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Review: Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Deluxe Edition (Switch) – Returns for a new version with a top-notch port

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Captured on Nintendo Switch (docked) Did you know that the F-16 first flew 50 years ago, just a few months ago? It is currently enjoying its Block 70 overhaul, in case you were worried that air forces around the world are still flying technology that is half a century old. In the meantime, Bait fight … Read more

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown lands on Switch today in a port two years in the making

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Image: Bandai Namco Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown originally released in 2019 nearly five years after Ace Combat: Infinity and four years after the release of Assault Horizon Legacy+ on 3DS. It was the first game in the main series in over a decade and returned the series to Strangereal, the franchise’s fictional stand-in on … Read more

BioWare’s Mark Darrah thinks Veilguard is the first Dragon Age where “the combat is actually fun”

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Former Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah left BioWare in 2020, commenting, “I know Dragon Age will not only survive without me, but thrive”. We’ll never fully know the truth of that claim, as Darrah has now rejoined BioWare to work as a consultant on the recently revealed Dragon Age: The Veilguard. He thinks it’s flourishing. Specifically, he thinks this has been the most fun fight in Dragon Age ever. Shhh, no one tells the Inquisition.

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Doom: The Dark Ages introduces major changes to combat because id Software came to one core realization:

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Doom: The Dark Ages

Doom: The Dark Ages isn’t a continuation of the blood ritual carnage of Doom Eternal, it’s a return to the past – literally and spiritually. Developer id Software releases a prequel to its modern series of Doom games, taking us back to a time when the Slayer was wielded as the ultimate superweapon of gods … Read more

Hellblade II tips for mastering the game’s visceral combat

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Narrative action-adventure game Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II may have relatively simple combat compared to other action games, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be mastered. Like I said inside my review, the battle itself has a narrative feel to it, with Senua’s successes or failures in battle feeling harmonious with the themes of struggle and … Read more