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Lollipop Chainsaw Repop, the upcoming remaster ofSuda51’s character action classic, will now launch a few days earlier than planned. It’s releasing digitally for all platforms on September 12, with thelimited edition physical version to follow a couple of weeks later. Great news for the most part, and it will be incredible to play this game without having to dish out silly amounts of money for a rare copy. But will the experience even be the same?...

Summary 2023 was a mammoth year for video games,mathematically the best in two decades, and featured two true heavyweights going for GOTY in the form ofBaldur’s Gate 3andTears of the Kingdom. That’s the most impressive one-two punch since 2020, whenThe Last of Us Part 2beatHades, or 2018 whenGod of WarbeatRed Dead Redemption 2. What all three of those years have in common is that the game generally thought to be in third place was also very good, but fell short of the generation-defining quality of the gold and silver pair....

Summary In my hands-off preview forMouse: PI For HireatGamescom, the elephant in the room was quickly addressed. With developer Fumi Games opening by telling me the game’s initial inspiration came fromDisneyfied BioShock fan art by Redditor Liz the Biz, there was no attempt to run from the many comparisons Mouse has drawn in its short but bright time in the spotlight. This is Mouse’s charm - it’s a unique cocktail of familiar ingredients....

Summary Nintendohas been content with the performance of the Nintendo Switch for a number of years now, and has been sitting on the system’s successor for so long that the Switch recentlybroke the record for the longest time period between Nintendo home console launches. A lot of that is reportedly due to a mixture of impressive sales and Nintendo being worried about potentially screwing up its sustained success, but fans have been getting antsy about a new console for quite a while....

Summary No Man’s Skyhas a rich and varied universe full of exciting planets to put your stamp on, butmost of these are completely alien. You find scorched red dunes, lumiscent teal and purple tropicanas, and green-tinged marshes with muddy brown water. Odds are then that you won’t have seen anywhere that reminds you of home. And yet one player has found a planet that isn’t just blue and green, but even has continents that look strikingly like South America and Africa....

Summary No Man’s Skydoesa lotof things right. Player freedom and exploration are right at the top of that list, but allowing for creativity isn’t far behind it. The release of theWorlds Part 1 updatehas exemplified this, withmajor changes to basesand thecreation of a citythat wouldn’t look out of place inCyberpunk 2077. The latest player creation mayjusttop that, though. Asshared on Reddit, somebody has created a full-sizedMario Kart-style racetrack that actually works....

Summary Bandai Namco’s marketing director seems to have accidentally revealed that characters from the originalDragon Ballseries will be playable inDragon Ball: Sparking Zero. From the moment Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero was first revealed, fans were hit with the bombshell that itwas somehow going to have even more fighters than Budokai Tenkaichi 3. Granted, it’s only three more characters overall, but it still stands as the largest roster the series has ever seen and possibly out of any fighting game ever....

Summary If I had to rank every generation ofPokemon, I’d have Gen 4 somewhere near the bottom. Yet it, along with Gen 5 (which I’d have near the top), did something that Pokemon has struggled to get right since, or has maybe never even tried. Gyms should feel part of the town, and as Pokemon continues to drift through the motions of doing the same old, same old, it’s a shame it can’t even repeat the good stuff as well as it should....

Summary Despite being a fan-made mod,Fallout: Londonis a fully fleshed-out Fallout game in its own right, and that means there are a plethora of different factions to join or interact with throughout the world. These factions span a range of ideologies, visions for the world, and legality. Some may appeal to the more criminally inclined, where others are defined by a sense of order. Whatever your views, you’ll run into friends and foes both on your journey through the ruins of London....

Amazon’s Prime Daysales are going strong and if you’re looking to dive back into the game or give your adventure some fun new twists, you may pick up a few of these books to spice up your player’s travels since they’re up to, and sometimes even more, than 50% off. Some of theseDungeons & Dragonsbooks are full adventures for your players to embark on, while others go into detail about the world and the monsters that inhabit them....

Summary Rhythm gameTaiko No Tatsujin: Rhythm Festivalhas been onNintendo Switchsince 2022, and it’s finally time for other platforms to join the party. Well, almost.Bandai Namcohas revealed Rhythm Festival is coming toPS5,Xbox Series X|S, andPCon July 20, 2025, and it will be bringing drum controllers along with it forPlayStationandXbox. Don’t worry PC gamers, both of the console-specific drum controllers will be compatible with the PC version of the game. Games like Rhythm Festival are fun when using a regular controller, but even more fun when using a controller recreation of the instrument you’re playing in the game....

Summary Now, before I get into this, I do have a caveat: If you happen to be a showrunner looking for a journeyman writer for a comedy program that already exists,yourshow is better thanThank Goodness You’re Here. In fact, your show is the best show ever made and it makes me laugh really hard when your characters interact in a way that contrasts their personalities. I also like money a lot and I can move around some things in my schedule to get even more of said dough....

Summary The magical girl genre inanimeis full of popular shows that have had a profound impact on the medium. Each story follows a girl or group of girls who gain magical powers and must stop evil. These stories often feature dazzling transformations that show the change from the mundane to the magical. With so many magical girl anime to choose from, which ones are truly the best? You have your traditional cutesy magical girl shows, as well as others that test the limits of the genre with darker content and more thought-provoking themes....