SEGA Gives A Behind-The-Scenes Look At Its New London Office

Ping pong! Pool table! Boardroom!

Sega has posted a video showcasing its brand-new London office in Chiswick Business Park, and cor blimey, it looks really nice.

The roughly one-minute long video takes us through the reception area (with a lovely-looking main desk, we might add) before swooping through what looks like a recreation/dining area, a few meeting rooms, the main boardroom, and a digital gallery area.

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‘Castle Of Heart: Retold’ Revamps The Soulslike Platformer For Switch 2

Mostly ‘armless?

Polish developer 7Levels has announced that it’s bringing its 2018 platformer, Castle of Heart, back to your Switch screens this summer (plus other platforms – and Switch 2, at some TBA time), with a revamped version of its Slavic mythology-inspired dark fantasy adventure.

We reviewed the original back in March of 2018, calling it “a stern challenge to those who don’t mind repeatedly playing the same level over and over before finally beating it and moving on.” That sounds like this writer, alright.

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Random: Check Out This Enormous LEGO Animal Crossing Island With Hidden Treasure

Everything is actually awesome.

You may or may not be aware that Bricks Cascade 2025, a celebration of all things LEGO, took place recently over in Portland’s Oregon Convention Center. Of course, these days, LEGO goes hand in hand with iconic Nintendo characters and game franchises, such as Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

In fact, the two go so well together that this year’s winner of Brick Cascade’s’ People’s Choice Runner Up’ award was the creator of a huge -. and incredibly detailed — LEGO 42 Acre Isle. Constructed by master builder extraordinaire Becky Clapshaw, this enormous model features tons of hidden details to get lost in for fans of the franchise (which, thanks to a certain pandemic, means everyone).

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Review: SoulCalibur II (GameCube) – One Of The Best Fighters Ever, Playable Oh-So-Soon On Switch 2

If you’re eager to die, then that’s fine by me!

With Nintendo Switch 2 bringing a selection of GameCube classics to Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack subscribers very soon, we looked into our back catalogue of retro reviews and found we didn’t have one for one of the best fighting games ever created…until now. Enjoy!


Soulcalibur II, of all the games in this mighty series, was the one that really cemented it in our minds as a franchise to have sat alongside the likes of Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tekken and the very best fighters of its era. And any other era, let’s face it.

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What’s on your bookshelf?: Civilization, Old World, and Offworld Trading Company’s Soren Johnson

Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week – our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! I am still cross-referencing my way through Blood Meridian, both incredibly vivid prose-poetic alchemy of the profound and harrowingly mundane, and also a bit like if a bible ate a pulp paperback then shat out a second, stupider bible with at least twice the people getting severed dicks shoved in their mouths. I love literature so much.

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Opinion: Not Enough People Are Talking About This Early GOTY Contender

Centennial masterpiece.

Warning: This article delves into spoiler territory for The Hundred Line – Last Defense Academy. If you’ve yet to play the game and want to go in blind, we recommend you come back at another time…

I’m not a fan of tactical RPGs… is what I would have told you before I played The Hundred Line – Last Defense Academy. Heck, I’m still not sure I would call myself a ‘fan’ of the genre, necessarily; one game perhaps isn’t enough to sway me that much. The Hundred Line, though..? Yeah, I’m a fan of The Hundred Line.

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Poll: Box Art Brawl – Duel: Kirby’s Star Stacker (Game Boy)

Kirb your enthusiasm.

We are back, back, back with another edition of Box Art Brawl!

It was a biggie last time, with a pair of F-Zero X covers facing off against each other. That’s not to say it was a close-fought competition, mind you. The character-focused Japanese cover walked away with a comfortable win, taking 84% of the vote and leaving Europe/North America in the dust with the remaining 16%. Yikes.

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Codemasters Says It Will Look At Switch 2 And See If It’s A “Good Fit” For F1 Games

But it has nothing to reveal right now.

Switch 2 is going to be packing a lot more horsepower under the hood and it’s already attracted certain third-party franchises from Electronic Arts that have been skipping Nintendo platforms for years. With this in mind, Codemasters is considering if the new hybrid system could be a “good fit” for its Formula One series.

Speaking to the sim racing website Traxion recently, F1 25‘s creative director Gavin Cooper mentioned how his team needs “some smart people” to look at the new Nintendo system and see what it can “actually do” and whether it’s “actually a good fit” for the F1 video game experience.

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Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Switch Update Detailed

Fixes for Switch version delayed.

: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time arrives on the Switch next week and ahead of release Level-5 is rolling out an early access update on select platforms, bumping the game up to Version 1.1.1.

This will be slightly different on the Switch front – with Version 1.1.0 apparently reflecting “some of the contents of this update” on 22nd May (JST). The version that reflects “most” of the content will be released in the future as Version 1.2.0.

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Zenless Zone Zero version 2.0 is coming next month with a new city, 3D platforming and management minigames, and more

Almost a year on from its initial release, Zenless Zone Zero version 2.0 has been announced, slated for release next month on June 6th. There’s a lot coming in this new update, namely a new area to head to, the Waifei Peninsula, a “remote yet vibrant district of New Eridu.” The story follows on from where the Sacrifice crisis was left off in previous chapters, seeing you “uncover the hidden secrets of Phaethon and experience new Hollow exploration gameplay that harnesses the forces of Ether.”

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