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By Skipping Last-Gen Systems, Stranger Than Heaven is Allowing RGG Studio to Fully Leverage the Power of Current-Gen Consoles at Long Last RGG Studio udvikler Stranger Than Heaven udelukkende til PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S og PC. Ifølge producer Hiroyuki Sakamoto har fravalget af PlayStation 4 og Xbox One gjort det muligt at vise flere figurer samtidig og forbedre den visuelle kvalitet uden hensyn til ældre hardware. Spillet udkommer efter planen 15. januar 2027.

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Final Fantasy XIV Evercold Delayed from January 2027 Launch; New Release Date Announced at FFXIV Fan Fest for the New Expansion and 8.0 Udvidelsen Evercold til Final Fantasy XIV er blevet forsinket med fire uger og udkommer nu 23. februar 2027, mens tidlig adgang begynder 19. februar. Forsinkelsen blev annonceret på Fan Fest i Japan sammen med en ny trailer og detaljer om spillets version 8.0. Udvidelsen introducerer blandt andet jobbet Zephyr, nye crossover-raids og en ny tank-rolle.

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Stranger Than Heaven Features Optional “Cheats” to Make its Combat Easier RGG Studios kommende street-brawler Stranger Than Heaven får valgfri sværhedsgrader og hjælpemidler, der blandt andet kan regenerere spillerens helbred. Særlige støttegenstande gør det muligt for begyndere at klare kampe med simple slag i stedet for at mestre spillets krævende paraderingssystem. Spillet udkommer til PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S og pc den 15. januar 2027.

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Monster Hunter Outlanders Competently Brings Capcom's Venerated Series to Mobile, But Gacha Mechanics Loom Over Its Progression IGN vurderer foreløbig Monster Hunter Outlanders som et overraskende kompetent mobilspil, der viderefører seriens jagt-, udforsknings- og udstyrssystemer med flotte omgivelser. Touchstyringen fungerer bedst i den forenklede Adventure Mode, mens Classic Mode især kræver en controller. Anmeldelsen fremhæver samtidig bekymringer om langsom progression, mange valutaer og gacha-mekanikker.

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Chronicles: Medieval Developer's Funding 'No Longer in Place' as Studio Might Close Before They Can Launch the Game Det danske studie Raw Power Games advarer om, at det risikerer at lukke, før middelalder-spillet Chronicles: Medieval når sin Early Access-udgivelse. Studiet oplyser, at den nødvendige finansiering ikke længere er på plads, selv om spillet er tæt på lancering. Udviklerne beder fans om at tilføje spillet til deres ønskeliste og fortsætte med at skabe opmærksomhed.

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Doom Developer id Software Working 'More Closely' With Wolfenstein Developer MachineGames Than Ever Following Xbox 'Reset' Layoffs id Software og MachineGames arbejder tættere sammen end tidligere efter de omfattende afskedigelser, der ramte id Software som led i Xbox’ strategiske reset. Ifølge studiets meddirektør Marty Stratton samarbejder holdene især om teknologiudvikling. Artiklen spekulerer i, om samarbejdet kan føre til, at id Software hjælper MachineGames med det rygtede Wolfenstein 3, men det er endnu ikke bekræftet.

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“Blue Players Are Evil”: Magic: The Gathering’s Reality Fracture Designers Explain How They Turned Jace Into a Villain and Why That Delayed Secret Lair Bundle Is Here to Stay Designerne bag Magic: The Gatherings Reality Fracture fortæller om sættets alternative versioner af kendte figurer, Jace Beleren-historien og de såkaldte Echoed Pairs. De forklarer også, hvordan tre Jace-planeswalkere afspejler forskellige stadier i hans udvikling. Wizards of the Coast bekræfter samtidig, at Secret Lair Bundles fremover bliver en fast del af Magic Multiverse-udgivelser.

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My Chemical Romance Fan Hideo Kojima Featured in Cameo Role in New Stop-Motion Short for the Band's Music Hideo Kojima har en mindre stemmerolle i My Chemical Romances nye animerede kortfilm, Prelude to The End. Den syv et halvt minutter lange stop-motionfilm fungerer som musikvideo til bandets sang “The End” fra The Black Parade og byder også på medvirken fra Billie Eilish og Phoebe Bridgers. Kojima spiller en lærer, der efterlader en besked til hovedpersonen Astrid.

