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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Lets You Customize ALL THE THINGS

Seeing as there’s only a month left until launch, there’s been a curious information drought for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Thankfully, today’s Nintendo Direct landed just in time to answer…

February 20, 2020, 38

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Shovel Knight Developer Yacht Club Games to Host Live Presentation

The developer of Shovel Knight, Yacht Club Games, will be holding a presentation to show off its upcoming projects. This will mark the second time the developer has made announcements…

February 19, 2020, 85

7th Sector Review – The Seventh Circle

“This city is an empty glass. Words do nothing. No one sleeps.” Y’know what puzzle games need? Visible spectacle! Forget fancy gimmicks and sharp writing, shove it all in…

February 19, 2020, 93

Kingdom Hearts HD Collections Now Available on Xbox One

Xbox One fans have been deprived of the pre-Kingdom Hearts III games for long enough. Kingdom Hearts is finally arriving on Xbox One in full force, with Kingdom Hearts HD…

February 18, 2020, 104

Sony Reportedly Wrestling With Expensive PlayStation 5 Parts, Uncertain Retail Price

Sony’s silence on their next-generation system has tested the patience of gamers hungry for more information, and this new report from Bloomberg may contextualize the absence of PS5 updates. Due…

February 16, 2020, 194

Pokimane Donates $50,000 to UC Irvine for Esports Scholarship

Pokimane (Imane Anys), a well-known Twitch streamer and YouTube personality, donated $50,000 to University of California Irvine according to an announcement by the university this past Thursday, February 13, to…

February 15, 2020, 275

Final Fantasy VII Remake’s Opening Movie Will Give You Goosebumps

Despite a lengthy development time and a handful of delays, Final Fantasy VII Remake will finally land in the hands of eager gamers on April 10. With only two months…

February 14, 2020, 123

Two New Games in the Works from Stardew Valley Creator

Just last month, farming simulation sensation Stardew Valley hit a 10 million units sold milestone, today the game’s creator Eric Barone (Concerned Ape) shared a little tidbit about his future ambitions.…

February 12, 2020, 129

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Skellboy Review – Malnourished

Skellboy is an action-adventure game that sees you taking control of a freshly risen-from-the-grave skeleton who, of course, is tasked with saving a world in peril. Developed by small studio…

February 10, 2020, 210

The Last of Us: Joel teaching Ellie to shoot

Top 10 Games of the 2010s

Welcome, finally, to the top ten games of the 2010s. It has been a long decade with tons of beloved games making everlasting changes to our hearts, minds, and memories.…

February 9, 2020, 195

Titanfall 2 – New King of FPS

Titanfall 2 has quickly risen through the ranks as one of this generation’s most complete shooters, and now with its new mode Live Fire it further cements itself on top…

March 18, 2017, 73,657

Why PlayStation’s Defense of Mature Games is So Good for the Industry

Paris Games Week had a very packed Sony conference. Many titles shown had been revealed to the public already, but one thing sticks out to me is the vast majority…

November 6, 2017, 22,006

Mobile Game of the Week #11- Tunnel Rush

Heading back into the “Simple Action” genre, Tunnel Rush by Deer Cat has two controls: strafe left and strafe right, and that’s all it needs. You sprint down an infinite…

January 7, 2018, 21,709

Marvel’s Spider-Man PS4: All 55 Backpack Locations

Marvel’s Spider-Man’s version of New York City is filled with collectables and small tasks for you to complete. One of those tasks involves retrieving Peter’s old backpacks that he had…

September 10, 2018, 12,276

Reasons To Love: Mount and Blade (Series)

Let me start by quickly getting something out of the way. The Mount & Blade series, to me, has always been key to one of the greatest arguments in modern gaming. How much…

June 3, 2017, 6,580

AWAY: Journey to The Unexpected Review – 2-D In 3-D, But 1-D

This is where I start drinking heavily. At the beginning of January, we posted our Indie Game Lookout, showcasing the finest indie games that were surely going to set…

February 13, 2019, 6,203

The Nintendo Switch Could Be Nintendo’s Best Console

Completely out of nowhere, everyone and their mother wanted a Nintendo Switch. With sales outpacing the Wii, it’s quite impressive to see this amount of energy and excitement surrounding a…

November 28, 2017, 5,540

The Importance of a Game’s Musical Score

While writing my English paper, I felt a strong desire to play Killzone 3. Even though I don’t even own Killzone 3, I felt an urge to buy it. This…

November 11, 2017, 5,496

A first-person perspective of one of the various prisoners of Void Bastards engaging in combat with several blue-tinted feral astronauts with broken visors

Indie Game Lookout 2019 – Part 2

Hello! Time for Part 2 of the Indie Game Lookout 2019! Just like last time, we here have gathered ten games that are ready to be– Or supposed to…

January 15, 2019, 5,398

Fortnite Early Access Review

Remember when Minecraft came to public attention? God, what a storm. Every man, woman, child and bacterial cell came out of the woodwork to praise its sheer scope of creativity and…