Nier Automata is finally making its way to the Nintendo Switch on October 6. At today’s Nintendo Direct Mini dedicated to third-party games, PlatinumGames confirmed that its stellar action-RPG would be coming to the Nintendo Switch. It’ll come with all additional content and cosmetics when it arrives, and there will …
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Yoko Taro, famed director of Nier and Nier: Automata, is serving as creative director on a new Square Enix game that he describes as “off-beat,” “mysterious,” and one he has “no idea how to explain or sell.” While speaking on a livestream for the upcoming Nier Replicant remake (via Game’s …
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Last month, a Game of the Year-style revamp of Platinum Games’ Nier: Automata was spotted in the ESRB’s ratings board (opens in new tab). Today, publisher Square Enix officially announced (opens in new tab) the game’s (third) release: Nier Automata Game of the Yorha Edition is coming to PS4 and …
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Let’s face it, Nier: Automata (opens in new tab) was never likely to offer the friendliest of welcomes. Marrying director Yoko Taro’s obstinacy with PlatinumGames’ fondness for dropping players in at the deep end, the sequel to Cavia’s 2010 cult favourite begins with half an hour of action during which …
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Wearing a simple black hoodie, olive green capris, and a beanie, Yoko Taro is, to put it bluntly, a bit underwhelming in person. Sitting across from him in a hotel meeting room at PAX East 2018 (opens in new tab), I find it somewhat hard to believe this is the …
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