“Mortal Kombat X” Review
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…
Read moreI 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…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreOri 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.
Read moreWe 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…
Read moreAfter sort of sticking us with a cliffhanger (oh come on, you know I had to do that) in Iron From Ice, Telltale brings the next episode of their Game of Thrones series, The Lost Lords, which picks up immediately…
Read moreThere are a lot of reasons to play video games. They’re fun, exciting, surreal and imaginative, and best yet, they can actually be very good. Few games, as good as they are, give you a reason to relate to them…
Read moreDue to their metrics about Trials Evolution’s online multiplayer being sparsely used, Red Lynx opted to only offer local multiplayer with Trials Fusion at launch, but recent updates have added a form of clan support and online multiplayer. We took…
Read more“Love is for the Living.” -Manny Calavara Gaming, in general, thrives on good adventures. Whether it is a trek through Hyrule or a quest in Tamriel, the setting of a game is one of the core elements that make…
Read moreToday, we check out the newest title from Two Tribes, makers of the Toki Tori games along with Edge and Rush on various platforms. Rive is a dual-stick shooter where you control a robotic tank thing that can hack the…
Read moreThis week we have a look at Double Dragon Trilogy. More specifically, the arcade versions of Double Dragon II and Double Dragon 3.
Read moreWhile we put the finishing touches on our review, we took a look at an early part of Citizens of Earth to give you a taste of what to expect when this indie RPG love letter to Earthbound releases on…
Read moreThe Deer God is available now in Early Access on Steam after a successful Kickstarter campaign this past summer for $9.99, but is also planned for release on Ouya, Wii U, and Xbox One thanks to meeting some stretch goals….
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