Gaming Archive
Arcade sports games have become increasingly less prominent in recent years. With animations becoming more and more realistic, and graphical fidelity reaching new heights, sports game developers have been embracing this approach to realism with open arms. Gone are the …
Oh boy, Senran Kagura is back with another fantastically unashamed title. Our favorite female shinobi are donning their swimsuits, grabbing water guns, and making each other wet. I can’t think of a better scenario for the series’ first shooter, Senran …
Word on the street – or, in more modern terms, internet – in case you hadn’t heard, is that Bungie’s knocked it out of the park with Destiny 2. I’d be lying, of course, if I said I had not …
With every passing year, the release of FIFA feels more and more like an event. Soccer’s real-life stars line up to talk about their in-game rating, to inspect their FUT cards and to emphasize their love of the brand. All the time, …
Destiny 2‘s honeymoon period has come to its natural end; the dust has settled and any fears the community may have had that Bungie’s sequel would suffer similar issues to that of its predecessor have mostly been allayed and swept …
Due to the complicated licensing rights involving Marvel Comics, not many were expecting the return of Marvel vs. Capcom anytime soon. The two most recent releases in the franchise had been delisted from digital platforms, and individual character rights were being …
I’ve spent hundreds (and I mean hundreds) of hours playing the Monster Hunter series across five different game systems. The thrill of seeking out, studying, and ultimately battling and killing huge, dinosaur-like creatures is an amazing draw to me, and carving …
Nintendo’s body contorting, limb-swapping, shape-shifting Switch is here to remind us that games don’t need to be serious. The Nintendo library will attract a colorful crop of titles in the coming months, and Lichtspeer, a side-scrolling platformer released to lukewarm …
The dust has settled. As of writing, Destiny 2‘s servers have now been running at full capacity for just over a week, no doubt causing endless headaches for server technicians as they attempt to account for the swathes of Guardians …
2017 has been a strong year for fighting games, both traditional and non-traditional. Titles such as Tekken 7 and Injustice 2 have achieved critical and commercial success, while Ubisoft’s For Honor introduced some interesting new mechanics. Although the upcoming Marvel …
Bungie bit off a little more than they could chew three years ago when they unleashed the first Destiny game into the world. It was a franchise-in-the-making that made so many promises, that when gamers finally got their hands on …
As Destiny 2 steadily approaches its one-week anniversary, an increasing number of Guardians have managed to successfully put an end to the threat posed by Dominus Ghaul and his Cabal cronies, in the process bringing safety, once more, to Earth’s …
There’s no sports game franchise more maligned by the sports gaming community than EA’s NBA Live. After leaving the scene in 2010 and taking four years off, the series unceremoniously made its return at the beginning of this console generation …
After three excruciating years of patient waiting, Guardians the world over finally have a brand new adventure awaiting them in the form of Destiny 2. For both Bungie and its community, the road to realizing that eventuality has been a …
I’ll be the first to admit it: I was not a fan of the original Knack. Granted, I’m not the only one. Critics and fans alike were not thoroughly impressed when it launched back in 2013, with most of the criticism leveled at …
EA Canada’s NHL franchise might not attract as much attention compared to other sports games on the market, as doesn’t get the widespread recognition of a Madden or NBA 2K, nor does it stir up the international fanfare that the …
As much as I loathe relying on cliches to get my point across, in this case, there’s no better way to say it: a hero is only ever as good as their villain. Well, that’s usually the case, at least. …
Time-bending teen drama Life Is Strange made waves when it released episodically in 2015. Not only did it garner high critical praise, but it also developed a passionate fanbase who emphatically clamored for a follow up to Max and Chloe’s …
Have the 2010s been a terrific decade for survival horror, or what? Not in any other genre over the last seven years has there been such extensive evolution in the way developers attempt to scare the living daylights out of …
It can be easy to mock Kickstarter for the countless duds and disasters that have been funded over the years. However, its importance to the gaming industry cannot be overstated. The crowdfunding platform has opened the doors for developers both …
