts, elites, brutes, and more into the game’s expansive and customi...
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The 16 Best Trailers From Summer Game Fest's Busy Weekend
Over the weekend (and some of Monday), Summer Game Fest 2024 took place, with many of the industry’s biggest publishers and studios—as wel...
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Gears Of War: E-Day Will ‘Scare The S*** Out Of You’
The “one more thing” at the Xbox showcase during Summer Game Fest was a reveal trailer for Gears of War: E-Day, a prequel to the original G...
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows' Gameplay Will Be Wildly Different Based On Which Protagonist You're Playing
One of the main attractions during the June 10 Ubisoft Forward was a proper look at Assassin’s Creed Shadows gameplay. After a couple of ...
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Everything We Know About Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Companions
BioWare changed Dragon Age: Dreadwolf’s title to Dragon Age: The Veilguard to better represent its story. This new name refers to your par...
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Ubisoft Excited To Let You Know Prince Of Persia Remake Is Still Years Away
During today’s Ubisoft Summer Game Fest showcase, the publisher took a moment to acknowledge that, yes, its long-in-development and oft-del...
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Bend Gravity To Your Will In 2D Horror Platformer 'Love Eternal'
Trippy. Publisher Ysbryd Games has revealed Love Eternal , a surreal 2D platformer in which you bend gravity to your will to overcome incre...
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Micrsoft Confirms Cheaper All-Digital Xbox Series X As It Marches Beyond Physical Games
The long-rumored all-digital Xbox Series X is real and coming this fall. It will be white, cheaper, and feature a 1TB SSD as Microsoft cont...
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New Gears Game Is A Prequel Starring Marcus And Dom
Xbox closed out its big Summer Game Fest Showcase with a teaser trailer for Gears of War: E-Day, a new entry in the long-running cover-shoo...
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Round Up: Every Game From Wholesome Direct 2024 Coming To Switch
More cosy games are coming to the Switch. The Wholesome Direct has now wrapped for 2024 and we've put together another round up here on...
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Round Up: Every Switch Highlight At The Future Games Show - Summer Showcase 2024
So many games! The Future Games Show - Summer Showcase for 2024 has now wrapped and it was filled with all sorts of video game announcement...
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New Cartoon-Like Game Teased By Ex-Cuphead And Rick & Morty Developers
A full reveal will take place later this year. To go out with a bang, the Future Games Show teased a new project by the indie studio Woodru...
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Lego Horizon Adventures Is Real And Coming Out Next Year On PS5 And Nintendo Switch
Announced today during Summer Game Fest’s kick-off event , Lego Horizon Adventures combines the colorful bricks of Lego with the robot dino...
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Watch: Summer Game Fest 2024 Opening Showcase - Live!
Let the show begin. It's that time again, folks. Geoff Keighley is back with the Opening Showcase for Summer Game Fest 2024 , officiall...
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That PS2-Era Thing Game Is Getting A Fancy Remaster
Announced today, The Thing, a 2002 video game sequel to the 1982 film The Thing —yes, they both have the same name, it’s weird—is being re...
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Nintendo And Sega Raid Longstanding ROM Sanctuary To Remove Tons Of Classic Games
Vimm’s Lair, one of the oldest places on the web to find and download classic video game ROMs and emulators, recently announced the removal...
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Sonic X Shadow Generations Leaks Have Apparently Surfaced Online
Will more be revealed soon? Sega announced earlier this year Sonic X Shadow Generations would be coming to the Switch and multiple other p...
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The Danganronpa Devs Are Making An ‘Extreme Baseball RPG’
Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka, character artist Rui Komatsuzaki, and composer Masafumi Takada have been booked and busy since wrappin...
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Former Xbox Console Exclusive 'Echo Generation' Lands On Switch This Month
And it looks lovely. As part of this year's Guerrilla Collective showcase, it's been confirmed that the former Xbox console exclusi...
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Here’s What Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Stunning World Looked Like During Early Development
Video game studios can often be so secretive that it’s easy to forget the games are made by people. A gorgeous vista in Final Fantasy VII R...
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Star Wars: Hunters Is A Fun New Shooter Trapped On Switch And Phones
A new Star Wars game launched yesterday and it’s pretty fun. Odds are, however, that you didn’t know that a new Star Wars game launched yes...
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Someone Just Paid Over $1 Million For This One-Of-A-Kind Counter-Strike Skin
A skin for Counter-Strike ’s ever-popular AK-47 just became the most expensive skin ever sold publicly for the game. This isn’t the first ...
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One Of MultiVersus’ Best Characters Became Its Worst After Launch
When MultiVersus, Warner Bros. crossover brawler, was in beta, Scooby-Doo’s Velma was arguably the best fighter on the roster. Two years l...
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13 Tips For XDefiant, Ubisoft’s New F2P Shooter
XDefiant , Ubisoft’s new, Call of Duty-like free-to-play shooter, has been out for about two weeks now and I’ve spent a lot of time playing...
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Destiny 2 Servers Predictably Slammed Due To The Final Shape’s Launch
“ Destiny 2 servers are not available. Dismiss this message to try again.” Read more... from Kotaku https://ift.tt/5LxHN9I
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What’s Worth Stealing In Final Fantasy VII Rebirth?
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth packs a ton of different ways to equip and spec out your characters with higher stats and new abilities. One suc...
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Fortnite's Free Cars Will Get You Killed Faster Than Its Paid Ones, New Video Shows
A new viral video shows that many of Fortnite’s premium cars— which can only be unlocked by purchasing them with V-Bucks —are safer to driv...
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Diablo IV Players Keep Bricking Their Most Powerful Gear
Diablo IV’s latest seasonal update substantially reworked a bunch of things to make the loot action-RPG more fun and rewarding. However, o...
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Baldur's Gate 3 Will Be Officially Moddable This Fall
“Hey everyone,” says Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian in a breezy update on Steam , “We come bringing news of Patch 7!” But it’s more than ...
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Big PlayStation Sale Is Full Of Discounts On PS5s, Spider-Man 2, And More
The PlayStation 5 never officially got a price drop , but Sony continues to discount the console so aggressively that it’s basically the sa...
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'Tales Of Kenzara: Zau' Director Addresses "Constant Targeted Harassment"
Switch version is currently discounted in the US. Abubakar Salim, founder of Surgent Studios and director of Tales of Kenzera: ZAU , has ta...
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Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Dragon Quest III (NES)
Before the remake(s). We are back, back, back for another edition of Box Art Brawl ! Before we dive into this week's topical match-up,...
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Marvelous Officially Reveals Farmagia, A New Monster Game Releasing This Year
Meet the characters. One of the other highlights during the Marvelous Game Showcase this week was an update on "Project Magia", n...
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Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft Netflix Animated Series Locks In October Release
"Uncover lost truths". Netflix has announced the new animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft will make its debut o...
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Video: 10 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In June 2024
Luigi, Monster Hunter and more. We're now at the halfway mark of the year for 2024 and it's been a blast on the Switch so far with ...
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