“Battle royale” is a ubiquitous term in the gaming media right now, constantly finding its way into headlines as more developers and publishers jump on the bandwagon, hoping to find the same success afforded to PlayerUnknown&rsq...
A little over a decade ago, Midway – a company spiraling towards bankruptcy – dropped a trailer for what could have been, should have been its saving grace. This Is Vegas would be an open-world title set in Sin City where gaming...
You know, when I was asked to review a game that came out the third week of April starring a bearded fellow whose name is six letters long, armed with an axe and magic abilities, traversing beautiful wildlands as he does battle with terrify...
[Update: Per the PlayStation Blog, the game will launch for PS4 on May 22.] NBA Playgrounds didn't have the greatest launch. As the spiritual successor to NBA Jam, it featured an amusing art style that turned NBA greats into carcitures...
Kingdom Hearts III is either a few months or a few decades away from release. Who knows with this franchise. After years of silence and side-stories, Square Enix has been providing fans with peeks at the highly anticipated game ov...
Overthrowing tyrants and restoring peace is a cornerstone of the video game experience. It’s the ultimate power fantasy, one where you alone or you with a small group of friends right the wrongs of the world and cast out the darkness ...
[Update: Boy this just keeps getting better. A Sega representative has confirmed Shenmue I & II will retail for $29.99.] Are you like me and are a person who owned the Sega Dreamcast but didn't pick up Shenmue when you had the chan...
I'm always happy to share the news when a game I love does well in sales and doubly so when that game is as wonderful and charming as Shovel Knight. As a child of the 90s, mascot platformers are my absolute favorite video game genre. While ...
It happened several weeks ago on its Twitter feedDid PQube Games pose a question for its followers to read. With Gal*Gun 2 a month away the publisher wanted to know If you’re a fan who’s brave enough to play the game o...
The launch of Final Fantasy VII was a watershed moment for the gaming industry. After a decade-plus of trying to get western gamers into the JRPG genre, it exploded in the US and Europe with its memorable cast and animated cut-scenes that w...
Normally, when we’re talking about gaming, November is the month to beat. This is when most, if not all, of the heavy hitters of the industry release, trying to get as much of that holiday cash as possible. That’s a normal year,...
2017 was the year fishmen suddenly became sexy. Not just among the weeaboo anime-tentacle-monster crowd, but among mainstream audiences too. It started with rule 34 star Prince Sidon from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild last March&n...
After months of waiting, Western Dragon Quest fans finally have a day to mark on their calendar apps. Square Enix announced this morning that the best-selling RPG, Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, will arrive on PS4 and ...
Cattle Call's The Legend of Legacy should have been one of the 3DS greats. Director Masataka Matsuura assembled several of the best game designers of Japan, bringing together artists, writers, and musicians who crafted some of the...
I came of age during the arcade scene resurgence of the early 90s brought on by the likes of Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat, and the other games that helped birth the fighting game genre we all love today. For many years, I didn’t h...
My life has been upended more than a couple times over the past few years. New jobs, new apartments, newer jobs, consolidating my life into a single bedroom; it’s been a bit chaotic. Nothing I couldn’t handle, of course, but as ...
Though I'm not the biggest fan of the Dragon Ball anime series, I've always been a sucker for the games based on it. This year's Dragon Ball FighterZ absolutely mesmerized me at EGLX earlier this month and the Budokai trio re...
The Nindies Spring Showcase this morning gave us all a sneak peek at the hot indie titles coming to the Switch in 2018. Bomb Chicken and West of Loathing are the top of my must-buy list, but will they be popular enough to dethrone...
I’m not entirely sure an early weekend in March, the weekend where daylight saving begins and we all lose an hour of sleep on Sunday, is the best time to hold a video game convention. I don’t remember a point during the five day...
If you've paid attention at all to the Nintendo Switch, you know it is an indie machine. Every week there is an armful of games from small development teams hitting the system, many of which we just don't have the time and manpower to cover...
Whenever a new Super Smash Bros. is hinted at, gamers and the games media gets whipped into a frenzy over which characters should be included in the next game. We all have opinions on that and who’d we like to see. For my part, Bandan...
I'm a relatively new fan to the Yakuza series. My first interaction with it was actually in Project X Zone 2. Kiryu and Majima are my favorite duo in the game, so once the remake of the original Yakuza released last year, I quick...
One of the great things about art is its ability to surprise you. Most people know what they like and don’t like, but every once in a while there is some piece of entertainment that comes along and blows away expectations. You think i...
I am one trophy away from platinuming Gal*Gun: Double Peace for the Vita. It probably shouldn't have taken me this long as it's a pretty short game, but it's one I like to take my time with. I don't just want to blow through it, never ...
One of the more difficult things, for me, about being a gamer is finding ways to display my love for the medium in ways that aren't entirely tacky. Sure, I'm wearing a juvenile Mega Man 9 shirt as I write this, but I try to be fashiona...
