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August 2021                                       Issue #169
The VOICE of the FAMILY in GAMING - August 2021 - Family Friendly Gaming
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      Editor’s Desk					 4
      Female Side					 5
      Comics						 7
      Sound Off			        			 8 - 10
      Look Back						12
      Quiz							13
      Devotional						14
      In The News					        16 - 23
      We Would Play That!				 24
      Reviews						25 - 37
      Sports						38 - 41
      Developing Games				    42 - 67
      Now Playing					68 - 83
      Last Minute Tidbits				 84 - 108

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Editor’s Desk                                                                                         FEMALE SIDE
         Wealth Disparity                                           wanted to give you the opportunity to
                                                                    cover this story.” Really? An opportunity
                                                                                                                             Loyalty                                                  is rewarded in too many companies too
                                                                                                                                                                                     often. They are trampling on others to
           Every so often I use my Editor’s Desk column for         to work for you for free with no financial                I find it very sad that so many companies are not      make themselves more money. Wouldn’t
          an important issue facing the video game indus-          compensation ever? If thats how they                       loyal to their people. Paul and I have both seen       it be ironic if they were let go because
          try. This time I want to discuss wealth disparity        want to play it, then how about this. I                    this in our lives working at a variety of differ-     they made too much money? That would
          in the video game industry. I am sure many of            am giving them the opportunity to show                    ent places. The most recent example happened           be poetic justice in my opinion. I don’t
          ya’ll will immediately jump to mega corporations         they appreciate our hard work by pro-                     to my sister. She had worked at this same place        know how many managers that has hap-
         like Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft having all this        viding financial compensation. I am giv-                   for twenty-seven years. It is the only place she       pened to though.
         money and poor indie developers struggling to get        ing them the opportunity to provide us                    had ever worked after finishing Nursing School.
         by. There is certain some of that going on in the       paid advertisements and paid sponsor-                      Do you know why they let her go? They let her            I know a lot of people that tell manage-
         video game industry. How do we correct that? Do         ships for our hard work that makes them                    go because she makes too much money. She                 ment at companies what they want to
         we take from successful companies and give mon-         money. I find it funny all these “woke”                    has been there too long. Her work is good and           hear so they can stay employed. They
        ey to failed companies? After all plenty of video        politically correct liberal companies are                 she has saved the lives of countless patients that       don’t believe all the politically correct
        game companies went bankrupt from bad deci-              guilty of what they claim they are trying                 would have died if she had not intervened. She           “woke” garbage they have to endure.
        sions over the years. Do we bring them all back         to fix. They need to take the beam out of                  was loyal to that hospital for close to three de-        They don’t want to rock the boat. Instead
        and fluff them up over and over again so they can       their own eyes before trying to help take                  cades. What is her reward? She gone. It is repul-       they want to keep that paycheck com-
       keep making the same mistakes? How will they             a small speck out of the eyes of others.                  sive that companies act that way. They focus on          ing so they can work on their dreams
       learn from those mistakes? What about companies          Practice what you preach liberals.                        only the bottom line while telling their employ-         in their off time. They will feign loyalty
       that take six to ten years to release a game? Is there                                                             ees they are the best in the world. Those kinds of      because they know that is exactly what
      some standard on how often they must produce              God bless,                                                managers do not care about the people one bit.          the company is doing with them, and for
      something? I could work on the same video game            Paul Bury                                                 They have no honor and they have no integrity.          them.
      for ten years and never produce something while
      being paid.                                                                                                        I find it funny when these companies are run-            God bless,
                                                                                                                         ning campaigns telling everyone to be gung-ho            Yolanda Bury
       If we are going to talk about publishing and pro-                                                                 all supportive of their organization and make it
       ducing why don’t we talk about Family Friendly                                                                   more than a job. What is the reward for being
      Gaming. The What’s New? Website Updates page                                                                      their cheerleader? They will eventually cut you
      on the Family Friendly Gaming website shows all                                                                   loose because you have earned a few perks along
      of the work we have done for this ministry/busi-                                                                 the way. No wonder so many employees see it as
      ness for a great many years. Our hard work has                                                                   just a job. It is not their dream. It is not what they
     helped a plethora of video game companies make                                                                   really want to do with their lives. It pays the bills
     all kinds of money. None of those companies have                                                                 and nothing more. I know this might be con-
     ever given us any kind of profit sharing for the                                                                 troversial to some people. The problem is these
     work we have done that has made them money.                                                                     companies do not care about their people and
     We are seen as slave labor. To add insult to injury                                                             will send them to the unemployment line faster
     we have heard plenty of people in PR and Mar-                                                                   than you can cheerlead because they don’t care
    keting brag about six to seven digit bonuses they                                                                about people.
    received for good sales of games. They also did not
    share with us any of that wealth. We actually lose                                                                 There are obviously options and solutions the
    money on every single website thing we publish. I                                                                 companies could come up with. They could of-
    have a day job, and Yolanda has a part time job to                                                                fer another position within the company under
   pay for the bills. We do most of the Family Friend-                                                                a competent manager. They could suggest a pay
   ly Gaming work pro bono. The super majority of                                                                    cut instead of the loss of a job. They could pay for
   the products that are sent to us for review have                                                                  some additional training for a different position.
  zero value to them. We do all this work that helps                                                                 They could offer a promotion into management.
  all of these companies and all of them can’t find a                                                                There are numerous options that companies
  few hundred dollars to help us out. Even the ones                                                                 could come up with if they actually really and
  bragging about having billions in the bank.                                                                       truly cared about people. As obnoxious as unions
                                                                                                                   are they protect employees from toxic work envi-
  Less than one percent of the video game compa-                                                                   ronments like the ones I have been referencing.
 nies advertise with us. We are extremely thankful                                                                 You have to actually mess up to be removed from
 for the ones that do. As we discuss the topic of                                                                  an union job.
 wealth disparity I find it interesting that smaller
 to medium size gaming media outlets help us out                                                                  Companies cannot expect loyalty from employ-
