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On This Day: Mario & Luigi Dream Team Put Luigi First 13 Years Ago
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros. launched in Europe 13 years ago today, giving Luigi's dreams a whole RPG and making the 3DS feel wonderfully strange.
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Super Mario
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros. launched in Europe 13 years ago today, giving Luigi's dreams a whole RPG and making the 3DS feel wonderfully strange.

Steam
Heartopia's Steam player count has risen well above recent evening checks as XD opens the Call of Whales Fashionwave. The update adds Whalefall Canyon, undersea homestead space and new rewards, with a Sanrio Characters collaboration next week.

Prey
Prey launched 20 years ago today, bringing Human Head's long-delayed alien abduction shooter to PC and Xbox 360 with portals, gravity tricks and a strange afterlife.

Roundup
This week's strongest game trailers move from Palworld's full launch and Black Flag Resynced's pirate remake to Mortal Shell II, The Sinking City 2 and several sharp indie discoveries.

Steam
THE FINALS climbed on Steam after Season 11: Galaxy Masters went live. Embark's update adds the Galaxy Estates arena, Cashout bot matches and a reworked melee system.

Digimon
Digimon Story: Time Stranger launches July 10 on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. Bandai Namco's monster-taming RPG arrives on Nintendo hardware after crossing 1 million sales on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

Donkey KongSuper Mario
Donkey Kong launched in Japan 45 years ago today, turning a rescue climb, a stubborn ape and a jump button into Nintendo history.

Backyard Sports
Backyard Baseball launches tomorrow on Steam for PC and Mac, reviving the kid-sized sports series with new modes, remastered stadiums and Pablo Sanchez back in the lineup. PlayStation and Xbox versions are listed for August, with Nintendo Switch still TBA.

Sega Saturn
Sega Saturn reached Europe 31 years ago today, arriving before PlayStation with arcade ambition, a high price and a legacy that grew after its commercial defeat.

Multi-platform
Disney Dreamlight Valley: Honeyglow Woods launches July 8 as the life sim's first Adventure Pack, adding Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and a smaller paid content lane.

Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy IX launched in Japan 26 years ago today, closing Square's PlayStation run with a theatrical RPG about memory, identity and coming home.

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Moonlight Peaks launches July 7 as a supernatural life sim about a vampire leaving Dracula's shadow for farming, spells and small-town romance.