Latest Articles By Amaar Chowdhury
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SEGA’s Yakuza Wars possibly revealed early, and it’s not what you think
SEGA trademarked the Yakuza Wars name in August. This week, a Facebook page was pre-emptively published that marketed it to Chinese audiences. The page…
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“We’re racing to get everything done”: Marvel Rivals devs discuss the launch but keep tight-lipped on post-launch content
At Gamescom this year, I had the chance to play Marvel Rivals alongside game director Thaddeus Sasser and combat designer Zhiyong Feng, both from…
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These other failed games prove that Concord’s destiny was predetermined
Concord was PlayStation’s biggest ever failure. Monumental development costs amounted to virtually zero profits, and within two weeks PlayStation had closed the shutters on…
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‘People tell you they are dead,’ Dune: Awakening devs on creating a new myth on Arrakis: the missing Fremen
I’m a Dune snob. Last week I had the chance to play Dune: Awakening and let’s just say I was less than happy that…
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“It will break you:” STALKER 2 devs on the narrative of helplessness and the impact of the Ukraine war
STALKER 2 has been in development since 2018. In that time, its developers have told me they have seen the pandemic, the war in…
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Dune Awakening devs: “No private servers at launch” but “could” be done after
We spoke to Dune Awakening's Creative Director, Joel Bylos, about the upcoming survival MMO. After playing the game for an hour and exploring Hagga…
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STALKER 2 devs joke developing it “was a really bad business idea”
Over at Gamescom this year, we spoke to GSC Game World about launching STALKER 2 and the war in Ukraine. The game was once…
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Razer Wolverine v3 Pro review: hall-effect sticks and I’m sold
Pick up the Razer Wolverine v3 Pro for the first time and you might accidentally mistake its predecessor for a practical joke. Albeit, before…
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Metaphor ReFantazio is so good Atlus can probably stop re-releasing Persona games now
Atlus’ Metaphor ReFantazio knows what it’s all about from the start. Fantasy and our urban contemporary existence have their heads smacked together; a feudal…
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Yakuza Kiwami brings SEGA’s epic series to Nintendo Switch for the first time this October
Finally, a Yakuza game on Nintendo Switch. SEGA's epic urban Japanese RPG has long resisted the Nintendo Switch, with RGG Studio director Masayoshi Yokoyama…
