Patrick Klepek

Resident Evil 7 In VR Is A Nauseating Mess [UPDATE]

I literally gasped when the Resident Evil logo came up at Sony’s E3 press conference. A big budget horror game in VR?! My dreams came crashing down to Earth after playing it in VR, unfortunately. Right now, it’s a mess. This isn’t a critical analysis of the demo’s content, or a musing on what it…

Horizon Zero Dawn Has A Smart Solution To A Common Video Game Problem

Whenever I see a new trailer for Horizon Zero Dawn, I mutter to myself: “please don’t suck.” Based on the 30 minutes I played this week, things are looking promising, and it’s not just the big stuff: it’s the game’s smaller details, too. My favorite a-ha moment happened when the developers were guiding us through…

Insomniac: VR Finally Made Our 10-Year-Old Game Idea Possible

The Unspoken, a multiplayer spellcasting game, is one of several VR games in development at Insomniac Games. It’s also a game the studio has been trying to make for 10 years. In the early days, Insomnaic was a studio focused on one game at a time. That used to mean annualized Spyro the Dragon and…

The Last Guardian Is A Real Video Game And We’ve Played It

Here’s something I thought I’d never get to say: I’ve played 30 minutes of The Last Guardian As with many others, Ico and Shadow of the Colossus rank as some of my all-time favorites. The endless delays behind designer Fumito Ueda’s follow-up, The Last Guardian, have been frustrating for a variety of reasons. Most obviously,…

Final Fantasy XV‘s VR Demo Is Terrible

It’s not shocking that Square Enix is bringing Final Fantasy to virtual reality, but based on what they’re showing so far, there’s not much reason to get excited. After Sony’s press conference, the company allowed people to play a number of the VR games that were announced at the event. Batman: Arkham VR, which I…

The New God Of War Has A Button Dedicated To Your Kid

Kratos isn’t alone in the new God of War. Not only does he have a son, that child will be with him for the whole game. The two are so tied together that Sony’s dedicated an entire button on the controller to interacting with the kid. The relationship between Kratos and his son is central…

What’s It’s Like To Be Batman In VR

One of the more exciting announcements at Sony’s press conference was Batman: Arkham VR, a virtual reality experience set in Rocksteady’s Batman universe. Not long after the event, I had a chance to give it a shot. This is actually being developed internally at Rocksteady; it’s not a spin-off made at an external studio. In…

We’re Liveblogging Sony’s E3 Press Conference [Update: It’s Over!]

The last major press conference of E3 2016 is about to get underway. We’re expecting games like God of War 4 and plenty of PS VR announcements, but can they match surprises like Shenmue and Final Fantasy VII? Let’s find out!

We’re Liveblogging Ubisoft’s E3 Press Conference [Update: It’s Over!]

We already know we’re gonna see Watch Dogs 2 at Ubisoft’s press conference, but what about South Park? The future of Assassin’s Creed? The company is known for surprises, so we’ll have to see.

The Pros And Cons Of Microsoft’s Big Xbox-PC Gamble

Microsoft’s press conference today hasn’t just blurred the lines between consoles and PCs, it’s fundamentally changing what it means to be a “platform.” Some of it sounds great, some of it…well, we’ll have to see. A key undercurrent of today’s event was the company’s new Play Anywhere initiative. If you buy Gear of War 4…

Microsoft just announced that Crackdown 3, not present at this morning’s E3 press conference, has been delayed into 2017. In delaying the game, they confirmed it’ll be an Xbox Play Anywhere title, which means buying it on Xbox One means you’ll get a copy on Windows 10, too.

The Real Stories Behind E3’s Glossy Game Demos

You only get one chance to make a first impression, and for many games, that happens at E3. The annual mega show is nearly upon us, and developers are spending days and nights putting together flashy demos to convince us to open our wallets. What’s real? What’s fake? Maybe both? I asked some developers to…

Halo Wars 2 Getting An Open Beta Next Week

We should know a whole lot more about Halo Wars 2 soon, according to a series of leaks today. One, there will be an open beta for Halo Wars 2 during E3 week, from June 30 to June 20. You’ll need an Xbox Live Gold subscription to join up. This was discovered after people noticed…

Dark Souls Players Are Flooding Back To The Original Game Right Now

It’s been almost five years since the release of Dark Souls, and most people have moved onto other games. But a group of hardcore fans aren’t letting the game die without a fight, resulting in today’s Global Restart Day. The idea began on the Dark Souls subreddit, which recently passed a 100,000 subscribers milestone. Global…

What To Expect From Street Fighter V‘s Upcoming Story Mode

Though multiplayer is the main draw for games like Street Fighter V, people have come to expect those games to have story modes for solo players. At the end of the month, Street Fighter V gets one for free. Capcom has been teasing Street Fighter V’s story mode for a while now, but as development…

Much Needed Features Coming To Doom‘s Struggling Multiplayer

When people say Doom is awesome, they’re usually talking about the game’s single player campaign. Multiplayer? Not so much. It’s bland. But in an interview with Eurogamer, developer id Software claims changes are coming. id Software oversaw Doom’s multiplayer, but Certain Affinity actually built it. Now that the game’s shipped, however, id Software is taking…

PlayStation VR’s Lineup Is Getting Wonderfully Weird

Sony’s beginning to unveil PlayStation VR’s lineup for this October, and there are some interesting games coming. The week before E3 is when companies do one of two things: try to capture attention during a slow news week or announce smaller games that might get buried by bigger ones. I’m pretty interested in the latter!…

Dark Souls 3’s Patch Notes Are Maddeningly Vague

Dark Souls 3 has been getting patches on a regular basis, since the game was released in April. But for hardcore fans, the release of a patch is only the beginning; then, the community has to find out what the patches do The game’s developer, From Software, usually releases patch notes, but they’re often vague…

Mirror’s Edge Catalyst Subtly References First Game’s Weirdest Easter Egg

The loading screens in Mirror’s Edge Catalyst are full of throwaway jokes, but one really caught my eye while playing last night. “If you see a rat the size of a car, you’re playing the wrong game.” Wait, what? Intrigued, I dropped the phrase “Mirror’s Edge rat” into YouTube, in the hopes of learning…well, anything.…

Destiny’s next big expansion, Rise of Iron, will launch on September 20 for Xbox One and PS4, according to the game’s official website The expansion is set to be unveiled tomorrow, so stay tuned for more details!