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of FinaOne of the last major titles unveiled in the great Nvidia leak of 2021 is a remake of Final Fantasy IX and all signs are pointing to an imminent announcement. It’s the 25th anniversary and the dedicated website is loaded with new information and art. Almost like there are some major game events in the next week or so. I for one am excited. Although its my least favourite of the VII-X run, it’s such a strong run of…

The cybernetically augmented gunslingers at publisher Retroware and New York-based indie studio Zenovia Interactive are poised to immerse players in a high-energy, cyberpunk dystopia as Neon Inferno blazes onto Steam Next Fest. 

Unfortunately, I think the answer to this question is an emphatic “NO!” and that has nothing to do with personal preference. If I was handing out awards, baring some crazy surprises we don’t know about, I would be putting this experience right up there with the best of 2025, and for good reason. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, while not perfect, is a phenomenal game that is going to rob me of over 100 hours of my…

May 27, 2025 – LEVEL5 Inc. is pleased to announce that FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and the corresponding Upgrade Pack will be released on June 5 as a launch title for Nintendo Switch™ 2. This Switch 2 edition is an enhanced version and takes full advantage of the hardware’s capabilities, offering significant improvements such as drastically reduced load times, smoother scene transitions and quicker game launches for a seamless experience. The upgraded…

It was almost sound logic on Sony’s part. If you can make a single Fortnite, it doesn’t matter if there are a dozen failures. Fortnite is that big. So big in fact, that it takes more than a dozen failures to dethrone it. Why don’t people want to play games that are trying to steal oxygen from Fortnite and Call of Duty? Because they’re playing Fortnite and Call of Duty. They’re already in those ecosystems, they’ve already put a billion…

There is nothing quite like a Gacha machine, and I cannot believe that LEGO has released one through the LEGO Ideas program. This set looks phenomenal, with a real working gear system that drops the balls out of the dome and into the hands of greedy kids (I assume, could be greedy adults?). Either way, this set looks phenomenal – if there was ever a LEGO set I wanted to purchase that wasn’t from a specific theme, this would be…

There’s a new pope kicking around, and while I’m sure his schedule is fairly busy I have a request: please bless the skippable cutscene. During his next visit to GamesReviews.com, I’m hoping he sees this and fully understands the absolute sincerity in which I ask this. The skippable cutscene is potentially one of the most beautiful inventions in the modern world. Firstly because it doesn’t require a subscription, but mostly just because of the pure convenience of it all. This…

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is easily my most anticipated game of 2025, and yes I am putting this game ahead of Donkey Kong Bananza and Mario Kart World. I’m excited for those games as well, but if you know anything about me, it’s that I absolutely love a good cozy game. I remember loving Fantasy Life back on the Nintendo 3DS and wasn’t sure if 1) I remembered it wrong and had too much nostalgia that…

Tokaido was one of the first games my wife and I purchased after getting married, and we’ve enjoyed dozens of games over the years. Our copy of the game is actually pretty beat up for how much we have played it, and I’ve always been in the market to replace it at some point. When I heard that Stonemaier Games had acquired the rights to the game, I was incredibly excited. With their track record of producing amazing products, I…

How much is a game worth to you? I’m not talking a specific game. Not the wishlist, dream game that you’d trade your firstborn for. Just a game. $80? My guess is it isn’t even close. The average gamer isn’t spending anywhere near that much. Maybe a few times a generation or in support of a certain publisher. Perhaps you’ll splurge at Christmas or when a console launches. But those are outliers. Factor in deals, bundles, deep discounts and what…