I may be one of the outliers that really enjoyed the original ELEX, so naturally, I was excited to get my hands on a preview copy of the game to cover. Over 20 hours later, I'm hooked on ELEX II and…
December 6, 2021 | 11:00 EST
I may be one of the outliers that really enjoyed the original ELEX, so naturally, I was excited to get my hands on a preview copy of the game to cover. Over 20 hours later, I'm hooked on ELEX II and…
December 6, 2021 | 11:00 EST
The WarTorn Land of WarTales WarTales is a strategy-based open-world RPG from Shiro Games, creators of Northgard and Evoland, set in a medieval world in which you command a band of mercenaries on…
December 1, 2021 | 12:52 EST
When you first think of survival games, you don’t exactly picture a getaway island and a life of selling flowers and fruits. Instead, you’d think of slaying monsters in dingy caves and crafting…
November 29, 2021 | 11:30 EST
The premise is simple, what if an egg was jacked? To answer this question comes the platformer game YOLKED - The Egg Game, the first release from HardBoiled Studios, which is out in Early Egg-cess…
November 17, 2021 | 11:30 EST
If you want to understand why Dark Souls works where so many Soulslikes don't, look to its fauna. The hulking knights and shadowy mages are one thing, but the native inhabitants of Lordran's varied…
November 15, 2021 | 11:30 EST
The latest Battlefield game looms on the horizon and I jumped at the chance to place EA Dice's upcoming first-person shooter Battlefield 2042 a bit early -- especially since I haven't put a lot of…
November 11, 2021 | 06:00 EST
The minute I saw the announcement trailer for Weird West, I knew I was in for a treat. A supernatural fantasy immersive sim set in an alternate version of the wild west frontier got my attention…
November 1, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
A demo only offers a small slice of gameplay. As such, an individual's initial reception towards a game can change once they get their hands on a larger piece of the pie. Case in point: Forgive Me,…
October 26, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
Can you rock out harder than a demon can? Power Chord is a roguelike deck-builder that invites you to rock on, rage against your foes, and land right back where you started when it's all over. You'll…
October 21, 2021 | 09:00 EDT
Against the Storm is a journey of survival and sacrifice, filled with decisions, and built on strategy and discovery. Failure, death, and starting over are but bricks on the long road ahead, unless…
October 20, 2021 | 11:30 EDT
It’s worth wondering how George Romero would feel about all the undead content that has swept the media if he were alive today. Since Day Of The Dead, zombie outbreaks have become as common in gaming…
October 20, 2021 | 10:45 EDT
2016's Salt and Sanctuary was a solid, if slightly perfunctory, Soulslike Metroidvania. It presented a satisfying world to explore, chunky combat with plenty of enemy variety, and a series of tough…
October 18, 2021 | 09:41 EDT
Journey captured the hearts of its players when it released nearly a decade ago. This adventure game created relationships between two gamers without the need for words. Through non-verbal…
October 7, 2021 | 01:00 EDT
Platformers have always been a large part of my love of gaming. From big AAA games like Super Mario Sunshine, to indie 3D platformers like A Hat in Time the chance to explore a new world hunting for…
October 5, 2021 | 09:00 EDT
There aren't enough games about the noble art of firefighting. Sure, there's forgotten Sega Saturn cult classic Burning Rangers, and you can always head to Nintendo Switch Online to check out gems…
October 1, 2021 | 09:00 EDT
When Devolver Digital and Daniel Mullins reached out to us to get a sneak peek at their latest game, Inscryption, I practically leapt at the prospect. Mullins made a major impression back in 2016…
September 24, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
To say that Chorus is up my alley is very likely one of the biggest understatements of the year. This game isn't just a little up my alley, it's literally the entire alley. So when I was given a…
September 23, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
Even before I read Harry Potter when I was younger, I was obsessed with magic and potions. I was always experimenting with pouring shampoo and soap bottles into each other and pretending they’d have…
September 22, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
As an avid fan of detective mysteries, I'm always looking forward to the next entry in the Sherlock Holmes games. While the series began to stagger a bit with the last title, Sherlock Holmes: The…
September 18, 2021 | 01:00 EDT
GlitchPunk is a game I’ve been following for some time. This old GTA-style cyberpunk adventure intrigued me months ago with its edgy veneer and willingness to commit to the homage. While it does some…
September 16, 2021 | 01:00 EDT
Turbo Overkill sounds like it could be the name of a ridiculously over-the-top first-person shooter from the '90s, and it looks a lot like one too. The way it feels, however, calls back to the high-…
September 9, 2021 | 01:00 EDT
Colony sims are their own special breed of game and Starmancer is the new kid on the block. This Steam Early Access game debuted around the start of August and I was looking forward to exploring it…
September 9, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
The Medium, January’s big Xbox ‘Console Timed Exclusive’, has finally landed on the PlayStation 5. While graphics and load speeds are easily comparable between the two releases there’s one way that…
September 2, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
