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To be a Like a Dragon fan is to be a gamer spoiled for choice. Since 2005, the franchise (formerly known as Yakuza), has seen nine mainline entries and 14 spin-offs, making it Sega’s long-running action roleplaying game series. With near-annual releases, it’s almost inescapable at this point, with older …

Imagine The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim if all the magic and flying dragons were taken out. It would lose its fantasy flair and the player would just be a person walking around in an European-influenced setting. With no dragons around, the land is suddenly more peaceful without the fear of …

There are certain video game franchises that excel at delivering sheer spectacle. In that regard, Dynasty Warriors: Origins (out Jan. 17) is unwavering from beginning to end. Twenty five years after the release of Dynasty Warriors 2, the entry that set the blueprint that the series currently follows, Origins takes …

It’s a great time to be a shooter fan, no matter what kind of experience you are looking for. Between a new Call of Duty, Overwatch 2, Counter-Strike 2, Valorant, Apex Legends, and Fortnite, the field is more crowded than ever. With new contenders popping up seemingly every other week, …

Overlooking a dozen little blemishes is much easier when the final piece captivates the imagination, a truism that applies quite well to the new dress-up game Infinity Nikki. Infinity Nikki is the start of a new era for developer Papergames. It’s the first game published under their international brand, Infold, …

Since its creation 40 years ago, Tetris has remained a universal force in gaming. Perpetually iterated and reimagined, it’s considered to be the most ported game of all time — releasing in some form or another on more platforms than pretty much any other title. But with so many different …

Everyone’s likely to remember their first foray into horror. Maybe it was children’s novels like Goosebumps or TV tween fare like Are You Afraid of the Dark? — or the unlucky few with more sadistic family (like me), you might’ve been exposed to adult-tier frights of Freddy Krueger or Jason …

It’s kind of crazy that, despite having her name in the title, Princess Zelda has never actually been the star of her own Legend of Zelda game. Routinely relegated to the damsel in distress, even when she plays a pivotal role in the narrative, Zelda herself has only been playable …

As gloomy as the ambiance of Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess can be, you’re constantly challenging it with a colorful celebration. Fireworks are a recurring motif, symbolizing the accomplished feats of your journey as you help cleanse villages and shrines from the threat of Yokai-inspired foes — supernatural entities and …

A dismal rain poured on me as I first set foot in the Land of Shadow, the setting of Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, an inauspicious moment that heralded an equally uninspiring opening hour. Linear exploration with clear signposting, an abundance of ambush encounters, and a lack of …