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BATTLETOADS

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PUBLISHER: XBOX GAME STUDIOS

DEVELOPER: DLALA STUDIOS, RARE

RELEASE: 2020

PLATFORM: PC, XBOX

GENRE: ACTION

When the game was announced at E3 two years prior, it was the first sign of new activity for the series in well over two decades – and while the series wasn’t forgotten, it had acquired a certain reputation. For most people under the age of 30, Rare’s brawler was most recognisable as a staple of prank calls and lists of obnoxiously hard games. While a residual fondness drove those things, could Rare and Dlala Studios get people to take

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