Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition should have been such an easy release from Rockstar Games. In a time where fans are constantly begging for Grand Theft Auto VI to be revealed, Rockstar seemed like it was going to attempt to put those requests at ease just a bit by bringing back...
By and large, after exploding onto the online multiplayer scene in 2008, Call of Duty has been a franchise focused on the modern era. Modern Warfare changed the FPS genre on multiple occasions and Black Ops, while not set in the present day, has always used science fiction and futuristic storytelling to make the games...
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are as faithful of remakes of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl as they come, carrying forward all the triumphs and the warts of those original games to a new generation of fans. For years, Pokemon fans have clamored for “Sinnoh remakes” on just about every video, tweet, and social media...
The Nintendo Switch OLED model is a lovely device that, despite all its improvements, is hard to recommend to anyone that already has a regular Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch Lite. If you do already have and regularly use either of those, the OLED model is an improvement, certainly, but an incremental one more than...
When Back 4 Blood was announced all the way back in 2019, developer Turtle Rock Studios didn’t shy away whatsoever from the fact that it was looking to create a spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead. The beloved co-op zombie shooter series from Valve last saw a new entry nearly 12 years ago, and since...
The bones of RPGs are laid bare in Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars, the new role-playing game from Square Enix. Players might assume that Voice of Cards features card-based gameplay similar to Card Hunter or Card of Darkness with such a title. Contrary to that assumption, Voice of Cards features no deckbuilding nor...
While I knew I liked Riders Republic, it took one very specific moment for me to realize I loved it — when it gave me its own version of the “Tetris effect.” Drifting off to sleep one night this week, after not having touched the game for at least 12 hours, I found myself unconsciously...
While the Xbox Series X has been available for almost a year now, there are very few exclusives that have truly pushed the system’s graphic abilities. Drifting in just before the console’s one-year anniversary is Forza Horizon 5, the newest entry in the series from Playground Games. This time around, the developer decided to bring...
The NHL game series from EA Sports has been the strongest sports game franchise on the market for the past couple of years, at least. A consistently smooth experience that caters to experienced players and newcomers alike, with enough different game modes to keep folks entertained for the long haul, NHL has been a few...
Mario Party Superstars is ready to reel fans of the hit Nintendo franchise back into its archives. If you did not know, the party game will drop soon with some of the series’ best moments from the Nintendo 64 era. Of course, this means all eyes are on Mario to see how this blast from...
