Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft presents a fresh spin on the card collecting genre. Developed by the gaming addiction experts at Blizzard, on the surface it appears to be a simple, yet underwhelming trading card game, and after a few short play sessions, you may be tempted to write it off as a simplified version of…
Nostalgia is a powerful motivator for game development nowadays. Now that we’ve reached a point where videogames are old enough to allow the existence of developers who have grown up playing them, old classics reappearing under new coats of paint have become commonplace. The newest case is Shadowgate, an old Nintendo Entertainment System tough-as-nails fantasy…
Kingdom Come: Deliverance made for an impressive display at E3 2016 during my time with the folks from Warhorse on the very last official appointment of the show. It’s a game that defies expectations and really ups the ante in terms of ambition with its extremely and painstakingly detailed rendering of realistic armor, locations and the simulation…
Jump Force’s potential is squandered by its boring, practically nonexistent mission design and terrible use of the fan-favorite franchises it includes.
I love The Curse of Monkey Island. It’s easily one of my all-time favourite games. However, there’s always been a reference in it that I’ve been missing out on until this year. When walking into Blondebeard’s Chicken Shoppe on Plunder Island, there is someone sitting at a table labelled as a “quiet patron.” This skeletal…
Gimmick! 2 marks the first time that a new entry in the series has been officially released outside of Japan.
There are few games out there that can match Rayman Legends. It sets a new standard in charm and creativity, and it should positively be played by just about anyone with even the slightest interest in videogames. Picking up from where Rayman Origins left off, Legends takes everything one step above. It seems Rayman and…
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is a brainless character action game that somewhat retells the events of the original Final Fantasy in a fashion that’s very Team Ninja, read: really silly.
Ghost Recon Breakpoint manages to tick all of the boxes for a modern Ubisoft game and at the same time if fails at what makes an open-world adventure fun thanks to meaningless progression, bugs, and an overall lack of identity.
Draugen is a smart, well-written game that doesn’t outstay its welcome.
