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Check Out Our Favorite Cosplay From Colossalcon 2024
1.10.2024
The concept of Colassalcon immediately sold me at “swimsuit Comic-Con,” and it had me for life after I got a look at all the incredible cosplay at the event. The Texas-based con took place this August, spread out across three days at the Kalahari Resorts in Round Rock. As such, most of the costumes...
Yoko Taro Shows The Right Way To Do A Remake In NieR: Automata Ver1.1a’s Stunning Finale
30.9.2024
There was never a world in which NieR: Automata Ver1.1.a ended in a predictable way. The anime adaptation of the 2017 action RPG from Yoko Taro and PlatinumGames has continuously deviated from the expected narrative since it began airing in 2023. Over 24 episodes, Ver1.1a offered a gripping...
Massive Tokyo Game Show Steam Sale Slashes Prices On Capcom And Square Enix Titles
17.9.2024
Next weekend, a number of big-name publishers will be attending Tokyo Game Show 2024. The annual event will showcase a host of previously announced and new games to fans. To give everybody a chance to enjoy some of the celebrations, several of the publishers making announcements at TGS are also...
The Very Best Indie Games To Play This Summer
15.8.2024
It’s been a great year for indie games. While the first two-thirds of the year in AAA were dominated by RPGs and Helldivers 2, 2024 in indies has been a great excuse to get weird. We’ve seen legally distinct militarized Pokémon, a roguelite road trip through haunted Oregon, the most addictive card...
The Nier: Automata Anime Is Back And Still The Most Impressive Game Adaptation Around
10.7.2024
In January 2023, one of the best video game adaptations made to date premiered on TV. A week later HBO’s The Last of Us also premiered. The live-action prestige series based on the critically acclaimed Naughty Dog game of the same name overshadowed a more interesting game adaptation in the form...
Should You Side With Apsaras or Leanan Sidhe In Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance?
9.7.2024
In the first major zone of Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, you’ll encounter your first sidequest with a branching outcome. You’ll (most likely) first see Apsaras, surrounded by demons kneeling before her. According to her, she wants to protect these demons by forcing them to acknowledge their...
Night Springs Is The Perfect Follow-Up To Alan Wake 2
9.7.2024
How does a developer follow up a game like 2023’s Alan Wake 2? How do you follow a survival horror game steeped in meta-textual commentary on art and its own troubled road to release, with incredibly bold themes and genre-bending moments that earned it several major game awards? If you...
How To Defeat Matador In Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
14.6.2024
Matador has an infamous reputation in the Shin Megami Tensei canon, and Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance is no exception. As the first boss in the Return of the True Demon sidequest, Matador can and will wipe the floor with you if you challenge him unprepared. Though Matador was a challenge in...
Should You Take The Girl's Hand In Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance?
14.6.2024
One of the most impactful decisions you’ll make in Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance comes right at the start of the game. Standing at a literal crossroads, you see a girl suspended in the air. Ominous voices explain that she will lead the world into chaos and ruin, and if you take her hand, you will...
10 Hopes And Predictions For Summer Game Fest
4.6.2024
It’s almost time for this year’s not-E3, Summer Game Fest. Geoff Keighley’s annual World Premierathon, and several ostensibly unrelated events orbit it, pile vast mountains of gaming news upon us. For a breakdown of everything going down in the next week, check out this handy dandy guide for when...
The Kingdom Hearts Games, Ranked From Worst To Best
22.5.2024
The Kingdom Hearts franchise is finally coming to Steam next month (most of it is, at least), and now people who don’t like the Epic Games Store will be able to see Sora, Donald, and Goofy’s story from start to finish. But like any long-running franchise, the series has had its high points and...
NieR Devs' New Mystery Game Is Definitely NieR 3, Right?
15.5.2024
If it walks like a duck, sounds like a duck, and has previously developed extremely popular duck-based video games, then it’s fairly safe to say it’s a duck. NieR series producer Yosuke Saito, NieR series director and writer Yoko Taro, and NieR series composer Keiichi Okabe are all working on a...
Hey Atlus, Let Us Upgrade To Definitive Editions
30.4.2024
The video game industry has habitually repackaged things and put them on store shelves. Remakes and remasters are one side of the conversation, but Atlus, it seems, prefers to release “enhanced editions” like Persona 5 Royal and now Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance. These add new content and major...
Stellar Blade Combat Tips To Become The Best (And Prettiest) Sword Swinger
17.4.2024
Stellar Blade, the PS5’s upcoming action game where you get to play as a cute lady (feels good, right?), has had a demo out since March 29. Perhaps you’ve been playing it? Whether you’ve been enjoying it or found it too cumbersome at first, it’s always a good idea to brush up on some basics again....
Yoko Taro Explains Why He Envies Stellar Blade And Its Director
16.4.2024
The similarities between Nier: Automata and Shift Up’s upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive, Stellar Blade, are evident—and not just because the former inspired the latter. Both games center women piecing together a world at its collapse, which makes the two sisters of a sort. And as it does between...
The 17 Best Video Game Movies And Shows
12.4.2024
Video-game adaptations have a reputation for being bad. This is partially because there’s an inherent disconnect between an interactive medium and a passive one. Consider also, however, that many of the bad ones were made by one guy in the 2000s. Now, brands are more precious about who they give...
Nier Reincarnation’s Final Chapter Is Out Now, Don’t Miss It
29.3.2024
A little over three years after its launch, Nier Reincarnation has finally released its final story chapter. The mobile gacha game set in the Drakengard and Nier universe created by Yoko Taro will be shutting down on April 29 of this year, so fans only have a short amount of time to see...
New South Park Game Is About As Fun As Reading A Phone Book
27.3.2024
About halfway through the first mission in South Park: Snow Day, I found myself pausing the game and checking my phone as I desperately looked for entertainment. That’s what we professional and very serious critics call: Not a good sign. Read more
Did Yoko Taro Just Tease Nier 3? Not Really
26.2.2024
It’s been just over seven years since the release of action RPG Nier: Automata took the world by storm and familiarized a wider audience with series creator Yoko Taro. Since its 2017 launch, Nier: Automata has remained a constant presence, from its 2022 anime adaptation, to a 2019 crossover with...
Persona 3, Silent Hill, And More Of The Week's Hottest Takes
4.2.2024
In case you haven’t heard, Persona 3 Reload is out, and it’s awfully darn good. Whether you’re a longtime series die-hard or just hopped on the bandwagon after Persona 5, there’s a lot to sink your teeth into here. But not every game left us feeling quite so satisfied this week. Read on for...