Some six months ago, DICE unveiled their version of a modern WWII game. Unlike the WWII games of the past, Battlefield V would focus on the lesser known battles of the war and do away with season…
May 18, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
Eyck, I feel old. I wasn’t quite in high school when Minecraft launched back in 2009. It was such a novel concept at the time, a fun way to play with friends without the competitiveness of a shooter…
May 17, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord is one of the most anticipated games for several years running now. Warband, the biggest entry in the franchise, has a huge following even today and people have been…
May 9, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
2019 marks the 25th anniversary of X-COM—25 years of tactically slaying aliens and stealing their tech. The beloved strategy series has had major highs and deflating lows. It's seen a lot of…
March 25, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
Tomorrow, We. The Revolution releases and it takes place during the French Revolution, a point of major political and social upheaval at the tail-end of the 18th Century. In the game, you'll play the…
March 20, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
We. The Revolution is a historically-inspired titled title loosely based on the French Revolution. This tumultuous event in Europe's history took place in the late 1700s, and as such we have no…
March 20, 2019 | 01:00 EDT
The French Revolution was a time marked with executions, revolt, and violence. Yet, one part that some might overlook is the humanity of it. The courtroom drama, the decision of life or death, and…
March 19, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
Wargroove's creative options are extremely robust. This strategy title by Chucklefish includes a map maker, a cutscene maker, and a campaign maker. That means that once you're done making maps, you…
February 17, 2019 | 01:00 EST
Metro Exodus has finally launched and players are happily wandering across the wasted remains of Russian as Artyom and his friends try to find themselves a new home. The game's full storyline is…
February 16, 2019 | 01:00 EST
I took the time out of my life to read all three Metro books. Before you ask, it was mostly worth it. I'm not going to bother reviewing the books, but the tl;dr is that Metro 2033 is a good book,…
February 11, 2019 | 01:00 EST
So many given scenes in the City tell a story. You can be crouched in a street corner looking towards a shop stand or lurking in the dark corners of a cozy study room and see an arrangement of…
February 7, 2019 | 01:00 EST
Part of the fun for any post-apocalyptic setting is to see how far the worlds go in reshaping civilization. Many aspects we take for granted, from food to clothing to even pre-war relics of…
February 4, 2019 | 01:00 EST
In Wargroove, four different factions become embroiled in a conflict that could threaten their world as they know it. These factions are at the heart of Wargroove. While most of their differences are…
January 31, 2019 | 12:00 EST
Wargroove takes inspiration from the gameplay and aesthetic of legendary strategy games like Advance Wars. This studio went about designing it by taking what worked from the previous Advance Wars…
January 29, 2019 | 02:00 EST
Nearly four years ago, I wrote that the Metro 2033 franchise could pull off an open-world game. Now with the revelation of the Metro Exodus open world, one might be curious—did they manage to make…
January 24, 2019 | 12:00 EST
I had the good fortune to spend a bit of time with Metro Exodus in a hands-on preview. I also was afforded the opportunity to speak a bit with Alex Brewer, the head of Deep Silver's Public Relations…
January 21, 2019 | 01:00 EST
There’s a lot of things that make Playground Games' most recent entry into the Forza Horizon series stand out as the strongest. The beautiful and huge rendition of the UK countryside is one of the…
January 14, 2019 | 01:00 EST
It's clear something is wrong. We live in a world where The Quiet Man exists. We shouldn't, but we do. I already gave my views on the game, but there's recently been a patch that adds sound back to…
November 9, 2018 | 02:00 EST
Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know that Blizzard is finally releasing official servers for World of Warcraft classic. People have been running not-so-legal private servers for years…
November 6, 2018 | 03:00 EST
One of the most romanticized time periods of American history is undoubtedly the era of the Wild West, a time when ambitious settlers would head to untamed lands to try to make a new life for…
October 23, 2018 | 02:00 EDT
The Mass Effect trilogy has constantly been argued as one of the most important game franchises in the past decade. Its strengths as a cinematic role-playing experience, buoyed by strong character…
October 17, 2018 | 02:00 EDT
Say you’re hired by a gang boss to assassinate an important man. You’ve done something like this before in many games. Most of these scenarios take place in a level where you’ll have to bypass…
September 30, 2018 | 02:00 EDT
It’s hard to imagine a world without Call of Duty. The massively popular multiplayer, the iconic zombies, the blockbuster campaigns - they’ve all become integral parts of gaming’s annual release…
September 24, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Operation ColdFront is the latest two-player starter set for Infinity. It follows the same formula as Operation Red Veil, which we reviewed here as part of our Start Collecting series. If you're…
September 6, 2018 | 02:00 EDT
