Alan Wen
Games Writer and Critic at Freelance
Words merc, can be found in EDGE, PLAY, Stuff, Eurogamer, GamesIndustry(dot)biz, Game Developer, and more. Email: alan(at)alanwen(dot)co(dot)uk. He/him
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6 days ago |
stuff.tv | Alan Wen
Adapt to its initial frustrations and Elden Ring Nightreign is one of the most challenging but rewarding co-op action fantasy games around.
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2 weeks ago |
creativebloq.com | Alan Wen
Creative director and Electric Saint co-founder Anna Hollinrake is a big fan of genre mashups and believes that is the case for many other people too. You can really see it in her studio's upcoming debut game Crescent County, a kind of modern-day Kiki's Delivery Service where you play as young witch Lu making deliveries around the titular open world but on her motorbroom, a cross between a magic broomstick and a motorbike with all its different customisable mechanical parts.
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2 weeks ago |
creativebloq.com | Alan Wen
Bethesda RPGs are known for two things: unparalleled immersive open worlds where the possibilities feel endless, only to be undercut by often embarrassing yet hilarious bugs, something that even the new The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remaster doesn't appear to be immune from. This cringey and heavily memed aspect is however something indie developer Dionysus Acroreites leans on in his parody first-person RPG called, well… The RPG.
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3 weeks ago |
creativebloq.com | Alan Wen
Arcade football game Rematch feels like its coming at just the right time. Given fan frustration – and logo grumbles – over EA FC (formerly known as FIFA), not just one of the biggest games but also the football game that all with a love for the beautiful game gravitate towards, the time feels ripe for alternatives. Rematch feels like that contender, which rather than trying to simulate real world clubs and players, cares more about putting you on the pitch as a single football player.
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3 weeks ago |
uploadvr.com | Alan Wen
It's not that there aren't VR games that let you put your dukes up for a scrap, but boxing and fitness games usually model themselves on simulations. Final Fury takes a different approach by having flatscreen 2D fighting games like Street Fighter and Fatal Fury as its foundation. While Capcom has technically brought its own series into VR, albeit only in Japanese arcades, it was mostly repurposing Street Fighter V assets into a more gimmicky VR experience.
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Back just to make a quick life update: I’ve moved to Glasgow! But I’ve also virtually relocated for a while now to the Better Space, so that’s it from me here - see ya!
I mean, during my earlier trips to Japan, I’d see Sega everywhere at all the game centres. I wonder what happened to those… 🤔
Sega is set to open an official store in the same building as Nintendo Tokyo, it’s told VGC. “We need to do a lot more of that, because Sega is a consumer brand that is surprisingly not in front of consumers enough. Sonic is, but Sega isn’t.” https://t.co/N6BlrNFkFN https://t.co/nrrz50IBsQ
RT @SallyGameDev: I need 7 more people to participate due to participants dropping out (Life is rough at the moment I totally get it), I'm…
