It's hard to understate how influential Resident Evil 4 has been on the industry. One of its prototypes would branch off and become the famous Devil May Cry series. Games like Gears of War, Uncharted…
March 17, 2023 | 03:05 EDT
While the Resident Evil 4 and Dead Space remakes takes up everyone’s time and money for their big expensive returns to generational statements, spare a thought for the boy in blue. 2008’s Fatal Frame…
March 8, 2023 | 08:00 EST
Much like the original Kingdoms of Amalur itself, Fatesworn's production is more interesting to talk about than the actual content itself. THQ Nordic and Kaiko have done something not many video game…
December 24, 2021 | 10:30 EST
New ports of fan-favorite Resident Evil 4 are nothing new, but Resident Evil 4 VR, out now on Oculus Quest 2, is the definitive survival horror experience that fans of this classic have been waiting…
October 27, 2021 | 11:30 EDT
If you haven't heard of El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, I don't blame you. This seventh generation title launched on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 ten years ago, and to call it a cult classic…
September 2, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
It’s already been said to death, but sometimes you really really just want to go back to the times before games were always online, you know? Sometimes you really just want to do some local…
January 16, 2021 | 12:00 EST
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning exists more as a footnote in the industry than a game. An ambitious project spearheaded by a famous baseball player to make the next greatest touchstone of interactive…
September 7, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
The Persona franchise hasn't been popular for long in the West. Spawning off the even more niche Shin Megami Tensei series, Persona uses a combination of powerful storytelling and strong themes to…
June 13, 2020 | 02:30 EDT
Like most people who grew up in the 90s and early millennium, the dream of having an arcade at home isn’t an uncommon one. While modern consoles, smartphones, and practically anything with a screen…
November 7, 2019 | 12:00 EST
Persona 5’s story starts with a clear and loud statement: this is not Persona 4. The story shows police officers you can’t trust, people betraying you, and more make that as loud and clear as the…
December 24, 2017 | 09:00 EST
The best open world games allow you to weave a path through the world and create your own adventure. The stories you create become the lore of the game. These experiences are what you tell your…
December 4, 2017 | 09:00 EST
Sometimes, guessing a game may claw free from console exclusivity and arrive on PC is a testament to great foresight. Sometimes, it's just the culmination of small hints and a deep-seated hope. In my…
June 2, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
It seems inevitable that there will be at least one person that attempts to play through Trails in the Sky: The 3rd before having even touched the first two games in the series. They undoubtedly will…
May 18, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
Seven years. Enough time to wear out a second-hand car and enough time to see one of the most iconic third-person character action games to arrive from the grasp of the consoles, making a pit stop…
April 20, 2017 | 11:00 EDT
I love Berserk. For years, it's been my favorite fantasy franchise of all time, a constant inspiration to me in any creative endeavor, and it's not hard to explain why. Kentarō Miura's dark fantasy…
February 25, 2017 | 01:00 EST
In 206 BC, the Han Dynasty took control of Imperial China. For the next 400 years, the country would see a time of peace and prosperity. This was a time of inventions and significant advances in…
February 18, 2017 | 09:00 EST
The first season of Batman: The Telltale Series is over, with Telltale's unique take on Batman, and more importantly Bruce Wayne, finishing off with a bang. Telltale has put out great games, and…
December 26, 2016 | 01:00 EST
We finally reach the final episode of another one of Telltale's episodic adventures. I've continued to insist that Batman: The Telltale Series has been one of the best that Telltale has given us, but…
December 22, 2016 | 01:00 EST
I've always insisted that Telltale has had a fourth episode curse. Every Telltale series I've played, I've found the fourth episode to be the weakest of the bunch, with The Wolf Among Us being a…
December 11, 2016 | 11:00 EST
Telltale has gotten through two episodes of Batman: The Telltale Series without any major stumbles so far. The plot keeps advancing in unexpected and exciting ways as the new and still unnamed…
November 4, 2016 | 02:00 EDT
When I first looked at the original release of Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters, I honestly wasn’t particularly eager on it. On the outside, the way the trailers sold it felt like some stereotypical…
October 25, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
Telltale's first episode of Batman: The Telltale Series was a pleasant surprise that took a hard look at the man behind the mask. Bruce Wayne's time in the limelight led to an interesting take on…
September 29, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
As Destiny kicks off its third anniversary with the release of the Rise of Iron DLC, there can be no doubt that the game has had one of the most tumultuous lifespans of any AAA release in recent…
September 24, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
