CategoriesNews GamingImage: Lucasfilm / Disney, Team17, BioWare, Sony, Square Enix / Yoshitaka Amano, Konami / Kotaku, Screenshot: Konami, Firewalk Studios / Sony / Kotaku, Photo: Wachiwit (Shutterstock) This week, we got a Nintendo Direct that was one part Indie World, one part partner showcase. We’ve got a roundup of every game featured in the 40-minute presentation. […]
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CategoriesNews GamingNintendo UK Play it on: SwitchCurrent goal: Discover the truth about a chilling crime I haven’t played either of the earlier Famicom Detective Club games, but the marketing around Emio — The Smiling Man was enough to seduce me into finally giving the series a shot with this, its first truly new entry in decades. […]
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CategoriesNews GamingThis morning, August 30, Nintendo dropped a new look at the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. At a little over five minutes long, the latest trailer shows off a number of new features for the Hyrule Princess’ adventure. A realm called the Still World, full of complex dungeons and inventive puzzle platforming, […]
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CategoriesNews GamingNo, you’re not crazy. Summer is basically over, even if this godforsaken heat is hellbent on lingering for another few weeks. Kids are going back to school, hoodies and jackets are about to come back out, and I’m going to stay my ass indoors and start enjoying horror games and movies while staying warm under […]
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CategoriesNews GamingIn my experience, Labor Day sales tend to skip over video games. But, for some reason, most of the games I’ve been waiting for a good deal on are at their lowest prices ahead of Labor Day weekend. In fact, I’m seeing better Switch deals now than anything I could find during Prime Day earlier […]
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CategoriesNews GamingPlay it on: PC, iOS, Android, PlayStation Portable Pros If you’re an absolute purist who wants to see where the series began, Ys I & II Chronicles is the most accessible way to play the first Ys games. These remakes retain the gameplay of the original titles and add some quality-of-life features. They also add some […]
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CategoriesNews GamingIt’s that time of the year again: out with the barbeque tools and citronella candles, in with the towers of composition notebooks and #2 pencils. That means Game Over for legions of school-age players who’ve been in beast mode for the past two months. Time to pack your bag, set the alarm, shelf the controller […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Konami Why must good things always happen to other people? While today’s joint Nintendo Direct and Indie World showcase was full of amazing updates on existing games and announcements of new projects—like a Trails in the Sky remake—one of the best announcements of the day only aired in Japan. Konami’s seminal dating sim, Tokimeki […]
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CategoriesNews GamingAtelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land – Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase Atelier Yumia, the next entry in the Atelier series, was announced during the Nintendo Direct. Based on the short reveal trailer, the game’s big theme seems to be memory as we see the titular Yumia monologue about the importance of […]
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CategoriesNews GamingRemember Foamstars? No…oh. Well, okay, uh, shit, I was really counting on you at least partially remembering it. Foamstars, released in February, is Square Enix’s PvP PlayStation game featuring colorful characters shooting foam at each other. It wasn’t very good. And now, less than a year after launch, it’s been announced that Foamstars will become […]
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