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Stupid Never Dies Preview: An Outrageous Action RPG with Heart (Even if that Heart Isn’t Beating)

There’s something endlessly endearing about a good-natured dummy. Just a happy, optimistic doofus that can barely scrape two brain cells together to form a thought. You can take your dark and brooding Kratos, or your wisecracking Spider-Man. Give me Dunk from A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, or Guybrush Threepwood from The Secret of Monkey Island, heck, even the dog from Up, any day of the week. And soon, give me Davy, the undead nobody, from Stupid Never Dies, the upcoming action-RPG and debut release from the Devil May Cry and Resident Evil veterans at GPTRACK50. IGN recently met with the team behind Stupid Never Dies for a first look at Davy’s wild adventure. With blazing-fast action, a slick approach to changing combat styles, and a...

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The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Processor Drops to the Lowest Price Ever, Also Includes Crimson Desert

If you're in the process of building a new gaming PC, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D should be your top CPU pick, especially with the new sale going at Amazon. For a limited time, this CPU has dropped to $429.95 with free shipping, which is the lowest price I've seen since its launch. Even better, it comes with a free voucher code for the highly anticipated Crimson Desert game, which will be released on March 19. The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is widely considered to be one of the best gaming processors on the market and outperforms even pricier AMD and Intel CPUs. The Gamer's Choice: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU for $430 Includes Crimson Desert The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D boasts a max boost clock of 5.2GHz with 8 cores, 16 threads, and 104MB of L2-L3...

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Fortnite Responds to Fan Uproar Over V-Bucks Changes, as Players Say They'll Skip the Next Battle Pass and Cancel Subscriptions

Fortnite fans are in uproar over Epic Games' changes to the pricing and availability of V-Bucks, and now the game's developer has finally acknowledged the wave of negative feedback. This week, Epic Games announced its biggest ever shakeup to how Fortnite's lucrative in-game currency is doled out, and how much it will cost to buy. In short, you'll now get fewer V-Bucks for your money, fewer V-Bucks in each battle pass, and fewer V-Bucks as part of the game's Fortnite Crew monthly subscription. The response to these changes has been extremely negative, with complaints on reddit and social media criticizing the financial necessity of the changes, as well as their timing. Fortnite's recent Chapter 7 relaunch was initially well received...

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Resident Evil Requiem Is Finally Back in Stock at Amazon

Resident Evil fans who have yet to get their hands on Requiem, we have some exciting news: Amazon has restocked physical copies for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch 2. Hooray! All copies are available to pick up for $69.99, though you'll want to be quick to make a move on them. Who knows how much longer they'll be in stock at the retailer, so now is as good a time as any to grab them. Buy Resident Evil Requiem for PS5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch 2 If you're able to get your hands on a physical copy, it's worth mentioning that we're very big fans of Resident Evil Requiem. Our review from IGN's Tristan Ogilvie said it, "successfully splices two separate strains of survival horror together into the one highly...

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Resident Evil Requiem Fan Who Registered Secret In-Game Website Says He'll Give Capcom the Domain Back for Free — if They Get in Touch

A YouTuber has said they will "return" ownership of a website address that Capcom hid in Resident Evil Requiem, if the game's publisher was to get in contact. The website's URL, NEWDAWN-capcom.com, was widely shared on social media earlier this week, after being discovered on an in-game computer screen. As of today, however, the site hosts contact information for Gabe Follower, a YouTuber and Valve fan. What's going on here? Speaking to IGN today, Gabe Follower said he'd simply seen the website URL being discussed online and was amazed to find Capcom didn't own it already — so took the plunge himself, for just $15. "I really like RE games and was scrolling through news after finishing Requiem," Gabe Follower told IGN. "Saw someone...

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We Finally Have Our First Look at Crimson Desert Running on PS5 Pro — but We're Still Waiting on Base PS5 and Xbox Series X and S

After some fans expressed concern about the performance of ambitious new open world game Crimson Desert on consoles, we finally have a look at the game on a PlayStation 5 Pro. The reveal comes courtesy of the tech wizards at Digital Foundry, whose John Linneman sounded enamoured with what he called “a stunning game.” The game’s ray tracing features are fully present on the Pro, and the water looks lovely indeed. Digital Foundry said its counts confirm the PS5 Pro targets outlined by Crimson Desert developer and publisher Pearl Abyss below, but it's reserving judgment for the final release. Performance Mode "puts up a good fight," Linneman said, and "by and large" the 60fps target is maintained. "I was surprised by how good it was...

