It is often accepted that the first Borderlands game was responsible for the popularization of the looter shooter genre. At the time, looter shooters seemed like the peanut butter-chocolate of gaming…
April 29, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
April 2021 was always going to be a big month for Days Gone, Bend Studio's 2019 open-world action survival game. The game just celebrated its two year anniversary, and to celebrate Sony, has made…
April 28, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
Chances are if you enjoy looter shooters, you are curious about Outriders. If not, you really should be. People Can Fly's take on the formula manages to get a lot of things right with its gameplay…
April 8, 2021 | 11:30 EDT
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 has proved to be a benchmark for modern remakes, taking a beloved game from decades past and updating it to run on modern consoles with a complete graphical overhaul. It…
March 30, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
25 years ago, Capcom launched a survival-horror series that introduced gameplay, inventory management, and level design that still inspires horror games today. The Resident Evil franchise, or…
March 29, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
Recently, I wrapped up the final DLC for Doom Eternal, The Ancient Gods – Part 2. Overall, I thought it was fine, but it held all the telltale signs of id Software finally hitting the breaking point…
March 25, 2021 | 01:00 EDT
If you thought that the gaming industry would take a quick break after the roller coaster year of 2020, think again. Among other notable happenings, it was recently announced that EA will not be…
January 22, 2021 | 11:00 EST
Scott Pilgrim vs The World – Complete Edition has finally hit digital store shelves. After years of being unavailable, fans of the sidescrolling brawler are able to experience the definitive edition…
January 18, 2021 | 12:00 EST
This article contains spoilers for Cyberpunk 2077, and discussions of sexual assault, suicide, and self-harm. If all you knew about sex workers came from gaming what would you think about this group…
January 8, 2021 | 12:00 EST
As is the case with every major industry, the gaming industry is no stranger to controversies. It's almost depressing how there are so many credible allegations of discrimination and exploitation in…
December 28, 2020 | 12:00 EST
The Witcher 3 only released back in 2015, and for those that don’t remember, CD Projekt Red was surging in popularity, but they weren't necessarily a household name. In that short five years, CDPR…
December 16, 2020 | 12:00 EST
It's really happening. Fans of The World Ends With You all over the world today had their prayers answered as Square Enix finally dropped a trailer for another game in the franchise, NEO: The World…
November 24, 2020 | 10:30 EST
With only a few weeks to go before the next generation of consoles are released to the public, game developers are almost certainly in a rush to meet deadlines. Under normal circumstances, releasing…
October 19, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
Star Wars: Squadrons, or the flight simulator game that Star Wars fans have dreamed of for decades, has proven to be a surprisingly enjoyable and immersive interpretation of Star Wars space combat.…
October 12, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, the first of what will certainly be many upcoming next-gen Call of Duty games, has recently given the world a quick look at its multiplayer gameplay. For the most…
September 16, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
Everyone has their favorite courses from shows like Wipeout. You know those types of shows—the ones that feature outrageous obstacles and even more ridiculous contestants? That's certainly the case…
August 9, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
For longtime fans of the Assassin's Creed franchise, few things are as contentious as Ubisoft's decision to add RPG mechanics to the basic Assassin's Creed gameplay formula. No one is denying that…
July 21, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
The $70 NBA 2K21 price tag for the next-gen version is likely to come as a sticker shock for some gamers. An uptick in price for some PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X games is something we should…
July 9, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
Ever since I first played Persona 3 FES in 2007, I treasured the flagship Persona RPG experience. The magical blend of slice-of-life high school drama and high-stakes dungeon crawling tickled my…
June 14, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
Ever since modern multiplayer games took off, developers have been trying to come up with new and exciting game modes for players to kill each other in. There's the tried and true Team Deathmatch,…
May 1, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
For the past year or so, Fallout 76 was (rightfully) dragged over the coals for its lackluster, well, everything. To say that the game was an embarrassment to the Fallout franchise is a bit of an…
April 17, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
In this day and age, even the most beloved gameplay formula needs some spicing up every now and then. In Overwatch’s case, Blizzard is rather enthusiastically embracing this idea by introducing an…
March 10, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
The Division 2’s first year of post-release content was, quite frankly, rather embarrassing. Over the course of a whole year, the game got a grand total of six additional quests, several new guns, a…
February 28, 2020 | 01:00 EST
Love it or hate it, there’s no denying that the Overwatch League has proven there is a sizable audience that is interested in competitive gaming. Even if the OWL were to completely disband tomorrow,…
