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August 2020 Free Games Update: Xbox Games With Gold

Starting August 1st, Xbox Game Pass will drop some more free titles onto their library with four games next month. Portal Knights, Override Mech City Brawl, MX Unleashed, and Red Faction II.

Portal Knights - Forge your character, craft epic weapons, and vanquish your enemies in this…

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Added by Mike Lind on July 28, 2020 at 10:50am — No Comments

RETRO REBOOT - Bugs Bunny's Birthday Blowout (NES)

Bugs Bunny, perhaps one of the most iconic cartoon characters, has just celebrated his 80th birthday. While there hasn't been much going on with Bugs lately, throughout the 8-bit period, he's had his fair run at video games. One of the more notable titles is Bugs Bunny's Birthday Blowout, which celebrated his then 50th birthday. Jeez, Bugs was…

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Added by Mike Lind on July 28, 2020 at 5:00am — No Comments

PlayStation Plus Free Games for August 2020

PlayStation's August lineup for PS+ offers two games, one of them an all-new multiplayer experience. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered and Fall Guys Ultimate Knockout.

Fall Guys Ultimate Knockout

Survive a series of hilarious challenges until one victor remains in this colorful…

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Added by Mike Lind on July 27, 2020 at 9:55am — No Comments

Mega Man Movie Update: "Big News" Is Happening Soon

Way back in 2015, then 20th Century Fox announced that Chernin Entertainment and Capcom had begun production of a live action Mega Man movie. Peter Chernin, producer of the 2011 reboot of Planet of the Apes, Hidden Figures, and The Greatest Showman, is to oversee development, along with Ryan Harrigan , David Ready (Red…

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Added by Mike Lind on July 26, 2020 at 5:09am — No Comments

G4 Returning In 2021

After a decade of dormancy, the popular fixture of video game media, G4, plans to return in some capacity next year. The teaser trailer was posted by IGN during Comic-Con@Home, the virtual surrogate for event cancelled due to the viral danger of the coronavirus. The twitter accounts for…

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Added by Mike Lind on July 26, 2020 at 4:08am — No Comments

The July Xbox Games Showcase Wrap-up

Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase has wrapped up, so here at GameFix, we'll provide with you with a look at what Team Green put before you in their gameplay trailers and previews. 

Halo Infinite

Up first is a look at the much anticipated Halo Infinite, running at 4K resolution and 60fps. This Halo entry looks to expand the…

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Added by Mike Lind on July 24, 2020 at 4:29am — No Comments

Rocket League To Become Free To Play, Leaving Steam

Psyonix Team has announced that later this summer, Rocket League will become free to play across all platforms, and will launch on the Epic Games Store around the same time. Since Epic Games became Psyonix's parent company in 2019, its days on Were essentially numbered, and it will no longer be available to download. The Windows version of Rocket…

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Added by Mike Lind on July 22, 2020 at 8:45am — No Comments

RETRO REBOOT - Pro Wrestling (NES)

I’m a huge wrestling fan, always have been since my childhood, and on the eve of the biggest night in professional wrestling, what better time than now to take a look at the first wrestling I’ve ever played, simply titled Pro Wrestling. That’s right to the point, isn’t it? Reminds me of those Atari and Intellivision games that were one compound…

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Added by Mike Lind on July 21, 2020 at 5:00am — No Comments

RUMOR: God Of War May Come To PC?

Take this with a grain of salt, but with the recent trend of PlayStation exclusives like Death Stranding and Horizon Zero Dawn making their way to PC, the talks about whether or not the 2018 Game of the Year winner would eventually become the latest to make the conversion. 

During content creator Rand Al Thor 19's recent episode of The Xbox Two…

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Added by Mike Lind on July 19, 2020 at 12:36pm — No Comments

No Man's Sky Free Update "Desolation" Includes Haunted Freighters

Hello Games remains hard at work on the inclusion of No Man's Sky updates, and their latest patch adds some surreal horror elements to the game with the addition of a derelict freighter, providing a very Dead Space-like atmosphere while providing a different style of gameplay. 