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Tech Boss of Developer Sony Is Shutting Down Thinks PlayStation Has Pulled Back From PC in Response to Steam Machine

Sony has reportedly pulled back from PC gaming to such an extent that its big single-player PlayStation games will remain exclusive to the PS5, marking a significant strategy shift. And while it was speculated that one of the reasons Sony made the decision was to avoid PlayStation games showing up on the next-gen Xbox, which plays PC games as well as Xbox games, one developer at a studio Sony just shut down has another idea. Peter Dalton, Head of Technology at Bluepoint Games, took to social media to say a “more interesting possibility” is that Sony is responding to the rise of a Steam-based console ecosystem, aka the recently announced and subsequently delayed Steam Machine. “Consoles largely exist because they provide a cheaper...

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Dispatch Lead BAFTA Game Awards 2026 Nominations

The beloved Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is unsurprisingly up for yet more prizes, as it leads this year's BAFTA Games Awards nominations with an impressive 12 nods. Clair Obscur is up for the main Best Game award, as well as Debut Game for its studio Sandfall Interactive. It is the most nominated debut game ever at the BAFTAs, and has the third highest nomination total of all time (behind The Last of Us Part 2's 13 nominations in 2021, and God of War: Ragnarok's 14 nominations in 2023). Dispatch, the highly-rated superhero workplace comedy made by former Telltale team members, is up for an impressive nine awards, including both Best Game and Debut Game. Ghost of Yōtei has eight nods, while Death Stranding 2: On the Beach has seven...

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Battlefield 6 Free Trial Gives Players a Taste of Season 2 Maps and Modes Starting Next Week

EA will soon launch a new Battlefield 6 free trial that gives players a taste of the Hagental Base map and Nightfall mode set to arrive in next week’s Season 2 update. The publisher announced the news today, promising to allow those hesitant to purchase the full game to try out a selection of its multiplayer maps and modes by downloading the free-to-play REDSEC experience. This latest free trial begins March 17 at 5am PT / 8 am ET and will run for one week before coming to an end March 24 at the same time. As the beginning of the trial period coincides with the release of the Season 2: Nightfall update, the slice of Battlefield 6 it offers will come with some new content. This includes a playlist featuring the lights-out version of...

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Forza Horizon 6’s Tokyo City Is So Big and Detailed That it Had its Own Development Team | IGN First

Playground Games has grown. When I first visited the studio in 2014 for Forza Horizon 2, the crew still shared their building with a variety of other businesses. In 2018, when I again flew over to the UK for an early peek at Forza Horizon 4, there was a whole wing of the building filled with developers beavering away on something entirely secret and apparently unrelated to Forza Horizon. Remaining none the wiser, I was escorted past this area with a coy grin from Playground Games co-founder Ralph Fulton – now the director of this year’s highly anticipated Fable. Today, in 2026, much has changed. Since my last time as a guest, Playground Games now operates in three separate buildings around Leamington Spa, all within walking distance...

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Video Games With Loot Boxes Will Now Have a 16 Age Rating Across Europe as Part of Huge PEGI Shakeup

The Pan-European Game Information age-ratings body — better known as PEGI, the European equivalent of the ESRB — is revising how games are rated in Europe. From July 2026, four new categories will be added to PEGI's classification options to better inform parents and players about games that include in-app purchases, paid random items, play-by-appointment features such as daily streaks, and online communities, marking a huge pivot in how games and their mechanics are classified in the UK and Europe. Before this shake-up, PEGI chiefly rated games according to prevalence of drugs, sex, and violence, but did not explicitly rate games according to "interactive risk." Developing the criteria, PEGI said it worked with its internal...

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Life Is Strange: Reunion’s Entire Premise Goes Against the Original Game’s Message

The upcoming Life is Strange: Reunion is an attempt, as superficially befits the supernatural franchise, to rewind time. It follows the lead of 2024's Double Exposure, which brought back the original game’s protagonist, Max Caulfield, for the first time since 2015, evolving her from nervous high school student to intrepid university lecturer. There's a sense with this new release, though, that the series is eating its own tail for fan service and sales, and that strangeness is being replaced with comfy morality and memories. Reunion sees not just the return of Max but also her former best friend / girlfriend Chloe, a balm to players who have fixated on this relationship for an entire decade. And with the pair’s reunion, perhaps the most...

