Review: Elsie is a fresh take of the Mega Man formula
A game full of energy and great gameplay, Elsie plays with the established norms of the genre in neat ways.
A game full of energy and great gameplay, Elsie plays with the established norms of the genre in neat ways.
The Library of Babel will push your patience to the extreme thanks to its infuriating gameplay quirks
While Royal Court’s new additions are enjoyable, they don’t particularly affect the core gameplay loop.
Video games and rhythm never cease to go together flawlessly, especially so with games that use it creatively, or at least intelligently. 140 from developer Jeppe Carlsen falls under the latter. It’s a minimalist platformer that ties basic jumping puzzles to the beat of music, testing not only your reflexes and dexterity but your sense…
The Division 2 really surprised me. After an initial five or so hours of simply being okay with how it turned out, the later portion of my leveling experience turned out to be a blast.
Halo is in confident, risk-adverse hands. Developed by 343 Industries, the torchbearer for Bungie’s universe after Halo: Reach, Halo 4 is a passionate labor of love developed through caution and carefulness. Little can be said about Halo 4’s faults, if only because the faults of Halo 4 can extend to the rest of the series….
Developer Stoic’s first entry in its three-part turn-based strategy role-playing game epic The Banner Saga is excellent, both as a standalone game and as an introduction to a greater narrative. It’s expansive world and endearing cast craft a compelling stage, tense battles and difficult decisions giving each exchange weight and uncertainty. It’s beautiful and dark;…
As is tradition now, Focus Home Interactive was one of the big appointments we had booked at E3. This year, the main theme seemed to be horror, as three of the titles that we saw were pretty invested on gloomy atmosphere and the macabre. Shifting away from the psychological horror of Call of Cthuthlu to…
Wrex and Shepard. The power couple of Mass Effect. Now in Legendary 4K HD.
Brazil Game Show is also a big event for independent developers, and in between appointments and hands-on demos that were held in the ‘indie avenue’ of São Paulo’s Expo Center Norte, I was able to have a quick chat with Mario Silveira, the CEO of 2Axion Games, the Los Angeles based studio behind the free-to-play…