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The Drakengard action-RPG spin-off Nier (2010) wasn’t a critical or commercial smash when it was released six years ago. It was just kind of… there. Neither terrible, nor great, its wieldy story was praised, while its lackluster visuals and janky combat left a lot to be desired. Nonetheless, Nier be
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According to a new post over on the PlayStation Blog, bullet-dodging puzzle game Soft Body will be releasing on May 17th for both PlayStation 4 and Windows, with PS Vita and Mac versions to follow soon after. It’s also got a new trailer to go along with the announcement, as well as a sneak preview o
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In which we envision Marcus Fenix using the bathroom.
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Less “knocking things off ledges,” more “shooting things in outer space.”
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For those of you wondering what the collective consciousness of 2chan users might look like (which admittedly is a dangerous thought), these hot-as-shit collages made of bullet hell shooters and doe-eyed anime girls pretty much nail it. Culled together from images found on Japanese parts of the inte