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Onimusha: Way of the Sword review - A sword saintly samurai thriller
PCGamesN Aug 31 · 7 min read

Onimusha: Way of the Sword review - A sword saintly samurai thriller

Onimusha is finally back, and Capcom’s penchant for sound storytelling and moreish combat shine through a bleak, Genma-infested Kyoto.

Onimusha Way of the Sword review: A series reborn with great fights, but too many wrong modern lessons
Video Games Chronicle Aug 31 · 1 min read

Onimusha Way of the Sword review: A series reborn with great fights, but too many wrong modern lessons

Onimusha: Way of the Sword's gameplay heights are let down by dated missions and uneven pacing

The Blood of Dawnwalker Review: Witcher 3 veterans prove a focused RPG beats a bloated one
Video Games Chronicle Aug 31 · 1 min read

The Blood of Dawnwalker Review: Witcher 3 veterans prove a focused RPG beats a bloated one

Rebel Wolves' 'debut' is an excellent, focused RPG with strong writing and no filler, though performance issues hold it back

Onimusha: Way of the Sword review: "It's no Sekiro, but goofiness, accessibility, and tight combat help this rough diamond shine"
GamesRadar Aug 31 · 8 min read

Onimusha: Way of the Sword review: "It's no Sekiro, but goofiness, accessibility, and tight combat help this rough diamond shine"

Responsive samurai combat shines throughout Onimusha's revival

The Blood of Dawnwalker review: "Despite clear Witcher 3 DNA, I wish this vampire RPG was messier"
GamesRadar Aug 31 · 11 min read

The Blood of Dawnwalker review: "Despite clear Witcher 3 DNA, I wish this vampire RPG was messier"

For an RPG that keeps telling me that it matters I've been cursed to be a vampire, it feels all too frictionless and forgiving

The Blood of Dawnwalker review
Eurogamer Aug 31 · 7 min read

The Blood of Dawnwalker review

CD Projekt Red alumni create a familiar dark fantasy adventure, but one with bold and provocative ideas of its own, that's mostly, enormously successful. Read more

The Blood of Dawnwalker review
PC Gamer Aug 31 · 12 min read

The Blood of Dawnwalker review

A horror RPG with novel ideas of its own, even if it doesn’t always have the courage to follow them through.

Onimusha: Way of the Sword review
PC Gamer Aug 31 · 10 min read

Onimusha: Way of the Sword review

Ferociously good combat brings this long-dormant series back from the afterlife.

The Blood of Dawnwalker review - Time well spent
PCGamesN Aug 31 · 7 min read

The Blood of Dawnwalker review - Time well spent

The Blood of Dawnwalker is a captivating vampire RPG that insists you don’t need to see it all, and largely succeeds in that bold approach.

Fable's story will be '15-20 hours' long, according to its game director, although the game's life systems are 'limitless'
PC Gamer Aug 31 · 3 min read

Fable's story will be '15-20 hours' long, according to its game director, although the game's life systems are 'limitless'

"You can literally play it forever if that's what you want to do."

Cult simulator Join Us recruits four real ex-cult members to "experience the game’s darkly satirical take on cult life"
Eurogamer Aug 31 · 1 min read

Cult simulator Join Us recruits four real ex-cult members to "experience the game’s darkly satirical take on cult life"

Join Us, the upcoming co-op game where you can establish your own cult, has recruited four former cult members to "recruit followers, build their compounds, define their beliefs, and experience the game's darkly satirical take on cult life". Read more

Anbernic's Next Handheld Does A Great Impression Of Nintendo's Switch Lite
Time Extension Aug 31

Anbernic's Next Handheld Does A Great Impression Of Nintendo's Switch Lite

Update: And it's out now! Anbernic has produced a series of emulation handhelds which borrow design inspiration from systems like the GBA , DS and PS Vita , and its forthcoming 55G1 continues the company's tradition of mimicry. As you can see from the trailer below, the 55G1 is a dead ringer for the Switch Lite, the handheld-only variant of Nintendo's insanely popular Switch system. Read the full article on timeextension.com

OSSC Pro Extra AV Out Addon Preview
RetroRGB Aug 31 · 2 min read

OSSC Pro Extra AV Out Addon Preview

The OSSC Pro is a robust device that can upscale, downscale, passthrough, switch video signals, transcode, separate/combine sync, shift and scale an image, convert analog video/audio signals to digital, and with the optional Extra AV Out Addon, convert digital to analog. Marqs has developed an updated addon that retains the same functionality as the previous, […] The post OSSC Pro Extra AV Out Addon Preview first appeared on RetroRGB .

