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Love Hurts (Movie) Review

Matthew Lomas — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:00:56 +0000

Valentine’s Day, like many other holidays, always brings about a lot of interesting films. While there aren’t a lot of traditional love stories that popped up, there is one that I found attractive called Love Hurts. Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose headline this unexpected romantic action comedy that involves mobsters, hitmen, and a few gorgeous houses to call home! Ke Huy Quan plays Marvin…

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Grimoire Groves (PC) Preview

Alexx Aplin — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:00:23 +0000

I think it has been pretty well established by the number of reviews I’ve done on Rogue-likes that I’m a big fan of the genre. However, any chance I get to cross my love of Rogue-likes with my love of cozy games is like a match made in Gaming Heaven. So, when I got the chance to play the demo of Grimoire Groves ahead of its release (and the Steam Next Fest) I jumped at the chance.

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2025’s Remaining Steam Sale Dates Announced

David Sanders — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:00:57 +0000

Valve has now publicly announced the dates of the second half of this year’s planned Steam sales, both major and minor alike. They’ve also revealed the dates for 2025’s Steam Next Fests, those glorious occasions when we can all download tons more demos of upcoming games than we could ever realistically play within a week. I shall now cover the deluge of dates Valve has decreed so that we can all…

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Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered (PC) – Review

Keiran McEwen — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 18:00:56 +0000

I’m glad everyone’s up to date on what is and isn’t Roman, so I don’t need to explain what IV, V, and VI are to Americans anymore. Continuing on from where Aspyr left off with the Tomb Raider remasters last year, we can once again jump, climb, and probably kill Lara in that poorly designed opener to The Angel of Darkness. This time (of course) we are focused on the original ending of Lara’s tale…

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Gundam SEED Battle Destiny Receives Localization

Edward Harding — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:00:41 +0000

It’s always a treat when games are made more readily accessible to wider audiences. As someone who has recently been diving into the universe of Mobile Suit Gundam, I was happy to see this week that Bandai Namco announced a localization for Gundam SEED Battle Destiny. This title was originally released in 2012 on the Playstation Vita exclusively in Japan. Now the game has received not only a…

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Darwin’s Paradox Announced at State of Play

Alexx Aplin — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:00:53 +0000

Normally, I would cover a Sony State of Play in its entirety. However, last week was a bit hectic, and I wasn’t able to. One announcement from the show caught my eye though, especially related to other news that circled after it. Konami’s latest published game has not only gained attention at the State of Play but has also had a real-world impact. Darwin’s Paradox, developed by ZDT Studio and…

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Flint: Treasure of Oblivion (PC) – Review

Keiran McEwen — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:00:11 +0000

As the Sweet Transvestite sang, “And when you’re a professional pirate…” Set in the golden age of piracy (minus the bay of the internet), Flint: Treasure of Oblivion plays as a prequel to Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson’s seminal work and character, Captain James Flint. Though the marketing lacks major Treasure Island or The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys notes, the pirate-based CRPG plunders…

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GearGrit Demo Now Available

Mike Reitemeier — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:00:27 +0000

Nostalgia has been a driving factor in indie gaming for decades now. It’s a pleasure to see so many great games expand upon ideas from developers that grew up with games they were exceptionally passionate about. In the case of GearGrit, it’s easy to impart that Pandan Games were big fans of games like Jak and Daxter as well as Ratchet and Clank. These platformers dominated the PlayStation 2 and…

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F1 Manager 2024 is Free on Epic

Keiran McEwen — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:45:11 +0000

Friday, Prime Gaming dropped with at least something interesting this week. Monday, Contraband Police announced its new DEI program, bringing women with its “Crimson Fall” DLC, and idle clicker game Nomad Idle has a demo out now ahead of its March release. Tuesday, Wizard of Legend 2 now has co-op. On Wednesday, N64/Paper Mario-like Ruffy and the Riverside has a demo, and Kojima will talk nonsense…

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Eureka “Many Happy Returns” – Review

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:00:12 +0000

That’s a walking red flag, and I’m sticking by that no matter what. Directed by Jefery Levy, “Many Happy Returns” is the first of his two outings as director; the second being in episode 7, “Blink.” Written by show creators Cosby and Paglia, I don’t think I have anything to add that I said last week (about four months ago) when I wrote about episode 1, “Pilot.” Both are fairly under the radar…

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