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A new weekend has arrived, and today, you can save on Cyberpunk 2077, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, the Criterion Collection Blu-ray Sale, and more. Check out our top picks for Saturday, July 4, below. Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition for $57.99 In the wake of recent news about physical games, this weekend is a great time to grow your collection with physical games like Cyberpunk 2077 on Nintendo Switch 2! This Ultimate Edition includes both the base game and the Phantom Liberty expansion all on the cartridge. Today, you can save $13 off the MSRP, with copies available for $57.99 at Target. Save on Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is the ultimate version of the first chapter in the Final Fantasy VII remake series, following Cloud Strife and the party from the very beginning through the escape from Midgar. You can score Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade for $29.99 on the Nintendo Switch 2 and $19.99 ...

Spike Chunsoft has announced that Danganronpa 2x2 has been delayed to early 2027. The studio behind the Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair remaster confirmed it will no longer make its previously planned 2026 release schedule, with a statement published by producer Shohei Sakakibara. Spike Chunsoft did not confirm exactly why it decided to delay Danganronpa 2x2 but did attempt to cushion the blow with first details about a new story remix feature called Slayhem Mode. "While development has been progressing toward a 2026 release, we have decided to move the launch to early 2027," Sakakibara said. "We will share a more specific release date at a later time. "We are continuing to work to bring you the best possible experience. We sincerely appreciate your patience as development continues, and we look forward to sharing further updates with you soon." As for Danganronpa 2x2's Slayhem Mode, players were told to expect it to feature a new version of the original ...

A study led by Professor Ryuta Kawashima suggests that driving a manual transmission car is beneficial for the brain, and could help prevent dementia. Kawashima is a neuroscientist known for the Brain Age and Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training games, released primarily on Nintendo platforms between 2003 and 2020. The research, conducted by Kawashima’s team at Tohoku University ’s Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, looked at brain activity when driving manual and automatic cars. The study found that the actions required to drive a manual vehicle activates the prefrontal cortex in ways that driving an automatic doesn’t. The prefrontal cortex is the part of the brain which handles memory, decision-making and attention. When driving a stick shift, you need to decide which gear to switch to based on your assessment of the situation and surroundings. Then there’s the process of changing gears, in which you simultaneously operate the clutch pedal and gearstick, all while controlling your ...

Two developers who worked on Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League have given a transparent account of their experience working on the game. In a new interview with Bloomberg , two former Rocksteady Studio employees spoke out about the experience of working on the ill-fated Suicide Squad game . Designer Johnny Armstrong noted that the team was excited to take a move on from Batman after doing three back-to-back Arkham games but, once they started working on Suicide Squad, things started to change. Warner Bros. wanted a live-service game, and that was unlike anything the studio had ever done before. Axel Rydby, who became the game's director in 2022, noted that the prolonged development meant there was more pressure on the live-service side of the project. With seven years of production, Warner Bros. was looking to find ways to recoup its investment and began pressuring the team to maximize replayability and player engagement. “That’s when I started feeling like I wasn’t making ga...

We seem to be in a new golden age of trading card games, because we have new ones popping up so often now. Between the many anime games under Bandai – like the recently announced Naruto Card Game and the Magic The Gathering collaborations like Marvel Super Heroes – there’s a card game for every fanbase if they look hard enough. Joining the TCG battle royale for gamers’ attention is a new Cyberpunk experience that piqued interest on Kickstarter called Neuroscape TCG. With Kickstarter fulfillments mostly done, the game is now set to release in stores globally some time later this year. Now, this is not to be confused with the aptly named Cyberpunk TCG in collaboration with CD Projekt Red, as it features very different gameplay – thus giving Cyberpunk fans some choices to bring home to the tabletop. In Neuroscape, players vie for superiority in a digital underground fight club with simulated head-to-head battlefields. The main goal is to bring your opponent down to zero health, and there ...

Silent Hill has been going through a sort of revitalization in recent years. After leaving it dormant for far too long, Konami is finally doing what I'd like to see with more legacy series – letting talented external studios take a shot with their vision of what the series could be while having creative freedom. While Bloober Team did a faithful (and fantastic) remake of Silent Hill 2, NeoBards and writer Ryukishi07 made something truly special with Silent Hill f, which was an original story that was true to the series' core tenets. Sure, there have been absolute misses like the laughably bad movie adaption and a spinoff game in The Short Message, but hey, at least ideas are being thrown out there. However, I'm happy to report we might just have another banger on our hands with the latest example of the franchise’s revival: Silent Hill: Townfall. I only saw a hands-off gameplay walkthrough this time, but now I know that it's tapping into the style of horror we know to b...