✖ Team17, creators of the Worms franchise and purveyors of vermis-related carnage, are back with another entry in the series, Worms Rumble. This time the developer is taking a different approach and free-for-all mayhem is the focus instead of tactical, turn-based combat — though sheep and holy hand grenades still play a prominent role. The...
✖ While video games have always bridged an interesting gap between the real and the fantastical, the past few years have taken those efforts into a wildly new direction. One fan-favorite component of that has been Dontnod Entertainment, which is responsible for photorealistic but reality-bending titles like Life Is Strange and The Awesome Adventures of...
✖ Most of the Cyberpunk 2077 characters you’ll meet in Night City have different connections and perspectives on the setting, but they’ve all got one unifying point to stress: the possibilities of Night City are endless. Those possibilities draw people in and keep inhabitants entangled in the affairs of the city with everyone looking for...
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is the direct follow-up to Sega’s hit collaboration that began in 2014. This sequel revisits two of the publisher’s top puzzle games as Puyo Puyo and Tetris combine in a truly unique way. Of course, fans of this genre know that Puyo Puyo Tetris was a groundbreaking combo that broke the...
✖ There are only a few certainties in life. Things like death and taxes are inevitable, as is the fact that there will be a new Call of Duty game every fall. It’s like clockwork. There will always be a new Call of Duty release ahead of the holiday season, no matter what the circumstances....
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity carries with it the hope of millions of fans who fell in love with the world of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The latter title overhauled the classic Nintendo series in a way few expected, and Age of Calamity promised to add to that story using an...
✖ Godfall’s road to launch has been a curious one. Propped up as one of the PlayStation 5’s console exclusives, an Epic Games Store exclusive, and a frequent guest during events, Godfall’s shiny fantasy world and dramatically oversized weapons made it look like something anyone who likes loot and heavy-hitting combat would be into. But,...
✖ In 2017, Rebellion Developments returned to the world of tactical sniping with Sniper Elite 4 and provided the opportunity to destroy entire battalions with gruesome long-distance shots. This game put players in control of sniper Karl Fairburne as he headed to Italy in search of key military commanders and unique ways to murder them...
✖ Just Dance is by now a staple within the video game industry as it has kept fans shimmying for more than a decade now. As the next generation of game consoles is upon us, Just Dance 2021 is ready to bring its colorful flair to the next level. The game makes it easier than...
✖ Video games, at their best, are a little ridiculous. Even the titles with the most jaw-dropping graphics and most heart-wrenching narrative can feel a little absurd when you break them down in the abstract, which only makes their effective approach to storytelling all the more groundbreaking. That sentiment becomes uniquely apparent a few hours...
