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Elijah Gonzalez

Eli enjoys spending his time playing games that prioritise storytelling, but can go in for pretty much anything, having recently taken a liking to fighting games. He is also a movie-lover, and watches way too many Japanese cartoons. Twitter: @SmashCutSite
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Silent Hill Rumors Resurface, Multiple Games Potentially In Development

Rumors continue to circulate regarding unannounced entries in the Silent Hill horror franchise. The site VGC recently stated inside sources had confirmed multiple Silent Hill games are currently being worked on under publisher Konami’s supervision. Their sources claimed that there […]

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Drive My Car | Review

As we enter award season, many will likely view the unexpected Best Picture nominee Drive My Car alongside a slate of typically “big” Hollywood fare, flicks that blast the viewer with Spielbergian emotional gut punches and waves of sentimentality. By […]

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Infernax | Review

What does a Metroid-inspired game have to do to stand out amidst an endless deluge of chip-tune-infused retro throwbacks? Do you build an ingenious and expansive non-linear world that envelops the player like Hollow Knight? Do you take the Blasphemous route, creating a space […]

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Sony Completes Acquisition Of Crunchyroll

As of Monday, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) announced that it had completed its acquisition of Crunchyroll through Funimation Global Group, LLC. The $1.175 billion purchase was initially announced in December of last year. Crunchyroll is one of the largest anime-oriented […]

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba: Mugen Train Review

It’s not hard to see why Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba has catapulted to the heights of battle shonen stardom in such a short time. After years of running in Shonen Jump magazine, the lauded animation studio Ufotable picked up the adaptation for the […]

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Report: PlayStation 5 Shortages May Extend Into 2022

According to Bloomberg, Sony expects that the ongoing supply issues surrounding the PlayStation 5 may extend into next year. In an internal briefing with analysts, the company confirmed that they will unlikely be able to keep up with demand for […]

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8 Must Watch Anime From 2020

With this no-good terrible year coming to a close, it is time to look back at the anime that offered some small bastion of escapism amidst the dire circumstances. Although production was understandably affected by COVID, there was still an […]

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Sony And Microsoft Claim Their Biggest Console Launches Yet

On Tuesday, Sony’s Playstation Twitter account confirmed that the PS5 launch was the biggest in company history. This announcement comes two weeks after Microsoft similarly stated that the Xbox Series S/X launch was the “most successful debut in our history”. VGChartz estimates that […]

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Nintendo Shuts Down Online Super Smash Bros Tournament

The upcoming Super Smash Bros tournament, The Big House, has been canceled following a cease and desist from Nintendo of America. In a statement, Nintendo clarified that they took issue with the fact that the tournament was going to be run with “illegally copied versions […]

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Sony Announces That PS5s Will Only Be Available Online At Launch

With the release of the Playstation 5 fast approaching, Sony has announced that the console will only be available through online retailers on launch day. The next-generation system will be available on November 12th or November 19th depending on your region. This […]

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Ex-Bioshock Devs New Game Purportedly in Later Stages of Development

After several years of radio silence from Ghost Story Games, it appears that we have an unofficial development update on their first title. A job listing on a Take-Two careers page stated that the game is “in later stages of production.” While […]

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Sony Elaborates on Backwards Compatibility Specifics for PS5

About a month after Sony Playstation CEO Jim Ryan stated that “99 percent” of the Playstation 4 library will be backward compatible on the Playstation 5, Sony has updated their support site with the specifics for how their new console will handle […]

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Xbox Series S Price Confirmed for $299.99

After a string of leaks yesterday, Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox Series S will be launching at $299.99. The Series S is set to be Microsoft’s lower-end next-generation hardware, reportedly coming in a much smaller box and lacking a disk-drive. […]

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Games Done Quick Raises Over 2 Million For Charity

This past Saturday, the video game speedrunning marathon Summer Games Done Quick concluded after raising $2,309,530 for the charity Doctors Without Borders. Taking place from August 16th to August 23rd this year’s Summer Games Done Quick featured speedruns of over […]

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Pikmin 3 Deluxe Announced for Nintendo Switch

As this long summer of game announcements marches on, Nintendo has officially confirmed that Pikmin 3 will be coming to the Nintendo Switch. Originally released for the Wii U in 2013, Pikmin 3 was a well-received follow-up up in the […]

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First Cow Review | A New Vision of the Old West

Classic Western films tend to conjure a specific set of images. Laconic gunslingers with lethal aim, dusty planes stirred by an ominous breeze, Boomtowns with their creaky saloons. Many Westerns exist in their own universe, a romanticized fable, a version […]