*3 out of 10 is an episodic release described as a playable sitcom. This review is for Episode 1 only.* 3 out of 10 is not a score that any studio wants to receive for their game let alone be the best score a studio ever earns. Unfortunately for the fictional studio in the new…
There’s a lot riding on Control for Finnish developer Remedy Entertainment. With this being their first multi-platform game in over 16 years, and following up the critically mixed Quantum Break, Control feels like a new era for the studio.
Uncanny Valley is a story driven survival horror game currently available on multiple platforms and now available on the Nintendo Switch.
Darksiders is back. This time with a new studio comprised of many of the same people that worked on the previous two titles. There was a moment that many thought this game would never exist and, after all this time, there was quite a bit of expectation put on the game that would be hard for anyone to live up to. So the question remains – does the game exceed or at least meet the expectations? Let’s find out.
Everybody knows Tetris is one of the greatest and most important video games to be created. Since its original inception on the Electronika 60, Tetris has been rereleased and iterated on time and time again, capturing the minds of hundreds of millions of players along the way. It’s more than just a landmark of gaming, but also world culture. Tetris has a way of working in to your mind and leaving a lasting impression, one that might even show up in your dreams or how you see the world. This phenomenon was named “The Tetris Effect” and is at the core of the aptly named Tetris Effect.
Stray Fawn Studio’s latest release, Nimbatus is a procedurally generated drone simulation game. It takes place in an endless universe that is yours to explore. The third release from the studio in Switzerland, Nimbatus has one of the most difficult learning curves of a game that I’ve ever played.
This week, Insomniac Games released the first of three DLC packages planned for their smash hit Spider-Man game. The suite is called The City That Never Sleeps. This first entry, The Heist, delivers a short, but fun story, some perfectly adequate side content, and some sweet new suits as well.
The video game industry is still relatively young and as we see it grow we continue to find new ways to play games. What started as two lines hitting a dot back and forth has matured into a medium where we can not only have a lot of fun, but can now be used to tell important stories as well. 1979 Revolution: Black Friday is one of those stories. Based on historical events that transpired in Tehran in 1978, 1979 Revolution: Black Friday shows us that Hollywood isn’t the only industry that can tell a compelling historical story.
Tomb Towers is a puzzle adventure game that has you exploring rooms in various towers searching for the evil Necromancer with hopes of finding him and presenting him to the king. Gameplay is fairly simple – moving from room to room you’ll find yourself exploring each level collecting coins and keys in order to advance to the next room.
Editor’s Note: We don’t normally do movie reviews but, since this one is video game related we figured we would take it on. Also, though we’ve tried to leave most of them out, this review may have some slight plot spoilers so beware if you are particularly sensitive to spoilers. The Tomb Raider franchise has seen…
