The free demo for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is out now on the Nintendo Switch, and is a definite must-play for The Legend of Zelda fans. Set just before the events of Breath of the Wild, this sequel to 2014’s Hyrule Warriors inserts you straight into a battle for Hyrule Castle, prior to the…
Book Review: Norse Myths That Inspired Final Fantasy VII
Squaresoft’s golden era in the mid to late 90’s produced some of the most memorable, and beloved Japanese Role Playing Games in existence. More than two decades later, debates rage on about which game was the company’s best work, however, there is little to debate about Final Fantasy VII being its most influential work. The…
Sony’s ‘DualSense’ Controller for PlayStation 5 Already a Hit
We are less than two weeks away from the PlayStation 5 release date and people are already getting their hands on the new DualSense controller. The controller hit retailers last week and everyone from writers to YouTubers have nothing but good things to say about it. This is great news for Sony because it will…
Another Halo Infinite Project Director Leaves
Project Director Chris Lee has left the Halo Infinite team at 343 Industries. This feels a bit like deja vu since Creative Director Tim Long left 343 Industries only a couple of months ago, followed by Lead Producer Mary Olson. In a statement to Bloomberg, Microsoft clarified that “Chris Lee remains a Microsoft employee and…
Peter Moore Remembers the Red Ring of Death: “A Billion Dollar Problem”
Worse than the current Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Drift issues, and way more publicized (perhaps because the failure rate was much higher) than the PlayStation 3’s Yellow Light of death. The infamous Red Ring of Death, which plagued the Xbox 360, victimized most of us who got a launch system. The estimated rate of failure for…
Throwback Bit Thursday: Shadow of the Colossus
It feels strange to write about Shadow of the Colossus as a “Throwback” game. Just this year, I played through its brilliant remake (Developed by Bluepoint). But Shadow of the Colossus turned 15 years old this month, and two console generations have passed us by in the meantime, thus making the PlayStation 2’s technical marvel,…
Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Delayed, and Developers Receive Death Threats
Apart from the Last of Us: Part II, Cyberpunk 2077 has been the most anticipated game of the year. CD Projekt’s futuristic action role-playing game, perhaps, has been more ‘hyped up ‘than Naughty Dog’s masterpiece, as it is a multiplatform game that also happens to be a cross generational game for the Xbox Series X,…
Spencer: Microsoft Underinvested in Creative Studios and it Showed
As we approach the launch of next-gen consoles Microsoft is trying to position its Xbox brand in a better place than it was prior the Xbox One’s launch in 2013. Perception wise, Xbox as a brand seems to be in a much better place now than it was 7 years ago. For starters, there has…
Skies of Arcadia is Sega’s Long Forgotten RPG That Begs an HD Remaster/Remake
Sega’s demise as a hardware maker limited their ability to create and fund their own projects. One of the downsides of the company going under, and being bought out by Sammy Corporation in 2004, is that games than were deemed ‘un-profitable’ were given the proverbial ax. Skies of Arcadia was one such casualty. Skies of…
Patcher: Nintendo Should Ditch Switch’s Hybrid Approach
Wedbush Securities Analyst, Michael Patcher, is probably the most popular professional analyst within the video gaming industry. His popularity isn’t necessarily due to his “good” takes, but rather to his outlandish statements. His most recent statements about Nintendo is guaranteed to draw the ire of some big “N” fans. Nintendo Should Ditch The Original Switch,…