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Sony Considering Buying Warframe Developer Parent Company

Sony is preparing to expand their gaming division further, according to a Bloomberg report. Leyou, the Hong Kong-based firm that owns Warframe developer Digital Extremes among other studios, is the target…

July 2, 2020, 170

The Dark Eye: Book of Heroes Review – Meet Joe Blech

Tabletop and video games take on many different distinctions that make it difficult to transition between the two, and The Dark Eye: Book of Heroes exemplifies this in every possible…

July 1, 2020, 194

Min Min and Vault Boy Join Smash Ultimate – Impressions

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate just got updated to Ver. 8.0.0. With it comes a swathe of balance changes, but also plenty of new DLC content. Owners of the second Fighter…

June 30, 2020, 201

Undercat Kickstarter Nearly 25% Funded

On June 23, 2020, Crytivo and Sparky Tail Games announced and launched a Kickstarter campaign for Undercat, a retro-styled, 2D action platformer. In just under a week, the campaign has…

June 29, 2020, 236

Zack Snyder’s Justice League – First Impressions

The DC Cinematic Universe has been a mixed bag since the release of Man of Steel, with one of its most controversial entries being 2017’s Justice League. The film was…

June 29, 2020, 321

Mass Effect Trilogy Remastered Title Screen Screenshots

5 Changes I Want to See in Mass Effect Trilogy Remastered

So, earlier this year, EA announced that they like money (no surprises there) and that they’re extremely interested in profiting off our nostalgia by remastering several beloved games from their…

June 28, 2020, 1,056

Pokemon Unite is heading to Switch, iOS and Android

Last week’s Pokemon Presents closed with a surprise – a second video presentation would air the following week. Today, Pokemon fans tuned in with fingers crossed an announcement of another…

June 24, 2020, 278

Dread Nautical Review – The Haunting of Horatio Hornblower

“My mind’s an endless storm out in the cold unknown.” My relationship with X-Com is one of unrequited love and passionate hatred. Even though I got into the turn-based…

June 24, 2020, 284

Behind the Curtain – The End of Modern Cinema

How the mighty have fallen. What was once a night of silver screen magic and awe, has turned into $20 bags of popcorn and general disinterest. Mixed with Hollywood’s abandonment…

June 23, 2020, 272

The Innsmouth Case Review – The Definition of Insanity

Einstein once said, ‘The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.’ An oddly applicable statement when discussing The Innsmouth Case, a…

June 23, 2020, 338

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, 76,584

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, 24,612

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, 22,749

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, 17,471

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, 6,826

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, 6,468

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, 5,843

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, 5,775

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, 5,758

A still image from the Fallout 76 Live-Action Trailer, in which a blonde girl gleefully fires guns around her.

A Review of 2018 In Gaming

Y’know, originally there was going to be a Worst Games list here. There was a lot of crap released this year, aside from some truly great entries, and as…

January 9, 2019, 5,732