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Last week, we asked you to share gaming sidekicks using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: RhodWulfLeon shares Freya looking fierce in God of War Ragnarök  ​​ Themarkplumb shares Kliff with his bear bud in Crimson Desert baranselyekta shares Venom Snake with his trusted partner D-Dog in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Elizado_ shares a somber moment with Lev in The Last of Us Part II. _muhdfarezwan_ shares Cloud kicking it with the people he’s closest to in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. KintsugiRonin shares the majesty of the wolf in Ghost of Yōtei. Search #PSshare #PSBlog on…

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198X (Switch eShop) Publisher: Hi-Bit Studios / Developer: Hi-Bit StudiosRelease Date: 23rd Jan 2020 (USA) / 23rd Jan 2020 (UK/EU)A passionate love letter to a bygone age, 198X celebrates 2D, arcade-based gaming brilliantly and wraps it up in some of the best hand-drawn art we’ve seen in years. The soundtrack is also exceptional, and, in terms of pure presentation, it’s really hard to fault what’s on offer here. You can finish it in around an hour, but the experience will remain with you for long after the credits have rolled. While we’re sure many people will consider the game’s shortness…

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Jess Kinghorn, hardware writer (Image credit: Future)This week I’ve been: Checking out free experiences like indie horror Sato Killing Time Chat.exe and cyberpunk match-three narrative game D14L-ogue.Before joining the hardware team here, I spent a significant chunk of my early career writing for Official PlayStation Magazine UK—and not even I am excited for the next Sony console.When I pre-ordered my PS5 back in 2020, I never once considered I was actually getting a good deal at the time. For context, I’m UK-based, and I love my Blu-rays, so I paid £450 for the basic version of the PlayStation 5 with…

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Norman Caruso, better known online as The Gaming Historian, has spent the last decade and a half making Ken Burns-style documentary videos for his YouTube audience; he currently has over 1 million subscribers. He’s covered everything from a TV with a Super Famicom built into it to the Sega Mega Modem. But now he’s calling it quits.A video went up on Caruso’s channel today titled “Thanks for Watching,” and he promises there’s “nothing dramatic” behind his decision—he just got burnt out after making his most ambitious video yet covering The Oregon Trail, and in the two years since it released,…

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