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  13. <item><title>Dying Light: The Beast Review - Despite All My Rage</title><link>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/dying-light-the-beast-review/1900-6418407/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</link><description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">It wouldn't seem to make sense to call <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/dying-light-the-beast/">Dying Light: The Beast</a> a more grounded game than its predecessors. It's a game in which you routinely shift into something like X-Men's Wolverine, slashing at the undead with the ferocity of a preying mountain lion and carving them to shreds with what is basically an instant win button. But beyond the feature that informs the game's title, this expansion turned standalone sequel actually leans further into horror and survival than anything in the series, making it the most fun I've had with Dying Light to date.</p><p dir="ltr">Dying Light: The Beast returns the game's original protagonist, Kyle Crane, to the starring role, moving him to Castor Woods, a brand-new location for the series, and a lush nature reserve decorated with once-gorgeous villages that manage to feel both ornate and rustic at the same time. Like before, the game is an open-world first-person zombie game with a significant emphasis on death-defying parkour and brutal melee combat. But The Beast adds (or returns) a few other wrinkles, too.</p><p dir="ltr">For one, guns are more prevalent than ever this time, though ammo isn't as common. Using guns feels reliable enough but doesn't fill your Beast Mode meter, so I frequently rejected this quasi-new toy in favor of the series' long-held favorites: baseball bats, machetes, and loose pipes fitted with elemental add-ons that light the zombies on fire, send electric shocks through the hordes, or cause them to bleed out between my crunchy swings to their squishy heads.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/dying-light-the-beast-review/1900-6418407/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1900-6418407</guid><dc:creator>Mark Delaney</dc:creator><media:content url="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/1632/16320660/4568439-dying-light_-the-beast-key-visual-eng-ea4991b13af607f23ee6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="270" /><relatedGames></relatedGames><category></category></item>
  14. <item><title>Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Review -- An Arcade Kart Racer For Gearheads</title><link>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/sonic-racing-crossworlds-review-an-arcade-kart-racer-for-gearheads/1900-6418408/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</link><description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">As a dyed-in-the-wool Nintendo Kid, Mario has always been the yardstick by which I measure competitors. When Sonic the Hedgehog broke out on the Sega Genesis, I couldn't help but compare it to Mario's platforming to measure the similarities and differences. So I have to admit that it's difficult to approach an arcade kart racer like Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds without Mario Kart in the back of my head--especially since that series just had a new entry this summer. But it's that contrast that really makes CrossWorlds stand out in some positive ways. Whereas Nintendo's latest racer excelled due to its simplicity, CrossWorlds offers a massive wealth of options and customization to help you find and craft your own style. There is a <em>lot</em> going on, and it can be a little overwhelming, but ultimately the level of depth rewards experimentation.</p><p dir="ltr">From the start, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds offers three main offline modes, two of which need little introduction: Grand Prix and Time Trials are your tried-and-true staples, and then there's the more inventive Race Park. More on that in a bit. Grand Prix is where most players will start, with a suite of seven Grand Prix to master. These are listed as three races apiece, but each one also consists of a fourth grand finale race that remixes parts of the three prior tracks.</p><p dir="ltr">And that's where CrossWorlds gets its unique twist, as well as its name. Seemingly inspired by the Sonic the Hedgehog movies, in which rings act as portals to other planets, the tracks in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds are not just straightforward point-A-to-point-B affairs. Instead you'll regularly cross a threshold through a giant ring and into a new world. The race leader chooses a destination, between one known option or another random selection. You hop into another world to visit for a little while, and then portal your way back to the main track you were in.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/sonic-racing-crossworlds-review-an-arcade-kart-racer-for-gearheads/1900-6418408/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1900-6418408</guid><dc:creator>Steve Watts</dc:creator><media:content url="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/1585/15855271/4569214-srcw_keyart.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="270" /><relatedGames></relatedGames><category></category></item>
