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This is by far the biggest, overhaul-worthy patch to date Bad news everyone: if you were still holding out hope thatFallout 76would be magically morphed into a realFalloutgame by the end of the year, it looks like that isn’t happening anymore. By way of a big blog post, Bethesda explained that the “biggest free update yet,”theWastelandersexpansion, “needs more time to be the best, most polished update it can be,” so the publisher is delaying it into the first quarter of 2020....

Now I’m remembering all those horrible Mario recreations in the first game We’re just two weeks away fromLittleBigPlanet 3‘s November 18 release, but it doesn’t feel that way. I think it’s become its ownthing, propped up by a community that has created millions of levels, all of which are grandfathered in, playable in the new game. Those folks have been playing the beta for two weeks, too, and this video is a highlight of some of their creations....

Okay, soFatal Frame 4never left Japan, and the Wii remake ofFatal Frame 2seems to have completely vanished. Tecmo Koei and Nintendo wouldn’t keep holding out on the West forever, would they? Looks like they’ve finally come to their senses and will bring the 3DS spin-offSpirit Camera: The Cursed Memoirto North America. As with the mainFatal Frameseries,Spirit Camerarevolves around ghost photography. This time, players will use the 3DS camera for some augmented reality shenanigans....

Hot take: Pineapple on a pizza is fine, not the best, but certainly not the worst Popular pizza chain Dominos and Square Enix have teamed up to create their very ownFinal Fantasy XIVthemed pizza dubbed the “Chocobo Chow” pizza. Toppings include: Chicken, pineapple, capsicum, mushrooms, onions, and spring onions. I love how a pizza with chicken on it ends up being Chocobo themed. The potential implications of that are pretty amusing....

I guess the investment in pinball, fishing, fighting cameos, and everything else paid off Almost a year afterFinal Fantasy XVarrived on shelves, I spent several hours tracking down andcataloging all of its spinoffs and DLC. It was a pretty insane endeavor — I mean, we’re still not even close to done with its story DLC yet and I’m not done constantly adding to this list. Square EnixreallywantedXVto do well, and with 7....

Classic titles to be revisited by Panzer Dragoon producers Forever Entertainment, the publisher responsible forPanzer Dragoon: Remakeand the recently confirmedPanzer Dragoon II Zwei: Remake– hasentered into an agreementwith Square Enix Japan to produce multiple remakes based on one of the studio’s classic IPs. While the IP itself was not revealed, nor were the amount of games or a release window, it is believed that the remakes will feature a full visual overhaul while retaining each title’s original gameplay....

All hail our new robot shift managers “Meatbags.” There are few more apt terms to represent the views of a theoretical intelligent robot than the wordStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic‘s HK-47 used to refer to people. Considering its timelessness it’s actually a surprise that it took this long for it to appear in the title of a completely unrelated game, but here we are now, with WildFactor’sFreaking Meatbags, which recently enteredSteam Early Access....

Game Freak is a developer that is most widely known for making the gigantic contribution ofPokémonto gaming, but they had very humble beginnings in a little game calledMendel Palace. This quirky NES puzzle game is not extraordinarily well known, but the few people who have crossed paths with the title seem to walk away from it happy. Admittedly, I met withMendel Palaceentirely by chance myself. It was a game that was chosen at random as a rental one weekend, and I had no idea what it was that I had gotten myself into as the game did not come with a manual and I had never encountered anything like it before....

Increasing the ‘average base value’ of traded-in games Later this month, GameStop will revamp its trade-in program for used games in an attempt to simplify the process, reportsKotaku. Under the new system, there will only be four possible prices paid for games — instead of up to ten — which just depend on whether the customer chooses to get cash back or store credit, and if they are a PowerUp Rewards member....

The Defenders of The Night return Mixed among the frankly suffocating wave of headlinesrolling out of Disney this weekendwas the curious, but not unwelcome news that The House of Mouse is to release a remaster of its 16-bit releaseGargoyles, an action-platformer based upon the cult animated series of the same name. Released in 1995 for the Sega Genesis, (the SNES version was canceled),Gargoyleswas part of Disney’s major push into 16-bit gaming, which would see it adapt franchises such asAladdin, The Lion King, The Jungle Book,and evenPinocchio(which nobody remembers) for home consoles....

Apple are celebrating five years of the App Store with free apps and games As ubiquitous as iOS devices seem, it was a surprise to learn that Apple’s App store is just five years old. To celebrate, Apple has made a selection of apps and games are available for free, including the recently releasedBadlandand the superlativeSuperbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP. Epic’sInfinity Blade II,Tiny WingsandWhere’s My Water?are the other three titles reduced....

A laid-back discussion of this week in gaming This week, Hardline went into dangerous territory with a five-person show. It wasn’t a disaster, but it sure could’ve been! (Well, itwas, but for different reasons. Kidding. A little.) Hamza Aziz, Steven Hansen, Dale North, and Brett Makedonski joined me to cover big stories of the past few days, like the PS Vita upping its PSP/PS1 game compatibility (temporarily, it turns out), what’s new withWatch Dogs, and the Game Boy turning 25....

Death Stranding and Metal Gear creator honored Kojima Productions announced that its director, Hideo Kojima, has received the Award of Fine Arts from Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology. The honor is awarded by the Japanese government to individuals who excel in the cultural arts. Categories for the annual award include film, music, literature, dance, broadcasting, critique, and media arts. Kojima is only the second video game developer to have received the Fine Arts award, following Nintendo veteran Shigeru Miyamoto, who was handed the honor back in 2010....