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6 days ago | 
cogconnected.com | Stephan Adamus
3 Up, 3 Down – May 2025May 2025 was a packed month with a lot of video game releases. There were lots of games that scored around 80. The only game in this article that was one of the biggest releases of May 2025, was the highest scoring game of the month. So look forward to a couple gems that flew under the radar. Without further ado, here are The Three Best (and Worst) Video Games May 2025:The GoodDoom: The Dark Ages***click here for our review***Doom: The Dark Ages sounds amazing.
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1 week ago | 
cogconnected.com | Stephan Adamus
Top 5 Video Games Arriving in June 2025June 2025 is such a crazy month for video game releases. It’s as good as any month gets, and then you add the console launch of the Nintendo Switch 2. It was tempting to make the entirety of the Switch 2 launch library the #1 game, but, in the end, we decided to single out the most important individual games. Our runner-up this month is Gex Trilogy.
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1 week ago | 
cogconnected.com | Stephan Adamus
Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3 ReviewIt’s been 4 years since Fuga: Melodies of Steel was released. It’s crazy enough that the world got a spiritual successor to Tale Concerto and Solatorobo, two very niche PS1 and DS games. And it’s almost as crazy that that spiritual successor would get a full trilogy of JRPGs to tell its story. Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3 is upon us, and it is the narrative conclusion of that trilogy.
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2 weeks ago | 
cogconnected.com | Stephan Adamus
Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny Remastered ReviewOnimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny is a remaster of a third-person action PS2 classic. The Onimusha series is one of the early Resident Evil gameplay spin-offs that Capcom made, along with Dino Crisis, and Devil May Cry. The Onimusha games have the visual aesthetics of the early Resident Evil games, but put them in a medieval Japanese setting, and have a stronger emphasis on melee combat.
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2 weeks ago | 
cogconnected.com | Stephan Adamus
Blades of Fire ReviewBlades of Fire is a brand new third person action IP by developer MercurySteam. If you don’t know the developer by name, you probably know MercurySteam’s games. Their first major title was Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, which is a top 5 PS3 generation game of mine. They also developed the last two side scrolling Metroid games: Metroid: Samus Returns and Metroid: Dread. When I heard they had a brand new triple A game coming out, I was very excited, and asked to get the review.
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3 weeks ago | 
cogconnected.com | Stephan Adamus
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 ReviewRetro fighting game fans rejoice, because Capcom Fighting Collection 2 is upon us! This latest retro fighter bundle from Capcom covers 8 games from the late 90s and early 2000s, with many of these titles being trapped on arcades and the Sega Dreamcast until now! This is an interesting period because it’s when Capcom was making the transition from just 2D fighting games to 3D fighting games. The two main series in this collection are Capcom vs.
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1 month ago | 
cogconnected.com | Stephan Adamus
Death end re;quest: Code Z ReviewDeath end re;quest: Code Z is the third game in the Death end re;quest JRPG series. What makes past series installments stand out from other JRPGs, from developers like Compile Heart and Gust, are their dark tone, and gruesome death depictions. A lot of JRPG fans discovered this series because they were looking for horror-themed JRPG options. A major part of the Death end re;quest series’ appeal is seeing the gruesome scenarios.
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1 month ago | 
cogconnected.com | Stephan Adamus
3 Up, 3 Down – April 2025April 2025 was a slower month for video game releases, so a lot of the games in this article flew under the radar. But months like April 2025 make for more interesting/ less obvious reading. The highest scoring game of the month was The Last of Us Part II Remastered for PC, but we’ve already covered it for PS5, so we’re going to give some new releases a chance to shine. Forza Horizon 5 also scored incredibly well, but is a fairly straightforward port of its Xbox version.
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1 month ago | 
cogconnected.com | Stephan Adamus
Top 5 Video Games Arriving in May 2025May 2025 is such a fantastic month of video game releases! There are so many games that could have been nominated as our runner-up this month. But we’re going with the generically titled Blades of Fire. It’s a new third person action IP from Mercury Steam, who developed the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow games, and the last two 2D Metroid games. Without further ado, here are The Top 5 Video Games Arriving in May 2025:5.
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1 month ago | 
cogconnected.com | Stephan Adamus
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 PreviewCapcom Fighting Collection 2 is Capcom’s latest retro game collection. This newest package of 8 games is releasing May 16. It consists of Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro, Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001, Capcom Fighting Evolution, Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper, Power Stone, Power Stone 2, Project Justice, and Plasma Sword. One month before the game’s official release, COGconnected got the chance to get a hands-on preview of 3 of the 8 games.
