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“System Shock II 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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“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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[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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