 more than the big ones. We do a lot of hard works                                                                ees when they show them no loyalty. It is one
that makes these companies money. They treat us                                                                   thing when a company is losing money and they
like slaves. Do you know the reward for making                                                                    can’t keep people employed. It is a complete-
them all kinds of money? They expect us to do                                                                    ly different story when they brag about record
even more work for them. Again without any pay.                                                                  profits and only want to make cuts to get them-
They even try to twist it and say things like: “we                                                               selves a promotion. That kind of ugly behavior
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Mission                                       SOCIAL MEDIA
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SOUND OFF
     The Sound Off section                                                                                                 and when I get time I work on      you Brad.                          reality right now is - it is not.
     is where you the reader/                                                                                              recording them. Stay tuned.                                           I am being real, honest, and
     emailer is heard. What you                                                                                                                               You know all about the How         transparent here. I love doing
     have to say is put in this                                                                                                                               you Can Help Us Page - http://     this. I work hard at it. I keep
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                                                                                                                           I commend Family Friendly
     content is edited for appro-                                                                                                                             right? We purposely found as       make it work. I call out the
     priateness issues. This is a                                                                                          Gaming on not charging read-
                                                                                                                           ers and viewers for your con-      many non financial ways for        wealthy liberal companies on
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     and certain content is just                                                                                           tent. I also commend Family
                                                                                                                           Friendly Gaming for having so      things help us too. Every single   gaming industry while they
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     for your comments appear-                                                                                             ly commend Family Friendly         interest advertisers. Every sin-   things. I reinvest every single
     ing in these very pages.                                                                                              Gaming for not having money        gle view on our videos helps       dollar right back into Family
     You have our attention, so                                                                                            donation drives multiple times     us get sponsors on our videos      Friendly Gaming. I reach out
     SOUND OFF!                                                                                                            every year. I help out Family      and live streams. All of the       to a plethora of places, organi-
                                                                                                                           Friendly Gaming because I ap-      chat during a live stream helps    zations, and companies. I treat
                                                                                                                           preciate what you do as well as    us get closer to Partner on        them better than they treat me
                                         itics videos I have ever seen.                                                    how you do it. I am so sick of     Twitch. Those things help us       over and over again. I expose
      Presidential Med-                  The wig and the robe are really     That particular topic was a re-               all these people constantly try-   a lot. I would prefer a million    important issues like gaming
                                                                                                                                                              hits a month on the website        media being treated like slave
      al from Joe Biden                  cool too.                           ally tough one for me to decide               ing to peddle some book, CD,
                                                                                                                                                              compared to a hundred dollar       labor. I work hard to open the
                                         - Karl                              on. There are so many nuances                 or service. I am tired of always
      I loved your video about                                               to the topic. Ultimately I hope I             hearing about a new mon-           advertisement or donation. I       eyes of so many people. I have
      whether or not you would           {Paul}: Karl,                       came to the right decision. God               ey drive for donations. There      would prefer a thousand views      talked to management coaches
      accept the Presidential Medal                                          is the one who judges us and I                needs to be a better model.        on a video and live stream as      (usually they just want mon-
      from Joe Biden. Your videos        Thank you so much for your          want to always do right by God                                                   opposed to a ten dollar do-        ey for their programs). I have
      are so thoughtful, deep, and       words of high praise. I try. I go   not man. That’s why I don’t                   -Brad                              nation. Those things bring us      worked on building coalitions
      thought provoking. You ex-         into each video recording with      listen to the angry mob, haters,                                                 more money in the long run.        of like minded organizations. I
      plore an idea. So many videos      an idea what I want to touch        and those that embrace rebel-                 {Paul}: Brad,                                                         have even reached out to non-
      out there give the liberal side    on. At times I might have to        lion. I listen to and follow God.                                                Here comes the real whopper.       like minded organizations to
      or the conservative side. Your     think about it. We have gotten                                                    Thank you so much for your         Family Friendly Gaming does        give them an opportunity to
      videos give the real side. I can   some comments wanting us to         I am so pleased to hear you are               kind words of encouragement.       not bring in enough money          prove they will no longer dis-
      feel that you are a real person    cut out those few seconds here      enjoying the FFG Politics se-                 I am so pleased that you ap-       to be a full time job for any-     criminate against Christians
      exploring some really difficult    and there. To me doing those        ries. I ams also glad you enjoy               preciate what we do and what       one. I have a day job that helps   and conservatives. Not one of
      and challenging issues. You are    cuts really makes the videos        the wig and the robe. We like                 we don’t do. I have listened       pay the bills and helps pay        those ideas has worked in a
      honest, genuine, and real. That    fake. Too many channels cur-        to try things here at Family                  to radio hosts plugging their      for Family Friendly Gaming.        way that allows us to continue
      is what makes your videos so       rently have all these cuts and it   Friendly Gaming. I have an                    products or having a donation      Yolanda has a part time job to     to do Family Friendly Gaming
      very good. I really enjoy your     shows. This is one the reasons      interest in politics and felt like            drive and trying to guilt trip     help with our bills as well. I     as a full time position.
      FFG Politics video series. I       we do so many live streams.         expressing myself as the song                 people into giving them money      wish it were not so. My hope,
      could watch them all day long.     Mistakes as well as triumphs        used to say. We plan on many                  so they can continue to exist. I   dream, and prayer is that Fam-     I am not giving up though. I
      Please keep making more FFG        are shown in real time. No          more FFG Politics videos to be                understand their desperation       ily Friendly Gaming becomes        continue to strive to be and
      Politics videos. Your channel      need to cut out who I really        coming in the future. I write                 and frustration. I have a whop-    a full time job for myself, and    do better every single day. I
      has the most interesting pol-      am.                                 down ideas as they come to me                 per of a reality to share with     many others. The financial         find new ideas and I try them.

