Category Archives: Games
Game Trailers Roundup for February 1, 2016
Detective Picachu! That’s all you need to know about this week’s Game Trailers Roundup.
Okay… Fine… There are ten other trailers that you can watch too. There are launch trailers for American Truck Simulator and Defunct which are both on my Steam wishlist. We also have announcement trailers for Insomniac’s Song of the Deep and Platinum’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan. This is a good week for trailers.
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PS4 Outselling Xbox One Nearly 2-to-1
EA might be accused of being quite fond of Microsoft and Xbox as a result of Titanfall and EA Access not being available on PlayStation platforms but the feeling may not be quite as mutual following a recent EA investor call. EA CFO Blake Jorgensen told investors that the current-gen console install base was 55 million units through two years on sale. That info also accidentally let slip how many consoles each manufacturer has sold.
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Dirt Rally Review: The Road Less Travelled
On a few occasions on this blog, I have discussed the ever-changing priorities of Codemasters. The British developer has long been recognized as one of the top racing game developers but often shifts their priorities between making arcade-style games and more simulation style games. In the past, I’ve taken to calling Codemasters games “pseudo-sims” because while they tend to be more realistic and difficult than arcadey racing games but not as intense as games like rFactor and iRacing.
I should say, that was the case until I got to Dirt Rally. While Dirt 3 was much closer to a sim than the likes of Dirt Showdown, Dirt Rally feels like it goes to another level beyond that. It might not be as detailed or difficult as the likes of iRacing but that doesn’t mean it’s pick up and play, either. Of course, that’s definitely not a bad thing.
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Latest Nintendo NX Rumours Suggest It Could Be Separate Handheld and Console Devices for $200
Nintendo’s next generation console, codenamed the NX, might be closer than you think based on recent rumours. Over the last week, there have been rumours about everything from what form the NX will take, how much it will cost, when we might see it, how powerful it will be and what Nintendo is planning to put on it.
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Game Trailers Roundup for January 25, 2016
Another week, another roundup of video game trailers from the last week. Unlike the last few weeks, we actually have quite a few trailers this week. There are ten trailers in this week’s roundup, though most of them are for indie games which might not be everyone’s jam. However, one trailer is for Twitch smash hit Blade & Soul in case you wanted to find out what that’s about.
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The Order: 1886 Review: Paint by Numbers
Launch window exclusives are a very specific type of game. They tend to focus more on showing off the potential of the hardware at the expense of doing anything particularly memorable in terms of gameplay and story. As such, these are titles that you can quickly find in the bargain bin after release. They’re neat for a little bit but soon forgotten when actual good games start coming out.
Take The Order: 1886, for example. I got it as on Black Friday 2015 for $10. It released for $60 back in… February 2015? That can’t be right. The PlayStation 4 launched in November 2013. How did something that was clearly designed as a system showcase not come out until some sixteen months after the console launched?
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PewDiePie Launches His Own YouTube Network
The biggest name in YouTube is going to strike out on his own with his new multichannel network. PewDiePie, also known as Felix Kjellberg, and his 41.6 million subscribers and nearly 11 billion video views will head up a new YouTube MCN called Revelmode.
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Life is Strange Review: My So-Called Life
Life is Strange started as a simple episodic digital release but today gets the full retail treatment. The Life is Strange: Limited Edition hits shelves today with an art book, developers’ commentary and a licensed soundtrack. While I’d love to get my hands on that, I’ve already played the game and named it et geekera’s Game of the Year for 2015. However, I only reviewed the individual episodes. This review is for the first “season” of Life is Strange.
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Game Trailers Roundup for January 18, 2016
It’s a quick little video game trailers roundup for you this week. There are only five trailers for you to watch. That includes the cult hit That Dragon, Cancer which I understand is good but I’m not sure I want to play it.
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Hitman to Launch as an Episodic Game
Back in October 2015, Square Enix announced that the upcoming Hitman game would release with three of its six levels at launch in March 2016. Less than two months before launch, Square Enix announced that Hitman would be completely episodic with the games six levels being released starting in March.
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