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 »Steam Greenlight Spotlight: A Bastard’s Tale
Today’s standout on Greenlight is A Bastard’s Tale. In my childhood, and even still to this day, I spent a lot of time playing the tough as nails platformers for the SNES and Sega Genesis. Games like Shinobi and (sorry for opening up old wounds) The Lion King were staples of my gaming library for many years, even after newer ...
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 »Steam Greenlight Spotlight: Grey Cubes
Today’s Greenlight spotlight is shining on Grey Cubes. Grey Cubes is an interesting 3D take on a traditional brick-breaker game, with a basis on providing real-time physics as well as gameplay that takes place in three dimensions, rather than the typical two. My interest in the game is driven by my love of classic arcade titles. Block breaking games were ...
Read More »First Impressions: Car Mechanic Simulator 2015
*Disclaimer: This is a first impressions article. This is not a full review of Car Mechanic Simulator 2015, nor should it be taken as such* Simulation games are not typically my thing. From games like Arma 3, where I find myself missing every shot, to management simulations such as Football Manager, I just find that I can never get sucked ...
Read More »Steam Greenlight Spotlight: Space Dust Racers
https://youtu.be/45kh0DB4JEw Today’s spotlight is on Space Dust Racers, a racing game inspired by classic party games such as Rock n’ Roll Racing and Micro Machines. The game is developed by Space Dust Studios, an indie company formed by industry veterans with experience on various EA titles such as Battlefield 4 and the Dead Space series. Considering the backgrounds of the ...
Read More »Steam Greenlight Spotlight: Mongrel
https://youtu.be/AH_x-rPV460 Today’s Greenlight Spotlight is on Mongrel. Mongrel is a metroidvania platformer that is described by the developers as a mix between “Conker’s Bad Fur Day and Cave Story”. I will definitely admit that at first glance, the game didn’t look like much to me. As the days went on and I began seeing it time and time again, I ...
Read More »Releases for the Week of April 26-May 2
As we all have experienced, it is nearly impossible to keep up with all of the games that are released each week. This series focuses on spotlighting some of the major releases of the week as well as providing some information about them. The release dates listed are for North America. Monday, April 27th Releases Cloud Knights for PC. Cloud ...
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 »Steam Greenlight Spotlight: Ambit
Today’s standout on Greenlight is a game that I actually had my eye on late last night. Ambit, a 3rd person action game that has a strict focus on story which drives the gameplay is a game that is being developed by Zebik Media. Zebik Media is an extremely new addition to the indie community, as they have just gotten ...
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