Review by Matt S. If you’re after big action, then Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is the game for you. In fact, that’s all the game is, which actually makes it a little hard for me to write a review about it. Everything I focus on in reviews is backgrounded…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. This week in the week in review! 1) The upcoming Wholesome Games Direct: https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2021/05/the-next-wholesome-games-direct-date.html 2) EA and Ubisoft plans: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1392231459071528962 Sony PS5 Shortages into 2022: https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1391800460554784772 3) Sony has 25 games in development: https://www.gematsu.com/2021/05/sony-interactive-entertainment-has-over-25-ps5-games-in-development 4) Project Zero 2 celebrates 20th anniversary in the worst way: https://www.siliconera.com/fatal-frame-receives-a-face-lift-and-revival-as-a-pachislot-machine/…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. This week in the week in review! 1) Sony and Microsoft enjoy good financial results: https://www.siliconera.com/sonys-game-and-network-services-revenue-totals-25-billion-dollars/ And https://metro.co.uk/2021/04/28/xbox-sales-up-50-as-microsoft-has-best-year-of-sales-ever-14485047/ 2) A lost Castlevania game is re-found: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/04/now-you-can-play-the-cancelled-dreamcast-castlevania-prototype/ 3) A new The Last Of Us has been conceived: https://twitter.com/MattSainsb/status/1387339043185246209 4) SEGA and NFTs. Sigh: https://www.siliconera.com/sega-will-begin-selling-nft-based-on-its-ips/ 5) Citizen Kane…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. “But optimism dribbles away when horror repeats.” I have no idea how good Tim Reed’s novel, Spider from the Well, is, but I came across this quote from that novel when researching Returnal, and I think it’s a perfect encapsulation of that game. Returnal is a…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Sony’s announcement that it was ending support for the PlayStation Stores on PS3, Vita and PSP has re-ignited a discussion about game preservation and archiving; what we can do to help preserve all these works of art from many decades of game development history, and what…
Read MoreImagine if the Louvre Museum in France came out with a statement to the effect of “the Mona Lisa is really old content and it costs too much to continue to preserve. So, since we have newer paintings to show off, we hereby announce that we’re going to throw that…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Activision can screw off. That’s the big bit of news this week after the company announced that it was going to axe 200 people while giving CEO, Bobby Kotick, a bonus of $200 million. I’d say “stop supporting Activision,” but the video game industry does love…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Welcome to our new weekly video feature, where we pick the biggest games stories and social media discussions of the week and quickly share some perspectives on them. This week we look at: Playism digital store to be discontinued: https://twitter.com/gosokkyu/status/1363720201338953729The sad death of Anthem: https://twitter.com/gameinformer/status/1364655623556763657Sony to…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. One of the defining themes of the PlayStation 4 era was the remaster, with developers taking a PlayStation 3 (or even 2) title, massively overhauling the visual engine, and giving players a reason to play a favourite all over again. If the Nioh Collection is anything…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Japan is still the second biggest market for video games in the world. The interests of that market have shifted over time (the Japanese being much more interested in portable gaming are much more invested in mobile and the Switch than home consoles), and…
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