As we enter award season, many will likely view the unexpected Best Picture nominee Drive My Car alongside a slate of typically “big” Hollywood fare, flicks that blast the viewer with Spielbergian emotional gut punches and waves of sentimentality. By […]
2021 was another blockbuster year for the video game industry. While the COVID-19 pandemic slowed the global economy, the game industry continued to grow despite delays to many high-profile releases. Last year the industry brought in an estimated $180.3 billion […]
What does a Metroid-inspired game have to do to stand out amidst an endless deluge of chip-tune-infused retro throwbacks? Do you build an ingenious and expansive non-linear world that envelops the player like Hollow Knight? Do you take the Blasphemous route, creating a space […]
A Darkest Dungeon II early access trailer has landed on YouTube, showing off the style of the new game, as well as some glimpses of the gameplay mechanics. As previously announced, the game will hit early access on the Epic […]
Depending on your history with Far Cry, the newest iteration in the long-running series can prove to send you on a roller-coaster of mixed emotions. On the one hand, it’s Far Cry at it’s best and most explosive. On the […]
Having received my copy of Mass Effect: Legendary Edition back at launch, I’m taking my second journey through the series at a slower pace than I’m sure most people are. I finished Mass Effect 1 back in May and found […]
Typically, during Nintendo Direct showcases I feel either incredible hype or deep bitterness. Today, I felt both of those and a whole range of other emotions. For instance, I was ecstatic seeing Bayonetta 3. It has been 4 long years […]
The idea of a game remake is nothing new. The industry was experiencing game remakes as early as the GameCube remake of Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes. However, the idea of a full-on remake of a […]
Aside from the many spin-offs and microgame compilations over the years, WarioWare hasn’t had a true instalment in the series in 14 years. That’s a long time for a franchise to be essentially dormant, at least when it comes to […]
I’ll get this out of the way, right off the bat- if you’re familiar with Among Us, then you’ll have a good idea of what to expect from Project Winter. However, whilst Among Us was a personal choice of games […]
Note: The details in this article were true to the best of my knowledge as of 14th September 2021. Scores and other information may change over time. Deathloop has received consistently high review scores from gaming media outlets, but Steam […]
Well that was it. That was our look at what’s coming next for PlayStation, and it will probably be all we will get for the year. This was a strong showing, bolstered by an whiplash of a last 10 minutes, […]
A top 10 list of games is always one of the toughest things to produce. You will inevitably forget some, not include others’ favorites, or not have played some of the console’s especially excellent games or some of its cult […]
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) single-handedly authored the future of videogames with its US nationwide release in 1986. Its North American platform development between 1983 and 1985 saw decisions that determined the fate of console gaming for decades to come. […]
That’s right folks, it’s finally happening, we are getting an official big boy PlayStation Showcase this Thursday September 9th. The hype is careening through the roof, and Sony itself is leaning into it, not deconfirming one thing besides a showing […]
Psychonauts 2 is a game out of its time. That is a phrase usually reserved as a negative, but here it is nothing but a positive. Coming 16 years after the first entry, Tim Schaefer and the master developers at […]
The NEO•GEO AES (Advanced Entertainment System) released on April 26, 1990 and delivered on an incredible promise- it gave gamers the arcade experience at home. The AES games were the same software running on the NEO•GEO MVS (Multi Video System) […]
Having recently just played through the HD remaster of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword after a decade, I now realise that my negative memories of my first playthrough in 2011 were a little unwarranted. *Beware! Some minor spoiler ahead* […]
China has introduced a new rule limiting the number of hours of online video games under 18s can play in a week to 3, with only an hour of time permitted on Fridays, weekends, and holidays between 8pm – 9pm […]
Welcome to our coverage of the Gamescom Opening Night Live! 11:02: The Saints Row reboot is coming from Volition on February 25th, 2022. The series is keeping within its cartoonish aesthetics and over-the-top mayhem. The main character and their gang […]
