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This looks great.

Seems like Tri-Ace are in dire straits. https://www.rpgsite.net/news/13344-tri-ace-announces-a-huge-loss-and-decreased-earnings-in-the-june-2022-fiscal-year

Nothing shown but CDPR confirmed Cyberpunk sequel in development, as well as a new Witcher trilogy, among other games. https://www.eurogamer.net/cd-projekt-red-announces-cyberpunk-2077-sequel-future-witcher-projects-outlined

Watched Nope in the cinema, it’s excellent. Probably my favourite Jordan Peele film. It’s a wild mix of genres with great imagery, great cinematography…very original. I highly recommend it.

Now number 2 on the Switch eShop, outselling Splatoon 3 (only on the eshop of course). I don’t know how that compares to Steam but to put it into perspective, Tunic is only number 24 on the digital charts and Shovel Knight Dig only number 27. So it’s no mean feat.

This is now out on Switch.

Toem (Switch) Wow I think this is the first game I’ve finished this year…

I finished this last night, about 4.5 hours. Played it for about 2 hours straight last night. It’s a nice game. Funnily enough, in spite of it being cute, I’m not sure if children would enjoy it at all, it might be a game for adults. Chill, contemplative, heart-warming…those are a few words I would use to describe it. Anyway, I would give it a solid 8/10.

I’m about an hour into this on Switch. It has the same kind of relaxing vibe as A Short Hike, although I would not say it’s as good as that game, so far. The art style reminds me of Hidden Folks. The game is literally just you running around taking pictures for people. It’s very pleasant, although for Eurogamer to call this “essential” is stretching the meaning of essential…

I’m glad to see this is selling so well on the Switch, currently number 3 in the all games charts and number 2 in the downloads only charts.

Picked up a couple of games in the eShop sale.

Shovel Knight Dig reviews: Nintendo Life - 9 Destructoid - 8.5 Gamespot - 8 Eurogamer - Recommended

If you feel like splurging… https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/09/master-detective-archives-rain-code-mysteriful-limited-edition-revealed

Demo is online for PS and Xbox now. https://www.eurogamer.net/star-ocean-the-divine-force-now-has-a-free-demo

If you wanna play a handheld jrpg, The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero might be worth a punt. Eurogamer - Recommended Nintendo Life - 9/10 RPGFan - 90% Destructoid - 8.5 It took 12 years for the game to be released outside Japan.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/09/loop8-summer-of-gods-is-a-time-travel-rpg-from-the-producer-of-lunar-and-grandia One for fans of Persona and movies like Your Name, maybe. Looks lovely.

You have a Japanese PS2?

In terms of traditional fantasy worlds, I would say The Witcher, Baldur’s Gate and FFIX. Also, special mention to the indie games Eastshade and Ghost of a Tale.

Same. I’ve practically seen everything to see of him there is on youtube I’ll be watching this for sure. There’s also a “Tapes” special coming out for him like there was for John Wayne Gacy and Ted Bundy.

The creator of Devil Daggers has released a similarly insane looking game called Hyper Demon. https://www.destructoid.com/hyper-demon-new-shooter-devil-daggers-dev-steam-pc/

Early reviews are good. PC Gamer - 92% IGN - 9 Gamespot - 9 Nintendo Life - 9 Eurogamer - Recommended RockPaperShotgun - Recommended Polygon - Recommended This is the first thing on my to-play list when I finally move out of this sharehouse and set up all my stuff.

Seems like the success of the anime has led to a kind of second launch for the game. https://www.pcgamer.com/skyrocketing-cyberpunk-2077-player-counts-prove-the-netflix-boost-is-real/

Even the Switch is still going strong. I don’t see any reason for them to release a Switch 2 anytime soon.

https://www.rpgsite.net/news/13281-one-piece-odyssey-arrives-on-january-13-2023 Out January 13th. This will certainly sell like “gangbusters” in Japan.

https://www.rpgsite.net/news/13267-infinity-strash-dragon-quest-the-adventure-of-dai-ventures-to-the-playstation-5-playstation-4-nintendo-switch-and-pc-with-a-simultaneous-global-launch This also looks surprisingly good. It might be a bigger budget effort than I thought. At the very least, I’m all for a Dragon Quest rpg in a different style.