I never played the original release of Catherine. I always heard great things about it but could never quite wrap my head around what it was really supposed to be. When I heard about Catherine: Full Body – the enhanced PS4 version of the sleeper hit – I was too curious to pass up the … Read more
We’re just a few months away from Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch. For fans of the franchise, it’s a good time to look back at Animal Crossing: New Leaf on the Nintendo 3DS. Animal Crossing: New Leaf brought all the life-simulating fun of the franchise to the 3DS handheld back in 2013. It came … Read more
Bugs vs. Tanks is bizarre enough to fit alongside The Starship Damrey, Crimson Shroud, Aero Porter and Liberation Maiden, the other games in Level-5′s Guild01 and Guild02 series. All of the games were created alongside prolific Japanese designers to some pretty mixed results. When it was first released in 2013, Bugs vs. Tanks caught my attention when I saw that it was the … Read more
Capcom has enjoyed an objectively fantastic year, largely due to the critical and commercial success of two recent releases: Resident Evil 2 and Monster Hunter World. Both of these hits appear to have reinvigorated their respective franchises, even if neither of them was particularly stagnant. It appears very likely that this trend will continue, potentially … Read more
Google has set the launch date for its game streaming service, Stadia. It will launch on November 19 for purchasers of the Founder’s Edition. The Founder’s Edition is $130 upfront for three months of the Stadia Pro gaming service, a Chromecast Ultra, and the Stadia Controller. The Chromecast Ultra normally retails for $70 by itself. … Read more
Apex Legends Season Three’s “Meltdown” teaser dropped today. It looks like the third season of EA’s battle royale title will bring a new map, new legend, and even a new weapon. Season Three will take place on World’s Edge, “where molten heat and chemical ice collide.” You can see the contrast between lava and ice … Read more
Widely considered the best IP in sports sim video games, Visual Concepts’ NBA 2K series has consistently gone above and beyond expectations with its tight sim gameplay, lifelike production values, and a vast collection of features and game modes. Suffice to say, NBA 2K20 stands out as the most content-heavy and all-inclusive installment of the … Read more
Additional details about Pokémon Sword & Shield were revealed this week, perhaps none more exciting than a brand-new Pokémon. Finally, after two decades of mediocrity, the duck Pokémon Farfetch’d – which originally appeared in Generation 1 on Pokémon Red & Blue – will see an evolution. Specifically, Farfetch’d will now evolve into the Wild Duck … Read more
It’s fun to look back every once in a while at where we came from in video games. Few, if any, companies will be remembered as fondly as Nintendo. For a large percentage of us, Nintendo was our introduction to gaming. For many, the house of Mario remains their favorite to this day. A fan-made … Read more
The latest trailer for the upcoming WWE 2K20 highlights some of the female superstars and the all-new career mode featured on this year’s cover, with some added respect from a few of their male counterparts. WWE 2K20’s “The Women’s Evolution” details the story of the Four Horsewomen: Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Bayley, and Sasha Banks. … Read more
Redeemer has the same relentless, cheesy, cathartic energy as a Steven Segal flick from the ’80s. Unfortunately, it plays more like one of those bootlegged Chinese knockoffs in the Village Pantry bargain bin. Don’t get me wrong: just like hosting a terrible movie night, there is a time and place for something like Redeemer. I … Read more
Back at the launch of the Nintendo 3DS in 2011, the system experienced something of a drought of good games. AAA releases like Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 wouldn’t come out until the holidays. That left it up to titles like Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Star Fox 64 … Read more
You may not be as familiar with Atlus’s Shin Megami Tensei franchise as classic role-playing games like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, or even Pokemon. It is high time for that to change. Heavily inspired by demonic lore, full of mythological beasts, geared toward the niche RPG fans – indeed, Shin Megami and its many spin-off … Read more
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS is the series’ portable debut. As a fan of the series, I admittedly looked forward to Super Smash Bros. for 3DS more than most games. This is interesting when you consider the humble beginnings of the franchise. It may surprise you, but the original Super Smash Brothers was definitely not … Read more
Armature Studios was more than willing to admit that it wanted to go with the Metroidvania theme when developing Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, the handheld tie-in to the console game Batman: Arkham Origins. Unfortunately, it might have been better off thinking about ways to make the Batman: Arkham series’ hand-to-hand combat system and gadget-based exploration … Read more
Nier: Automata is technically a sequel, although only in the loosest sense of the word. The lack of connection to its predecessor was actually not even one of its most unusual qualities. And, for the record, I mean all of the following things with love – but, damn, Nier: Automata really went out of its … Read more
How does one go about committing the perfect crime, especially without getting caught or even raising suspicion? This question is all I can consider as I walk calmly toward the scene of my first assassination mission in Hitman – a massive fashion show, hosted at an exquisite Parisian mansion filled with socialites and the “one … Read more
