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Sony Announces Last 2019 Episode of State of Play

Sony decided to squeeze in one last thing before the year comes to a close and mere days before Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards ceremony. The last thing is another State…

December 6, 2019, 64

SuperEpic: The Entertainment War Review – More Like Slightly Epic

SuperEpic: The Entertainment War is a Metroidvania-style game developed by Undercoders and published by Numskull Games. Undercoders are best known for their 2016 release, Conga Masters, and before that, they…

December 5, 2019, 215

Image captured from Sparklite. Depicts player in ancient ruins encountered after each boss fight

Sparklite Review: A Roguelite with Emphasis on the Lite

Sparklite is an isometric action-adventure rogue-lite developed by Red Blue Games. Previously a mobile developer, this is Red Blue’s first effort on consoles. As such, Sparklite does have some elements…

December 2, 2019, 181

“Legendary Update” Coming to Super Mario Maker 2

Super Mario Maker 2 already has massive amounts of content compared to its already-impressive predecessor, and for the first time since release, Nintendo’s dropping a major content update. First up,…

December 2, 2019, 126

The Grand Tour Game Review – Thru The Aphex

Honestly, Top Gear ten years ago was unstoppable. The charisma and stupidity which oozed from the musings and adventures that Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May went on, and it…

November 30, 2019, 233

Top 10 Games of 2014 – The Year of Nintendo

2014 marked the first full year of the current console generation, but somehow, Nintendo found a way to overshadow that and put out hit after hit on the WiiU…

November 27, 2019, 188

Image from Star Wars Jed: Fallen Order. Depicts protagonist Cal Kestis charging at an AT AT with is lighstsaber in hand

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is Selling Like Hotcakes, Sequel Likely on the way.

Today, EA announced that its recently released Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is the fastest-selling digital Star Wars game within the first two weeks of release. They also disclosed that Star…

November 27, 2019, 275

The Ultimate 2019 Holiday Game Compilation

Black Friday is right around the corner and with it comes an exorbitant amount of new games to buy for the holiday season. Wallets around the world tremble at the…

November 25, 2019, 322

Personal Top 10 Sinnoh Pokemon

I took a break last week to dive right into Pokemon Sword and Shield, but now we’re back with the Sinnoh list! Just like with the last three lists, this list…

November 24, 2019, 300

New PlayStation Controller Design Patent Revealed

We’re approximately a year away before the next-generation consoles hit store shelves and it appears we have received our first glimpse of the next DualShock controller. A recent patent emerged from…

November 20, 2019, 299

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, 70,254

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, 21,674

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, 15,581

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, 10,067

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, 6,443

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, 5,974

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, 5,436

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, 5,384

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, 5,218

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…