NEWS 10 Apr 2017­ by L Coulsen

CD Projekt Red: What’s in a Trademark

So, by now, I’m sure everyone and their uncle has heard about CD Projekt Red filing a trademark for the term Cyberpunk. Even though they actually didn’t, but more on that in a moment. The key issue here revolves around the way trademarks, or more accurately, copyright, is enforced in today’s media world. The memories…
ANNOUNCEMENT 06 Apr 2017­ by L Coulsen

The Surge Shows Us How to Sever Extremities

It's already been clearly established that targeting specific body parts is a large gameplay aspect in Deck13's The Surge. So, today, we have a trailer demonstrating and further highlighting both it's importance and implementation. It's all about finding that sweet spot between risk and reward. Aiming, for example, for the arm will result in a…
REVIEWS 05 Apr 2017­ by L Coulsen

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier – Above the Law

As we roll into the midpoint of The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, it seems like a good time to take a step back and start looking at where the series is going, as a whole. Not just this season, but the entire Telltale franchise. Because, by this point, it should be clear to everyone…
ARTICLES 02 Apr 2017­ by L Coulsen

For Honor, Paid Unlocks and Investing Your Time in a Game

Those who want to unlock absolutely everything in For Honor, including all cosmetic items, all characters, equipment and so on. Assuming you want to buy everything, with real world money, before playing the game for the first time, you're looking at $732 on top of the $60 to purchase the game. If you're not so…
ANNOUNCEMENT 01 Apr 2017­ by L Coulsen

First Ubisoft Wanted You to Smell Farts, Now Smell Like Rabb…

This, is Viril. The scent for a real man. From Independant Developer and publisher Ubisoft, available for one day, this day only. Mask yourself in the manly scent of wild, untamed rabbits and leave no doubt...that you...are a true man...rabbit...rabbid...digital creature...thing?! Oof.
ANNOUNCEMENT 31 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

More Dragons, More Quests, More Heroes!

Remember how last week, I told y'all that we'd be seeing a lot more Dragon Quest Heroes II in the near future? Welp, here's a look at the next two characters. Carver, who looks like Hercules on steroids, and can pull massive rocks out of the ground to smash everything. He also finds it rather shocking if…
ANNOUNCEMENT 31 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

Telltale’s Guardians of the Debut Trailer

The debut trailer for Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy contains elevator music...that's it, you don't need to know more, we can all go home now. No, seriously, what more could you possibly want? Oh fine! The main villain is Thanos, happy now? Also, Drax is more turquoise, with blade like patterns on his shoulders, more akin…
ANNOUNCEMENT 28 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

All Walls Must Fall Are Stuffed With Money Apparently

Last week we told you about All Walls Must Fall arriving on Kickstarter, five days later it's already fully funded. Granted, it was asking for €15,000, which isn't exactly a bank breaking sum, but it's still pretty darn cool, and it has lead to a reveal of the first stretch goal. Should they hit €20k,…
REVIEWS 25 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

School of Talent: SUZU-ROUTE

Visual Novels are not, typically, the kind of thing you would expect one of our Judges to be talking about. Hell, even in Japan, where they arguably have the largest reach and most prominent level of social acceptance, they are still most firmly rooted in the niche category. Outside, in the rest of the world,…
ANNOUNCEMENT 25 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

Dragon Quest Heroes Introduces More Heroes

Dragon Quest is a series that doesn't get nearly enough love from Pixel Judge. Largely because it's a traditionally console exclusive property, but that era is, it seems, coming to an end, with Dragon Quest Heroes II making its way to Steam April 25, a day after the international release for all other platforms. With that…
ANNOUNCEMENT 25 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

The Clan of the Raven Join the Northgard

Ravens are a major element in the Norse mythology, Old One Eye (Odin) had two of them, one sat atop each shoulder, that would tell him about both the past and future. Huginn and Muninn, memory and thought. They'd fly out, each day, learn as much as they could, come back and squawk all their…
NEWS 23 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

Even The Walking Dead Aren’t Above the Law

Episode 3 of Telltale's The Walking Dead: A New Frontier (Season 3) promises to show us what happened to AJ, the baby from The Walking Dead: Season 2. Though, for anyone paying attention, it should be pretty obvious actually, anyhoo, the above trailer is something of a break from tradition for Telltale, in that it features footage…
ANNOUNCEMENT 23 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

The Untold World Talks the Talk But…

...will it have cute neko girls and horse men? Set in a magical world with humans, elves and beastkin, The Untold World promises it will be a game for the gamers. Featuring 4k support, hand painted backdrops and ARPG (Diablo, not Dragon Age) mechanics, it offers two very different stories that will change further still…
ANNOUNCEMENT 23 Mar 2017­ by L Coulsen

All Walls Must Fall: When Rhythm Meets Tactics

Well this is an interesting one, currently sitting on Kickstarter asking for a ludicrously small €15,000, All Walls Must Fall is an isometric, real time strategy game about time travel and...music?! Yeah, seriously. Gameplay takes place in time with thumping, techno beats and more fluorescent lighting than even the most dour faced Goth poser could…