Alien Isolation Might Be the Scariest Game of All Time
With Halloween upon us I think it only fair to treat ourselves to a truly scary and immersive experience. And so do the folks over at SEGA — earlier this month they gave us the much-needed first truly good game
Resident Evil Revelations 2: Bonus Content by the Numbers
CAPCOM has just confirmed a ton of details for Resident Evil Revelations 2, which will be released as a weekly series of episodic downloads before it hits retail stores in early 2015. Each episode will offer “hours of gameplay” (featuring
Steam Gets Runed: An Interview with the Runers Developers
Steam owners are about to get a rare gem — a dungeon-crawler, Rogue-like RPG — and it’s a lovingly crafted one at that called Runers, the latest game to get the Steam Greenlight. For the uninitiated, a dungeon crawler is,
Halo 5: Guardians Joins Live-Action Halo TV Series for 2015 Release
Things are looking up for the Year of the Sheep. According to 343 Industries and Microsoft, 2015 will see the official release of Halo 5: Guardians, the next installment in the history-making video game series. Halo 5: Guardians will run
When Is a Game Not a Game?
No, that’s not the setup for a bad joke, it’s a question I had put to me recently. A discussion came up about the recent indie Steam game The Plan, which in total can be played in five minutes. There’s
Sony’s Project Morpheus: The Next Great Leap for Virtual Reality?
During the Games Developer Conference in San Francisco this week, the president of Sony’s Computer Entertainment World Wide studios, Shuhei Yoshida, unveiled Project Morpheus — Sony’s official entry into the rapidly growing Virtual Reality market. That’s right, Virtual Reality. If
DLC Content for ‘Resogun’ a ‘Rescue-un’ for the PS4
Last month, Housemarque, developer of the Playstation 4 staple Resogun announced that DLC is currently in the works for the launch title. Sadly, it also announced that the game will not be available for the Vita. This is a small
You’re Bound To Love Starbound
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware of the breakthrough sandbox game Minecraft, which went from being a truly independent project into a full-blown media franchise with t-shirts, toys, and other merchandise beyond the game itself. If
Retro Gaming Rises
2013 was a great year for video games as we saw the dawn of a new era in game consoles. The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 kicked off the 8th hardware generation late last year. However, these high-powered game machines
Ingress: We Are Everywhere
Remember Keanu Reeves as Johnny Mnemonic, traveling around jacking into computers and running from enemy agents? Have you ever wanted to experience something like that, but without the bad acting? Enter Ingress. Touted as an augmented reality game by developer
To Next-Gen or not to Next-Gen?
Does this sound familiar? “Why buy a next-gen console when most of the games are available for current-gen systems?” Or how about “I’m gonna wait a while to buy a next-gen console so they can work out all of the
Have Games Aged With Gamers?
Thinking back to the early days of video gaming as a hobby, you immediately imagine one type of player — kids. The very first home video game console was the Magnavox Odyssey, which was more or less a slew of
Spike TV will broadcast Xbox One launch live
Ever since G4 signed off the airwaves, Spike has become the TV destination for any kind of video game event coverage. Gamers can find live coverage of all the big presentations at E3. They can even use their game console
Man’s Best Friend Shines in Call of Duty: Ghosts
In the months leading up to the Call of Duty: Ghosts release, haters around the world spent a lot of time and energy flooding the Internet with silly memes making fun of the new combat dogs making their Call of
Getting the Most out of the PlayStation 4 Midnight Release
The time to the PlayStation 4 release can now be counted in hours. You’ve cleared a spot on the entertainment center. You’ve made room on the shelf for a bunch of new games (if you still buy physical copies of
PlayStation 2 vs. Wii – Who’s the greatest of all time?
Ok, now that I’ve thoroughly enraged you with that title, let me explain. I’ve been asking my friends that question ever since Nintendo ceased production of the Wii a couple of weeks ago. Their responses were always the same –
Grand Theft Auto V – No need to get attached
As video games have evolved, developers have been striving to deliver not only visually stunning games, but games that tell compelling stories. Stories that go beyond the old “Your Princess is in another castle!” story line. In recent years, we’ve
Wii U Price Drop – Just in Time for Legend of Zelda Wind Waker HD
Remember The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker? It was that cel-shaded quirky Zelda entry from back in the Gamecube days. I personally remember happily sailing the Hyrulean seas in search of treasure and glory. Well, on September 20th Nintendo