  15. <item><title>Trails In The Sky 1st Chapter Review - A Glorious Return To The Beginning</title><link>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/trails-in-the-sky-1st-chapter-review-a-glorious-return-to-the-beginning/1900-6418410/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</link><description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter finally addresses a major dilemma for newcomers considering getting into Falcom's epic industrial fantasy saga. While the Trails series has consisted of different arcs set in different parts of the continent of Zemuria that you could start from, when its overarching storyline and continuity spans titles released over two decades, where better to begin than the very first chapter?</p><p dir="ltr">Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter successfully remakes the game and brings it in line with the standards of a Trails game in 2025, while preserving its original story. This is not a bloated reimagining--Trails titles have already been well-regarded for having a wealth of text, so it's not like a remake would benefit from more fleshing out--but sticks to all of the original story beats, along with a revised localization that's also closer in style to the Japanese text. There are some new lines too, mostly to fill the silences during exploration, but still not quite the same undertaking of localizing a new script from scratch, which is usually why previous Trails games have taken longer to reach the West.</p><figure data-align="center" data-size="large" data-img-src="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/43/434805/4570041-ss_2bebb63635f2c74984cb55267abbe933c74739c2.1920x1080.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-4570041" data-ratio="0.5625" data-width="1920" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 1920px"><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/43/434805/4570041-ss_2bebb63635f2c74984cb55267abbe933c74739c2.1920x1080.jpg"><img alt="No Caption Provided" src="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_super/43/434805/4570041-ss_2bebb63635f2c74984cb55267abbe933c74739c2.1920x1080.jpg" srcset="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/43/434805/4570041-ss_2bebb63635f2c74984cb55267abbe933c74739c2.1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_super/43/434805/4570041-ss_2bebb63635f2c74984cb55267abbe933c74739c2.1920x1080.jpg 1280w, https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/43/434805/4570041-ss_2bebb63635f2c74984cb55267abbe933c74739c2.1920x1080.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" data-width="1280"></a></figure><p dir="ltr">Just like the original, 1st Chapter begins with 11 year-old Estelle waiting for her father Cassius to arrive home, only to find he's brought with him an injured orphaned boy named Joshua who's also her age. Fast-forwarding five years later, he's part of the family and the pair are following in their father's footsteps to become bracers: heroic warriors serving and protecting their communities by exterminating dangerous monsters and helping with odd jobs. But besides going from town to town in the kingdom of Liberl and doing good deeds to increase their bracer rank, Estelle and Joshua become embroiled in one mystery after another, from political corruption to kidnappings, culminating in a vast conspiracy beyond what they could have imagined.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/trails-in-the-sky-1st-chapter-review-a-glorious-return-to-the-beginning/1900-6418410/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:34:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1900-6418410</guid><dc:creator>Alan Wen</dc:creator><media:content url="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/43/434805/4570040-71bc9a51af8ea27464aff7bb2225e871.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="270" /><relatedGames></relatedGames><category></category></item>
  16. <item><title>Assassin&#039;s Creed Shadows: Claws Of Awaji DLC Review - Same Old, Same Old</title><link>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/assassins-creed-shadows-claws-of-awaji-dlc-review-same-old-same-old/1900-6418409/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</link><description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Assassin's Creed has long focused each of its stories on a central theme. Almost every aspect of <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/assassins-creed-odyssey/">Odyssey</a>'s main campaign and dozens of side quests deal with legacy, for example, while <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/assassins-creed-valhalla/">Valhalla</a>'s lengthy story largely centers around fate. <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/assassins-creed-shadows/">Assassin's Creed Shadows</a> is far less defined, with protagonists Naoe and Yasuke's journey across 16th-century Japan primarily being about found family, but delving into revenge and honor as well. Thematically, it's been the weakest narrative theme of the larger, more RPG-focused Assassin's Creed games, <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/assassins-creed-shadows-review-shinobi-simulator/1900-6418344/">muddied by the main story's aimless second act</a>.</p><p dir="ltr">Those same problems persist in Shadows' first major story-driven expansion, Claws of Awaji. And while a few changes to the cat-and-mouse formula of pursuing and eliminating targets do make for a more engaging gameplay loop, the persisting narrative issues leave the ending to the DLC, and Naoe's arc specifically, feeling barebones.</p><p dir="ltr">Claws of Awaji takes place after the events of Shadows' main story. So if you haven't finished Shadows' campaign and don't want to be spoiled, turn back.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/assassins-creed-shadows-claws-of-awaji-dlc-review-same-old-same-old/1900-6418409/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:15:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1900-6418409</guid><dc:creator>Jordan Ramée</dc:creator><media:content url="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/1587/15875866/4569886-acsh_expansion_keyart_4k_desktop.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="270" /><relatedGames></relatedGames><category></category></item>
