After the Street Fighter X Tekken announcement, fans of both franchises were unsure of how to approach Capcom’s newest crossover - since the two fighting games are distinctly different. However, after spending time with the game, those fears can be put to rest as Street Fighter X Tekken finds a way to retain much of what made each game great - while adding new features to keep it fresh and exciting for modern fighting aficionados....
It’s a fact now realized by every fan of adventure (or simply story-driven) video games: Telltale Games is damn good at adapting comic book universes into interactive experiences. With The Walking Dead proving their talents, it’s been their adaptation of the “Fables” graphic novel The Wolf Among Us that has shown they don’t need the threat of a zombie horde to build tension and player investment. And critics across the industry are making their voices heard....
In 2010, High Moon Studios delivered a Transformers game chock-full of fan service and smart implementation of the robot/vehicle mechanic at the heart of the franchise. Transformers: War for Cybertron (read our review) was a solid step in the right direction for the “Robots in Disguise” but, unfortunately, a lot of the momentum that High Moon had created was quickly squandered by the underwhelming Dark of the Moon movie prequel title - based on Michael Bay’s third cinematic iteration of the characters....
Following a class action settlement, Epic Games is giving out 1,000 V-Bucks to all who bought a Loot Llama in Fortnite: Save the World. Rocket League was also included in the lawsuit, and players will also receive compensation for users who purchased an Event Crate or Key. It stated, “We believe players should know upfront what they are paying for when they make in-game purchases. This is why today we only offer X-Ray Llamas that show you the contents before you purchase them in Save the World....
Free-to-play Battle Royale game Apex Legends pits players against each other in the Apex Games, with the winning team being named Apex Champions. The launch of Season 9 broke the game’s record for the number of gamers playing the game at once on a single platform. Before players enter the game with their team, they are allowed to choose the character they want to play as. Some are suited to tactical gamers whilst others are suited to players that like to go in guns blazing....
While it is obviously years away, the thought of a Switch 2 is certainly on the minds of Nintendo fans now. While we hope it doesn’t go the way of the Wii U, the Switch branding just seems too valuable to give up on right now. With that in mind, today we’re going to be looking at ten dream features we have for a hypothetical Switch 2. Whether or not they will come to fruition, if Nintendo chose to implement just a few of these on their follow-up console, it would make fans very happy....
From the Nintendo Game Boy to the PSP and the Nintendo Switch, handheld gaming has come a long way over the years and has grown more and more popular. Although many people still prefer to play the big triple-A games on their home consoles, a lot of people love the portability of having a handheld console they can take anywhere with them. While there are a ton of handheld gaming consoles that have been popular over the years, there are also a lot of them that just about everyone has forgotten about....
The latest installment of a widely beloved and long-running franchise, Monster Hunter Rise is a Nintendo Switch exclusive. Fans of the franchise or those who have been wanting to get into this epic adventure are allowed to play the series’ latest title on a handheld device, perfect for gaming on the go. Monster Hunter Rise is a sizable game. It is an open-world RPG, after. Like many other open-world RPGs, there are a handful of things about this game that isn’t easily found....
Robots have a long and terrifying history in science-fiction movies that date back to films like 1951’s The Day The Earth Stood Still which introduced planet-destroying alien robots, though humanity has managed to create quite a few deadly robotic monsters on their own that have scared and intrigued sci-fi movie fans for years. And while there are a number of helpful and even adorable robots that have appeared on the big screen, they are greatly outnumbered by killer robots, malfunctioning droids, and misguided sentient artificial intelligence that has dominated the sci-fi genre, which we’ll be exploring further today as we look at some of the most terrifying sci-fi movie robots....
One thing that the 16-bit generation was known well for was platformers. The release of Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985 changed video games forever and continues to influence the industry to this day. After the release of Super Mario Bros., the platformer grew to massive popularity as every company tried their take on the genre. The Sega Genesis was released in 1988 during the height of the platformer craze....
