Across the next seven days, players are poised for punching, platforming, and general pugnaciousness. Between Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate’s 29 combatants and One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2’s collection of twenty-seven playable characters, pummeling opportunities ...

Game franchises typically follow an evolutionary trajectory, with each successive iteration gradually building on the strengths of its predecessor. Capcom’s Lost Planet series has followed a route filled with pervasive renovation. 2006’s Lost Planet: Extreme ...

Shopping for a premium headset is a fairly clear-cut task, with many high-end devices providing a comparable quality-to-cost ratio. However, when it comes to more economical headphones, things can get trickier. Budget priced peripherals often ...

This generation of Tom Clancy-branded titles undoubted demonstrated the capability of consoles, flaunting enriched visuals and providing players with access to increasingly sophisticated gadgetry. Yet, Ubisoft’s contemporary line of military and espionage-themed games also simplified ...

With the release of Madden NFL 25 this week, thousands of virtual football seasons are poised to commence. Yet, the launch of Electronic Art’s perennial cash cow also signifies an even larger phenomenon. Traditionally, the ...

Growing up in the Bay Area as an introverted, video-game obsessed, athletically-inept young boy didn’t provide many opportunities for socialization with girls. As such, most of what I learned about females came either through stealthy ...

Typically, collector’s editions are filled with superfluous items- distressingly fragile figurines, ornamental character skins, and other miscellaneous tchotchke. While Saints Row IV devotees can purchase a hundred dollar ‘Super Dangerous Wub Wub’ edition which includes ...

Across the PC landscape air combat simulations abound, invigorated by supplemental hardware setups which often include lavish flight controllers and multi-monitor viewing perspectives. On console, stanch simulations are less common, with most titles favoring skin-deep ...

While gaming can be an expensive hobby- this week bank accounts, wallets, and credit lines are fated for unprecedented exploitation with the release of Disney Infinity. Make no mistake, the Avalanche Software-developed title looks enormously ...

What is the concept? When the original DuckTales was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989, the title went on to become Capcom’s biggest hit for the console, selling over 1.6 million copies across ...