Nathan Birch
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Extreme sports games are having a bit of a moment right now, partly due to the success of Roll7’s OlliOlli indie skateboarding titles. After proving audiences were still hungry for kickflips and rail grinding back in the early 2010s, the British developer is now looking to answer a new question...
For years, Live A Live stood alongside the likes of Mother 3 as one of those lost legends of localization. Spoken of reverently by those in the know, but out of the grasps of the average player. Released by Square in 1994, smack dab in between Final Fantasy VI and...
Stray
Stray is certainly a game that grabs your attention. The core concept of a cat exploring a dark Blade-Runner-esque post-apocalyptic world is intriguing, and the game’s vivid, ultra-detailed presentation is pretty astounding considering this game’s the work of a small first-time studio. It’s no surprise Stray immediately jumped to the...
The Mario Strikers games have always stuck out amongst the plumber’s various athletic outings. While most Mario sports titles follow a tried-and-true formula – simple arcade action with a handful of somewhat superfluous Nintendo touches – Strikers offers dialed-up intensity and complexity served with a heaping dose of 2000s-era ‘tude...
It’s hard to find fault with the Evil Dead franchise in movies and TV (unless you’re the type that just doesn’t enjoy fun), but video games? Poor Ash has had a less-than-groovy time when it comes to video games. From the original Commodore 64 title to the various 2000s-era attempts...
There are a lot (a lot) of Warhammer video games out there, to the point they sometimes seem to blend into one big, samey sea of spiked shoulder pads and giant swords, but the upcoming Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters is aiming to carve out its unique niche amongst...
Wii Sports occupies a strange space in video game history. Nintendo’s motion-controlled minigame collection is probably their most successful product ever, and yet, who talks about the game today? Wii Sports sold 10s of millions of Wiis more-or-less singlehandedly, influenced Nintendo’s entire output for a generation, and then… we collectively...
There are a good number of options for fans of sci-fi 4X strategy these days, with games like Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Endless Space, and Stellaris, just to name a few, but few franchises have a longer and or more successful legacy than Galactic Civilizations. Stardock has been turning out...
Casting aside the instruction booklet when building something with Lego is always a bit of a risk, but developer TT Games has decided to chuck their tried-and-true blueprint with Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. For years, TT Games’ Lego titles came out like clockwork and didn’t really change much...
Kirby fans are nothing if not patient. Nintendo franchises first started making the leap to 3D over 25 years ago, but while the likes of Mario, Link, and Samus got to stretch their legs in the third dimension, Kirby has stuck to charming yet simple 2D platformers and the occasional...
WWE 2K22
The most successful, enduring wrestlers tend to be masters of reinvention, and now it’s on the WWE 2K franchise to prove it can pull off its own rebirth. The games had been rather uninspired for a while but took a particularly harsh nosedive with WWE 2K20, a game so bad...
The Shadow Warrior franchise refuses to give up the fight. 3D Realms’ original 1997 Shadow Warrior is considered a minor cult classic, and Devolver Digital and Flying Wild Hog’s more recent games have apparently done well enough to merit sequels, but if we’re being real, the franchise has never been...
