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“Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles” Review

author image by Michael Fertitta | Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Reviews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 24 Sep 2025

Originally released in 1997, Final Fantasy Tactics is a cult classic from the PS1 era. Deviating from the established traditional JRPG format of the main series up to that point, Tactics allowed millions of players to immerse themselves in the…

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“Baby Steps” Review

author image by Chris Selogy | PC PlayStation 5 Reviews | 0 Comments | 23 Sep 2025

Baby Steps is a wild game that makes more sense when you realize who made it. This game is the result of the work of its three main developers Bennett Foddy, Gabe Cuzzillo, and Maxi Boch. They’ve worked together and…

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“Blippo+” Review

author image by Filippo Dinolfo | Nintendo Switch PC PlayDate Reviews Steam | 0 Comments | 23 Sep 2025

When Blippo+ came up in our staff Discord as possibly available for review, I had never heard of it. I checked out the trailer. It took about half an hour for my brain to recover from the short circuit. To…

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“Towa and the Guardians Of the Sacred Tree” Review

author image by Brandon Perkins | PC PlayStation 5 Reviews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 22 Sep 2025

Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery. I love Hades. I sadly didn’t get around to playing it until a couple of years ago when I received my Xbox Series S as a Christmas gift. Talk about a…

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“Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch 2 PC PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Reviews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 18 Sep 2025

If you were looking for a review of Sonic Racing that doesn’t talk about Mario Kart, sorry. We just got it out of the way in the first sentence. That failure aside, there is no single game that we’ve covered…

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“Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch 2 PC PlayStation 5 Reviews | 0 Comments | 17 Sep 2025

When Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter was first shown as part of a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase (and never again) last summer, Trails fans lost their minds. The fandom has good reason to be obsessive. We’re a part of…

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“Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection” Review

author image by Kayla Merritt | Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 5 Reviews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 16 Sep 2025

All games deserve to be treated with dignity and respect instead of being relegated to meme fodder. Bubsy in: The Perfect Collection is a strong example of treating a series with a certain weight to it, as if it belongs in the…

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“LEGO Voyagers” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 5 Reviews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 15 Sep 2025

When Annapurna first unveiled LEGO Voyagers at Summer Game Fest this year, I was beyond intrigued, but unfortunately it wasn’t in a playable state. Since then, it kind of fell off my radar, but I jumped as soon as we…

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[PAX West 2025] “Little Nightmares III” Multiplayer Hands-On

author image by Myles Obenza | Events PAX West Previews | 0 Comments | 10 Sep 2025

Little Nightmares broke the platforming mold with the original game’s release in 2017. It expertly blended 2D and 3D platforming with horror elements, with developer Tarsier Studios releasing some DLC, a mobile entry, and a full on sequel over the…

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[PAX West 2025] “Pokémon Legends: Z-A” Hands-On

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch 2 PAX West Previews | 0 Comments | 08 Sep 2025

Despite some technical issues, Pokémon Legends Arceus represented the most exciting and meaningful changes to the Pokémon formula. Now it’s back in a post-modern setting, and after the 20-or-so minutes we had to play of it at PAX West, there’s…

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[PAX West 2025] “Kirby Air Riders” Hands-On

author image by Danreb Victorio | Events Nintendo Switch 2 PAX West Previews | 0 Comments | 06 Sep 2025

The renaissance the pink puff ball has enjoyed with the popularity of the Switch is absolutely nothing to sneeze at, but there was never a point in time in which I thought this would result in the creation of Kirby…

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“Madden NFL 26” Review

author image by Chris Selogy | Nintendo Switch 2 PC PlayStation 5 Reviews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 06 Sep 2025

My experience with the Madden series has been up and down for the past 20 years as they changed for the worse after their great PS2 generation run; and I only really played the series on Xbox 360 and PS3…

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