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Zombie-themed games have become so frequent that they are almost passé. Deep Silver’s Dead Island: Riptide is just the latest in a string of flesh-eating undead titles in the past few years. Thankfully, its open-world multi-player take is still fairly fresh. Riptide is a sequel to 2011’s Dead Island, an action-RPG survival-horror game that took…
Revered video game series Ninja Gaiden suffered media blowback when the third iteration of the modern franchise launched on PS3 and Xbox 360. While I never played the original version, I figured that some of the criticism was probably overstated.
Wind instruments play softly as the camera pans over a wind-swept sand dune before peering into the distant sun. String instruments crescendo as a sand storm covers what appear to be long-forgotten tombstones. The environment is harsh and remote with no signs of life. Suddenly a shooting star sweeps across the sky. A robed figure…
The cartoon-styled PS3 exclusive role playing game Ni No Kuni is getting a sequel. Developer Level 5 revealed Ni No Kuni II during the PlayStation Experience in San Francisco. Ni No Kuni II is coming exclusively to PS4 and like the first, it will be developed with the assistance of Studio Ghibli. The latest game…
Something unusual happened at the Game Awards last night. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain won an award for best action adventure game but series creator Hideo Kojima was no where to be found. Accepting the award in his absence was Kiefer Sutherland, who voiced Snake. That’s not the part that was unexpected. It’s…
Did you spend hours and countless quarters playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game back in the early 90s? I know I did. The franchise has had a number of entries over the years but few of them have captured the magic of those classic arcade titles. In fact, some of the more recent…
Game of Thrones got off to a solid start with Episode 1: Iron From Ice. Telltale’s six-part episodic series follows a sub-plot of the overarching Game of Thrones television and book series, focusing on House Forrester, the former bannermen to House Stark. WARNING: This review contains plot spoilers from Episode 1 of the Telltale Games…
Grand Theft Auto V has a surprisingly robust fan scene. We’ve seen everything from mods that turn Trevor into The Joker to jetpacks for cars. Yes, cars. So it should really surprise no one that a fan recreated the introduction of the 90s children’s show Teletubbies in GTA V. It’s as weird as you would…
The sixth and final episode in the Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series came out this week to much anticipation from fans. It is already official that the series is coming back for a second season. Telltale’s CEO, Kevin Bruner, confirmed the news to Hollywood Reporter during an interview discussing the episodic game series….
Game of Thrones has enthralled fans through its hit HBO television series and the George R. R. Martin books. The action is gritty and the political drama intriguing. Most important to the series’ success is that the characters illicit an emotional response for their duplicity, occasional knuckleheaded decisions, and brazen acts of cruelty. The winding…
Minecraft: Story Mode Episode 2 is a bit of a mess. The episodic story-driven Minecraft spinoff has hit a rough patch that it might not be able to get out of in time to save the flailing series. Episode 1: The Order of the Stone proved to be a mixed bag at best, focusing heavily…
The Game of Thrones finale is coming. The TellTale Games Series concludes on November 17th with the season finale called The Ice Dragon. The game is based on the award-winning HBO television series, which itself is based on the George R. R. Martin books. Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series tells the story of…
Minecraft burst onto the stage in 2009 as an indie project from an unknown Swedish developer nicknamed Notch. Early versions of the game went for only $5 with the promise that updates would be free. Those that bought in early got a heck of a deal as the game has evolved into a massive, procedurally…
Minecraft: Story Mode finally came out yesterday after months of anticipation. The single player adventure from TellTale Games based on the wildly popular open world exploration game sends gamers on a story-driven path across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond. The first episode in the five part episodic series introduces players…
Mighty Number 9 has a new release date. Deep Silver announced today that the fan-funded game, which raised nearly $4 million on Kickstarter, will be out on February 9, 2016 across last-gen and next-gen consoles as well as PC, Mac and Linux. Mighty Number 9 is a Mega Man inspired side-scrolling action game from Keiji…
TellTale Games has announced the release date for the upcoming Minecraft: Story Mode. The episodic series will debut on October 13, 2015 with the first episode in a five part series. In Minecraft: Story Mode, players assume the role of a male or female character named Jesse as you embark on a journey for the…
New gameplay footage for the upcoming video game adaptation of Attack on Titan has been released at the Tokyo Game Show. The game is being developed by Omega Force, best known for the Dynasty Warriors series. The gameplay will look really familiar to fans of the anime series. The game takes place in a third-person…
The Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain launch trailer is out now and it’s an ode to the Metal Gear franchise. We see clips from Metal Gear Solid games dating back to the original PlayStation game that kicked the series off in its current 3D form (Metal Gear dates back to 1987 on the…
