So you’re a scientist who works in one of those science-fictional giant underground research facilities—your Black Mesa, SCP Foundation, The Loop, what have you—and the day arrives where the big science catastrophe goes down and everyone’s dying left and right and there’s a horrible cascade of alternate dimensions and weird aliens pouring in. That’s the…
On the second day of reviewing Redfall, Arkane’s co-op vampire FPS, I logged in and lost all my progress. I made the critical mistake of playing with someone else in a multiplayer game that only remembers what one player does. I wasn’t devastated about losing a few hours of my time, but disappointed that the…
First reported by the New York Times, a major chapter in Activision Blizzard’s reckoning over an alleged internal culture of misogyny and harassment has ended. The California Civil Rights Department (formerly the Department of Fair Employment and Housing) has settled with Activision Blizzard for $54 million, dropping its sexual harassment suit. In addition to the…
“The baby is her”. Nintendo’s original ’80s Mario mascot costume was reunited with a member of the public during the recent Sac Gamers Expo, with heart-warming results. As noted by The Art of Nintendo Power – which owns a wonderfully-resorted version of the Mario costume used by Nintendo of America for promotional events – back…
Loop-the-loop. What’s the meaning of life? Are we alone in the universe? How do you know if the fridge light goes off after you close the door? It’s questions like this that have driven humankind to explore the planet, the cosmos, and ourselves. And the kitchen. This irresistible drive of curiosity and the addictive high…
Fight an evil spider train. If you happen to like horror games, spiders and trains, the indie hit Choo-Choo Charles by Two Star Games is one upcoming release you won’t want to miss when it arrives on Switch on 18th January 2024. This open-world island horror game tasks the player with upgrading an old train…
You may be tired of hearing about how stacked 2023 was for videogames. It’s hard to argue with a year that gave us a long-awaited Diablo sequel, a pretty great Star Wars game, surprise hits in Dave The Diver and Dredge, and critical darlings in Alan Wake 2 and friggin’ Armored Core 6. Oh, not…
Every Nintendo Mega Man game, ranked by you (yes, ALL of them). We’re republishing this list to mark the 30th anniversary of the SNES classic, Mega Man X. Enjoy! The little blue guy known as Mega Man (along with his various associates and related robots) has had a very long and storied career in video…
Wall-to-wall perfection. Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the launch of Mega Man X in Japan, Ollie dives into what makes its introductory stage so darn good… The original Mega Man series…
It’s time to move away from the Platform genre and look towards classic Puzzle games for our retro fun, as if you loved the 1984 game of Tetris, you’ll be pleased to know that as of today, you can download the very latest Tetris game of ‘Tetris Recoded’ by RetroBytes. A recoded version which came…