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The Video Game City Week: on the vivid authenticity of Midgar’s slums

May 25, 2022TWGbot

Welcome back to The Video Game City Week. Next up, a visit to some familiar slums. Midgar’s slums I often think about the playful, deceptively mundane poetry in the word ‘skyscraper’; a building so tall, so gross, that it can wound the skyline. Midgar’s slums have no real sky. And yet, in their vivid authenticity, […]

Pokémon-like MMO Temtem leaves early access this September

May 24, 2022TWGbot

Temtem, developer Crema’s massively multiplayer riff on Pokémon, will be leaving early access and getting its full PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, and PC release on 6th September. Temtem, you might recall, entered Steam early access back in January 2020, selling over half a million copies in its first month of release. Crema has been […]

The Video Game City Week: Yakuza’s arcades are clean, oddly studious, and a delight

May 24, 2022TWGbot

Welcome back to The Video Game City Week. Now: we’ll need some arcades. Yakuza’s Arcades I think some of the allure of Japan, for a foreigner, is the chance to see the world as it used to be – at least, some version of that world as you like to imagine it was, and not […]

Gloomhaven is finally coming to consoles

May 22, 2022TWGbot

Asmodee Digital’s video game adaptation of acclaimed co-op board game Gloomhaven is, after more than two years on Steam, finally coming to consoles. Although Flaming Fowl Studios developed the PC version – which came out of early access at the end of last year – Saber Interactive will seemingly be handling the console port. “We’re […]

The DioField Chronicle has been rated by ESRB

May 22, 2022TWGbot

A surprise ESRB listing for Square Enix’s newly announced The DioField Chronicle has revealed some additional details about the mysterious game. The DioField Chronicle is a new tactics game coming to PS4 and PS5 later this year, as well as PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. It was announced at PlayStation State […]

MultiVersus character list and how to unlock new characters

May 21, 2022TWGbot

MultiVersus offers up a huge roster of characters from Warner Bros. franchises like Batman, Adventure Time and Scooby Doo. There are 16 characters to enjoy in MultiVersus at launch, with more planned later down the line. Players have even been able to try out the game early as part of a closed alpha test. To […]