Posts By Frank Streva
Six More Games Get The Greenlight
June 18, 2013 | Frank StrevaThis news seems to have slipped past most people’s radar in the wake of last week’s E3 fervor. Once again continuing the trend of smaller, more frequent batches of Greenlit titles, Valve recently announced that six new games and … Read More
What is the point of Steam Greenlight?
June 12, 2013 | Frank StrevaEver since I first heard this story around a week ago, I knew I would need to write something about it eventually. After all, much of my work here at Gameverse has been promoting indie games languishing in Steam … Read More
Reus Review
June 6, 2013 | Frank StrevaReus markets itself as a 2D god game. Indeed, at first glance that’s exactly what it looks like, as the player controls four planet-shaping giants on a mission to help humans survive and thrive on a once barren wasteland. … Read More
Greenlight Spotlight Vol. 4
June 3, 2013 | Frank StrevaMy previous few Greenlight articles focused primarily on games with active crowd-funding campaigns. Most of those campaigns are over now, so let’s take a quick look at the results: Among the Sleep was struggling for a while there, but … Read More
Anomaly 2 Review
May 30, 2013 | Frank StrevaThe original Anomaly was a unique twist on the increasingly popular tower defense genre. Billing itself as a “tower offense” game, in Anomaly you had to guide the convoy of attacking units through the towers, using the special abilities … Read More
Valve Greenlights Six More Games
May 22, 2013 | Frank StrevaContinuing Valve’s recent push towards more frequent, smaller waves of games to make the Greenlight process faster, six new titles have been Greenlit. This time around we have Bleed, Game Dev Tycoon, The Legend, Legends of Eisenwald, RIOT, and … Read More
Greenlight Spotlight: Concept Games Edition
May 13, 2013 | Frank StrevaMy previous article focused on Greenlight games with active Kickstarters. Three of those Kickstarters have since ended, and I’m happy to report that C-Wars, Chasm, and Worlds of Magic were all successfully funded. C-Wars was extremely successful, ending with … Read More
Redwall Meets Zelda in Ghost of a Tale
May 6, 2013 | Frank Streva | One CommentWhat started as a labor of love by an animator, Ghost of a Tale is currently seeking the funding needed to become a full game. Lionel “Seith” Gallat, a former Dreamworks animator with 15 years of experience in film, is … Read More
Eador: Masters of the Broken World Review
May 2, 2013 | Frank StrevaA quick disclaimer before I begin: despite being a fan of 4X strategy games, I’ve never played Eador: Genesis. This means that I can’t really pull up the original game as a reference point when judging Masters of the … Read More
Greenlight Spotlight: Kickstarter Edition
April 30, 2013 | Frank StrevaBefore I get to the real meat of this article, it’s time for a quick Greenlight update. As I reported, 18 games have been Greenlit since my previous article. Of the games I featured in the last Greenlight Spotlight, … Read More
News
Prime Day Video Gaming Deals You Should Know About
July 14, 2019 | GV
Prime Day is the best day to grab some deals on video game software, hardware, and accessories. It only lasts one day, but here are some choice picks to look at.
Amazon is offering discounts on select Nintendo Switch consoles … Read More
Nintendo Needs to Bring 3DS Games to the Nintendo Switch
July 12, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
The 3DS is destined to become one of Nintendo’s most divisive devices of all-time.
On the one hand, the 3DS was considered to be something of a disappointing follow-up to the legendary Nintendo DS when it launched in 2011. … Read More
Could the Nintendo Switch Lite Be Nintendo’s Last Handheld System?
July 11, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
On paper, the Nintendo Switch Lite is one of the strangest devices that Nintendo has released in recent years. As a handheld-only device, it doesn’t even make sense to call it a Switch beyond the obvious name recognition factors. … Read More
Articles
10 Video Game Soundtracks That Stand on Their Own
July 13, 2019 | Robert Endyo
Many wonderful game soundtracks do a great job of elevating the quality of their respective game. However, not all of them are quite as entertaining on their own. It is, of course, not the job of the soundtrack to do … Read More
We Want More Star Wars Games… Without Jedi
June 25, 2019 | Robert Endyo
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is due to release this year. After being announced amidst quite a bit of speculation, the gameplay was recently revealed at E3 to somewhat mixed reactions. My issue was less with the gameplay … Read More
Can Blizzard Bounce Back?
June 23, 2019 | Robert Endyo
Blizzard Entertainment has been one of the most highly regarded developers for decades now. In 1994, they created Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, which would be one of the many franchises the company would build and grow for years to come. … Read More
Reviews
Rage 2’s use of Open-World design does not work
June 4, 2019 | Robert Endyo
Recently, I finished Rage 2. I set out in the game with the hope that it would deliver something reminiscent of the magnificence of Doom while drawing some of the enjoyable open-world aspects of an Avalanche developed game. I … Read More
PlayStation Now: Does it Need to Change to Survive?
March 25, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
In many ways, PlayStation Now is shaping up to be Sony’s biggest missed opportunity of the PS4 era.
PlayStation Now sounded like a pretty exciting service when it was first revealed in 2014. At the very least, it offered … Read More
Crackdown 3 or Anthem: Which is More Disappointing?
February 21, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
February 2019 was supposed to be one of the biggest months for games in recent memory. Headlined by titles like Metro Exodus, Crackdown 3, and Anthem, many gamers were left wondering just how they were going to play all … Read More
Opinion
10 Video Game Soundtracks That Stand on Their Own
July 13, 2019 | Robert Endyo Many wonderful game soundtracks do a great job of elevating the quality of their respective game. However, not all of them are quite as entertaining on their own. It is, of course, not the job of the soundtrack to do … Read More
Esports vs. Traditional Sports – Who Will Win?
July 4, 2019 | Robert Endyo
When you ask most people in America what the most popular sports event is they’ll respond with things like “The World Series” or “The Super Bowl.” Both are accurate answers, but each of those events has had viewership trending downward … Read More
We Want More Star Wars Games… Without Jedi
June 25, 2019 | Robert Endyo Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is due to release this year. After being announced amidst quite a bit of speculation, the gameplay was recently revealed at E3 to somewhat mixed reactions. My issue was less with the gameplay … Read More