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Local multiplayer party games have seen somewhat of a return to form as of late. After all, who doesn’t want to go back to the times when we went to our friends’ places and lied on our bellies playing Streets of Rage, Mario Kart, or GoldenEye? We got our hands on Headsnatchers at GDC this week and couldn’t help but burst out laughing and having fun like we were in grade school, and it was a fantastic feeling.
We check out the newest game from 10tons, makers of Crimsonland, Neon Chrome, and Jydge, which is a dual-stick shooter for the Xbox One, PS4, Switch, and PC.
So after having played Kingdom Come: Deliverance for several hours, running and horseback riding through 15th century Bohemia, braving the elements and vicious bandits, and occasionally eating an overripe apple, I’ve made a very important discovery: It must have really sucked to be a peasant in the Middle Ages.
We’ve started a new video series to take a look at each of 10tons’ games on the Nintendo Switch. The first game is Neon Chrome, a dual-stick shooter with a Rogue Legacy-style roguelite progression system.
When I left off my last review of Telltale’s ongoing Batman season, I was wanting more. Well, turns out I got a lot more of what I wanted in the latest release: What Ails You. The title is incredibly apt in that it’s a deeper dive into each character’s driving factors. It creates an incredibly engaging story that barely needs Batman in it at all.
With 2018 finally upon us and everybody seemingly back to work, we can breathe a sigh of relief that 2017 is finally over. And if you’re not, that’s completely fine, because 2017 had more great games than you can imagine, and there’s no way anybody that enjoys video games actually put all the time they wanted to in their full slate of 2017 releases.
Only five games? In 2017?! Madness!
Over the last couple of weeks, there were two notable releases featuring Batman. One is a dumbed down mess that shows Batman getting beat to hell, getting almost all of his toys broken, and making him be a foolish jerk. The other tells a cohesive and engaging story. Let’s talk about the latter! Telltale Games’ Batman – The Enemy Within, Episode 3: Fractured Mask.
Darkness rises… and microtransactions rise to meet it. I think that’s how the new Star Wars saying goes.
Assassin’s Creed Origins is the first game in the series since 2015, after taking a one year hiatus. Since its inception, Assassin’s Creed series has seen annual releases that were very hit-or-miss in terms of playability and story. Origins set out to become the most ambitious Assassin’s Creed game yet, and the one year break they used to refine every aspect of the game seems to have paid off in droves, as Origins is not only one of the best games […]
Just a short few weeks after the release of the last episode, Telltale is back to close out its Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy season with Don’t Stop Believin’. After leaving themselves in a tough spot at the end of the last episode, the Guardians need to quickly rally before the galaxy is lost to yet another maniacal threat.
South Park: The Stick of Truth was one of the surprise hits of 2014, so it was hardly a surprise when a sequel was announced a year later. After a couple delays, the latest game is here, and for better or for worse, it’s more of the same.
