It's the purchase closure that never seems to get a resolution, as continued talks have prevented finalization of Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. While Brazil and Saudi Arabia have approved of the purchase, Europe has not been swayed yet, as Microsoft's statements regarding Call of Duty's exclusivity aren't proving viable enough to…

Time to take another trip into the golden age of fighting games, more specifically that period where the influence of Street Fighter II's success lead to a long line of inspirations, imitations, and complete gameplay knockoffs. While games like…

A bevy of new games are heading to the PlayStation Plus catalog. And while it has a pretty hearty line-up of titles such as the award winning What Remains of Edith Finch, Chorus, the not-very-talked-about Oddworld: Soulstorm, and and healthy dose of Tom Clancy action with The Division 2 and Ghost Recon,…

For the better part of 25 years, the mainline Final Fantasy series has seen its home on the PlayStation platform. The newest entry, Final Fantasy XVI, will mark the first time since 1994 that a modern game will see release on a different platform, as it will be a PlayStation 5 exclusive for the first six months. This news was confirmed via an…

Festive pokémon plush have been added to the winter release lineup on the U.S. Pokémon Center's website!

It's no surprise that the new Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet starters are featured this holiday season as the games will be releasing in a little over a week. …

Back when I was first starting as a writer/reviewer here, one series of games I wanted to base a theme around was Contra. This tried and true arcade run-n-gun shooter has always been a childhood favorite, and while the formula was simple, its respectable difficulty and stimulating controls kept it very high on replay value, thus I came up with Contra…

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Even though Halo Infinite had a pretty successful launch, it goes without saying that the dearth of content since its release has left fans feeling deserted. The cancellations of features, delays on game modes, like the long-awaited map editor/creator Forge, and the…

Logging in 25 million players in its launch month, Overwatch 2 has certainly seen unprecedented success, and it's soon to be including its newest hero for the second season of the game so far. Ramattra, a character tied to the series' lore for the last several years now, will be added to the roster, becoming Overwatch's eleventh tank hero, as his…

NIS America is reaching back into the past to pull a long dormant series of RPGs for today's audience. The publisher/developer of the Disgaea franchise will be bringing the two R-Type Tactics games, which were originally released on the PlayStation Portable, is aimed to launch on most consoles next year. The short teaser trailer didn't reveal a great…

The first two Resident Evil games were a revolutionary experience for the horror genre. Along with the unique horror atmosphere that was fairly new to home consoles, one of the things fans grew very attached to were the compelling characters. Claire Redfield has always been one of, if not my favorite Resident Evil personalities, she broke a lot of…

Planning for the winter holidays has already begun at the Pokémon Center! A whole slew of items, from clothing to figures to home goods, are available this very minute. 

It's quite…

This month's Xbox Games With Gold titles have been announced. The two offerings for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers are headlining the catalog include the ghost-busting shooter from studio Ant Workshop, Dead End Job, and from developers Torus Games and Pyro Studios, the real-time strategy game Praetorians.…

The gaming world lost am inspiring talent. Rieko Kodama, affectionately known as Phoenix Rie by her colleagues, passed away back in May of 2022. News of her death was kept from being public news out of respect for her family, when Sega was asked on inquiry. These details didn't become public knowledge until late October, when a memorial tribute was…

The lineup for the PlayStation Plus free downloads have been announced, and here's some details regarding the games heading to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles. Coming to both platforms includes Team Ninja's action RPG prequel to Nioh, Nioh 2. And from 2pt Interactive comes the gravity/physics based co-op game, Heavenly…

Man, three years into writing game reviews, and I've only scratched the surface of the Kunioverse. Back when I talked about how much of an impact Double Dragon had on the brawler genre in terms of commercial success, the influence of the Kunio-kun series from creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto is practically responsible for the attitude and streetwise…

Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members will see some new additions next month, as two Mario Party games will make their way to the Nintendo 64 catalog. Multiplayer vs/co-op makes its way to the platform with Mario Party and Mario Party 2. The four-player action that started the fracus on the Nintendo 64 will be available November 2nd.…

The line-up of horror-themed games contiune. Following Konami's Silent Hill 2 Remake showcase, Capcom's planned rollout for a more sinister return to El Pueblo with trailers for the Resident Evil 4 Remake, hitting platforms in 2023. Not aiming to go the route they took with the remake of 2019's Resident Evil 2, which kept a good ton familiar with thr…

The silence has been broken, and news about the long speculated Silent Hill teaser trailers were revealed in Konami's upcoming projects. For the better part of 2022, the company beind Gradius, Pro Evolution Soccer, and Contra had sat on closely guarded news about the beloved psychological horror series, now details are…

When it comes to NES games that are notorious for their insane difficulty, Top Gun is definitely one that hangs at the top of the list. It was one that was probably one of the reasons our dad bought an NES for our household, he put all kinds of hours into this and could land the plane nearly every time. I can't think of many flight simulator action…

News broke last week from PlatinumGames that the original voice of Bayonetta, Hellena Taylor would not reprise the role. Jennifer Hale, who has portrayed characters on Nintendo platforms in the past, such as Samus in Metroid, was hired to take the part for the foreseeable future.…