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SOUND OFF
                   Continued
       Every so often someone new          really
       comes into our orbit because        cool.
       of one of those ideas. I see that
       as a win. It is not the end goal,   - Kim
       but a step closer to the goal.
       Want to know a secret? The          {Paul}:
       smaller companies are more          Kim,
       generous than the billionaire
       ones.                               Thank
                                           you so
                                           much
       Free at Last                        for
       You are an extremely talented       your
       writer. I just finished reading     amaz-
       Future Glimpses Free At Last.       ing
       What an amazing book filled         words
       with excitement, intrigue, and      of en-
       action. I never knew you had        cour-
       that kind of talent in you. I       age-
       enjoy reading Family Friend-        ment.
       ly Gaming which is usually          I loved
       pretty straight up and straight     writing
       forward. Future Glimpses Free       both of
       At Last is filled with all kinds    those
       of imagination. I love the          books.
       Christian science fiction uni-      I have
       verse you created in that book.     some
       Kudos! Cheer! Smiles! Hugs!         notes                             Would you like to be heard in Family
       Keep up the amazing work.           for some scenes I want in the     Friendly Gaming? Want to Sound Off on
                                           next book. Thank you so much      something in video games, the website,
                                                                             the magazine, etc? Log on to the Internet
       BTW I enjoyed Future Glimps-        for your prayer of blessings.     and go to our Comments page:
       es Moon Murderer as well.           That means a lot to me and        http://www.familyfriendlygaming.com/
                                           everyone else here at Family      comments.html, or send an email to:
       That book was fantastic as well.                                      SoundOff@.familyfriendlygaming.com.
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       I also think Future Glimps-         The whole thing came from a
       es could be made into some          few different ideas and looking
       amazing movies and maybe            at the way our world is head-
       even animation as well. I know      ed. I loved getting to express
       a lot of people that would go       myself in a meaningful way
       and watch a Future Glimpses         that impacts so many people.
       movie. The books have been          Movies would be great. I am
       great and a movie would be          certainly open to that.

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The Beatitudes                There are angry psycho          way they persecuted the
                                  haters constantly attacking     prophets who were before
    Part 2                        us and trying to destroy us     you. Imaging being in the
                                  because we obey God and         same class as the prophets
    Let us continue on with the   point people to Him. Mat-       of old. These two verses
    Beatitudes from Matthew       thew 5:10 Blessed are those     also remind us to rejoice
    Chapter 5. There is so much   who are persecuted because      and be glad when this hap-
    wonderful wisdom from         of righteousness,               pens. It can be difficult at
    Jesus Christ and his sermon      for theirs is the kingdom    times to do so. Ultimately I
    on the mount. Things that     of heaven. It is wonderful to   realize that the work we do
    we could learn about this     know the kingdom of heav-       at Family Friendly Gaming
    very day and age. We hu-      en is ours for caring enough    has gotten under the devil’s
    mans are aggressive, angry,   about the souls of others       skin. That is why he is ag-
    vicious, mean, and nasty in   to point them to God. It        itating those under him to
    our normal worldly ways.      can be difficult at times       attack us. We have made an
    Matthew 5:9 Blessed are       to continue to obey God         impact on souls and that
    the peacemakers,              when the world is trying to     means more for God and
       for they will be called    brainwash all of us through     less for the devil. We are
    children of God. Jesus        entertainment, politicians,     helping those in need.
    knew our normal world-        schools, business and more
    ly nature and offered us a    to join them in open rebel-     God Bless,
    better path. Peacemakers      lion. Our eyes are on the       Paul Bury
    are considered children of    true prize in eternal life.
    God. God wants us to be at    What about you?
    peace with Him and with
    one another. We are the       These next two verses have      PRAYER
    ones messing it up, follow-   given me comfort in times
    ing some strange blowing      of great persecution from       Jesus,
    in the wind new concept       those blindly serving Sa-             I know that I am a sinner
    from man. Obedience to        tan and trying to make          and need Your forgiveness.
    God is something those        the world a worse place to      Nothing I can do of my own
    new blowing in the wind       live in. At the same time is    power will give me true joy. I
    concepts from man never       have humbled me greatly         believe that You died for my
    seem to acknowledge.          because I do not see myself
                                  belonging in their company      sins. I want to turn from my
    Christians have faced and     after their amazing feats       enslavement to sins, and re-
    continue to face all kinds    of faith. Matthew 5:11-12       pent of them. I now invite You
    of persecution because we     “Blessed are you when peo-      to come into my heart and
    faithfully obey God. I have   ple insult you, persecute you   life. I want to trust and follow
    experienced all kinds of      and falsely say all kinds of    You as my personal Lord and
    persecution for applying      evil against you because of     Savior. I welcome the trans-
    God’s standards and obe-      me. 12 Rejoice and be glad,
    dience to what we do here     because great is your reward    forming power of the Holy
    at Family Friendly Gaming.    in heaven, for in the same      Spirit. Amen.

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In The                                                                                                       NEWS
                    CONTENTS                                                                                   share our vision and values. When we founded Massive Miniteam we made it our goal to offer a stable and
                                                                                                               healthy work environment in the games industry.
                                                                                                               We are very happy that this step allows us to focus on the production of high-quality indie games and to
                                                                                                               grow into a well-known game studio while staying true to our core values”, says Tim Schroeder, CEO of the
                                                                                                               Massive Miniteam.

