The Armored Core IB-01: CEL 240 boss is, as mentioned in my Armored Core 6 review, this game’s version of Elden Ring’s Malenia. A Coral-enhanced mech encountered in the Chapter 4 mission “Reach the Coral Convergence,” this thing has kicked the crap out of everyone I know. So as Armored …
Read More »From GTA 6 news to Baldurs Gate 3, Starfield and Spider-Man 2, 2023 might be one of the biggest years for games this century
GTA 6 is coming. Granted, it’s been coming for some time. Depending on how you look at it, it’s been on its way for almost a decade – since GTA 5 breached the shores of PS3 and Xbox 360 in September 2013, graduated onto PS4 and PC two years later, …
Read More »I dont care about the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet DLC – I just want Dipplin
I didn’t finish Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, which says a lot about my feelings towards the latest entry in the long-running series. As an avid Pokemon fan who grew up playing the games, I almost always reach the end of each trainer’s journey. But I fell off of Scarlet and …
Read More »Babylon 5 creator says future projects will continue to explore the multiverse
Babylon 5: The Road Home is set to be something of a Babylon 5: No Way Home, with multiple timelines involved in the animated movie. Luckily, though, now that the exploits of Rick and Morty, Everything Everywhere All At Once, and both the Marvel and DC universes have brought multiverses …
Read More »Lakeburg Legacies is a city builder that gives you godlike control over love
Within 30 minutes of establishing my little village, we’ve had two marriages, one baby, one affair, two divorces and… you guessed it: a whole new marriage. It doesn’t take long for capital D drama to arrive in Lakeburg Legacies, a self-proclaimed social city builder that blends creating an idyllic settlement …
Read More »How the Fort Solis developers made a sci-fi thriller for the Netflix generation
There is a level of polish and visual flair to Fort Solis that belies its two-year, relatively low budget, indie development. It leverages its Unreal 5 engine to create some incredible environments on a Mars-based setting, and includes some impressive facial animation that wouldn’t look out of place in the …
Read More »Ive returned to Sekiro with one question: Does it need DLC?
I’m perched on a rotten tree branch above a narrow thoroughfare in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. I could pretend I’m surveying the land below, that I’m meticulously planning my next deadly move, raining down on my foes undetected with a flurry of shuriken stars and skilled swordsmanship. But I’m not. …
Read More »This highly-anticipated JRPG with Pokemon and Game of Thrones vibes will be totally worth the wait
The beloved Suikoden series was ahead of its time. First launched on the PSOne in Japan in 1996 (the following year in the US, and the year after that in Europe), the sprawling JRPG told a turbulent tale of political unrest, socio-economic turmoil, love, loss, and good versus evil. As …
Read More »Taz Skylar talks Netflixs One Piece: “I did absolutely every single one of my own kicks”
They say an army marches on its stomach, but in One Piece it is probably more accurate to say that the core pirate crew sails on Monkey D. Luffy’s stomach. As such, it’s of little surprise that a cook was high on the list of priorities when gathering his crew, …
Read More »Diablo 4 Malignant Hearts list and how to use them
Diablo 4 Season 1 is upon us, and that means you’re probably out there hunting for a powerful new class modifier. Diablo 4 Malignant Hearts are a new type of socketed item introduced as part of Season of the Malignant, and they contain the power to unlock destructive new builds …
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