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Ubisoft’s Rayman has always been a victim of circumstance that succeeded against all odds. There’s no better example of this than the initial reaction of

Matthew Powers·February 16, 2026
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We’re not here to recount the entire series’ history, however. That would be a fool’s errand. While there are only 10 mainline games, the sheer number of

Peter Glagowski·January 16, 2026
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Why bring that up? As I entered into my playthrough of Nightdive’s 2023 remake of System Shock, my goal was clear: I wanted to compare this against the PC

Peter Glagowski·December 26, 2025
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Like a handful of current and former colleagues here at Nintendo Wire, I know exactly where I was the morning of June 13th, 2017. Packed into a hotel room

Ricky Berg·December 15, 2025
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Over 30 years later and long after the beat-em-up craze gave way to the Marvel fighting game boom of the mid-'90s, the legendary comic book company is back

Matthew Powers·December 1, 2025
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Contra. Metal Slug. Dolphin Blue. The 2D Run ‘n Gun genre has its legends. Zenovia Interactive’s Neon Inferno dares to be one of its most beautiful — and

Matthew Powers·November 19, 2025
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When I did eventually get into writing, I had the chance to review a number of Yakuza releases including the subject of today’s review: Yakuza Kiwami 2.

Peter Glagowski·November 12, 2025
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Rolling credits on Pokémon Legends: Z-A felt like the end of possibly the most varied era in series history. The Switch hosted six mainline Pokémon games and

Ricky Berg·October 31, 2025
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I have a confession to make, dear reader… one I’ve never spoken aloud in good company, and one that honestly shames me as a lifelong Final Fantasy fan.

Jason Ganos·October 30, 2025
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There are far too many games from PopCap that I’ve played with my mother (shoutout to Bookworm and Bejeweled), but where both of our interests really aligned

Peter Glagowski·October 23, 2025
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The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent

Matthew Powers·October 9, 2025
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Not only is Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds a dark horse rising to take on some massive kart racing competition, it's more than up to the task. As the first fully

Matthew Powers·September 30, 2025
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