                                                                                                               Massive Miniteam is a motivated and highly creative development team working with HandyGames on sev-
                                                                                                               eral titles like their co-op multiplayer mayhem Spitlings, the console ports of Little Big Workshop from Mi-

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Massive Miniteam – Welcome to the THQ Nordic family					            16 - 17
Capcom Arcade Stadium Available Now									18
Konami Announces Partnership with Atalanta B.C.						               18
SpongeBob Krusty Cook-Off Combats Malnutrition						19
Konami Signs Partnership With Kazuyoshi Miura							19
Rune Factory 4 Special and STORY OF SEASONS Friends of Mineral Town coming
to PS4 and Xbox One													20
Limited Run Games & Wired Productions Get Physical					             20
The FINAL FANTASY PIXEL REMASTER Series Announced					              21
Firegirl announced														21
Starfield Announced														22
Planet Zoo Africa + 1.6 Update Releases									22 -23
Nakara Bladepoint to be Published by Netease Montreal					          23

 Massive Miniteam – Welcome to the THQ Nordic family

 “HandyGames promised to invest into the German game industry and Massive Miniteam is simply the per-
 fect fit! The clear vision of the management combined with an experienced team sets the foundation for our
 growth plans in the Cologne region. A warm welcome to the HandyGames and THQ Nordic family!”, com-            rage Game Studios, and of Chicken Police from The Wild Gentlemen. The Pulheim based game studio is also
 ments Markus Kassulke – CEO of HandyGames – this historical step.                                             keen on working with new technologies like Google Stadia or next-gen consoles and will focus on creating
                                                                                                               new game titles based on its own and external IPs.
 Founded in the co-working space Cologne Game Haus in April 2018 the team around Tim Schroeder, Mi-
 chael Koloch, and Robert Schneider moved in early 2020 into the WALZWERK in Pulheim, a small city near        The company will be fully integrated into the HandyGames organization while the founders will focus on
 Cologne. In this stylish location, the company grew to around 20 team members from all across Europe.         managing and growing Massive Miniteam to an attractive, diverse, and multicultural place to work on awe-
                                                                                                               some games in the attractive Cologne region and North Rhine-Westphalia. The purchase price will not be
 “We have been working with HandyGames as partners on several projects successfully and know that they         disclosed.

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In The News Continued                                                                             In The News Continued

