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Dragon Ball FighterZ Story Mode Is Surprisingly Good
Dragon Ball FighterZ is out today, spawning countless brutal online battles between players eager to rise to the top of the leaderboards. But fret not, multiplayer-phobic fighting game fans—the game’s lengthy and demanding story mode is an excellent way to delay the inevitable multiplayer beat-down. Spoilers, but not for a bit. I’ll warn again when…
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The New Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Is A Lot Like The Old One
Some video game sequels take great pains to get players up to speed on what occurred in the previous game. Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory is not one of those sequels. It’s a side-story, and if you play it without playing the original Cyber Sleuth, you’re going to be a little lost. A…
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Dragon Ball FighterZ Loot Boxes Don’t Cost Real Money
Late last week rumors circulated that Dragon Ball FighterZ featured the ability to purchase loot box-style Z capsules using real money. That’s not how it works, at least not currently. The rumors sprang froma post on Resetera featuring a conversation with a player who had received an early copy of the game. Discussing his avatar,…
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There’s A Chiaotzu-Sized Hole In Dragon Ball FighterZ‘s Roster
After a prolonged drip feed of new trailers and character announcements, Dragon Ball FighterZ comes out in less than a week. Unfortunately, while the playable roster is 24 characters strong, one of the series most beloved little dudes isn’t among them. Technically, Chiaotzu is in the game. Once again reprising his role as a side-kick,…
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Dragon Ball FighterZ Beta Hides More Classic Moments From The Anime
Over the weekend players got to spend time with Dragon Ball FighterZ during an open test beta. It turns out the game still looks gorgeous and, if you’re huge fan of the source material, even has pre and post-fight scenes that reenact the anime. While most of Dragon Ball FighterZ’s fight introductions are quick and…
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Bandai Namco Offers To Extend Dragon Ball FighterZ Beta If Network Issues Continue [UPDATE]
Due out January 26, Dragon Ball FighterZ had its open beta this weekend. Unfortunately, network errors and disconnects have plagued much of the second half of it leading publisher Bandai Namco to discuss extending it beyond Sunday. Early access to the beta started for players who pre-ordered the game yesterday, with everyone else on PS4…
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Fan Immortalized In Original .Hack//G.U. Missing From Remaster
In 2007, Christopher “Ichida” MacKinnon and two other Bandai forum moderators were featured as an arena team in the third volume of PlayStation 2 RPG series .hack//G.U. This month’s remaster of the series inexplicably removed MacKinnon and another moderator’s character name. As MacKinnon tells it in a lengthy post on his personal Kinja page, back…
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Noctis From Final Fantasy XV Is Coming To Tekken 7
First Injustice 2 gets the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and now Tekken 7 is getting Final Fantasy XV’s Prince Charming. Noctis Lucis Caelum joins the King of Iron Fist Tournament this spring. Originally published 11/12/2018 Judging by the announcement video, which debuted at the Tekken World Tour Finals earlier today, not only are we getting…
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The Latest Digimon Game Is Pretty Basic, And That’s Okay
Not every Digimon game needs to be an epic role-playing game with super-deep breeding mechanics. Sometimes a person just wants to raise some digital monsters on a virtual farm for some basic turn-based battles. Digimon Links, released this week for iOS and Android, is exactly that. As much as I appreciate all the extra stuff…
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God Eater 3 Gets Its First Trailer
The sci-fi action JRPG where tiny anime fighters slice up giant monsters is coming back for a third game. Bandai Namco released a teaser trailer for the game earlier today that shows God Eater 3’s likely hero breaking free of some futuristic handcuffs in order to go pummel some Aragami, the series’ main antagonists. There’s…
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Pokken Tournament Is Way Better On A Console That Isn’t Dead
There was nothing wrong with the Wii U release of Pokémon fighting game Pokken Tournament that couldn’t be solved by Nintendo releasing an entirely new, more fully-realized platform for people to play it on. And here we are. Originally published on 9/18/17. Pokken Tournament is one of my favorite games on the Wii U. It was…
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Kotaku EastI Played Mario Kart VR And It Was Pretty Okay
Mario Kart Arcade GP VR isn’t a game that you can buy, but a virtual reality installation in Bandai Namco’s VR Zone attraction in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It promises to put you in the driver’s seat for a Mario Kart race, and that it does. It’s pretty fun, but you’re not really missing out on much…
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The Next Naruto Game Lets Players Make Their Own Damn Ninja
Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Strikers might be a weird online multiplayer battle arena game instead of a traditional fighter, but it does one thing those other Naruto games don’t. It lets players make their own ninja. You can never have too many. Sure, there are dozens and dozens of characters in Naruto that players are…
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Bandai Namco Shows Off New Trailer And Gameplay For Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time
The publisher revealed some new information as well as some gameplay for the upcoming anime adaptation during a live stream even last night. As reported by Gematsu, the stream announced, among other things, that the characters Akko Kagari, Lotte Yanson, and Sucy Manbavaran will all be playable in the game. In addition, Little Witch Academia:…
By Ethan Gach
