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The phrase “against all odds” is used a lot in development, but we’d wager it’s never been as applicable as in the story of Stalker 2. As we’re walking through GSC Game World’s Prague offices, it’s impossible not to feel deeply forlorn about the journey the game took to be something that’s even playable, never mind something genuinely great. The offices are new, hurriedly put together, and covered in Ukranian art....

What are Starfield console commands? For those unfamiliar,Starfieldconsole commands are special inputs that you may enter on thePCversion of Starfield that will let you add cheats to your game, such as infinite money, XP, or really most things you can think of. Like in Fallout and Skyrim, Starfield featuresconsole commandsthat can totally break the game from a progression standpoint, allowing you to suddenly leap to level 100 with cheats, but what are theStarfield console commands?...

Stellar Blade developer Shift Up has achieved South Korea’s largest initial public offering (IPO) for a video game company in three years. As reported byBloomberg, the Seoul-based company jumped nearly 50% on its first day of trading, raising 435 billion won ($320 million). Shift Up’s offering is the first for a game firm to clear $50 million since 2021, whenPUBGownerKrafton’s IPO reached $3.8 billion. Shift Up’s IPO is the second-largest in South Korea this year, behind HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co....

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is currently available to pre-order for£37.50 at UK retailer Currys. When VGC checked,the offermade Currys the cheapest place to purchase the upcomingSwitchexclusive, which isNintendo’s big release for the Christmas shopping season. Applying the codeWONDER25at the checkout brings the price of the game down by 25%, from £49.99 to £37.49. That’s over £5 cheaper than we could find the game elsewhere, and £12.50 less expensive than Nintendo is selling it for....

Surgeon Simulator studio Bossa Games has announced that it’s making an unspecified number of layoffs as part of restructuring efforts. In a statement posted on LinkedIn, studio co-founder and co-CEO Henrique Olifiers said the company was the latest to fail to successfully adapt to what he called “a fundamental transformation of the games industry” over the past couple of years. The studio will be “scaling back” its development teams in order to focus on the upcoming release of Lost Skies, a co-operative survival adventure set on floating islands in the clouds....

Nintendo Switch 2 is by far Japan’s fastest-selling console of all time, week one sales data has confirmed. Famitsuhas published hardware sales data for the week ended June 8, which covers Switch 2’s first four days on sale in Japan, revealing that some 947,931 consoles were sold. More impressively, this data is unlikely to include sales onNintendo’s official My Nintendo Store, which would almost certainly take Switch 2’s Japanese debut to over 1 million units....

Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser has suggested there’s still life in the 3DS, following the company’s announcement of a new handheld-only Switch Lite console set for release later this year. “We’ll continue to support our 3DS family of systems as long as there is demand,” the executive toldThe Verge. WhileSwitchLite will cost $200, the 3DS family of systems currently retails for between $80 and $200. Bowser recently calledthe entry-level 2DS “a great value proposition for a young gamer coming into theNintendoecosystem”....

PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles are expected to drive record game spending in the US market this Christmas, but Switch will likely come out on top. That’s according to a newnotepublished byNPD Group’s Mat Piscatella, in which the US games analyst reiterated the commonly held belief among industry pundits that both next-gen consoles will likely sell out of all available inventory when they release next month. Piscatella suggested thatNintendocould take advantage of the PS5 andXboxSeries stock shortages and continueits strong sales run in 2020....

Zenimax Online Studios has revealed this year’s content roadmap for The Elder Scrolls Online, including new DLC and the game’s next major expansion. The Scions of Ithelia DLC pack will introduce two new four-player dungeons, Oathsworn Pit and Bedlam Veil. Releasing on March 11 forPCandMac, and March 26 forXboxandPlayStationconsoles, the DLC continues the story from last year’s Necrom Chapter and leads into the upcoming Gold Road expansion. “Follow the threads of fate that appeared in Necrom, or launch a new standalone adventure in The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road,” reads the description accompanying the reveal trailer for the game’s next chapter, which is viewable above....

Microsoft has revealed the full list of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass Core when it launches this week. When it initially announced Xbox Game Pass Core in July, Microsft said it would launch with more than 25 games. This has since been built upon, and the final day one list comes to 36 titles. The Xbox Game Pass Core library will be updated 2-3 times per year, according toMicrosoft....

This week’s free Epic Games Store title is NBA 2K21. Titles included in the marketplace’s weekly free games promotion are usually revealed a week before they’re made available, butEpic kept the identity of the latest one a mysteryuntil now. NBA 2K21replaces Mi’pu’mi Games’ The Lion’s Song, a narrative adventure game focused on a cast of Austrian artists and scientists struggling with creativity and inspiration, which was free to download from May 13-20....

The latest PlayStation 5 system software update has been released. The new patch boasts one major new feature, which lets players adjust auto low latency mode (ALLM) settings. According to the console’s patch notes: “If you’re using a TV that supports ALLM, you can adjust ALLM settings in Settings > Screen and Video > Video Output > ALLM.” This will give players more control over when ALLM is activated, but will only work if their TV supports an auto low latency mode....

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have announced a new Nintendo Switch 2 bundle. The bundle will include a download code for theNintendo Switch 2version of the game, and cost $499.99. It will be available at theNintendoStore and select retail partners, according to Nintendo andThe Pokémon Company. The console itself will be unchanged from the launch model, however. It appears that the bundle will potentially replace the currentMario Kart WorldNintendo Switch 2 bundle, which, when it was announced, was claimed to be “limited time” by Nintendo....