Last generation, the relationship between Ubisoft and Nintendo was a disaster. The Wii U just wasn't selling: but that situation was perpetuated by third parties who refused to develop anything but poor ports for it, further bringing the Wi...

In a discussion yesterday about elementary school kids who use their 3DS as their primary music player, I got swept up in a gale of nostalgia. For many of those kids that was their first system: a multifaceted device that could really, do a...

Every World of Warcraft player, new or old, has a favorite era. Whether it was the one they played first or the one right before they left: there are a lot of individual, personal stories that were born out of this 14 year old phenomen...

As I've opined many times these past few weeks, it's hard to believe that the World of Warcraft character I started (an Orc Shaman) over a decade ago is still alive and well within the data centers of Blizzard. I've played through ever...

Despite owning three versions of Dark Souls, it feels inevitable that I'll pick up the Nintendo Switch port at some point. It's one of those rare games I can always return to and learn something new about. Had Dark Souls Remastered made it ...

This weekend, during EVO 2018, Namco Bandai revealed two more combatants headed toward their upcoming sword-and-souls fighter Soulcalibur VI. Both reveals, Seong Mi-Na and Astaroth, are series veterans and fan favourites, which seems to be ...

Yakuza 0 comes to PC this week. It feels like word of mouth for Sega's strange and sweeping action-adventure romp through 1980s Japan is at an all-time high, and with its budget price, I'm hopeful lots of curious players become hardened fan...

Expectations were sky high when the original No Man's Sky hit: precisely because Hello Games put them there. I enjoyed several aspects of the 1.0 release, treating it like a low key chill space sim -- but a lot of it didn't resonate wi...

I'm sitting here week after week, taking in Robot Master boss reveals for Mega Man 11 like they're big-ticket Super Smash Bros. fighter announcements. I know I'm basically alone in my bliss, but the excitement behind the reveals brough...

As someone who used to make .wad maps of Duke Nukem 3D back in the day, I'm extremely thankful for mods. One of the most insane revolutions that I witnessed as an '80s kid was watching entire online communities disappear as publishers ...

It’s impossible for me to think of the summer months without my mind wandering towards the cover of These Days are Just Packed. It’s my favorite of the Calvin and Hobbes collections, a series that holds the distinction of being ...

"Man, Final Fantasy VII, that game rocked!" is a phrase I hear often from people who no longer touch video games. It was far from the best in the series but it's a cultural touchstone, and one I like breaking down all these years later. It ...

[Update: Wow I did not expect this turnout! I've placed a poll below with several of the most popular answers to settle this (out of Smash) once and for all.] I have some really fond memories of Soulcalibur, starting from the very first gam...

I've been talking to a few friends quite a bit about the recent Switch release of Ikargua. It was kind of a turning point for the genre when it was released worldwide in 2003 on the GameCube, as it brought Treasure to the forefront in the w...

Nintendo seemingly is willing to try new things with the Star Fox franchise. While it started off as a vehicular rail shooter it eventually branched off with action adventure and tower defense spinoffs. According to a crazy rumor, Nintendo ...

The Nintendo 3DS is sitting at a whopping 72 million units sold around the world. Despite the hot, new Switch on the scene, the seven-year-old family of systems is still selling. Given Nintendo's propensity for quickly abandoning its hardwa...

It's another amazing week for the PlayStation 4, as Sony's God of War and Sega's Yakuza 6 are being unleashed into the world. God of War takes it critically but Yakuza 6, which brings an end to the memorable Kiryu's tale, also has a ton of ...

Well, it happened -- Morrowind is coming to the Xbox One by way of backward compatibility. No longer do I need to rely on my fished-out original Xbox to play the console version of the game (as I often do along with Jet Set Radio Future), a...

When I asked the community what they wanted from the future of Overwatch, I got some pretty unexpected and thoughtful responses. I mostly just mused on how we could use more baddies/Talon members on the roster, but a few of you had som...

[Image] After its initial launch, Blizzard has gone into overdrive to address the support meta in Overwatch with its add-on cast members. While we started with the offense-minded Ana, we eventually got Sombra, Moira, and Brigitte (on top of...

We have reached the point in Dragon Ball FighterZ's lifecycle where a lot of the casual crowd is dropping off of regular play. Now FighterZ could very well be the most-played fighter right now in terms of sheer numbers, but people move...

Whether you realize it or not, new shoot 'em ups are being released all the time on the PC, PS4, and most recently, the Nintendo Switch. While some genres have waxed and waned over the years or have been relegated to niche communities, shmu...

This week, at its Nintendo Direct, The Big N went out in style, ending with a dramatic teaser for an upcoming title in the crazy-popular fighting series, Super Smash Bros. immediately sending the gaming internet into total meltdown.We didn'...

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year. That song they've been playing in shops says so.Christmas Day is underway. Maybe you're surrounded by annoying loving family members and friends. Perhaps you're stuffing your face with more food tha...

According to Eiji Aonuma, work on the next Legend of Zelda game is already happening. I mean we could have predicted it given that this is one of their most successful series outside of Mario, but given that Nintendo doesn't rush these thin...