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Review: The Survivalists – Surprisingly Light On Danger

At first I was afraid, I was petrified. The Survivalists is not the most enticing title that Team17 could have gone with for this one. Yes, it sets the stage for this follow-up to The Escapists in keeping with its traditional nomenclature, but they really should have front-loaded the monkey butlers, and called the game […]

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Feature: Horace Developers On Die Hard, Britishness, And Finding The Right Genre Label

“Maybe a AAA SNES game?”. The term ‘hidden gem’ is one that, unfortunately, crops up all too frequently these days. With wave upon wave of quality titles hitting digital storefronts every week, more games than ever risk getting carried away by the tide before you’ve had the chance to pick them up. Horace — ostensibly […]

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Kingdom Hearts Director Possibly Teasing Future Switch Project

“I’m sure I’ll be back”. It was only last month the Kingdom Hearts director, Tetsuya Nomura, was saying there were currently “no specific plans” to bring more games in this particular series to the Nintendo Switch, after the release of Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory. At the time, though, he did mention how he still […]

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Review: Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed – Flashy Fighting Ruined By Basic Gameplay And A Lack Of Content

Into the Zoid. This new Switch release takes us on a trip down memory lane to the world of Zoids, Tomy’s massive mechanical animals and their mad human riders who’ve been doing the rounds since all the way back in 1984. Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed, which originally released as Zoids Wild: King of Blast in […]

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Grant Kirkhope’s Goal Is To Compose For Illumination’s Super Mario Movie

“I would pour my entire life and soul into that project”. Legendary video game composer, Grant Kirkhope, recently revealed on the podcast Kiwi Talks that his goal in the immediate future is to compose for Illumination’s CGI Mario Movie – scheduled to make its big-screen debut in 2022. Kirkhope feels he knows Mario enough at […]

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Poll: Box Art Brawl #64 – International Superstar Soccer 98

Fresh blood is coming in… again. Welcome back to Box Art Brawl, the series where we throw two or more regional box art variants into a ring and watch them kick seven shades out of each other in a fight for your vote. Last time we watched Advance Wars: Dual Strike give itself fifteen birthday […]

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The Switch Version Of The Outer Worlds Is Getting A Patch Next Week

Visual changes and more… Since the arrival of The Outer Worlds on the Switch this year, Virtuos and Private Division have been hard at work on a patch to improve the overall experience. It’s expected to lift the quality of the visuals and also the game’s performance. Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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Random: Sakurai’s Cat Is Also Curious About Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

The demon beast appears. Legendary game designer and director of the Super Smash Bros. series, Masahiro Sakurai, has been playing Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit this weekend, and like other cats, his own seems to be equally as intrigued by Nintendo’s latest release. Read the full article on nintendolife.com