Insomniac Games delivered a brand new episode of DLC just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. The second entry in The City That Never Sleeps DLC is called Turf Wars, and features one of Marvel's most iconic mobsters, Hammerhead. This new episode only takes a few hours to complete, but it's of a good quality and is the perfect way to spend some extra free time.
Darksiders is back. This time with a new studio comprised of many of the same people that worked on the previous two titles. There was a moment that many thought this game would never exist and, after all this time, there was quite a bit of expectation put on the game that would be hard for anyone to live up to. So the question remains - does the game exceed or at least meet the expectations? Let's find out.
Everybody knows Tetris is one of the greatest and most important video games to be created. Since its original inception on the Electronika 60, Tetris has been rereleased and iterated on time and time again, capturing the minds of hundreds of millions of players along the way. It's more than just a landmark of gaming, but also world culture. Tetris has a way of working in to your mind and leaving a lasting impression, one that might even show up in your dreams or how you see the world. This phenomenon was named "The Tetris Effect" and is at the core of the aptly named Tetris Effect.
Transpose is a puzzle adventure game that requires an intricate amount of teamwork between multiple versions of yourself. You’ll feel as though you’ve been transported to a dream and the only way to wake up is by solving the increasingly difficult puzzles spread over the three different worlds that will have you traversing through space and time. Developer Secret Location has constructed a world that has a strange sense of peace even as the challenges become more and more difficult.
This week, Insomniac Games released the first of three DLC packages planned for their smash hit Spider-Man game. The suite is called The City That Never Sleeps. This first entry, The Heist, delivers a short, but fun story, some perfectly adequate side content, and some sweet new suits as well.
If I’ve learned anything from A Gummy’s Life, it would be how miserable their lives are and how compelled I am to eat them all in an attempt to save them from this life of mediocrity all Gummies apparently live. The tag line for the game says, “the gummies have come to life and they are unmanageable.” This is more accurate than they could even imagine considered you never feel in complete control of the gummy that you choose to fight as.
Drunkn Bar Fight on Halloween is a spinoff of the original Drunkn Bar Fight by The Munkey. The premise is about what you'd expect from the title. Drink alcohol and get in fights in a bar filled with zombies. Though at first this might sound like a jolly romp in VR, you might be better off spending your $2.99 in an actual bar.
Roguelike games have been growing in popularity over the last few years. They bring a sense of nostalgia back for older gamers that grew up in an era where roguelike wasn't just a genre, it was a way of life. There was no saving your game and picking up where you left off. You played the game until you died and then started over. Thankfully, games have evolved over time. However, for those still yearning for those days - games like Vertical Drop Heroes HD can scratch the itch.
Focusing on a new setting and cast of characters can be a hard feat to pull of in a sequel. Look no further than the second season of True Detective for the best example of this. Thankfully, Life is Strange 2 pulls it off in a masterful way and Roads, the first installment of the sequel, sets up a story that we cannot wait to see play out.
What's equally impressive about Final Days is that this - a game boasting online co-op play with sixteen other players, four player split screen local co-op, one hundred plus enemies on screen at any given time, and with five unique game modes - was developed by only one person. Michael De Piazza of +7 Software has a lot to be proud of.
Since the inception of VR we’ve been able to experience things not only in different ways but in ways we may not have been able to otherwise. It’s a safe assumption that anyone that puts on a VR headset is not lacking in the sight department and has never truly experienced blindness for themselves.
Shikhondo Soul Eater is a bullet hell shoot ‘em up set against the backdrop of Asian Mythology. Like most games in this genre, the story takes a back seat to the action. So unless you’re well versed in Asian culture, most of the story elements will be lost on you.