Author: Joshua Cole
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Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon is being Remade for Nintendo Switch
Hot off the latest Nintendo Direct, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon is set to come out on the Nintendo Switch sometime in 2024. Currently in development, the game will boast many visual enhancements, as well as a redesigned control scheme just for the Nintendo Switch. What is Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon? Originally released for the Nintendo…
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Curse of the Sea Rats: A Graphically Stunning Ratoidvania – PS4 Review
It is undeniable that the game series Metroid and Castlevania have had a significant impact on the gaming industry, so much so that the sub-genre Metroidvania is named after them. Their influence is apparent in games across the industry, including some of the biggest titles. In recent years, games like Rogue Legacy and Dead Cells…
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Halo: The Series – Episode Two Review
When we ended the last episode, Master chief had just unmasked himself. To end the first episode with one of the most famously ambiguous gaming characters unmasking himself was incredibly risky. A narrative twist like that shows us as a viewer that this was not going to be like the Halo we’re all used to.…
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Halo: The Series – Episode One Review
Video game adaptations are a notoriously tricky thing to pull off, and most of the time, fans are left angry and disgruntled at the outcome. Fortunately, not all of them are bad. There are some good adaptations out there that strike the perfect balance between adapting the source material and also carving a new path…
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Kapia: A Love Letter of Missed Opportunities – PC Review
Games in the point-and-click genre are known to be pretty experimental. Titles in the genre like Machinarium and the Monkey Island series are able to push the boundaries of creativity in terms of narrative and have wowed fans of the genre for decades. KAPIA, by husband and wife team 2FOR2, pushes a lot of ideas.…
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Help Support Beautiful Game, Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus, On Kickstarter
Developer Squid Shock Studios is seeking support for their upcoming Metroidvania game, Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus, via Kickstarter. Taking inspiration from games such as Hollow Knight and Okami, Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus is a Metroidvania-platformer hybrid, with a unique hand-drawn style. In order to assist with the development of their unique…
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Save The Earth With Soda In Upcoming Arena Shooter, Captain Soda
Developer Ray Flower Games has announced their brand new arena shooter, Captain Soda, along with an upcoming closed alpha. Taking inspiration from arena shooters such as Super Crate Box, Captain Soda will see you get rid of aliens in any number of ways that your soda-filled mind desires. You’ll have a number of different weapons…
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Two Point Campus Launching This May, Pre-Order Now
SEGA Europe Limited and Two Point Studios Limited have announced that the highly anticipated sequel to Two Point Hospital, Two Point Campus, is launching this May. The upcoming management sim, Two Point Campus will see you building a university campus whichever way you so desire. The previous title in the series went on to receive…
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Monster Rancher 1 and 2 DX: A Faithful Remake – Switch Review
Monster Rancher is something of a unique franchise. While never widely popular among mainstream audiences, it garnered a pretty decent cult following. I religiously watched the anime on Saturday mornings and played the first game on the PlayStation. To learn that a remaster of the first two games was coming made me feel like I…
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Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Perfect Execution – PS4 Review
Since the dawn of the gaming industry, games based on comic book properties have always been there. Some have been truly amazing like Insomniac’s Spider-Man but others have been less than great like Marvel’s Avengers. When Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy was first announced, I had feelings of both excitement and apprehension. Having a game…
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Skul: The Hero Slayer – Nintendo Switch Review
The importance of the roguelite genre to indie games should not be understated. Games like Dead Cells, Neon Abyss and The Binding of Isaac are some of the greatest roguelite games. If you look at the genre as a whole, there are a few defining traits shared between all games in the genre, but each…
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Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic, Out Now On Nintendo Switch!
Developer Aspyr has just released the port of Bioware’s masterful Star Wars RPG game, Knights of the Old Republic on the Nintendo Switch. After announcing a remake of The Knights of the Old Republic during the September Playstation Showcase, developer Aspyr also revealed that a port of the game would be coming exclusively to the…