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It has been over a year since Microsoft announced its intention to buy Activision. And it’s been a long year. Well, this week may well be the beginning of the end. Here’s where we are now. The FTC in America has opposed the deal, in a move that shocked analysts and fans. In an effort to reel-in Big Tech, the body created its own “high-end” gaming market that excluded PC and inadvertently turned the Nintendo Switch into a monopoly of…

Ubisoft seems to be in the news a lot lately, from plunging stock values, delays of Skull and Bones again, and now the semi-flawed release of their newest title OddBallers. Now let me start all this off by saying Ubisoft is one of my absolutely favorite developer/publisher teams out there. I am a massive fan of Watchdogs, Far Cry, The Division, Etc etc. I think they get a lot of heat for putting out many good, not GREAT, games. Does…

Hogwarts Legacy will be out for the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X/S next week! An official launch trailer was released today. Please check it out and then come back here for our thoughts on the game. Hogwarts Legacy continues to look amazing. In the official launch trailer, we get more of a glimpse at the game’s story. A new student comes to Hogwarts as a fifth year student and gets into lots of trouble. We see a dragon, a…

Today reports have hit saying that Halo is having something of a reboot. It’ll change engines, staff have been laid off and focus is more on multiplayer for now, rather than additional single player content. That’s according to Bloomberg. And while job layoffs are never a good thing, a deeper look at the future of Halo definitely is. And I say that as someone that thoroughly enjoyed Halo Infinite for a little while there. It’s not that it isn’t good,…

Goldeneye is still the incredible game we always knew it was. That confirmation, as if confirmation was needed, came with its re-release on Xbox and Switch this week. But with every re-release, there comes the shocked voices of those who miss the obvious. Old games are old. There aren’t quality of life features. The controls are a little more complicated than they need to be. The textures look like someone threw up in gravel and smeared them on the walls.…

Last night, GoldenEye 007 launched early for the Nintendo Switch and Game Pass. I checked out both versions and have thoughts on them below. Full disclosure: I never had an Nintendo 64. I played some 64 games back in the day in stores and the rest of the N64 games I’ve played have been on the Wii, Wii U, and Switch. And so… I had never played GoldenEye 007 before. I’d seen the movie. I’d seen footage of the game.…

Disney Dreamlight Valley, the simulation game with Disney characters, will have even more free updates in 2023. A roadmap for early 2023 content has been revealed. You can check it out below and get our thoughts on what it all means! Disney Dreamlight Valley’s early 2023 content looks fantastic! Let’s unpack the roadmap above: February: Mirabel Madrigal, the main character of Encanto, will be coming to Disney Dreamlight Valley in February. Thats not all though. They said two characters will…

Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life has a release date! Check out the announcement trailer below along with our thoughts on the game! Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life will be coming to the Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series S/X, PS5, and PC on June 27th! The game is a remake of Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life, which was on the PS2 and Gamecube. I played a Wonderful Life both on the PS2 and Gamecube. I remember liking the Cube version…

With all the talk about The Last of Us, and the popularity of “film-like” games, it’s got me to thinking. When is a game a game? What basic elements of interactivity create something that just can’t be chopped up and placed into another medium? Ironically, the game that made me start thinking of this was Telling Lies. On the surface, it’s about as filmic as you can get. You scrub through actual video, clicking words in the subtitles to find…

Thunderful Games announced the next game in the Steamworld series today. That game is Steamworld Build! Check out the announcement video below and then come back here for our thoughts on the game. Steamworld Build is the next game in the Steamworld series! I was shocked. I love that Thunderful Games is willing to do different things with the Steamworld games. And the next game is a city builder! Wow. Its so cool looking. In Steamworld Build, you are building…