In the future, the elite live comfortably while the poor live in slums. Mega corporations control everything. People are fighting over the ideas of cybernetics and augmentations. Everyone is connected through cyberspace. It’s up to one person to fight back and expose the big bad companies for the evil conglomerates they actually are. While the … Continue reading
The first episode of Blues and Bullets introduced players to an alternate-reality version of Eliot Ness. We catch up with the famed hero who took down Al Capone much later in life. Retired from the force and running his own diner, Ness is pulled back into the world of crime when Capone, newly released from … Continue reading
I’ve been playing Marvel Puzzle Quest off and on since the game came out on mobile around two and a half years ago. I’m a big Puzzle Quest fan from all the way back to the original so the idea of the addicting Match-3 gameplay mixed with all kinds of Marvel heroes and villains sounded … Continue reading
Telltale Games has returned to the franchise that put them in the forefront of story-driven adventures games with The Walking Dead: Michonne. The first season of The Walking Dead put a spotlight of sorts on the developer and they’ve had their share of hits (Tales From The Borderlands, The Wolf Among Us) and misses (Minecraft: Story … Continue reading
The fabled Master Chief, hero of Earth and legendary foe of the Covenant, is away without leave. Directly opposing orders to investigate a mysterious signal, it is up to Spartan Jameson Locke and Fireteam Osiris to find out where Master Chief has gone and bring him back. And so begins Halo’s first new foray onto … Continue reading
Adventure games are definitely “in” right now thanks to the success of Telltale’s titles. That means that more and more companies are throwing their hat in the ring to create evocative, interesting episodic stories. Blues and Bullets is a new example of a mafia-era noir take on the genre. Set in a clear alternate history, … Continue reading
When the original Gears of War released in 2006, it helped provide a finite starting point for next-gen gaming at the time. Even though the Xbox 360 had already been out for a year, none of the first year games had done much to differentiate themselves from games that were playable on the original Xbox. … Continue reading
For a long time people have been saying the first person shooter genre is going stale, with year after year of Call of Duty, Battlefield and Halo releases. Turns out all it took to give the genre a shot in the arm was to go back to basics with last year’s Wolfenstein: The New Order. Now … Continue reading
The name Sierra often brings up nostalgic memories of classic adventure games like King’s Quest and Leisure Suit Larry. The company has been around for a long time, although current era efforts like TimeShift and World in Conflict didn’t exactly set the industry on fire, resulting the company being shuttered in 2008. However, last year … Continue reading
From the first glimpse we saw of Ori and the Blind Forest, it was clear that it would be something special. The original trailer showed off a beautiful world, a sweeping score and strokes of joy and sadness, all within a short teaser. Ori and the Blind Forest not only delivers on those initial impressions, it … Continue reading
