ANNOUNCEMENT 25 Jul 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Sonic Mania & Project Sonic 2017 – Sonic’s Come…

This weekend was Sonic’s 25th anniversary, and to celebrate Sonic Team announced not one, but two totally new Sonic games at their San Diego Comic Con panel: Sonic Mania and Project Sonic 2017. It’s no secret that the world’s favorite (and only) blue hedgehog has had a few...problems in recent year what with Sonic 2006…
ANNOUNCEMENT 21 Jul 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Civilization VI – Montezuma and the Aztecs

Montezuma the First returns to Civilization once more as a strong, early game military power who may be out of his youth, but is more than ready to rip the still-beating hearts of his enemies’ right out of their chests. Montezuma’s unique ability is “Gifts for the Tlatoani,” which makes amenities (similar to Civ IV’s…
ANNOUNCEMENT 20 Jul 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Civilization VI – Qin Shi Huang and China

In Civ VI China and their unique Dynastic Cycle ability give them a larger boosts from eureakas and inspirations (science bonuses) than others civs. It also gets more use out of his workers, giving them another use and have them boost construction on ancient and classical wonders. Militarily, they get the crouching tiger cannon, a…
ANNOUNCEMENT 15 Jul 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

The Art of Civilization VI

Following up right after the recent “Meet the Developers” video, the Civilization VI team has put out a video focusing purely on the art direction. If you’ve played any of the other Civilization games, you might remember Civ IV’s dull grey expanse or Civ V’s endless clouds covering the map, but that’s not the case…
ANNOUNCEMENT 13 Jul 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Meet the Civilization VI Developers

2K’s Civilization VI development team isn’t exactly an indie one, so it should be expected that they have quite a few big-wigs. Development team leaders Ed Beach, Denoton Shirk, Anton Strenger, and Brian Busatti took the time to discuss their goals for Civilization VI’s visual design, gameplay, and innovations on video. In addition to them,…
ANNOUNCEMENT 27 Jun 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Street Fighter V Reveal Balrog and Others

Right after the Street Fighter V top 8 at CEO 2016, Capcom had a little surprise in for all of us. The bull-headed boxer Balrog has beaten his way back into the knock-down brawl that is Street Fighter V, this time sporting a fancy new cloak and stage. As you might expect, Balrog throws some…
NEWS 15 Jun 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

E3: Ubisoft 2016

Ubisoft’s E3 press conference started the day of many gamers eagerly awaiting to hear about upcoming news and IP’s, and to some degree, Ubisoft delivered. For Honor and the new South Park RPG stole the show, but Watch Dogs 2, new VR tech, and Tom Clancy games made splashes of their own. For Honor The…
NEWS 08 Jun 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Injustice 2 Announced

After part-time Mortal Kombat and Injustice creator and full time internet troll Ed Boon changed his twitter profile picture, there was immediate rumoring of Injustice sequel. If that wasn’t enough a screenshot of Injustice 2 retail promotion leaked. Turns out all this teasing was for a reason, Injustice 2 was officially announced with a trailer…
ANNOUNCEMENT 07 Jun 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

New Details on Hellblade’s Combat

Ninja Theory has been dedicated to keeping fans up to date on Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrafice with their developer diaries, and their newest one is about the combat. The combat revolves around light and heavy melee attacks with blocking and evading as defensive options. I’d compare the sword fighting to Dark Souls, but it’s more like…
ANNOUNCEMENT 06 Jun 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Rock of Ages II: Bigger and Boulder Announced

Atlus has published plenty of great game series like the Persona JRPG’s and Shin Megami Tensei, but they also publish some, well, let’s just say less represented games. Among those games was Rock of Ages. And now it’s sequel – Rock of Ages II: Bigger and Boulder. In case you’re unfamiliar with Rock of Ages,…
ANNOUNCEMENT 03 Jun 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Street Fighter V: Ibuki Reveal

Capcom’s high school ninja Ibuki is the newest character revealed for Street Fighter V’s character roster. Originally planned for release in the May update, Ibuki has been delayed but is likely to come out alongside the cinematic story mode in the June update. She looks completely different from her SFIV and Third Strike forms where…
ANNOUNCEMENT 26 May 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Mighty No.9’s “Masterclass” Trailer Is Nothing New

Keiji Inafune's spiritual Mega Man remake Mighty No.9 has released yet another trailer, and while the gameplay still looks good, the same can’t be said of the marketing. The video, besides being mostly made of footage we’ve already seen in previous trailers stitched together in different order or from different angles, also seems to not…
ANNOUNCEMENT 18 May 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

Overwatch Short – Dragons

In typical Blizzard fashion, another character-focused animated short like the previous shorts Alive and Recall has been released, this one focusing on the Shimada family members Hanzo the archer and Genji the robo-samurai. It tells their history, shows off their moves, generously embellishes what they can actually do in-game, and pretty much canonically proves that…
ANNOUNCEMENT 12 May 2016­ by Sawyer Scherbenske

TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan Turtles

Everyone's favorite turtles Leonardo, Mikey, Donatello, and Raphael are starring in their own character action beat-em-up - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan. What even better is that it’s being made by the masters of over-the-top action, Platinum Games, the guys behind Metal Gear Solid: Revengeance and Bayonetta. Each character is a little different…