Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. There are a whole bunch of new games you can dive into this weekend that don't involve a certain gruff Marvel hero. We'll take a look at some of those, as well as several others that are on the way. I recently checked out the first hour or so of Emberville from Cygnus Cross, a studio co-owned by Twitch streamer Ben "CohhCarnage" Cassel. This is a top-down action RPG that blends the dungeon crawling and looting of Diablo with the life-sim aspects of Stardew Valley.

In Super Macklemore 64, players are chased by a giant Ed Sheeran, dodge tiny billionaire Robert Krafts and summon musicians to chant "Free Palestine". Creator Jonathan Mann says it highlights the "absurdity" of Macklemore being dropped from Sheeran's concerts and Israel's genocide in Gaza. Trump says Denmark deal gives US security'control' over Greenland'Daughter of Damascus' Assala performs in Syria after 15-year exile Jerusalem Daily: Netanyahu says he will'change the face of the Middle East

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Image caption, Zach Cregger's Resident Evil follows Bryan - a courier having a very, very bad day at work On paper Zach Cregger and Resident Evil are the perfect unholy alliance. The film-maker was widely praised for his original, imaginative work on horror hits Weapons and Barbarian and is a long-time fan of the video game series. But in the lead-up to the film's release, Cregger's spent a lot of time defending himself against complaints he's cashing in on the Resident Evil name. Speaking to BBC Newsbeat, the director says he was not prepared for what came his way. First launched in 1996 on the original Sony PlayStation by Japanese developer Capcom, Resident Evil was a sensation.

In Izmir's historic Kemeralti bazaar, the Akdemir family is finding new customers for a four-generation craft. To the casual passer-by, the Akdemir family's workshop could be any traditional blacksmith's forge. Dozens of hammers and tongs hang from the walls; kebab skewers, knives and axes lie across the benches; a length of steel glows in the fire. But for those familiar with fantasy worlds and gaming, a second look may be required. Just a few steps inside the workshop's shutter-style doors, an enormous forged fantasy sword rests across a countertop, similar to the one wielded by the Lich King in the popular video game World of Warcraft. Elsewhere are weapons inspired by TV series and video games, including Game of Thrones and League of Legends, rendered in steel. At the forge, Suleyman Akdemir, a large man with a furrowed brow, grips a glowing length of metal with long tongs, draws it from the fire, and lays it across the anvil. A few metres away, his father, Omer, 54, reaches for a tool.

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A hint of Fisher-Price about it The new GameCube is displayed at a press preview in Tokyo in August 2001. A hint of Fisher-Price about it The new GameCube is displayed at a press preview in Tokyo in August 2001. The first console I ever bought, it was hyped as a threat to the PlayStation, then mocked as a flop. But now, as it marks its 25th anniversary, it's looked back on with misty-eyed reverence T his week marks the 25th anniversary of the Nintendo GameCube, the first console I ever bought with my own money. I vividly remember getting on the bus after school with a year's worth of savings safely zipped into the pocket of my bag and going to a branch of Currys, where I dumped a bunch of notes, coins and vouchers on the counter to collect my pre-order.

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Netflix and Sega are teaming up for more movie and TV adaptations of video games. The first project that's bubbling away is a film based on a series that's well known for its gripping narrative, Crazy Taxi. Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, the writers of last year's enjoyable reboot of The Naked Gun, are writing the script. The movie -- which appears to be a live-action comedy -- will likely arrive after the next game in the series, Crazy Taxi World Tour. That's set to arrive next year.