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Xbox experienced a strange outage earlier this week. Not only were the platform’s online services unavailable for almost an entire day, but even games on physical discs stopped working for some players. The company’s technology chief, Scott Van Vliet, explained that the outage was caused by problems at an external licensing service. And if your…

It’s been almost three years (already?!) since Square Enix and Gemdrops, Inc. delivered Star Ocean: The Second Story R, an HD-2D remaster of one of the PlayStation’s most overlooked gems, and normally, I would say that I can’t recommend it enough.

Undoubtedly, ARC Raiders was one of the biggest success stories last year, and in 2026, this Xbox Game Pass title could be a worthy rival that launches this week.

I am taking the opportunity this week to get something off my chest, something I haven’t been able (or willing) to share so publicly before: I hate Soulsgames. All of them. Even the ones that don’t have Soulsin their name, because they still count. 

I love card games, and I can usually get decent at them with some time and effort. I’ve climbed my way up to the top rank—Legend—in Hearthstone, and competed in some local (and one regional) tournaments in Weiss Schwarz. However, Magic: The Gathering has long been my white whale—a game that always intrigued me but…

AI is a waste of time, money, and resources. AI is a solution in search of a problem. AI is a thief that pilfers on a scale previously unthinkable, in broad daylight. AI drives up the price of hardware that many of us rely on for work and play. AI is a terrible blood altar…

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Gust is best known for its Atelier series of role-playing games, but one of its newer series gets the spotlight treatment in a new JRPG compilation. As the name suggests, Blue Reflection Quartet brings together four games in the Blue Reflection series, which includes a brand new, playable adaptation of an anime and an offline…

Do you want to play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on Switch 2? Since the launch of Nintendo’s console, fans have been clamouring for the breakout RPG to come to the platform – and we’ve seen hints from the studio that a port is something it would be willing to explore in the future.