Month: July 2021

Nintendo spoiled Sinnoh fans this year with two remakes and a new open-world adventure in the same region. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl revamp their classic DS counterparts into graphically enhanced remakes with new and returning features. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl appeal to those who want to re-experience the games and those
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Samurai Warriors 5 reviewed by Alex Santa Maria on PlayStation 4, also available on Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Koei Tecmo’s new Samurai Warriors game won’t shock anyone who’s played one of Omega Force’s Warriors games before, but it does present a great new style and enough over-the-top action to keep you coming back.
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From the mainline Dynasty entries to the countless anime adaptations and even the The Legend of Zelda spin-offs, the musou formula popularized by developer Omega Force still manages to produce some entertaining battles. The one-versus-one-hundred hack-and-slash action can get repetitive, but each game usually spins a decent yarn along the way. That and the dozens
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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla‘s latest update arrives tomorrow, July 27. As well as adding level scaling, changes to the skill tree, and a handful of new skills, title update 1.3.0. has added support for an upcoming Sigrblot Festival limited time event and the upcoming The Siege of Paris  DLC. The latter has been revealed as releasing
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Splitgate, the free-to-play multiplayer shooter that blends Halo-esque gunplay with Portal style, well, portals, won’t be launching tomorrow as planned. That’s because the open beta that’s been running during the past two weeks had so many active players that the servers became overloaded, forcing a delay.  If you haven’t heard of Splitgate, it’s a fast-paced sci-fi
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I’m here to give you the inside deets of the latest dodgeball to hit the streets with the start of Season 2 – Soda Ball! Alright, who’s thirsty? Dodgebrawlers all over the city have learned how to take advantage of [REDACTED]’s signature Boba Cola blend in their glorious beatdowns across Knockout City. A revolutionary shake-stable
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Blizzard co-founder and former executive Mike Morhaime has broken his silence on the harrowing allegations levelled against Activision Blizzard, who has been sued by the state of California for discrimination, sexual harassment, and toxic work culture. Morhaime penned his thoughts in a TwitLonger post, in which he admitted that he’s “ashamed” of the allegations, which
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One of the biggest benefits of all that power in the hardware is giving developers the ability to make games that are Xbox Series X|S Optimized. This means that they’ve taken full advantage of the unique capabilities of Xbox Series X|S, both for new titles built natively using the Xbox Series X|S development environment as
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Death’s Door reviewed on PC by Brendan Graeber. Death’s Door is a must for those looking to scratch the itch of a classic Zelda dungeon-delving game, with the added bonus of impeccable combat against waves of foes in a creepy world. Secrets are plentiful enough to offset the low variety of rewards, and the cohesion
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Ever since the game released more than a year ago, Minecraft Dungeons has continued to receive more content. 5 expansions, Jungle Awakens, Creeping Winter, Howling Peaks, Flames of the Nether and Hidden Depths have been released. Now, in just a few days, the sixth expansion, Echoing Void, is supposed to release. With the DLC so
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For many, Watch Dogs: Legion seemed to land somewhere in the middle in terms of ‘goodness’ between the first and second game. A decent, but flawed, open world romp through post-Brexit London, it brought some highly original ideas to the table, but not all of them worked. Watch Dogs: Legion – Bloodline removes the most
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Back when belt-scrolling brawlers were the arcade genre of choice for millions of players worldwide, Capcom’s output was considered by many to be the gold standard. Titles like Final Fight and Alien Vs. Predator pulled in an astonishing amount of revenue during this period, but the company didn’t have the genre all to itself; Konami
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This past week, legal documents regarding a lawsuit from the state of California against Activision Blizzard surfaced. The lawsuit’s details are graphic, disturbing, and detailed in a way that is causing both the gaming community and the industry to take action. Following the initial report, Blizzard co-founder and former CEO Mike Morhaime has released his
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Dead Space remake‘s senior producer, Phil Ducharme, has told IGN that Electronic Arts won’t repeat “mistakes” made in the series’ past, including the addition of microtransactions. Dead Space 3 introduced microtransactions for the game’s weapon crafting system, much to players’ disappointment. Rest assured, EA Motive will “never” add microtransactions to the upcoming title. “We’re looking at
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