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Valve Breaks Silence Over NY Attorney General Lawsuit, Says Loot Boxes Are Like Baseball Cards, Pokémon, Magic the Gathering, and Labubu

Valve has responded to the New York Attorney General's lawsuit, stating it has "serious concerns with the alterations the NYAG claims are necessary to make to our games." The attorney general of New York, Letitia James, announced her office was suing Valve at the end of February, alleging the platform illegally promotes gambling to children. Following an investigation, the office of the attorney general "found that Valve’s video games, including Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2, enable gambling by enticing users to pay for the chance to win a rare virtual item of significant monetary value." "In Valve’s most popular game [Counter-Strike 2], the process resembles a slot machine, with an animated spinning wheel that...

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'That Was the Biggest F*** You Moment I Had in My Career' — Jeff Kaplan, Former Boss of the Overwatch Team, Finally Reveals Why He Left Blizzard

Jeff Kaplan, the former boss of the Overwatch team, has finally revealed why he left Blizzard after nearly 20 years with the company, pinning the blame on extreme financial pressures on the game to deliver for Activision Blizzard. Kaplan announced his departure from Blizzard in August 2021, with the controversial Overwatch 2 still in development. Kaplan joined Blizzard in 2002 where he started as a designer on World of Warcraft, developing quests for the then upcoming MMORPG. He eventually was credited as a game director on WoW. In 2009, Kaplan spearheaded an unannounced project at Blizzard called Titan, an ambitious new MMO that was eventually canceled in 2014 after tens of millions of dollars was spent on its development. Kaplan and...

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Resident Evil Requiem Hides a Secret Website Address — But the Domain Has Now Been Snatched Up By a Gabe Newell Fan

A secret website address hidden within Resident Evil Requiem looks to have been snatched up first by a fan of Valve founder Gabe Newell. Peer closely into the screens of Leon's Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance computers and you'll see the following URL listed amid a string of code: NEWDAWN-capcom.com. But rather than an official website owned by Resident Evil's publisher, the website now redirects to a holding page owned by Gabe Follower, a content creator and fan of Valve. According to domain ownership data seen by IGN, the website address was only claimed and registered this week, on March 9. Ownership has been secured for one year, meaning that any plans Capcom had for the site may need to wait, or be changed...

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1080p at 30fps – Valve Finally Details Steam Machine's Verified Program

While we continue to wait for Valve to launch the Steam Machine amidst painful hardware shortages at the hands of AI hyperscalers, the company has released some details on its verification program at GDC 2026. Much like the Steam Deck, one of the big selling points for the Steam Machine is going to be the "Steam Machine Verified" program that'll let you know at a glance whether or not a game will run well on the Steam Machine. We've known that this program was a thing since Valve announced its mini gaming PC back in November, but at GDC 2026, Valve laid out the actual requirements. The biggest difference from the Steam Deck's verified program is that for a game to be verified on Steam Machine, it needs to run at 1080p with 30fps...

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Walmart Has the Lowest Price on an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 12GB Graphics Card in 2026

If you're planning out a PC build and have been hoping to get ahold of one of the new Nvidia Blackwell graphics cards at a reasonable price, this might be as good of an opportunity you'll get in the near future. Walmart is offering a retail boxed PNY GeForce RTX 5070 12GB graphics card for just $599 shipped. Mind you this is still $50 over MSRP, but it's the best price I can find right now for a standalone 5070 GPU and the first time I've seen this card drop below $600 this year. For a limited time, purchase an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card and get a free digital download code of Resident Evil Requiem Standard Edition on Steam while supplies last. The promotion ends on March 16 and the redemption deadline is April 16. Full...

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Oscars 2026: How to Watch and Everything Else You Should Know

We're just a few days away from the 98th Academy Awards. Ahead of this year's Oscars celebrating 2025 in film, we're here to share how you can watch, plus break down the nominees, host, presenters and performers, and what's new for the 2026 ceremony. Going into the show, Sinners leads the way with a record-breaking 16 nominations, beating the previously held 14-nomination record tie between All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land. One Battle After Another takes second place with 13 nominations. Read on below for everything else you need to know about the Oscars. When are the Oscars? The Oscars will take place on March 15, 2026, from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles at the new time of 7pm ET/4pm PT/11pm GMT. The broadcast is expected...

