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Halo already renewed for second season
The first season of Halo doesn't begin streaming untim March 24th, but that hasn't stopped Paramount+ from moving forward with a second season. The Chief of Showtime and Paramount Plus, David Nevins released a statement sharing: “This second-season pickup...
Microsoft is keeping an eye on how harassment claims are handled at Activision-Blizzard
Microsoft will be keeping an eye on Activision-Blizzard-King leadership and how they manage ongoing harassment claims to determine who they believe should maintain a leadership position in the company after the acquisition goes through. This news comes from Microsoft...
Call of Duty will continue to release on PlayStation after contracts end, Microsoft confirms
After Microsoft's blockbuster acquisition of Activision-Blizzard last month, many gamers and Sony themselves were uncertain of Call of Duty's future on PlayStation consoles. People close to the details of the acquisition shared that Microsoft was planning on honoring...
The Wolf Among Us 2 will receive a new trailer on February 9th
The Wolf Among Us was a thrilling mystery based, point & click adventure-esque game from Telltale Games. The fate of its sequel, The Wolf Among Us 2 has been up in the air for some years with Telltale's initial closing a few years ago, to the game's...
Midgar Studio, developer on Edge of Eternity, acquired by Nacon
Nacon, a company known for creating video game controllers for mobile gaming and other equipment, just announced that it will be acquiring Midgar Studio, the team behind 2021's Edge of Eternity. Edge of Eternity is a gorgeous, story drive RPG that draws a lot of...
New Grand Theft Auto in development confirms Rockstar
Grand Theft Auto V is one of the biggest games of all time. Selling more copies over its lifespan than almost any other game in history. It has a large and passionate fanbase that has been begging for more from the GTA series other than just GTA Online updates for...
Reviews
Taking games, new or old, and analyzing them to their core. We’ll be covering a wide range of topics for each title, from narrative qualities to accessibility features.
Retro Review: Asura’s Wrath
Quick Time Events, barely clothed characters, one post launch DLC, over the top anime screaming, and Godly pantheons being decimated by one individual, all these ingredients make up the recipe for a typical single player game from 2012. Asura’s Wrath is a title you’d...
Doors of Insanity PC Review
The year is 2022 and the roguelike genre has NEVER been bigger. What used to be a niche genre of video games less than a decade ago, has rapidly grown into one of the heaviest hitters in the industry, while simultaneously spawning dozens of subgenres. Due to the...
Retro Review: DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION
DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION is a prequel to one of the greatest sci-fi epics of all time. It's a tactical first person shooter with stealth elements, set in the future of a neo-dystopian Detroit. Developed by Eidos-Montreal and published by Square Enix back in...
Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition Review
Growing up narratives were low on my list of priorities when it came to video games. Not being able to purchase games for myself, I placed more weight on titles that were fun and had a ton of replayability. I used to be rather adverse to the Visual Novel genre, part...
Retro Review: Dark Souls 2
The genre defining minds over at FromSoftware started development on a sequel to the highly regarded and cult classic Dark Souls. This sequel would come to divide the fan base as many believed it was a step in the wrong direction in many of the games core aspects....
An Oculus Quest 2, a Robot Detective, and a cute love story what else could you want?
When I first got my Oculus quest this past Christmas the first thing I did was scour the store for games to play. Nothing caught my eye until the game The Secret of Retropolis popped up with raving reviews. Released on July 21, 2021 on Steam and Oculus for $12.99,...
Opinions
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Conventions Post-2020
Prior to this weekend the last time I stepped foot in a convention was February 2020, just before the lockdowns in the US began. Every year since high school my friends and I would go to the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo , or C2E2 for short. It was one of our...
Thank you, Halo
On November 15th, 2001 Halo: Combat Evolved shook the world. I was probably still in diapers at the time, but I still remember growing up with the original Halo and Halo 2. I don't believe I managed to beat either until well after the Xbox 360 was on the streets, but...
5 Xbox Game Pass titles you may have missed out on
Xbox Game Pass had a monumental 2021 year, you can check out an in-depth review of it here. While adding over 200+ games to the service in 2021 alone, there are MANY games that you may have overlooked, or potentially didn't even know that it existed. I'm here to share...
Xbox Game Pass 2021 Year Review
To say that Xbox Game Pass was one of the community's biggest hits of 2021 would be an understatement. By allowing for a steady rate of growth Xbox has positioned their service at the forefront of the industry. As one of the creators of Game Pass Counter, and the one...
BC or not BC, that is the question.
Much has been made of the Xbox Series X/S feature set and the value it brings to its customers. Be it Auto HDR, Quick Resume, Smart Delivery or a multitude of other quality of life attributes the hardware offers, it is fairly unequivocal that Xbox have done stellar...
First impression of Xbox Cloud play on an Xbox One
Yesterday Xbox finally launched the beta for their cloud gaming initiative for Xbox Insiders. In the time since, I have been testing the service with a variety of games that I thought would be an adequate challenge for the cloud; games that would require fast response...
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