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The latest from 12 publishers and official channels. Each story opens on the publisher's own site.

Rock Paper Shotgun

Conan: The Black Pyramid shoves the titular barbarian into a very Hades-inspired action roguelite with the addition of a few other familiar heroes

I feel like one thing I only sort of miss from my youth, viewed through the lenses of those rose tinted goggles, is the established intellectual property game that just copies the formula of another, successful game. Obviously there are plenty of genres that are trendy to imitate, but how often...

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Rock Paper Shotgun

Cartoon-styled "lite-vania" Lola's Familiars: Prison of Argnoh will have you springing yourself, and your summoned pals, from magic jail

Since we're already sharing trailers from non-Geoff awards shows , here's another: a first in-motion look at Lola's Familiars: Prison of Argnoh, a 2D side-scroller and "lite-vania" that sees its shy witch-in-training making her first summonable friends. Then, borrowing their powers to bust out...

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Xbox Wire

XBOX Playback is Here: Look Back at Your XBOX Story

Starting today, XBOX Playback brings highlights from your available XBOX history across every generation in a personalized experience. For the first time, you can look back and re-live the part you played in XBOX’s story. See when your journey began, revisit the games you spent the most time...

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GamesIndustry.biz

"It's about giving more great games a chance" – Why Launchable thinks it can help more independent studios reach the market with its shared success model

A new platform called Launchable aims to connect studios with development talent and publishing services using a "shared-success framework". In other words, developers provide their services on the understanding that they will receive a revenue share later on, once the game launches.

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