Posts By Frank Streva
Jagged Alliance: Flashback Is Now Recruiting On Kickstarter
April 26, 2013 | Frank StrevaA new Jagged Alliance reboot, subtitled Flashback, is currently looking for funding via Kickstarter. This new installment in the classic turn-based squad tactics game is being developed by an indie studio named Full Control in Copenhagen, Denmark. Full Control … Read More
Sixth Wave of Greenlit Titles Announced
April 18, 2013 | Frank StrevaToday, Valve announced the sixth set of games and software to make it through the Steam Greenlight process. This set includes 20 items in total, with 18 games and two pieces of software:
- Agarest: Generations of War
- Angry … Read More
Steam Greenlight Spotlight
April 14, 2013 | Frank StrevaEven though Valve seems pretty indie-friendly, actually getting your game onto Steam can be a mysterious, arcane process. If you look around, you’ll find a lot of horror stories from indie devs about how they were repeatedly rejected from … Read More
Path of Exile Release Date, Post-Launch Plans Announced
April 5, 2013 | Frank StrevaI have good news for action RPG fans: free-to-play ARPG Path of Exile is “about six months away” from an official version 1.0 release. The game has been in open beta since January, and has surged in … Read More
Ultratron Review
March 29, 2013 | Frank StrevaI must admit, I have a bit of a soft spot for Puppy Games and their work. I’ve been a fan of them since Titan Attacks! first made its way onto Steam a while back, and, with the recent … Read More
99 Levels to Hell Review
March 22, 2013 | Frank Streva | One CommentSpelunky fans looking for a similar experience may want to sit up and take notice of this one. 99 Levels to Hell is a recently released action-platformer with light rogue-like elements by B-evil and Zaxis Games. The main idea … Read More
Unknown Worlds Out $30,000 Due To Steam Key Fraud
March 18, 2013 | Frank StrevaUnknown Worlds Entertainment reported that they requested that Valve deactivate 1,341 Steam keys for their FPS/RTS hybrid Natural Selection 2. Anyone who had purchased one of these keys will now have their “Play” option replaced with “Buy Again,” and … 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