Shinto is one of those things that most people who know anything about Japan have some vague concept of, but don’t really know anything about. From experience, they’re also rarely interested and that’s depressing. Tourists in Japan do cheerfully visit Shinto shrines, before mistaking them for Buddhist temples (and vice…
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Given the almost fearsome reputation that Dragon’s Dogma has as a cult favourite (that actually sold better than most people realise), it’s easy to forget that the game wasn’t all that well received at first, and that its Metacritic rating is “only” 78/100. It was a fair analysis however, for…
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The Phoenix Wright trilogy has been available on multiple platforms for years now (since 2012-2013 on iOS), so it’s about darned time that Apollo Justice gets his own trilogy launch. First announced at this year’s Not-E3, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy includes Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (first released for Nintendo…
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As usual, yesterday’s Apple Event was pretty spiffy. Like it does every September, it focused on Apple Watch and iPhones. It’s the iPhones part that’s relevant here though. While showing off the capabilities of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, it was announced that two Resident Evil…
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On June 11, Capcom turned 40 – happy birthday Capcom! A new showcase is definitely the best way to celebrate. It features eight titles of 36 minutes, which is perfect both for the amount shown and the length of the presentation. Capcom has a pretty solid catalogue of titles, so…
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If you haven’t played Resident Evil 4 before, the game follows Raccoon City disaster survivor turned government agent, Leon S. Kennedy, on his mission to [undisclosed Spanish-speaking European country] to rescue Ashley Graham, the daughter of the US President, who has been kidnapped. Leon explores a village, a castle, and…
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Last month, there was a big paid update for Monster Hunter Rise. Titled Sunbreak, added new monsters, quests, weapons, armour, story, and hunts to the base game. Now it’s time for its first update, labelled as Free Title Update 1. This update includes four new monsters, an expansion to the…
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Capcom’s previous retro fighting game compilation, 2018’s Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, was an excellent and loving historical record of Capcom’s most valuable property. Four years later the company has done much the same thing with the Capcom Fighting Collection… but if anything I think this is the superior option…
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I think this is finally it: the last showcase of what a lot of us have dubbed Not-E3. Capcom’s a great one to end with, and the company has promised we’ll see more of Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, Exoprimal, and Resident Evil 4. There may be a surprise or two,…
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Capcom held a Monster Hunter Digital Event today. In it, series producer Ryozo Tsujimoto and director Yoshitake Suzuki showed off loads of new information about Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, the upcoming Monster Hunter Rise expansion pack. That includes a look at the thousand-edged dragon, the Elder Dragon, Switch skills, and…
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