MOBA
How Original Does a Game Have to Be?
April 25, 2020 | Robert EndyoThere is no question that we’re well into a trend of games being remade and remastered. Some, like Final Fantasy 7, has been in demand for more than a decade, while others such as Destroy All Humans! came as more of a … Read More
Closure of Dawngate May Hurt MOBA Growth
November 16, 2014 | GVThis past week, gamers saw the closure of Electronic Arts’ Dawngate open beta with the result of the project canceled. There was no specific reason as to why the project was shut down, only that EA was “not seeing the … Read More
Is Strife Really the Next-Gen MOBA We’ve Been Waiting For?
November 5, 2014 | T.L. BodineWhen you think of MOBAs like League of Legends, DOTA 2 or Smite, a few unflattering words probably burst immediately to mind – things like “toxic” and “worst community ever.” The truth is that there’s just something about the … Read More
Open-World Survival Games: The Newest Gaming Zeitgeist
August 18, 2014 | T.L. BodineIt’s no shocker that game genres come and go in phases, and the popularity of these games is always intimately tied to the technology available for developing them. As internet connections became stronger and LAN parties grew obsolete, the … Read More
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The 5 Best (and 5 Worst) Tomb Raider Video Games
April 13, 2022 | Matthew Byrd
(Updated 4/13/22) Netflix’s recent reveal that they’ve greenlit an animated series based on the Tomb Raider franchise has given many gamers a chance to reflect on the legendary video game series.
Do so, and you’ll probably find that TRead More
Tormented Souls Review: Not Without My Tank Controls!
November 2, 2021 | Ulysses Martinez
I remember when I played my first Resident Evil. It was a gift and couldn’t wait to get it running in my old PS1. That old Capcom “this game contains scenes of explicit violence and gore” plastered on the … Read More
Cruelty Squad or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Capitalism
October 12, 2021 | Ulysses Martinez
An out of context moment from Cruelty Squad:
At the beginning of one mission, you are marked for dead by the organization you work for. Your handler has no idea what happened but informs you that they are coming for … Read More