Octodad: Dadliest Catch Interview and Preview
Octodad is a game that is impossible to play without laughing. Even with the original’s terribly frustrating in a completely on purpose way controls, they only worked to make the game as laugh inducing as possible. When Young Horses announced that they were making a sequel, and that they were naming it Octodad: Dadliest Catch, [...]
Why You Should Be Excited for the Next Thief
A decade has passed, but Garrett has not yet taken a dive into the annals of history; he has merely been waiting for the right time. As his profession taught him, timing is everything. A console cycle later and the Thief series finally makes a long awaited return. Many things have changed since we last [...]
Hands on with Injustice: Gods Among Us
While patiently awaiting the release for the highly anticipated Injustice: Gods Among Us, NetherRealm Studios was gracious enough to offer players a playable demo available now on the PSN store and XBL Marketplace. Going through the menus I noticed that Injustice will include a Story Mode, Battle(Arcade Mode),Practice Mode, and S.T.A.R Labs which after watching [...]
Top 5 Reasons to be Excited for Injustice: Gods Among Us
With Injustice approaching its release in less than two weeks, lets take a look at why this NetherRealm Studios and DC comics collaboration will not only be a great DC Comics based game, but possibly the best fighting game of 2013. The Story The story for Injustice is being co-written by NetherRealm Studios and DC [...]
PAX East 2013: Apotheon Interview and Preview
Apotheon is a game that is fascinating on a first glance alone. As stated in the interview, it couldn’t help but catch your eye if you walked past it on the PAX showfloor. The Greek pottery art style is unlike any other game I’ve seen, the closest comparison would be Muramasa: The Demon Blade or [...]
PAX East 2013: Remember Me Preview
There were very few AAA games at PAX East this year that I had any desire to actually get some hands-on time with. If you would have asked me before the show, I thought I was the only person who had any real desire to play Remember Me. I asked around, both on the internet [...]
PAX East 2013: Guacamelee! Preview and Interview
Guacamelee! is one of those games that I’ve heard nothing but good things about, but haven’t actually looked into or managed to play until now. I knew it was by Drinkbox Studios, whose Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack I was fond of. I knew it had to do with luchadores in a crazy mexican [...]
PAX East 2013: Shovel Knight Preview and Interview
Shovel Knight is a side-scrolling plat-former where you control a medieval knight with a shovel instead of a sword. The game is very reminiscent of old-school 8-Bit NES and SEGA games, but much more polished and tighter. I was particularly impressed with the graphics; if I hadn’t known better, I would have thought I travelled [...]
PAX East 2013: BattleBlock Theater Interview
Battleblock Theater is releasing tomorrow. Tomorrow? Yes, tomorrow! The long-awaited 3rd game by the Behemoth will finally be making a splash on Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow! So let’s get down to the nitty-gritty and comb over those details before we all fork over our Microsoft Points. The game will feature both single-player and co-op campaigns, [...]
PAX East 2013: Secret Ponchos Preview and Interview
There seems to be unexpected resurgence in the spaghetti western genre. With Django still fresh in our minds and games like Boothill Heroes hitting the Indie scene, it’s almost as if the wild west is the new flavor of the month. But like with any trend, there is potential for over saturation and you need [...]
