Yakuza has secretly been one of the Playstation’s best kept secrets until recently. Originating nearly fifteen years ago on the PS2, Yakuza finally hit mass appeal during the current console generation. Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio knocked it out of the park when they released Yakuza 0 back in 2015. This prequel to the first five…
Say what you will about game crunch, but would a little extra time be the worst thing for a game currently? Rockstar may be at the center of this “issue,” but why do they even feel the need to rush these games out? Are we hurting for something to play so badly right now that we couldn’t live without Red Dead Redemption 2 for another six months?
Focusing on a new setting and cast of characters can be a hard feat to pull of in a sequel. Look no further than the second season of True Detective for the best example of this. Thankfully, Life is Strange 2 pulls it off in a masterful way and Roads, the first installment of the sequel, sets up a story that we cannot wait to see play out.
It’s hard to argue with anyone that tells you Sony has all but won this console generation from the get go. From the moment Microsoft introduced us to the Xbox One, Sony was already in the lead. With a focus on being the center of your living room rather than focusing on the games, Microsoft gave Sony the chance to take back the lead in the console wars… a lead that they hadn’t seen since the PlayStation 2. While Sony has taken that lead and ran with it over the course of this generation, they now find themselves in a place where, if they aren’t careful, they’ll begin to fall behind again the same way they did last generation to the Xbox 360.
Shikhondo Soul Eater is a bullet hell shoot ‘em up set against the backdrop of Asian Mythology. Like most games in this genre, the story takes a back seat to the action. So unless you’re well versed in Asian culture, most of the story elements will be lost on you.
Though only the second game to date from Compulsion Games, We Happy Few proves one thing about the studio – they know how to create a captivating world to explore. The studio’s follow up to 2013’s Contrast is an incredibly ambitious title that has grown leaps and bounds since it first hit Early Access nearly two years ago. Their ambition growth as a team paid off in some ways and in other ways they seemed to miss the mark.
Gamers would tell you that E3 is even better than Christmas, unless of course you get all the games for Christmas that you were hyped about from E3. In that case Christmas could compete with E3, but for most people E3 is the Mecca of video games.
That’s right… three new Gears games are coming your way.
E3 2018 is barely under way and already we have our first shadow dropped game. EA has announced and released Unravel Two. Unravel Two is the follow up to the semi successful first title EA released through their EA originals banner back in 2015.
It’s no secret to anyone following the video game industry that Microsoft needs a huge showing at E3 2018. While it’s easy to state the obvious, what exactly does that mean for Microsoft? Which games need to have a presence this year?
