Video Games

With the NBA season right around the corner, many fans are putting down Madden and starting to play the newest edition of NBA 2k. Each year the game comes out before the season and gives the players a rating based on their real-life stats from the year prior while also...

After many delays, the release date for the newest iteration of Stalker has been announced. Gamers will be able to play the Stalker Trilogy on Nintendo Switch as early as October 31st. The release was originally set for November 20th, but now will be available earlier on the Switch. For players...

The video game community was hit with the sudden loss of an influential video game publication over the weekend. Iconic video game news magazine “Game Informer” suddenly announced its closure last week after 33 years of publication. Initially published in 1991, “Game Informer” was well-known for its monthly physical magazine...

In the past several years, there has been an influx of video game to movie adaptations. Video games are dearly loved, and many develop a cult-like following.  In the last few years, some huge movies and shows have been adapted from video games. One of the most recent video game...

Excitement is brewing for video game and football fans with EA Sports College Football 25releasing this Friday, July 19, 2024. The game is set to release on the following gaming consoles:PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Series S. EA Games states that the purpose of this game is to“Deliver strategic,...

It has been almost ten years since the 2014 release of Dragon Age: Inquisition. For almost a decade, I have been yearning for the promised next game in the series to no avail. When EA and BioWare finally revealed the title of the sequel, I was beyond elated, but they...

Red Dead Redemption 2’s (RDR2) massive American Western landscape is not just empty fields and dense forests; the game boasts 234 species of animals that you can find throughout the map. That is nearly three times the number of species in Planet Zoo, a game purely devoted to animals. Every...

I have been playing Overwatch since its initial release in 2016 and I reckon it’s high time that I retire this once-beloved first-person shooter (FPS). After over 1,000 hours, I’m done. I have had a complicated relationship with Overwatch 2 for the past year and a half; I enjoy the...

I am rather late to Diablo IV, and it appears that the party is already over. After clocking 77 hours of gameplay over the past few weeks, I find myself struggling to find the desire to log in and continue my journey. The campaign is rather short, but the story...

In Night City, Cyberpunk 2077’s futuristic neon-bathed metropolis, it’s borderline impossible to distinguish between right and wrong. The obscenely rich hold all the wealth while the common residents can barely scrape up enough Eddies (money) for rent. The stars in the sky are eclipsed by projected, holographic advertisements for soda,...

After the critical success of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (BOTW) changed the gaming industry forever, it is not surprising that the sequel, Tears of the Kingdom (TOTK), would do the same. BOTW, released in 2017, inspired many game developers to expand upon the creativity and mechanics...

No one expected indie game developer Arrowhead Studios’ Helldivers II to be one of the best games of the year. In fact, many wrote it off as yet another fighting game and weren’t interested in purchasing it. However, the satirical military game is a critical success and smash hit thanks...

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