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Square Enix Presents Digital Showcase Coming Next Week

Since the Pandemic, a lot of developers have chosen digital showcases over live ones. Sony’s State of Play is an example of a company taking on the Nintendo Direct model. Now, Square Enix is joining the party with a new showcase called…

Surviving Mars Free On Epic, Again

Monday, Aaron spoke of Final Fantasy 7‘s world heading to mobile. I also noted changes to the release of the Watch Dogs: Legion online mode, while Aaron covered Valve’s failure to do to Dota 2 what Blizzard did with Hearthstone. Tuesday, Taylor spoke about a Pokémon sale. Wednesday, I covered Germany’s coming Loot Box…

Bethesda/Microsoft Exclusivity Predictions

When it comes to the now-official ZeniMax acquisition for Microsoft, Bethesda is the real prized goose. The studio publishes some of the most popular games of the past 20 years and has some heavy hitters on the way. Microsoft is clear about…

Doctor Who “The Vampires of Venice” – Review

“Vampires,” slightly crap looking CGI monsters, tall and pretty 20-something White women with pointy teeth and no reflection, along with a time-traveling old man popping out of a cake like a stripper? I am only excited about one of those, and it’s…

Rain on Your Parade Gets Release Date

I think we’ve all heard of that person who has a proverbial rain cloud hanging over them. The Debbie Downer, the Sad Sal, and the Morose Mindy are a few examples, though I made the last two up. Have you ever wanted…

FIFA 21 Hit With Ultimate Team “EAGate” Scandal

In what is oddly the world’s weirdest story to throw my way mid-March, an EA employee has been accused of some form of insider trading. Not on the stock market, that would be too normal for the internet and EA. Instead, it…

Call Me Under (PC) First Impressions

Call Me Under, the forthcoming visual novel from Lunaris Games currently slated for release in 2021, offers an alternately dreamy and unsettling trip through an alternate 1950s. It is centered on the underwater, glass-encased city perhaps aptly named Styx. As a community…

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Square Enix Presents Digital Showcase Coming Next Week

Surviving Mars Free On Epic, Again

Bethesda/Microsoft Exclusivity Predictions

Doctor Who “The Vampires of Venice” – Review

Rain on Your Parade Gets Release Date

FIFA 21 Hit With Ultimate Team “EAGate” Scandal

Call Me Under (PC) First Impressions

The US & EU Approve Microsoft’s ZeniMax Acquisition

Maquette (PS4) Review

Germany Will Slap Loot Boxes With 18 Ratings