 Capcom Arcade Stadium Avail-                    Konami                                            SpongeBob Krusty Cook-Off
 able Now                                        Announces                                         Combats Malnutrition
                                                 Partnership
 Relive the glory days of the arcade with
 Capcom Arcade Stadium, releasing today on
                                                 with Ata-                                         To coincide with World Hunger Day and
                                                                                                   in partnership with The Eleanor Crook
 the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment        lanta B.C.                                        Foundation and LifePack™, the kitchens of
 system, Xbox One Consoles and Steam. The                                                          SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off have intro-
 title will also be playable on Xbox Series                                                        duced two new limited-time bundles that
 X|S via Backward Compatibility. Previously      Konami Digital                                    will serve up much needed real-world food
 released on Nintendo Switch™, this nostal-      Entertainment,                                    and help combat malnutrition in Eastern
 gia-packed collection contains some of Cap-     Inc. has an-                                      Africa.                                          Konami Signs Partnership With
 com’s most beloved arcade games, from ’80s      nounced that
 classics like BIONIC COMMANDO and               the company                                       Malnutrition is the number one killer of         Kazuyoshi Miura
 STRIDER to iconic ‘90s titles like SUPER        has signed a                                      children, killing a child every 11 seconds –
 STREET FIGHTER II TURBO. Players can            long-term, ex-                                    and COVID has made the situation worse.
 choose to purchase one of three different 10    clusive partner-                                  Every 25 cents raised through LifePack will      Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. an-
 game packs for MSRP $14.99 each, or ac-         ship agreement                                    provide one life-saving Ready to Use Ther-       nounced the signing of Kazuyoshi Miura
 quire the bundle pack, which contains all 32    with Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio (“Atalan-         apeutic Food (RUTF) packet to a child in         (Kazu) to a partnership agreement. With a
 games together for MSRP $39.99.                 ta”), the top-tier Italian football club who      need. Three packets a day for six to eight       career spanning five decades, the 54-year
                                                 recently finished the season in third place.      weeks can bring a child back from the brink      old forward continues to build upon his
 Capcom Arcade Stadium allows players to                                                           of death.                                        playing legacy, recently setting the record
 bring home the electrifying thrill of an ar-    As “Official Video Game Partner”, KONAMI                                                           for world’s oldest professional goal scorer.
 cade with 32 action-packed classics, which      has secured exclusive rights to the use of the    In SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off, players           Starting today, Kazu will be immortalized
 includes a free download of 1943 - The Bat-     Atalanta license, including team name, crest      cook delicious nautical meals as they in-        through the eFootball PES series.
 tle of Midway -. Retro fans can then choose     and kits, within real-time football simula-       teract with Mr. Krabs, Patrick, Squidward,
 to purchase one of three different arcade       tion games, starting with the 2021/22 foot-       Sandy and many other familiar faces. Play-       “I am excited to announce this partnership
 packs that highlight a different era of Cap-    ball season.                                      ers can visit famous SpongeBob landmarks         with KONAMI and to be part of the eFoot-
 com arcade goodness. Players can also pur-                                                        like the Krusty Krab and Sandy’s Treedome,       ball PES franchise,” said Muira. “I am hum-
 chase all three packs of 10 games in addi-      Naoki Morita, President at Konami Digi-           collect and customize outfits for their favor-   bled to have Konami recognize the many
 tion to the Ghosts ‘n Goblins stand-alone       tal Entertainment B.V. commented: “As we          ite characters, design and upgrade their own     decades I have given to football by giving
 add-on. This must-have collection includes      prepare to unveil the future of the eFootball     versions of Bikini Bottom’s seven restau-        fans a way to relive and bask in those magi-
 (up to four-player) local multiplayer for the   PES series, I am delighted to announce this       rants. Players cook up grub across 400 story     cal moments.”
 games that support it.                          exclusive partnership with Atalanta B.C., a       levels on their journey to be the best fry
                                                 truly formidable club with an exciting future     cook under the sea, and now with the Life-       Kazuyoshi Miura began his professional
 Additionally, each title within Capcom          at the highest levels of European football.       Pack bundles can help provide therapeutic        career in 1986 with Brazilian powerhouse
 Arcade Stadium comes with a variety of          Working side by side with our Partner Clubs       food to actual children who need it most.        Santos F.C., spending two stops in a Peixe
 options that can be adjusted such as Game       is an important element of our strategy to                                                         uniform while honing his craft amongst the
 Speed, Difficulty Level, Display Settings,      deliver industry-leading video games to           Prior to its mobile launch, SpongeBob: Kru-      country’s elite. His return to Japan in 1990
 Display Filters and various frames including    football fans all over the world.”                sty Cook-Off saw immediate success and           featured hundreds more professional club
 a variety of 3D-rendered arcade cabinets.                                                         fan excitement with more than 17 million         appearances including 89 caps for the Na-
 Each game also comes with a Rewind fea-         “We are extremely delighted to announce           pre-registered players, the strongest pre-reg-   tional team. In 1994, Kazu further gained
 ture, allowing players to jump back in time     the partnership with KONAMI”, said Luca           istration performance of any Nickelodeon         international acclaim by becoming the first
 to save themselves (or a friend) from any       Percassi, Atalanta B.C. CEO. “KONAMI is           game ever. At launch, it was one of the top      Japanese footballer to play for a first division
 unforeseen dangers.                             an international brand that needs no intro-       10 most downloaded games on iOS in 97            Italian club. Today, at 54, Kazu is the old-
                                                 duction. It represents another important          countries, and 79 countries on Google Play       est active professional footballer playing in
                                                 moment of growth for Atalanta”.                   -- reaching the top 100 grossing in 66 coun-     Japan’s top-flight league.
                                                                                                   tries on iOS and eight countries on Google
                                                 Based in Bergamo, Italy, Atalanta has com-        Play. In its first week alone, SpongeBob:        To celebrate the agreement and legendary
                                                 peted in the top-tier Italian football league     Krusty Cook-Off reached over 2.2 million         career of “King Kazu”, along with other
                                                 for 60 years and commands a passionate            daily active users.                              Japanese players past and present, KONA-
                                                 fanbase across Europe. The team has also                                                           MI will host multiple eFootball PES 2021
                                                 proudly reached the quarter finals and the        Players can support LifePack                     in-game campaigns for console and mobile,
                                                 last 16 in the most prestigious European          now by downloading SpongeBob:                    including revisiting Kazu’s time with San-
                                                 club tournament for the past two seasons.         Krusty Cook-Off on iOS and                       tos as part of the Iconic Moment series. The
                                                                                                   Android. While the opportunity                   Kazuyoshi Miura Partnership Log-in Cam-
                                                 KONAMI’s latest partnership announce-             to purchase LifePack gems is only                paign begins today where fans can earn his
                                                 ment for the eFootball PES series follows         available on these mobile plat-                  Legend, along with the #VamosJ Campaign
                                                 previous Italian agreements including the         forms, the game is also available                on social media.
                                                 Italian Football Federation, AS Roma, SS          on the Nintendo Switch and for
                                                 Lazio and SSC Napoli.                             PC on the Microsoft Store.                       Keep it here for more news on this game
                                                                                                                                                    and the partnerships as they emerge.
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 Rune Factory 4 Special and STORY OF SEASONS Friends of Mineral Town                                                 The FINAL FANTASY PIXEL REMASTER Series Announced
 coming to PS4 and Xbox One
                                                                                                                     SQUARE ENIX® announced that the six original FINAL FANTASY® titles that inspired a generation of RPG
                                                                                                                     Fans are coming to life once more in the FINAL FANTASY pixel remaster series. Fans and newcomers are in-
 Marvelous Europe Limited are excited to announce that Rune Factory 4 Special, the remastered High Defi-             vited to dive into six masterpieces that bridge the ages with unique tales of epic adventure. The company will
 nition game of the critically acclaimed RPG simulation title that was originally released onto the Nintendo         release the beloved titles individually, from FINAL FANTASY I through FINAL FANTASY VI, for Steam®
 3DS™ system, and STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town, a High Definition remake of the 2003                    and mobile platforms.
 GameBoy Advance game Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town, will make their PlayStation 4 and Xbox
 One debuts within Europe and Australia later this year.                                                             FINAL FANTASY I, FINAL FANTASY II, FINAL FANTASY III, FINAL FANTASY IV, FINAL FANTASY V,
                                                                                                                     and FINAL FANTASY VI are not yet rated.
 The release of both Rune Factory 4 Special and STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town marks the
 first time that both franchises have been released onto PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms, as well as acts       About FINAL FANTASY
 as a debut for Marvelous Europe Limited as a publisher on the Xbox One platform.                                    For over 30 years, the FINAL FANTA-
                                                                                                                     SY series has delighted generations of
 The excitement does not end there either, as the release of Rune Factory 4 Special on the PlayStation 4 will        gamers and millions of players world-
 also mark the first time in 10 years since a Rune Factory title was released onto a PlayStation platform. The       wide through beloved Role Playing
 news of STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town announced for new platforms also accompanies the                  adventures that are built upon the
 celebration of STORY OF SEASONS 25th Anniversary, which started with the release of Bokujou Monogatari              benchmarks of spectacular visuals,
 on the Super Nintendo Entertainment system in 1996.                                                                 highly imaginative worlds rich stories,
                                                                                                                     memorable characters and technical and
 Originally released onto the Nintendo Switch in February 2020, Rune Factory 4 Special saw the Nintendo              gameplay innovation leading the indus-
 3DS title remastered with updated visuals and an enhanced user interface combined with new additions such           try and earning the highest accolades
 as a more challenging ‘hell’ difficulty mode, a new newlywed mode, and dual-audio language support with             from around the world. Each mainline
 updated text localisation support for French and German languages.                                                  game in the series is a completely new
                                                                                                                     experience, and an ideal entry point to
 This PlayStation 4 and Xbox One release of Rune Factory 4 Special will feature all of the gameplay elements         the series. Titles of the series have sold
 found in the original Nintendo Switch release, including both English and Japanese audio languages,                 over 161 million units worldwide.

