It seems Ubisoft is ready to announce their next yearly installment of the Assassin’s Creed franchise. Ubisoft has released on their twitter page today an image teaser for their newest game in the series. With this teaser they have also announced the date for the World Premiere for their official reveal on May 12th, at 9am PST. So, fans of the series should ...
Read More »Should Sony’s PS4 fear the Xbox One?
It feels as if Xbox One has been playing catch-up with the PS4 ever since Microsoft shot themselves in the foot in 2013 with their announcement of DRM security and anti-piracy policies for the console. They declared that they would prevent lending or trading-in games and would disable offline play-before backpedalling due to a humungous gamer uproar. The consumer response ...
Read More »Wolfenstein: The Old Blood Review
A standalone digital download, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood is a prequel to last year’s sleeper hit, Wolfenstein: The New Order. Available on PC, PS4 and Xbox One, the game currently retails at, $19.99 (£14.99/19.99€). The game sees you regain control of professional Nazi killer, B.J. Blazkowicz, as he stealth’s, shoots and maims his way through the dystopia of the Nazi ...
Read More »Bloodborne Review – Prepare to die, again.
Bloodborne, like its spiritual predecessor, Dark Souls has forced itself into my consciousness, occupying my every waking minute and dreams. Going to sleep after being bested by a boss only to wake up with a new tactic evokes emotions and feelings rarely created by games. Like Dark Souls before it, Bloodborne does a great job of drawing you into its ...
Read More »The Witcher 3 is the last we’ll see of Geralt, but we might see more Witcher games
When finding success with certain franchises, many major game developing and publishing companies decide to keep pushing out sequels, to the point that the original quality and uniqueness of the first titles in the series fade away. We’ve seen this happen countless times, with the latest installments in franchises such as Call of Duty or Assassin’s Creed being disappointments. CD ...
Read More »In Defense of Easy – Thoughts on Difficulty
Difficulty settings are commonplace in modern games, but it wasn’t always that way. In 1974, Speed Race showed up in arcades. This was one of the very first games (if not the first game) to include difficulty settings. Since then, a large majority of video games have included difficulty options, and this has created something of a rift between gamers with different tastes. I ...
Read More »Just Cause 3 Gameplay Revealed: What’s New?
The new trailer for Just Cause 3 has been recently revealed, and if you haven’t seen it yet, you can watch it below. According to the Just Cause Facebook page, this trailer features, “No cut scenes, no scripts, no staging. Just gameplay and great camera angles.” So as you can expect, the game-play is light on narrative and heavy on action…but then ...
Read More »3 Games That Create Engaging Open Worlds
While reading up on a few games earlier today, I got the thought into my head that I’ve gotten to the point in games where I no longer want an open world. The novelty has worn off on me, and I’m sick of playing games with a few interesting areas and miles and miles of content-void land on their map. ...
Read More »Just Cause 3 Game-Play Reveal
There was an announcement for April 28 concerning Just Cause 3. Apparently, a game-play reveal trailer is set to come out. For five years, gamers wondering if a sequel would come for the franchise. After the countless hours of racing around Panau, players can finally put the game to rest. With the reveal date only a few days away, players are excited ...
Read More »The Best Way to Play Final Fantasy on the Go
Gaming has changed. More specifically, the accessibility of gaming has changed. The elephant in the room, smartphone and tablet gaming, is responsible for a great deal of the shifts our medium has undergone over recent years. Today we live in a world in which a device for making phone-calls, is your hub for multimedia, and for many, a primary platform for ...
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