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China’s next big game is wowing fans with its high gloss action

Blood Message is the first narrative-driven game in development by NetEase, the Chinese publisher behind hits like Marvel Rivals and Naraka: Bladepoint, and it’s swinging for the fences based on its first moody trailer. The game is a third-person action-adventure game that has a hint of Uncharted meets Assassin’s Creed, which is another way of […]

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Rooftops & Alleys could be the next big parkour game, but it trips over its own feet

I went into Rooftops & Alleys: The Parkour Game expecting to love it from the jump. Mirror’s Edge and Assassin’s Creed — some of the best parkour games of all time — dominated my formative years. And since Rooftops & Alleys has the same stylish flair as Mirror’s Edge, albeit with a stylish trick-focused twist,

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Capcom Spotlight will provide a closer look at Resident Evil 9, Monster Hunter Wilds, and Pragmata

Capcom has announced its upcoming games showcase, Capcom Spotlight, which will take place next Thursday, June 26. The announcement was released alongside a short teaser trailer, giving Capcom fans a brief glimpse of the games they can expect to see at the showcase. Scheduled to last roughly 40 minutes, the live-streamed event will be showing

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Sifu developer’s new game Rematch launches without crossplay, studio apologizes

Sifu developer Sloclap launched its new soccer title Rematch on Thursday, but the arcade-style soccer game has kicked off without crossplay, limiting players to their own platforms. As Rematch is an online, team-based experience, it’s only natural for players to expect crossplay to team up with their friends across platforms, but the functionality will not

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Fortnite’s new mode is perfect for iPhone and terrible for Apple

It’s been a long, protracted journey for Fortnite’s return to iPhone, as developer Epic Games fought for the right to offer consumers more options on how to spend their money in-game (and make more money in the process). For five years, the world’s biggest game disappeared from its its most popular platform in an unprecedented

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The cuts in Final Fantasy Tactics remake might not be what we want, but they are what we need

The announcement of Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles came as a surprise to me (I saw the signs though), although the possibility of other titles from this classic JRPG series receiving a modern treatment looked likely after the success of Final Fantasy VII Remake. In a recent interview, the game director Kazutoyo Maehiro explained

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The Solo Leveling video game makes you feel like Jinwoo — then the grind kicks in

[Ed. note: This review contains minor spoilers for Solo Leveling anime.] From the moment the demo for Solo Leveling: Arise Overdrive recreates JinWoo’s Awakening from the manhwa and anime, it’s clear the team at Netmarble Neo is doing everything it can to make players feel like the iconic protagonist. And in some ways, the game

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