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Naughty Dog has “a lot of exciting things planned” for The Last of Us Day on September 26. The Last of Us Day is the new name for an annual event that celebrates the series and its community, which was until this year called Outbreak Day. In a statement on Twitter,Naughty Dogsaid the event has been renamed in light of the coronavirus pandemic. “For the last 7 years, September 26 has been our opportunity to recognize and celebrate the incredible passion of The Last of Us community....

New images from the set of Amazon’s upcoming Fallout TV show have shown off what appears to be the outside of a Vault Tech office. The images, which are circulating on social media, appear to show the Vault Tech Logo outside of an office building, as well as an actor, dressed as a raider from the Fallout universe. The Fallout series, which will be shown onAmazonPrime Video, is being produced by Kilter Films, the production company behind HBO’s Westworld....

Nintendo has confirmed it will publish a new Nintendo Direct Mini presentation today, focused on games from its development and publishing partners. The ‘Partner Showcase’ Direct is described as the first in a new series, and is set to be released at 10am ET / 3pm BST with “a few updates on a small group of previously announcedNintendo Switchgames.” According toNintendo‘s Japanese Twitter account, today’s presentationwill last just 10 minutes....

A Nintendo Indie World Showcase will be broadcast tomorrow, the company has announced. The stream, which will take place at 3 PM UK / 4 PM CEST will feature 20 minutes of announcements about upcoming indie games coming toNintendo Switch, it said. The presentation will be viewable onNintendo’s YouTube channel, and via the video embedded on this page. The announcements will focus on games coming to the platform in 2024....

Nintendo and Lego have announced their next collaboration: A Lego Game Boy. “Build the classicNintendosystem in Lego form,” Nintendo said in an announcement on Thursday, which included a teaser video of the Lego set and a release month of October. Build the classic Nintendo system in LEGO® form. Coming October 2025.pic.twitter.com/XEyhbARqXq Game Boy marks the second Lego set based on a Nintendo game console, but the first based on a handheld....

Nintendo is reportedly planning to bring more 3DS franchises to Nintendo Switch. There are still “many people to whom we have yet to communicate the appeal of Switch Lite”,NintendopresidentShuntaro Furukawasaid on Thursday (via theTelegraph). Furukawa went on to say the company will make more 3DS franchises available on Switch to convey the appeal of the handheld-only Switch Lite model, according to Wall Street Journal reporterTakashi Mochizuki. With sales of the eight-and-a-half-year-old 3DS in decline, it’s not the first time Furukawa has spoken about attracting more handheld gamers to Switch....

No Man’s Sky will be released for Nintendo Switch later this year. Nintendoannounced plans to bringHello Games’ sci-fi title to Switch during aNintendo Directpresentation on Wednesday. The survival game was originally released forPS4andPCin August 2016, forXbox Onein July 2018, and forPS5andXbox Series X/Sin November 2020. “Embark on an epic voyage across the galaxy as you scavenge for resources, craft tools, and fight to survive in an infinite procedurally generated universe whenNo Man’s Skylands onNintendo Switchthis summer,” reads the blurb accompanying the official announcement trailer....

Graphics firm Nvidia has been “completely compromised” by a potential cyber attack, it’s been claimed. That’s according to a new report published byThe Telegraph(paywalled), which claims that America’s biggest microchip company has seen parts of its business taken offline for two days. According to the report, what’s believed to be a malicious network intrusion has “completely compromised”Nvidia’s internal systems including email and developer tools, which have been suffering from outages since the middle of the week....

Pokemon Center London has now completely sold out of its key product, the London City Pikachu plush, ahead of its closure on Friday, November 15. The pop up store said “phenomenal demand” was to blame for the early sell out of some items, which includes Pokemon Sword and Shield Varsity Hoodies, which are also completely out of stock. Since the pop-up store opened on October 18it has sold out of popular items before 2pm on most days....

The next expansion to the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon Black Bolt and White Flare, will reportedly face shortages at launch as The Pokémon Company attempts to catch up on older sets. Interest in thePokémonTrading Card Game has exploded since late last year. New sets, which are released every few months, are facing massive stock shortages worldwide, and exclusive items from these sets are being scalped (bought for the sole purpose of selling them above RRP) widely....

Capcom and Niantic have dated Monster Hunter Now, the new location-based mobile game from the studio behind Pokémon Go. Developed and distributed byNiantic, the title will be released foriOSandAndroiddevices globally on September 14. Monster Hunter Now wasannounced in March, when IP ownerCapcombilled it as “an approachable hunting experience that can be enjoyed as part of everyday life”. The game sees “players take on the role of hunters and embark on an adventure during which they hunt vividly lifelike monsters that appear in the real world”....

Pokémon Horizons: The Series will launch in the UK this December. The new animated serieswill be available exclusively on BBC iPlayer and CBBC. Starring dual protagonists Liko and Roy, and their respective partnerPokémon, Sprigatito and Fuecoco, the series takes place in the Paldea region, which is the same setting asPokémon Scarlet and Violet. Following theconclusion of Ash Ketchum’s story, Pokémon Horizons is the first new mainline animated Pokémon series released in more than 25 years....

Fans have been asking for an Assassin’s Creed game set in feudal Japan for almost as long as the series has existed. The idea of stalking across the thatched roofs and using shinobi skills to take down targets has been something that series regulars have been desperate to see. Now, after almost two decades ofAssassin’s Creed,Assassin’s Creed Shadowslooks to give fans their wish. The game stars dual protagonists, Yasuke, a former slave-turn-samurai, and Naoe, a female shinobi....