 Limited Run Games & Wired Productions Get Physical                                                                  Firegirl announced

 Limited Run Games and video games publishing label Wired Productions today announced a new partner-                 Thunderful Publishing & Dejima Games are thrilled to announce that Firegirl, its action rescue platformer
 ship that delivers exclusive distribution in North America and expanded cooperation across more product             with roguelite elements is coming this Fall to PC (Steam®), Nintendo Switch™, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S,
 lines going forward. The new partnership will not only see The Falconeer: Warrior Edition launch on PlaySta-        PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®5.
 tion 4, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch August 5th 2021, but also the release of the new Black Label
                                                                                                                     In Firegirl you take on the role of a young fire rescue officer breathing new life into her rundown local fire
 Both companies initially worked together in 2020 through the distribution of various titles, and realised a         station. Armed with your trusty axe and high-pressure fire hose that doubles as a jetpack, you’ll respond to
 shared passion for games, music and community gave opportunity to work even closer as friends in a more             emergency calls across a procedurally generated city.
 fluid and collaborative banner. Kicking this BFF relationship off is the creation of ‘The Black Label,’ by Wired
 Productions, a new strictly limited collector’s item featuring numbered and authenticated premium products          When Firegirl arrives on the scene, she has 3 minutes to save all civilians caught in the blaze! Feats of bravery
 only available for a limited time that celebrates and fuses gameplay, art and music together.                       and other gameplay features can be leveraged to extend your rescue time, ensuring you complete your mis-
                                                                                                                     sion. Uncover the truth of why these fires have engulfed the city, in a mystery that goes all the way to the top!
 Leo Zullo, Managing Director, Wired Productions commented, “Limited Run Games really are an awesome
 company. We share many principles, beliefs and work ethos.” He continued, “Having spent over a year deal-           Douse roaring flames, chop through obstacles,
 ing with Brexit, bureaucracy and really, a lot of {EDITED OUT}; working with a partner like Limited is like         extinguish dastardly pyro-monsters, and use
 finally breathing fresh air again. Not only are our fundamentals similar, but our gamers are too. Our players       your hose to boost your jumps and reach high
 understand video games. They appreciate the work that goes into crafting these stories and want to celebrate        places to find all sorts of extra goodies. Hang
 with us and embrace the curated range of collector’s both Limited and Wired have already released individ-          out at the Firehouse between missions to up-
 ually. Coming together really is the best of both worlds and I’m so excited to have players receive their first     grade your equipment, hire new staff, pay any
 Wired and Limited Run Games orders in the coming weeks and months ahead.”                                           bills you’ve accrued, and hear from your ev-
                                                                                                                     er-growing fanbase after your heroic exploits.
 Douglas Bogart, co-founder, Limited Run Games said, “Working with Wired Productions is like working                 Working at a top fire rescue station isn’t a cake
 with our internal teams, where we aim to deliver the passion that these games have given us for so long.            walk, and you’ll need all the help you can get
 Without a doubt, Wired Productions publish some fantastic indie titles, and we’re delighted to be sharing           to prepare for the next fires about to break
 them with our community and customers beginning with The Falconeer: Warrior Edition and The Black                   out!
 label moving forward.”

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 Firegirl fuses retro and modern sensibili-        Starfield Announced
 ties, mixing pixel art with 3D visuals and
 next-gen rendering techniques like dynamic
 lighting to create a wholly unique look and       Starfield will arrive on Xbox Series X|S and
 feel.                                             PC on November 11, 2022 and will be avail-
                                                   able day one with Xbox Game Pass.
 “Firefighting is such a thrilling setup to
 create our vision of an action rescue plat-       Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years
 former,” said Dejima founder Julien Rib-          from Bethesda Game Studios. In this next
 assin. “We wanted to capture the sense of         generation role-playing game set amongst
 imminent danger that comes facing this            the stars, create any character you want
 natural disaster and translate it into a whim-    and explore with unparalleled freedom as
 sical arcade adventure. Although the players      you embark on an epic journey to answer
 will come face to face roaring blazes and         humanity’s greatest mystery. Fans can join
 fire-monsters, the goal is rescuing and help-     Constellation now and be among the first
 ing survivors. Firegirl was designed with
 both newcomers and veterans to the genre
                                                   to receive news and updates on Starfield,
                                                   including developer interviews and behind-
                                                                                                      Nakara Bladepoint to be Pub-                    game reach a worldwide audience for its
                                                                                                                                                      global launch this summer. They will be the
 of action platformers in mind, and we can’t       the-scenes looks at the game.                      lished by Netease Montreal                      publisher of NARAKA for its global launch.
 wait for people to try it out for themselves                                                                                                         With the collaboration of NetEase Games
 when it launches this Fall.”                                                                                                                         Montreal, 24 Entertainment aims to serve
                                                                                                      24 Entertainment is proud to announce           and support NARAKA players across the
 “We’re always on the lookout for new, excit-                                                         that their first game will be published by      globe.
 ing games at Thunderful and Firegirl is right                                                        NetEase Games Montréal. NetEase Games
 up our alley,” said Thunderful’s Head of Pub-                                                        Montréal is a newly established studio in       With 24 Entertainment located in the East-
 lishing, Dieter Schoeller. “It takes the seem-                                                       Quebec, Canada; where considered to be          ern hemisphere and NetEase Games Mon-
 ingly simple concept of fighting fires and                                                           the hub of Canada’s video game industry. It     tréal placed in the Western hemisphere
 makes it utterly captivating. It’s the perfect                                                       is composed of industry heavyweights who        — each studio are in a perfect position to
 pick up and play title, offering a zippy arcade                                                      have worked on huge titles at top studios all   support one another for the likely surge of
 twist on rescuing people from an environ-                                                            around the world. They have already pro-        global players set to follow the release of
 mental disaster.”                                                                                    vided invaluable support during NARAKA:         NARAKA: BLADEPOINT.
                                                                                                      BLADEPOINT’s development, helping the

