Although it has become a joke online, GTA 6 has been long anticipated for its arrival ever since it was announced. Being the newest installment in Rockstar’s most popular game series, there is no doubt that the game will be a huge financial hit for the company. However, many rumors...
Imagine playing a game and defeating a boss, only to have them return without warning and remember your past actions. Now, imagine that concept being completely personalized, leaving everyone to have unique interactions that can’t be replicated. That is the basis of the nemesis system. It is a gameplay mechanic...
Triple-A video games have held an unsurprising hold on the video game community for decades. They are kind of like the blockbuster movies of the gaming industry, high-budget games produced and distributed by well-known publishers and studios. Despite their price, these games have promised consumers a higher quality experience, which...
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...
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