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From Assassin's Creed Valhalla to Tales of Arise, here's the cream of the crop on Microsoft’s subscription platform

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From Tales to Dragon Quest to a brand flippin’ new Persona, this has been a stellar year for Japanese role-playing…

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This last week I picked up the Capcom/Namco-Bandai/Sega mega crossover Project X Zone. The game sports characters…

This week's North American PlayStation Store update has arrived, bringing with it new games, old games and games…