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Crossroads of Ravens: Read an excerpt of The Witcher prequel novel

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While you’re waiting for The Witcher 4or season 4 of Netflix’s The Witcher series, it’s the perfect time to go back to the franchise’s original source. Andrzej Sapkowski decisively ended his saga of the monster hunter Geralt of Rivia, the princess Ciri, and the sorceress Yennefer with The Lady of the Lake, which was first published in English in 2017, but he’s returning to the Continent for a prequel novel titled Crossroads of Ravens.



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In The New Horror Game From Silent Hill 2 Remake Devs, Cats Are Your Best Allies

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Cronos: The New Dawn is rough around the edges, but still one of the best survival horror games of 2025

The post In The New Horror Game From <i>Silent Hill 2</i> Remake Devs, Cats Are Your Best Allies appeared first on Kotaku.

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Former Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma 2 director says he can't make "the kind of games I'd most like to" as "they'd be too out there" and "probably wouldn't sell"

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Hideaki Itsuno, a Capcom veteran with credits on iconic games like the Devil May Cry series and both Dragon's Dogma entries, explains why he isn't able to produce the sorts of titles he'd like to: they're too "out there," apparently.

Itsuno, who most recently directed Devil May Cry 5 and Dragon's Dogma 2 before departing from Capcom to start work on his own "new project" – a mysterious AAA game – reveals as much in an interview with Famitsu (as later translated by Automaton). After confirming that his upcoming title was pitched by him directly and accepted without any problems, he states that he's not actually developing the kind of game he's always dreamed of making.

"Strictly speaking, no," admits Itsuno – and it all boils down to the fact that the market likely doesn't have space for such games. "I think the kind of games I'd most like to make probably wouldn't sell. They'd be too out there to be judged as commercially viable. I am well aware of this myself, so instead, I extract specific elements from those game ideas and combine them with elements I know from experience will work. That's how I'm building our new title.”

The former Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma adds, "Whenever I'm asked to propose new projects, I usually submit five or six ideas and mix in about two that I really want to do, but they never get chosen."

Sadly, Itsuno concludes that it's unlikely he'll ever attempt to develop any of these more "out there" ideas into full products – even later on down the line as part of any of his future games. They're simply too niche… and strangely unique, it sounds like.

I, for one, would love to know what "the kind of games I'd most like to do" actually means, so I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that whatever his new project does end up being has just a little bit of that odd flair he mentions.

RPG veteran behind Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma wants his next game to combine "the best of everything he’s worked on," but does not want it to be a Soulslike



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Closed Alpha Has Begun For Amazon Games' 4v4 MOBA, March of Giants

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A closed alpha test has started for March of Giants, Amazon Games' recently announced MOBA, with its own twists and take on the genre. 

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After a tease drove fans mad, Cyberpunk 2077 sheepishly warns that tomorrow's news will be quite boring, actually

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Cyberpunk 2077 sure had our attention the other day, when it posted a vague tease on its myriad social media accounts indicating that something—frustratingly undefined—would be happening on September 4.

Well, inevitably, that got everyone all worked up. What could it be? Another patch? New content? A whole new DLC? The release date for Hollow Knight: Silksong? Wait, we already had that one.

Anyway, in a move absolutely anyone could have seen coming, fans began to fill the void of information with the most boisterous and ambitious ideas they could. Heck, even I thought CDPR might have something big up its sleeve—after all, it would surely have known a tease so vague would immediately get folk worked up?

Well, no. The official Cyberpunk 2077 X account intervened yesterday to assure everyone that, don't worry, the announcement is actually going to be boring.

"Just FYI, this isn’t any sort of announcement or reveal about new content coming to the game," went the tweet. "It’s part of an activity tied to the Phantom Liberty anniversary we’re celebrating this month."

I bet the Redditor who declared "I am going to be mad if this ends up being just another merch drop or photo mode contest," after the tease was posted is having a terrible day right now.

I suppose "an activity tied to the Phantom Liberty anniversary" could still be exciting news. It might just be quite a boring way of phrasing quite an exciting thing, but it sure as heck doesn't sound like new content. Honestly? I can't blame fans for getting their hopes up. CDPR's tease was very vague and the studio matches Eric Barone for 'literally can't stop updating their games' syndrome. The only surprise is it didn't see this one coming.

As you'd expect, the X replies feature a lot of disappointment. "Don't want to be rude, but maybe next time say that like in the same tweet, separate tweet or as reply," mourns one fan. "People are really wanting (a lot) more content and accidentally you did gave us hope." Also, a lot of gifs of people in movies looking morose. And that one very entertaining shot of Frodo Baggins.

It all seems very avoidable to me, but hey, everyone makes mistakes. Frankly, my main takeaway from all this is that the human spirit is a hardy thing indeed: plenty of the non-disappointed replies are from fans who reckon this is just a cunning ploy from CDPR to distract from tomorrow's definite, guaranteed, 100%-real mega-announcement. Godspeed, brave samurai.



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GTA Online datamining unearths mansions, seasonal events, and age verification systems

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Apparently there were veins of data gold hiding within the code of Grand Theft Auto Online, as players have been coming up with some details about what’s coming in the latter half of the year for the multiplayer sandbox, including mansions to buy, seasonal celebrations to mark, and the apparent groundwork for some age verification […]
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