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Hello folks, welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl!
In last week’s edition, we took a look at Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge for the Game Boy. We honestly thought this would be a closer fight, as both box art variants were pretty great, but what do we know? North America and Europe absolutely smashed it, roping in 74% of the overall vote. Well done!
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Alear-ning curve.
Fire Emblem Engage, Intelligent Systems’ latest tactical RPG extravaganza, has finally arrived on Switch and we reckon it’s a bit of a banger, with our recent review handing it an ‘Excellent’ 9/10 score.
As is tradition with this long-running franchise, the tactical action here is very much of the easy-to-learn, difficult-to-master variety, with multiple layers of options and tactics that can be employed in order to rout the corrupted armies that Alear and company face in their attempts to defeat the evil Lord Sombron.
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Costumes and music are up for grabs.
Nintendo’s latest game Fire Emblem Engage also supports amiibo functionality. If you are wondering what each amiibo does you might want to read on…
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Version 2.0.5 has landed.
Ark: Survival Evolved got a massive overhaul on the Nintendo Switch last year with the release of the ‘Ultimate Survivor Edition’.
In case you missed it, it improved visual quality and performance, reduced load times and added in a number of quality-of-life features including inventory management. Fast forward to 2023, and another patch (Version 2.0.5) has now been released.
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Made by skaters, for skaters.
Update : A listing for Sessions: Skate Sim has now appeared on the Switch eShop and Nintendo’s official website. It will apparently be arriving on 16th March 2023.
There’ll be two versions – the standard one for $49.99 USD (or your regional equivalent) and the Deluxe Edition for $59.99, and both can be pre-ordered now. The deluxe version will include extra levels and some other exclusive items. Here’s the official description:
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Amidst rumors that 343 Industries has been taken off of lead development of the Halo franchise, the studio has taken to Twitter to state that it will continue to “develop Halo now and in the future.”
343 Industries’ studio head Pierre Hintze shared the message on Twitter, saying, “Halo and Master Chief are here to stay. 343 Industries will continue to develop Halo now and in the future, including epic stories, multiplayer, and more of what makes Halo great.”
— Halo (@Halo) January 21, 2023
The news follows the mass layoffs of 10,000 people at Microsoft, which saw a number of employees at Xbox Game Studios, The Coalition, 343 Industries, and Bethesda let go. Shortly after, Halo Infinite director Joseph Staten reportedly left 343 Industries to rejoin Xbox publishing.
Rumors then started swirling that 343 Industries would be taken off lead development of the Halo franchise and would instead help third-party studios bring Halo to life in the form of new games. As reported by Metro, one such leaker named Bathrobe Spartan even said that initial plans for story-based DLC for Halo Infinite have been canceled already.
In response to the rumors, 343 Industries has planted its flag and said it is here to stay.
Halo Infinite has had a bumpy ride since it was announced, from its controversial E3 2020 demo to its unpopular original Battle Pass and progression system that has since been changed to the cancelation of split-screen co-op.
There have been a lot of positives as well, as we scored both Halo Infinite’s single-player campaign and multiplayer a 9/10, and the team has done a lot to address fan complaints.
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Halo Infinite.
enterprising westerners going to the effort to play it. That’s mainly because it counted Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu and art director Hideo Minaba among its developers.Granblue Fantasy: Relink is set in the same universe and has the same Final Fantasy vets involved, but it’s a big, splashly 1-4 player action RPG blockbuster, with combat reminiscent of some Platinum Games. You’ll find the latest trailer below.
Alongside a number of fixes that, among other things, addresses the Maximum Security Achievement/Trophy bug, The Callisto Protocol’s latest update has added New Game+.
Striking Distance Studios shared the patch notes for the v. 3.01 update on Reddit, and it will finally allow players to jump back into the horrors of The Callisto Protocol after they roll credits with all of their weapons, upgrades, and Callisto Credits.
Some of the other fixes include general performance optimizations, players no longer taking damage when vaulting over objects, voice leveling and subtitle mismatch adjustments, and much more.
The full list of changes in update v. 3.01 can be seen below;
NEW GAME+
GLOBAL
PC
PS4
In our The Callisto Protocol review, we said it “is a satisfyingly gory spiritual successor to the Dead Space series, but it’s ultimately more of a striking modern mimic than a scary new mutation.”
For more, check out our performance review of The Callisto Protocol, our full wiki for the game, and reports that the new title didn’t meet the company’s sales expectations after being described as a “quadruple-A” game.
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Marvel’s Avengers, their live service superhero game. That means it won’t receive any further new content, its final balance patch will be released on March 31st, and all other support and the sale of the game will cease on September 30th. Players who already own the game at that point will be able to continue playing in single- and multiplayer, for at least a while.
