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Looking for fun, action, adventure, cats, or assassins? If that's a "YES" to any or all, then keep an eye out for a game from Mode 7 (Frozen Synapse) and SMAC Games, that shall be releasing on May 31st for PC/Xbox One and Mid-July for PS4, called Tokyo 42 . Tokyo 42 has unique elements from the gameplay to the camera style. You shall be playing as an assassin who's looking to uncover secrets. Tokyo 42 shall offer an open world single player mode as well as competitive multiplayer. If you'd like to see some action, check out Mode 7's YouTube for the Announcement Trailer.  Enjoy the vibrant colors and catchy tones as the trailer brings you in and makes you want to know more. Then they end it on the best note possible, with them showing that there are cats in the game, hopefully there shall be some use for them aside from being adorably mischievous felines. If you want more actual gameplay, click here  to check out and early alpha play thro...

     Saber Interactive's indie basketball game, NBA Playgrounds is the most recent basketball game to come out that has shied away from the traditional simulator such as 2k or Live for that sorely missed arcade flair of NBA Jams. Touting the signature 2v2 match up and a splash of NBA Streets, Playgrounds is a breathe of fresh air, but sometimes even the air can be a little bit stale. NBA Playgrounds has been stated to be somewhat of a spiritual successor of sorts to the aforementioned games, NBA Jams and NBA Streets. Playgrounds does bring back the caricature-esque NBA superstars with their own unique art style to further embrace the arcade-y feel. Overall the game can be fun, shooting, stealing, shoving, and dunking as you aim to fill up your Lottery Bar to get one 6 possible power-ups to help shift the game in your favor. Yet even with those elements done quite well, some decent music, the lack of hype the announcers in Playgrounds makes the game feel a bit disjointed...

Before the dismantling begins, it is understood that this is Pre-Alpha Gameplay. If you'd like to see the video for yourself, the "IGN First" video is linked down below. So with that out the way, let's talk about what was observed in the game, shall we? Well for starters Fury looks good (though we mostly see her from the back). Her character model has a nice athletic build, her flowing vibrantly red hair, and very conservative looking outfit tied her together nicely. Despite her looking nice, her animations in terms of combat movement seemed a bit annoying, especially her dodging. Side dodges has Fury doing a flashy mid-air cartwheel. which in combat a simple juke would seem to be more fitting especially being that it seems quite slow when she goes into the animation. Her back dodge is fine, though that also seems to be a bit slow too. So here's to hoping that they either simplify her dodges or perhaps make them faster, being that this is an action game ...