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Niv M. Sultan is a writer based in New York.
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Steven Universe & OK K.O.! Bundle Review: A Mixed Bag Of Cartoon Homages
The bundled games evoke the wonderful art styles and writing of their source material, but their gameplay isn't as consistently successful.

SteamWorld Quest Review: A Genuinely Joyful Card-based RPG
SteamWorld Quest, a card-based RPG, is an all-around pleasure: challenging but not too complicated, accessible but not too simple, fun at every point.

Katana ZERO Review: Mesmerizing Swordplay Dripping with Style
Katana ZERO, a time-warping samurai escapade, boasts stunning visuals, music, mechanics, and writing. It's one of 2019's best games thus far.

Skorecery Review: Fun Local Multiplayer Severely Lacking Features
Skorecery has the potential to be a boisterous party game, but limited single-player options and an over-reliance on local multiplayer hold it back.

Darksiders: Warmastered Edition Review - A Sloppy Port of An Enduring Game
Darksiders: Warmastered Edition's Switch port release suffers from technical issues, but the action-adventure game at its core still holds up.

Claybook Review: Lackluster Puzzles in A Lovable Atmosphere
Claybook offers an enjoyable, lighthearted atmosphere, but the game's environmental puzzles fail to stay interesting or satisfying for long.

Attack of the Earthlings Review: This Tactics Title Is Its Own Worst Enemy
Attack of the Earthlings, a turn-based strategy-stealth hybrid, has plenty of personality but suffers from repetitive and frustrating gameplay.

Unexplored: Unlocked Edition Review - Chaotic & Charming Dungeon Crawling
Below Unexplored: Unlocked Edition's tricky surface lies a mesmerizing experience that manages to be frustrating, relaxing, and exciting, all at once.

Defense Grid 2 Review: A Fun Tower Defense That Shows Its Age
The port of a 2014 tower defense to the Nintendo Switch offers lots of fun and replay value, but suffers from some outdated design choices.

Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Review - A Bizarre, Brilliant Return
Travis Strikes Again marks a glorious return for Suda51's No More Heroes series, melding myriad genres to create a totally wild arcade experience.

It Gets Worse: Activision Blizzard Under Investigation For Securities Fraud
Activision Blizzard is under investigation for securities fraud in the latest troubling development for the company that faced other recent scandals.

Metroid Prime 4 Release Date Potentially Leaked
A Czech retailer may have published the game's release date on its site, offering a drop of information about a game that's shrouded in mystery.

Blizzard Employee Explains How Racial Abuse Forced Him To Leave
A former employee of Blizzard took to Twitter to outline a pattern of racist abuse and discrimination that he claims to have suffered at the company.

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Gets A Switch Port Out Of Nowhere
The Capcom RPG, created by Devil May Cry creator Hideaki Itsuno, is set to be ported yet again, this time to the Nintendo Switch in April.

The Last Of Us Poster Blatantly Copied By A Movie On Netflix
What Still Remains, a movie currently streaming on Netflix, seems to have taken a bit too much inspiration from a poster for The Last of Us.

Overwatch Short Story & Writer Confirm Soldier: 76 Is Gay
Soldier: 76 s Tracer as Overwatch's second queer character as a short story reveals his past relationship with a man named Vincent.

Blizzard's Official Statement on The 'Ellie' Fake Player Mess
Ellie, a female player, recently left an Overwatch Contenders league team, but it turns out that Ellie was a streamer's 'social experiment.'

Not A Single Xbox One Exclusive Got A Positive Metacritic Review Score in 2018
Metacritic's roundup of 2018 titles reveals that not a single Xbox One exclusive managed to break a score of 75, highlighting the console's poor year.

More Executives Exit Activision Blizzard as Company Loses Its Identity
Amid disappointing game announcements and reports of inner turmoil at Activision Blizzard, executives are leaving the company, giving cause for worry.

Aquaman Isn't Too Cheesy - It's Just Being Watched Wrong
James Wan's Aquaman is being criticized for being too cheesy when it actually isn't. Instead, people are just watching the movie wrong.