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'It's Our Job to Show Up for You' — Bungie Boss Tells Destiny Players They Don't Have to 'Buy Marathon as a Donation' to Support Studio's Future Bungie har afvist, at Destiny-spillere bør købe Marathon som en donation for at støtte studiets fremtid. Produktchef Josh Deane præciserer, at Destiny-planerne ikke afhænger af Marathons succes, og opfordrer fans til kun at købe eller spille det, de faktisk finder interessant. Bungie vil fortsat udvikle begge spil, blandt andet med nye Destiny-projekter og opdateringen Symbiosis til Marathon.

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Save 20% Off Minecraft Dungeons 2 on Switch 2 Ahead of Black Friday, a Perfect New Video Game to Gift for Kids This Holiday Season Minecraft Dungeons 2 til Nintendo Switch 2 kan købes med 20 procent rabat hos Woot ved brug af koden “SAVETOBER”. Nye Woot-kunder får 30 procent rabat, mens Amazon Prime-medlemmer får gratis levering. Spillet udkom 29. september 2026 og er et actionrollespil med dungeon-kampe, loot og Minecrafts karakteristiske blokdesign.

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95% of VRChat Users Asked for an AI Content Label, But the Devs Aren't Giving It To Them — At Least, Not Yet VRChat vil ikke indføre mærkater eller filtre for AI-genereret indhold, selv om omkring 95 procent af deltagerne i en brugerundersøgelse ønskede en form for mærkning. Udviklerne fremhæver, at svarene foreslog 3.141 forskellige kombinationer, og at en mærkningsordning kan føre til fejlagtige anklager og chikane. Beslutningen har udløst kritik blandt brugere på sociale medier.

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Crimson Desert: Charting the Unknown DLC Review So Far – Much More Content, Not Always for the Better IGN har efter seks timer med Crimson Deserts første betalte udvidelse, Charting the Unknown, et blandet indtryk. DLC’en udvider spillet med sørejser, skibskampe, undervandsudforskning, ressourcer, romancer og flere aktiviteter, men de nye historiemissioner føles foreløbig gentagende og uinspirerede. Anmelderen har også oplevet flere nedbrud og grafiske fejl, så den endelige vurdering af udvidelsen må vente.

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Four New Marvel Commander Decks Are Coming to MTG, But is the Price Worth it? Forudbestillinger på bundles med fire Commander-dæk fra Magic: The Gatherings Marvel-samarbejde Darkhold Destiny er åbnet hos Amazon. Standardudgaven koster 299,96 dollar, mens Collector’s Edition står til 639,96 dollar, og begge lanceres 9. april 2027. Dækkene har temaer fra blandt andre Doctor Strange, Hela, Thor og Blade, men de fulde kortlister er endnu ikke offentliggjort.

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Lock In a Magic: The Gathering x Marvel Darkhold Destiny Collector Booster Early With The Arcanum Bundle at Amazon, Now Back in Stock Arcanum Bundle til det kommende Magic: The Gathering-sæt Marvel: Darkhold Destiny er igen på lager hos Amazon og kan forudbestilles. Pakken indeholder blandt andet tre foil mythic rare-promokort, en Collector Booster, otte Play Boosters, fuldillustrerede lande og tilbehør. Sættet udkommer i 2027, og IGN forventer, at Collector Boosters og promokort kan blive attraktive for samlere.

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'I Don't Know How Anyone Could Be so Cruel' — Animal Rescuers Outraged After Hedgehog Dies From Being Spray Painted Blue to Look Like Sonic Et pindsvin i West Yorkshire døde efter at være blevet spraymalet blåt, angiveligt for at ligne Segas figur Sonic. Malingen forårsagede omfattende kemiske forbrændinger, infektion og store smerter, og dyret kunne ikke reddes af et lokalt pindsvineredningscenter. Redningsfolk vil anmelde sagen til politiet, men der er endnu ikke foretaget anholdelser.

