Anthem’s New Stronghold Mission Has One Really Cool Moment
I’m playing Anthem, and I’m flying through a tunnel. There are a lot of those in the game. This one happens to be…
Mortal Kombat 11's Tutorial Is An Excellent Intro To High-Level Play
Everybody knows how punching and kicking work, but do you know what Frame Advantage is? How about how to perform a…
Mortal Kombat 11 Has A Great Story Mode
Thanks to the temporal manipulations of a powerful new foe, past and present versions of iconic heroes and villains…
For A Game About Pot, Weedcraft, Inc. Sure Is Square
Weedcraft, Inc., a new tycoon-style management sim released today on PC and Mac, wants you to know that it’s cool.
Overwhelm Is A Tough Game That Still Feels Like It's Rooting For Me
I am not a glutton for punishment in games. I don’t usually enjoy dying over and over again until some mercurial mix of…
Photographs Is A Clever Puzzle Game With A Disturbing, Misguided Story
For the first two hours I spent with it, Photographs came close to being one of my favorite puzzle games of the year.…
The Elder Scrolls: Blades Is An Impressive Mobile Game With Annoying Chests
The Elder Scrolls: Blades isn’t the full Elder Scrolls experience. Instead, Bethesda has crafted a game that takes some…
Outward Is A Merciless Fantasy Game Where You're Just A Regular Person
When I began Outward, I found myself surrounded by a murmuring crowd of villagers. They were gathered not to cheer my…
The Messy Princess Management Game I'm Still Playing Anyway
From the moment I saw NIS America’s The Princess Guide I was intrigued. The screenshots barely made any sense, but they…
Final Fantasy XV’s Episode Ardyn DLC Made Me A Fan Of The Villain
Final Fantasy XV’s final installment of downloadable content and its animated prologue have changed the way I feel…
New Sci-Fi Shooter Generation Zero Is A Let Down
I expected Avalanche Studios’ new sci-fi sandbox shooter to win me over immediately. Set in Sweden in the ’80s after…
In Shotgun Farmers, You Shoot Guns And Your Bullets Grow New Guns
In most multiplayer first-person shooters, you don’t want to miss that clutch headshot because 1) it’ll mean giving up…
Eastshade Has So Much Personality That You Forget You're Just Painting and Talking
Sometimes, when I’m feeling stressed, my mind instinctively hearkens back to peaceful, idyllic days and just lingers…
One Of My Favorite Gaming Keyboards, Only Smaller
A couple of years ago, Japanese keyboard-maker Topre brought its fancy hybrid rubber dome technology to the gaming…
Astroneer Makes Outer Space Survival Relaxing
The worst problems are often ones we make for ourselves. For instance, while wandering Astroneer’s idyllic starter…
Sunless Skies Is A Grim, Thrilling Adventure Through Victorian Space
My first death in Sunless Skies was equal parts embarrassing and fitting. My crew was desperate, starved and half-mad…
Chrono Trigger’s Writer Made A Mobile JRPG That's Not Defined By Its Microtransactions
Can two of the people who helped make Chrono Trigger one of the most amazing games of all time find a balance on mobile…
Two Hours With Anthem's New Demo
Today BioWare’s demo for their upcoming online coop shooter Anthem went live, sort of. An apparent problem on the back…
Ace Combat 7 Is A Proper Ace Combat Game
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown delivers the supremely satisfying air combat players crave and the melodramatic narrative…
Limited Edition Peeps Cereal Misses The Point Of Peeps
Fill a bowl with colored marshmallows shaped like duckies and bunnies. Done. That’s all Kellogg’s needed to do to make…