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Pokemon Unite is a solid MOBA-style game that serves as a gateway to the MOBA genre while also showing off the diverse abilities and personalities of Pokemon. The MOBA genre is one of the most popular video game formats in the world, with millions of players either participating in or watching games like League of...
The Ascent’s got plenty of exciting building blocks propping up its foundation. It’s a twin-stick shooter set in a sprawling cyberpunk landscape with promises of hordes of loot for players to acquire from chests, missions, and the remains of their inventories. Too often, however, the game’s more frustrating moments get in the way of the...
In today’s gaming landscape, there’s no shortage of love letters to classic console RPGs. From indie titles to triple-A projects like Bravely Default II, games of all sizes try to recapture the magic of sitting down in front of a CRT screen with a SNES controller to embark on an epic adventure. While these efforts...
Dynasty Warriors might be Koei Tecmo and Omega Force’s flagship action franchise, but through the years we have gotten to see different variations of the central 1 vs. 1,000 formula with not only anime and video game franchises like One Piece, Mobile Suit Gundam, and The Legend of Zelda, but with its own spinoff franchises...
Ace Attorney fans in North America have had a very long wait, but it’s finally at an end thanks to The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, a new title from Capcom. The compilation includes The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures and The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve in one package for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC....
Last Stop does a superb job of subverting within the first few minutes pretty much any expectations one might hold about the game even if you’ve glimpsed some of the previews and trailers. While it does fall into some tropey tendencies from time to time, its three stories largely hold their own by being completely...
Narrative can be a powerful tool when allowed to flourish, and Armature Studios took that to heart with its latest release Where the Heart Leads, a game that captures moments in time, the grander picture of how lives intertwine, and how the trajectory of those lives can be shifted by the smallest of decisions. We’ve...
EA’s popular F1 racing game franchise has returned for a brand new installment in 2021, and its launch couldn’t come at a better time. The recent release of next-gen consoles gives the series the chance to utilize better technology than ever before. Meanwhile, Formula 1 has exploded in popularity over the past couple of years,...
In 2016, Capcom released Monster Hunter Stories on Nintendo 3DS, a JRPG using elements from the publisher’s Monster Hunter franchise. Five years later, Capcom has delivered a sequel on PC and Nintendo Switch. While the two games take place in the same world and feature some connective tissue, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin...
Square Enix delivered the first chapter in what many expected to be a lifelong pipe dream with Final Fantasy VII Remake, though it’s going to be a bit before we get the next main chapter in the story. There is something to help tide over fans, though, in the form of Final Fantasy VII Remake:...
