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While I remember the limits of rhythm games were once offerings like DanceDanceRevolution and its various clones in arcades and later on PC and consoles, in recent years, developers have been taking the rhythm genre into different areas. One...

Let’s be up front and honest. There is absolutely no shortage of anime-style action gacha games out there. A bad launch has the potential to kill a game out of the gate, and even an average title with moderate...

As someone who turned 11 years old and was thoroughly disappointed that they didn't receive their letter to Hogwarts, the appeal of any game that transports players to a magical school environment is understandable. While several games have been...

While some small-scale life simulation games have come and gone over the past decades, anyone looking for a meaty experience that allows them to dedicate months, if not years, to fleshing out their neighbourhoods or cities has had only...

The life simulation genre offers unique flexibility: it can be as expansive or as constrained as the developer desires, allowing players to take on the role of a benevolent or sadistic god with their digital characters, or explore a...

There is by no means a shortage of games revolving around the Harry Potter series, and the wider Wizarding World franchise. Almost 15 years since the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, in addition to a wide range...

When the studio first released Genshin Impact in 2020, HoYoverse set a new standard of what a AAA mobile game could be. While unable to set itself free from the shackles of F2P mobile game tropes such as limited currencies and...

More than a decade after the Nintendo DS game The World Ends With You launched on store shelves, we find ourselves now less than a month away from its long-awaited sequel - NEO: The World Ends With You. Rather than maintain the...

After competition between Sony and Microsoft for many years now around their respective gaming console brands, this ninth generation of gaming consoles has seen the competitors deviate into their unique approaches. The Xbox Series X|S very much feels like...

A few months behind schedule due to COVID-19, Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers Patch 5.3: Reflections in Crystal is now live on all servers. While some content will be rolled out in the coming weeks and months, included were many of the staple odd-numbered patch staples, along with some new initiatives and system improvements.

A few weeks ago, Square Enix released the second major patch to coincide with their mid-2019 release of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers which launched on Windows PC, Mac and PlayStation 4 platforms. As with 5.1, there were a few clear intentions...

Most video games set in a dystopic past tend to pitch players as a rebel, using their combat abilities to serve the public good, or alternatively, lead humanity into wrack and ruin based upon their decisions or indecision. Recently...