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Dawn of Ragnarok Review

The final DLC has landed for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and it's a big one. Dawn of Ragnarok is available now, and thanks to Ubisoft Canada, I had an early go at the entire experience. Is it worth the price? Is it worth the investment? As someone who loves fantasy worlds and the Assassin's Creed gameplay loop, I would say yes!

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LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga – Building the Galaxy (video)

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is coming out on April 5th, 2022. Not too long now! Here’s a brand new look at the game! Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga will be out very soon. The newest video shows off the huge galaxy that the developers have created for the game. Its pretty amazing! The graphics look great and its looks like we’ll be doing a lot of exploring. The developers highlight some of the many side missions, some…

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More Thoughts From Me Special Edition: Cowabunga! What A State of Play

Playstation had a State of Play video today. You can check it out below and then please come back here for my thoughts on it. Oh dude! COWABUNGA! Before I get to THAT announcement, let me back track a little bit. I admit when I first saw Capcom’s new game, I thought it might be a new Dino Crisis. Yes, I know there were no mechs in the original Dino Crisis, but you never know. Instead it was a brand…

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Fixing Elden Ring and its Unfathomableness

There were no 15 minutes introductory cutscenes. There’s no quest log or diary of recent dialogue. Hell, there isn’t even a Sonic the Hedghog-esque voice actor saying “previously on…” every time I load. I have no idea what’s happening in Elden Ring – and I love it. I mean, hey, I like being beaten over the head with issues as much as the next guy. I’m sure those giants I’ve killed over and over are Somalian pirates or something. Or…

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Martha Is Dead Review

Martha Is Dead is a dark first-person psychological thriller, set in 1944 Italy, that blurs the lines between reality, superstition, and the tragedy of war. As conflict intensifies between German and Allied forces, the desecrated body of a woman is found drowned… Martha! Martha is dead, and her twin sister Giulia, the young daughter of a German soldier, must alone deal with the acute trauma of loss and the fallout from her murder. The hunt for the truth is shrouded…

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State of Play Announced for March 9th

A brand new Playstation State of Play video has been announced for Wednesday, March 9th, 2022. We have some details below. A new State of Play will air at 2 PM PT on March 9th, 2022. It will be 20 minutes long and feature PS4 and PS5 ” first looks and updates, with a special focus on games coming from our Japan publishers.” As a big fan of Japanese games, this makes me pretty excited. I’m hoping that this could…

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Beyond the Horizon: Does Sony need to Shake Things Up?

Horizon appeared. It reviewed very well. It sold pretty well. And it disappeared into the shadow of Elden Ring. Forums throughout the interest are dissecting the new king of the open world to the point of complete joylessness, for better or for worse. And Horizon Forbidden West has had to take a quiet second place. It’s important here to say this isn’t an article about Horizon’s quality, or even about its quality next to Elden Ring. This is an article…

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Social Media (in general) as a 2022 Influencer

Influencers are great - in fact, I've worked to build a brand outside of GamesReviews.com to attempt and achieve that to some extent. But I'm finding more and more that one single person isn't generally convincing me of making a purchase. Instead, I'm finding the growing communities on Twitter - as toxic as it can be - as a driving force behind whether or not I play games. And Elden Ring is a great example of this.

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GRID Legends review

The latest rendition of the long-running GRID racing game series is the first across the finish line during what promises to be a blockbuster year for fans of console racing games. GRID Legends is a solid entry that has more personality than its 2019 predecessor and boasts an interesting story mode to ease players into the game. Some floaty handling and an uncertain online environment are the only things holding GRID Legends back from arcade racing royalty.

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Horizon Forbidden West Review

Horizon Forbidden West continues the story of Aloy half a year later after the events of the Zero Dawn, a young huntress of the Nora tribe sent on a quest to a mysterious frontier spanning Utah to the Pacific coast to find the source of a mysterious plague that kills all it infects. On her journey across the uncharted lands of the Forbidden West, she encounters hostile regions filled with natural threats and ravaged by massive storms, dangerous enemies, and…

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