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Wolverine sells 1.9 million in three days - and more than a fifth of the money still came from boxes
An analyst estimate puts Marvel's Wolverine at around 1.9 million copies in its first three days despite mixed reviews. The number I care about is smaller: more than a fifth of the launch revenue came from discs.

Insomniac Turns Down Wolverine's Infamous 'Fart Gas' - and a Full Off Switch May Follow
A new Marvel's Wolverine update makes Logan's scent trails and audio sense indicators less intense, and Insomniac says it's exploring a toggle for a future patch.

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation wants around 200GB of your SSD, and I'm not sure 'overcoming the hardware' is the right phrase
Director Naoki Hamaguchi says the trilogy finale will probably land at roughly 200GB. On a 1TB drive that's a fifth of your storage for one single-player RPG - at a moment when flash isn't getting cheaper.

Denuvo is suing a cracker it can't name yet - and that tells you how the DRM fight is going
Denuvo has filed a DMCA lawsuit in California against the anonymous cracker voices38 over 26 games. The defendant is a username, and the first real job is finding out who's behind it.

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Review: The Payoff Was Worth 80 Hours
Falcom's remake of the second Sky chapter turns one of the genre's best stories into a modern JRPG with smart hybrid combat. Overlong dungeons and a hard requirement to play the first game hold it back a little. Score: 9/10.

Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth is out on PS5 today, and it's the quiet game this loud month needed
Hyper Games follows up Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley with a snowy, melancholic puzzle adventure about waking up too early and finding the world asleep. It lands on PS5 today.

Valor Mortis costs 40 euros, and the reason is more honest than most pricing PR
One More Level is pricing its first-person soulslike at $40 / €40 because it knows wallets are stretched this autumn. For players in our region, that maths matters more than any trailer.

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Review: Brilliant Tactics, Buried in Busywork
The Switch 2 exclusive has the sharpest tactical battles Fire Emblem has seen in years - and an 80+ hour structure that badly needed an editor. Great game, too much padding. Score: 8/10.

Monster Hunter Wilds drops paid character edits - and the refund is two pendants
Capcom is pulling Monster Hunter Wilds' most disliked microtransaction on 3 December and making character edits free with the Ascendance expansion. Players who already paid get a pendant set, not their money.

Media Molecule Is Reportedly Making a Cozy Social Sim - and I'm Trying Very Hard to Stay Calm
A new report says the LittleBigPlanet and Dreams studio is building a social-sim game in the spirit of Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon, with both the reveal and the release pencilled in for 2027. Nothing is official yet - but the fit is almost too good.

A 4chan post said Marathon and Destiny were merging. The scary part is how many people bought it
Marathon creative director Julia Nardin has flatly denied a viral 'leak' claiming Bungie wants to fold Marathon and Destiny into one property. The denial is clean. Why the rumor spread so fast is the more interesting story.

TCG Card Shop Simulator 1.0 Review: The Pack-Ripping Loop Finally Has a Game Inside It
Two years of Early Access end with a playable card game and a console debut. The shopkeeping loop is still dangerously addictive, the new TCG is thinner than it looks, and the value is hard to argue with. Score: 7/10.