 Planet Zoo Africa + 1.6 Update                                                                                                                       with over 180 new pieces of scenery inspired
                                                                                                                                                      by the colourful architecture of North Af-
 Releases                                                                                                                                             rica. Zookeepers can use everything from
                                                                                                                                                      mudbrick, vivid mosaic tiles, brightly paint-
                                                                                                                                                      ed benches, and a wide range of new foliage,
 Frontier Developments plc announced an                                                                                                               including tall green palm trees, to create im-
 exciting new expansion for the ultimate zoo                                                                                                          mersive experiences for their guests as they
 simulation, Planet Zoo. Inspired by Africa’s                                                                                                         take in the continent’s rich culture.
 cultures and rich ecosystems, Planet Zoo:
 Africa Pack released on Steam on for a sug-                                                                                                          Also included in the pack is a brand new
 gested retail price of $9.99.                                                                                                                        timed scenario, which unfolds in a seclud-
                                                                                                                                                      ed oasis bazaar. Things could get heated, as
 Packed full of new content for zookeepers                                                                                                            players work to solve problems and trans-
 to test their skills, Planet Zoo: Africa Pack                                                                                                        form a struggling attraction into the perfect
 introduces a selection of extraordinary an-                                                                                                          environment for both animals and guests.
 imals to game. The sociable Meerkat - a
 sought after fan favourite sure to delight                                                                                                           Planet Zoo: Africa Pack launched alongside
 guests as they create their tunnel homes us-                                                                                                         a free base-game update that brings a range
 ing an authentic new digging behaviour; the                                                                                                          of extras and improvements. This includes
 endearing Fennec Fox, whose small stature                                                                                                            behaviour updates, habitat webcams, vista
 and enormous ears help it to stay cool on                                                                                                            points and a free Timed Scenario set in gor-
 the African plains; the amazing African Pen-                                                                                                         geous Guatemala.
 guin, whose fun side comes out to play with
 the new Disco Ball enrichment item; and the                                                                                                          Please note the Planet Zoo: Africa Pack re-
 striking Southern White Rhinoceros.                                                                                                                  quires the Planet Zoo base game in order to
                                                                                                                                                      download and play. Planet Zoo is available
 Alongside the four new habitat animals                                                                                                               now on Steam with an RRP of $44.99, Planet
 available in Planet Zoo: Africa Pack, is the                                                                                                         Zoo Deluxe Edition RRP for £42.99 / $54.99
 Sacred Scarab Beetle exhibit animal. Zoo                                                                                                             / €54.99 or the Planet Zoo Deluxe Upgrade
 guests will watch in amazement as these                                                                                                              Pack for $11.99.
 impressive insects roll their signature dung      balls.                                             In addition to this exciting range of crea-
                                                                                                      tures, players can unleash their creativity
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 There are all kinds of cool      on the home consoles in the         would pay twenty dollars to        Welcome to our reviews section. We have a couple of rules when it comes to our reviews. The reviewer must
 family friendly video game       past. Maybe they scrapped           see and play games like that.      give an honest accounting as to why he/she liked or disliked something. No fanboy reviews allowed here, or at
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 Friendly Gaming would love       wants to see what was being         of their games. This is a way to   in mind, and we try to mention each problem we find. We are not perfect, and miss things from time to time
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 awesome. There are so many       started all over again. May-        games. Those six games would
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                                  be we like the thrown away
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New Pokemon Snap                                                                                              Super Bomberman R
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                                      SCORE: 90                                                                                                      SCORE: 61

 I am very                                                             the existing Pokemon will do          Hopefully you caught the live         are bet-
 thankful we                                                           different things.                     stream where I played Super           ter than
 had enough                                                                                                  Bomberman R Online for the            others
 money to                                                              New Pokemon Snap is gener-            very first time. That is now a        in cer-
 purchase New                                                          ally very safe for families. I saw    video on our website and of           tain at-
 Pokemon                                                               no mention of the controver-          course being dispersed to our         tributes.
 Snap on the                                                           sial and highly divisive evolu-       video sites. I was not impressed      Players
 Nintendo                                                              tion belief in New Pokemon            with Super Bomberman R                can
 Switch. Did                                                           Snap. Certain Pokemon will            Online. I read about some             pur-
 you watch the                                                         butt heads like rams in New           of the issues with the game           chase
 live streams                                                          Pokemon Snap. That is as vi-          from those who played Super           better
 I did play-                                                           olent as this game gets which         Bomberman R Online on the             charac-
 ing New                                                               is a really good thing. New           first day it was launched. Super      ters to
 Pokemon                                                               Pokemon Snap teaches us to            Bomberman R Online still has          ensure
 Snap? I hope                       is so very cool.                   look around and explore. I            some of those issues.                 future                              making in Super Bomberman
 you were able to catch them.                                          love that lesson personally. I                                              victories. Or at least to be        R Online is horrible. As a
 Those were some hopping fun        I was able to beat New             also enjoyed seeing the dif-          Super Bomberman R Online              competitive.                        noob as I was routinely facing
 times. I am so thankful for all    Pokemon Snap in under ten          ferent Pokemon and seeing if          starts out with four players in a                                         others that were obviously way
 of the viewers chatting away       hours. I did not level up ev-      I could get them to give me a         room. After so much time ex-          The lag and glitches in Super       better than me. They knew all
 while I was playing and show-      ery single area though. I also     different pose.                       pires it now opens up for play-       Bomberman R Online are              of the commands, and tricks
 ing off New Pokemon Snap           did not do all of the quests.                                            ers to move across rooms. Cer-        what really hurt the game. I        I had never seen or heard of
 on the Nintendo Switch. Our        There were plenty of Pokemon       There are diverse environ-            tain rooms are instant death          took so many hits thanks to         before.
 audience continues to grow         that I did not find either. Each   ments to explore in New               zones so you must not go into         lag in the game. I also noticed
 and develop as we keep live        Pokemon in New Pokemon             Pokemon Snap. I loved the             them. This is forcing players         other characters just stand-        One of the ways to judge a
 streaming some really cool         Snap has four different pos-       volcano and snow areas per-           into less and less areas until        ing there not doing anything        free online battle royale vid-
 and fun video games.               es. These are ranked by stars.     sonally. Certain actions must         there is only one player left         which told me they were hav-        eo game is how long does it
                                    There are one, two, three,         be performed by the player to         alive. Each player starts with        ing lag issues. The constant        take to earn coins to purchase
 New Pokemon Snap is all            and four star pictures of the      unlock different routes in New        two hits and uses the character       room changing can lead to           things in the store. After hours
 about taking pictures of           Pokemon. As we level up ar-        Pokemon Snap. The more I              they picked. Certain characters       some strange scenarios. You         of playing Super Bomberman
 Pokemon. We are in a vehi-         eas new Pokemon appear and         played New Pokemon Snap the                                                                         might       R Online I could not purchase
 cle that is on a set course. In                                       more I figured out what to do                                                                       be in a     anything in the store. I did
 the video game world that is                                                         in each of these                                                                     room        unlock some small content by
 called being on rails. We look                                                       areas. Some are                                                                      all by      leveling up. For me this is what
 around and take pictures of                                                          easier to figure                                                                     your-       really kills Super Bomberman
 the Pokemon as they move                                                             out than others                                                                      self. You   R Online. I am not going to
 around in the levels. Different                                                      though. If you                                                                       might       buy victory in a game that is
 Pokemon will react to different                                                      like Pokemon                                                                         be in a     ultimately meaningless to me.
 things in different ways. We                                                         or photogra-                                                                         room        I hope Super Bomberman R
 can play music, throw them                                                           phy then New                                                                         with six    Online improves in the future.
 some fluff fruit and even hit                                                        Pokemon Snap                                                                         other       As of right now it is not much
 them with illumina orbs. What                                                        might be some-                                                                       players.    fun, and not worth our time
 do illumina orbs do? It makes                                                        thing for you.                                                                       The         unless we are provided a paid
 the Pokemon all shiny. Which                                                         - Paul                                                                               match       sponsorship. - Paul

