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Persona 3 Reload, a remake of 2006’s Persona 3, just released its animated opening ahead of its February release. Not only does it look fantastic, but it pays homage to the game’s original theme “Burn My Dread” in a pretty inventive way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=746zeHM5EA8 Mixing in the blue/white palette of the original, Persona 3 Reload’s opening movie gives us a taste of what to expect come February 2nd. The two-minute animation introduces us fully to the new song “Full Moon Full Life” sung by Azumi…

Metroid Dread is not just one of the best side-scrollers on Nintendo Switch, it's one of the best games on the platform, period. If you haven't played it, do yourself a favor and grab it from GameStop right now. The retailer has Metroid Dread discounted to only $39 as part of it Summer Sale, which is directly competing with Prime Day 2023. Metroid Dread takes the series back to its side-scrolling roots for the first time since Metroid Fusion for Game Boy Advance in 2002. Developed by Mercury Steam, the…

Earlier this year, one of the country’s most-lauded poetry magazines announced on Twitter it was in trouble. Having been a stalwart of the scene for a decade, Butcher’s Dog was facing a cash shortfall that threatened to close it.Editor Jo Clement shared the news “with a heavy heart” and appealed to the poetry community for help. “People rallied round and, in just five days, we were able to sell enough magazines to cover print costs for our next two issues,” says the Newcastle-based writer and academic. “It was a huge…

Evoking Hype Look, let’s all just look surprised, ok? It’s no one’s fault. As part of this afternoon’s Xbox Games Showcase, Atlus revealed its long-requested remake of one of the most iconic and beloved RPGs of all-time, in the form of Persona 3 Reload, which you have never heard of before. Persona 3 Reload is a full remake of the classic PS2 social-sim-cum-demon-catcher, which wowed western fans in 2006 and took the Shin Megami Tensei brand practically mainstream. The story concerns a party of school students who…

Try and look surprised As Summer Game Fest continues, the black-and-green brand is preparing to take the stage, as Microsoft’s Xbox brand prepares to regale us with all of the titles headed to Xbox Series X/S and Xbox Game Pass in the remainder of 2023 and beyond — The Xbox Games Showcase is set to kick off in about an hour from now, and we’ll be on deck to bring you all of the hot news and updates from today’s stream. Xbox has had something of an inauspicious year so far, with the very disappointing launch of…

Do you ever open Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok and feel like the world is spinning rapidly off its axis? And that you’re just along for the ride, powerless to slow things down?Perhaps that feeling of vertigo is not as much a result of the worsening state of the world so much as the product of the digital systems—with the new addition of AI and ChatGPT to the pantheon—that portray it. Their designers meant to hold your attention, and what better motivator than fear and loathing?In Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our…

Options, options, options If you want to play a great 2D Legend of Zelda game today, the Nintendo Switch has you covered. With a Nintendo Switch Online membership, you can play any of the pre-Ocarina games, plus a handful of excellent Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance titles with more on the horizon. One of the very best 2D Zelda titles, Link’s Awakening, is available twice — in addition to the GBC version on NSO, there’s also an excellent 2019 remake. Image via Nintendo But if you want a new 2D Zelda…

Image via Marvel Comics When it comes to Marvel’s Fantastic Four reboot that everyone hopes hits the mark after multiple misfires, everyone has an ideal vision in their head. Some want Emily Blunt and her husband John Krasinski to work side-by-side, while others want a veteran from The Good Place, and that potential Reed Richards says the idea is one which certainly keeps him up at night. William Jackson Harper makes these remarks about the possibility in an interview with TheWrap. The actor has previously said…

They later become the Doom Illuminati The retro-inspired shooter genre is really in high gear. Following in the wake of the big-budget revival of Doom in 2016 and the indie hot flash of Dusk in 2018, there are now a tonne of indie games vying for recognition in the genre. It’s a bit overwhelming, to be honest. It’s a favorite genre of mine, but it seems hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. My current approach is to just dump milk over all of them and dig in. Dread Templar is in the bowl. Having entered Early Access…

Metroid Dread was one of the best Nintendo Switch games of 2021, but despite being more than a year old, it's rarely on sale at major retailers. Well, now's your chance to snag a physical copy of Metroid Dread for its best price yet. Amazon is selling the stellar Switch exclusive for only $40 as part of its Cyber Monday sale. This deal already sold out once, so you'll want to pick it up quickly if interested. Metroid Dread would make for a great gift this holiday, especially at this…