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Octopath Traveler II comes out tomorrow and I still haven’t properly processed how I feel about the first game, even though I played in 2019 so I’m going to do it right now! Vague spoilers for the first Octopath Traveler. Octopath Traveler is a role-playing game where you follow eight…

I remember vividly the first time I was exposed to video games as a curious 6-year-old. I was a member of the Chinese Adoptee Girl Scout organization and was peering over the shoulder of another girl my age playing a Game Boy. My eyes were mesmerized by watching her character…

The battle for Microsoft to complete its acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues, with Sony and the FTC continuing to breathe down their necks, indicating that it could be a bad move for the game industry. …

The Pikmin 4 release date is July 21, 2023, but that still gives you plenty of time to fall in love with this wonderful series before it drops on the Nintendo Switch. The candy-colored visuals. Shigeru Miyamoto rivals Walt Disney when it comes to creating some of the most imaginative and beloved characters…

The game industry can be a fickle place. How fickle, you ask? At one point in time, Mass Effect 3 came out and fans hated the ending so much, they practically demanded that BioWare make a new one more fitting for the series. Like, seriously. You can’t take something at…

Following Three Houses back in 2019, Fire Emblem Engage sees a comforting return to a more familiar formula — and one that, in my opinion, is greatly welcomed. I loved a lot about Three Houses, especially all the intertwining story threads — and of course the vast shipping opportunities. But…

Man, what is it with phantom releases in 2023? First Microsoft comes out of nowhere with the excellent Hi-Fi Rush; and now we have Nintendo hitting one out of the park with a remastered version of its classic Metroid Prime from the GameCube days. It’s totally insane. Like Hi-Fi Rush…