Category: Video Games

Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory Announced

Pak Hanu

Square Enix recently released a new trailer for a new game in the Kingdom Hearts franchise. The game will be titled, “Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory,” and it be a rhythm based game. For those who are not familiar with rhythm based games is a music themed game genre where players usually need to match sequences with button based commands. Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory will be released for the Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One sometime in 2020. Additionally, Square Enix released a trailer for some of the other pieces of content that will be released in 2020. According…

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Star Wars: Squadrons Announced

Pak Hanu

EA recently released a new trailer for a brand new video game based in the Star Wars Universe. The game will be titled, “Star Wars: Squadrons,” and it will focus on flight combat. Not much else is known about the title except that it seems to be focus on a team of five pilots on both the side of the Empire and the New Republic. Star Wars: Squadrons will be released on October 2, 2020, however it is unknown what systems the game will be released for. Personally it is hard to say exactly how I feel about…

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Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Announced

Pak Hanu

Sony recently held a stream event which features several games that will launch for the Playstation 5. Among the announcements was the announcement of Marvel’ Spider-Man: Miles Morales. From what is shown in the trailer it seems to be a sequel to the 2018 Marvel’s Spider-Man game that was released for the Playstation 4, however it hasn’t been spefically stated if it was a sequel to the game or not. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is set to release this Holiday season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzuHo80U2M After the success of Marvel’s Spider-Man it is not a surprise to see a new…

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Gundam Universe x Gundam Battle Operation 2 Collaboration Announced

Michael Lederhos

On their Tamashii Nations website, Bandai Spirits has announced a collaboration between their Gundam Universe action figure line and Bandai Namco’s Gundam Battle Operation 2 video game.   For the upcoming third wave, all three figures will contain a code to unlock the Gundam EZ-8 in Gundam Battle Operation 2. Now, the third wave of figures includes Gundam Wing Zero Custom, Strike Gundam and Gundam EZ-8, which aligns with the collaboration. Also, these figures are scheduled for a Summer 2020 release, and the codes will be valid until June 2021.  …

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Sonic the Hedgehog Live-Action Film Sequel in the Works

Pak Hanu

Variety has reported that a sequel for the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog film is currently in the works at Paramount Pictures. Jeff Fowler will return to the direct the sequel with Pat Casey and Josh Miller returning to write the script. Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher, and Toru Nakahara will also return as producers for the film. Hajime Satomi, Haruki Satomi, and Tim Miller will be working as executive producers. Paramount Pictures provided a description for the original film. The world needed a hero, we got a hedgehog. Powered with incredible speed, Sonic The Hedgehog (voiced by Ben Schwartz), aka The Blue…

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RRPG’s Final Fantasy Retrospective – Episode 11 (Final Fantasy XIV)

Kyle R. Smith

In this the newest installment of RRPG’s Final Fantasy Retrospective, Square Enix returns to the genre of massive multiplayer online role-playing games to bring the next big game in the Final Fantasy franchise. Being originally conceived by the team who worked on Final Fantasy XI, what was to first arrive for Final Fantasy XIV would continue to attribute to terrible and tragic woes within the Japanese RPG company. However, a young man named Naoki Yoshida would be placed in charge with revitalizing the game into something completely different.   Final…

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Paper Mario: The Origami King Reveal Trailer Streamed

Pak Hanu

Nintendo recently shadow dropped a trailer for a new upcoming game in the Paper Mario franchise titled, “Paper Mario: The Origami King.” For those who are not aware the game is apart of a spinoff series in the Mario franchise that first started as a sequel to Super Mario RPG. The game later evolved into the first Paper Mario game that was developed by Intelligent Systems and released on the Nintendo 64. The latest game in the franchise titled, “Paper Mario: Color Splash,” was released for the Wii U in 2016. The Paper Mario series is a series of games that feature RPG elements and…

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Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot ‘A New Power Awakens’ Part 1 Trailer

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Today, Bandai Namco released the English trailer for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot’s first DLC expansion, ‘A New Power Awakens.’ In this DLC expansion, the God of Destruction, Beerus and his angelic attendant, Whis make debut in the game. Their story will feature an alternative take on the Battle of Gods film/ arc, where they will be training Goku and Vegeta. This training will lead to players unlocking Goku and Vegeta’s Super Saiyan God forms, which they will then have to fight Beerus. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot ‘A New Power Awakens’…

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Super Mario Maker 2 – World Maker Update Trailer Streamed

Pak Hanu

Nintendo recently released a new update trailer for Super Mario Maker 2, which will add a huge variety of new features. First, the trailer featured a look at some of the new power ups that will be added to the game in the upcoming update. The power ups include: SMB2 Mushroom – Transforms Mario into his Super Mario Bros. 2 North American incarnation. With this power up Mario will be able to stand on enemies or pick them up like he does in Super Mario Bros. 2. Frog Suit – The iconic suit…

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Netflix Castlevania Series Season 4 Confirmed

Pak Hanu

Netflix has recently confirmed that the Castlevania animated series has been renewed for a fourth season. For those who are not aware, the third season of the series debuted on the service earlier this month and consisted of 10 episodes. Currently no other details about the fourth season has been revealed at this time, however going by previous production schedules expect this season to debut late this year or sometime in 2021. https://twitter.com/NXOnNetflix/status/1243600966407995392 While I did enjoy the third season of the series the plot progression in my opinion was a bit…

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