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Hot: PS5 Controller Patent

A patent was filed for the Dualshock 5, and it looks like a PS4 controller with significantly more nuanced rumble features. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!

Warm: Half-Life: Alyx

Half-Life 3! Sort of! More like Half- Life 1.5, starring fan-favorite Alyx, in VR. Strange approach, limited audience, but it actually looks pretty cool!

Average: Pokémon Switch Backlack, Reviews, & Sales

The national dex controversy hasn’t slowed the latest entry one bit; it’s been met with generally positive reviews and the best-selling Pokemon launch to date.

Cool: Sonic Design Improved

The Sonic the Hedgehog movie redesigned Sonic, and he actually looks great! If only executive meddling didn’t necessitate that kind of crunch to begin with.

Cold: Google Stadia

Google’s attempt to revolutionize game streaming seems to have landed with a thud, with impressive performance undercut by technical issues and a miniscule library.

Kingdom Hearts 3 ReMIND DLC is the New Generation of Final Mix

The highly anticipated Kingdom Hearts 3 has been out for almost a year now and new DLC is on the way. In the past, the Kingdom Hearts numbered titles as well as Birth by Sleep have received the subtitle Final Mix, which symbolizes the final cut of the game with bonus content such as new boss battles, new items, new campaigns, and more. But now Kingdom Hearts has entered a new era of gaming, seemingly dropping the Final Mix for their brand new DLC called ReMIND. Earlier this December, a new trailer revealed a January 23, 2020 release date for the Playstation. The trailer showed off a lot of great content including new playable characters, story continuation, Final Fantasy characters (finally!), and bonus boss battles similar to the Data Battles in Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix. Tetsuya Nomura, who has led the development since the beginning, may be a mad man but he sure does know how to get fans excited!

Cuphead Ripoff? Not Really.

Xixo Games Studios’ Enchanted Portals has has been called a Cuphead rip off due to the similar aesthetics of its gameplay and art style. But is it really a rip off? At the worst, it is a tad bit careless but surely we can allow games to take inspiration from other games before it. Enchanted Portals takes a more fairy tale approach to its art style, as opposed to Cuphead with its 1930s cartoon look. The game clearly has its own ideas and shouldn’t be discounted.

I Am Jesus Christ is a Real Game

Announced earlier this December, I am Jesus Christ is described as a realistic simulator game where players play Jesus Christ himself and perform various miracles. Although fairly nice to look at, it is reasonable to question if this is just a modern take on Christian propaganda games like Bible Adventures and Super 3D Noah’s Ark. It would help if the game had a more historically accurate looking Jesus but I guess that is too much to ask.