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'Don't Mistake That for a Closed Door' — Assassin's Creed Has 'No Other Remake' in Development Despite Black Flag Resynced Success Ubisoft bekræfter, at der i øjeblikket ikke er andre Assassin’s Creed-remakes aktivt under udvikling efter Black Flag Resynced. Selskabet arbejder i stedet på nye kapitler i serien med nye miljøer og historier, herunder det tidligere annoncerede projekt Codename Hexe. Ubisoft afviser dog ikke, at klassiske spil kan blive genbesøgt i fremtiden.

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Grand Theft Auto VI: The Original Score Vinyl Is Up for Preorder (Not to Be Confused with GTA 6: The Album) Soundtracket til Grand Theft Auto VI kan nu forudbestilles på vinyl og cd. Udgivelsen fra den franske elektroniske duo Justice indeholder 30 numre og omkring tre timers musik samt digitale bonusnumre og udkommer 11. december. Albummet er separat fra Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, der samler musik fra flere kunstnere og udkommer omkring spillets lancering.

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Reddit is Moving to a 'Logged In Experience' to Combat Scrapers and AI Overviews Reddit vil gøre tjenesten primært tilgængelig for brugere, der er logget ind, oplyser direktør Steve Huffman. Selskabet begrunder ændringen med bedre personalisering, annoncer, sikkerhedsregler og beskyttelse mod uautoriseret scraping af Reddit-indhold. Beslutningen kan også hænge sammen med faldende søgetrafik, efter at Googles AI-svar i stigende grad gengiver oplysninger fra Reddit. Forsiden og enkelte direkte links ventes fortsat at være offentligt tilgængelige.

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'I Want to Make it Enjoyable for Them, Too' — Hideki Kamiya Wants the Okami Sequel to Be a Game That Appeals to Everyone Hideki Kamiya fortæller, at efterfølgeren til Okami udvikles med både nye og erfarne spillere i tankerne. Han beskriver projektet som en personlig mission og opfordrer fans til at dæmpe forventningerne efter næsten to årtiers hype. Kamiya mener ikke, at hans kreative proces har ændret sig markant, men erfaringen gør det lettere for ham at opdage potentielle fejl på forhånd.

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Gears of War: E-Day Reportedly Cost $500 Million to Make, Amid Claims It Has Sold Just 400,000 Copies Gears of War: E-Day skulle ifølge rapporter have kostet omkring 500 millioner dollar at udvikle, mens salget angiveligt kun ligger lidt over 400.000 eksemplarer. Spillet udkom til Xbox Series X/S og pc med lancering på Xbox Game Pass, hvilket kan have øget antallet af abonnementer, men samtidig begrænset det direkte salg. De svage resultater kommer amid omfattende besparelser og fyringer hos Microsofts spildivision.

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Nintendo Producer Eiji Aonuma Is 'Nervous' About Fan Reception to Next Week's The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Eiji Aonuma fortæller, at han er nervøs for modtagelsen af Nintendos kommende remake af The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Spillet genfortolker klassikeren fra 1998 og udkommer 5. november, hvor flere ændringer kan overraske erfarne spillere. Aonuma fremhæver samtidig, at nogle på udviklerholdet aldrig har spillet originalen, hvilket han mener kan være en fordel.

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Exclusive: Wizards of the Coast Wants Reprints of Magic’s Foundations Commander Decks, Sees It as an “Evergreen” Product Wizards of the Coast oplyser, at Foundations Commander Decks er tænkt som et permanent, såkaldt evergreen-produkt. Selskabet vil ikke love konkrete tidspunkter eller mængder, men forventer genoptryk, hvis interessen fortsætter. Det kan gøre de fem monofarvede startdecks lettere at købe til normalprisen og samtidig give nye spillere en mere tilgængelig vej ind i Commander-formatet.

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Australian Classification Board Posts Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Rating, Sparking Hopes for Port of Infinity Ward's 2009 FPS Det australske klassifikationsråd har givet Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) en ny R 18+-vurdering. Det kan være et tidligt tegn på, at Activision og Microsoft planlægger en port af det populære skydespil, men platforme og udgivelsesdato er endnu ikke offentliggjort. En mulig genudgivelse følger tidligere porte af Black Ops 1 og 2, som blev kritiseret for tekniske problemer og høje priser.

