Game News Haikus: Battlefield Hardline, Banjo-Kazooie, Final Fantasy XV, and more

Zen distilled stories

Last week we took a break from the usual poetic news recaps to highlight our favorite games from PAX East, but now we are back in the swing of things. You can check out all of the past episodes on the Game News Haikus YouTube playlist.

In this series, we take a look at the stories that gathered the most attention of the past week, and distill each one down to its essence. Here are the topics that the surly D. Takeshi Nakamura takes on this week:

• New Banjo-Kazooie shown at SXSW
• Cancelled Kingdom Hearts concept art with Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph, Star Wars
• Uh, ew: Ermac’s Mortal Kombat Fatality is disgusting and visceral
• Review: Battlefield Hardline
• Nintendo teases new ‘NX’ hardware
• Oh, hey, Final Fantasy XV has summons and HOLY SHIT
• CCP’s found the best use for Xbox One’s Kinect so far

About The Author

Darren Nakamura

Darren is a scientist during the day. He has been a Destructoid community member since 2006, joining the front page as a contributor in 2011. While he enjoys shooters, RPGs, platformers, strategy, and rhythm games, he takes particular interest in independent games. He produced the Zero Cool Podcast for about four years, and he plays board games quite a bit when he can find willing companions.

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