Strategy games will typically throw a lot at you in the opening hours. A mass of systems to learn, should you have any hope of keeping your characters alive between battles. Which units trump which, where can each unit type move, and how can you better upgrade units for future …
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It’s been almost five years since the release of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, an enhanced version of a game that first launched for Wii U in 2014. A sequel purpose-built for Nintendo Switch is long-overdue, which is why rumors of a Mario Kart 9 reveal were circulating so fervently ahead …
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From the slate of games Nintendo has on its roster for this year, 2022 could be a truly seminal year for the Japanese gaming giant. Although it has delivered some excellent titles in recent years, the Switch has used remakes and re-releases to balance out a steady rollout of new …
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A highlight of my time with Pokemon Legends: Arceus has been encountering Chansey. The adorable pink egg Pokemon has always been a favorite of mine, and the thought of finding one out in the wild was one of the reasons I was so excited to jump into Game Freak’s latest …
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Communication is a key foundation to the Battlefield experience. It always has been. Unlike Call of Duty, Titanfall, and any other modern first-person shooters that draw their power from quick engagements and short respawn timers, Battlefield has always asked players to look at the bigger picture. To coordinate around snaking …
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What a start to the year for PlayStation. Imagine rolling back in from the Christmas vacation, smug in the knowledge that you’ve got a solid year of great exclusive games ahead of you and then BAM. Your biggest rival just bought one of the most important game publishers around. This …
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We’ve probably seen more of Destiny 2: The Witch Queen than any previous expansion at this point. Savathun, weapon crafting, new Exotics, Void 3.0, Hive Guardians – Bungie is clearly going all in. Enough so that when I sat down for a recent hands-off preview of The Witch Queen, I …
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Dark Souls: Nightfall is Dark Souls but not as you know it. For a start, the total conversion mod’s new two hour-long demo (opens in new tab) kicks off in Demon Ruins, not Undead Asylum. It begins deep within the bowels of the crumbling runic complex, not as you emerge …
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Elden Ring is going to transport you to another world on February 25, 2022. FromSoftware – the studio responsible for more than a few broken controllers in its 35 year history – is building upon the foundations it established with Demon’s Souls, that it iterated on so thoughtfully throughout the …
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Like the Elden Ring itself, the soulslike genre has been shattered – by the very studio that created it. Yet, in taking those shards – pieces of Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro – and forging Elden Ring, FromSoftware has managed to create something that feels entirely new yet …
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