"If you expect the worst, you'll never be disappointed"

                                                               - Sarah Dessin, Lock and Key

I'm afraid if I go any lower with my bar after trying to leach something from Skate or Die!, I'll hit the mantle. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy playing bad video games because they give me a…

Final Fantasy XVI hits stores worldwide in a little more than a month away, however, one country is inhibiting its upcoming release, by order of its government. Saudi Arabia's General Commission for Audiovisual Media has announced a ban on Square Enix's latest entry in its storied role-playing game franchise.

This…

This generation of Xbox consoles have seen a stronger start than the Xbox One, which followed the widely successful Xbox 360. Sitting at 18 million console sales for the Xbox Series X|S family of platforms, Microsoft has endured a share of problems with consistent first-run software to keep at the pace of the PlayStation 5, which has sold over 32…

The modern wave of brawler games continue. Following the success of the River City Girls series, Streets of Rage 4, and the critically acclaimed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, two of the grandfathers of the arcade beat'em up genre, Billy and Jimmy Lee mark another return to modern day platforms. Publisher Modus games and…

Been a little bit since I've featured some superhero action on the Retro Reboots. There's still plenty to sift through, but a breather is required. One of the last times I revisited the Manchester-based developer Software Creations (the team behind a lot of those hated LJN games), I dabbled in some…

May is here, so it's time to update subscribers of the new free offerings coming to Game Pass Ultimate's Games With Gold program. Two different worlds introduce you to perilous obstacles and blinding speeds, in one of the more beloved racing games, Star Wars Episode 1 Racer. Also, Skrollkat Studio's beautiful puzzle platformer, Hoa.…

PlayStation Plus subscribers will have some new titles to download, courtesy of the Monthly Games for Plus, Essential, and Extra tiers. For both the PlayStation 5 and 4, Electronic Arts' motorsports racer GRID Legends. And 2021's hack-and-slash multiplayer, Chivalry II. Exclusively for the PlayStation 4, the downhill racer from RageSquid Studios,…

The Armored Core series returns this summer with Armored Core VI: Fires Of Rubicon. The development team behind Blooodborne, Sekiro, the Dark Souls series, and 2022's Game of the Year, Elden Ring, FromSoftware brings their craft back to the fast-paced and challenging mecha-based action series.

Fires of Rubicon was…

Microsoft's potential $68 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard has seen a rather major setback, as the discussion of fairness and its legitimacy have…

Transformers Prime, which aired on Discovery Family (known as The Hub back then) and ran for three seasons, ranks as one of my favorite incarnations of the Robots in Disguise. It carried darker themes, a more serious story, and the smaller cast of characters allowed for an opportunity to really flesh out motivations and personalities among the…

For a game whose fate was considered dead on arrival, the long-awaited sequel which seem to teeter on vaporware has seen a successful launch. After nearly a decade of delays, Dead Island 2 was released across the PlayStation, Xbox, and PC platforms this weekend to much fanfare.

According to…

Street Fighter 6 is less than two months away (time flew by rather quick following Capcom Cup IX), and Capcom recently held a showcase with details regarding what's new for the latest entry. Street Fighter has always been at the forefront of fighting game influence, and while the 2009 era of Ultra Street Fighter 4 pulled 2D fighting games back into…

Announced during Nintendo's Indieworld showcase, the gothic horror action platformer Blasphemous returns from developer The Game Kitchen. Guide the Pertinent One through a mysterious world full of nightmares and adversity, as the hack-n-slash action and challenging precise platform jumping returns to form.…

The Nintendo Switch Online Service is adding some Sega Genesis titles to its Expansion Pack catalog. Access to these games requires an Expansion Pack membership to your regular Online Service subscription. 

Mix it up with the World Warriors in Street Fighter II: Champion Edition from Capcom. The action platformer from the Pokemon…

3D action titles have endured some hardships in the late 90's, and it took a number of years for them to get their footing down. Games like Super Mario 64 and…

Much to fan's delight, Capcom has released the complete collection of the turn-based RPG spin-off, the Mega Man Battle Network Collections, which features all ten games. These games were originally released on the Game Boy Advance and throughout the GameCube. 

These games, however, come with a warning for players, as some elements have not…

It's been a while since majors talk of a studio acquisition have been prominent, so here's a new one. According to the Wall Street Journal (via pay wall), Sega appears to…

While Joe Dante's 1984 horror/comedy Gremlins has been a cult classic, little was seen from the franchise after 1990. Many efforts to produce a sequel never came to fruition over the decades until now. Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai marks its return for the first time in over 30 years, and aims to explore much of the mystery surrounding the…

While the reception to the recently released PlayStation VR2 has been positive, with users and tech pundits giving it glowing reviews for its cutting edge software utilization better visuals and much improved controller, the virtual reality headset might've incurred some problems at retail; it's not selling well.

According to…

Spyhunter has always been one of those games that treads a fine line with me on being just entertaining enough to play, before I'm remembered of why it drives me nuts. Get seduced by the chiptune Peter Gunn theme, the sheer speed of the game, and the awesome weapons. reality shortly smashes me in the face, as the punishing difficulty and its dogged…