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11 Bloody Samurai Movies To Watch Before You Play Ghost Of Tsushima

Ghost of Tsushima is one of the most anticipated games of 2020, and it finally arrives this month. It's an open-world action game set in the 13th century, and it focuses on a character named Jin Sakai, one of the last samurai warriors on the island of Tsushima during the Mongol invasion. The trailers and footage released by developers Sucker Punch reveal that the game has taken a lot of inspiration of Japanese samurai cinema. So while we wait for the game, now is a perfect time to explore some

Xbox Series X Planned Launch, Cyberpunk 2077 Cats, & Cut Red Dead Redemption 2 Missions | Save State

Persia talks about Microsoft's original plan to launch the Xbox Series X in August of this year. Of course, due to the pandemic and no E3, that launch date was delayed to the 2020 holiday season. This also means that the unannounced but heavily rumored Project Lockhart has also been delayed. It has been suggested that the official announcement will happen this August instead.Persia also talks about a recent discovery that you can pet the cats in Cyberpunk 2077. There is no word on the ability to pet the dogs,

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Review, ‘Pokemon Sword & Shield: Isle of Armor’ Mini-View, and Today’s New Releases and Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up. In today’s article, we’ve got a full review of SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated, plus a Mini-View of the first part of the Pokemon Sword & Shield Expansion Pass, the Isle of Armor. There’s also a bit of news to check out, plus summaries of today’s new releases including the epic RPG The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III. We round things out with a look at the latest incoming and outgoing sales, as usual. Let’s

Fuser Is A Music Mashup Game That Makes You Feel Like A Creative Prodigy

It's been about a decade since rhythm games had any major spotlight, but they never really went away. Beat Saber was probably the closest we go to having another resurgence--the VR space now has a bunch of great rhythm-focussed titles if you're willing to splurge on the expensive hardware (a familiar feeling for genre fans, no doubt). Elsewhere, Japan and Korea still exist, and as a result, so do insane beat-matching games for the inhuman among us.I've noticed a little trend of rhythm games coming out this year that lean

Mixer’s Collapse Due To Overspending And Toxic Work Conditions, Report Suggests

The June 25 announcement that Microsoft's game streaming platform Mixer would be shuttered came as a surprise to most, though company insiders have revealed that Mixer has struggled for some time both with internal culture and service issues. A new report by Business Insider features interviews with former Mixer employees, including the company's co-founder Matt Salsamendi, to find out what happened.Mixer began its life in 2016 as a small start-up called Beam, created by Matt Salsamendi and James Boehm, which was soon. As a competitor to the already-established Twitch, the

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Animal Crossing’ Summer Update Incoming, ‘Yes, Your Grace’, ‘Urban Flow’ and Today’s Other New Releases and Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for June 26th, 2020. In today’s article, we have summaries of the remaining new releases for the week. Not so many as yesterday, but still a healthy batch. There’s a bit of news on Animal Crossing that I didn’t want to wait to share, and a really large list of new discounts with some intriguing deals on it. Let’s roll on in! News ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Summer Update Adds Swimming and More For as much fun as Animal Crossing: New

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Darius Cozmic Collection’ Review, ‘Ys IX’ Coming to Switch, Today’s New Releases, Sales, and More

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for June 24th, 2020. In today’s jam-packed article, we’ve got reviews of the two Darius Cozmic Collections, a bunch of news, summaries of all the nifty new releases, and a full list of new and outgoing sales for you to consider. There’s a whole lot in here today, friends, so fill up your mug and settle on in. Let’s go! News ‘Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2’ Heading to Switch “Soon" One of the stretch goals for Koji Igarashi’s then record-breaking

Brooklyn Nine-Nine Is Throwing Out Its Season 8 Episodes And Starting Over Amid Political Unrest

The writers of the police comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine have thrown out four episodes that were written for its upcoming eighth season due to the ongoing political unrest in the world regarding police.Actor Terry Crews told Access Online, "Our showrunner Dan Goor ... they had four episodes all ready to go and they just threw them in the trash. We have to start over. Right now we don't know which direction it's going to go in," he said."This is an opportunity right now for us all to unite and get together

How COVID-19 Is Impacting EA’s Business

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more people are staying home and playing video games. As such, spending on gaming has grown, and Electronic Arts is among the companies that is benefitting. In a new "fireside chat," EA CFO Blake Jorgensen said the company is expected to announce its biggest-ever Q1, which runs April-June.EA said in May that it expects to make $5.525 billion in revenue and a profit of $978 million for the period, which is a record for Q1, but Jorgensen said that the real numbers will be even

Microsoft Shutters Mixer, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Gets Min Min, & Crash Bandicoot 4 Is Real | Save State

The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster continues to grow with the addition of Min Min, the ramen fighter from Arms. She'll join the roster on June 29. That's not the only returning character of the day either: Crash is back in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time.Meanwhile, Play For All keeps on trucking. Play For All is multi-week summer gaming celebration and charity event featuring special guests like Troy Baker, Danny O'Dwyer, and many familiar GameSpot faces. We've already raised thousands of dollars for #BlackLivesMatter and COVID-19 Relief Efforts thanks