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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 ...
PS4
Death Stranding Review
With only a single E3 attendance under my belt, there are very few games released that I can point to and say, ‘I was there when that was announced’. Thankfully, I was in the audience when Hideo Kojima took to the stage at Play...
Xbox One
The Outer Worlds Review
There’s nothing else quite like jumping into a game, creating your own character and shaping your journey with the choices you make. While the level of impact you have waxes and wanes dependent on the game, I’ve always felt a s...
Switch
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Review
If you went back to the 1990s and told people that Mario and Sonic would eventually co-star in a collection of sports mini-games, how many do you think would believe you? I certainly don’t think it would be many. And yet, here ...
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Blizzard Announced Diablo IV, But Don’t Expect It Anytime Soon
There have been some rumours floating around for the last couple of weeks that Blizzard were planning to announce Diablo IV at Blizzcon this year. Similar rumours abounded last year, before an announcement was reportedly pulled...
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Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Nintendo Switch Review
This review was contributed by freelancer Katie Millard. As an avid fan of all things Ghibli, especially Joe Hisaishi, I was absolutely delighted at the announcement of Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch for PlayStation 3 in ...