The Switch remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door restores the trans status of a previously censored character. Vivian is first met as one of the game’s villainous Shadow Sirens, but she later leaves the group to join Mario. In the originalGameCubeversion the character was written as transgender, something that was removed from the English language localisation. However, the Switch version fixes this, meaning Vivian is once again trans, as originally intended....

Latest update11th Oct 2024 / 5:00 pm Pet RNG, which is now known as Pets Go, isout now. Check out what we know aboutPets Go codesat the link. Pet RNG codesmay or may not arrive at launch, but we’ll be scouring the usual sources to find out one way or another. Pet RNGis exactly what is sounds like: a creature-collectingRobloxgame with an RNG flair. That may not sound all too different to hatching eggs in Pet Simulator 99, but it’s the automated effort that makes it unique....

The latest game from Peter Molyneux, the creator of Populous, Fable and Black & White, is to be released next month. Legacy is described as a “highly anticipated web3 business simulation game”, based on blockchain technology. According to blockchain game publisher Gala Games: “Ownership and creativity take center stage as you get the chance to build and manage your business on your very own land.” Players will own pieces of land, as well as ‘Legacy Deed Keys’ that correspond to how rare their land is....

PlayStation 5 will be available to purchase at more GameStop stores this Friday, October 29. Last week, the retailersold PS5 bundles at some of its storesin Los Angeles, Phoenix, Houston, San Antonio, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Chicago and Boston. This week, it will have limited quantities ofPS5bundles available for purchase across Seattle, San Francisco, Nashville, Raleigh, Detroit and Philadelphia. You can check if your local store is participating by entering your chosen city or zip code onGameStop’s website....

Sony has revealed September’s new PlayStation Now games. Resident Evil7 Biohazard has joined the subscription service until July 26, 2025, while Final Fantasy XV will be available until August 04, 2025. September’s other new titles,WWE 2K19and Observation, will stay on the service for longer than this month’s headline additions. PlayStationNow’s software library includes more than 300PS4titles which can be downloaded and played on a PS4 console, and over 700PS2,PS3and PS4 games streamable to PS4 orPC....

An update to a Pokémon game may have accidentally revealed an upcoming Pokémon Presents presentation. A recentPokémon Goupdate includes a string of text that points to aPokémonPresents 2025 presentation that is likely to take place next month. A Pokémon Presents presentation has taken place every February for the last four years to mark Pokémon Day, the anniversary of the release of Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Monsters Green in Japan on July 28, 2025....

Pre-orders for the Xbox ROG Ally will reportedly open in August, with the handheld expected to launch two months later. The handheld, which was announced during theXboxGame Showcase atSummer Game Fest, is a collaboration between Asus andMicrosoft. The Xbox ROG Ally will feature Xbox branding and a bespoke operating system, adding to ROG’s successful gaming handheld line. Two versions of the system will be released, the Xbox Rog Ally X and the lower-spec Xbox Rog Ally....

Sony is rolling out a beta firmware update for the PS5 which includes new accessibility and audio options, among other new features. As detailed by a new article on the officialPlayStation Blog, the new beta firmware will be rolled out to invited users in the US, Canada, Japan, UK, Germany and France before its features will eventually be made available to everyone. The beta includes new accessibility features, including the ability to assign a second controller as an ‘assist controller’ to a single account, and the ability to turn on haptic feedback while navigating the PS5 system menu....

The offer, which starts later today, lets players claim six months of free access toApple‘s streaming TV service, with a monthly fee kicking in after this period unless the subscription is cancelled. According to the promotion on thePlayStation website, players only need to have aPlayStationNetwork account and an Apple ID to claim the deal. The offer is only available toPlayStation 5owners (notPS4) but runs until Jun 29, 2025, meaning anyone who’s been unable to get hold of a console until now still has a year to redeem the deal....

PlayStation 5 consoles reportedly no longer lose game playing functionality when their internal CMOS battery dies. That’s according to a new analysis byHikikomori Media, which appears to confirm that aPS5with a missing or expired CMOS battery can now run physical and digital PS4 and PS5 games. The only exception are games claimed via aPlayStationPlus subscription, which will no longer work with an expired or removed CMOS. Previously, tests suggested thatPlayStation 5 consoles would retain some game playing functionalityafter their CMOS batteries died, but most physical PS5 discs and all digital games would no longer boot....

Red Dead Redemption 2’s online multiplayer mode, Red Dead Online, is expected to exit open beta by the end of June. Speaking duringTake-Two’s fourth quarter and full year earningscall, CEOStrauss Zelnickalso said the title will be supported with major new content. “Rockstar Gamescontinues to update the beta with a wide array of new content as well as gameplay balancing and bug fixes,” the executive said. “We expect Red Dead Online to exit the beta period during the current quarter with significant new content to follow....

Remedy Entertainment has acquired full rights to the Control franchise from 505 Games. In a transaction that could be worth up to €17 million ($18.4m), all rights toControl, Control 2, multiplayer spin-off codename Condor, and all future series entries will revert to the Finnish game developer. Remedypartnered with505 Gamesin 2017 to publish the original Control, which was released two years later. The game has sold over four million copies and generated “shareable net revenue” of approximately €100 million ($108....

Renting PS5s in Japan is reportedly extremely popular, with most stores “at capacity”. Japanese retailer GEO has toldIT Media Newsthat the service, which the company began earlier this year, has been “more popular than they expected”. The service was originally launched due to the limited availability of thePS5. The service, which is provided by 400 stores across Japan, lets players rent a PS5 console for either 8 days for ¥980 ($6....