Dauntless Review – Whole New World
Dauntless brims with energy. It’s in everything from the exuberant use of color to the larger-than-life Behemoths with cheeky nods to the developer’s Canadian roots. Monster Hunter: World’s high-realism design almost feels grimdark in comparison to the Shattered Isles’ Crayola color scheme of…
Mothergunship Review: Bullet-Hell Extravaganza
Guns, lots of guns. Mothergunship wastes little time in throwing you head-first into its fast-paced and over-the-top bullet-hell experience. As the spiritual successor to indie roguelike FPS Tower of Guns, this homage to ’90s action games balances a number of clever mechanics…
Can You Still Play Fortnite On iOS And Android?
If you still have Fortnite installed on iOS and Android, can you still play it? What if you’ve never had it installed? Here are your options for playing Fortnite on mobile. Fortnite has been removed from the Apple App Store and Google…
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Review – A Formidable Beast
With Monster Hunter: World, the famously esoteric series received a massive overhaul, including many changes that lowered the barrier to entry for new players. Dozens of quality-of-life boons not seen in previous entries–easy quest tracking, extensive tutorials, and more nuanced combat,…
Disintegration Review – First-Person Strategy
Disintegration smashes first-person-shooting and real-time tactics together to create a wild, crazy thrill ride of a strategy game with a few rough edges. Critics and fans throw around the term “tactical shooter” to represent any kind of game that somehow…
Panzer Paladin Review
In the 26 years since Revolution Software released Beneath A Steel Sky, the adventure game has come full circle. After the genre struggled to adapt into 3D and was briefly declared dead by pundits, the genre’s resurgence occurred on two main…
Octopath Traveler Review: Divide And Conquer
Retro throwbacks rarely go for the mid-’90s mix of 2D sprites and low-res 3D models, but along comes Octopath Traveler, a game that manages to both faithfully recreate the aesthetic and add to it in subtle yet meaningful ways. It’s a…
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus Nintendo Switch Review
Following Doom in 2017, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is the next Bethesda shooter to make its way to Nintendo Switch. It’s a bit strange to see The New Colossus on a new platform before its predecessor, The New Order, but jumping in for a…
Hades Review – The Long, Hard Road Out of Hell
The reason to keep coming back to Hades isn’t just the thrills you’ll get battling through hell, but the characters and stories you learn about along the way. he first time I beat the final boss in Hades, I felt an…
Metro Exodus Review – Brand New Days
Beyond the dark, oppressive tunnels and radioactive surface of Moscow are the societies that emerge from a nuclear apocalypse and prospective lands habitable for new life. It’s a sensible change in setting that broadens Metro’s horizons, though it sometimes loses…
The Messenger Review: Shuriken Sharp
It is evident from the onset that The Messenger is heavily influenced–aesthetically and mechanically–by the classic Ninja Gaiden series. But it’s also quickly evident that the game doesn’t just wear its influences on its sleeve, it also brings a brilliant…
Life Is Strange 2: Episode 3 Review – Choosing Sides
The third episode of Life Is Strange 2 takes place two months after we last saw Sean Diaz and his little brother Daniel escaping Beaver Creek, Oregon because of yet another plan gone wrong. There’s a lot to get caught up on…
