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September 28, 2020

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Review by Matt S. “Great, it’s another action roguelike from a small developer.” That was my immediate reaction to Hades, because while Hades was the latest project by a talent as consistently great as Supergiant Games, and while the screenshots and video footage certainly looked lovely, there have been so…

Tokyo Game Show 2020: Is Japan’s big show irrelevant? (No)

September 28, 2020

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Video by Matt S. Another Tokyo Game Show has come and gone, and with that the inevitable conversations about its relevance. It is true that TGS doesn’t break the big news (other than Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires on the horizon!), but to suggest that this is the same as the…

Tokyo Game Show 2020: We’re getting two new Warriors games

September 27, 2020

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News by Matt S. I’ll admit that I didn’t watch much of TGS 2020’s final day – the major announcements and streams had already happened and Bandai Namco, which was the major stream yesterday, was just showing off yet more of Scarlet Nexus; a game I know everything I need…

Tokyo Game Show 2020: Saturday’s celebration of games

September 26, 2020

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News by Matt S.There we go. I’ve been saying that the big and interesting news as far as TGS is concerned comes from the latter half of it. It’s always been that the first two days of the show are more internally-focused and the second two are more about the…

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September 26, 2020

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News by Matt S. Gotta catch ’em all! PQube, in collaboration with developer Inti Creates, has announced Gal*Gun Returns for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC (Steam). Yep, no PlayStation… I wonder why… Anyhow. Gal*Gun Returns is a remake of the original game in the series, which kicked off one…

Tokyo Game Show 2020: Friday’s big moments

September 26, 2020

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News by Matt S.Today (Saturday) will be the day to watch Tokyo Game Show. D3 Publisher, Koei Tecmo, Happinet, Konami, Level-5 and Spike Chunsoft all have their shows on today. Yesterday was a little thin on the global consumer-interest stuff, but that’s normal for TGS. Traditionally the first two days…

Review: Port Royale 4 (Sony PlayStation 4)

September 25, 2020

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Review by Matt S. I’m reading a book on Simón Bolívar at the moment – his addition to Civilization VI caught my attention, and while I’m reading it slowly as I’ve got a million other things to do, I am finding it fascinating. It’s fascinating because while we all know…

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September 25, 2020

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Video by Matt S. Hades landed on my Switch out of nowhere this week – I had no idea the game was even in development, but I am immediately in love with it. What a beautifully slick, intelligent, refined roguelike it is. This is just my first impressions from the…

Tokyo Game Show 2020: Thursday’s major announcements

September 24, 2020

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News by Matt S.Tokyo Game Show 2020 kicked off last night (for Australians), with a couple of shows from Microsoft, Square Enix, and Lightning Games. There are a few full-day schedules of streams ahead now, so rather than trying to cover these announcements or interesting tidbits separately, I’m going to…

Review: Mafia: Definitive Edition (Sony PlayStation 4)

September 24, 2020

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Review by Harvard L. As it did with Mafia 3, Hangar 13 trades gameplay for narrative in its remake of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, and the results are glorious. For those who were fans of the 2002 cult classic by Illusion Softworks (no, not that Illusion), Mafia: Definitive…

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