What is Isekai?

“If you die in the game, you die for real.” Ever hear that cliché before? The phrase originated in 2006’s Stay Alive, a movie where the characters die in real life if their avatars die in the horror video game that they’re playing. The film belongs to a genre of…

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FEATURES

Tips for How to Beat Velkhana – Monster Hunter: World Guide

It’s inevitable. At some point in Monster Hunter: World – Iceborne, you’re going to have to beat Velkhana. The frosty Elder Dragon all but symbolizes the sub-zero temperatures of Iceborne. And it delivers them with a bevvy of beams, sheets of ice, and some nasty icicles directly from the sky.…

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GUIDES

5 Questions with Natalie Flores

Welcome to 5 Questions, a column where we ask games developers, writers, and others involved in the industry questions that have nothing to do with games. In this edition, we spoke to Natalie Flores, Assistant Managing Editor right here at Fanbyte. You can follow Natalie on Twitter at @heartimecia. What’s…

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FEATURES

Cracking the Egg, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Solas Romance

I have about 400 hours on Dragon Age: Inquisition alone, with another 100 across Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2 combined. I have Dragon Age art hanging on my walls. I own every book and comic. I want to know where the hell the promised Funko Pops have gone.…

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FEATURES

Ranking Every Keyblade in Kingdom Hearts on How Much They Look Like Keys and Blades

The characters of Kingdom Hearts wander around ranting about the balance between light and darkness, wistfully recalling a past order of warriors, and hitting each other with weird swords. They’re basically the Jedi, but with one big difference—instead of swords made out of light, everyone fights with swords that look…

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LISTS

Tales of Arise Breathes Life Into a Previously Stale Series

With even its most diehard fans growing bored, Tales of Arise has a lot riding on its shoulders. It was developed with the purpose of breathing new life into the long-running series, and given the track record of recent games, I was skeptical that Tales could actually update its formula…

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REVIEWS

Whatever happened to Pokkén?

Although it was popular at Evo, Pokken hasn't gotten very much new content-- even though the arcade version has.

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October Game Soundtrack Roundup

Battlefield 1! Civilization VI! Mafia 3! Gears of War 4! And a couple soundtracks that don't have numbers in the title!!

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Rating Eiffel 65’s Playstation Collection from “My Console”

In 1999, Italian Eurodance group Eiffel 65 released the album Europop. The album contains two of the outfit’s biggest international hits, “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” and “Move Your Body.” Less well-known is the sixth track, “My Console.” Opening with the line “We’re gonna play the game, the PlayStation all day,” the song…

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Western Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town Allows Same-Sex Marriage

In the first localization blog for Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, XSEED Games has announced that the western version of the game will let you have a same-sex marriage. This will be the first time in the history of Story of Seasons, also formerly known as Harvest Moon…

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NEWS

In Other Waters Tests Your Patience Before Teaching Its Ecological Lesson

In Other Waters is, at its heart, a simple science fiction story. A scientist follows another scientist to the oceanic depths of Gliese 667Cc: an exoplanet well outside our star system. Down there, she discovers a terrible secret. Half the game is a mystery surrounding that secret, the other half is discovery, and…

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REVIEWS

The Best Games We Saw in the Future Games Show: Spring Showcase

Last year’s Future Games Show was an incredibly strong first showcase of a wide range of games. From deeper looks into already announced and anticipated titles to brand new reveals, the 2021 Spring Showcase that aired earlier this week — which follows up on the last Future Games Show that…

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NEWS