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    The best classic slasher movie you’ll never watch

    How Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma tells the story of a fictional horror series through objects.

    Andrew Webster
    Andrew Webster
    Andrew Webster
    Nintendo is on fire (emblem).

    The company has been on a pretty solid run, and it looks like that could continue with the next Fire Emblem. Nintendo just showed off 20 minutes of Fortune’s Weave, getting into both the continent-spanning story and the nitty gritty of the strategy combat. It hits the Switch 2 on September 17th.

    The studio behind Pokémon struggles to find its voice in Beast of Reincarnation

    Game Freak’s new action game is full of ideas you’ve seen and played before.

    Andrew Webster
    Andrew Webster
    Andrew Webster
    Amazon might have its new Kratos.

    Deadline reports that Dave Bautista is in talks to take over the role, which has been vacant ever since original star Ryan Hurst was seriously injured on set. There’s no official word on casting from Amazon just yet.

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    Andrew Webster
    Some fortunate news.

    Nintendo’s next big Switch 2 exclusive — Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave — is also the subject of the company’s next Direct showcase. It streams August 4th at 10AM ET and will last around 20 minutes, according to Nintendo. The game, meanwhile, is launching on September 17th.

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    Andrew Webster
    Oh (virtual) boy.

    If you’re one of the folks who picked up a Virtual Boy headset for the Switch, Nintendo has a solid update coming your way: on August 4th two unreleased games are launching for subscribers, along with the option to adjust colors. Meanwhile, Super Mario Sunshine is being added to the Gamecube classics collection on August 13th.

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    Andrew Webster
    Those block rockin’ beats.

    The musical puzzler Lumines is making a return to smartphones with a new version billed as a remaster. It follows the excellent Lumines Arise from last year, and is available now on both Android and iOS; it’s a free download but costs $7.99 to unlock the full version.

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