Nathan Birch
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Stanley Kubrick’s seminal sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey has served as inspiration for a lot of video games over the years, with everything from Portal to System Shock featuring their own creepy corrupted AI villains. Well, Observation turns the classic 2001 setup on its head, casting the player as...
Rage 2
I don’t think many folks expected to see a Rage 2. The original Rage was a thoroughly fine experience that didn’t sell all that well, and open world games have come a long way since 2011. You’d think Bethesda and id Software would let this particular sleeping dog lie, and...
Industry tends to be the most neglected aspect of many city-builders, with games like SimCity and Cities: Skylines treating it as a necessary evil at best. Sure, your citizens need somewhere to work, but once you set up a few factories on the outskirts of town, you can pretty much...
Mortal Kombat X was a landmark release in the long-running skull-crushing series, selling more than any previous entry and proving NetherRealm’s fighters could stand toe-to-toe with Street Fighter, Tekken and other competitors in terms of depth and polish. NetherRealm then upped their game another notch with the almost shockingly-good DC...
World War Z
With no new entry in the series in nearly a decade, Left 4 Dead fans are feeling pretty ravenous. Plenty of developers have attempted to whet their appetite, but few games from the latest crop of co-op shooters (we’ve had Strange Brigade, Overkill’s The Walking Dead, Generation Zero, and more...
The Burnout formula is a simple one – crazy speed, big crashes, and, well, that’s really it. You’d think such a straightforward, yet well-loved series would be easy to keep running, but EA seems to have no interest in doing more Burnout games and, surprisingly, few have stepped up to...
Much like series protagonist Phoenix Wright, the Ace Attorney games are a somewhat unlikely success story. First launching in Japan under the name “Gyakuten Saiban” in 2001, the original Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney was localized and re-released worldwide on Nintendo DS in 2005. Despite a general lack of fanfare surrounding...
From Software find themselves in a unique position. The Dark Souls creators remain one of the most distinctive developers around, and yet, most of their recent games have followed a similar blueprint. Plenty of fans are happy about that, as there’s still nothing quite like Dark Souls, but others would...
Video games have been on a bit of a Viking kick recently. God of War, The Banner Saga, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, and more have tapped into those heavy-metal album cover Nordic vibes, and why not? Who doesn’t enjoy cleaving a frost giant’s head in two with a battle axe? Eternity:...
The Occupation
There are a lot of games that cast players as journalists, but few that portray the job in any sort of realistic way. As soon as the you-know-what hits the fan, video game reporters usually toss aside their notebooks and recorders and become typical daring action heroes. Well, The Occupation...
It feels like the Trials franchise has been coasting for a while. Trials HD made a big splash on Xbox Live Arcade back in 2009, selling millions of copies and helping usher in a new era of indie success on consoles. Of course, Trials creators RedLynx didn’t say independent for...
For as long as games have existed, developers have faced a dilemma – how do you create an accessible experience without sacrificing what makes your game compelling and challenging? Few games have found the perfect balance. Enter Polish developer Thing Trunk and its new Return 2 Games line, which aims...