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Silent Hill: Townfall Is Up for Preorder Before Getting a Confirmed Release Date

While it doesn't have an official release date yet beyond being expected in 2026, Silent Hill: Townfall is now available to preorder. If you can't wait to get your hands on the next installment in this iconic horror franchise, preorders are live at several retailers for $49.99, which we've broken down below (see it here at Amazon). Again, there's no concrete release date at the moment, but at least by preordering it now you can be all set with a copy that's ready to boot up the day it's out. Preorder Silent Hill: Townfall PS5 See at Amazon See at Walmart See at Target See at Best Buy See at GameStop PC See it at Steam As of the time of writing, there aren't any preorder bonuses that have been announced, at least at the moment...

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Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Is Up for Preorder - Here's What Comes in Each Edition

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is set to release August 6 for PS5 and PC. Developed by Arc System Works, Marvel Tōkon is a tag-team fighting game that has superheroes like Spider-Man and Captain America team up and duke it out. It’s available to preorder now from all the usual retailers (see it at Amazon). It will be available in a number of editions, both physical and digital. Read on for all the details you need to know. Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls - Standard Edition PS5 Get it at Amazon - $59.99 Get it at Best Buy - $59.99 Get it at GameStop - $59.99 Get it at Walmart - $59.99 Get it for PS5 (PS Store) - $59.99 PC Get it at Fanatical - $59.99 Get it at GMG - $59.99 Get it at GameStop - $59.99 Get it at Steam - $59.99 If you...

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Kitman, a New Job Sim Where You Play as a Soccer Team's Equipment Manager, Announced for PC

Irish developer Outlier (makers of Mars Attracts) has announced Kitman, a new job simulator game for 1-4 players in which you play as the kitman (aka equipment manager) for a professional football team. You'll fix and wash kits, clean shoes, mop floors, and anything else it takes to put your team in the best possible position to go out on the pitch and win. It's in development for PC. "A single untied shoelace could be the difference between victory and defeat," Outlier says of its lighthearted job sim. But there is some strategy involved too, as you won't simply be cleaning the floors and bathrooms. "There is also a strategic layer to the gameplay of Kitman which sees the player surreptitiously taking on the role of team manager to...

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Marathon Update 1.0.0.4 Makes UESC Easier, but Bungie Insists It Will Not Change Direction on ‘Friction’ the AI Enemies Provide

Marathon has its first post-launch patch, which makes a number of important balance changes. Marathon Update 1.0.0.4 makes changes that make the extraction shooter slightly easier, following feedback from some players that it is too hard due to the sparseness of ammo and healing items, as well as the toughness of the enemy AI. The patch increases the number of Med Cabinets and Munitions Crates that can spawn on Perimeter, the starting map, increases the amount of starting ammo in MIDA, CyberAcme, and Arachne free Sponsored Kits, and reduced the frequency that UESC Grenadiers drop EMP grenades. For combat, the range that gunfire and explosions can be heard from is increased. Specifically on UESC, Marathon’s AI enemies, health of most...

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Pocketpair Suggests 'A Decade of Continuous, Massive Updates' Is 'Probably Not On the Cards,' But Teases It 'Wouldn't Rule Out A Palworld 2.0'

Palworld developer Pocketpair has revealed that while it accepts the survival game's most devoted fans may want "a decade of continuous, massive updates," "there's only so many times" you can add in new levels and content before the game gets bloated." "A lot of our hardcore fans and players would love for Palworld to be this No Man's Sky situation where it's like a decade of continuous, massive updates. But realistically, that's probably not on the cards for Palworld, not only because of engine limitations, but also, it's a survival crafting game," publishing head John Buckley told GameRadar+. "I think there's only so many times you can add five levels, add 10 levels, until it gets to this massive bloat point. "Even World of...

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Resident Evil 2 Director Hideki Kamiya Calls for a 'Non-Scary Mode' So He Can Enjoy Requiem's Puzzles and Combat Without the 'Scary Stuff'

Hideki Kamiya, the legendary director behind fan-favorite games like Devil May Cry and Bayonetta, is calling for a "non-scary mode" for Resident Evil Requiem. The director — who also directed the original Resident Evil 2, by the way! — has been filmed talking to his team as they watch a colleague spend a little quality time with Leon S. Kennedy in the latest Resident Evil game. In the brief video uploaded to his new studio's Twitter/X account, we see a dev playing Requiem, surrounded by colleagues, including Kamiya. "I've been saying for forever, they should make a 'non-scary' mode," Kamiya says, to which someone replies: "That would completely defeat the concept of the game, though…" "Look, I just want to enjoy the puzzles!" he...