Last week, I had an opportunity to play a demo build of the psychological horror game, Martha is Dead. I went in with no expectations, save for the content inherent to the genre. I knew that it would…
August 26, 2021 | 09:00 EDT
So many boomer shooters to choose from and so little time. We're a lucky lot, FPS fans—we are absolutely spoiled for choice! It can be easy to gloss over many of these FPS titles, and sometimes they…
August 13, 2021 | 01:00 EDT
The first Halo Infinite Multiplayer weekend has come and gone, and it’s fair to say from the outpouring of support from fans on twitter and forums that it’s been a rousing success. From Halo Infinite…
August 3, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
Originally released for PC in 2018, Wadjet Eye Games’ Unavowed was the most ambitious project the developers have taken on yet. With a system of choose-your-own backstory for the protagonist,…
July 26, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
As previously mentioned in my review of Chicory: A Colorful Tale, I have a little bit of insecurity around my skills as a visual artist - that is to say, I’m very bad at it. I don’t know the…
July 19, 2021 | 10:30 EDT
There are so many post-apocalypse stories set in the near and far future but not in the past. Looking back through history, there are quite a few moments to pick from where things could have…
July 6, 2021 | 08:00 EDT
Procedural generation is often as much of a hindrance as it is a blessing. Although it helps to add replayability and a real sense of ownership over your decisions, it also becomes very hard to keep…
July 5, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
Death's Door is the next title from developers Acid Nerve after the success of Titan Souls. While it was only announced earlier this year we're also within a month of its release. While Titan Souls…
June 29, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
Hot Wheels is a franchise that many people hold dear. After all, when you're a child there's nothing more fun than setting up a plastic track and watching cars shoot around it. Then you get bored and…
June 25, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
It's not surprising to see a new battle royale game these days. With the massive success of Fortnite, PUBG, and Call of Duty: Warzone, it's not too surprising to see more games released that try to…
June 24, 2021 | 01:00 EDT
"Procedurally Generated", it's a term that has been thrown around a lot in gaming. There are some games that do it really well, offering varied experiences across multiple playthroughs like Enter the…
June 21, 2021 | 09:00 EDT
There’s nothing like a good puzzle game to make me zone out for a few hours and stare at my screen like a fish. A relaxing puzzle strategy game about restoring the environment after it’s been turned…
June 21, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
You ever see an idea and think to yourself “Why has no one done this yet?” This is the feeling I had playing To the Rescue. Its idea is simple but has the opportunity to be great. To put it simply,…
June 14, 2021 | 04:57 EDT
Megaglope Studios' sole developer Ivan sat down with me this week to let me try his upcoming game, Tower Rush. Tower Rush is a tower defense game where you summon a series of units as you slowly…
June 14, 2021 | 03:45 EDT
Graven is proof that looks can't get you everything in life; well, at least as far as video games are concerned. This upcoming action RPG that just released on Steam's Early Access is one of my…
June 9, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
In the years since its release, Bethesda’s flagship MMO RPG The Elder Scrolls Online has been receiving a steady stream of ‘chapters’, substantial DLC packs which each bring a large map to explore,…
June 3, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
Boomer shooters are great, and I love them—I really do—but why can't there be another theme other than just "kill demons in some Hell-like environment?" It's getting old, and I'm ready for something…
June 2, 2021 | 01:00 EDT
Humankind certainly has a lot on its table. After all, trying to cover the course of known human history in the span of just one game is no easy feat, but after attending attend a media event that…
June 1, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
Scarlet Nexus is a cross-gen action RPG from Bandai Namco Studios. The game's director, Kenji Anabuki, has worked on several Tales games including Tales of Vesperia and the upcoming Tales of Arise.…
May 23, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
When Owlcat games released Pathfinder: Kingmaker, it was the first time the long-running tabletop game ever graced the video game world. Over 10 years of material, Kingmaker was a good - if flawed -…
May 11, 2021 | 01:00 EDT
First-person RPGs tend to be slow affairs where you're dragged down by slow combat and spending skill points. I had the chance to check out Void Arena, a game that aims to make a better kind of RPG…
May 7, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
I stand on the shores of Lionspire alongside my brothers in arms, while our commander riles us up with an impassioned speech about the battle that lie ahead of us. I look forward to see dozens of…
May 5, 2021 | 10:30 EDT
World War II is pretty well-trodden ground when it comes to pop culture. For the longest time, movies, TV, and video games were basically obsessed with the era, seemingly more so than any other…
April 27, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
You'd have to be living under a rock to not see how the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona franchise has been exploding in the west as of late. The popularity of Persona 5 and spin-off Persona 5 Strikers…
April 20, 2021 | 10:00 EDT