  17. <item><title>Lego Voyagers Review - Building A Relationship</title><link>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/lego-voyagers-review/1900-6418406/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</link><description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">There are so many great co-op experiences to be had right now that my biggest issue isn't finding something to play with my wife or kids, it's finding enough time to play them all. But I'm glad I made the time for <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/lego-voyagers/">Lego Voyagers</a>, because it's the sort of game that is immediately, obviously special, and culminates in a beautiful final few minutes that made my kids and me care deeply for a simple pair of Lego bricks.</p><p dir="ltr">Lego Voyagers is a two-player co-op game, so there's no solo mode, nor can you pair up with a bot partner. Played online or--even better--with two players sharing a couch, the game takes only about four hours to go through. But that's time very well spent, I can tell you, after having played it with my daughter and son at different times.</p><p dir="ltr">Lego Voyagers stars two minuscule Lego bricks. Both nameless, they're each personified only by their single googly-eye sticker, as well as their different colors; one is blue, the other is red. The simple, wordless story is nonetheless affecting. As the pair live out their lives as neighbors and buddies atop a small island built of Lego bricks, a rocket in the distance can be seen taking off, awakening in them a passion for science and space travel. Heading off from home, the pair go on an adventure to explore this passion together.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/lego-voyagers-review/1900-6418406/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 06:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1900-6418406</guid><dc:creator>Mark Delaney</dc:creator><media:content url="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/1632/16320660/4553475-legovoyagers_keyart_landscape_16x9.jpg" type="image/png" width="480" height="270" /><relatedGames></relatedGames><category></category></item>
  18. <item><title>Borderlands 4 Review - Too Much Of An Overcorrection</title><link>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/borderlands-4-review-too-much-of-an-overcorrection/1900-6418405/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</link><description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">A direct sequel to <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/borderlands-3/">Borderlands 3</a>, <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/borderlands-4/">Borderlands 4</a> aims to rectify the various issues of its predecessor--namely, the overreliance on cringe jokes, overly talkative main villains, and bullet-sponge boss battles. And while these issues are addressed, it may have been an overcorrection as Borderlands 4 is cranked so far in the other direction that the resulting game feels like a strange imitation of the series. The core bread and butter of the franchise--rewarding looting and satisfying shooting--remains the same, delivering hours of solid first-person shooter gameplay. The narrative elements, however, are weaker than ever.</p><p dir="ltr">Like its predecessors, Borderlands 4 sees you embody one of four playable Vault Hunters, outlaw mercenaries willing to do pretty much whatever, whenever, for money and a chance to uncover one of the many treasure-filled Vaults left behind by a long-dead civilization. Each Vault Hunter possesses unique skill trees and abilities, allowing you to flavor your approach to the game the way you want. Vex the Siren is a summoner who can create ghostly visages of either herself or a fanged beast to attract enemy fire away from her, for example, while Amon the Forgeknight uses advanced tech to create elemental axes, whips, or a shield so he can wade into melee combat.</p><p dir="ltr">This feels like Borderlands' strongest assortment of Vault Hunters to date. While no past Vault Hunter has been a truly bad choice, this is the first time that each Vault Hunter feels incredibly useful in all aspects of play, whether it's dealing with groups of everyday enemies, cutting away at larger bosses, or aiding allies in co-op while they focus on doing most of the damage. While I played as Vex in my main playthrough, I didn't dislike my time with other Vault Hunters on new save files.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/borderlands-4-review-too-much-of-an-overcorrection/1900-6418405/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 05:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1900-6418405</guid><dc:creator>Jordan Ramée</dc:creator><media:content url="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/1587/15875866/4565669-borderlands-4-vex.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="270" /><relatedGames></relatedGames><category></category></item>
