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The latest in the wildly successful franchise set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, Baldur's Gate 3 was just recently released via Early Access. While expansions and enhanced editions of previous games have continued trickling in, fans of the Baldur's Gate series have been waiting the better part of two decades for a new full release in the franchise. Although it is still in Early Access, Baldur's Gate 3 is available for purchase and play on Steam, Stadia and Galaxy of Games as of October 6th, 2020. How will this latest installment find its place in one of ...

Whatever happened to the brawler genre? One day, every game was a brawler, and the next it was gone. It had become retro, with new content consigned to stylised sequels like the incredible Streets of Rage 4. 9 Monkeys of Shaolin is an attempt to bring those old titles back in something feeling a little fresher – and it mostly succeeds. But not just that. 9 Monkeys of Shaolin is a perfect combination of genre and theme, bringing back kung-fu…

I am a huge Kingdom Hearts fan! I loved Kingdom Hearts 3 and I’ve played most of the other games. So when Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory was announced for the Nintendo Switch, I was excited. I’m not a big rhythm game fan but this is Kingdom Hearts! I love the music in those games! So I’m willing to give this game a chance. Thankfully, we will all get a chance to check it out today! A demo of Kingdom…

The first Oceanhorn was an slightly overhead Zelda influenced game. It was well put together and a really good game. And now Oceanhorn 2 is on the way to Nintendo Switch eshop and its very different from the first one! We have more information about the game and some thoughts on it below. Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm will be available on the Nintendo Switch on October 28th. It will cost €29.99/$29.99/£29.99. The game will be available for…

Recently, I checked out the Mass Effect Andromeda demo. I had never played this Mass Effect before. I didn’t know at first that I had just downloaded the whole game and I had a ten hour trial to check it out! And so I played the game for about 7 hours and I have some thoughts on Mass Effect Andromeda! I have played the first couple of Mass Effect games. I liked the first one more because it was much…

A long time ago, I played an Ys game on the SNES. I thought it was okay. Then more recently, I played a demo of a recent Ys and thought it was not too good. So I’m not an Ys fan but I am open to the series. One of my favorite youtubers, Happy Console Gamer, is a huge fan and I trust his opinion. And when I was offered a review copy of Ys Origin for Nintendo Switch, I…

The InkyPen Comics app on the Nintendo Switch has added a bunch of horror comics. Let me tell you all about it below. I love the InkyPen Comics app on the Nintendo Switch. I love comics and its just so cool to get to read them on my Switch. The comic reader is pretty good too! And guess what? InkyPen Comics has added horror comics just in time for Halloween! Let me just geek out about the fact that Locke…

Are you interested in Overwatch but have never bought it? Are you a Nintendo Switch Online User? If you said yes to both, you are in luck! Nintendo is going to offer a free trial of the full version of Overwatch this month. Overwatch, the full version, will be available to play for free from 10/13 to 10/20. You just have to be a Nintendo Switch Online user! I tried Overwatch once and thought it was okay. I think I…

Nintendo announced that there will be a new Treehouse Live tomorrow. It will features Pikmin 3 Deluxe and Hyrule Warriors! We have more information below. A new Nintendo Treehouse Live will stream tomorrow, Wednesday October 7th, 2020, at 10:00 am PT! The Treehouse will feature features Pikmin 3 Deluxe and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. There will be a “deep dive and a new stage” shown for Pikmin 3 Deluxe “and gameplay details” for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. I’m…

Now and then a game comes out that you know you’re going to love. And when it finally releases, it’s even better than you’d hoped. Supergiant Games’ most recent release, Hades, is exactly that kind of game for me. It takes some of my favorite parts of past Supergiant games, improves on them, and adds my favorite roguelike implementation in any game. I adore each of the developer’s games and count Transistor and Bastion in-particular among my favorite games ever.…