Today marks a large step forward in Microsoft's quest to acquire Activision Blizzard. Originally arranged in January of 2022, and following the…

If there's anything that I enjoy dearly about revisiting classic video games is seeing how well some of these from the 8-bit era hold up. Rush'n Attack is the perfect Nintendo game, a format that's so timeless, it's still going strong today. Am I really reviewing a game called "Rush'N Attack" in today's climate? Hey, not necessarily my fault the play…

Following Keiichiro Toyama's departure from Sony's Japan Studios, (the brand's in-house Japanese division was undergoing consolidation and making HQ more westernbound), the Silent Hill creator formed Bokeh Studios not too long after with fellow producers Kazunobu Sato and Junya Okura. In 2021, a trailer for their newest project,…

Poor Stadia. Launching back in November 2019 with a grandiose means of revolutionizing cloud gaming. While the streaming technology was impressive, paying premium retail price to access software widely available elsewhere left its market value opaque. Pricey and with little in the way of exclusives to market, the platform met its fate earlier this…

Street Fighter 6 will have its first DLC character later this July, and it marks the return of the Turbulent Wind, Rashid. Debuting in 2016's Street Fighter V, Rashid's charisma, agility, and his style of play made him one of the more popular new characters in the game. With his speed and whirlwinds, he leaves opponents in the dust.

In Street…

I really didn't care for the original Legend of Zelda. It probably has less to do with the fact that I think the game was a cryptic slog, and more that I played games similar to it first. Some games I've reviewed before, like…

The Suicide Squad now have a new mission that's quite literally out of this world. That's a lame pun AND 100% accurate, as DC has announced a new project in the works starring their misfit antihero team. In this brief trailer, Joker and Hatley Quinn are showcased, along with Amanda Waller, as the ragtag group of villains find themselves transported…

PlayStation Plus rolls out its free game downloads for the upcoming month of July. Subscribers on all three tiers (Plus, Extra, and Premium) will have access to these games across the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 systems. The titles include Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War Cross-gen Bundle, Alan Wake Remastered, and Endling:…

Next month's free offerings from the Games With gold program have been officially revealed for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Through puzzle-solving and surviving the elements of the non-being, indulge in these new additions to Game Pass. From Acid Wizard Studios comes the survival horror venture, Darkwood. And from studio Mojiken, the beautiful,…

The SEGA Genesis catalog on the Nintendo Switch Online Service + Expansion Pack sees some robust additions to its lineup, continuing the trend of increasing a strong library for the digital platform. Landing on the service, The Revenge of Shinobi, the side-scrolling monster-busting arcade game, Ghouls 'N Ghosts, Climax Entertainment's Landstalker,…

Nearly one month into Street Fighter 6, the game has been a rousing success for Capcom and widely accepted by the public, as it's hit the 1 million player count just one week after its launch. Both casual and pro players alike have found that Street Fighter 6's play style and features have something to offer for everyone.

Specifically speaking…

Around the time the PS2, GameCube, and Xbox launched, the games that seemed to serve as the optics test for visuals and performance was the detail in sports games. Action titles were not too far behind, and some examples were pushing the very new hardware in its early days. The engine in Volition's…

The first day of the FTC hearings for Microsoft concluded with some heavy details, as the battle to block the purchase of game development and publishing giant Activision Blizzard. Questions included how Microsoft would treat the property and the concerns of whether popular intellectual properties like Call of Duty would become Xbox exclusives.…

Genshin Impact's latest update, version 3.8, will be rolling out next month, featuring updated character banners to draw wishes on, a new limited time event, and some costumes for cast members!

The 3.8 banner periods will be 4 reruns of 5-Star characters. And the new area to explore will be a bottle dimension in Sumeru. This new location will…

One of the questions regarding the Nintendo Switch, aside from "when a new console is going to be announced?", is generally in regard to the volume of first party software will keep the hybrid healthy. Revealed during the June 21st Nintendo Direct, the first new Super Mario platform game following his previous 3D venture, Super Mario Odyssey, sees…

After 20 years, the largely dormant RPG series will finally see a redistribution for today's enthusiasts and fans of old to enjoy. Announced back in February 2023, Bandai Namco is redistributing the GameCube exclusive titles, Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean and Baten Kaitos Origins, later this summer. The remasters…

The Madden series was the standard of exemplary football in the 90's, but it wasn't without its competition. Between 989's NFL Gameday series and Sega's rebranding of its football franchise during the launch of the Dreamcast as 2K, it felt refreshing to have options. 2K's attention to detail had surpassed Electronic Arts' Tiburon studios, the…

While the Xbox Series X|S family of consoles have seen its issues hamper the console's commercial success, Microsoft has seen much better performance following its launch than the company's predecessor, the Xbox One. The recent strong showing during Xbox's Games Showcase, which saw the return of Fable, Forza Motorsport, the RPG…

Suffice to say, the launch of Redfall did not go the way studio Arkane Austin or Microsoft had intended. With the Xbox platform seeing a dearth of sought-after software throughout 2023, Redfall, which had already seen…

Embracer Group is a Swedish media holdings company who have amassed a wide array of talent when it comes to video game development studios. Amidst the acquisition talks, which have become the norm in the modern age of gaming, their name occasionally pops up as consideration for being an "empire" or sorts. They have purchased names like …