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Forget Avengers happened – Guardians of the Galaxy looks incredibly promising

14 6 月, 2021 Alex Donaldson 0

The newest game from Deus Ex studio Eidos Montreal is an all-new take on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy – and it already looks way better than Avengers. Watch on YouTubeNow, I know what you’re thinking – uh-oh, Square Enix is doing another Marvel game after Avengers turned out to be a bit of a […]

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s new PS5 Yuffie DLC episode isn’t essential, but it is damn good fun

10 6 月, 2021 Alex Donaldson 0

Yuffie’s new adventure is a fun romp, though only existing fans need apply. Watch on YouTubePeople talk a big game about the cast of the original Final Fantasy 7. As they should; the cast is excellent. But one of the best-developed members of the cast is Yuffie – who quietly builds out a unique and […]

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Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti review: more expensive, but moderately more powerful

9 6 月, 2021 Alex Donaldson 0

Nvidia’s slightly souped-up 3070 offers modest improvements that match well to the price increase – making it a great 1440p-to-4K crossover card.While the summer mess of video game announcements is happening all around us in lieu of a proper singular unifying physical event, one thing that hasn’t been materially impacted by the ongoing worldwide situation […]

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Mass Effect: Legendary Edition has reminded me of the pain of glitched achievements

3 6 月, 2021 Alex Donaldson 0

Is there anything worse than a glitched achievement? As I replay the trilogy in Mass Effect Legendary Edition, I’m doing something I haven’t really done in earnest for a long time: achievement hunting. Watch on YouTubeBack in the Xbox 360 era, I was more serious about this whole activity. I would regularly pick up 1000 […]

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Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti review: a beastly but costly new flagship GPU for 4K gaming

2 6 月, 2021 Alex Donaldson 0

Nvidia’s impressive new ‘gaming flagship’ is almost as powerful as its top-line multimedia card – but it has a cost to match.Watch on YouTubeBack in September of last year, I hailed the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 as the moment that 4K, ray-traced, 60fps gaming finally hit an affordable price – but for some, there was […]

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Humankind is a delightfully complicated, full-fat 4X strategy – even though its devs want to “kill micromanagement”

2 6 月, 2021 Alex Donaldson 0

The 4X strategy genre thrives on complexity – but the latest challenger in the genre wants to reduce tedious micromanagement.Watch on YouTubeThe last time I played Humankind, the new Civilization-like 4X game from Amplitude Studios and Sega, I described it as “complex, clever, and more unique than you might think”. Back then, in a more […]

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Game Builder Garage teaches the Nintendo way of making games in a clever, deceptively simple way

27 5 月, 2021 Alex Donaldson 0

The structure of Nintendo’s Game Builder Garage is fascinating, and might be its greatest asset in teaching newcomers to make games. Watch on YouTubeThe game itself is easy enough to describe; it’s a suite of tools to allow players to create their own rudimentary video games using only their Nintendo Switch and their imagination. There’s […]

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade: watch new PS5 performance mode gameplay here

26 5 月, 2021 Alex Donaldson 0

Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s big PS5 update is mere weeks away – so here’s a look at it running in performance mode.Watch on YouTubeWhile the next full part of the story might be a way off, fans of FF7 at least have a little bit of all-new content this year in the form of Final […]

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Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne HD Remaster is a decent re-release of a stone-cold JRPG classic

25 5 月, 2021 Alex Donaldson 0

While I’d argue it wasn’t quite as good as the PS1 or SNES, it’s fair to say that the PlayStation 2 was a killer console for Japanese RPGs. Watch on YouTubeThere’s endless classics – and undoubtedly many will first think of the console’s two single-player Final Fantasy games, a great Dragon Quest, a pair of […]

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If you’ve ever loved a visual novel game, you owe it to yourself to play Famicom Detective Club

24 5 月, 2021 Alex Donaldson 0

Nintendo’s Switch remake of these historically significant visual novels is well worth your time. Watch on YouTubeWhat was the first visual novel game you really fell in love with? For some it might be Konami’s Snatcher or Policenauts. Many in the West got into the genre with the Nintendo DS thanks to games like Ace […]

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