The King of Fighters XV
The King of Fighters is back with SNK’s The King of Fighters XV (KOF XV). Nearly thirty years since the series began in ’94, the developers intended to make KOF XV the crowning achievement in the franchise. Let’s have a closer look. KOF is one of those franchises that’s so deep, and so wide, you could really write a book on it. I have played, at least for a few minutes if n...[Read More]
CrossFireX
CrossFire was an online tactical FPS, like CounterStrike, that was very popular in Asia for many years. According to Wikipedia, it first released in South Korea in 2007 and has grossed an incredible amount of revenue, well into the billions, since its launch. I actually had never heard of the game, but online multiplayer is not an arena I enter often at all, so perhaps that’s not surprising....[Read More]
PowerSlave Exhumed
Nightdive Studios has become one of my favorite developers. It seems like everything they put their effort into turns out great. Their most recent release is PowerSlave Exhumed, which takes the mid-90s FPS game and modernizes it beautifully. Better still is that Nightdive took the best of both the original Sega Saturn release and the Sony PSX release and combined them (and both of these versions w...[Read More]
Sifu
Sifu gives players the chance to live out their kung fu movie dreams by taking a martial artist on a long, arduous journey of vengeance for the killing of his father, who happened to also be their sifu. A third person action game with roguelike elements reminiscent of a Souls game, Sifu will test your reflexes, dexterity, and endurance as you fight through dozens of enemies and five particularly c...[Read More]
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, available this Friday, brings two highly acclaimed Uncharted games to the PS5. This collection contains Uncharted: A Thief’s End, first released in May of 2016, and Uncharted: A Lost Legacy from August 2017. These two titles are back and better than ever thanks to the power of the PS5 and the passionate effort of Naughty Dog. Eric Layman reviewed Unch...[Read More]
Kingdoms of Amalur: Fatesworn (DLC)
In September of 2020, THQ Nordic released the remastered version of Kingdoms of Amalur, and also showed off a trailer for the game’s first DLC in seven years. The DLC was called Fatesworn, and though it was delayed quite a while, it did release in mid-December of 2021. If you enjoyed the original game, Fatesworn is a must-have, but if you didn’t enjoy it, nothing about Fatesworn will c...[Read More]
Lacuna
Seven months after its original release on Steam, Lacuna has made its way to consoles. The sci-fi noir adventure puts players in the shoes of detective Neil Conrad as he tries to solve a high profile murder while also juggling major issues in his personal life. The Unity-powered retro-looking point-and-click-like adventure features a “no takeback” decision making system that forces pla...[Read More]
Titan Quest Eternal Embers
Ah, Titan Quest, the action RPG that THQ Nordic and dedicated fans will not give up on — and for good reason, as it’s a great game, at least on PC. Out of nowhere, on December 3rd, THQ dropped a new DLC pack for Titan Quest called Eternal Embers. Once again, the hero is called upon to repel a new threat, this time in Asia and Egypt. Before diving into the expansion, a bit of history fo...[Read More]
Tekken 7 Definitive Edition
Tekken 7 was first released on the PS4 all the way back on June 2, 2017, and was released in arcades as early as March 2015. Earlier this year, the game broke seven million sales. Series veteran and esteemed colleague Eric Layman reviewed it for us back then, and as always, his articles provide a great and informative read. To my surprise, and presumably to many other folks, Bandai Namco dropped t...[Read More]
Beyond A Steel Sky (PS5)
Classic point-and-click adventure games have been a part of my gaming history since almost the very beginning, and indeed are the core of some of my all-time favorite gaming memories. And that’s not to say I have played them all and maybe not even most of them; but ever so slowly, I have been working my way through a backlog. A few week sago, I played through Beneath A Steel Sky Special Edit...[Read More]
Sam And Max Beyond Time And Space Remastered
Skunkape returns with a remaster of the old Telltale Sam & Max Season 2 (Beyond Time And Space) episodic adventure that was first released about a dozen years ago. In fact, my great friend and colleague, Nathan, reviewed that original release way back in 2009. His original review still carries a lot of great detail and information that holds true for this remaster that was just released eight ...[Read More]
Wasteland 3 The Cult of the Holy Detonation (DLC #2)
With the release of The Cult of the Holy Detonation DLC last month, inXile has completed all scheduled content for Wasteland 3 and are now heavily focused on their next major game. We first saw Wasteland 3 in September of last year. In June of this year, the first of two DLCs was released in The Battle of Steeltown. And now we have the simultaneous release of the second of two DLCs, alongside the ...[Read More]