  19. <item><title>Indiana Jones And The Great Circle: The Order Of Giants DLC Review</title><link>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-the-order-of-giants-dlc-review/1900-6418404/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</link><description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">At around four to five hours in length, calling The Order of Giants bite-sized doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Within the context of the rest of Indiana Jones and The Great Circle, however, that's precisely what this DLC feels like.</p><p dir="ltr">The base game is at its best when you're dropped into an extensive playground and left to your own devices, whether it's a maze of undulating rivers in Sukhothai or a stretch of desert surrounding the pyramids of Giza. Donning Indy's signature hat and exploring these dense locations is a treat, with each level meticulously detailed and focused on player agency, all while weaving the signature elements of an Indiana Jones adventure into each locale.</p><figure data-align="center" data-size="large" data-img-src="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/43/434805/4563764-ss_7e68d9f8e015a5af9b2c4cf0ef6befd3cd6b6e8a.1920x1080.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-4563764" data-ratio="0.5625" data-width="1920" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 1920px"><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/43/434805/4563764-ss_7e68d9f8e015a5af9b2c4cf0ef6befd3cd6b6e8a.1920x1080.jpg"><img alt="No Caption Provided" src="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_super/43/434805/4563764-ss_7e68d9f8e015a5af9b2c4cf0ef6befd3cd6b6e8a.1920x1080.jpg" srcset="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/43/434805/4563764-ss_7e68d9f8e015a5af9b2c4cf0ef6befd3cd6b6e8a.1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_super/43/434805/4563764-ss_7e68d9f8e015a5af9b2c4cf0ef6befd3cd6b6e8a.1920x1080.jpg 1280w, https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/43/434805/4563764-ss_7e68d9f8e015a5af9b2c4cf0ef6befd3cd6b6e8a.1920x1080.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" data-width="1280"></a></figure><p dir="ltr">Maybe it was naive of me to expect a similar setup in the game's first expansion, but it's still a tad disappointing that The Order of Giants presents a more streamlined experience instead. The quality is still there; it's just missing a few key ingredients.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-the-order-of-giants-dlc-review/1900-6418404/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:50:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1900-6418404</guid><dc:creator>Richard Wakeling</dc:creator><media:content url="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/43/434805/4563763-indypromoimage.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="270" /><relatedGames></relatedGames><category></category></item>
  20. <item><title>NBA 2K26 Review - Sweat Equity</title><link>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/nba-2k26-review-sweat-equity/1900-6418403/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</link><description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">It's funny to see how much the topic of sweat has become a joke in the NBA 2K series. As far back as when the series first came to Xbox 360, I can recall players calling out the life-like perspiration seen on its in-game athletes. Today, that dedication to depicting authentic sweat is sometimes used to critique the game. Players will say--perhaps only half-jokingly--that Visual Concepts is <em>too </em>concerned with sweat and not focusing enough on other aspects of the annual basketball sim. In reality, I don't know of another sports gaming studio team that sweats the small stuff quite like the NBA 2K team. <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/nba-2k26/">NBA 2K26</a> is another testament to that, with a lot of little improvements alongside a handful of big ones, collectively making this a game that can easily satisfy virtually any type of basketball fan there is.</p><p dir="ltr">On the court, the best change is the game's new motion engine, which follows from last year's new dribble engine and 2K24's introduction of "ProPlay," a system NBA 2K uses that transposes real-life basketball footage into in-game animations. The changes to the motion engine this year are obvious if you're an annual player. Movements are smoother and more authentic to the real world, and thus look better on the screen and feel better in your hands. I'd expected this to be a minor change when I'd first heard about it, but in playing it side by side with last year's game, it's more than subtle.</p><p dir="ltr">The transitions from one movement, like cutting through the paint, to something like stepping back and shooting a floater, are excellent. This change cuts way down on instances of players sort of floating to where they need to be, like they might in past games at times. Movement feels more physical and dynamic overall, and comfortably lends itself to the way Visual Concepts already mimics the unique play styles of its stars.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/nba-2k26-review-sweat-equity/1900-6418403/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:29:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1900-6418403</guid><dc:creator>Mark Delaney</dc:creator><media:content url="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/1632/16320660/4562892-nba2k26angelreese_firstlook.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="270" /><relatedGames></relatedGames><category></category></item>