February 24, 2020 | 01:00 EST
When GTA Online first went live in 2013, it was little more than a small addition to GTA V’s excellent single-player campaign. If anything, Online was considered to be grossly inferior as it lacked…
January 28, 2020 | 11:00 EST
Now that the next generation of games is almost here, it's quite clear that there are few game franchises that have been as prolific or as influential as Grand Theft Auto. No other game has come…
January 22, 2020 | 12:00 EST
Look, I know video game movies are awful, OK? There are so very few I can think of that are worth watching. Detective Pikachu, I guess. The first Resident Evil movie is pretty good, too. I liked the…
January 13, 2020 | 12:00 EST
The Witcher TV series is, by most accounts, a fairly decent adaptation of The Witcher books and games. It’s not a perfect show by any standard, of course, but it’s just good enough that fans of the…
January 13, 2020 | 11:00 EST
Of all the things that have shaped the world of gaming, none have had a greater impact than post-release monetization. The mere existence of such a concept has made it so that a game’s quality is no…
December 17, 2019 | 11:30 EST
As 2019 wraps up, MediEvil is enjoying new attention. Like other ‘90s PlayStation game franchises, it’s had a remake of the first game in the series. With new graphics and other upgrades, it revisits…
December 12, 2019 | 01:00 EST
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's Battle Pass Season kicked off with the promise of a huge content drop. According to Infinity Ward's advertisements for the Battle Pass, the game will be receiving up to…
December 9, 2019 | 11:00 EST
The first major piece of post-launch content has arrived for Borderlands 3 in the form of a raid. Dubbed the Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite, the raid is intended for players who are at the endgame…
November 25, 2019 | 12:00 EST
After what seemed like an eternity, EA and DICE's commitment to the games as a service model for Battlefield V has finally bore fruit. The island-hopping conflict between the United States and Japan …
November 18, 2019 | 12:00 EST
One of the few constants in life is that nothing is ever perfect for everyone, and gaming is no exception. The latest Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, may have an excellent single-player…
November 18, 2019 | 11:00 EST
At first glance, The Outer Worlds looks a lot like Fallout: New Vegas but in space. It may have something to do with the art style, the engine, or the fact that the same developer made both games. In…
November 6, 2019 | 11:00 EST
Borderlands 3, like all looter shooters, offers two distinct gameplay experiences. There’s the initial playthrough, which is typically a casual run where loot is less important than learning the…
September 30, 2019 | 12:50 EDT
Two years ago, Star Wars Battlefront 2 was released to a storm of controversy. For the first time in recent memory, a AAA game had microtransactions that directly affected gameplay. You could buy…
September 3, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
Over the past week or so, Respawn Entertainment landed in some hot water. In a strange series of events, one of the developers basically said that some people were “asshats" and “freeloaders," among…
August 27, 2019 | 11:30 EDT
Overwatch’s latest grand experiment in balancing and matchmaking is now live for everyone. From now on, all core playlists will require you to queue up for a certain role before finding a match. By…
August 19, 2019 | 01:00 EDT
The Division 2's post-launch expansion content has officially kicked off with D.C. Outskirts: Expeditions. Advertised as the first third of the Year 1 post-launch story content, the DLC has new…
July 30, 2019 | 12:00 EDT
Of all the updates to ever grace Overwatch, the 2/2/2 role queue patch may be the most impactful to date. While it is currently only live on the PTR, the update should be active on all platforms by…
July 22, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
For the past year, the 3/3 team composition (or GOATS) has been the talk of the town in Overwatch. While there have been a few variations of the 3/3 comp since its inception, the basic idea of the…
July 8, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
After half a decade of silence, Gearbox finally decided to let Borderlands 3 see the light of day. Thanks to a substantial showing at and prior to E3 2019, it’s probably safe to say that Borderlands…
July 2, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
When I started writing this piece, I wanted to push it out quickly because I was feeling frustrated. But I decided to wait because Treyarch had announced a new update coming on June 25. This update…
July 2, 2019 | 12:00 EDT
In 1984, William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer was released. An underground hit that won multiple awards, the novel, which is about a washed-up computer hacker who must contend with an artificial…
June 27, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
Prior to its gameplay premiere at E3 2019, few games were more intriguing than Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. After all, it’s a Star Wars game that’s being developed by the same team that…
June 21, 2019 | 01:30 EDT
The Division 2, or the third person shooter that’s pretending to be an RPG that’s pretending to be a MMORPG, is getting its first Raid. The eight person activity is intended to be the most difficult…
May 20, 2019 | 01:00 EDT
Recently released on consoles and PC, Outward is the debut role-playing game from Nine Dot Studio. It happily wears its inspirations on its sleeves as it features a blend of the classic PC RPGs of…
April 17, 2019 | 12:15 EDT