Can you fit a Guardians of the Galaxy shaped peg into a Square (Enix) shaped hole? Ben Wincote fills us in on all the news AND CHAOS at Square’s E3 showing this year.
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13 Games (and Other Things) Worth Checking Out From the Itch.io Bundle for Palestinian Aid
Over 1000 is an intimidating number of anything. But over 1000 video games, tabletop games, art pieces and apps, we’re going to need some help figuring out what to check out. Thankfully Joshua is here to tell us about some of the hidden gems in the Indie Bundle for Palestinian Aid so many of us bought on Itch.io.
PRIDE 2021: A Brief History of Modern Trans Characters in Games
We have come a long way for the region dependant, uncertain and offensive portrayal of Poison in Street Fighter II but there is still a long way to go. As part of our month of LGBTQAI+ articles this Pride, Natalie Raine looks at eight important trans characters in modern games - from the good, to the yikes, to the “it’s complicated”.
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Here's a Rundown of Everything At The Microsoft/Bethesda E3 Showcase [13/06/2021]
Soviet nightmares, rat-waves and John Halo, oh my! You could argue there were too many games at Microsoft and Bethesda E3 showcase this year. Good thing Natalie Raine is here to break down everything shown.
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Here’s a Rundown of Everything Shown at Ubisoft Forward [12/06/2021]
Despite the biggest announcement leaking out Ubisoft Forward before the show, there was still plenty of interesting games to talk about. However, Ollie is mainly just disappointed by the company’s awful practices.
Elden Ring Trailer Breakdown (And Why Everyone Has Been Clamouring For it For Two Years)
So people seem really into that Elden Ring, huh? Good thing Harry Boulton is here to break down everything (and explain just why everyone is losing it over this game)!
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Here’s a Rundown of Everything Show at The Summer Games Fest Kick-off Livestream [10/06/2021]
*slaps Geoff Keighley’s head* This baby can fit so damn many video game announcements in it. Ollie breaks down everything shown at the Summer Games Fest kick-off livestream.
As Graphics Improve Unrealistic Beauty Standards and Sexism Become More Clear
Horizon Forbidden West looks incredible. However, some gamers had a bad take they had to share. Once all was said and done though Louise Chase has come to feel this is indicative of a much more pervasive problem in video games.
Review | Mayhem in Single Valley
Zombies, monsters and umbrella gliders, OH MY! Mayhem in Single Valley is a striking new indie game from a small team and Marley Hannan is here to let us know if the game lives up to its good looks.
Review | Touhou Hyouibana: Antinomy Of Common Flowers
Anime fighters can be hard to follow, so it is a good thing that Touhou Hyouibana: Antinomy Of Common Flowers is simplifying things by… making it a bullet hell game too? Jessica Reyes joins us for the first time to let us know if this genre mash-up succeeds.
Update Patch | May 2021
E3 is upon us! But before that, we have a month’s worth of news to untangle and Alex Green is here to do it.
PRIDE 2021: Mass Effect and the Effects of Retroactive Representation
Bioware has a long track history of changing parts of its story games and Jamie A. Nicholas joins us to explain why he is disappointed they didn’t go further in the most recent remaster.
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Everything That Happened During (Not) E3 [24/07/2021 - 30/07/2021]
Technically E3 hasn’t even started yet but Ollie is already here to fill you in on all the (not) E3 News from last week.
Review | Ashwalkers: A Survival Journey
So 2020 was pretty bad, but things could be worse. You could be trapped in a monochrome wasteland like the survivors in Ashwalkers: A Survival Journey. We welcome Joshua Jarrett to the site to review it.
Review | Resident Evil Village
Head empty. Lady tall.
But is the game surrounding everyone’s favourite vampire any good? Matthew John McCormick is here to let us know.
Update Patch | April 2021
Just because no video games are coming out doesn’t mean that there wasn’t a load of news this April. Alex Green breaks the biggest stories of the month down.
𝖢̶𝗅̶𝖺̶𝗌̶𝗌̶𝗂̶𝖼̶ Comeback - Games of 2011 | Duke Nukem: Forever's Damming Identity
It’s been ten years since Duke Nukem: Forever came and that means it has been 24 years since it was first announced. Matthew John McCormick looks back to see if we gave it too hard of a time… Spoilers, we were way too kind.
What the Batman/Fortnite Comic Reveals About Fortnite
HOLY MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CO-MARKETING OPPORTUNITY BATMAN! TIM SWEENEY HAS WRITTEN A FORTNITE COMIC STARING YOU! It’s a good thing that local video game journalist Marley Hannan is on hand to explain just what the heck going on.
Classic Comeback - Games of 2011 | Batman: Arkham City
It has been ten years since Arkham City came out, which also means it has also been ten years since my short-lived “Batman is the coolest person ever” phase. Matthew Lanceley is back on startmenu to tell you why it is still so damn good.
Classic Comeback - Games of 2011 | Deus Ex: Human Revolution
We could make a joke about not asking for this piece celebrating Human Revolutions 10th birthday… but we did. Chris Jackson joins us to tell us why the game is still worth playing.