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PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for September
It’s another month, so we have another batch of “free” games for Playstation Plus Subscribers. First off one of the worst kept secrets over the last month is Saint’s Row: Experience the biggest and best Saints Row playground ever created. The unique sprawling world of Santo Ileso is the backdrop for a wild, larger than life sandbox of thrilling side hustles, criminal ventures and blockbuster missions, as you shoot, drive and wingsuit your way to the top. Take over the…
Articles, News 1 year ago
EA SPORTS NHL 24 Releases Official Gameplay Trailer and Deep Dive Video
It’s almost time to lace up your skates and do your best FLYING V! Time for your best knuckle pucks and triple dekes! QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK, while I am still waiting for EA to pump out a Mighty Ducks Edition or DLC for NHL 24, they haven’t announced it yet, but they did announce some stuff today ahead of NHL 24’s release this October. EA SPORTS has revealed more details about all of the exciting updates coming to NHL…
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BORN OF BREAD – Release window trailer
Born of Bread, the upcoming Paper Mario inspired indie title, has an update release window! Check out the new trailer for the game below. Born of Bread will be coming to the Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox Series, and PC this Fall! Its been delayed a little so that the developer can polish the game more. This game looks incredible and I’m glad they are taking the extra time to make sure its awesome. And its still coming out this year!…
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PSA: You Can Download Starfield
With a tantalisingly small amount of time left until Starfield is in our grubby little mitts, it’s a good idea to take a look at an extremely helpful but often overlooked Xbox feature. You can pre-install the game to your console or PC via the Xbox app right now, with the pre-install for Steam coming this week too. But you’re also able to do this on console if you don’t own the game yet. The full install can be put…
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16 IS The Ultimate Final Fantasy
I know, I know – I can already hear the comments. But bear with me, because I really do believe it’s true. Final Fantasy 16 is the ultimate Final Fantasy experience. And I think it’s only going to get better from here. If you’re after a stat-driven turn-based RPG, I can imagine you’re rolling your eyes around now. But that’s never been what Final Fantasy is. Yes, it’s the mode that it was delivered. But it’s the way that many,…
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Denuvo Slinks Onto Switch
Because the Switch has so much excess processing power, Nintendo has approved “gaming security solution” Denuvo to appear on the console. The software is best known as the bane of PC gamers’ lives. It requires authentication to work, and often lowers performance. Neither of these things are good on PC, but, if they work in a similar way, will kill the Switch experience. That’s if the full Denuvo experience is brought to Nintendo consoles – including the Switch 2 when…
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Wild Card: Ubisoft Enters Acti/Xbox Merger
In what will hopefully be the final surprise twist in the wild Activision/Microsoft Merger – Ubisoft will control the cloud rights to Activision Blizzard games for the next 15 years. Nobody saw it coming, but early this morning the companies involved made the announcement. Ubisoft will offer all classic and new Activision games for the next 15 years through Ubisoft+. They will also be able to license out the games to other streaming companies, including Microsoft. This has led to…
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I’m Playing the Original Fallout (And It Hurts)
When the original Fallout came out in 1997, I was not even close to being able to play it. And multiple attempts in the years since have proven fruitless. Why? Various reasons. When I was a teenager, I guess it was down to the fact that it was just too damn dense to hold my attention. Things aren’t obvious, and that isn’t a good thing. Even today, hours into the experience, I’m still noticing buttons and finding new ways of…
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Disney Lorcana was called Project Famous During Production, Ryan Miller Speaks!
GenCon 2023 has come and gone, but one of the highlights of my weekend was interviewing Disney Lorcana designer Ryan Miller. During our 20 minute interview, Ryan and I chatted about how Lorcana came to be, some of his favourite cards, and what the actual targeted demographic was for the game (hint, it wasn’t kids!) You can watch the entire video below, but I will post some of the highlights as well! Disney Lorcana was code named Project Famous during…
Articles, News 1 year ago
The Lord of the Rings Adventure Book Game
Our good friends at Ravensburger North America sent over the Lord of the Rings: Adventure Book Game while I was away at GenCon, and of course my son Lochlan hopped into it as soon as he could. Let’s take a quick look at how the game plays, and provide some thoughts on the experience as a whole! The Adventure Begins – How to Play In Lord of the Rings: Adventure Book Game, players will work together to complete chapters of…