With the less than average reception given to “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III,” the Call of Duty franchise needed a hail mary to get fans, both new and old, back in its good graces. With a four year development cycle, the “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6” development team was working arduously trying to correct the criticisms brought...
Life is a mountain surrounded by smaller mountains that we are constantly climbing. We are challenged with a plethora of problems in our day to day: trying to do good in school, being cool enough to make friends and figuring out what the meaning of our lives is.
Video games, while commonly seen as an escape from the hardships of...
Valorant is a viral free-to-play shooting game made by Riot Games, the same company responsible for the popular multiplayer online battle arena League of Legends and hit Netflix series Arcane, and they have released a new playable agent, Clove, into their roster that has been making waves in the community. During the latest — and now most watched —...
Jan. 19 marked the release of “Palworld” created by the Japanese development studio, Pocket Pair. Here is a quick summary if you have yet to hear about this game: “Palworld” is your basic survival-crafting type game but with the additional feature of “Pals” which are, in essence, “Pokémon,” but with slight changes to avoid Nintendo’s copyright lawyers. You are...
The Game Awards is an annual ceremony celebrating the culmination of what constitutes gaming culture. With live performance renditions of epic soundtracks from popular games, trailers for future projects and multiple awards handed out to the best games of the year, it is arguably the biggest event for gamers. This year has been an incredible year consisting of extremely...
On Sept. 27, the massive single-player, science fiction RPG “CyberPunk 2077” got its first and last expansion titled “Phantom Liberty,” almost three years after the initial release of the game in late 2020. The game, made by CD Projekt Red, has you play as a young mercenary in the ever-awake NightCity as you shoot, loot, bribe and hide your...
A mysterious timer posted on the official website for Japanese video game developer Capcom sparked speculation around what announcement would soon be made. Fans connected the dots, forming a timeline which placed the end of the six-day countdown in alignment with the final round of Capcom's annual Pro Tour fighting game competition. Following the final round of the "Street...
EA’s last venture in the realm of Star Wars multiplayer games was an extremely mixed bag. “Star Wars Battlefront II” was widely criticized at launch for its rampant use of microtransactions and an uneven progression system. Though EA did manage to improve the game as it continued to update and add content after launch, its disappointing launch soured fans...
In the gaming world, downloadable content (DLC) and paid content updates give titles the longevity they need in order to be as lucrative as possible. It's all in the name of business but these types of additions to games are more tertiary and meant for players looking for something more out of the experience they’ve already invested in. For...
Video game development has never been more widespread and available to newcomers than before; in the modern age, it always seems like there is somebody with a brilliant idea and humble beginnings. Due to the influx of developers, keeping track of which titles show the most promise is difficult and the signs aren’t always clear. Despite this, there are...