When you need something retrieved, who better to send in than the Master Spy? This precision platformer does its best impression of embodying everything it takes to be a spy and beautifully displays it in a fashion that will take you back to…
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Volume is the second major project for British independent developer Mike Bithell. The first was the charming and critically acclaimed Thomas Was Alone, a puzzle platformer with more personality than its simple visuals would lead you to believe possible. This…
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Action RPGs on the PC are not a genre that’s lacking representation. Sacred, Diablo, Torchlight, and the numerous other entries make this a crowded space. Victor Vran has a lot of competition and certain expectations to live up to. Fortunately,…
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30 Jul 2015
“It’s not all bad news in Arcadia Bay. Or is it…?” This quote summarizes Life is Strange, Episode 4: Dark Room rather well. From its opening scene until the haunting, even borderline traumatic last, Dark Room goes there—you know, there.
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We haven’t really seen much in the way of Mascot based platformers in the past few years. Sure we’ve had a steady dose of Mario and Sonic over the years with varying degrees of quality, but you just don’t see…
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10 Jul 2015
We recently got our hands on the upcoming “spiritual successor” to Mega Man, Mighty No. 9, at Square Enix’s booth at Comic-Con, and it’s turning out to be quite the polished game.
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Tune in at 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET to see what Bethesda has to show with their E3 press conference.
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There is a particular episode in the history of video games I am quite fond of. When visiting the country of Poland, its Prime Minister Donald Tusk gave President Barack Obama a copy of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings—…
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I have to be honest here. I wasn’t a fan of Mortal Kombat 9. I didn’t care for how stilted the fighting system felt, I didn’t much care for the way most of the characters played, and I also didn’t…
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The first episode of Life is Strange gave its audience a brief look at the students in the halls of Blackwell Academy, a private art school tucked in the small town of Arcadia Bay, Oregon. As with all elite schools in seemingly…
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Ori and the Blind Forest is a visual masterpiece, but don’t let its lush visuals fool you. It’s quite an action-packed Metroidvania-style adventure that can be unforgiving if you go too easy on it.
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We played a bit of Apotheon, which came out last week for the PS4 and PC/Steam. Apotheon is a side-scrolling action game with an incredibly striking art style that is set in Ancient Greece, where the Gods have forsaken your…
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