When any of the Souls games get brought up in conversation, it’s often about their level of difficulty and painfully punishing game mechanics. There were rumors of Dark Souls II being downgraded to appeal to a wider audience, and these rumors had just about every fan worried sick. After just a couple of hours of playing and […]

It was incredibly unlikely that Diablo III would live up to the hype back when it was released in 2012, twelve years after its predecessor. Diablo II essentially perfected the action RPG genre and lived on to have a thriving community for many years. What wasn’t quite expected was how far Diablo III was going to stray from […]

I wasn’t entirely sure what I was getting into when starting up Strider for the first time. There wasn’t much info, hype or chatter about it up to its release, and it doesn’t help that it’s a reimagining of an arcade game from the late 1980s. With the promise of “Metroidvania” mechanics and a return to […]

PC-based flight simulation has roots going back to 1976. A computer engineer named Bruce Artwick wrote a few editorial pieces about the potential of this burgeoning hardware platform with respect to simulating flight. The response was so positive that Artwick founded a company (SubLOGIC) to create such a product for the immensely popular Apple II. […]

In all of my years of gaming, I never thought that an objective such as “Grab a bottle of soda” would test every bit of my will and skill until the glorious Octodad: Dadliest Catch came along. It constantly challenges you to complete the most minute tasks while at the same time making sure that […]

Despite being a transitional year for consoles, 2013 went out with a bang with some seriously solid titles. We witnessed leaps and bounds in terms of storytelling, went to breathtaking locales and platformed our way across some of the best games of the generation. Because everyone enjoys nice, arbitrary lists, I will offer my personal favorite games […]

In the last couple of years, the gaming industry has been in a bit of a drought in terms of creativity and new franchises, leading to numerous remakes sold purely off the nostalgia factor. Even Nintendo has been reaping the benefits of the nostalgia cash cow, although they tend to execute the products in a […]

Big blockbuster franchises are a bit of a Catch-22 for game developers. Fans of the franchise want similar game play that they’ve grown to love over the years, but at the same time, they want innovation and new features to reinvigorate that love. Need for Speed: Rivals features a new developer in Ghost, although that […]

There are two things that are necessary for a Sonic the Hedgehog game to succeed: speed and precision. It’s difficult to formulate and execute these ideas in a solid and smooth manner, which has resulted in a roller coaster of a franchise in the last ten years. Sonic: Lost World tries to take a page […]

I’m playing Lee Sin, moving towards the middle lane, when I see a team fight break out. The enemy Katarina jumps on our Varus, and I Safeguard to him to protect him. Kat starts to use her skills, and I Sonic Wave her, followed up with a massive kick and a Resonating Strike to kill her. The […]

In these days where games are as numerous as ever, it is important to create something unique enough from the competitors to generate interest. For 140, that important unique factor is a mix of outstanding sound design and minimalistic yet colorful visual style. Coming from Limbo’s gaming director Jeppe Carlsen, it’s no surprise that the […]

The Legend of Zelda has always been one of gaming’s most heralded franchises. With every Zelda release, there is a huge amount of celebration and also die-hard fan criticism. The Wind Waker received its fair share — and then some — of criticism, mostly due to its radically different art style. When people sat down to actually play it, […]