Some things are black and white As Intel’s Skylake launch looms ever closer, we’re seeing more and more Z170 chipset motherboards on the web. Features and performance will ultimate decide which ones are worth a damn, but as an added bonus, several of the boards we’ve seen so far definitely bring the bling. Just last…
With E3 just around the corner (wow, is it really only two weeks away?!), I’m excited to announce that the PlayStation E3 Experience is coming back on Monday, June 13, to over 85 movie theaters across the US, Canada, and for the first time, Latin America! In 2014, we had this crazy idea to partner…
Dedicated fandom has two states: cultishly devoted or aggressively cynical. So here’s something that Total War: Warhammer’s more jaded fans (It’s me, I’m the jaded fan) sometimes have trouble admitting: even if Creative Assembly was to Doomrocket the entire franchise tomorrow, it would still have long ago earned its place in strategy game history as…
Sunny-side up. It’s now possible to create a 3D-printed replica of the ‘Gun Del Sol’ firearm from the GBA title Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand. What a time to be alive! Released in 2003, Boktai’s hook was that its cartridge contained a photometric light sensor, which would measure light in order to recharge…
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox has finally made it to western regions. The game released on Playstation 4 in North America yesterday, and a brand new trailer has been released by publisher NIS America and developer Falcom to celebrate the launch. Europe’s getting the game on Playstation 4 on February 5th. As for a release on…
Five years ago, a group of hardcore role-playing game fans asked the world if they’d like to see a return to the classic style of RPG design — the sort of vivid, lush worlds and rich stories made great by games like Baldur’s Gate and Planescape: Torment. The answer, from over 75,000 backers on Kickstarter…
Be ready to fight powerful enemies, and terrible menu design. Gather forth, mighty heroes, for there is a world to be saved. Evil dragons are lording over humanity while a necromancer has usurped his brother’s throne. We need adventurers with great skill and power to fight through dungeons and battle monsters to give the world…
The fine folks at id Software have assembled Earth’s mightiest tips and tricks to get you started on your journey through the wasteland, now that Rage 2 is launching tomorrow on PS4. From general survival advice, to more pointed tips about specific upgrades, this list has you covered. There are also some really stupid tips…
Winner of numerous game awards, Persona 5 has grown into many forms: action-RPG (Persona 5 Strikers), dungeon crawler (Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth), and rhythm game (Persona 5 Dancing in Starlight), as well as the original JRPG. Now, Persona 5 Tactica, the first strategy-RPG in the series, is coming on November 17. This new game…
Dead Cells puts you in control of a failed alchemic experiment trying to figure out what’s happening on a sprawling, ever-changing and seemingly cursed island. Created by Motion Twin, Dead Cells is a challenging and intense action platformer experience. The customizable controls are highly responsive, resulting in fast and fluid movement throughout the game. Roll…