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Throwback Review: Mirror's Edge - Bottomless Pit
We all know that EA is... subversive, when it comes to evolution.

 

A publisher known for being seemingly suicidal when it comes to new IPs, and dedicated to…
Fortnite Season 5 Week 9 Challenges Guide
Fortnite’s Season 5, Week 9 challenges have finally gone live. This week's challenges are finicky and annoying to complete. There are 3 free Battle Pass challenges and 4 premium…
Shape of The World Review - Epiphany Fields
Hello. How are you? Your err... hands smell nice?

 

Excuse the formalities, but I feel like maybe I've been a bit too much of a Negative Nancy lately. Here I am,…
Don't Sink Review - Sea of Poop Thieves
Ahoy there, mati-- Ahh, what's the bloody point?

 

I'm not going to lie, Sea of Thieves drained my enthusiasm for pirates. If Rare's maligned baby was actually what pirates…
Planet Alpha Review - We Drift Like Worried Fire
**SPOILER ALERT: Certain storytelling elements and moments are used for interpretation and critique here. If you are interested in Planet Alpha, be wary.**
 

Party…
Xbox Game Pass: September's New Games Revealed
Xbox Game Pass is about to add a heap of new games to the service. The September additions to the Netflix-style service have been unveiled; there are some big triple-A releases…

Double Cross Review…

Jul 28, 2019 559
Ah, the Summer Games drought.   If you’re lazy, you’d look at this decrease in important releases and quiver, but not I! It just means you have to look harder for the gold nuggets, and doing so will reward with much more gratifying gifts than usual. Gifts like Double Cross,…

Rocket League: K.I.T.T.,…

Jul 26, 2019 397
Psyonix has let loose a couple other new things for their Radical Summer event, one being the K.I.T.T. battle car you can now buy for $1.99 USD. If you’re looking for more beachy fun, they added a new timed event called Beach Ball, which is a 2v2 game mode…
Control Game Goes Gold

Remedy Entertainment’s Control…

Jul 24, 2019 362
Control, an upcoming action-adventure game by Remedy Entertainment, has gone gold today according to a Tweet by the game’s director, Mikael Kasurinen. For those who may be in the dark, when a game “goes gold,” it means the game has been finished and will be or has been shipped…
Treyarch Black Ops IIII

Rumor: Treyarch Fires…

Jul 24, 2019 818
  Treyarch, known for their work on the Call of Duty franchise, has reportedly fired one of its leads, Jason Blundell. According to GamingIntel.com’s sources, Blundell, who was beloved for his work with Call of Duty Zombies, was given the boot “alongside 9 other executives”.   Unfortunately, Blundell was being…
An in-game screenshot of OVIVO, showcasing the character OVO rolling through an interpretation of the famous "The Creation of Adam".

OVIVO Review –…

Jul 23, 2019 1455
Honestly, I’ve never gotten the point of a Rorschach test.   There’s something about a random ink blot spilled by Mr. Rorschach himself that determines you mental stability, that just feels like nonsense. Maybe I’m looking too much into it, like the man who thinks that a ink blot…
Concept still from Cyberpunk 2077, illustrating the skyline of Night City

Cyberpunk 2077 Will…

Jul 23, 2019 746
The lore behind Cyberpunk 2077 keeps growing more intricate! As confirmed by CD Projekt Red in an interview with the Polish press, Cyberpunk 2077 will incorporate the presence of religious factions as a means to illustrate their effect on Night City, California. CD Projekt Red has presently only confirmed…

Ready At Dawn…

Jul 22, 2019 599
The Order: 1886 developer Ready At Dawn Studios have announced that they will have a new home in the near future. The Californian studio shared a sneak peak in a gif via Twitter, which shows a before and after of ongoing construction. In their Twitter post, the company teased some…
Sigma in-game

Blizzard Announces Overwatch…

Jul 22, 2019 606
Blizzard just dropped an origin story video on YouTube for the new Overwatch Hero 31, Sigma. The hand-drawn, animated video explains Sigma’s origin as a scientist and his descent into madness. There’s even a glimpse at Sigma’s in-game character model at the end of the trailer, which several hints…

ASCENDANCE: First Horizon…

Jul 21, 2019 472
Now… I’m a fan of walking simulators, moreso than the average human being.   I give Dear Esther some of the credit it deserves. My favorite game of all time can begrudgingly be called a walking simulator. However, there’s a flip-side to that notion, with walking simulators recently being nothing but…
Jeff Kaplan Summer

Overwatch Summer Games…

Jul 19, 2019 440
The Overwatch Summer Games 2019 event is now live for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. You can jump into the fray and try for four new legendary skins and several epic skins, as well as emotes and sprays. There are less skins this time, but the event is…

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Stellaris Announces Expansion Packs

Paradox Interactive is best known for their grand strategy titles, where you take control of an entire nation and control their resources and military in the quest for domination. One…

October 21, 2019, 393
Image taken from Sunless Skies Game, depicts the player ship entering a new town

Sunless Skies is Coming to Consoles in Early 2020

Isometric space-exploration game Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in the first half of 2020. While attending EGX, developer Failbetter Games announced…

October 20, 2019, 320

Personal Top 10 Johto Pokemon

I had a good time two weeks ago with my Kanto list, and since I’m staying on the hype train for Sword and Shield, I’m back for another completely objective top…

October 20, 2019, 500

Why I’ve Pre-Ordered Death Stranding

The moment I saw Norman Reedus sprouting forth a mushroom with his urine, I knew I had to pre-order Death Stranding. This wasn’t a decision I made lightly. Generally speaking,…

October 18, 2019, 486
Image from Obsidian forum. Depicts a map of the world with the release times of The Outer Worlds detailed for each time zone

The Outer Worlds Release Times and Day One Patch Size Revealed

The Outer Worlds is ready to launch in just over a week. With that mind, Obsidian has revealed the release times on each platform, as well as some details on…

October 17, 2019, 1,099

More Pokemon Gigantamax Forms Announced for Sword and Shield

Pokemon Sword and Shield keeps adding fuel to the meme fire with the newly announced Gigantamax forms for Pokemon such as Pikachu and Meowth. However, there are caveats to some…

October 16, 2019, 446
Pokémon Sword and Shield Key Art

More Pokémon Sword and Shield Information Tomorrow

Less than a week after we got a look at the newest Pokémon being introduced to Pokémon Sword and Shield, the game’s official Twitter account posted a Tweet announcing that…

October 15, 2019, 284
Overwatch Nintendo Switch

Blizzard Cancels Overwatch Nintendo Switch Event Following blitzchung Incident

Blizzard, following the action taken against Chung “blitzchung” Ng Wai, has canceled the launch event for Overwatch on Switch that was originally scheduled for Wednesday, October 16. This was announced…

October 15, 2019, 386
Fortnite Chapter 2 Screenshot

Fortnite Chapter 2 Drops Players Into New Territory

After the world-ending black hole event took Fortnite off the map, the game is back in the form of Fortnite Chapter 2. The revamped version of the popular battle royale…

October 15, 2019, 437
image from box art of Silent Hill. Depicts protagonist Harry Mason close to the camera

Silent Hill Retrospective – The Sound of Silence

There’s nothing much that can be said about Silent Hill that hasn’t already been said. Instead, Silent Hill is very much a game where I’d prefer to focus on how…

October 15, 2019, 1,348