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Gambling, man United States state Nevada’s newly passed, plainly named Senate Bill 9 “allows for variable-payback percentages in slot machines.” What that means is that previous games of chance can be augmented with, for example, bonus rounds that yield more cash based on player skill. Basically, actual video game based gambling rather than lightly skinnedAngry Birdsmachines that operate exactly like theLord of the Ringsslots next to it. The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers“is especially proud to be the initiator and one of the driving forces behind the milestone event,” according to AGEM President and Chief Compliance Officer of Konami Gaming, Thomas Jingoli....

Can this game rally or is it too late to catch back up? With the way thingsare lookingforMarvel’s Avengers, we’re long overdue a check-in with Crystal Dynamics. The next War Table video – a status update on the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 versions ofAvengers, to say nothing of Clint’s story Future Imperfect – is scheduled for July 03, 2025. Get a glimpse of the future with our WAR TABLE Deep Dive: Hawkeye, premiering on February 16!...

The PC port seems to have done the trick This August saw a familiar face web-zip his way up the NPD rankings. Following a PC port of Insomniac’sMarvel’s Spider-Man, the game shot up to third in the month’s best-selling titles. As NPD’s Mat Piscatellanotes,Marvel’s Spider-Manmade the leap from 84th in July to 3rd in August. Concurrently,Spider-Manwas the best seller of the month across all tracked Steam titles. https://twitter.com/MatPiscatella/status/1572229760801206274 Insomniac’s web-crawler hit the PlayStation in 2018, but the remastered version madethe jump to PCon August 12....

Time to give this another chance I didn’t stick withPlanetSide 2for terribly long despite having a positive first impression. The main issue, I think, was my inability to not repeatedly die. That’ll sure end your desire to play. For other more skilled players, the problem was that of optimization and low frame rates. A new update — the biggest one Sony Online Entertainment has done since launch — should address this....

A few minor fixes just came out A new N64 on Switch patch was recently released alongside ofKirby 64, and some sneaky dataminers have managed to once again uncover some invisible patch notes. Most famously,Nintendo fixed the fog inOcarina of Time, which was one of the most egregious emulation releases in some time, and one of myriad errors. Over on Twitter, Switch “tinkerer” and Dolphin contributorOatmealDomefigured out a basic patch notes rundown for the update, titled “version 2....

A new Nintendo stream is upon us, and it’s airing on pretty short notice. Tomorrow, August 27, Nintendo will host a two-part stream featuring an Indie World Showcase followed by a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase. The stream goes live at 7 a.m. PT / 10 a.m. ET onNintendo’s YouTubeand other channels. The Indie World Showcase will air first, followed by the Partner Showcase, for a total of roughly 40 minutes, after all is said and done....

Lack of refunds cited as being illegal The German Consumer Protection Authority (VZBV) will be taking legal action against Nintendo for its harsh eShop “no refund” policy. Currently, users that buy items from the Nintendo eShop will not be able to request a refund for any reason. Even pre-orders for unreleased games are not allowed to be cancelled, which Nintendo is claiming is because of the pre-load process. This is coming off of a campaign from the Norwegian Consumer Councilearlier this year....

Button-mashers are stoked Bandai Namco have revealed the next warrior returning to battle in fighting sequelSoulcalibur VI. A newly-released trailer heralds the coming of the hipster pirate, Maxi. Maxi, known as The Dandy of the South Seas, made his debut appearance in 1999’sSoulcalibur.The slick combatant quickly gathered a solid fan following due to his Bruce Lee-inspired fighting style, which combines the fast and deadly Jeet June Do fighting system with some badass nunchaku skills....

Wave 3 ofPersona 3 Reload‘s expansion pass, Episode Aigis: The Answer, has received a release date reveal trailer. This section of the game will include more than 30 hours of new content and a new dungeon for players to explore as they navigate through an epilogue to the climactic main story. Fans are excited to see this part of the game be reworked, as it quickly became one of the most controversial aspects of the originalPersona 3release....

The first event kicks off on January 27 Did you get yourCharizardorCinderaceyet? While those events are in the rear view mirror (hopefully we get info soon on how others can get them in the future),there’s another one coming up, as per The Pokemon Company. Yep,Pokemon Scarlet & Violetplayers will be able to catch a special Greninja in January via the Tera Raid mechanic. Just like the previous Charizard and Cinderace events, the following parameters will apply: Here are when thePokemon Scarlet & VioletGreninja events start: As a reminder, ensure you prep for 6-star Tera Raids before this date, as you’ll need to complete that quest path to unlock 7-star raids....

The strategy RPG is making its way to Nintendo’s portable console Tactics fans keep getting more games, and that now includes a surprising port from Aksys Games.Record of Agarest Waris making its way to Nintendo Switch in March 2023. This strategy RPG originally released in 2007 in Japan, eventually making a western debut on the PlayStation 3 in 2009. It’s since been ported to many other platforms and now, years and years later, it pops up again on Nintendo Switch....

Nobody likes Nazis. Apart from German people, obviously. That’s why it’s always so much fun to shoot them, and why you can’t keep theWolfensteinfranchise down. id Software, Raven Software, Pi Studios and Endrant Studios all want a piece of that sweet fascist pie, withWolfensteinfor the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 being the fruit of their collective labor. Wolfensteinhas been created by four studios, and most people can tell you that in terms of game development, too many cooks can indeed spoil the broth....

Here we go again Deals brought to you by the crew at Dealzon. FYI: sales from certain retailers go toward supporting Destructoid. We’re updating this post through Monday. If you’re done with waiting in lines at the stores on Black Friday, you now get a second try online with Cyber Monday deals. (Honestly, at this point, they’re both the same thing.) We’ll skip the formalities and go straight to the deals....