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Unbound has familiar touchstones of other modern side-scrolling platformers: Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Limbo, Inside, Cuphead, take your pick. It’s almost a formula by now. Throw a nice color pallet, a mystical world, and boom you’ve got a game.
Read MoreThere’s a bit of a drought in VR releases lately, especially on the higher end, so it wasn’t without great expectations that Sniper Elite: VR hit headsets last week. While some of the mechanics the franchise is known for translate well enough to the medium, the rest of the game has problems that make the experience a bit of a let-down overall, especially for a $30 price tag.
Read MoreThe Expeditions series from Logic Artists has like the steady march of history been slowly building a name for itself in the historical action roleplay genre. While Northern Europe has been a big focus for developers in recent years, (Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Mordhau, Mount and Blade II: Banner Lord all come to mind) Logic Artists are looking towards ancient Rome.
Read MoreThe Microsoft showcase at E3 was the perfect mission statement for the brand that gave a clear vision and roadmap for the future and why exactly you should consider buying a Series X.
Read MoreUbisoft’s hour-long E3 keynote feels like it could have been done and dusted in fifteen minutes given that the company isn’t out to capture new territory with gamers by, say, announcing a free to play Battle Royale to compete with Warzone or launching a whole new franchise.
Read MoreThough they don’t come out and say it I get the feeling the setup for Terra Nil has something to do with the apocalypse. There are no people around and as you start things are, well, pretty dead. Like, literally dead. But it’s your job to bring a broken world back to life and you’re going to use a number of eco-friendly tools to get the job done.
Read MoreThe end of the world never seems to ever truly be the end. Whether it’s nuclear fire reducing our world to a smoking ash heap or the undead rising from their graves to topple civilization, humanity just seems to bounce back. Well, in games, books, and movies at least.
Read MoreSince I’m old as hell I can remember booting up my Gateway computer (look it up, seriously) and hopping in the pilot seat of my lumbering death-factory to play some Mechwarrior 3. And it was awesome. Whether it was stomping buildings to dust, spraying down enemy mechs with heavy machine guns, or using the cool image magnifier to pinpoint-aim a rocket, hours of fun were had.
Read MoreDay’s Gone is getting a second chance at the spotlight and after two years since its console release the game may find better reception with actual players than the over-intellectualized gatekeepers of the mainstream gaming press. When appreciated for what it is, and not obsessing over one or two spots it may have missed the mark, Day’s Gone is more than worth your time.
Read MoreThe fight for survival is the story of life itself. If you think about it, everything is trying to kill us. There are natural disasters, murder hornets – *ahem* – deadly viruses, and good old-fashioned diseases and tumors, or a thing called brain aneurysms. Life is a fragile thing, so why not get in some virtual practice at staying alive?
Read MoreIt’s been a hard road for fans of The Last of Us as a lackluster sequel split the fanbase and put the future of once great developer Naughty Dog into question. To put it plainly, a lot is riding on the success of the HBO series.
Read MoreWhile there are some redeeming qualities, the experience feels like a wasted opportunity to give werewolves a bit of the spotlight (or in this case, moonlight) typically reserved for their vampire cousins. I thought I’d be tempted into giving into the call of the wild. Instead, I ripped the faces off dudes putting too much C02 into the atmosphere.
Read MoreIn space, no one can hear you laugh. This Subnautica-like take on space survival goes for broke with humor that mostly falls flat.
Read MoreAfter Season of the Hunt, I’d been sure we’d settled into a down-period for Destiny 2. Beyond Light had brought little new content, despite being priced as a full-blown expansion, and Season of the Hunt offered half-baked activities to Destiny’s solar system. It was now that Bungie needed to deliver a win to give fans hope for the game’s future.
Read More2020 was a huge year for VR. Besides major leaps in hardware, the software side of things saw explosive growth. It would be impossible to go over every single game worth your time and money but we’ll try and list the best of the best if you’ve got some Christmas cash to burn.
Read MoreWe’re on the doorstep of 2021 and the future is looking bright for VR. There are a ton of upcoming games to keep an eye out for and we’ve got a list of the ones that deserve a spot on your wishlist.
Read MoreOn paper, there seems to be a lot here - a new story, a new class ability, a new location, and the long-awaited return of a certain mysterious Exo. But getting into the nitty-gritty of Destiny 2’s latest expansion it falls well short of Bungie’s past efforts. This latest expansion is beyond light on content.
Read MoreThe long speculated PSVR 2 is now an official reality and coming to PS5 at some point in the future (Sony has said expressly it won’t be this year). While it’s nice to know that, yes, this is actually real, we’ve still got more questions than answers at this point.
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