The sci-fi genre is no stranger to having outlandish and oftentimes complicated plots for the audience to follow, with no exception being placed on video games in this genre. While many sci-fi games have evolved to have a fairly easy-to-follow plot such as the Halo and Ratchet and Clank series, there are still some out there that like to confuse their audiences the first time around. Taking inspiration from several classic films and novels that draw out plot points only to reveal their significance at the very end, there are many sci-fi games that can be downright confusing the first time around....
When one talks about some of the greatest gaming franchises of all time, then it’s only a matter of time before the Uncharted series is mentioned in this conversation. Naughty Dog used to mainly be the developers of the Crash Bandicoot series, but it’s their work on Uncharted that truly pushed them to the mainstream in the best way possible. The story of Nathan Drake and his friends ends up being a wildly entertaining joyride from start to end, full to the brim with some of the greatest narrative moments and action set-pieces in gaming history....
It has been almost a month since the release of Black Ops Cold War. Over the course of the last few weeks, players have identified the best weapons and load outs in the game. Additionally, players have discovered some interesting abnormalities in the game’s multiplayer modes. Treyarch has patched a number of glitches, bugs, and exploits. However, players can still take advantage of numerous glitches and bizarre features that are still in the game....
Although Team Rocket are often the ones causing chaos in the Pokemon anime, their actions are usually pretty harmless and serve more as the show’s comic relief than anything else. There is, however, one character on the show whose antics are incredibly harmful to both the people and Pokemon who inhabit its whimsical world. Ash Ketchum. Though many of his misdemeanors can be chalked down to his immaturity, some of the young trainer’s actions go far beyond “kids will be kids....
As many gamers can attest, the desire to see beloved mascots from the glory days of 3D platformers is strong. Nostalgic heroes of the late nineties like Banjo and Kazooie have been missing in action for quite some time now, with many fans still speculating on when the next true entry in that particular franchise will be arriving – if ever. Fortunately, those concerns have been answered by a band of former Rare developers and their spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie, Yooka-Laylee....
For those who may not have heard, Bloodborne is a challenging video game. So much so that even those players who overlevel may still find themselves struggling with the game’s earlier bosses, like Father Gascoigne or the Blood-Starved Beast. Bloodborne’s challenge is part and parcel with its experience, though, which seeks to give players the genuine Souls treatment. Developer From Software is known for delivering difficult games that require patience and skill, and Bloodborne is no different....
Borderlands has become a household name among gamers worldwide thanks to the series’ unique artistic style and co-op gameplay. Developer Gearbox Software has been hard at work growing the franchise, releasing Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC earlier this year and partnering with Telltale Games to release the first episode of Tales From the Borderlands a few weeks ago. Publisher 2K Games has another surprise for Borderlands fans, though currently only for those fans living in China....
The long wait for the highly anticipated House of Wolves expansion for Destiny is almost at an end, with the new content slated to arrive next week. To help get the hype train rolling, Bungie has been releasing a wealth of information over the past few weeks about the changes and new content players can expect to find in the game. While new modes like the Prison of Elders and Trials of Osiris are welcomed additions to Destiny, loot hunters want to know what sort of new gear is going to be available to obtain....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SP4rC81kBM You might think that a series with the heft of Madden NFL wouldn’t need much in the way of advertisement, but a tongue-in-cheek new trailer released by EA Sports would seem to suggest that the scale of the blockbuster series simply allows for a little more wiggle room in how the game is marketed. The ‘Tiny Titan’ trailer, released over the weekend, finds its roots in a glitch found in Madden NFL 15 shortly after its release back in August....
Mass Effect 4 is one of the most highly anticipated games in development, and so far BioWare has been tight-lipped about any major details. The developer has managed to avoid any serious leaks, in spite of some claims that a survey revealed some major plot details, and has instead been incrementally updating fans with news on development. ComicCon saw BioWare revealing the return of the Mako, as well as setting the game during the Commander Shepard era....
