Assassin's Creed is celebrating its 15th anniversary with the release of Assassin's Creed Mirage. Mirage might be a smaller adventure but it returns to the gameplay formula of pre-RPG Assassin's…
October 4, 2023 | 07:05 EDT
If the impactful release of PowerWash Simulator proved anything, it’s that the cleaning genre of games has finally been given the spotlight it deserves. It’s not just the zen of the activity taking…
September 21, 2022 | 03:00 EDT
First-person stealth games were a rare site not so long ago. Back in the days of the first two Thief games, the genre was very much appreciated by its niche audience, but it wasn’t until the era of…
April 2, 2022 | 10:30 EDT
Video game adaptations of blockbuster films can be hit or miss, but one of the stronger narrative elements of Jurassic World Aftermath is that it reveals more of what happened between the events of…
November 1, 2021 | 11:30 EDT
Hitman has always been one of the most underrated franchises in gaming. That’s not a massive surprise considering its stealth focus and slower pace, but besides Hitman Absolution, every single game…
January 23, 2021 | 01:00 EST
When you think of Spaghetti Westerns, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Probably tense shootouts between bandits and anti-heroic cowboys, dramatic chases on horseback, and lawless saloons…
December 8, 2020 | 12:00 EST
Stealth gameplay is deceptively tricky to pull off. On the surface, "wait for the guard to pass by so the player can progress" might sound pretty straightforward. It takes a very skilled developer to…
May 25, 2020 | 09:00 EDT
I am always suspicious of RPGs based on official licenses; Dishonored: The RPG was no different. Usually with licensed RPGs they go in two directions, either adding numbers to everything the source…
April 28, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
The immersive sim is, at its best, a seamless fusion of simulation, adventure, and roleplaying experience. Not exactly a genre in itself, but rather a design philosophy focused on giving the player…
March 4, 2019 | 10:00 EST
Seven: The Days Long Gone is game that I had a lot of hopes for. The development team at Fool’s Theory is made of AAA industry veterans from CD Projekt RED — you know, the guys behind the critically…
December 20, 2017 | 01:00 EST
Enemy AI in video games has been pretty stale over the past few console generations. In most games, enemies walk in the same patterns, do the same things, and act the same way with very little…
October 24, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
With the release of the original Dishonored in 2012, Arkane Studios more or less revitalized popular interest in stealth games. Until that point, most entries in the genre were either action games…
September 18, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
When I'm looking for new games to play, I don't usually start with sims. Like a lot of people, I grew up playing The Sims, Rollercoaster Tycoon, and my personal favorite, The Movies, but given a…
May 23, 2017 | 01:00 EDT
Whenever I play titles such as Battlefield or Call of Duty, I always tend to gravitate towards sniper rifles. I am not exactly sure where my affinity for long range death comes from; perhaps the…
May 5, 2017 | 11:00 EDT
I don't think I'll ruffle any feathers by saying Dishonored was a great game. Using elements taken from of the likes of Bioshock, Thief, and Deus Ex, the game told a personal story about one man's…
January 5, 2017 | 01:00 EST
Now that the last episode for Hitman's first season has arrived, it is time to look back and break everything down. Certainly, the game started off in a more sparse condition than it is in now. Even…
December 3, 2016 | 11:00 EST
Save for Colorado, it seems Io-interactive is hellbent on making the players of Hitman feel like tourists at worst and pampered guests at best. With a little side of murder, of course. The latest…
November 7, 2016 | 11:00 EST
An Aragami is a concept that comes from Japanese folklore, it derives from the words "Ara" meaning Heinous or monstrous, and "Kami" meaning god or deity. It's a broad term for a monster or spirit…
October 4, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
I can name very few games where the environment, locale and theme change very drastically from one map to the other. Even for games that accomplish this, not many manage to vary as greatly as the…
October 1, 2016 | 01:00 EDT
Welcome back, 47. Last time we spoke, it was the end of May and we were amid the chaos of a civilian uprising in Marrakesh, with dust and Military Coups all over the place. A far cry from the other…
August 20, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
Another month, another Hitman episode. The last episode took place in Sapienza and ended up being quite enjoyable for my taste. The question becomes, and always will be for each episode, did it…
June 2, 2016 | 12:00 EDT
The concept for the latest Hitman episode seems like my dream version of a boring trip to the beach. Instead of lying on the beach, gaining a tan and not gaming, you get to visit the beach and be a…
April 29, 2016 | 10:00 EDT
Hitman has finally hit stores! Or has it? As you may have learned by now, the newest installment in the Hitman series is currently episodic. Early adopters were rewarded with access to an early Beta…
March 16, 2016 | 10:00 EDT
Fans of the Tolkien universe of Lord of the Rings can be happy that they get a new chance to dive in with Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor. A third-person action-adventure game by WB Interactive and…
October 13, 2014 | 11:00 EDT
Your first playthrough of Ground Zeroes will only take a couple of hours. If you aren't the sneaking type, it will significantly shorter. This sounds like a poor value proposition at thirty dollars,…
March 25, 2014 | 09:00 EDT
In recent years, we've seen a good number of stealth games - well, games that give you the option of stealthy gameplay. Before games like Dishonored, Deus Ex, Assassin's Creed, and Splinter Cell, the…
March 7, 2014 | 02:30 EST
I was excited to try République for the iPad since it uses a unique type of gameplay that I haven’t seen anywhere else. When I first got started in the game, I was immediately presented with an…
January 6, 2014 | 09:00 EST