Since 2008, Eurogamer Expo has grown steadily to become the biggest and wildest games trade show in the UK. Since 2010, EGX has taken place at the vast edifice of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, packing the 1930s exhibition hall full to the brim with new electronic sights and sounds. This year was…
To arms and to victory, Bonaparte siblings!
Within minutes of starting Dark Souls II, I fell to my death due to a poorly planned jump. Seconds later, I received an achievement titled, “This is Dark Souls,” rewarding me for my first death. In any other game, that would be nothing but a cheap gag: a cheeky achievement to laugh at then never…
There’s a sense of profound satisfaction when you make it through one of Galak-Z‘s mission. It’s not only because they are difficult and thrilling to play, but also because everything is on the line all the time. One death means complete and utter failure in Galak-Z, and unlike any game I might have happened to…
Good overlooked games deserve to make a comeback as The Alliance Alive HD Remastered proves, by bringing to the Switch one of the last and best 3DS JRPGs to be released.
You can’t recall how you survived, but do you really want to remember?
Like an ambitious explorer that bites off more than they can chew, Greedfall is a heap of trouble of an adventure that never quite gets there. Its setting is one of the best you’ll see this year, but its execution leaves much to be desired, as it does very little to stray away from the conventional action-adventure RPG formula set by other games with much bigger budgets and teams.
I always know it’s been a good year for videogames when I have trouble building these lists. During the two weeks or so I spent writing this, I couldn’t settle on what games I wanted to include. At one moment I might include one game over another, only to put it back on later because…
Starting with its Direct presentation for this year’s show, Nintendo’s 2018 E3 was quite shy and irritatingly silent about much needed information about previously announced games and services, like Metroid Prime 4 and the Switch’s online subscription service, which is supposed to go live only a couple of months from now. The laser focus on…
If you missed Syberia years ago or are a new adventure game fan, there has never been a better opportunity to dive into this fascinating steampunk Art Nouveau universe.
