During a recent preview trip, I got to play over two hours of Alan Wake 2 between two demos starring Alan and Saga. You can read about my experience with the latter here, but Alan’s segment impressed me thanks to its inventive environmental puzzle-solving and powerful atmosphere.  I then took control of Alan, trapped in the Dark Place and in […]

Final Fantasy VII Remake felt like the realization of an impossible dream when it launched in 2020. Not only did it feel willed into existence after years of fan requests, but it largely lived up to sky-high expectations based on its generally positive reception. Tack on a good story expansion with the Yuffie-focused Intermission, and the series is riding a […]

Detective Pikachu exists in an exceptionally rare space in the video game industry. A subseries to the wildly popular Pokémon franchise that started as a video game in 2018′ 3DS title, the name Detective Pikachu is more synonymous with its 2019 live-action theatrical film starring Justice Smith and Ryan Reynolds. But just before the release of that film, The Pokémon […]

This is the flagship launch game for the PSVR2 headset and acts as a brilliant intro to the device and all its amazing technology. You play Ryas, a new character from the Horizon series, who is a master climber and it details a tale of redemption as you climb, fight and discover your way up a mountain set in the […]

Even in the increasingly crowded marketplace of big, expansive games, Starfield stands out. Leveraging the gameplay Bethesda popularized with The Elder Scrolls and Fallout games, Starfield expands the breadth of exploration to a galaxy of solar systems, planets, and ships. It populates those environments with a rich palette of activities and missions that tap into the outer space fantasy. It’s […]

The announcement of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, which acted as the grand finale of June’s Nintendo Direct, caught many off guard. Not only is Nintendo moving away from the well-worn tread of the New Super Mario Bros. franchise for the 2D side of the series, but it is taking Mario in new directions with a larger roster of playable characters, […]

As a member of the niche mech-action genre, Armored Core has been out of commission for some time. The last entry in the series was a full 10 years ago, and since then, developer From Software’s other titles (Elden Ring, Bloodborne, etc.) have made the developer a household name. Now, the studio has returned with Armored Core VI: Fires of […]

After years of fan requests and rumors, players are finally poised to receive a modern-day remake of perhaps the most pivotal entry in one of the most popular current JRPG franchises. Persona 3 altered the course of the Shin Megami Tensei spin-off series when it launched in 2007. While mechanics introduced in Persona 3, like social links, have gone on […]

This Journey-like third person platformer looks lovely but plays bland. You star as Gaia, the Spirit of Life, in a quest to restore a bleak and broken planet by reviving the spirits of dead animals. It means hunting down the likes of the last dog to live in wide open levels that are beautifully animated. Think a post-apocalypse world torn […]

Gaming is increasingly mobile and as the technology improves, so do the gadgets. The Backbone One is already a highly popular controller for iPhone mobile phone gaming and now we have the new Android version of it’s popular Playstation Edition. This is all about opening up console gaming to those on the go. Working together hand-in-hand with the Sony team, […]