It’s been months since the release of Street Fighter V. As many players know, the latest entry to the Street Fighter franchise had a rough start. A smaller cast of characters, lack of game modes, frustrating connections, a heavier focus on more competitive gameplay, all wrapped up in what many players thought of as an […]
EA and DICE have been taking us the Outer Rim and the Cloud City at Bespin the past few months. But the most anticipated locale Star Wars Battlefront hasn’t visited yet is the Death Star. The Death Star DLC came out last week for season pass owners while others have to wait till next week. […]
Being a fan since the 90s, I still love watching wrestling. Yuke’s games are fun in their own ways despite it’s flaws in recent years. WWE 2K16 was recently free on Xbox Live’s Games with Gold program and also the first wrestling game I owned since the PS2 era. What I wanted to talk more […]
Out of the three big shooters coming out this holiday season, Battlefield 1 is taking the chance to be different. Sure, it still plays past entries in the franchise, but the change in setting is exactly what the genre needed today. Many gamers feel fatigued of the modern and futuristic eras that Call of Duty popularized starting in […]
Today was a big day in the world of technology. Apple finally announced the iPhone 7 models with their own mixed bag of disappointments. Sony had their PlayStation Meeting event at New York City to clear up all the rumors the past few months. Are the leaks right concerning the slim PlayStation 4 and the […]
Respawn has been busy as of late. A portion of the studio is hard at work on a action-based Star Wars game slated for next year. However, the majority of them are finishing up Titanfall 2, the long awaited sequel to the EA published first-person shooter. CEO Vince Zampella promised that players will be able […]
Skull Rain is Finally Here! The Skull Rain update for Rainbow Six: Siege is finally here and that means a host of exciting additions and changes. A new map, new operators, new weapons, new UI updates and a brand new season of ranked tactical special ops combat. As usual, a new intro screen takes center stage at […]
Here Comes a New Hero! When it comes to adding new characters, most games will add several heroes at the same time. Not Overwatch, however. Joining the cast all on her own is Ana, a sixty year-old Russian support sniper. The supporting sniper role is not one I’ve seen in other games and is fairly novel. […]
King of Fighters is Back! Back in the 90s, the fighting game rivalry between Capcom and SNK was fierce. Since those days things have changed a great deal. Things have changed a great deal since then. With the rise of 3D fighters, the death of arcades and newly formed online communities, the fighting game landscape […]
To understand why difficulty settings are sometimes bad design we need to talk about how difficulty impacts player engagement. If a game is too hard, you might say “Hey, I paid $59.99 for this content, how about not giving me a hard time about experiencing all of it?”, but with videogames in particular it’s not […]
