Month: November 2022

Ah, the simple addition of the word ‘Tactics’ to the end of a title. With those seven letters, you can get me handing over wodges of cash, with a nostalgic warmth in my belly. Who knew that one word could have so much power?  ‘Tactics’ is gaming shorthand for a turn-based RPG. But more than
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Xbox Series X one-minute review The Xbox Series X wasn’t an essential purchase at launch, but Microsoft’s powerhouse console has come a long way since then It’s always been a fantastic piece of hardware, just one that needed a few extra improvements to justify its price tag. Until recently, the Xbox Series X has been
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Romance has never been Bethesda’s strong suit, from Skyrim‘s barebones marriage system to Fallout 4‘s bonus-XP-granting fade-to-black cutscenes. Starfield will be a little more nuanced than that, suggests executive producer Todd Howard, offering more complex romance options than Fallout’s. That’s just one detail from a nearly 3 hour-long interview Howard gave on the Lex Fridman
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Marvel’s Midnight Suns reviewed on PC by Dan Stapleton. Also available on Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch. “With Marvel’s Midnight Suns, Firaxis has put itself in the league of RPG developers like BioWare, Obsidian, Bethesda, and Larian. Its innovative combat takes a bit to get going, but once it does it makes excellent use of
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Ever hear someone say that there’s nothing new in the world? Turns out – that guy was wrong. Divine Knockout introduces a whole new genre of game: the 3rd-person platform fighter. Imagine a familiar side-scrolling platform fighter, but spin the camera on the Z axis. Suddenly you’ll find yourself jumping, dashing, and smashing your friends
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One of my favorite things about watching superheroes duke it out is when someone gets smacked so hard they fly backwards and crash through solid walls, explode tanker trucks, or slam into their friends. It’s an awesome demonstration of just how strong these godlike characters are supposed to be, and it’s always a disappointment when
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Nintendo debuted the second trailer for the sublime-looking Super Mario Bros Movie animated movie from Illumination to the delight of fans fans yesterday during a special Super Mario Bros Movie Nintendo Direct presentation. Today, Giant Bomb journalist and streamer, Jeff Gerstmann, has reiterated that he has heard that the Super Mario Bros Movie movie is
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Nintendo and animation studio Illumination shared the latest trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie today. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto was on hand to introduce the new trailer; Anya Taylor-Joy (who is playing Princess Peach) and Seth Rogan (who voices Donkey Kong) also shared selfie videos of themselves sharing their contractually obligated excitement about participating in the
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Each week Sony brings PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR, and PlayStation Plus owners new content, add-ons, games, and more. Here is the complete global PlayStation Store update. PlayStation LifeStyle catalogs the PlayStation Store updates for the major regions across the globe. Check back every Tuesday to keep up to date with each week’s PlayStation
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