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A ruined city, a strong female lead, rogue-like elements, and a crafting system – what more can one ask for? Vambrace: Cold Soul, developed and published by Devespresso Games and Headup, respectively, has all of this and more in this new release. Side-scrolling, rogue-like games have generally been welcome, if hit-or-miss, but does Vambrace: Cold Soul swing for the fences or strike out?
It has been twenty years since Final Fantasy 7 came out in the United States, and I was onboard and ready to ride from the beginning. Final Fantasy 7 is a role-playing game that captured the hearts of millions back when it launched. It was the first of its kind to have 3D modeled characters, and it had some very cool cut scene videos as well. Did you take part in the rise of Final Fantasy 7?
Everyone is talking about the end of Game of Thrones today. Many websites, especially game websites are covering it as their top story, if not top five stories. This marks a shift in journalism which has been going on in a while. When pop culture news shifts away from games to entertainment, things can get different for hardcore audiences. Are we in a short phase of entertainment out performing games on the pop culture stage?
Red Thomas takes a look at Thea 2: The Shattering, a new 4X RPG from MuHa Games. You’ve never heard of 4X RPG? That’s okay, neither has Red. Discover what in the heck that is and if it’s any fun together with Red as he gives his thoughts about the game in today’s article.
There’s an old saying that goes “big things come in small packages”. In relation to Nexon and What! Studio’s new open world, sandbox MMO on mobile devices (Android and iOS) that idiom holds very true. Durango: Wild Lands gives us everything we could ask for from an MMO all in the palm of our hand. This is our review of Durango: Wild Lands.
Asobo Studio and Focus Home Interactive bring you the adventure that won’t leave you unmoved. A Plague Tale: Innocence tells the story of two children running for their lives in one of the worst periods of human history. Relentlessly pursued by the Inquisition, Amicia and Hugo will need to travel across the plagued planes of medieval France and avoid the swarms of rats while figuring out what their bond means for each other. This is our Plague Tale: Innocence PC review.
Back in 2015 (I can’t believe it’s been that long), Avalanche put out an excellent but flawed open world game, Mad Max. Its driving combat mechanics and style were on point for the universe, but its repetitive nature and weak on-foot action dragged it down. Fast forward four years and a partnership with Bethesda and id Software bring us the sequel to 2011’s own flawed FPS – Rage. In short, Rage 2 is the perfect melding of what made the original Rage great, and what made Mad Max worth playing. It
As we learned yesterday, ZOS is indeed working on at least one new game that’s not Elder Scrolls Online. Judging by hiring calls on their website, it looks like it may be two new games – one PC and console focused, and one mobile F2P focused. Or perhaps it’s one larger project that somehow merges the two. The question is – just WTF is their next big game?
What is coming up this year for games? We take a look at some of the titles which could close out the decade as well as ideas in gaming that will launch us into the 2020s.
Red Thomas continues his search for the ultimate family-friendly experience with Satisfactory. Red might have “borrowed” a nephew from his sister for a few days in order to write this article. He may or may not have neglected to get permission first. Read on to discover if it was worth it or not.