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Magical Delicacy Impressions
Magical Delicacy isn’t your typical culinary experience. This charming indie title throws a dash of platforming into the mix, creating a unique concoction that’s both sweet and surprisingly challenging. Here’s a closer look at what this whimsical game has to offer, bite by delicious bite. The moment you step into Grat, the whimsical world of Magical Delicacy, you’re greeted by a visual treat. The pixel art is bursting with color and detail, bringing the quaint town and its quirky inhabitants…
LEGO x FORTNITE Sets officially announced.
At this point it’s been well established I’m a sucker for LEGO, I am also a sucker for Fortnite, so I was very excited to FINALLY see these officially unveiled. I will likely be picking up all of these except the Peely Bones, but these are VERY well done, especially the battlebus. LEGO® Fortnite Durrr Burger (SKU 77070) Age – 9+ The model measures: 4.5 in. (11 cm) high, 3.5 in. (8 cm) wide and 3.5 in. (9 cm)…
Turtle Beach Stealth Ultra Review
“It feels a bit cheap.” Our first reaction to the Turtle Beach Stealth Ultra was not a good one. In fact, you can count our second reaction to that as well. From there, it has seriously grown on us. Search Google and you’ll find a seemingly endless list of articles and videos declaring this controller an Xbox Elite killer. Well, my Xbox Elite killed itself. I didn’t need gimmicks, I needed a solid device for PC gaming. So obviously I…
Dungeons of Hinterberg Is Out on Xbox Now
Dungeons of Hinterberg is available now on the Xbox Series X/S. Check out the launch trailer for the game and our early thoughts on it. Dungeons of Hinterberg is available now on the Xbox Series X/S. Yesterday, we received an early review code for the game. I’ve been playing it and…so far…its really awesome! I love the game’s beautiful cel-shaded graphics and its gameplay has me hooked. The game’s story is about a woman works in a law office who…
Believe: The Xbox Elite Really DOES Break Easy
Look up a list of great controllers for PC gaming and Microsoft’s Elite 2 will come up more often than not. And those articles are correct: it’s a great controller. That is, it’s a great controller with one giant caveat. From the moment I cracked it open, I felt I was playing with something special. Heavy, sturdy to the touch, and easily customisable, it felt like a really decent piece of kit. And it was. Until it wasn’t. That is…
Is It Time for Nintendo Achievements?
Overnight, Retroachievements launched its Gamecube support. More than 100 classic Nintendo games now support achievements when emulated, and thousands of fans turned out in support. When I woke up this morning, nearly 100 people were playing Super Mario Sunshine. Dozens more were playing other big hitters like Mario Kart: Double Dash and Super Smash Bros. Melee. I would expect those records to be broken again this evening, as more people get involved and the temporary teething issues of last night…
Let’s School First Impressions
I don’t often dive into video game reviews anymore since GamesReviews got deep into the board game space, but every once in a while, a game crosses my desk that I just really want to play. Let’s School was that kind of game. Most interestingly, I was curious to see how this would compare to the popular Two Point Campus, an already heavily established game and franchise on console, with a similar theme. Thankfully, Let’s School treks out on its…
Esports officially now an Olympic Event
The world of competitive gaming is about to get even bigger. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced a landmark partnership with Saudi Arabia to host the first-ever Olympic Esports Games in 2025. This move marks a significant step in the growing recognition of esports as a legitimate sporting competition. While esports has been featured in trial events like the 2023 Olympic Esports Series, this upcoming event will be the first with official Olympic status. The 12-year deal between the…
Crash Bandicoot 5: Unmade Game Revealed by Former Developer
News broke today that a new Crash Bandicoot game, unofficially titled “Crash Bandicoot 5,” was in development but ultimately cancelled. This revelation came from artist Nicholas Kole, previously with Toys for Bob, while discussing another cancelled project he’d been working on. Fans initially believed the scrapped project, codenamed “Project Dragon,” might have been a new Spyro game. However, Kole clarified it wasn’t Spyro-related and wasn’t being developed at Toys for Bob. He then surprised everyone by mentioning the cancelled Crash…
Gaming Disorder? The Problem Runs Much Deeper
Gaming disorder has been in the press again. Not fully understood or even accepted as real by some, every so often there’s a spate of discussion. This has been going on for over a decade. This time, it’s this piece that has started the discussion. It’s interesting and sympathetic, and I’m not going to go to hard in on the piece itself because those experiences happened. Like anything that takes very specific individual cases from a much larger hobby that’s…