  21. <item><title>Cronos: The New Dawn Review - The Iron Hurtin&#039;</title><link>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/cronos-the-new-dawn-review-the-iron-hurtin/1900-6418400/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</link><description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Coming off the Silent Hill 2 remake, the biggest question I had for Bloober Team was whether the studio had fully reversed course. Once a developer of middling or worse horror games, Silent Hill 2 was a revelation. But it was also the beneficiary of a tremendously helpful blueprint: The game it remade was a masterpiece to begin with. Could the team make similar magic with a game entirely of its own creation?</p><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/cronos-the-new-dawn/">Cronos: The New Dawn</a> tells me it can. While it doesn't achieve the incredible heights of the Silent Hill 2 remake, Cronos earns its own name in the genre with an intense sci-fi horror story that will do well to satisfy anyone's horror fix, provided they can stomach its sometimes brutal enemy encounters.</p><p dir="ltr">Cronos: The New Dawn looks and feels like the middle ground between Resident Evil and Dead Space. Played in third-person and starring a character who moves with a noticeable heft that keeps them feeling vulnerable, it's a game that at no point gets easy in its 16- to 20-hour story. All the hallmarks of a classic survival-horror game are here, from its long list of different enemy types that demand specific tactics, to a serious commitment to managing a very limited inventory, and especially to the feeling of routinely limping to the next safe room, where the signature music becomes the soundtrack to your brief moments of respite before you trek back out into the untold horrors that await you.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/cronos-the-new-dawn-review-the-iron-hurtin/1900-6418400/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1900-6418400</guid><dc:creator>Mark Delaney</dc:creator><media:content url="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/1632/16320660/4558448-2101960_596.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="270" /><relatedGames></relatedGames><category></category></item>
  22. <item><title>Hell Is Us Review - Devil In The Details</title><link>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/hell-is-us-review-devil-in-the-details/1900-6418402/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</link><description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">If you're bothered by a world map littered with quest icons or the thought of being shepherded through an adventure rather than unravelling it instinctually, the freedom that <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/hell-is-us/">Hell is Us</a> promises will immediately draw you in. It's evident every time you boot up the game, with a tooltip reminding you that you'll get no quest markers, no world map, and no hints as to where to go next while you explore its world. This promise is kept throughout its campaign, although how challenging this makes it overall is less impactful than you might think. Hell is Us definitely demands more of your attention for exploration than most other modern video games, but it's also quite forgiving in how much information it litters around you to keep you subtly on track. Coupled with a brutal but captivating world and a combat system that's more than meets the eye, Hell is Us is an engaging, albeit imperfect, attempt at defining a new type of action/adventure game.</p><p dir="ltr">Set in the fictional region of Hadea in the late 1900s, Hell is Us blends together the centuries-long mystery behind the appearance of ghostly monsters and the calamity that follows them, with an ongoing civil war that is tearing apart the land. Citizens of Hadea align behind two factions, the Palomists and the Sabinians, with decades of heritage and ongoing propaganda fueling gruesome war crimes and countless lives lost to bloodshed. It's here where Hell is Us features its most striking, and upsetting, moments, routinely letting you come across acts of depravity that depict how the divides between people can drive them to commit acts of brutality. You'll naturally come across shockingly violent scenes or hear about gruesome tortures through conversations, which give shape to the brutality of the civil war you're in the middle of. It's not played wholly for shock value, either, with these unsettling scenes providing needed texture to the region and the plights of the citizens desperately trying to escape.</p><figure data-align="center" data-size="large" data-img-src="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/1587/15875866/4558923-hell1.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-4558923" data-ratio="0.5625" data-width="1920" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 1920px"><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/1587/15875866/4558923-hell1.jpg"><img alt="No Caption Provided" src="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_super/1587/15875866/4558923-hell1.jpg" srcset="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/1587/15875866/4558923-hell1.jpg 1920w, https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_super/1587/15875866/4558923-hell1.jpg 1280w, https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/1587/15875866/4558923-hell1.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" data-width="1280"></a></figure><p dir="ltr">As you explore the various hubs that you can freely travel between, you'll encounter a variety of characters hoping for some help. A grieving father at a mass grave can find solace in a picture of his family that you retrieve for him, a trapped politician will thank you for finding them a disguise to navigate a hostile office space, or a lost young girl can be reminded of her missing father by a pair of shoes he asked for you to deliver before his death. These good deeds aren't critical to the central story, but they deepen your connection to Hadea further with each one completed. They also do the best job of delivering on Hell is Us' promise of guideless exploration, with subtle clues pointing you towards the items that each character seeks, whether it's in the town you're currently exploring or waiting for you in another location much later. It's satisfying to recall a brief conversation you had hours prior when coming across a new item, letting you close the loop on a side quest you had all but abandoned.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/hell-is-us-review-devil-in-the-details/1900-6418402/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 01:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1900-6418402</guid><dc:creator>Alessandro Barbosa</dc:creator><media:content url="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/1587/15875866/4558922-hell-is-us-preview-blog-1727450077823.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="270" /><relatedGames></relatedGames><category></category></item>
