PAX West gave us the first glimpse of two resurrected franchises, Windjammers 2 and Streets of Rage 4. I had the opportunity to play both, and it left me hopeful for what was to come. It's worth…
September 7, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
The last sim game I played by Little Dragons Café designer Yasuhiro Wada was Harvest Moon on the original Game Boy. While I can appreciate the wackiness of Deadly Premonition and style of No More…
August 6, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Fans of Nintendo's sci-fi leaning properties seem to live and breathe disappointment. The cast of Custom Robo never got a chance to shine. Captain Falcon feels trapped in an endless void from which…
June 19, 2018 | 02:36 EDT
When I first played Pokemon GO, I thought that was the game we all dreamed of as a kid. Now that I have had the opportunity to play some Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu!, it has taken the Pokemon fantasy…
June 17, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
The Stardew Valley multiplayer beta has begun on Steam (and will kick off in a few days for GOG), and I was quite excited to hop on with a friend and give it a whirl. Fortunately, my buddy Shaun…
May 3, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
The 19th Atelier game in 20 years, Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings is intended to be developer Gust's capstone for their anniversary. The final Atelier game in…
March 28, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
Like New Blood Interactive’s DUSK, Amid Evil contains level design, weapon styles, enemies, interface elements, and other design choices from Quake, Heretic, and similar games. Playing through the…
March 22, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
Attack on Titan has a lot to be proud of in its short run. Combining post-apocalyptic action with political drama in a world where German and Japanese cultures collided has done wonders for its…
March 15, 2018 | 11:00 EDT
With every evolution comes the death of potential. As a genre moves forward, ideas are left behind, forever tied to what came before. When FPS design shifted from DOOM's familiar hellscape to the…
February 15, 2018 | 09:00 EST
Depending on how lenient you are with its definition, permadeath could be a mechanic that dates all the way back to some of the earliest video games. Especially when you consider lives as a resource…
November 13, 2017 | 11:00 EST
Just a few short months ago, I played Fortnite for the first time. I was charmed by the game's cartoon characters and its fun shooting, and my short session made me excited to play more. Now that I'…
August 17, 2017 | 11:00 EDT
Even with the game's existence being leaked out weeks in advance, I'd say that Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is still one of E3's biggest surprises. From Mr. Miyamoto coming out to the Ubisoft stage…
June 23, 2017 | 10:00 EDT
The Vampyr presentation was 45 minutes long but felt like less than half. I was so engrossed in the information coming my way that time just flew on by. When someone peeked in to let the developers…
June 20, 2017 | 12:00 EDT
While watching EA's press conference this last weekend, I couldn't help but wonder why another company hadn't already made a co-op "prison escape" videogame. When I sat down at Team17's booth to…
June 16, 2017 | 10:00 EDT
Just when you think you know what Nintendo is going to do, they blindside you. E3 2017 has been a fantastic example of this. Whether it's the two Metroid games, the absurdity of Mario + Rabbids:…
June 15, 2017 | 08:30 EDT
Sonic is back! Well, he never really left, but that's the feeling you get when seeing the public reaction to Sonic Mania. Being developed by a group of hardcore Sonic fans with years of experience…
June 14, 2017 | 06:06 EDT
I played Fortnite! It seems like an unlikely statement to some of us considering how long the game has been out of the spotlight, but development has been proceeding in various states of alphas and…
June 14, 2017 | 01:30 EDT
I have something to confess. I'm going into Yooka-Laylee fresh, and I've never played a Rare platformer of this type. That’s right, no Banjo-Kazooie, no Donkey Kong 64, and no Conker’s Bad Fur Day.…
April 6, 2017 | 11:00 EDT
GUST Studios is back with their latest installment in the Atelier series with Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey launched on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PC March 7th.…
March 8, 2017 | 01:00 EST
If you're an avid Warframe player, you may have been looking forward to a very particular and well-hyped content update. The War Within has been teased numerously for months, promising a new story…
November 17, 2016 | 01:00 EST
Over the past few years, there's been something of a revival of the so-called 'retro shooter' with titles such as Shadow Warrior, DOOM, and Wolfenstein: The New Order. But I'll let you in on a little…
October 21, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
Three hours. The time it took from me entering the line for a chance to play the latest Legend of Zelda title, to entering Nintendo's booth to actually play it. After having players watch a small…
June 16, 2016 | 02:05 EDT
I apologize to the Rebellion developers who I spoke to during my scheduled demo of Sniper Elite 4. I raised my hand when you asked if any of us had played Sniper Elite, and while I have gone through…
June 15, 2016 | 03:00 EDT
Unfortunately, review copies for The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt did not get handed out until yesterday. As such, we here at TechRaptor have not had an opportunity for a whole review yet, meaning this…
May 19, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
Darkest Dungeon by Red Hook Studios is not a friendly RPG, with a depressing Gothic aesthetic bleeding into every crevice of the game's many dark pits. This is not a game that someone prefers that as…
February 6, 2015 | 11:00 EST
One thing to keep in mind while reading this: The Long Dark is still in Alpha, and this is an Alpha preview. Many features, mechanics, etc., are not set in stone and are very likely to change. Also,…
October 4, 2014 | 01:00 EDT
InXile's new game is out today and the internet is all a flutter with the release of Wasteland 2. The news is big and why would you expect anything less for a game that has been 26 years in the…
September 19, 2014 | 12:15 EDT
Sometime last year, a game called A Hat in Time on Kickstarter was brought to my attention that checked off a whole bunch of boxes in the “What Seth Looks For In A Game” list. It promised to be a…
February 26, 2014 | 09:00 EST