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Tell Me A Good One | The best story games to play in 2024
If you're looking for a game with a story that will captivate you, check some of these out.
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A Beautiful Song | For the glory of mankind: Nier Automata's amazing music just made a surprise appearance during the Olympics
One synchronized swimming team performed alongside a song from one of the best action RPGs in recent memory.
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THIS CAN CONTINUE | The Nier: Automata anime is finally coming back this July, a whole year after its production-issue-plagued first part finished
Hope you're ready for more androids being sad about existing!
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BATTING 1000 | Got a Nier: Automata-shaped hole in your heart? You shouldn't resist picking up this ambitious sci-fi title for PC and Switch, then
1000xRESIST picks up the slack while you wait for the next Nier.
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NEW NIER NEAR? | Yoko Taro and other NieR devs tease new project that "might be NieR, it might not be NieR"
It's probably not NieR, but it could maybe be NieR. We'll probably learn NieR to release.
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SWITCHING QUESTS? | Long-time Dragon Quest producer reportedly being reassigned to mobile games, with NieR dev maybe, er, NieR to replacing him
Yu Miyake is apparently stepping down from his current post, following delays to the next entry in the series.
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NIER ENOUGH | Sure, we’d all love a Nier sequel, but what I really want is the return of another Yoko Taro classic
I'd say there's a non-zero chance of it happening.
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RETURN AS GODS | The Nier: Automata anime is finally coming back later this year
Just when is it coming back though? Hard to say.
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WON'T SUGARCOAT IT | 2B from Nier Automata has finally made it to Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
Everyone loves 2B, and now she's back in fighting form.
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EIFFEL 65 | Granblue Fantasy: Relink, the sleeper hit that went up against Persona and Yakuza, passes one million sales
You may have missed Relink with all the great games out right now, but rest assured, it's a banger.
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GENERATIONAL GAP | Steam and PS5's latest darling, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, is a modern day PS2 game – for better and worse
The PS2 has one of the best libraries out there, though its catalogue still had some warts too.
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RE:RE: | Persona 3 Reload is Atlus' best Steam launch, but it's got nothing on Granblue Fantasy: Relink
Who could have guessed Relink would do so well?
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GACHA ENHANCED | Granblue Fantasy: Relink review – Short, sweet, but far from the Platinum-standard RPG
It won't rock the skyboat, but there's still a good time to be had.
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CHEAP AS CHIPS | Excited for Granblue Fantasy: Relink? You can check out the series' anime adaptation for free right now
What's better than free?
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DEMONIC | Bayonetta dev's Apple Arcade exclusive World of Demons will no longer be playable next month
No reason was given as to why the game is being delisted.
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R.I.B. | Hideki Kamiya may end up taking the rest of his ideas for Bayonetta "to the grave"
The PlatinumGames co-founder left the studio in September.
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2 NIER 2 FURIOUS | It looks like we are getting a Nier Automata sequel - and maybe even more - in the future
Just don't expect anything for a while still.
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VIOLENCE IS GOLDEN | The Best Ultraviolent Spectacle in Gaming
What's the best game where a lot of people get battered? Find out in The Best Games Ever show!
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ON THE ROLL | BLOCKED! Hideki Kamiya has made a Youtube channel, and none of us are safe
Driving away in a red Ferrari, the former designer jokes for fans to subscribe during his unemployment.
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BLOCKED | PlatinumGames co-founder Hideki Kamiya is leaving the studio next month
No word on what he's up to next, though.
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The best Wii U games to play in 2023
Here are some games to play on that Wii U you have lying around.
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Nier To My Heart | Final Fantasy 16 had a helping hand from PlatinumGames and the team behind Kingdom Hearts
Some strong pedigree behind the upcoming JRPG.
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SYMBOLIC | Metal Gear Solid Δ looks pretty goofy written down, but which games have worse titles?
What's in a name? Loads, actually. The Best Games Ever Show Episode 53
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PRETTY HATE MACHINE | Forget remakes and remasters – there's never been a better time to revisit Metal Gear Rising Revengeance
Shake off the news about MGS: Delta and Master Collection Volume 1 and embrace the nanomachines instead, son.
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RESURRECTED! | Metal Gear voice actor, Quinton Flynn, teases upcoming announcements for the series
Konami's silence is deafening.
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FIGHT STEAL KILL | New NieR: Automata Ver1.1a anime trailer confirms January 7 release date
That's less than two weeks away!
