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I Broke A Samba de Amigo VR Demo By Being A Short King

Image: Sega I got some hands-on time with Samba de Amigo: Party Central, and playing Sega’s long-awaited rhythm game sequel on the Switch was fun enough that I’m sure it will satisfy anyone who likes swinging their arms to the rhythm. Waving the joy-con controllers in time with popular songs like “I Really Like You”

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I Broke A Samba de Amigo VR Demo By Being A Short King

Image: Sega I got some hands-on time with Samba de Amigo: Party Central, and playing Sega’s long-awaited rhythm game sequel on the Switch was fun enough that I’m sure it will satisfy anyone who likes swinging their arms to the rhythm. Waving the joy-con controllers in time with popular songs like “I Really Like You”

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Like A Dragon Gaiden Brings Spy Silliness To The Yakuza Formula

I’ve only played about a dozen hours of a Yakuza/Like a Dragon game because I swore a blood oath that I wouldn’t play another one of those until a friend of mine played the Danganronpa games, but Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, shows a lot has changed since I Yakuza

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Like A Dragon Gaiden Brings Spy Silliness To The Yakuza Formula

I’ve only played about a dozen hours of a Yakuza/Like a Dragon game because I swore a blood oath that I wouldn’t play another one of those until a friend of mine played the Danganronpa games, but Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, shows a lot has changed since I Yakuza

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Persona 5’s Tactics Spin-off Changes Everything, And It Rules

After spending time with Persona 5 Tactica, the upcoming tactics-based spin-off reuniting the Phantom Thieves for another adventure, I’m intrigued by how P-Studio has recontextualized long-time mechanics for a different subgenre. I got hands-on time with the game alongside a separate demo of Persona 3 Reload, and playing the remake of the original PlayStation 2

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Persona 3 Reload Remakes The One Thing That Didn’t Need Remaking

I fucking love Persona 3. On any given day I could say it’s my favorite entry in Atlus’ supernatural teenage life sim RPG series, or at the very least tied with Persona 5 Royal. That’s why Persona 3 Reload, which remakes the 2006 game from the ground up,  is such a treat. I spent around

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Diablo 4’s Next Season Looks Pretty Gruesome In New Trailer

Screenshot: Blizzard / Kotaku During Gamescom’s Opening Night Live presentation, Blizzard took to the stage alongside host Geoff Keighley to announce that Diablo IV’s next update, Season of Blood, will start on October 17—just in time for Halloween. Diablo IV – Bear Bender Build Much like Diablo IV’s current update, Season of the Malignant, Season

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WrestleQuest Explores RPG Genre Through A Wrestling Lens

When I first played Square Enix’s Live A Live remake, its professional wrestling storyline planted in me a desire for a full-on wrestling role-playing game that exclusively featured wrestlers suplexing each other in the ring. Just one year later and I’ve gotten my wish with WrestleQuest, which fuses the turn-based gameplay of fantasy RPGs with

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Spooky New Alan Wake 2 Trailer Shows Off Live-Action Cinematics

Gif: Remedy Entertainment / Kotaku Mixing video game graphics and live-action cutscenes is something of a Remedy tradition at this point, with the studio having done it in games like Quantum Break and Control in recent years. And Remedy seems to be doing it again with Alan Wake 2, as seen in the latest trailer

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Everything We Saw At Gamescom 2023 Opening Night Live

Gamescom, the massive annual gaming event held in Cologne, Germany, just streamed its glitzy Opening Night Live presentation, giving us a closer look at tons of coming games, many of which are are just around the corner. Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty DLC Probably Won’t Change V’s Fate But if you missed it, no worries: We’re

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