"The shattered interiors are also rich with salvage, including…

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Added by Mike Lind on July 16, 2020 at 11:32am — No Comments

RETRO REBOOT - X-Men (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive)

Now wait, didn't I review an X-Men game before? Why yes, a few months ago, I had the unprivilege of trying to give one of the more frustrating and painfully bland video games from my childhood a second chance in The Uncanny X-Men on NES. I should learn my lesson and rightfully burn copies of that so nobody can experience the stale air that is the…

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Added by Mike Lind on July 14, 2020 at 5:00am — No Comments

Nintendo Switch Online Service July Games Update Features Donkey Kong Country

It would make things considerably easier if Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo synchronized the announcements of their free game catalogs closer together, but I digress. Since its inception, the Nintendo Switch Online Service announcements of titles are generally met with a fiery negative backlash with massive dislikes on the YouTube video trailers. Well,…

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Added by Mike Lind on July 13, 2020 at 12:21pm — No Comments

ColonelFancy Reviews - Neo Contra (PlayStation 2)

Latest episode! Konami ventures back into 3D with the Contra series with some juicy OST, wacky voice acting, and a samurai. 

Added by Mike Lind on July 11, 2020 at 1:55pm — No Comments

Nintendo Hints At Next-Gen Console Plans, A New Switch?

Nintendo recently held their 80th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in early July, and among the topics during the Q&A, an investor had asked about plans regarding their next video game console and pushing the limits of gaming hardware beyond being displayed on a TV screen. Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa provided a statement that sheds…

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Added by Mike Lind on July 11, 2020 at 1:08pm — No Comments

RETRO REBOOT - Parasite Eve (Sony PlayStation)

SquareSoft, now known as SquareEnix, became the flagship bearers that lead the explosion of Japanese role-playing games in North America in the mid 90's following the success of Final Fantasy VII, a game that many of its fans will tell is one of the greatest video games of all time, IS the greatest video game of all time, or the…

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Added by Mike Lind on July 7, 2020 at 5:00am — No Comments

EVO Tournament Officially Cancelled In Wake Of Abuse Allegations

This year's Evolution Fighting Game tournament, which was already canned as a public event due to the effects of the Coronavirus, will officially put and end to any efforts to launch in 2020 as reports of sexual misconduct from EVO co-founder Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar became public knowledge. …

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Added by Mike Lind on July 5, 2020 at 1:08pm — No Comments

NBA 2K21's Price Tag Has Implications For Next Gen Game Prices

The September 4th 2020 release date for 2K Sports' latest entry in its basketball series. The base price is noticeably higher, showing a $10 increase, raising its cost to a retail $69.99 (US) on the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5. This indicates the first price hike for a video game since 2005 after the launch of the Xbox 360. This topic was…

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Added by Mike Lind on July 2, 2020 at 4:00pm — No Comments

RETRO REBOOT - Castlevania II Simon's Quest (NES)

I've talked before about how many sequels during the NES period are met with some polarizing feedback when it comes to giving them a retrospective. Games like Zelda 2 The Adventure of Link, which I have reviewed here before, and I feel it's a way better game than given credit. The Doki Doki Panic reskinned Super Mario Bros 2 is the black sheep of the…

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Added by Mike Lind on June 30, 2020 at 6:29am — No Comments

July 2020 Free Games Update: Xbox Games With Gold & PlayStation Plus

Article updated June 29th 2020 3:34pm

July's lineup of free titles from Xbox's Games With Gold offers four new entries to the library for the first time. WRC 8 FIA World Rally ChampionshipDunk LordsSaints Row 2 , and Juju.

WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship - Play…

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Added by Mike Lind on June 28, 2020 at 1:30pm — No Comments

RETRO REBOOT - Hang-On (Sega Master System)

Arcade racing simulators are straightforward, yet incredibly addictive. Hang-On was one of the first of its kind. Originally released in arcades in 1985, the Master System port of Hang-On followed shortly thereafter and is a pretty well done conversion. The Master System was a retro console I've waited a long time to get my hands on, and one of the…

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Added by Mike Lind on June 23, 2020 at 5:00am — No Comments

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