Tokyo Game Show 2016’s two business days are over, and this Saturday the venue opens its doors to the general public! Here’s a teaser of what’s on show!
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Generally mystery meat is something to be avoided, unless you’re talking about Cup Noodle brand mystery meat.
Are you the prey? No, we are the Pokémon!
Sure, you could do this without wearing a virtual reality headset, but would you want to?
We dined with the disgusting Baker Family at Capcom’s Resident Evil 7 booth at Tokyo Game Show today, and here’s our first-hand account!
Stay in school, though, kids, because it’s probably not as easy as it sounds.
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