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Outriders
People Can Fly’s Outriders is in a unique position in the video game world. It looks like a live service game, but the developers vehemently deny it is one. Outriders has a definitive single-player experience, but with an endgame meant to satiate players who want more. The title is reminiscent...
Resident Evil Village
What do you get when you combine a gigantic, alluring female vampire, a haunted village full of monsters, and a protagonist whose hands are accident-prone? You get Capcom’s Resident Evil Village, the eighth mainline entry in the iconic survival horror franchise. Developer & Publisher // Capcom Platforms // Switch, PlayStation...
Obsidian Entertainment must have a big Knives Out fan. After last fall’s decent expansion for The Outer Worlds, Peril on Gorgon, Obsidian returns with a whodunnit murder mystery in Murder on Eridanos. When a simple PR event for a new product turns into a murder scene, who better to call than...
Bravely Default II
Square Enix’s Bravely series finally makes its grand debut on the Nintendo Switch with Bravely Default II. Since 2014, the series has been defined by its revamped turn-based gameplay and classic Final Fantasy signatures adapted to the modern era. Bravely Default II stays true to its JRPG roots layered with...
It Takes Two
Popular game director Josef Fares and Hazelight Studios have built up a strong reputation for developing co-op video games. Their first title, A Way Out, set out to find that sweet spot of unifying story and gameplay. With It Takes Two, Fares’ ambition is paying off in spades. It Takes...
Every few years, we receive an unsuspecting reminder of how impactful video game storytelling can be. We have seen an incredible range of ideas, from BioShock‘s environmental-driven beats to Journey‘s tear-jerking soundtrack. Enter Lost Words: Beyond the Page, a fully-narrated 2D puzzle platformer available April 6 for PC, Xbox, PS4, and...
Motocross is an exhilarating motorsport that often goes under the radar. Monster Energy AMA Supercross 4 is an immersive glimpse into this frantic and elegant world. The game continues to iterate on the bedrock from its yearly predecessors. Make no mistake, it is the Forza of motocross, with the sheer...
Destruction AllStars
Destruction AllStars is the latest offering for PlayStation fans and can be downloaded for free with an active PS Plus membership. This car-smashing, hero-based arcade game sports an eye-appealing style and high-level polish expected under the PlayStation brand. Unfortunately, Destruction AllStars is only just that – all style with little substance. Developer...
Olija
Release Date // January 28th, 2020 Platforms // Switch, PC, PS4, Xbox One Publisher // Devolver Digital – Developer // Skeleton Crew Studio Reviewed On // Nintendo Switch MSRP // $14.99 Olija (Oh-Lee-Ah) is the type of game I would have completely lost my mind for on the...
Gods Will Fall
Gods Will Fall has been unleashed on the Xbox One. This mixture of Pikmin/hack-n-slash is set on an island full of gods looking to end your warriors’ lives before you can end theirs. With most games, the difficulty level is something that you control. Here the gods set that difficulty level,...
The Medium
Horror games typically do one of several things to a gamer. They may utilize jump scares as Resident Evil infamously would do with windows having dogs lunge through them. They may employ psychological and acute audio tactics like Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. Sometimes they may put you in terrifying scenery as...
Watch Dogs: Legion
I was completely unprepared for the realities of Watch Dogs: Legion. The second game was something that I became addicted to on the PlayStation 4. Watch Dogs Legion launched as a broken game that has been skipped over by most players. As of now, Ubisoft has fixed some of the...
