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Eight ‘Kingdom Hearts’ games make their debut on Xbox One

February 19, 2020
Kingdom Hearts III coming to Xbox One was a big deal — it was the first time a game from the series was published on one of Microsoft’s platforms, and it was the first time a mainline Kingdom Hearts game wasn’t exclusive to a PlayStation console. Xbox gamers can play even more of the series starting today — Square Enix has published Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX and…
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Miraculously, 'Sonic the Hedgehog' is a fine movie

February 19, 2020
Sonic fans are used to being let down. Unlike Mario, who has rarely starred in a bad video game, the famous ‘blue blur’ has featured in countless duds. These include Sonic the Hedgehog 4, a disappointing follow-up to Sega’s Genesis classics, and Sonic the…
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Nintendo unveils a coral-colored Switch Lite

February 19, 2020
Nintendo has unveiled a new color for the Switch Lite, and it’s just fine. You’d be mistaken for calling it pink, but it’s actually considered coral — “Living Coral” was Pantone’s color of 2019, so that may well be the inspiration…
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting its own Nintendo Direct

February 18, 2020
Nintendo is planning to give fans an in-depth look at Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The publisher announced a Nintendo Direct for February 20 at 6 a.m. Pacific time. As part of this video event, it will provide the most extensive look yet at the latest entry in the social-life-simulator series. Nintendo says the Animal Crossing: New Horizon Direct is “a roughly 25-minute” livestream. Tune…
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The Witcher 3 gets cross-save support between Switch and PC

February 18, 2020
The Wticher 3: Wild Hunt on Nintendo Switch is getting a major update. In addition to performance optimizations and various fixes, this patch adds more graphical options. Developer CD Projekt Red is also using this opportunity to add cross-save support between the Switch and…
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GamesBeat Decides 139: Hollywood movie star Sonic the Hedgehog

February 18, 2020
Sonic the Hedgehog is in theaters, and reviews editor Mike Minotti has seen it. Turns out it’s pretty good even though it features an unfortunate fart joke. Mike and PC gaming editor Jeff Grubb talk about the new record-setting video game movie on this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast. Join us, won’t you? Download here Subscribe to the RSS Listen on Anchor.fm Find past…
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Nintendo is launching a coral pink Switch Lite in Japan

February 18, 2020
Nintendo is releasing a new color for its Switch Lite handheld console in Japan. The company announced the Coral Pink system that is launching March 20 in a blog post today. March 20 is the same day as Animal Crossing: New Horizons debuts worldwide. Japanese fans can…
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'Sonic the Hedgehog' breaks record for a video game movie debut

February 17, 2020
The Sonic the Hedgehog movie has come a long, long way from that horrifying initial trailer. Paramount’s adaptation just broke the record for a video game movie’s three-day opening in the US, pulling in $57 million compared to Detective Pikachu‘s $54.3 million. Estimates have Sonic raking in $68 million over four days, which could give it one of the best Presidents Day…
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