Anyone who is familiar with Bethesda's open-world RPGs will tell you that although there is a nearly limitless amount of content available to you, only a fraction of that content can be considered…
September 26, 2023 | 09:00 EDT
Now that Starfield has been released into the hands of millions of adoring fans across the world, it seems that most people would agree that the game has more or less lived up to expectations. Yes,…
September 19, 2023 | 09:10 EDT
Anyone who has been keeping up with the happenings of the gaming industry for any substantial time will tell you that it's best to keep your expectations low. Even with this maxim in mind, the last…
June 14, 2023 | 12:00 EDT
If you're like me, you may be a bit skeptical whenever a new rhythm game is announced. Even the best stories and most fun gameplay can feel forced when there's a rhythm element to it, alienating a…
February 7, 2023 | 12:00 EST
This past year, LEGO released an impressively detailed Horizon Forbidden West LEGO set featuring a 13-inch Tallneck with smaller Aloy and Watcher LEGO figures. This set was a bit pricey at $79.99,…
December 27, 2022 | 11:00 EST
Kirby and the Forgotten Land offers a multitude of powerups for you to collect, from frost and fire powers to Kirby becoming one with any number of inanimate objects. There are dozens of ways for…
April 8, 2022 | 12:00 EDT
The world of Pokemon Legends: Arceus is designed in a familiar fashion to games we've seen before, with a main hub area and the ability to travel to several other distinct locations. One location in…
March 17, 2022 | 12:00 EDT
If you've been playing the most recent release in the Pokemon saga (and have managed to ignore the near non-stop debates about graphical fidelity), it's likely you've been having an overall enjoyable…
February 12, 2022 | 11:00 EST
Nintendo and Game Freak aimed to revolutionize the Pokemon franchise with Pokemon Legends: Arceus. "Action meets RPG in a new kind of Pokemon adventure," the marketing promises. The game's release…
February 2, 2022 | 12:00 EST
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy has been one of the biggest surprises of 2021, partially because of how much love and care it puts into its characters and their relationships. Warning: This piece…
November 10, 2021 | 12:30 EST
Those looking forward to the Horizon Forbidden West release date don’t have too much longer to wait for the Horizon Zero Dawn sequel, and Sony continues to fan the hype with the latest look at the…
September 7, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
We're coming up on one year since the launch of Marvel's Avengers, one of the most high-profile disappointments of 2020. Post launch, it has been plagued by baffling design decisions and longstanding…
August 5, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
April 2021 was always going to be a big month for Days Gone, Bend Studio's 2019 open-world action survival game. The game just celebrated its two year anniversary, and to celebrate Sony, has made…
April 28, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
Content warning: This article contains mentions and descriptions of sexual assault and pedophilia. A few years back, I was on my usual annual Fallout: New Vegas playthrough. This time around, I was…
February 3, 2021 | 12:00 EST
For longtime fans of the Assassin's Creed franchise, few things are as contentious as Ubisoft's decision to add RPG mechanics to the basic Assassin's Creed gameplay formula. No one is denying that…
July 21, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
For the past year or so, Fallout 76 was (rightfully) dragged over the coals for its lackluster, well, everything. To say that the game was an embarrassment to the Fallout franchise is a bit of an…
April 17, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
As 2019 wraps up, MediEvil is enjoying new attention. Like other ‘90s PlayStation game franchises, it’s had a remake of the first game in the series. With new graphics and other upgrades, it revisits…
December 12, 2019 | 01:00 EST
The first major piece of post-launch content has arrived for Borderlands 3 in the form of a raid. Dubbed the Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite, the raid is intended for players who are at the endgame…
November 25, 2019 | 12:00 EST
Borderlands 3, like all looter shooters, offers two distinct gameplay experiences. There’s the initial playthrough, which is typically a casual run where loot is less important than learning the…
September 30, 2019 | 12:50 EDT
After half a decade of silence, Gearbox finally decided to let Borderlands 3 see the light of day. Thanks to a substantial showing at and prior to E3 2019, it’s probably safe to say that Borderlands…
July 2, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is still very much in development. Fans have been eagerly anticipating the release of this open-world role-playing game from the moment it's been announced. The wait…
April 10, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
Of all the announcements to come out of E3 2018, one of the more controversial of the bunch is that the next Fallout game, Fallout 76, is going to be more multiplayer-oriented than what some may be…
June 26, 2018 | 02:00 EDT
As one of the largest game development and publishing companies in the world, it is probably safe to say that most gamers are familiar with Ubisoft's products. With the imminent release of For Honor…
February 1, 2017 | 01:00 EST
I attended a thirty minute presentation that was an expansion of what Taleworlds Entertainment showed off at this year's PC Gaming Show. So everything was all about siege. From what I saw, and from…
June 18, 2016 | 09:30 EDT
The buzz regarding The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is almost inescapable this year. The seamless blending of story-driven role-playing with an open world experience has been apparently achieved, with…
November 25, 2015 | 01:00 EST
In the world of video games the saying “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” is constantly challenged by games made by developers with banners displaying unique ideas. These ideas are frequently…
November 6, 2015 | 01:00 EST
It's been five years since Bethesda Softworks published Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas, and with over one thousand hours of in-game experience (so sayeth Steam), you could perhaps say I'm slightly…
October 19, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
With the positive reception of the Modding-Fallout 3 article, a follow up for the sequel seemed like a good idea. This article is an overview of a few of the best tweaks and mods for improving the…
April 6, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
Shadow of Mordor does a number of impressive things against the Lord of the Rings backdrop: The world is immaculately crafted, the traversal trumps anything done so far by the obvious inspiration,…
November 15, 2014 | 03:00 EST
Another year, another Lord of the Rings. Peter Jackson will finally be closing out his Hobbit trilogy and I can rest easy in knowing that with its curtain call I won’t be pulled from my home in the…
October 18, 2014 | 09:00 EDT
I am scared, incredibly and uncontrollably scared. No game in the history of games has created such a feeling of dread, a feeling of hopelessness, and an eventual gratifying sense of victory. "…
May 12, 2014 | 09:30 EDT
With a game the size of Dark Souls 2, combined with the constraints of getting up a prompt review, it’s basically impossible to cover everything first time. In my original play through (the one for…
April 8, 2014 | 09:00 EDT