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The new visuals in Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg are engaging, and the cute, 3D approach to the characters is an effective match for the game’s tone and theme. As much as I love the more modern visuals of the Ryza games, I felt instantly at home here in Salburg.
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If you want to learn how AEW: Fight Forever stacks up against previous professional wrestling video games, return to Metacritic and click again. If, like me, you’re just an AEW fan who wants to know how fun it can be to become All Elite, let’s talk.
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The Guardian of Light and the Temple of Osiris are not traditional Tomb Raider games, but both feature Lara Croft in puzzle adventures that will remind you (and hopefully a couple multiplayer friends) of what was so special about the original Tomb Raiders.
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ATLUS recently announced that Persona 5 Tactica will be hitting the Switch on November 17, 2023. And today at Anime Expo 2023, they debuted a character trailer for some of the game’s combatants, including someone we haven’t met previously.
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Do you like your platformers hot, tasty, and simmered in retro sauce? If so, you’ll happy to know Ratalaika Games and Sylph have announced that Garlic will be released for Nintendo Switch and other platforms on July 7th.
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Bloober Team knows how to scare us, as evidenced by games such as Layers of Fear and Observer. Now, Switch players can descend into the award-winning psychological horror of The Medium…or rise into it, considering the Switch release is cloud version only.
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie is perhaps the longest denouement in the history of gaming. This entry in the series attempts to tie up two somewhat separate story arcs, and whether it all works depends upon what you want from a JRPG.
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In over six years of the Switch, Nintendo fans haven’t yet been able to play a Tomb Raider game. That’s technically still the case, but as of today, Lara Croft has entered the Switch library via the Lara Croft Collection.
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The first Grinch-centered video game in sixteen years, The Grinch: Christmas Adventures is a colorful, side-scrolling platformer that will allow fans to experience an all new adventure inspired by the classic children’s book, How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
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Outright Games has announced that Baby Shark: Sing & Swim Party—a rhythmic adventure game developed in collaboration with The Pinkfong Company—will be coming to Nintendo Switch and other platforms on September 15th, 2023.
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SEGA has announced a collaboration with Pitbull, with a selection of his songs becoming available as free, day one downloads in the forthcoming Samba de Amigo: Party Central.
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I don’t know if there’s been a game that has challenged my expectations more than Decarnation. This horror puzzler from Shiro Games never stopped going to places I didn’t anticipate, in ways I didn’t expect.
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The Sonic machine keeps rolling along, and now it’s rolling in a more familiar way. SEGA today announced that Sonic Superstars—a new adventure in the popular series—will be available for PC and consoles this fall with the promise to bring “…a new standard of play to classic high-speed 2D Sonic platforming.”
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Gorgeous, hand-drawn graphics are one thing, but whether a Metroidvania works mostly depends upon the quality of exploration and combat. This is where Afterimage shines, provided you’re up for the challenges both present.
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Ready to join the Elite? The House of Black? The Blackpool Combat Club? Makes no difference, really, you just have to be All In when THQ Nordic and YUKE’s arcade wrestling sim AEW: Fight Forever releases for Nintendo Switch on June 29th.
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In what comes as no surprise to anyone who’s ever held a Nintendo Switch, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has become the fastest selling game in franchise history. In just the three days since its May 12th launch, Tears of the Kingdom sold over 10 million units worldwide.
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As with the Future Connected and Torna ~ The Golden Country series expansions, Monolith Soft has provided an absolutely essential addition with Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed. But how much do you need to know before returning to Aionios?
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Tin Hearts sets up numerous environmental puzzles in which you must safely guide a squad of tin soldiers from their box to a predetermined destination. The puzzles are fun, but they come with some annoyances.
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