There will be no PAX West this year, at least not as we traditionally know it. PAX West, always held in Seattle over Labor Day weekend, won't be held as a physical event this time. As most every other gaming convention scheduled after mid-M...

Most every upcoming major video game convention in the United States has been canceled because of COVID-19 restrictions. However, one of the biggest tentatively has the green light... at least for the time being. Penny Arcade has sent an up...

"Are you sure it isn't Rocket Knight Adventures that's responsible?" said Sean Velasco of Yacht Club games, his vocal pitch shifting to a higher, more humble tone. I couldn't tell if he was joking or not, so I spelled out to him. Since...

Disc Room was one of my favorite games of PAX East 2020. That's high praise considering that two new Shovel Knight titles, the laughably sexy Final Fantasy 7 remake, the return of one of Hideki Kamiya's greatest games, and the one and only ...

I love the original Animal Crossing for all the things it does do, and maybe even more for all the things it doesn't. It doesn't let you traverse a big world, fight anything, or ask you to do much other than wander around and engage in a re...

Are we about to witness a new renaissance in arcade games? Enter the Gungeon: House of the Gundead is taking a huge risk and following in the footsteps of games like Killer Queen, launching into the physical world of arcade cabinets before ...

I enjoyed my time with Maneater far more than I had any right to. For what is essentially a shark simulator (or a "shaRkPG," as Tripwire calls it), there was a surprising amount of balance between the calm and the ridiculous. At some points...

Have you ever wanted to compete in an elimination-style game without having to put any actual physical work in? Did you enjoy the very free and very delightful Doritos Crash Course game that came out 10 years ago on Xbox 360? Have you ever ...

Hideki Kamiya, director of Resident Evil 2 and originator of such franchises as Bayonetta and The Wonderful 101, is no stranger to seeing his characters in the hands of other developers. Dante from Devil May Cry, Amaterasu from Okami, and o...

With PAX East closing its doors, PlatinumGames is in exciting territory. After hosting their first-ever booth at the event, and with just 4 days left on a Kickstarter for their first self published title, The Wonderful 101 Remastered, ...

PAX East has been a lot of fun this week. Caitlin Cooke and I interviewed Platinum's Hideki Kamiya yesterday after playing Enter the Gungeon: House of the Gundead, Disc Room, Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon, and a whole bunch of other new and...

Anime game lovin' publisher XSEED will be showing off its wares at PAX East in Boston this weekend, giving attendees the chance to check out some of the gorgeous-looking new releases.Rune Factory 4 Special is the Nintendo Switch remake of 2...

Video game convention PAX East gets underway in Boston today, and publisher THQ Nordic has revealed some of the titles that it plans to showcase for the public, some of which will be playable for the first time on U.S. soil.First up is Spon...

[Update: I would like to clarify that neither CDPR or PUBG Corp. were scheduled to hold any panels or feature any of their titles at PAX East. Therefore both companies' decision not to attend the event will not impact the PAX East lineup. I...

Nintendo pulls off memorable expo booths like few others in the gaming space. This year for PAX East, the company is setting up a "full-scale immersive experience" for Animal Crossing fans with scenery and costumed characters from New Horiz...

Considerations for the coronavirus have caused another studio to pull out of PAX East. In addition to Sony, Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIV Japanese team (but not the US team, more on that in a moment) is pulling out of the s...

In today's contest, we're giving out four-day passes to PAX East in Boston! Hey! How ya doin'? I'm Wes, and I'm here to give away PAX East tickets! Why? Because I can, that's why! We've got four-day tickets up for grabs so you can experienc...

Boston's preeminent video game convention will be one major exhibitor lighter than usual. Sony just announced that it's pulling out of PAX East due to safety/health concerns raised by the coronavirus outbreak. In an update to its previous P...

British developer Rebellion, known for titles such as Sniper Elite, Strange Brigade and the Zombie Army series, has announced an exciting new board game division, Rebellion Unplugged.Headed up by Duncan Molloy, (formerly of Osprey Games), R...

PAX is well underway in Seattle this weekend and one of the highlights for attendees was the Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition panel put on by Nintendo in promotion of the upcoming game. The panel covered a...

It's actually happening. Long after becoming an in-joke/pipe dream for aging PC gamers, Homeworld 3 is a thing that will be coming to computer shelves sooner or later. Gearbox, who picked up the rights for the franchise and produced th...

Nippon Ichi Software (NIS) is such an enigmatic company and I'm glad it still exists. The publisher has been putting out JRPGs and SRPGs hand over fist for over 20 years now, sometimes saving systems like the PSP and the Vita from complete ...

[Image from a 1982 issue of The Philadelphia Inquirer found by Cat DeSipra] Another year, another round of headlines about the World Health Organization's take on gaming addiction disorder. I can't blame people for continuing to spin their...

Tabletop games rule, and over time many more folks have picked up on that, lending credence to smaller conventions and molding them into gargantuan gatherings. Gen Con was once a small affair decades ago in Wisconsin and has since grown int...

SNK has released the next character trailer for their upcoming steel-clashing epic, Samurai Shodown. Today the spotlight falls on one of the roster's all-new characters, the badass voyager Darli Dagger.As you can see below, Ms. Dagger uses ...