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B.T. | Turns out Bayonetta Origins: Cereza was hiding in Bayonetta 3 all along
A hidden chapter in the recently released action game was actually a playable teaser all along.
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WHERE IT ALL BEGAN | Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon is a witchy origin story coming to Switch in March
Lovely animation.
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CUT TO THE QUICKTIME | In defence of QTEs: Why gaming's most derided mechanic is good, actually
The oft-maligned Quick Time Event has a place in gaming – even if years of rampant abuse of the mechanic have given it some bad press.
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Opening Up | Bayonetta 3 took so long because it was originally conceived as semi-open world
Which is part of why development took so long.
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Bayonetta 3 Bewitchments and challenges - Every Chapter and Phenomenal Remnant
Looking to find out the answers to questions like 'what are Bayonetta 3 Betwitchments' and 'what do they do'? Look no further.
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Bayonetta 3 Umbran Tears of Blood locations
You may need some help chasing down all the Witch familiars in Bayonetta 3 – so we're here to help.
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THE RATINGS ARE IN | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.23: The best 6/10 that's better than The Last of Us
Sometimes you get good sixes and iffy nines, we don't make the rules.
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THE WITCH & FAMOUS | 11 things I wish I knew before playing Bayonetta 3
PlatinumGames latest Nintendo Switch blockbuster lands today – and we have some spoiler-free information that might help you play the game a bit better.
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HAIR NECESSITIES | Bayonetta 3 review: An instant classic that feels like a proper old-school, content-packed Nintendo adventure
Bigger levels, bigger fights, bigger hair – Bayonetta 3 somehow manages to edge the Platinum formula even harder to deliver one hell of a climax.
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THE PRICE IS WRONG? | Bayonetta voice actor seeks to "defend myself and my reputation" in update to claims of lacklustre pay
Following reporting that claimed she was offered more than originally implied, an elaboration has gone live on Twitter.
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Original Bayonetta VA calls for boycott of third game over "insulting" pay offer
Hellena Taylor posted a series of videos this weekend where she alleges she was offered only $4000 for the role.
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IN THE HAIR TONIGHT | Witches be trippin’: A few hours in, Bayonetta 3 looks like a Nintendo Switch all-timer
Bigger, louder, dumber, and better – this is the sequel every Bayonetta fan has been waiting for.
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Try Again | PlatinumGames still plans to make live service games despite Babylon Fall's fall
CEO Atsushi Inaba all apologised to fans for any disappointment they might have at Babylon Fall's closure.
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ALL "HALE" BAYONETTA | Jennifer Hale is the new voice of Bayonetta in Bayonetta 3
The prolific voice actor has been confirmed for the role.
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Yohra good’un | NieR: Automata’s performance on Nintendo Switch exceeded my expectations
Being able to play Square Enix’s cult RPG hit on the go – whether you’re NieR or far – is better than I was expecting.
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kicking butt | Bayonetta 3 trailer shows the Umbra Witch fighting to save the world from the Homunculi
Scruffy journalist Luka and another Umbra Witch, Jeanne, make an appearance.
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babylon has fallen | Despite promising that servers won't shutdown, Babylon's Fall is, in fact, shutting servers down
Babylon's Fall will close down shop before it's even been a year.
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hair-raising action | Bayonetta 3 finally has a release date, and it's out in October
New trailer reveals additional details about latest bewitching adventure.
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The memes, Jack! | New Final Fantasy 14 Raiden data centre goes live - Metal Gear Rising memes ensue
All memes. All passed along.
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nier enough | Nier Automata is coming to Switch this October
It may not be Bayonetta 3, but Nintendo Switch owners are getting something new from PlatinumGames.
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doing what | Only one person was keeping the Babylon's Fall dream alive on Steam last week
Babylon's Fall had, at one point the other week, a single player online on Steam.
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hair to eternity | Can Bayonetta 3 capture the magic of Bayonetta 2 – one of Nintendo’s greatest ever exclusives?
We've waited over eight years, so let's hope that PlatinumGames will be able to top Bayonetta 2's unique magic with its anticipated, overdue sequel.
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SHOOT YOUR SHOT | Former Nintendo developer pleads for a Switch port of Star Fox Zero
One of Star Fox's key creatives has a message for his former employers - they should port Fox McCloud's Wii U adventure to Switch.
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PLENTY IN THE POT | Babylon's Fall content up to the end of Season 2 is nearly complete, work on Season 3 has started
PlatinumGames says there are no plans to reduce the scale of development on the game.