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Taboo for a new generation As a youth, I became temporarily obsessed with an early Rare title for the NES calledTaboo. It was a simple fortune telling game that used virtual Tarot cards to predict your future, but it inspired a deep level of fascination within me and my friends. If this game existed, it must have some purpose, right? There must be some meaning we could squeeze out of it, some understanding that we could eke out of its code....

Mid-morning Crysis [Update:Crytek has released an official teaser trailer forCrysis Remastered, coming this summer on PS4, PC, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Saber Interactive is co-developing. The remaster will have “high-quality textures and improved art assets, an HD texture pack, temporal anti-aliasing, SSDO, SVOGI, state-of-the-art depth fields, new light settings, motion blur, and parallax occlusion mapping, and particle effects will also be added where applicable,” according to Crytek. “Further additions such as volumetric fog and shafts of light, software-based ray tracing, and screen space reflections provide the game with a major visual upgrade....

Yooooo, yoooooooo, yo-kai are everywhere [Update:Oh, Level-5confirmed it’s actually coming west todayat Anime Expo! Literally no info is available on timing or much at all really, outside of the fact that it will have an English dub, and bits and pieces will require context from films that have not been localized (no films outside of the first have made it outside of Japan officially, though that may change).] Yo-Kai Watch 4has arrived on Switch in Japan after several delays, and now it’s the only mainlineYo-Kai Watchgame that hasn’t been released in the west....

The best Disney games honor the source material and are exciting to play for all ages. From kart racing, to farming, to platforming, there’s a surprising amount of variety. Here are the best Disney games you can play in 2023. [Note: I’m including games you may easily access on modern platforms. Unfortunately, it’s quite difficult to get a copy of Disney’s Extreme Skate Adventure in 2023. Otherwise, I’d put it on the list!...

2023 was truly the year of bothDungeons & Dragonsand, to a more specific point,Baldur’s Gate 3. The new RPG from Larian Studios had a thunderous launch out of Early Access in August, and has since taken the world by storm, even securing the Game of the Year trophy at The Game Awards 2023. With all that acclaim and widespread popularity, you are likely to have aBaldur’s Gate 3fan in your life....

The biannual speedrunning event starts on Sunday A new year is here, and so too is a new Games Done Quick event. Awesome Games Done Quick 2023, or AGDQ 2023, starts on January 8 and hosts 24-7 speedrunning showcases all the way through January 14. The biannual charity speedrunning event raises funds for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, and will host a variety of streamers from around the globe. This will also be the final GDQ for event founder Mike Uyama, who isstepping downto pursue new ventures....

‘There is so much change in this industry all the time’ Thisweekend’s revealofStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderwas met with a lot of enthusiasm from the gaming public. While the trailer was just a bunch of pre-rendered nonsense that showed off nothing about the game, developer Respawn Entertainment’s comments that ‘There’s no multiplayer, and there are no microtransactions” was seen as a move in the right direction for EA. It’s pretty curious, though, since thecancelled gamebeing developedby Amy Hennig, Creative Director on theUnchartedseries, was basically the same thing....

The Ball Winning Midfielder Evolution is now live inEA FC 25, and you can complete it to upgrade a card of your choice. Available for 25,000 coins, you can add new roles, stats, and more. This guide will help you to make the best possible choice, along with the requirements and the upgrades. EA FC 25 Ball Winning Midfielder Evolution requirements Here are the requirements for Ball Winning Midfielder Evolution inEA FC 25....

69, nice! Batman: Arkham Knightdirector Sefton Hill explained in this developer diary that the newArkhamwill have “No loading screens as you play through the whole game.” “You can play from the start of the game to the end of the game and you won’t see any loading screens. That’s all a really big important thing for us.” There’s also talk of Batmobile gadgets (an EMP, a drone hacker) and New Game Plus....

‘We’re not making Mass Effect’ Naughty Dog’s trying something new withUnchartedfor its fourth major installment in that it’s making use of branching dialogue. It’s granting players with a certain degree of autonomy, a feature that’s often associated with role-playing games. Don’t expect this new freedom to have much impact on the story arc, though. In an interview withEurogamer, creative director Neil Druckmann says that stressed thatUncharted 4has a “very specific story,” one that can’t be altered through various dialogue options....

A new RPG looms One more update is coming to indie RPGCrossCodetoday, as a final send-off for the game. Developer Radical Fish Gamesannounced todaythat one more small update, included as part of theA New HomeDLC, will be the final piece of content coming to the game. Version 1.4.1 will have three new quests, a couple of arena cups, and new Trade Offers in Rhombus Square. It will also be the final content addition, and the team plans further releases only to fix any remaining bugs or issues....

No OBJECTION here! Fans of visual novels and Japanese craziness will be happy to hear thatDanganronpa 1*2 Reloadwill be heading to the West early next year. The compilation is a PS4 port of the first twoDanganronpagames (Trigger Happy HavocandGoodbye Despair) that also includes some extra features. Curiously, there is no mention of a PS Vita bundle for this. In Japan, this update was ported from the PSP originals while the West got both games individually....

According toSiliconera, yes. And if you just clicked that link and found it dead, you can either take that as confirmation that someone let the cat out of the bag, or that this is some kind of misunderstanding. Before the page conveniently disappeared, Siliconera reported that Cave’s horizontal gothic lolita shooter,DeathSmiles, was currently undergoing localization by a well-known (but unnamed) publisher for release in North America. If true, this is pretty big news for a couple of reasons....