I've talked a little in the past about Mortal Kombat was ruling the 90's. From its highest highs, it was an influential fighting game that initially turned heads for its violence, but its lore and characters also played a big part in why it has remained so memorable. Following the financial success of the live action movies (even Annihilation made…

Nintendo has seen a handful of internal changes in its presidency and development department, with many of these throughout the lifespan of the Nintendo Switch. One of the constants over the last twenty years has always been the man labeled as the father of Nintendo, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, and Super Mario, Shigeru…

It appears that an anticipated PlayStation game will have to wait a little longer to see its official release date. In a PlayStation.Blog post update highlighting next year's anticipated…

The new year is rolling around, and PlayStation Plus is bringing their free games for subscribers of the Essential, Plus and Extra tiers across the PlayStation family of consoles. Exclusively for the PlayStation 5, Asobo Studio's RPG stealth action game, A Plague Tale: Requiem. For the PS5 and PS4, the action shooter Nobody Saves The…

Along with being fun, video games are also an easy outlet for stress and a chance to relax. Since the medium has become the most popular form of entertainment on the planet, increasing in engagement since the latter part of the 2000's, studies over the years have been conducted to research its effects on us. A recent result from a test has provided…

FromSoftware and Bandai Namco have made an announcement that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 servers March 31st 2024, two weeks after the 10 year anniversary of its release date. Armored Core: Verdict Day's servers will also be decommissioned on the same day. 

Due to aging of the servers, online services for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of…

December 19th saw a hacker team known as Rhysida steal a large chunk of information from PlayStation developer Insomniac Games, the team behind Marvel's Spider-Man 2. According to a…

Action video games were coming to an impasse. They were showing a good deal of progress, but still had some technical hurdles to overcome. Stuff like Syphon Filter was showing promise, but when it came to melee combat, it still felt a touch off. Enter Hideki Kamiya, the fastest block button on social media, who had been working with Capcom since the…

In recent years, the discussion about video game difficulty has become a contentious topic that has mostly divided journalists, fans, and the "hardcore gamer". "Should developers at Fromsoftware add difficulty sliders to their titles?", for instance. While hypotheticals like that are a small example, it may be something Sony has expressed interest in…

Longtime Japanese publisher/developer Nihon Falcom is known domestically and internationally for their long-running role-playing game Legend of Heroes series, which has gained considerable popularity among RPG fans in recent years. The Trails line of games are a part of the larger Legend of Heroes series, which has its origins back in 1984 with the…

More corporate fat trimming from Swedish games and media holdings company Embracer Group, who continues to show the repercussions of their grand amassing of developers and publishers in recent years. The latest casualty of their self-inflicted…

Few things can go wrong with ninjas, they can make almost anything better. And in video games, the black (or purple) clad assassins that were ubiquitous. Ninja Gaiden is always a…

Dark days for development studio Fntastic, whose incredibly lengthy delay of their survival horror MMO The Day Before has seen its fate sealed. In a statement posted on Twitter/X, the team has announced that they will be closing down, due to the game's financial failure and poor reception. This news follows less than a week after its launch, along…

Some free games coming by way of the Nintendo Switch Online Service, with the additions to the Nintendo 64 catalog. Subscribers to the Expansion Pack will have access to three quality titles, which are popular among fans of the platform. From Rare, the third person shooter Jet Force Gemini. From developer Natsume, Harvest Moon 64. And shred the…

During the 2023 Game Awards, Sega made quite a statement during the presentations. In their trailer POWER SURGE, Sega Reveal, the developer/publisher showcased teasers, marking a return of a handful of dormant intellectual properties. Names like Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Golden Axe, Shinobi, and Streets of Rage were noted and announced as "in…

A much anticipated limited edition drop of keyboard, mousepads and a jelly bag are on their way to the Higround website on December 8.

The lookbook boasts 10 keyboard designs, six XL mousepads…

The first Dead or Alive made quite the splash in the fighting game circles, making it quite the surprise hit that put Tecmo back into video game relevance, as well as fitting in nicely in the burgeoning era of 3D tournament fighters. Tomonobu Itagaki's baby caught the world by surprise. A few years later, a sequel would capitalize on the success of…

Konami has partnered again with developer/publisher WayForward to produce the newest entry in the legendary run-n-gun platformer Contra: Operation Galuga. Fans and enthusiasts now have their first thorough look at the gameplay and the characters.The Contra veteran duo of Bill Rizer and Lance Bean will be joined by Lucia, Probotector, the heavy-armed…

Contrast to Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo has always found their success stepping outside the boundaries of the standard means of hardware development. While speculation of the Nintendo Switch's success was largely skeptical once its specs were revealed (such as running on a modified Tegra X1, which was not capable of producing high-end games on par…

With the holidays just weeks away, PlayStation Plus' video game downloads have been revealed for subscribers of the service to sample through. If you're a member of Essential, Extra, and the Premium tiers, they'll all be available to you between the PlayStation family of consoles. 

Exclusively for the PS5, the open world exploration title from…