Considering Nintendo consoles used to be brimming with quality 3D platformers, it’s peculiar that there are few to be found on Switch. While they were prominent in the ’90s and early 2000s, this style seems to have taken a backseat to the renaissance of 2D platforming. However, it does make sense why Switch developers might shy away from this style after the epic Super Mario Odyssey set the bar so astronomically high....
For gamers of the ’90s, Crash Bandicoot was a classic platformer that filled many hours of childhood and teen years. Many players got their introduction to PlayStation gaming by trying to get that rad bandicoot across the island, up the volcano, and into Dr. Neo Cortex’s lab to rescue the girl. Some of that nostalgia came crashing down as players dove into the remastered version and found the game to be a lot harder than they remembered....
FromSoft’s Demon’s Souls is now a widely popular, and highly beloved classic. It’s considered by many as the genesis of a brand new genre of action games, something the community now calls “Souls-like” games. Without Demon’s Souls, modern gaming as we know it would be fundamentally different. This classic RPG is being remade to be launched for the PS5, much to the pleasure of fans. As beloved and critically acclaimed as Demon’s Souls is now, this game wasn’t well received initially....
Sega’s days in the hardware market of the video game industry are unfortunately over, but the company still continues to make a strong impression with its work as software developers. Sega can’t always replicate the magic of the past, but they still have many strong properties that are very much alive. The Sega Saturn is a chapter from Sega’s legacy that many people skipped over, but the console is the home to some groundbreaking titles that can’t be found anywhere else....
Fright is a natural emotion, often compared to laughter in how random and unexpected it can be. Perhaps it’s a form of escapism, allowing yourself to be frightened by things that couldn’t actually happen to you, so you don’t have to worry about everyday issues. Whatever the reason, it’s something that people enjoy experiencing, which is never more evident than it is in the holiday Halloween. Whether it be through dressing up in costume and running through the night looking for candy, or sitting at home and watching some scary movies, never is the emotion of fright more celebrated than it is on this day....
The Dwarves in the Dragon Age franchise have a rich history anyone would expect from a famous fantasy race. One of the original races that have always been in Thedas, it’s to be expected that not have they helped shape Thedas, but they were also shaped by it as well. However, Bioware being Bioware, that rich history of the Dwarves and Thedas itself are hidden in obscure dialogue lines and books....
The Assassin’s Creed games have certainly had plenty of oversights in their writing. That’s not surprising with a series as thickly plotted as this. Not only do the games juggle countless different characters in each tale, but they also routinely throw in time travel, which itself opens a whole can of worms. As a result, every entry has its fair share of plot holes. The latest title–Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla–is no exception to this, being a sprawling tale about the Vikings’ invasion of England....
2018 was a great year for games, and this year’s multiplayer games are no exception. From high-stakes shooters to chaotic cooking games, this year’s selection of games is one of the most diverse collections out there. As the year comes to a close, we look back on the best of the best when it comes to multiplayer games. Here are all the best multiplayer games of 2018. 15 1. A Way Out One of the surprise hits of the year was A Way Out from Hazelight Studios....
Although most of EA’s press has been focused on Battlefield 3 (for obvious reasons), its other Battlefield properties continue to quietly chug along in the background, serving mass audiences for much less than sixty dollars. Valve’s Team Fortress 2 might have gone free-to-play yesterday, but Battlefield Heroes has been free since its inception, and this summer will introduce one of its more interesting, and possibly more enticing, updates the game has seen so far....
At one point, it wouldn’t have been a far cry from the truth to call the Call of Duty franchise the biggest thing in gaming. Over the past year though, the series has seen a significant falloff with the advent of some massive upcoming releases and a lack of innovation, leading some to claim that the series is in trouble. As if to add fuel to the fire, Activision has announced the shutdown of one of the series’ past key features: Call of Duty Elite....
Dead Space producer Chuck Beaver has had quite some time to reflect on comments he made last week regarding the writing in Gears of War - and it looks like he’s ready to flip the script. Speaking in an EA interview series on April 16th entitled “Breaking into the Industry,” Beaver broke out a full-scale fusillade on Epic Games’ frenetic shooter, saying it contained “atrocious, offensive violations of story basics” and represents “literally the worst writing in games....
Rockstar Games has kept silent about their upcoming return to the franchise that made them a household name, but at long last, Grand Theft Auto 5 has been detailed. Fans were promised a big reveal in November, and they won’t be disappointed. With a number of series firsts, and story lines that are at one time both perfectly suited to the GTA series and refreshing, now would be the time for fans to really get excited....
Even though PC gaming has seen a resurgence over the past few years thanks to services like Steam and the accessibility of marketplaces for indie developers, there are still countless series’ that gamers relentlessly fight to see on the platform. Without a doubt one of the most sought-after is the Halo franchise which saw its first two iterations appearing on PC as well as the recent Halo: Spartan Assault which made its way onto Windows 8-enabled devices....
When Microsoft announced Halo Online last week, many gamers were surprised and disappointed the game was coming only to Russia. Some of these gamers decided to play the game anyway and developed a mod that allowed them to access the game outside of Russia. That action, in turn, sparked a DMCA Takedown Notice from Microsoft that asked the gamers to cease modding Halo Online. However, it seems the modders are ignoring the DMCA notice and are continuing their efforts to bring Halo Online to the West....
It’s been a long time coming, but the first chance to see what BioWare has planned to extend the life of Mass Effect 3 via single player downloadable content is here. Promising to send Shepard across the galaxy and into the depths of the ocean to uncover a lost secret, the Mass Effect 3 Leviathan DLC is now available for all platforms. To get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding the eponymous being, Shepard will need to take on old foes in new settings, travel to the game’s first fully water-logged world, and live through a claustrophobic nightmare....
The end is near. The wait for Minecraft to leave its beta status and become a full fledged game is about to finally pay off. Hours ago, Notch let the world know that the game he and Mojang have been working on for so long has finally gone gold. At the end of this week, fans of the phenomenon known as Minecraft will have a final product. No more beta status....
The digital age of gaming has brought about a number of changes to the industry for the better. We’ve seen games steeply discounted on services like Steam in a manner that would be financially irresponsible to do with physical copies of games being sold by brick and mortar stores. We’ve also seen the rise of indie gaming, as the digital platform allows developers to skip past any need for a publisher, resulting in very unique and innovative experiences....
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Fans of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim better start practicing their “Fus Ro Dah®.” After musing over the prospect of Kinect integration during a developer-sanctioned, post-launch “Game Jam” (and after awesome community videos from groups like PC Games Kinected), Bethesda has finally announced that a free Kinect-support Skyrim update will be released on the Xbox 360 later this month - and weaponizing our voice boxes is high on the features list....
It’s April Fool’s Day, a day when video game news sites often attempt to prank their reader base in a usually obvious fashion. Still, even with a cloak of skepticism, odds are you’ll be bludgeoned to near frustration with a ton of faux info. The pair of developers at Team Meat, Edmund McMillan and Tommy Refenes, know this and that’s likely why they’ve trollingly (but officially) revealed the first image of their new game, Super Meat Boy: The Game, for iOS devices....
