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Yakuza Kiwami (Nintendo Switch) Review

While it may not be a next-gen game exactly, I was surprised to see the announcement of Yakuza Kiwami coming to the Nintendo Switch. As the console sits comfortably in its twilight years, the addition of a beloved game in a franchise experiencing…

Kiryu and Yagami Should be a Model for Good Male Protagonists

Male characters in video games tend to fall into a few categories these days. You have the macho type, the shy type, the reluctant protagonist type, and then you have the womanizer type. The Yakuza franchise, however, breaks convention in a lot…

Which Yakuza Games Are the Best to Start With?

With the mainline Yakuza series available on Xbox Game Pass (again) and the recent announcement that it’s coming to the PlayStation Plus service as well starting this month, it’s becoming a lot easier for new players to try out the games. This…

The Yakuza Series is Joining PlayStation Plus

The Yakuza franchise is a hefty one with a lot of entries and a few spin-offs to boot. Although the spin-offs are a bit all over the place in how you can play them, the main series is a lot easier to…

New to Xbox Game Pass – July 2022 Wave 1

After a small wave of five titles (with one being a trilogy) in June’s second wave, July is starting strong with twelve titles. Three of them are a part of a bigger series and were previously on the service before being taken…

2022’s Gaming Releases are Very Reminiscent of 2017

2017 was one of the greatest (if not the greatest) years in gaming history, Nintendo made a splash with the Switch and released both Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. PlayStation saw one of the biggest new IP launches with Horizon: Zero Dawn and Nioh,…