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PlatinumGames CEO pauses a discussion on Stellar Blade’s Bayonetta costume crossover to casually infer more Bayonetta may be on the way

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PlatinumGames CEO pauses a discussion on Stellar Blade’s Bayonetta costume crossover to casually infer more Bayonetta may be on the way

bashu October 6, 2026

It’s been a bit since Bayonetta has had any time in the spotlight. 2022’s Bayonetta 3 released...

Car Park Capital’s cities are utopias of public transport networks and green living, or they were before I got done with them

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Car Park Capital’s cities are utopias of public transport networks and green living, or they were before I got done with them

bashu October 6, 2026

The streets of Baldtown City are nearly empty of traffic. It’s not that it’s a ghost town:...

Retro platformer series Dizzy is back for a new game from its original creators, who are really happy for you to know it’s made with AI

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Retro platformer series Dizzy is back for a new game from its original creators, who are really happy for you to know it’s made with AI

bashu October 6, 2026

For British people who were actively playing games in the late 80s and/or retro enthusiasts looking back...

Following through on their warning, Until Dawn and Directive 8020 devs Supermassive lay off “more than 70” staff

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Following through on their warning, Until Dawn and Directive 8020 devs Supermassive lay off “more than 70” staff

bashu October 6, 2026

Horror game makers Supermassive Games, the studio behind Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology, have followed...

After 12 years, Ultra Street Fighter IV gets not one, but two connection-stabilising rollback netcode mods aaaand they’re both made using Claude

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After 12 years, Ultra Street Fighter IV gets not one, but two connection-stabilising rollback netcode mods aaaand they’re both made using Claude

bashu October 6, 2026

Street Fighter IV, the game that basically revived the fighting game genre back in 2009 and gave...

Noematica is a lucid dreamer’s “n-dimensional” take on The Sims that proudly boasts it will never ever gouge you for DLC

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Noematica is a lucid dreamer’s “n-dimensional” take on The Sims that proudly boasts it will never ever gouge you for DLC

bashu October 5, 2026

Over the course of my illustrious tenure as RPS news mangler, I have seen many Simslikes. Tragically...

Claims that genAI speeds up PC ports of classic games are either “false” or missing the point, says Banjo Kazooie: Recompiled developer

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Claims that genAI speeds up PC ports of classic games are either “false” or missing the point, says Banjo Kazooie: Recompiled developer

bashu October 5, 2026

The software developer behind an unofficial PC version of N64 platformer Banjo-Kazooie has posted an impassioned screed...

“Even if I knew how it would end, I would do it again”: Hellblade developers Ninja Theory appear to have kicked off the redundancy process

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“Even if I knew how it would end, I would do it again”: Hellblade developers Ninja Theory appear to have kicked off the redundancy process

bashu October 5, 2026

Following Microsoft’s recent reveal that Hellblade makers Ninja Theory would be facing closure, with two deals to...

GTA 6 writer says the series has never had “much focus on national politics” beyond GTA 4’s war on terror, and the latest entry won’t get “too specific”

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GTA 6 writer says the series has never had “much focus on national politics” beyond GTA 4’s war on terror, and the latest entry won’t get “too specific”

bashu October 5, 2026

Details about and dev chatter concerning GTA 6 continue to drip out as part of the marketing...

“Coders will never forgive me for this level”: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 has a rotatable “fleshmetal” puzzle map that drove its own development team crazy

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“Coders will never forgive me for this level”: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 has a rotatable “fleshmetal” puzzle map that drove its own development team crazy

bashu October 5, 2026

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is something far worse than war. There is:...

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