With some of its core features like Lumen and Nanite, Unreal Engine 5 is a demanding game engine that often struggles to run properly on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, so it's not surprising to see that very few games powered by the Epic engine are available on Nintendo Switch 2. However, this could change in the future, as Yoshi and The Mysterious Book will be powered by Unreal Engine 5, a first for a first-party Nintendo game. The news has been confirmed in a new report from GoNintendo, following the game's Japanese box art emerging online that showed the Unreal […]

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Since their launch, multiplatform games released on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 have had very few differences, and those that do exist are often too minor to affect the average player. However, according to a recent analysis from Moore's Law Is Dead, AMD FSR 4.1 coming to RDNA 2 GPUs in the near future could allow the current-generation system from Microsoft to strike a major victory against the competition thanks to its hardware and software development kit. "Could FSR 4.1 come to the current gen game consoles? I'm talking about Xbox Series X, Series S, and PlayStation 5. And […]

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Forza Horizon 6 is set to become one of the best-looking racing games of the current generation. According to a recent analysis by Digital Foundry, the game not only sports some transformative ray tracing features that elevate the experience but also offers a potential sneak peek at what the next-generation Xbox Project Helix could deliver with its powerful hardware. Forza Horizon 6, however, introduces both a complete package of ray-traced reflections across cars and environments alike, along with a new RT global illumination (RTGI) system that "works in tandem with its more traditional rasterized lighting to bring additional nuance", says […]

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One of the biggest changes introduced in Final Fantasy VII Remake and its sequel, Rebirth, is Zack Fair's role. While he only appeared briefly in the original game, his role has been vastly expanded in the remake trilogy, becoming a playable character in Rebirth with his own individual story segments. Despite what Rebirth's ending sequences may have suggested, Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3 director Naoki Hamaguchi confirmed to Nintenderos that Zack's story will continue in the final entry of the series. "Zack's presence was part of the concept from a fairly early stage. Since the original game, Zack has […]

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A few years after the launch of digital storefronts like the PlayStation Store and the Nintendo eShop, it seemed like digital releases would never replace physical game releases, as gamers preferred to purchase retail releases of their favorite games. While it looked like this wouldn't be changing in the foreseeable future, we are reaching a point where physical releases could indeed be dying, as major publishers like Square Enix and CAPCOM recently reported that the vast majority of their sales are digital. Earlier today, as reported on X by Genki, the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest series publisher posted its […]

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