The 2013 reboot of Shadow Warrior is a weird and fun game for many reasons. The focus on silly humor, the referential easter eggs scattered throughout the game, the obscene levels of gore. They all…
August 20, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Devolver Digital is known for getting their hands on interesting games. Sometimes the games are super fun, really strange, or both. Gris is a game that I had the privilege to see in person at the…
August 13, 2018 | 11:00 EDT
As part of our Start Collecting Infinity Series, we were kindly sent the brand new Nomad Sectorial Army Starter Pack for the Tunguska Jurisdictional Command, which, unless you've played Infinity for…
July 5, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
What, exactly, is Bethesda's Starfield all about? Following the reveal of Fallout 76, a number of questions about this other game that the Elder Scrolls and Fallout developer is working on still…
June 8, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Last Monday, I had the privilege of being able to attend an event for Wargaming's World of Tanks in New York State where I was to be one of the first journalists in the world to see the next version…
June 6, 2018 | 11:00 EDT
Probably one of the most talked-about elements of From Software's flawed masterpiece Dark Souls is its boss encounters. The game is an intentional throwback to retro-style gaming, so bosses are…
May 28, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Roughly five years ago, Metro: Last Light was released to the world. This sequel to Metro 2033 boasted a number of improvements to its predecessor, including an upgraded engine, a greater exploration…
May 15, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
The Spiral Scouts is just over a month from release, and fans of HuniePotDev might be curious about what we can expect to see from the game. I fired off a few questions to the developer and he was…
April 23, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
When a game releases, we only see the latest version of it coming out. Sometimes, we’ll see that evolve through patches that can radically change a game over the years—compare World of Warcraft 2017…
April 23, 2018 | 09:00 EDT
Storytelling is something that appears to be intrinsic to the human race. No one is sure when we first told stories, though at this point it’s believed to be somewhere past 10 000 BC using a series…
April 22, 2018 | 02:00 EDT
On the April 24, 2018, Harebrained Schemes and Paradox Interactive will release BattleTech on Windows, Linux, and OS X. What some of you may not know is that the BattleTech series has a 34-year…
April 22, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Alternate history is a fascinating concept: It speaks to us in both our interest in what came before and to our love to ask "what if." It’s this combination, along with some absolutely amazing…
March 13, 2018 | 09:33 EDT
It has been ten years since Canadian developer BioWare released the first game in what is now a long-running franchise, Mass Effect. The team, fresh off their experience from Star Wars: Knights of…
November 7, 2017 | 09:00 EST
When EA announced that Battlefield 1 would take place during the First World War (WWI), it seemed like it was going to be a less-than-enjoyable endeavor. After all, most people know of WWI as this…
September 4, 2017 | 11:00 EDT
When one thinks of the current events that plague us today, it is hard not to get political. The world over has seen divisive rhetoric regarding politics, identity, religion, and freedom of…
August 28, 2017 | 12:00 EDT
It's almost been a year since Hello Games released their massively hyped space simulator No Man’s Sky. For many, the hype that once spread like wildfire has been doused completely. The rocky release…
July 31, 2017 | 01:00 EDT
When I say Diablo 3 what comes to mind? The answer to that question depends on what you've heard throughout the years or experienced, from infamous events like the always-online DRM (remember when we…
May 23, 2017 | 11:00 EDT
Whether it's for cereal boxes, television shows, football teams, or major companies, mascots play a role in almost any business. In the video game world, it's no exception either. For companies like…
May 16, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
The release of Yooka-Laylee last month seems to have gotten a ball rolling. If you take a look at the release schedules for games, you may notice the steady uptick of animal mascots jumping around…
May 15, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
Approximately half a decade after Commander Shepard embarked on their final journey in Mass Effect 3, EA and BioWare have decided to expand the Mass Effect universe with Mass Effect: Andromeda, a…
March 13, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
With the release of NieR: Automata, many players are about to enter the bizarro world of NieR, a 2010 action-RPG from the crazy minds of Yoko Taro and Yosuke Saito, for the first time. Although …
March 6, 2017 | 01:00 EST
On November 16, 2007, more than a million people set out on what would be a five year journey through the cold emptiness of space. Along the way, they would meet countless aliens and forge long-…
March 6, 2017 | 09:00 EST
Anyone growing up in the 1990s likely remembers Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. The slick-looking, run and gun gameplay was accented by copious amounts of blood and a testosterone-fueled boxart cover. Turok…
March 4, 2017 | 09:00 EST
Whenever a new console is launched, there is always the question of how much staying power it will have. Companies like Nintendo, Sega, and Sony have weathered many storms, and for years had…
February 23, 2017 | 01:00 EST