A 38-year-old NES platformer is getting a Steam remake by its original husband-and-wife team, as the pair's 'final major game product'
PC Gamer Aug 31 · 3 min read

A 38-year-old NES platformer is getting a Steam remake by its original husband-and-wife team, as the pair's 'final major game product'

The Battle of Olympus will arrive on Steam in 2027.

Stellar Blade and Lies of P "really made developers in Korea take up the challenge for console games," says Shift Up technical director
GamesRadar Aug 31 · 3 min read

Stellar Blade and Lies of P "really made developers in Korea take up the challenge for console games," says Shift Up technical director

"And we have Crimson Desert now as well"

Here's Something Odd - Sega's Mega Drive / Genesis Beat 'Em Up 'Comix Zone' Running On The N64
Time Extension Aug 31

Here's Something Odd - Sega's Mega Drive / Genesis Beat 'Em Up 'Comix Zone' Running On The N64

Frogbull has released yet another "alternate reality" project. The homebrew developer Frogbull has brought us some bizarre crossovers over the past few years: from creating playable versions of PlayStation classics like Metal Gear Solid , Final Fantasy VII , and Crash Bandicoot for the Sega Saturn to showing off a Nintendo 64 edition of Spyro the Dragon . More recently, he's been busy sharing his progress on reverse engineering the original Panzer Dragoon (even teasing a possible Dreamcast port of the Sega Saturn classic ) Read the full article on timeextension.com

Sony's next PlayStation State of Play coming this Thursday, followed by a Japan and Asia-dedicated showcase
Eurogamer Aug 31 · 2 min read

Sony's next PlayStation State of Play coming this Thursday, followed by a Japan and Asia-dedicated showcase

Our next port of call when it comes to major livestreams filled with game reveals isn't too far off. Sonytoday announced the date of the next PlayStation State of Play presentation. The showcase airs Thursday, 3rd September. Read more

Xbox CEO refuses to confirm whether next console Helix will have a disc drive
Eurogamer Aug 31 · 2 min read

Xbox CEO refuses to confirm whether next console Helix will have a disc drive

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma will not confirm if its next console system, codenamed Project Helix, will have a disc. Read more

PlayStation announces State of Play for this week featuring "an extended look" at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation
GamesRadar Aug 31 · 2 min read

PlayStation announces State of Play for this week featuring "an extended look" at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation

Immediately followed by State of Play Japan, too

Riot wants to keep taking "risks" with Valorant. That's why its still alive in 2026
PCGamesN Aug 31 · 7 min read

Riot wants to keep taking "risks" with Valorant. That's why its still alive in 2026

Valorant is one of the few FPS games to survive the shooter apocalypse we've seen in recent years. Here's how Riot's kept its game alive.

PlayStation has confirmed its next State of Play
Video Games Chronicle Aug 31 · 1 min read

PlayStation has confirmed its next State of Play

The new State of Play will take place later this week, PlayStation has confirmed

Take-Two says its investigation into the GTA 6 leaker is ‘rapidly evolving’ as it requests another Discord subpoena
Video Games Chronicle Aug 31 · 1 min read

Take-Two says its investigation into the GTA 6 leaker is ‘rapidly evolving’ as it requests another Discord subpoena

It's also asked for the details to be kept secret so it doesn't "tip off the alleged infringers"

Here's every announcement from Pokémon World Championships
Eurogamer Aug 31 · 2 min read

Here's every announcement from Pokémon World Championships

The 2026 Pokémon World Championships wrapped up in San Francisco this weekend, marking the franchise's 30th anniversary alongside the inaugural PokémonXP fan event. Read more

Metro 2039 devs say "it never feels good" to see gameplay leaks, but promise the FPS will have been worth the 7-year wait
GamesRadar Aug 31 · 4 min read

Metro 2039 devs say "it never feels good" to see gameplay leaks, but promise the FPS will have been worth the 7-year wait

4A Games "didn't set out for Metro 2039 to take seven years" but says it has benefited from the extra development time