At The Game Awards 2019, Microsoft announced Xbox Series X for a holiday 2020 release. This is the console formerly known as "Project Scarlett," and the design is surprising. Look at this tall box! "Our fastest, most powerful Xbox will set...

For some, MechWarrior is a religion. I was first introduced to the series in the '90s from a fellow that had what I can only describe as a "battle station." His chair was rigged with joysticks on the arms. He had a force feedback vest for w...

The rumours were true! Toward the climax of today's State of Play presentation, we finally saw the first trailer for the remake of Capcom's 1999 classic Resident Evil 3. Players will be able to relive Jill Valentine's nightmare encounter wi...

Earlier this year, Xbox Germany decided to give console owners some hope by announcing that Final Fantasy VII Remake would be released on the Xbox One. Square Enix quickly issued a statement saying it had "no plans for other platforms....

Back when Pokémon Sun and Moon released, I hopped onto Smogon.com and took a stroll around the Uncharted Territory forum to explore the potential of a lot of the newer Pokémon. A lot of them held down their posi...

So there's a few things I've been picking up on since really getting into the Pokemon Sword and Shield endgame. 250-strong Pokedex? Ha! It's 360 now: I basically just need cross-game exclusives, which I'll get from my copy of Shie...

I'm still coming to terms with the fact another decade is about to end. Another 10 years of my life are behind me and if you were to go back in time and tell 2010 CJ where he'd be in 2019, he'd probably say, "Who cares? What are tomorrow's ...

[You can read reviews for past episodes here: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4.] Pangs of guilt washed over me in the final moments of Life is Strange 2. I saw the conclusion to this story -- this long, strange, for...

Darksiders is a wild series. On one hand, you know most of the cast of those games wear Jack Skellington sweatshirts as loungewear. On the other, they also star in pretty fun action-adventure romps. You take the good, you take the bad....

Pokemon Sword and Shield has a ton of layers underneath the surface, and a lot of them are predicated on the Wild Area. As soon as you gain the ability to surf (along Route 9 below Circhester, as part of the story), you'll want to head...

It's been a bit since the launch of Pokemon Sword and Shield, but a lot of people have been hitting the endgame this past weekend and have asked for some tips. The first thing I always tell them? Go get the Catching Charm if you haven'...

The other day someone asked me how to tell "the different Switches apart?" Wait, what? After pondering that inquiry for a few minutes it hit me like a Professor Layton puzzle solution. I got it! The Switch Lite. Wait no that's not it, there...

I don't envy Game Freak. It's a weird statement to make because for more than 20 years, the company has been part owner of one of the most successful video game franchises on the planet. Game Freak has guided Pokémon since ...

I've been slowly working my way through Shenmue III and what can I say? It's kind of a monkey's paw fever dream. A lot of us wanted a true continuation of the storyline that kept us hanging nearly 20 years ago, but with that narrative ...

Another iteration of Pokémon is upon us, and now it's time for everyone to get really joyous or mad while cute creatures frolic on-screen. With the exception of the second generation (which many still herald as the best to date)...

It's tough to make a Star Wars game. All eyes are on you, whether it's the general 50-ish-year fandom or newcomers, to really deliver. It's one of the most unforgiving licenses known to man, especially after LucasArts gave us hit after...

You don't have to leave the house to save on PlayStation 4 games, and heck, you don't even need to wait until Black Friday. While year-round flash sales have lessened the impact of the big shopping week, there are still worthwhile games at ...

As I walked through the halls of Standing Stone Games, The Lord of the Rings Online had celebrated its 111st 12th birthday just several months prior. It was one of the few MMOs at the time to take on World of Warcraft and live. It was also ...

It's nearly time for Borderlands 3's first true endgame challenge. Sure, Mayhem Modes ratchet up the difficulty and the wave-based Proving Grounds are fine enough, but Gearbox is ready to finally give players some real endgame content: Raid...

We've been down the streaming road before. No, OnLive's early attempts are not what most would consider modern streaming. As folks have "pulled the plug" and moved on to ubiquitous streaming platforms, the mere mention of digital media has ...

For the most part, this has been a pretty quiet November for video games as several of the big-name titles got pushed into 2020. Thankfully, the one's that haven't been delayed are mostly living up to expectations. That is expect for Grooke...

Booting up Magic: Arena will pull up a brand new banned list, which now includes the extremely contentious Oko, Thief of Crowns planeswalker that was just introduced in the most recent set of cards: Throne of Eldraine. Oko was an extre...

It looks like Pokemon Sword & Shield will be running periodic free events that focus on the new raid concept, and the first one is live. Straight from the official site, it looks like from now through 'early January 2020," folks wi...

Street Fighter V, despite its rocky launch, is still one of the biggest fighting games on the planet and at this year's North American Regional Finals of the Capcom Cup, it was announced the game would be getting even bigger with the Stree...

It's nigh impossible to do justice to Death Stranding in just a few paragraphs. You've seen the promos, the famous faces, the web of intrigue spun by industry veteran Hideo Kojima; and either checked in or checked out of this hotel of madne...