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Birdcage is a stylish, tough, frenetic bullet hell “sword action shooting game” inspired by anime and ’90s arcade classics

For a myriad of reasons, I can't really write any particular profane curse words here, but an approximation of my feelings on Birdcage, an anime as hell, "sword action shooting game", it would be something like, "this game is so ******* sick, like what the ****, how the **** can ...
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One of the few Nintendo DS horror games is making its seasonally approrpiate debut on PC later this month

The Nintendo Dual Screen! Or Nintendo DS, as it was actually known. There's a console that has practically no relevance to this site, except for right now, because of a game called Dementium: The Ward. For those that haven't heard of it, this is one of the incredibly few horror ...
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‘You’re Too Good for Camo’ – Battlefield 6 Players Can’t Help But Poke Fun at ‘Absurd’ Orange Recon Skin

Battlefield 6 is giving fans some of the most cinematic FPS action they’ve seen in years, but one of its hard-to-reach Recon skins has the community in stitches.Die-hard fans of military shooters like Call of Duty and Battlefield have spent the last few years arguing about what place — if ...
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Feature: “We Have Absolutely No Intention Of Neglecting Her” – Persona 3 Reload Devs On FeMC And Porting To Switch 2

"The porting process to the Switch 2 turned out to be unexpectedly smooth".I’ve been dreaming of a Persona 3 Reload port for Nintendo’s hybrid hardware long before the Switch 2 was even revealed. Having played through its lengthy campaign on my Xbox over the span of a month, I wished ...
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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 hands-on report, out Oct 21

As the night draws near, the fangs come out and the darkest of deceptions begins. From its tabletop roots, to its transition into visual novels and action role-playing games, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 raises the stakes in the popular series. I got to explore a sinister Seattle in ...
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Pokémon Legends: Z-A Review

The Nintendo Switch-era has been a frustrating one for Pokemon fans. The evolutionary line from Sword and Shield, to Pokemon Legends: Arceus, to Scarlet and Violet was one of slow but steady progress as Game Freak refined its ideas for how capturing, exploring, and battling should look in a fully ...
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Marathon’s playtest wasn’t great for Bungie, but Arc Raiders’ design director says it was a “great A/B test” for them

There should have been two major extraction shooters launching in the last quarter of this year. One of them is Arc Raiders, which is in fact coming out later this month. The other is Marathon, which, well, you know. Interestingly, though, with both games hosting tests earlier in the year, ...
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The Simpsons Hit & Run Gets Eye-Catching Futurama Mod — And Even The Original Game’s Lead Designer is Impressed

An impressive new mod for The Simpsons Hit & Run has rebuilt the game to instead feature Futurama, catching the attention of the cult classic's original lead designer.Futurama Hit & Run, as the mod is called, is available now in demo form as a free download — you'll just need ...
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Legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu retains said status by explaining why AI music doesn’t work

Though I deeply wish for it to not be the case, unfortunately the reality you and I find ourselves in is one where AI is being forced into every single crevice the worst corporations you know can fit it in to. It hasn't completely dominated any of the arts just ...
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Nintendo’s Trademarking ‘Virtual Console’ Again, But Don’t Get Your Hopes Up

Virtual dreams.It's time to talk trademarks again, as Nintendo of America has had a new filing for 'Virtual Console' bumped up to the pending phase. But let's be clear right from the jump, it probably doesn't mean what you're thinking.As brought to our attention by @MikeOdysseyYT on X, the trademark ...
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