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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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“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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“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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“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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[PAX West 2025] “Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake” Hands-On

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch 2 PAX West PC PlayStation 5 Previews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 04 Sep 2025

Last year’s release of Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake was absolutely superb. I know this because I’m actually still playing it, and that familiarity (on top of my fandom for the series) is one of the biggest reasons why my…

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[PAX West 2025] “Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles” Hands-On

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch 2 PC PlayStation 5 Previews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 03 Sep 2025

Confession time: While I’ve always been a huge fan of Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy Tactics is a blindspot for me, and it’s not for lack of trying. I own all sorts of different versions of this game, from the black-labeled…

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[PAX West 2025] “Octopath Traveler 0” Hands-On

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch 2 PAX West PlayStation 5 Previews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 03 Sep 2025

During the last Nintendo Direct, Square Enix pulled a fast one on us when the “one more thing” was an awesome-looking HD-2D RPG, but it wasn’t what anybody thought it was. It was an action game called The Adventures of…

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“Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds” Open Network Test Impressions

author image by Michael Fertitta | Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch 2 PC PlayStation 5 Previews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 02 Sep 2025

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a fantastic arcade kart racer. In true blue hedgehog fashion, players are greeted with a high-octane racer that doesn’t waste a second of the player’s time when it comes to chasing for first place. The high…

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“Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds” Preview

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch 2 PC PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Previews Xbox One Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 26 Aug 2025

Sonic Team and Sega really seem to be pulling out all the stops to make Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds more than just an alternative to Mario Kart. We recently got invited by Sega to play another hour with the game. While…

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“Shinobi: Art of Vengeance” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 5 Reviews Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 25 Aug 2025

As a Genesis kid, I grew up with Shinobi. So when a new game was teased at The Game Awards two years ago, I raised an eyebrow, thought about its potential awesomeness, and forgot about it. Then I finally saw…

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