What is the concept? Nearly two decades after its original release, Baldur’s Gate remains one of the most influential interactive adaptations of Dungeons & Dragons. The latest effort to draw ideas from BioWare’s prodigious effort ...

Although some may bemoan the industry’s push away from physical media, digital distribution has one irrefutable upside: it has allowed the niche market to prosper. Released from the lofty minimum requirements of boxed publishing and ...

With Haggar, Guy, Cody, Kunio, as well as Final Fight 3’s forgotten fighters- Lucia and Dean, all throwing down you know it’s going to be a rambunctious week for new game releases. For those who ...

Time travel is a popular premise across almost every medium. But like most high-concept narratives, it’s often used as a catalyst for engaging human interaction rather than an opportunity for scientific speculation. From the comical ...

One of the great dialectics in gaming is the tension between pattern-driven and free-form play. Classic shooters like Gradius and R-Type are textbook examples of the former, goading gamers into improvement as they face the ...

The term ‘endless runner’ is a bit of misnomer. Fundamentally, games that fall into the genre grow progressively more challenging- to the point where difficulty eventually outstrips our visual acuity, reaction time, and coordination skills. ...

With eighty and hundred dollar iterations of NBA 2K17 and Forza Horizon 3 hitting store shelves and download services, this can be an expensive week for a gamer. But luckily for those who those with ...

One day, the PS Vita supply chain will inevitably come to a fateful halt, kicking off a discussion of the plucky portable’s merits and missteps. While some might lament on missed potential, fans of the ...

Over the past few years, Steam’s library of games has grown exponentially, with a multitude of new titles arriving daily. One of the consequences of the rapid-fire expansion are the emergence of titles that offer ...

With a trifecta of Dead Rising releases, three different versions of NHL 17, and a BioShock Collection that compiles a trio of titles, the first super-prime is exceedingly prevalent across this week’s schedule of new ...