The Plucky Squire review: meta adventure is bursting with creativity
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XDefiant Season 2 brings Far Cry New Dawn faction and private matches
Ubisoft held another XDebrief for its Call of Duty-like competitive shooter XDefiant today, revealing that it will add a new faction based on Far Cry New Dawn, private matches, and more.
Video games are having a meta moment, and I love it
Video games are having a meta moment. New games aren’t just occasionally breaking the fourth wall, but directly acknowledging the influential titles that have come before them. In September alone, Astro Bot, The Plucky Squire, and UFO 50 all showcased what seems to be a unifying moment for the video game industry… All three of those titles are fantastic in their own right, but each is also a love letter to the video game industry’s history in their own way.
Nintendo Switch 2 specs and design reportedly leak thanks to prototype
A series of leaked images corroborated by Video Games Chronicle appear to have given us our first look at Nintendo’s next console.
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster review: zombie classic still holds up
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5 games we want to see running on PS5 Pro: Black Myth, Stellar Blade, and more
The PlayStation 5 Pro will launch in less than two months, and although it’s not as technologically advanced as some hoped, it can still benefit many games. Many titles this generation have launched with shoddy performance on the PS5. Other games would also see a boon from making their already gorgeous visuals look even better with features like PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR). So far, we’ve only gotten the names of 14 games that have confirmed PS5 Pro support, but there are several other games I’d love to see running on Sony’s new console hardware. These five games, in particular, could truly benefit from being enhanced for the PS5 Pro.
Don’t ignore this underrated game in Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is out now, and it contains six excellent fighting games starring iconic comic and game characters. There is one oddball game in the collection, though: The Punisher.
After cameoing in Astro Bot, these games deserve to be on PS5
One of the best things about Astro Bot is all of the cameos from PlayStation’s history that it features. Astro Bot highlights iconic franchises like God of War, Horizon, and Uncharted, as well as more obscure or dormant ones like Ape Escape, Wild Arms, and Cool Boarders. My favorite cameos are the ones that are impossible to find elsewhere on PS5. For most of the games referenced within Astro Bot, there’s a way to play them on PS5, mainly through PS Plus Premium’s classics catalog or PS3 game streaming. Some of the VIP Bots in Astro Bot that are based on characters from these games aren’t so lucky.