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The Week in Review: April 23, 2021

April 23, 2021

Video by Matt S. This week in the week in review! 1) The Game Boy turns 32! https://twitter.com/Stealth40k/status/1384845265635397636 2) New printers for your Nintendo Switch: https://twitter.com/Nintendeal/status/1385104851021963268 3) Sony backpedals on PS3, Vita download store closure: https://twitter.com/MattSainsb/status/1384277778258821120 4) NFTs stink up gaming… YET AGAIN: https://twitter.com/byteside/status/1384772145864232964 5) Days Gone developer blames consumers…

Review: Atelier Mysterious Trilogy Deluxe Pack (Nintendo Switch)

April 22, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Look, I’ll level with you here: There’s not much I have to say about the three titles in the Atelier Mysterious Trilogy that I haven’t already in my reviews of their original releases, so for the bulk of this review I’ll be copying some sections from…

Review: NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 22, 2021

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Review by Matt S. At its core, NieR is a story about identity. In creating it, director, Yoko Taro, who loves to joke about philosophy being nonsense but is clearly very cognizant of the big names in the field, took the infamous “I think therefore I am” from René Descartes…

Atelier Mysterious Trilogy: What makes these games so beautiful?

April 22, 2021

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Video by Matt S. It’s always a good week when new Atelier stuff launches. This time around it’s not completely “new”, as it’s the “deluxe” versions of the three Atelier Mysterious titles – Sophie, Firis and Lydie and Suelle – but two of those games arrive on the Nintendo Switch…

Tales of Arise FINALLY has a release date

April 21, 2021

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News by Matt S. It has been a tough time to be a fan of the Tales series. Where once Bandai Namco was reliably turning them out, things seemed to unravel a little with Tales of Arise, which has seemed like it was on the horizon forever and a day.…

Get ready for a lot more Ace Attorney, folks!

April 21, 2021

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News by Matt S. It’s always nice to wake up to good news. Capcom has announced that The Great Ace Attorney series – that being 1 and 2 – will be coming to the west for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC (via Steam). Now for those who haven’t…

The Final Fantasy XIV photobook is just the most wonderful idea

April 21, 2021

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News by Matt S. Japanese players get all the best stuff. Square Enix over there is offering fans the chance to immortalise their adventures in the world of Final Fantasy XIV with a custom photobook. As reported on Siliconera, the book is available for either around 4,000 yen for the…

Gadget Review: EPOS H3 headset

April 21, 2021

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Review by Matt S. EPOS has provided us with a few premium audio equipment options over the last couple of months, and in general, the brand is impressive for its ability to provide quality gaming-orientated audio. With the H3, we’re getting a headset with more modest intentions but, perhaps, greater…

Review: Ravensword: Shadowlands (Nintendo Switch)

April 21, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Ravensword: Shadowlands is a good lesson that I hope developers learn. Back in 2012, which it first launched on iPhone and iPad, it was hailed as something amazing, as an effort to do the Elder Scrolls aesthetic on mobile. Back then mobile gaming was still fairly…

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April 20, 2021

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News by Matt S. Song of Horror has done alright for itself over on PC. Across the five chapters released for the game, it has had an 83 per cent positive user review score across nearly 1,000 reviews. Now the game’s coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. What’s more,…

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