George Yang

George is a freelance writer specializing in video games and other entertainment.

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Variety •

‘Resident Evil 4 Remake’ Honors the Original: Video Game Review

“Resident Evil 4” was first released on the Nintendo GameCube back in 2005. Since then, it’s been hailed as one of the best video games of all time. Its goofy dialogue and action-based gameplay made for an entertaining adventure with government agent Leon S. Kennedy as he rescues the president’s kidnapped daughter, Ashley, from a mysterious cult.

Almost 20 years later, Capcom has now remade “Resident Evil 4” from the ground up. When it was first announced, I thought to myself, “This game holds
CNN •

Save big on top Nintendo Switch games and hardware with these Mario Day deals

Mario is one of Nintendo’s core franchises, and the plumber’s history will always be ingrained in gaming and pop culture. Select retailers are celebrating Mario Day (March 10) this year by promoting some weeklong great deals on select Mario games and accessories. There’s even a new Nintendo Switch bundle launching for the big day, which is a great jumping-on point for those grabbing Nintendo’s red-hot console for the first time.
CNN •

Love HBO’s 'The Last of Us'? Here’s how to play all of the games

HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us video game has been incredibly popular and critically acclaimed ever since it first aired in January 2023. In fact, the show has been such a hit that it helped drive an increase in sales in the UK for The Last of Us Part 1 on PS5 by 238% and the PS4 remaster by 322%. It’s safe to say that Joel and Ellie’s emotional and action-packed apocalypse adventures are resonating with people.
Inverse •

The most underrated dungeon-crawler of the decade is finally available in the Americas

Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society is a game that feels like it may never end.

Even after rolling credits 50 hours into the experience, it asks you to start over. But instead of dumping you into a traditional New Game Plus, a completely new storyline emerges with brand-new characters and even more complex mechanics that fundamentally change how you navigate dungeons and take down the monsters inside.
Rolling Stone •

Inside the Art of 'Breaking' Video Games

How fast can a game be beaten — and how many tricks can a player use as they do it? With “game breaking,” users look for loopholes in a game’s design and use them to get past difficult enemies. Different players have different approaches: Speedrunners, for example, find the fastest way to finish, while “map clippers” twist “mechanics” — the rules by which the digital universe is bound — to see what they can get away with before it becomes a problem for developers, or crashes the game completely.
CNN •

Fire Emblem Engage offers the series’ best gameplay yet — even if the story disappoints

The Fire Emblem series is now as popular as ever. When Fire Emblem: Awakening launched for the Nintendo 3DS in 2012, the game single-handedly saved the franchise from cancellation due to its overwhelming popularity. It expanded on the relationship simulation elements popularized by games like the Persona series while retaining the same chess-like tactical combat, and was later built on with well-received entries like Fire Emblem: Fates and Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
Variety •

‘Forspoken’ Shines in Its Combat and Traversal: Video Game Review

What if you took the gameplay of modern-day “Final Fantasy” and combined it with the exploration of “Horizon Zero Dawn?” You’d get something like “Forspoken.” The game follows a young woman named Frey from New York as she suddenly gets whisked away into a new world called Athia, filled with magic and dragons. What comes after is a journey of self-discovery, finding her place in the world, and lots of parkour.

“Forspoken” feels fluid to play and has gorgeous visuals to support its open-world str
Crunchyroll •

GUIDE: What is NieR? The Action RPG Series, Explained

NieR:Automata Ver1.1a is an anime adaption of the video game, NieR:Automata. We wanted to take a look at the history of the NieR franchise and answer some of your questions about the anime. After hitting some serious mainstream appeal with its release in 2017, the action-RPG series from PlatinumGames (Bayonetta, Astral Chain) and Square Enix (Final Fantasy) has a unique and complex history that makes for one of the most powerful sci-fi narratives in gaming.
Inverse •

'A Space for the Unbound' review: 2023's first great indie game

Drowning in a river trying to save a little girl is a hell of a way to open a game about high school romance.

But this literal nightmare is exactly what happens to Atma, the main character in A Space for the Unbound. He wakes up next to his girlfriend, Raya, and thus begins the story of their dreamy, bizarre romance. Set in Indonesia in the late ‘90s, A Space for the Unbound follows Atma and Raya as they near graduation and reflect on what the future holds for them.
Rolling Stone •

'Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion' Is a (Slightly) Updated Time Capsule From the Mid-2000s

In 1997, Japanese developer Square released a juggernaut with Final Fantasy VII, a game generally considered one of the greatest ever made. Ten years later, they’d expand that world with a prequel, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, released for the PlayStation Portable. Relatively well-received at the time, that title would help keep the torch burning for fans as they anxiously awaited a next-gen remake of the original game.
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