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Daily tech news & jokes to have a good start for 28/10/2022

Quote of the day:

You are somebody’s reason to smile. Anonymous

Jokes of the day:

Can I watch the TV? Dad: Yes, but don’t turn it on.

My wife is really mad at the fact that I have no sense of direction. So I packed up my stuff and right.

Top 10 news of the day:

Sophstar Review (Switch eShop)

Soft touch

Following the excellent Star Hunter DX, Raging Blasters, and Crimzon Clover — World EXplosion from Steam to the Switch eShop is Banana Bytes’ Sophstar, a vertically oriented bullet hell shoot-em-up with clearly delineated sprites set against simplist… [3304 chars]

Hand-Drawn Metroidvania ‘Curse Of The Sea Rats’ Scurries Towards 2023 Release Date

New trailer showcases each character — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zf5b-wezmM You would be forgiven for forgetting ab…

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on You would be forgiven for forgetting about Curse of the Sea Rats. The self-proclaimed ‘Ratoidvania’ — a pun which, despite our best efforts, we cannot endorse — had a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign back in 2020 a… [2286 chars]

What Review Score Would You Give A Plague Tale: Requiem?

Share your own verdict — It’s been just over a week since A Plague Tale: Requiem launched for PS5, so now it’s time to sha…

It’s been just over a week since A Plague Tale: Requiem launched for PS5, so now it’s time to share your own views and final review score, presuming you’ve finished the rat-infested adventure. As a direct follow-up to 2019’s A Plague Tale: Innocence,… [598 chars]

Five years later, sci-fi apocalypse adventure Somerville has a release date

Five years after developer Jumpship formally unveiled its side-scrolling sci-fi apocalypse adventure Somerville, a rele…

Five years after developer Jumpship formally unveiled its side-scrolling sci-fi apocalypse adventure Somerville, a release is in sight, with the studio having somewhat unexpectedly announced a 15th November launch on Xbox One and PC earlier today. Ju… [1198 chars]

Here’s Amazon Prime Gaming’s line-up for November

Amazon has confirmed the next games that will be free for Prime members in November. Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Editio…

Amazon has confirmed the next games that will be free for Prime members in November. Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Facility 47, WRC 9, Etherborn, Whispering Willows and Last Day of June complete the line-up…. [731 chars]

Here’s your first look at Neymar and Pogba in Modern Warfare 2

Leaked images appear to confirm the rumour that real-life footballers will be making their way to Call of Duty Modern W…

Leaked images appear to confirm the rumour that real-life footballers will be making their way to Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. In a crossover that nobody asked for, the screenshots (spotted on Resetera) show Brazilian forward Neymar and French midf… [989 chars]

Japanese Charts: Persona 5 Royal On Switch Steals Hearts

Splatoon 3 still retains the crown — The latest weekly Japanese charts from Famitsu have dropped, and you know what that m…

The latest weekly Japanese charts from Famitsu have dropped, and you know what that means? Splatoon 3 is at the top again! Sales are slowly beginning to creep down though, with the ink-based shooter shifting 66,036 copies this week. However, snapping… [1570 chars]

Would You Prefer ‘Super Mario Odyssey 2’ Or A Totally New 3D Mario?

And can you believe Odyssey launched five years ago today? — It’s kind of scary to think that Super Mario Odyssey is now f…

Would you prefer a Mario Odyssey 2, or an entirely new Mario game? Ollie Reynolds, Staff Writer Whenever a new Mario game is on the horizon, I always find myself wanting something completely new, because I simply think it’s where Nintendo shines brig… [11174 chars]

PS5 Players Don’t Want to See 60fps Die Out

Smoothly does it — In case you missed it, there was a bit of a furore a couple of weeks back when two new PS5 releases — …

In case you missed it, there was a bit of a furore a couple of weeks back when two new PS5 releases — A Pllague Tale: Requiem and Gotham Knights — skipped support for 60 frames-per-second on Sony’s current-gen system. We’re now almost two years into … [1481 chars]

Somerville game gets surprise November release date on Xbox, PC, Game Pass

Developer Jumpship will release its first game, Somerville, on Xbox and PC Game Pass in November. The PC version is also coming to Steam and the Epic Games Store.

Somerville, the debut game from studio Jumpship that was unveiled more than five years ago, will arrive next month, the developer announced Thursday. The game’s impending release on Xbox platforms and Windows PC is something of a surprise — even thou… [1142 chars]