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“System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster” Review

author image by Brandon Perkins | Console Nintendo Switch PC Platforms PlayStation 5 Reviews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 26 Jul 2025

Picture it: It’s 1999, and PC games are going freaking insane. Consoles still hadn’t managed to catch up to computers in the data department, nor had they embraced the genius of double-stick controls so the mouse/keyboard combo still reigned supreme….

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“Shadow Labyrinth” Review

author image by Myles Obenza | Nintendo Switch 2 Reviews | 0 Comments | 17 Jul 2025

Last year, if you told me that Prime Video’s Secret Lair episode “PAC-MAN: Circle” would actually as serve as the secret prequel to a dark, post apocalyptic Pac-Man Metroidvania from Bandai Namco, I would have said… Yeah, that makes sense.

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“HITMAN World of Assassination: Signature Edition” Review

author image by Chris Selogy | Nintendo Switch 2 Reviews | 0 Comments | 16 Jul 2025

Nintendo fans finally get a proper chance to enjoy one of the funniest games in recent memory. With the Switch 2’s launch lineup being light on new games, it’s up to publishers and developers with good ports to help fill…

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“Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch 2 Reviews | 0 Comments | 10 Jul 2025

Console launches are funny business. While they’ve somewhat always signified the start of a new console generation, at the end of the day, a large chunk of the money for these products comes from FOMO. Whether it’s just being the…

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“Tamagotchi Plaza” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch 2 Reviews | 0 Comments | 10 Jul 2025

It’s amazing still seeing relevance in the Tamagotchi brand. I’m unsure whether it’s because of nostalgia or the fact that collaborations with other IPs possibly gave the virtual pet makers some renewed relevance, but it’s definitely a brand I’ve come…

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“Ruffy and the Riverside” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | PC PlayStation 5 Reviews Xbox One Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 06 Jul 2025

In the late ’90s going into the early 2000s, your studio just wasn’t cool unless you had a mascot platformer. It wasn’t just all about Mario and Sonic. In addition to your Crash Bandicoots, you had your Banjos, your Gexes,…

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“Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | PC PlayStation 5 Reviews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 06 Jul 2025

As soon as it was announced, I was extremely looking forward to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Aside from the Switch 2’s eventual release, Expedition 33 was my most anticipated game of the year. It was also the game I covered…

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[SGF 2025] “Yooka Replayee” Hands-On

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch 2 PC PlayStation 5 Previews Summer Game Fest Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 20 Jun 2025

This was an appointment I don’t know why I made at Summer Game Fest, as I very well could’ve done without it. Let me come clean. I was one of the backers of the original release of Yooka-Laylee having been…

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[SGF 2025] “Ratatan” Hands-On

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Previews Summer Game Fest Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 19 Jun 2025

As someone that had a lot of good moments with the PSP, I’ve always loved Patapon. Whether it was with its initial release or its remaster nearly a decade later, my memories of cute little critters yelling “pata-pata-pata-PON” are good…

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[SGF 2025] “Marvel Cosmic Invasion” Hands-On

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Previews Summer Game Fest Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 18 Jun 2025

Since I was a Genesis kid in my early formative years as a gamer, sidescrolling beat-em-ups–no matter how good or bad–were essential to me. Whether it was Streets of Rage or Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie, beat-em-ups were part…

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“Street Fighter 6 (Switch 2)” Review

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Nintendo Switch 2 Reviews | 0 Comments | 16 Jun 2025

With Virtua Fighter 5 REVO waiting in the wings with a yet-unannounced release date, and Soul Calibur II sitting there on the NSO GameCube app right from launch, Street Fighter 6 is the centerpiece of the best start a Nintendo console has ever had for fighting games.

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[SGF 2025] “Dosa Divas: One Last Meal” Hands-On

author image by Danreb Victorio | PC PlayStation 5 Previews Steam Summer Game Fest Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 16 Jun 2025

Dosa Divas was one of the SGF Play Days appointments I was most looking forward to as I finalized SmashPad’s schedule. Developed by Outerloop Games, known for last year’s unique and stylish Thirsty Suitors, Dosa Divas looks like another winner…

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