Batman has been written and used many different ways over the years, and he has been in many video games in that time as well. Telltale has always been big with their story games, and now they're…
August 7, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
It's hard to talk about Mighty No. 9 without also discussing the game's troubled release. Missed release dates, a change in art design, and a baffling second Kickstarter while the development team…
June 20, 2016 | 07:10 EDT
Dragon’s Dogma has been one of the defining games of the past console generation. Its peculiar take on the Action RPG genre has been an example for many titles released afterward. It goes without…
January 25, 2016 | 09:00 EST
Goat Simulator: Mmore Goatz Edition has just arrived for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 and includes the Goat MMO Simulator and Goatz expansion, obviously spoofing massively multiplayer online games and…
August 26, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
Last year we saw the release of Goat Simulator for Steam and iOS as part of the simulator craze. Coffee Stain Studios managed to capture a simulator that appeals to everyone, and last week they…
April 28, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
Battlefield Hardline is kind of an enigma. The reason being is because it seems to want to be two things at once. The single player and the multiplayer are more separated than any Battlefield game…
March 25, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
Dying Light seems on the surface to be a vast improvement over what could be its predecessor, Dead Island, in many significant ways. The addition of parkour over the vast city landscape helps create…
February 4, 2015 | 12:00 EST
Game of Thrones Episode 2 sets the bar high for future installations. Episode 1 did a favorable job creating a setting in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, but never had the chance to fully…
February 4, 2015 | 10:05 EST
The Evil Within is best summarized by comparing it to making a cake. While making it, great quality of ingredients was used, and equivalent measurements of each ingredient were used. But the problem…
February 1, 2015 | 11:00 EST
Capcom has a penchant for remakes, reimaginings, rereleases, remasters, and, of course, they are the creators of Resident Evil. Naturally, this remaster of the 2002 GameCube Resident Evil was not an…
January 24, 2015 | 01:00 EST
Duke Nukem 3D is a game of almost legendary status. When it was released in 1996, it was widely regarded as one of the best FPSs ever made. Its reputation was what lead to such eager anticipation of…
January 21, 2015 | 09:00 EST
One of the great things about racing games is the sheer versatility and ability to run the gamut of different experiences. The racing game world has seen basically everything from cyberpunk future…
January 2, 2015 | 09:00 EST
If there needed to be a summary for Far Cry 4, it will be a mixture of manically detailing the fun of cooperatively fighting enemies with a friend, being dumbstruck by the beauty of the landscape as…
December 19, 2014 | 07:01 EST
In terms of sheer content and possible time consumption, there aren't many video games that will give you as much bang for your buck as DA: I. In truth, there aren't really many products, in any form…
December 16, 2014 | 01:00 EST
Sometimes, games make a trip across from console to PC. Many times these games are plagued with bad interfaces, poor optimization, and bugs that show a rushed porting job done by a team not…
December 7, 2014 | 11:00 EST
I swear, when I started this series, I didn't like Vocaloid. In fact, I've never really been one to particularly enjoy music outside of video games. Get me in a room full of Nihon-Falcom game OSTs,…
November 28, 2014 | 03:00 EST
Very few games celebrate culture in the way that Never Alone does. There aren't many examples of games made to educate the player on the history and traditions of a rarely represented people. This…
November 27, 2014 | 11:00 EST
To anyone who's a recovering WoW-holic would know that sensation. That feeling keeps you staring at the computer screen and wondering if this is a good idea. Years were used, staring at colored…
November 14, 2014 | 01:00 EST
To get one thing out of the way, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare could be seen as the largest evolutionary Call of Duty game since Modern Warfare. However, despite a vastly upgraded/new engine, a new…
November 7, 2014 | 01:00 EST
Endless-running games aren't really all that new when you look at the grand scheme of things. Games like Bit.Trip Runner have shown up all over the indie landscape, even in the flash game market.…
October 27, 2014 | 11:00 EDT
When I heard the news of The Legend of Korra game, I was just as surprised as many were. I then became interested when I saw some gameplay/commentary, but then I heard it was being made by Platinum…
October 26, 2014 | 01:00 EDT
With Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Monolith Productions bring together a number of beloved elements: Arkham-style combat, Assassin's Creed's traversal and stealth elements, and the world of Tolkien…
October 25, 2014 | 01:00 EDT
The NHL series is kind of the redheaded stepchild of the EA Sports brand. Seldom given much attention outside of Canada, EA's NHL series has quietly fought the reputation of other EA Sports by being…
October 20, 2014 | 01:00 EDT
Frima Studios describe Chariot as a "couch cooperative platformer. Recently released for Xbox One, PS4, Wii U as well as PC, it is a fun little platformer to kill a few minutes with. The design is…
October 15, 2014 | 01:00 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