Capcom has proudly announced that its brand new release Monster Hunter Rise has gotten off to a brilliant start, with the company having already shipped four million physical and digital copies of the fantasy adventure worldwide. The action...

While it took the public a good few months to begin thirsting for Resident Evil Village antagonist Lady Dimitrescu, it has taken publisher Capcom far less time to capitalize on the thirst, speedily pushing the towering bloodsucker to the fo...

I’m not sure if this is unusual since I don’t typically discuss “emotions” with other “humans,” but I generally play psychological horror games to feel sad rather than scared. Video games lost their abili...

There is a start to everything. All conflicts and compassions require a catalyst, but finding the true zero point can range from easy to very, very tricky. This is the setup of Genesis Noir, an adventure from developer Feral Cat Den that's ...

The Nintendo 64 and original PlayStation basically lived their lives during the “Attitude” or “Monday Night Wars” era of wrestling. If you’re unfamiliar, it was this incredibly tacky time where cartoonish machi...

It's weird to think how Monster Hunter low key became Capcom's top franchise in an instant. While Street Fighter and Resident Evil still reign supreme overall, with multiple entries dotting the top 10 list, Monster Hunter is the absolute ki...

River City Ransom was an important game in the development of my retro appreciation. My early attempts at familiarizing myself with the NES included such titles as Kid Icarus, Friday the 13th, and -- I swear this is true -- Total Recall. It...

Reviewing Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town has been an interesting couple of weeks, to say the least. When I first got my review code, I was told there would be a day-one patch that would aim to alleviate many of the issues that hav...

Cblogs of 3/20 to 3/26/2021 -Gamingnerd reflects on the legacy of the Resident Evil series in celebration of its 25th anniversary. -Nior continues his retrospective on The Legacy of Kain series retrospective with this blog on Blood Omen 2....

If you need cooling off after last week's visit to the Mean Streets, then you'll be happy to here that Hamster is dialing down the intensity a notch with this week's Arcade Archives release, which sees Tehkan's 1982 release Swimmer make its...

Now that y'all have had a little Monster Hunter Rise under your belt, it's time! Time to share!

Spoiler warning for the entirety of Kentucky Route Zero. If you haven't played yet, or don't want anything in the game spoiled for you, turn back now. Kentucky Route Zero is one of those games where I spent a lot of my first playthrough fee...

At the start of March, we received wicked news that Blaster Master Zero III was currently in development, and getting set to bring its interstellar action to PS4, PC, and Nintendo Switch. Publisher Inti Creates has now confirmed that this c...

This week has been all about The Tired. Tiredness in body, brain, and soul. It doesn't seem to matter whether I sleep 12 hours or two hours, everything has just felt slow and heavy. Like I'm a big ol' sack of spuds. I think a lot of us migh...

Come one, and come all (heh) to another lovely giveaway! Today we have five copies of Hellpoint on Switch to give to you lucky folks (courtesy of the fine folks at tinyBuild). Released last year on PC, and back in February for Switch, this ...

Puzzle Quest is back! After a lengthy hiatus, studio Infinity Plus Two is taking up the mantle from Infinite Interactive, with 505 Games taking over publishing duties from D3 Publisher. You'd be right to be skeptical. And while the free-to-...

Last summer, we reported on the strange-but-true news that Clockwork Aquario, an unreleased arcade platformer from the 1990s, would finally see release, some 30 years after the title's cancellation. And it seems that the party's about to st...

There's a lot of moving parts to Monster Hunter Rise. If you don't stop to look around once in a while, they'll pass you by! Here's one thing that I didn't notice until much later into my playthrough.

Bloodborne's sixth anniversary is the perfect time to check in on Lilith Walther and Corwyn Prichard's promising Bloodborne PS1 demake that's in ongoing development. The mood is just right. I don't know how I haven't brought this project t...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Junji Ito together in one place? It's mad enough to work! Players have wasted no time making the most of the newly-added Custom Design Pro Editor+ tool. For some creators, it's a chance to bring cats into t...

The Xbox Game Pass library has been great for accumulating access to a lot of games I need to get around to playing, and it's adding even more to the list. At today's Twitch Gaming and [email protected] showcase, over 20 games were confirmed for Game...

Microsoft just finished its "first ever" [email protected] showcase stream, and there's a lot to unpack. As a recap, [email protected] kicked off in 2013, as a way for Microsoft to push indies forward specifically within their ecosystem. The publisher typicall...

Rust has been a pretty popular entrant in the survival game genre, and in a few weeks, console players will be able to get in on the action. Revealed during today's [email protected] showcase, survival game Rust Console Edition is coming to PlayStati...

Even since Tales from Space: About a Blob, DrinkBox Studios was one to watch for me. But it was in 2013, when Guacamelee hit, that they kind of became a "must watch" developer. You know the feeling, like when Thatgamecom...

Monster Hunter Rise lets you access 14 different weapon types at once. At the start. Wait what?! It can be a lot to take in at first, but just pick one, stick with it, and head to the training room right away.