Licensed games are a pretty divisive topic in the gaming industry. For every five excellent licensed games, there seem to be ten that are absolutely horrible. Tomorrow, Batman: Arkham Knight will be released, and LEGO Jurassic World was released last week. In celebration of the release of these incredible games, I’ve compiled a list of ten incredible licensed games that prove that these ...
Read More »How the Xbox Game Preview Program Works
At the E3 show for Xbox it was announced that the Xbox Game Preview Program would be available immediately and provide access to games like The Long Dark and Elite: Dangerous for free. Other games like DayZ would be arriving sometime in the future. I immediately hopped onto my console after the show to give the thing a try, but I couldn’t find anything. So, I went ...
Read More »Telltale Announces New Walking Dead Mini-Series
While Telltale has ventured into a number of big-name IPs in the last couple years (Borderlands, Game of Thrones), they’re still very well known for the explosive impact that The Walking Dead made on the gaming world just a few years ago. Personally, I was blown away by Season 1 and have had very few experiences as emotional as that ...
Read More »Rise of the Tomb Raider at E3
After the events of the Tomb Raider reboot, a slightly older Lara Croft is off on another adventure in the Rise of the Tomb Raider, this time taking place in Siberia. In a gameplay trailer shown at Microsoft’s E3 event, the weather is clearly one of the most deadly foes that you will have to face in the game as your ...
Read More »Hololens demoed at E3 with Minecraft
Showing off their most recent acquisitions and cross platform support between Windows 10 devices, Microsoft rolled out Minecraft and Hololens at the same time at E3. With the help of what is basically a Hololens unit mounted to a camera, the audience was given a peek at what it might look like to play a special version of Minecraft, developed ...
Read More »Mod support for Fallout 4 on Xbox One announced at E3
In a historic move, Todd Howard announced at the Microsoft press event that when Fallout 4 releases on Xbox One, mods that are developed and released on the PC will be able to be used on the Xbox One, for free. Alongside the typical in game trailer featuring the player character entering a suit of T-45d power armor and fighting ...
Read More »E3 – Xbox One Enhancements and A Newly Unveiled Interface
This year’s E3 has unveiled a host of changes for the Xbox One console. The way we use the console and how it functions will be changing. You’ve probably heard about the proposed 360 backwards compatibility, its Summer Preview program, the Game Preview program, Windows 10 PC streaming, and its partnerships with Oculus and Valve. In a single week we were ...
Read More »ESO Tamriel Unlimited – Future Content Revealed
If you’ve spent any time ambling around Tamriel in ESO then you’re probably aware that the game is pretty huge. Mind you, I still haven’t purchased a mount so my perception of the space may be a little skewed. It has only been a little over a week since ESO Tamriel Unlimited was released onto consoles and at E3 Bethesda has already provided ...
Read More »ReCore Reveal Trailer at E3
Xbox announced a new IP at their Xbox E3 conference called ReCore. ReCore’s website states that you will follow the characters of Joule and Mack into the wilderness of Far Eden. The trailer shows six different robots that can be “ReCored” and used as allies; although it’s uncertain at the moment if you can have more than one at a ...
Read More »Batman: Arkham Knight BatMobile Edition Canceled
If you’re a huge video game fan, you’re most likely waiting in anticipation for Rocksteady’s end to their Arkham trilogy, Batman: Arkham Knight. Frankly, even if you aren’t the biggest gamer you should still be excited for this epic adventure. Unfortunately, some recent news might bring down your excitement if you are on of many who preordered the Barman: Arkham ...
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