Fascism? Not in my city After writing aboutFinal Fight 2for the SNES, a few people suggested I look more intoFinal Fight 3. Admittedly, it’s been a while since I last played it. Thinking about it, I was probably just out of college when I last went through it with a roommate. It has at least been long enough that I forgot about the enemies that are literally Nazis. Stahlhelm, stielhandgranate, the name “Fritz....
Major technical difficulties This month isPokémon‘s 20th anniversary, which seems like as good an opportunity as any for the development team to share some memories of their time working on the series over the years. Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda has done just that, recalling his time working as a programmer, composer, and sound designer onPokémonRedandGreen. Masuda says during that time his computers were always overheating and breaking down, and while he worked hard to fix them, he still wound up going through three or four machines in his six years developing the original games....
InBaldur’s Gate 3, there are many missable quests and battles that, if given the chance, you should go out of your way to try. As you make your way into Wyrm’s Crossing and the Lower City of Baldur’s Gate, one such questline manifests as a boss battle with Raphael, the devil that has been stalking and harassing you for pretty much the entire game. But there’s a massive difference between wanting to put the beat down on Raphael for being an insufferable creep and actually doing it....
The First Descendantis a hardcore co-op experience, even though you can play all the content on your own, and all fights can be fought with strangers and friends alike. The presence of crossplay allows you to play with your friends without any worry about the platforms being used. Nexon has released their latest title on PC and both generations of Xbox and PlayStation consoles. While crossplay removes several barriers allowing you to play with your friends, there are some additional steps that you have to take....
Other than the Archon, the Invader Archetype is one of the toughest to unlock inRemnant 2. Obtaining the Invader Archetype will involve you going to the final world of the campaign, so there are sure to be some spoilers ahead. The full objective list involved will take you through a large portion of the Morrow Parish in Losomn, essentially finishing the world’s storyline. Then you’ll head to the final world of the campaign, Root Earth....
Because “Canada” sounds like “Kaneda” Today is Canada day. And since “Canada” sounds kind of, sort of like “Kaneda,” the hero of Otomo Katsuhiro’s groundbreaking cyberpunk manga-turned-animeAkira, that’s reason enough for me to put on my favorite red jacket and talk about one of his favorite pieces of media ever… Japanese, Canadian, or otherwise. All aboutAkira: The MovieThe Comic The Games:The Famicom GameThe Amiga GameThe Playstation 2 GameThe Cancelled Sega and Super Nintendo Games...
Here’s how the new map looks I could listen to the music from theNi No Kuniseries all day. It’s whimiscal, beautiful, and sometimes haunting. It’s just a wonderful little series all around, andNi No Kuni 2is one of my most anticipated games ever — the original was one of the few Platinums I actually felt compelled to finish, just because I wanted to find more excuses to play it. And these little clips ofNi No Kuni 2can keep on coming at a drip-fed pace, because they’re all a joy to watch....
It’s an anime, game, and toy line Level-5 is basically the king of “cross-media projects,” and now they have another cool looking property to add to their pile. This one is Megaton Musashi, a mecha game that takes place after 90% of humankind is wiped out from an alien invasion. Survivors have their memories of the event erased, but the past catches up to them, leading three kids to pilot a mech consisting of three robots,Voltronstyle....
Addressing the rumors thatGears of Warwould be coming to the PlayStation 3 in the future, as well as lingering gossip that Epic and Microsoft have bad blood between them, Epic’s Mark Rein recently confirmed that the words of the fishwives were “complete bull****”. “This story is complete bull****. I emailed the site and asked them to take it down. We’re very happy with our relationship with Microsoft. If it weren’t for them Gears wouldn’t be the huge hit it has become....
Turns out the true endgame is cleaning my hotbar Final Fantasy XIVhas no shortage of content. Raids, dungeons, trials, mount farming, or just good ol’ fishing, there’s always something to do. But between every activity, I find the one thing I keep on doing inFinal Fantasy XIVis messing around with the interface. Since starting the game back inDecember, I’ve managed to go fromA Realm Rebornall the way toEndwalker, the most recent expansion....
Time killers Two more classic releases from the glory days of SNK have landed on modern gaming platforms.World Heroes, yet another one-on-one fighter, is being made available for download on Switch, while its sequel,World Heroes 2 Jet, is coming to PS4 and Xbox One. TheWorld Heroesseries, which launched in 1992, has the wacky backstory of a mad doctor gathering fighters from throughout the ages, to ascertain who was the greatest warrior of all time....
Sheila makes an appearance We are just one week away from the launch ofApex LegendsSeason 6, and just the other day we got our first look at thenew playable character, Rampart. While that was a look at the near future with her fighting in the Apex Games, a new video released today displays her recent past, showing the events leading up to her entry into the battle royale. It looks like she has been friendly with Bangalore and Gibraltar for a while, but only after a visit from some cyberpunk assailants does she get the invitation from Blisk....
Get hype, people. Avengers: Infinity Waris barrelling towards us like the damn hulkbuster, and with this new trailer it’s hard not to get goosebumps. This is our best look yet at Thanos in action, and features a heavier dose of Dr. Strange, Spider-Man, and Gamora. What’s insane is that you can still ask where half the prolific cast is, and all of that missing cast would be headliners in any other film....