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Fortnite's Original Save the World Mode Finally Going Free-to-Play, and Launching For Switch 2

Save the World, Fortnite's original PVE survival mode, is finally going free-to-play after almost nine years. From April 16, all Fortnite players will be able to access Save the World without having to purchase access — as long as they play via a supported platform. To date, the mode is unavailable on Nintendo Switch, Switch 2 and smartphones. On April 16, however, Switch 2 players will also gain access for the first time. Back in the bygone days of summer 2017, Fortnite only existed as its Save the World portion. A mix of zombie shooting and base building, it made a modest impact — but is now far more famous as being the precursor to Fortnite's hugely popular battle royale. In the time since, and despite an initial plan to make...

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Mega Man Voice Actor Won't Return for Dual Override as Capcom Reportedly Won't Hire Him With 'The Protections of a Union Contract'

Ben Diskin, the lead voice actor in Mega Man 11, has said he will not reprise his role for Mega Man: Dual Override, as the game's publisher Capcom would only permit him to return "without the protections of a union contract." In response, actors union SAG-AFTRA has now issued a "Do Not Work Order" against the upcoming Mega Man: Dual Override, claiming the Japanese company had failed to "initiate the signatory process" necessary to hire unionized actors. "Please be advised that the producer of the video game production entitled Mega Man: Dual Override has failed to initiate the signatory process," the union wrote. "As such, SAG-AFTRA members are hereby instructed to withhold any acting services or performance of any covered work for...

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Over 2 Million Of Us Have Downloaded Capcom's Pragmata Demo

Two million people have already downloaded the demo for Capcom's upcoming sci-fi game, Pragmata. Pragmata Sketchbook — the free slice of the game that offers players across all platforms (PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S) — gives players a taste of the "tactile combat system that fully engages both sides of your brain," as well as what it's like to explore the lunar research station, including its hacking gameplay. "Hugh, look — I can't believe millions of people are excited for our game!" protagonist Diana tells her companion on social media. "Pragmata has reached two million wishlists, and two million demo downloads. Thank you so much for all your support." If you've yet to give it a go, there's still time...

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Minishoot' Adventures Review

[Editor’s Note: Minishoot' Adventures was first released on PC in 2024, but we did not review it at that time, so we have taken its recent port to Nintendo Switch 2 as an opportunity to do so now.] Minishoot’ Adventures answers a question I never would have thought to ask in a thousand years: What if you mixed classic Zelda with a twin-stick shooter? Developer SoulGame Studio’s take on that combination is an absolute delight. Between the silky smooth controls, your spaceship-shaped hero’s growing repertoire of abilities, and a top-down world that opens up at a satisfying pace, I loved all 10 hours it took me to roll credits. That felt like a perfect length, even though I would’ve gladly kept playing if it had offered more. SoulGame...

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The Baseus 100W Multi-Port USB Charger Packs a Handy Digital Display for Just $30

From portable gaming handhelds to smartphones, our lives rely on portable, untethered electronics, and it can't hurt to always have a charger on hand. Amazon is currently offering a Baseus Picogo AE21 100W 3-port USB Type-C wall charger for just $29.99 after you apply coupon code "8O3OICC2". You actually do not need to be an Amazon Prime member to get this deal. This diminutive adapter can fast charge even the most power hungry handheld gaming PCs like the ROG Xbox Ally X and features a handy digital display. Baseus Picogo 100W USB-C Wall Charger for $29.99 Amazon Prime membership not needed This charger is part of Baseus' compact Picogo lineup and measures a compact 2.6" x 1.3" x 2.1". Despite the diminutive size, it's still able...

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PlayStation Plus Game Catalog Leak Reveals March Additions

Sony's PlayStation Plus game catalog additions for March 2026 have been leaked, with notable additions from both the Persona and Warhammer franchises. As ever, Dealabs' reliable billbil-kun has beaten Sony to its own announcement for which titles it is adding to the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium rosters this month. From March 17, the Extra catalog is set to include both the highly-acclaimed Persona 5 Royal and chunky shoulder pad shooter Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, plus the latest Madden game, indie sandbox Astroneer, and more. Looking at this month's list, Persona 5 Royal is the obvious standout. Available through the catalog on PS5, this is the expanded 2022 release of the original Persona 5 which added new missions...

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