Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is recruiting some of the franchise’s best and worst characters, including the Yakuza patriarch who dresses like a giant baby. Yes, you unfortunately read that correctly. Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio quietly announced that some of the more batshit Yakuza characters …
Read More »Thronefall is real-time strategy for people who dont like RTS
I am a turtler, at heart. The kind of player who prefers to hide behind a big stone wall and let archers and guard towers do the work in the best RTS games. Nothing gives me more satisfaction than to set a city going, and let wave after wave of …
Read More »One Piece fans cant get over Netflix trailer dubbed with the original Japanese voice cast
Netflix Japan has shared a version of the live-action One Piece trailer with a Japanese dub – from the original anime voice cast. Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, and Hiroaki Hirata can all be heard voicing their respective characters – Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usop, and Sanji …
Read More »Blasphemous 2 has the best interconnected map Ive seen since Dark Souls
In our Blasphemous 2 review, I describe The Game Kitchen’s blood-spattered second coming as “a Soulslike sequel that’s as unsettling as it is unpredictable”. For the most part, that’s in reference to the Metroidvania-meets-FromSoftware-styled adventure’s brutal boss battles, its disparate themes of tragedy framed by religion and cultism, and the …
Read More »Spider-Verse producers say they had to fight to keep the best new character in Across the Spider-Verse
There were so many versions of Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse that Spider-Punk – arguably the coolest one – almost didn’t make the cut. “Some people were like, ‘Is there a way to simplify this? There’s so many characters. Do we really need Spider-Punk?'” writer-producer Chris Miller told Entertainment …
Read More »After a fire at the studio, co-op horror darling Phasmophobia delays console launch to October
Phasmophobia’s long-awaited console launch has been delayed due to a fire at developer Kinetic Games’ office building. Previously scheduled to go live in August, the Phasmophobia console release date for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PSVR 2 has now been pushed to “the week leading up to Halloween this October.” …
Read More »Mario Party 3 hopefuls in shambles after a different N64 classic hits Nintendo Switch Online
A fresh Nintendo Switch Online update has brought another well-liked N64 classic back to modern audiences, but Mario Party 3 hopefuls aren’t taking the news well. During the Nintendo Direct in September 2022, Nintendo announced a suite of N64 games to come to the NSO library over the next year. …
Read More »The Plucky Squire looks set to be one very magical adventure full of charm and whimsy
Few games have completely sold me on their concept quite like The Plucky Squire. Just five seconds into my hands-off demo session with co-director James Turner, I’m smiling from ear to ear as I watch protagonist Jot walk through the pages of a storybook in chapter four of the adventure. …
Read More »AMD says its not blocking Starfield from getting Nvidias superior performance-boosting tech
Starfield could get Nvidia’s performance-boosting DLSS tech if Bethesda wanted to add it, according to AMD’s gaming boss. “If and when Bethesda wants to put DLSS into the game, they have our full support,” AMD gaming lead Frank Azor tells The Verge. Azor goes to some lengths to avoid discussing …
Read More »This Starfield countdown is dropping 1 sandwich every 5 minutes all the way to launch day, and things are already getting weird
One streamer and dev has found the perfect way to mark the days until the launch of Starfield: with an online countdown that deposits one digital sandwich into an ever-growing pile every five minutes until the game is out. The Starfield Sandwich Countdown, available at starfieldsandwich.com, is a simple Unity …
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