Author: Matt Ryan

Team Ninja’s long-dormant Ninja Gaiden series is getting some new blood later this year, with Ninja Gaiden 4 set for release in Spring 2024 (NZ time). Koei Tecmo and Microsoft announced the new game at the Xbox Developer Direct this week, and to make the announcement even more exciting, Ninja Gaiden 4 is a collaboration between two action game powerhouses—Team Ninja and PlatinumGames. Ninja Gaiden 4 some time after Ninja Gaiden 3 in a corrupted, near-future Tokyo. It introduces a new protagonist, Yakumo, whose unknown mission seemingly puts him at odds with longtime Ninja Gaiden star Ryu Hayabusa, although the…

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Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana is now available, bringing a remastered version of one of Nihon Falcom’s classic action RPGs to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. Ys: The Oath in Felghana originally came out for PC in 2005, as a complete remake of 1989’s Ys III: Wanderers from Ys. The original Ys III was something of an outlier in the series, taking a side-scrolling platformer approach inspired by Zelda II: The Adventure of Link; The Oath in Felghana reimagined it as a more typical action RPG, along with an expanded story and a 3D graphical overhaul. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD8LdhIDPhY&feature=youtu.be…

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You can play DOOM on just about any device under the sun these days, from a LEGO brick to a pregnancy test. But if you’re the type of old-timey soul who’d rather just play on a console or PC (how quaint!), there’s good news: there’s a new enhanced re-release of DOOM and DOOM II out today, and it prooobably won’t be coming to household appliances any time soon. DOOM + DOOM II brings these quintessential first-person shooters to PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC in a single combined release. Cross-platform multiplayer, rendering improvements, new accessibility features, and a brand new…

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