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BioWare Reportedly Shut Down Because EA Chose to Invest in Star Wars Battlefront 3 Over Mass Effect 5 Ifølge Bloomberg lukkede EA BioWare, fordi selskabet kun ville finansiere ét dyrt science fiction-spil og vurderede Star Wars: Battlefront 3 som en mindre risikabel satsning end Mass Effect 5. Beslutningen kom efter svagt salg af flere BioWare-spil og nye økonomiske pres på EA. Mass Effect 5 blev aflyst, mens Battlefront 3 udvikles hos Respawn og DICE.

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Wizards of the Coast Says Magic's Reality Fracture Commander Deck Is "Among The Most Powerful We've Ever Released" Wizards of the Coast vurderer, at Commander-forudbygningen Multiverse Reforged er blandt de mest kraftfulde, virksomheden har udgivet. Kortspillet er knyttet til Magic: The Gatherings Reality Fracture og har blandt andet en firefarvet identitet samt Jace som planeswalker-commander. WOTC valgte kun at udgive ét Commander-dæk, fordi to dæk ofte fører til, at det ene bliver markant mere eftertragtet end det andet.

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Monster Hunter Outlanders Competently Brings Capcom's Venerated Series to Mobile, But Gacha Mechanics Loom Over Its Progression

IGN vurderer foreløbig Monster Hunter Outlanders som et overraskende kompetent mobilspil, der viderefører seriens jagt-, udforsknings- og udstyrssystemer med flotte omgivelser. Touchstyringen fungerer bedst i den forenklede Adventure Mode, mens Classic Mode især kræver en controller. Anmeldelsen fremhæver samtidig bekymringer om langsom progression, mange valutaer og gacha-mekanikker.

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Few games have changed the trajectory of their respective series quite like Monster Hunter World, one of the biggest smash hits Capcom has ever created. World was a vibrant, expansive, and ambitious leap that paid off in spades. It makes sense, then, that eight years later the series would still be chasing that high. Even with the time that's passed, I find myself amazed that Monster Hunter Outlanders, essentially, manages to cram the experience of World into a mobile game. This mobile spinoff certainly isn't attempting to reinvent the wheel, but after six hours with the game, it's proving to be a surprisingly competent package, although I have some bubbling hesitations about the grind and encroaching gacha systems.

Anytime there's a mobile spinoff of a major series, the first question that comes to mind is how that game will be compromised, or truncated, from that full console or PC experience. And so often, those mobile games are simplifications of a larger idea, like Fire Emblem Heroes or Diablo Immortal. What I've found fascinating about Monster Hunter Outlanders so far is that it doesn't really simplify the overall gameplay loop and structure. Rather, it's sort of a reconfigured Monster Hunter that strings out progression to support the typical framework of a mobile game, one filled with nearly a half-dozen different currencies to keep track of at any given time. But it also very much feels like Outlanders wants players to engage with it like a full-fledged Monster Hunter, and even includes all the story exposition you'd expect to go along with it.

Like most Monster Hunter games, Outlanders begins with a big cinematic opening where a group of adventurers from the Adventurer's Guild are striking out to an uncharted part of the world – in this case, an island called Aesoland. This island is filled with Radiant species of monsters, beasts whose abilities have been enhanced by a mineral called Radiantite. This is, ostensibly, also the game's reasoning for creating new designs of classic series monsters and tweaking their abilities to match this game specifically, like the Pukei-Pukei focusing more on head or tail attacks, which are easier to target with Outlander's more streamlined lock-on system.

But I cannot stress enough how much Outlanders banks on the same formula as World; it's almost as if the same game was transposed onto different locations and story elements. Even the first area of the game, like World, is a heavily forested area with a lot of verticality for climbing or setting ambushes; intentionally designed to show you the ropes. If you've played any Monster Hunter game, you know that core gameplay loop of what to expect – you take missions or hunts, track down monsters in an instanced map, beat them, harvest materials, and then use said materials to craft more powerful equipment.

Complementing this, you have a moderately-sized open world that you can roam around and explore to take down smaller monsters, find crafting materials, and more. Outlanders also brings back many of the elements that have become mainstays since World: scoutfly trails to guide you to objectives, buildable objects on the map like towers and ziplines, and monsters that interact and fight each other like natural predators. All these elements click together just as well as they did in World, creating a compelling loop that feels like you're constantly doing something meaningful to that overall progress. Outlanders is also impressive in terms of presentation with environments that genuinely look stunning; playing on an iPhone 14 Plus, I had a consistent framerate with very few dips.

