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Playing Nintendo’s greatest triumph on its biggest failure

Playing Nintendo’s greatest triumph on its biggest failure

As Shigeru Miyamoto never actually said, “A delayed game is eventually good, but a bad game is forever bad.” This sliding-doors concept gains an...

31.03.2025 4

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Oli Welsh

Game Pass was always good. Now, it’s finally consistent

Game Pass was always good. Now, it’s finally consistent

The end of 2024 was a huge moment for Microsoft’s Game Pass subscription service. The day-one arrival of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 , the biggest...

30.03.2025 9

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Oli Welsh

You are Phil Spencer. Which Ubisoft IP do you buy?

You are Phil Spencer. Which Ubisoft IP do you buy?

According to one very annoyed Ubisoft investor, citing a private report by investor service Mergermarket, Ubisoft has been holding secret talks with...

25.03.2025 20

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In Opus, A24’s ‘elevated’ horror wraps back around into formula — and that’s OK

In Opus, A24’s ‘elevated’ horror wraps back around into formula — and that’s OK

Do even a cursory search online for reactions to A24’s new thriller Opus, starring Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich, and you’ll find many comments...

19.03.2025 10

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Oli Welsh

Nintendo Music is a very Nintendo streaming service

When Nintendo announced its new music app last week, I excitedly downloaded it onto my phone. I thought I would finally be able to listen to the...

07.11.2024 4

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Oli Welsh

The best thing about Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom? The music

There’s been a slight sense of anticlimax after the release of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom . It’s a very good game, of course, but...

12.10.2024 3

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World of Warcraft might finally have nailed solo dungeons with Delves

A tension inherent in massively multiplayer role-playing games like World of Warcraft is that a lot of the biggest narrative moments, the coolest...

30.08.2024 10

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Oli Welsh