 System: Nintendo Switch                                               Graphics: 90%                         System: Nintendo Switch/PC/PS4/                                           Graphics: 70%
 Publisher: Nintendo                                                   Sounds: 95%                           PS5/Stadia/Xbone/Xbox Series X                                            Sound: 66%
 Developer: Bandai Namco                                                                                     Publisher: Konami
                                                                       Replay/Extras: 85%                    Developer: Konami                                                         Replay/Extras: 60%
 Studios                                                               Gameplay: 90%                         Rating: ‘E10+’ - Everyone TEN and                                         Gameplay: 50%
 Rating: ‘E’ - Everyone SIX and                                        Family Friendly Factor: 90%           OLDER ONLY {Cartoon Violence,                                             Family Friendly Factor: 60%
 OLDER ONLY                                                                                                  Mild Blood, Mild Language}

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                                                                                      Dr. Stone 7

                                                                                       SCORE: 71

                                                 It may have taken me some           attire, enticement to lust.
                                                 time but I finally got through      The third is two of the
                                                 Dr. Stone 7 in Manga form.          main characters conspire
                                                 There are some exciting devel-      to lie to the other village.
                                                 opments in Dr. Stone 7, and         The lying is something
                                                 there are some disturbing ones.     that can easily backfire
                                                 A cell phone is finally created.    and ruin any chances of
                                                 The village is so excited. Then     reconciliation in the fu-
                                                 they realize they need to make      ture. I understand they
                                                 a second one. All of that hard      are at war, but bold face
                                                 work needs to be done again.        lying will make them lose
                                                 This is a rather large cell phone   all credibility.
                                                 as well. Not like the ones we
                                                 currently have.                     SPOILER ALERT! Dr.
                                                                                     Stone 7 connects us to
                                                 There are a couple of things        Senku’s father in a way
                                                 that disturbed me in Dr. Stone      I was not expecting. His
                                                 7. The first is the attacks on      father created a record
                                                 God. The second is the lack of      for them that contained
                                                                                          some important in-
                                                                                          formation. It was re-
                                                                                          ally neat to see how a
                                                                                          record could be used
                                                                                          to transmit voices
                                                                                          across thousands of
                                                                                          years. It was protect-
                                                                                          ed quite well in a location   have tried some kind of music
                                                                                          that Senku figured out        at some point. Maybe they are
                                                                                          pretty quickly. He should     too busy trying to survive.
                                                                                          have thought of it sooner
                                                                                          actually.                     Dr. Stone 7 is the last episode
                                                                                                                        in this series that Peter cur-
                                                                                          There is a bit of violence    rently owns. I do not know if
                                                                                          in Dr. Stone 7 but nothing    we will try and purchase more
                                                                                          too terrible. I continue to   in the future here at Family
                                                                                          enjoy the art and writing     Friendly Gaming. I want to
                                                                                          in Dr. Stone 7. Music is      expand into some other series,
                                                                                          something that is shock-      and some different stuff in the
                                                                                          ing and new to the stone      future. I would like to continue
                                                                                          world. Which is a bit         Dr. Stone in the future though.
                                                                                          strange in my opinion but     I am very curious to see where
                                                                                          what do I know. I would       these writers take this story.
                                                                                          think the village would       - Paul

                                                 System: Manga                                                          Graphics: 66%
                                                 Publisher: Viz Media                                                   Writing: 70%
                                                 Author: Riichiro Inagaki                                               Replay/Extras: 75%
                                                 Rating: ‘T’ for THIRTEEN and                                           Story: 79%
                                                 OLDER ONLY {Fantasy Vio-
                                                 lence}                                                                 Family Friendly Factor: 64%

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