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Microsoft Drops More Xbox Series X Details
Since we got our first glimpse of the Xbox Series X and the vague promises of ‘8 times the power of the Xbox One’, I’ve been waiting for Xbox to release more concrete details on the power contained within the ...
PS4
Dreams Review
It’s been so long since Dreams was announced that, at times, it felt like its announcement back in 2013 was a dream. We’ve gone an entire console generation, almost exactly seven years, since Media Molecule revealed the game/cr...
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State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition Announced
When I originally played and reviewed State of Decay 2, I found a game that was filled with engrossing systems and moment to moment gameplay, but was riddled with bugs, jank and some grainy graphics. It was the type of game tha...
Switch
Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl – Gold Review
I’ve long held a love for niche and obscure Japanese RPGs. In fact, I originally imported a US Nintendo 3DS at launch for the sole purpose of avoiding the sorts of delays we had previously been subjected to with Atlus games. So...
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Rocket Chainsaw’s Top 11 Games of the Decade
It’s incredible to think that we’ve come to the end of another decade of video games. While the 2000s saw the death of SEGA’s console division and the birth of the Xbox, this decade has been a little quieter. We’ve seen the ris...
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Final Fantasy VII Remake Delayed To April
Were you eagerly awaiting the release of Final Fantasy VII Remake in March? So were we, and now the wait will be a little bit longer after Square-Enix announces overnight that the game would be delayed to April 10 to allow the ...
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Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass Announced
With the release of Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield for the Nintendo Switch, we wondered what aspects of modern design Gamefreak would implement. With the release we saw a large, open area and higher quality graphics, but now ...
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Nintendo Teasing Something Splatoon Related
We’ve been in 2020 for less than a full day, but Nintendo have started the year running with an innocent at first glance New Year’s message that hides a teaser for something Splatoon related. The New Year’s me...
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Rocket Chainsaw’s 2019 Game of the Year Awards
As 2019 draws to a close — not only on the year, but also on a decade of gaming — we wanted to take a break from the hectic holiday period to recognise our favourite games of 2019. What initially seemed like it could be a weake...
Switch
Pokemon Shield Review
My first experience with playing Pokémon on a TV was putting my copy of Pokémon Red in my friend’s SNES Gameboy Adaptor. It was fun, but the pixels were stretched and it didn’t quite have the same magic as it did on my Gameboy ...