  23. <item><title>Kirby Star-Crossed World Review - Forgotten Land Gets Bigger, Only Slightly Better</title><link>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/kirby-star-crossed-world-review-forgotten-land-gets-bigger-only-slightly-better/1900-6418401/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</link><description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Kirby and the Forgotten Land + Star Crossed World occupies a strange space in the spate of Switch 2 upgrades. Its upgrades to the original game are relatively modest, offering small performance improvements to a game that already ran well in the first place. But its new content is among the most expansive, consisting of a new mini-campaign that threads itself through original stages and culminates in even tougher challenges than in the main game. It doesn't revitalize the experience in the same way that the Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom upgrades do on Switch 2. Instead, it adds even more of what made the original so great.</p><p dir="ltr">When you start up your existing save in Star-Crossed World, you'll be greeted by a new island centered on an ominous dark heart, the Fallen Star Volcano. Helpless Starry creatures have been scattered throughout the world, and at the same time, star crystals have fallen that transformed stages and enemies, so being the helpful demigod that he is, Kirby volunteers to rescue the Starries.</p><div data-embed-type="video" data-ref-id="2300-6465862" data-src="/videos/kirby-and-the-forgotten-land-nintendo-switch-2-edition-star-crossed-world-reveal-trailer/2300-6465862/" data-width="100%" data-height="100%" data-video-start="0">          <iframe height="100%" width="100%" scrolling="no" frameborder="" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen id="-embed-251795492" class="optanon-category-C0004" data-src="/videos/embed/6465862/"></iframe></div><p dir="ltr">Functionally, this means revisiting stages from the original Forgotten Land that have been given new crystalized variants. Those alternative stages coexist along the originals, so they can be selected separately. There are usually two crystal stages per world, making this new campaign about one-third the size of the original campaign. And while pieces of the stages will be recognizable, they mostly feel extremely different. You access new parts of stages by activating crystal touchpoints, which make new crystalline paths to follow.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/kirby-star-crossed-world-review-forgotten-land-gets-bigger-only-slightly-better/1900-6418401/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:19:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1900-6418401</guid><dc:creator>Steve Watts</dc:creator><media:content url="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/1585/15855271/4558956-4558835-nintendoswitch2_kirbyatflnintendoswitch2edition_star-crossedworld_scrn_01.png" type="image/png" width="480" height="270" /><relatedGames></relatedGames><category></category></item>
  24. <item><title>Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance Review - Ninja Master</title><link>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/shinobi-art-of-vengeance-review-ninja-master/1900-6418397/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</link><description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">You spend years waiting for a new 2D action platformer starring ninjas to come along, and then two show up within a month of each other. Both <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/ninja-gaiden-ragebound/">Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound</a> and <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/shinobi-art-of-vengeance/">Shinobi: Art of Vengeance</a> revitalize their respective, long-dormant franchises by successfully harkening back to their roots. There are obvious similarities between the two games, but they're also wildly different. While Ragebound is deliberately old-school, Art of Vengeance feels more modern, paying homage to the past while dragging the absent series into the current gaming landscape.</p><p dir="ltr">From its luscious hand-drawn art style to its deep, combo-laden action, developer Lizardcube has accomplished with Shinobi what it previously achieved with Wonder Boy and Streets of Rage. The Parisian studio knows how to resurrect Sega's past hits with remarkable aplomb, and Art of Vengeance is no different.</p><figure data-align="center" data-size="large" data-img-src="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/1587/15875866/4551564-sh3.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-4551564" data-ratio="0.5625" data-width="1920" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 1920px"><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/1587/15875866/4551564-sh3.jpg"><img alt="Shinobi: Art of Vengeance" src="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_super/1587/15875866/4551564-sh3.jpg" srcset="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/1587/15875866/4551564-sh3.jpg 1920w, https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_super/1587/15875866/4551564-sh3.jpg 1280w, https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/1587/15875866/4551564-sh3.