The Best Indie Games of GDC 2019
Every year, many of the best and brightest minds in video games converge in San Francisco to attend the Game Developers Conference. Many of them bring along brand new games ready for their moment in...
View ArticleKeep Newcomer-Friendly Sequels Coming
I turned 30 this year and am experiencing a sort of quiet realization that will be familiar to a lot of folks pondering their age: time is a super valuable resource. The scarcity of the time I have to...
View ArticleFoxNext VP On Marvel Strike Force's First Year, The Disney Acquisition, And...
Marvel Strike Force, the mobile character-collection title from FoxNext, is coming up on its one-year anniversary. While the community has criticized various aspects of the game's live-service...
View ArticleSuper Replay – God Hand Episode 12: Asura's Wrath Episode 6
Click here to watch embedded mediaAfter a festive holiday season, Game Informer's annual 12.31 Super Replay usually brings suffering. In years past, this day has kicked off complete playthroughs of...
View ArticleNew Gameplay Today – Samurai Shodown
Click here to watch embedded mediaSamurai Shodown is back this year! Whether you played SamSho (that's what cool people call the series to save time) when it released over 20 years ago, or have seen...
View ArticleFive Games With Satisfying Post-Campaign Content
Have you ever been distraught after completing an incredible video game? The lights dim and tiny letters start to slowly creep down your screen to the tune of climactic wind instruments. The main story...
View ArticleWhat Are The Odds You’ll Have Fun At These Prominent Video Game Casinos
Gambling can be fun, but that fun lies in the potential reward, ignoring the even greater potential to lose everything. Those slim odds add an element of danger to an otherwise harmless game of chance....
View ArticleWhere's Our Generation Zero Review?
Avalanche Studios' latest title, Generation Zero, is out today and reviews are starting to hit. However, we need a little more time in this shooter that seeks to combine '80s nostalgia with an...
View ArticleRunning Down The History Of Wolfenstein
Today, first-person shooters are inescapable, with the biggest franchises letting players roam the battlefields of history and imagination to mow down foes, win wars, and emerge as the top contender on...
View Article14 Details We Noticed In Wolfenstein Youngblood's Trailer
Click here to watch embedded mediaBethesda finally revealed gameplay for the upcoming Wolfenstein Youngblood, a game set 18 years after the events of The New Colossus. The trailer included a surprising...
View ArticleThe Mesmerizing Art Behind Control
Remedy's Control has a distinct art direction, contrasting the fluidity of the otherworldly threat, The Hiss, with the sharp, brutalist architecture of its bureaucratic setting. During our cover story...
View ArticleHere's Everything We Noticed In The Borderlands 3 Reveal Trailer
Click here to watch embedded mediaToday, Gearbox revealed a nearly four-minute look at Borderlands 3. The trailer was packed with details for fans, offering an idea of what the gameplay will be like as...
View ArticleBattlefield V’s Firestorm Is A Serviceable, But Not Special Battle Royale
When DICE originally announced Battlefield V last May, I was impressed by the studio’s commitment to sticking to its guns with a teamplay-focused competitive multiplayer experience. While Call of Duty...
View ArticleRemedy Breaks Down One Of Control’s Big Mysteries: The Astral Plane
At the end of the E3 2018 trailer that announced Control, we saw protagonist Jesse float toward a black inverted triangle against a white backdrop. Remedy later revealed that this final moment in the...
View ArticleDoes Clementine Die In The Walking Dead's Finale?
Click here to watch embedded mediaWe've been following Clementine for seven years now with one thing in mind: Keep her alive at costs. We started protecting her as Lee and then stepped into her shoes...
View ArticleHands-On With Tactical RPG Mistover
At PAX East 2019, I went hands on with the roguelike tactical RPG Mistover. In a nutshell, it's like what would happen if Darkest Dungeon and Etrian Odyssey had a baby. An anime baby. Featuring a cool...
View ArticleThe Dreaded Question: Vol. III
Video games: Can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without them – or in my case, can’t aptly describe them when my wife asks what they’re about. If this intro doesn’t win me a Pulitzer, I QUIT.Look, by now...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy XV Deserves More Credit
With the launch of the Episode Ardyn DLC this week, Final Fantasy XV finally reached the last stop of its long road trip. The game originally released in November 2016 (read our review), and over the...
View ArticleIn Defense of Assassin’s Creed III (And Its Remaster)
Assassin’s Creed III has always carried a dubious reputation with fans, and for many it’s an easy target for derision. I’m a firm believer in the subjectivity of gaming experiences, and it’s clear...
View ArticleThe Division 2's Level Design Is Its Secret Weapon
I like open-world games a lot. The Witcher, Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto, and Breath Of The Wild all rank among my favorite games of all time. However, there's a pretty common problem among...
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