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For a series as huge as My Hero Academia, its video game history has always felt a little lighter than you might expect. The anime and manga have been absolute juggernauts for years now, pulling in massive audiences across the globe, inspiring endless merch, movies, and spin-offs. And yet, when it comes to console games, the lineup has been fairly … Read More

When the original Code Vein launched back in 2019, it immediately stood out. Here was a souls-like drenched in anime aesthetics, leaning hard into character drama and flashy combat rather than the bleak minimalism the genre is usually known for. It was a bold swing, and while it didn’t land perfectly for everyone, it carved out a passionate fanbase. Now, … Read More

The highly anticipated follow up to the medieval RPG, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is just around the corner. It’s been almost 7 years since the release of the last game, and it’s immediately clear that the team at Warhorse Studios have spent this time making every component of the sequel bigger and better. After spending about 8 hours with the game, … Read More

Growing up as a massive fan of the works of Akira Toriyama, likely thanks to watching Dragon Ball every day for around 10 years, playing Chrono Trigger and playing every Dragon Quest entry I could get my hand’s on, I was already sold on Sand Land even before I played it. Being familiar with the source material I knew that … Read More

The Final Fantasy series is one of gaming’s most long running series and up to this point has already spanned numerous generations and is undoubtedly a bigger franchise right now than its ever been. Amongst the franchises many entries, it’s widely accepted that Final Fantasy 7 is one of the most popular and is definitely the deepest explored, with that … Read More

Despite having created games since the mid 90’s, developers FromSoftware really shot into mainstream popularity and became a household name amongst gamers during the 2010’s primarily from the success of their Souls series of games. You may or may not know though, that alongside the grim dark high fantasy titles the company are most known for, they’ve also released many … Read More

Last week I got to go hands on with the upcoming One Piece Odyssey, developed by ILCA, the game is a celebration of One Piece’s 25th anniversary and combines the incredible world and characters of Eiichiro Oda’s long running manga and melds them with some very fitting JRPG mechanics to create a game I’m very much looking forward to spending … Read More

The latest entry in one of gaming’s greatest survival horror franchises is mere weeks away, and based on what I’ve seen so far of Resident Evil Village I can be certain of a few things. 1. The game looks absolutely gorgeous, 2. It’s taking it’s survival horror roots to places the franchise hasn’t seen before and 3. I can’t wait … Read More

Earlier this week I got the opportunity to head to PlayStation Australia and go hands on with the upcoming game from PixelOpus, Concrete Genie. Concrete Genie has had my interest since it was first shown at Paris Games Week back in 2017. The game is PixelOpus’ follow up to Entwined and after playing it, it definitely carries that signature PlayStation … Read More

Earlier this week I was invited to play some of PlayStation’s upcoming offering for the PlayStation VR, Blood & Truth. After heading into the old English pub housing the preview event, I made my way up the stairs and after giving the entry password to the very much in-character British security guard I was able to go hands-on, well face-on … Read More