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" data-width="1280"></a><figcaption>Shinobi: Art of Vengeance</figcaption></figure><p dir="ltr">Equipped with a katana in one hand and a sharpened batch of kunai in the other, Art of Vengeance reintroduces legendary protagonist Joe Musashi after an extended exile. As the game's title suggests, this is a story about Joe's quest for vengeance, as the opening moments see his village burned to the ground and his ninja clan turned to stone. ENE Corp, an evil paramilitary organisation led by the antagonistic Lord Ruse and his demonic minions, is behind the attack, setting in motion a straightforward tale that sees you hunt down Lord Ruse while disrupting his various operations.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/shinobi-art-of-vengeance-review-ninja-master/1900-6418397/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 07:36:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1900-6418397</guid><dc:creator>Richard Wakeling</dc:creator><media:content url="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/1587/15875866/4551563-sh1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="270" /><relatedGames></relatedGames><category></category></item>
  25. <item><title>Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Review - You&#039;re Pretty Good</title><link>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/metal-gear-solid-delta-snake-eater-review-youre-pretty-good/1900-6418396/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</link><description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">There's a good chance that, at some point in your life, you've been so enamored of a piece of media that you've considered what it'd be like to experience it for the first time again. Watching Terminator 2, hearing Enter the Wu-Tang, and reading The Dark Knight Returns shaped who I am and, as a result, I remember the moments I experienced them with crystal clarity. Over time, however, those memories have become divorced from the emotions they stirred and what's left in their place is a longing for those lost feelings.</p><p dir="ltr">Video games are the only medium that I think are capable of making that first-time-again fantasy a reality--or as close to one as we're going to get. Time puts distance between us and the emotionally significant moments we cherish, but it also brings us closer to exciting technologies that can make the old feel new. In the right hands, those technologies can create opportunities to stoke those profound emotions again, even if it's just a little. <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/metal-gear-solid-delta-snake-eater/">Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater</a> does exactly that.</p><figure data-align="center" data-size="large" data-img-src="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/1587/15875866/4551552-mg2.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-4551552" data-ratio="0.5625" data-width="1920" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 1920px"><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/1587/15875866/4551552-mg2.jpg"><img alt="No Caption Provided" src="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_super/1587/15875866/4551552-mg2.jpg" srcset="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/1587/15875866/4551552-mg2.jpg 1920w, https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_super/1587/15875866/4551552-mg2.jpg 1280w, https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/1587/15875866/4551552-mg2.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" data-width="1280"></a></figure><p dir="ltr">Before getting into what's new, what can't be overlooked in making Delta such a good game is the fact that Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater remains a compelling, well-told story that has strong characterization and deals with some heavy subject matter. It approaches this with a strange mixture of self-seriousness and complete irreverence that is uniquely Metal Gear Solid and, for my money, balances both parts better than any other entry in the series. The stellar stealth is supported by systems that feed into the fantasy of surviving in the jungle and braving the elements, whether that be hunting for food or patching yourself up after sustaining injuries. Delta replicates it and, in my opinion, is better for it. The excellent work that the original Metal Gear Solid 3 dev team did remains the heart and soul of Delta, and it continues to shine.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/metal-gear-solid-delta-snake-eater-review-youre-pretty-good/1900-6418396/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:01:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1900-6418396</guid><dc:creator>Tamoor Hussain</dc:creator><media:content url="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/1587/15875866/4551551-mg1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="270" /><relatedGames></relatedGames><category></category></item>
