Valor Mortis is only $40 because its developer knows you'll be choosing from a lot of big games over this "stacked" autumn
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"Valor Mortis is only $40 because its developer knows you'll be choosing from a lot of big games over this "stacked" autumn" is generating significant coverage in the Technology category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
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Coverage (11)
- GTA 6 has turned October into a bloodbath, but Valor Mortis is hellbent on entering the fray Yahoo Tech · 49d ago
- GTA 6 has turned October into a bloodbath, but Valor Mortis is hellbent on entering the fray PC Gamer · 49d ago
- Valor Mortis price set at $39.99, Deluxe Edition revealed tbreak.com · 49d ago
- Valor Mortis Reveals Price, Playtime, and Its First DLC dualshockers.com · 49d ago
- $40 for 20 Hours: Valor Mortis Developers Explain Why They Didn't Overprice Their Soulslike ixbt.games · 49d ago
- Upcoming soulslike Valor Mortis costs $40 as it's up against GTA 6 and the Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake: "We want this to be a game that you can pick up alongside these other great games" GamesRadar+ · 49d ago
- Valor Mortis developers revealed the game's price and announced story DLC. GameGPU · 49d ago
- Game’s Price Is Lower Because This Fall Is So Packed, Dev Admits GameSpot · 49d ago
- 'Going With This Price Point Will Help Us Be an 'And' Game' — Valor Mortis Publisher Explains Decision to Go With $40 for Promising Soulslike Amid Fall Crush IGN · 49d ago
- Five things we’ve learned about Japan’s games industry, plus how GTA 6 influenced Valor Mortis’ $40 price point The Game Business · 49d ago
- Valor Mortis is only $40 because its developer knows you'll be choosing from a lot of big games over this "stacked" autumn Eurogamer.net · 49d ago
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