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Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition – A gorgeous game, remade

May 13, 2020

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Video by Matt S. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition is Nintendo’s next big project – a full-scale remaster of its Wii classic, with completely redone art to bring it firmly into the HD era. It’s difficult to remember that this game – absolutely gorgeous in terms of production values – has…

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition is going to be huge

May 13, 2020

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Preview by Matt S. Xenoblade Chronicles is a game for which the ambition of the developers behind it has always been compromised by the limitations of the platform they were working on. Originally, it was a Wii title that somehow brought the scale of a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360…

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May 13, 2020

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News by Matt S. Trails of Cold Steel has emerged as one of the most noteworthy JRPG properties over the past year, and all of this is finally coming to a head as the fourth and final chapter lands later this year, courtesy of NISA. Related reading: Our review of…

There’s a new Harvest Moon coming, and it’s exclusive to Switch

May 12, 2020

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News by Matt S. Is there anything more reliably exciting than Harvest Moon? I know the series has gone through its ups and downs, but I’ve always found myself really looking forward to playing the latest in the venerable series. Now Natsume has announced Harvest Moon: One World for Nintendo…

People are obsessed with content, and this is damaging the artistry of game development

May 12, 2020

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Opinion by Matt S. About a week ago now, Nintendo updated the market on its financial position, and there were some startling numbers involved. It was the healthiest year on record for the Nintendo Switch, and Animal Crossing seems to have been the one thing to benefit from COVID-19 –…

Review: John Wick Hex (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 12, 2020

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Review by Matt S. I have been looking forward to John Wick Hex for quite some time now, after it first launched on PC last year. With Mike Bithell (of Thomas Was Alone fame) behind it I had faith that it would be good, but despite my enthusiasm I still…

There’s a whole lot more Civilization VI incoming

May 11, 2020

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News by Matt S. If you’ve been watching our streams than you’d know that I’m currently playing through a Civilization VI campaign. It’s an all-time favourite game of mine, and effectively endless, what with all the civilisations available and different ways to play. Related reading: Our review of Civilization VI…

John Wick Hex lands on PS4: Slick, Brilliant, Tactics

May 11, 2020

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Video by Matt S. John Wick Hex has finally released on the PlayStation 4, and it is so, so good. Slick, fast-paced, raw tactics action, and the perfect adaptation of the tone, aesthetics and style of the film trilogy. It surprised me. It really did. I thought the movies were…

Review: Arcade Spirits (Nintendo Switch)

May 11, 2020

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Review by Matt C. With romance games, there’s often an attempt to try and gamify the whole process of falling in love. Getting the good ending with your chosen lover should be at least a little bit of a challenge, says common wisdom, so getting there involves just the right…

Did you miss any of our streams last week? Catch up here!

May 11, 2020

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Article by Matt S. Last week we delved into an all-time classic Final Fantasy for our retro stream, played a bit of beach volleyball for the DDNet After Dark fanservice session, and continued the adventures of Hinako and her friends in Blue Reflection. Then we undertook a disasterous military campaign…

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