  26. <item><title>Discounty Review - Long Live The Empire</title><link>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/discounty-review-long-live-the-empire/1900-6418399/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</link><description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">In the aftermath of <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/stardew-valley/">Stardew Valley</a>'s success and popularity, there have been many attempts by other developers to carve their own piece of the pixel farm life simulator pie. Whereas those games so often put you in the role of a poor farmer or some other position of struggle, <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/discounty/">Discounty</a> does the opposite, having you effectively play as the bad guys in Stardew Valley: the outsider that has everything and is trying to weasel into the community. You're not literally playing a mirror of that game's story, but it's awfully close--instead of being the new farmer in a small, struggling town, you're instead the new owner of the big-brand supermarket that's attempting to monopolize the economy and push out existing vendors to increase your profit margins. It altogether makes for a game that is fun to play (in that hypnotic sort of way that's recognizable in so many games that romanticize retail work), but it is ultimately <em>narratively </em>quite uncomfortable at times and too muddled in its storytelling to utilize that discomfort to deliver a compelling message.</p><p dir="ltr">Granted, you're merely the pawn in the palm of the hand of a much greedier capitalist: your aunt. Roped into moving to her small harbor town of Blomkest to help out with her struggling market, you arrive to find she's sold out to the Discounty chain and rebranded. Your aunt is immediately portrayed as a suspicious person, keeping secrets locked away in sheds, making backroom deals with banks, and firing employees without a second thought. It's all in the name of expanding her supermarket business empire, and you're her most loyal pawn, charming locals into going along with your expansions and acquiring their wares so that citizens have to go to Discounty to buy food and home supplies.</p><figure data-align="center" data-size="large" data-img-src="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/1587/15875866/4553997-dis1.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-4553997" data-ratio="0.5625" data-width="1920" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 1920px"><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/1587/15875866/4553997-dis1.jpg"><img alt="And Jordan wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer." src="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_super/1587/15875866/4553997-dis1.jpg" srcset="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/1587/15875866/4553997-dis1.jpg 1920w, https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_super/1587/15875866/4553997-dis1.jpg 1280w, https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/1587/15875866/4553997-dis1.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" data-width="1280"></a><figcaption>And Jordan wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer.</figcaption></figure><p dir="ltr">It feels scummy, especially since your character has zero backbone, pushing the buck on responsibility and ignoring the consequences of their actions for a big chunk of the game's story, which primarily deals with a hurting community that needs healing.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/discounty-review-long-live-the-empire/1900-6418399/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 08:41:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1900-6418399</guid><dc:creator>Jordan Ramée</dc:creator><media:content url="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/1587/15875866/4553996-dis.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="270" /><relatedGames></relatedGames><category></category></item>
  27. <item><title>Herdling Review - Companion Quest</title><link>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/herdling-review-companion-quest/1900-6418398/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f</link><description><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">About a week ago, on the same day I started playing Okomotive's <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/herdling/">Herdling</a>, I accidentally hit a squirrel with my car. The critter darted into the road, and I tried to evade them, but I failed.</p><p dir="ltr">They died. It devastated me.</p><p dir="ltr">I called my wife, physically shaking and tearful, to tell her what happened. I sat in my car for a bit when I got to my destination, needing to regain my composure. Though I knew my intent was pure, I found it hard to accept that I had taken their life away. To no one's surprise, <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/wholesome-games-are-awkwardly-comfortable-depicting-violence-against-animals/1100-6506018/">if you're familiar with my work</a>, I saw them not as "roadkill," but as a being with their own interests and goals, however simple those may seem compared to those of humans. It wasn't an ideal starting point for heading into Herdling, a game about trying to guide a family of vulnerable animals out of the city and return them safely to their natural habitat. But I'm sure, even on a normal day, Herdling was going to connect with me deeply on account of its moving depictions of human-animal kindness and companionship.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/herdling-review-companion-quest/1900-6418398/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 06:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1900-6418398</guid><dc:creator>Mark Delaney</dc:creator><media:content url="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/1632/16320660/4553502-herdling-screenshot-03.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="480" height="270" /><relatedGames></relatedGames><category></category></item>
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