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New Silent Hill f Patch Makes NG+ Runs Less Punishing With Fewer Unskippable Combat Encounters, Faster Stamina Regen, Plus A New Casual Action Difficulty

Konami has introduced a number of big combat changes to Silent Hill f, including a new casual action difficulty and a reduction in the number of unskippable combat encounters. As part of patch 1.10, which rolls out across all platforms today (November 13), Hinako will also take “slightly less damage” on Hard action difficulty, have her stamina replenish “slightly faster,&#8221…
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NCSoft Partners with Sony for New Horizon Game

NCSoft and Sony have announced Horizon Steel Frontiers, a new MMORPG set in Guerrilla’s Horizon universe designed specifically for mobile. South Korean video game company NCSoft, best known for MMOs such as Guild Wars and Lineage, has finally confirmed its long-rumored…
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Arc Raiders Dev Drops Cosmetic Prices, Offers Refunds, and Reveals It 'Silently' Enabled Duo Prioritized Matchmaking

Surprise! Arc Raiders is cutting the prices of its store cosmetics, and will refund anyone who snapped them up before the new price goes into effect tomorrow, November 13. In an update on the official Arc Raiders website, developer Embark Studios said it has “heard [player] feedback,” writing: “We’ve reviewed our prices and made adjustments to lower prices where…
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'It's the Only Genre Where Its Name Is a Mechanic' — Ex-Marathon Dev Explains Why He Really Hates the Term 'Extraction Shooter'

Former Bungie developer Chris Sides has called out the term “extraction shooter,” saying it’s a “terrible” genre name because it doesn’t tell the player what to expect from the game. Talking on the Shooter Monthly podcast, the former director of product on Bungie’s upcoming Marathon didn’t hold back, stressing that with so many distinct games…
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IGN AU Retrospective: PlayStation Turns 30 in Australia

Incredibly, almost unfathomably, the humble original PlayStation, our little grey slab of joy, is turning 30. It’s got grey hairs, now old enough to have a couple of kids, a few different careers, a car in the garage. You could say it’s accomplished all those…
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The 100 Best Nintendo Games of All Time

Video games are synonymous with the name Nintendo. But which of the hundreds of incredible games that have graced the legendary Japanese company’s numerous home and handheld consoles are the best? Well, here at IGN, we’ve teamed up with our friends at Nintendo Life to try and answer that question. What follows is the 100 best Nintendo games of all time, based on a combination of each site’s…
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