However, the differences start to surface as you dig deeper into the minutiae of how the game actually plays and what options are available in combat scenarios. Certain aspects of the combat have been streamlined to fit the mobile experience and accommodate a touchscreen control scheme instead of a controller (although there is controller support if you want it). Movement and actions aren't as intricate, although the game sports two different control methods: Adventure Mode and Classic Mode. The former is intended for new players and streamlines things down to three buttons, Attack, React, and Burst. From there, the game contextually handles a lot of what you're doing, like the React button allowing you to dodge when a monster attacks, or block if the time is right. Classic Mode, on the other hand, gives you full manual control, including traditional button-stringed combos.

It's proving to be a surprisingly competent package, although I have bubbling hesitations about the gacha mechanics.

What I've found so far, though, is that Classic Mode proves to be unfit for just touch controls, as it's too cumbersome to use all of these different options without a controller. Adventure Mode does, generally, feel good to use, but takes some of the vibrant friction out of the experience by streamlining so much. That means the ideal way to play this, if you can, is on Classic Mode with a controller – which then ultimately raises the question of why you wouldn't just play a console Monster Hunter. There are answers to that question, of course, like if you don't own anything else to play a Monster Hunter game on.

The other two major elements where Outlanders shifts that classic experience is with your ability to build a party of adventurers and how progression works. To try and fit the typical idea of a gacha game, Outlanders creates a group of distinct characters that take part in the story who you can then recruit and use as NPC companions. Recruiting means partaking in those traditional gacha pulls using currency called Rutacoins.

Each Adventurer has their own distinct moveset that builds on one specific weapon type, meaning playing as that Adventurer is different from just slapping any other weapon on your player-created character. This does create some incentive to try and get these various characters. Of course, the real key to this system is how easy or difficult it might be to pull Adventurers and upgrade them to be useful in combat. I was able to build a full four-person party fairly easily with the currency I earned from starting the game. Overall, I like the idea of being able to build a party with these distinct characters and play solo. The option is still there to group up with other players and friends, but the Adventurers make it easy to tackle quests and Contracts on your own. But I can already see hints of it being frustrating to pull repeat characters, let alone anyone new you might want down the line.

This leads to the area I'm not as hot on: the progression system. While almost all of the currency in the game is earnable from playing, as well as spending real money, I'm finding that the classic Monster Hunter progression loop feels a bit slower here. You need Zenny to pay for items, upgrades, and services. Rutacoins are for pulling characters and sidekicks (Palicos and the like). Research Points needed for the upgradable skill tree to unlock more buildable structures, for example. And as you might expect, there are additional materials necessary for upgrading a character or sidekick's level, unlocking their level cap, upgrading weapons, crafting items, and more.

Monster Hunter has always had a lot of elements to juggle in terms of progression, which is arguably the biggest barrier to entry for some people. In many ways, the series has been about busy work, sifting through menus, and meticulously crafting sets of armor and weapons. Those are elements of Monster Hunter I've always enjoyed, but even after a half-dozen hours, I'm feeling quite fatigued by the sheer amount of stuff in Outlanders. There's a lot of currency and whatnot to earn, and equally as much to figure out in terms of how to get things done, as well as hours of tutorials.

This has, ultimately, made the opening hours a bit more of a slog than something like Monster Hunter World or Rise. And even though I'm genuinely having a good time so far, my primary concern at the moment is how all that might affect the experience as a whole, especially as you get to the more difficult and complex hunts. I've played enough gacha games in my life to know that the fun can be brought to a grinding halt pretty quickly when resources become a wall you have to overcome.

I'm feeling quite fatigued by the sheer amount of 'stuff' in Outlanders.

Of course, it'll take time to make a final judgement, but my overarching sentiment on Outlanders right now is surprise: for how it still leans into that essential component of timing in combat, and for how uncompromised the visuals and world design are. Those insidious mobile elements that too many games fall into are still nipping at the edges, but I'm hoping the core experience is able to stave it off in the long-run. I'll be pouring more time into Monster Hunter Outlanders in the coming days for the full review coming soon.

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