Category: Platforms

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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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[SGF 2025] “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2” Hands-On

author image by Adriana Rodriguez | PC PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Previews Summer Game Fest Xbox One Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 15 Jun 2025

I had the power of Tanjiro Kamado and anime on my side last week, thanks to SEGA bringing Demon Slayer: -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 as a part of their Summer Game Fest lineup. Announced at the end…

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[SGF 2025] “Lumines Arise” Hands-On

author image by Danreb Victorio | PC PlayStation 5 Previews Summer Game Fest | 0 Comments | 14 Jun 2025

It may not have as well known a name as Tetris, but if you mention Lumines around a crowd of gamers, you’ll probably get a head nod from all of them. It’s just one of those puzzle games that doesn’t…

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[SGF 2025] “Shinobi: Art of Vengeance” Hands-On

author image by Danreb Victorio | PC PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Previews Summer Game Fest Xbox One Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 13 Jun 2025

As a ‘90’s gamer who chose the Genesis over the Super Nintendo in my childhood because black is cooler than gray and Sonic was cooler than Mario, you can bet I was over the moon when Shinobi: Art of Vengeance…

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[SGF 2025] “Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds” Hands-On

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Previews Xbox One Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 12 Jun 2025

Looking back at the Summer Game Fest Showcase, while there were all sorts of awesome-looking video games, only one of them really made me pop with excitement, and it was because we saw that Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds would really be…

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[SGF 2025] “Mixtape” Hands-On

author image by Danreb Victorio | PlayStation 5 Previews Summer Game Fest Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 12 Jun 2025

Just as much as any genre in media, video games can be all about the vibes, and that’s exactly what I got when I first saw Mixtape during the Day of the Devs Showcase during SGF this year. That said,…

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[SGF 2025] “LEGO Party” Hands-On

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Previews Summer Game Fest Xbox One Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 12 Jun 2025

Oscar Wilde once said “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery….” In the gaming industry, that’s definitely true. In fact, imitation is probably the biggest thing that creates competition. At the same time, creativity can get the best of game…

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[SGF 2025] First Look – “Code Vein II”

author image by Danreb Victorio | PC PlayStation 5 Previews Summer Game Fest Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 12 Jun 2025

Press invited to Summer Game Fest knew that Bandai Namco would be showing something new at the show, and at least amongst journalists, conjecture was all over the place for whatever this “unannounced action RPG” would be. Once we walked…

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[SGF 2025] “Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree” Hands-On

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch PlayStation 5 Previews Summer Game Fest Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 12 Jun 2025

One of the more exciting aspects of covering a marquee gaming event like Summer Game Fest: Play Days is that sometimes you’ll be signing up for appointments that you don’t actually know about. This is exactly what happened with both…

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