It's the first Friday of December, which means we're one step closer to the Winter holidays - whatever and however you celebrate, something tells me video games are involved, along with some relaxation, good food, great friends and family, and maybe some more video games. As the year begins to wind down, our backlogs are looking a bit more manageable and I wager I'll look at mine, download multiple games, and touch roughly none of them this month.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is one of those games that been a long time coming. Fans have been waiting almost a decade for the next entry in Samus' first-person adventures. Early previews painted an alarming picture of overly chatty sidekicks ruining what's traditionally a lonely and moody experience. Meanwhile formal reviews run a gamut of opinions, leaving the game in the interesting if tiresome discourse-inducing "7 / 10" range - not perfect, not awful, but possessed of a certain something
Bethesda Softworks is an influential American video game publisher best known for shaping modern role-playing and open-world gaming. Founded in 1986, the company rose to prominence through iconic franchises like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout, celebrated for their expansive worlds, deep storytelling, and player freedom. Now part of ZeniMax Media, which was acquired by Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios in 2021, Bethesda continues to play a major role in the industry through both its publishing arm and its internal development studio,
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