Beyond Light has the feel of a turning point. In a long-running living game with many expansions and seasons to its name, Destiny 2 is always changing, but this installment feels different. The past and future of the franchise rotate around this release, which clears away much of the old and sets the stage for […]
Fallout 76 Should Have Brought Back Labor Conflict Instead Of The Brotherhood Of Steel
Fallout 76’s newest major update is Steel Dawn, which will reintroduce Fallout’s most iconic—or at least most recurring—faction, the Brotherhood of Steel. The Brotherhood did appear in base game Fallout 76, but like everyone in Appalachia before the Wastelanders DLC, they were dead. While the Brotherhood is definitely one of the more recognizable Fallout factions, […]
Zelda Will Always Be At Its Best When It’s Not Afraid To Get Goofy
I’ve said this before, but one of my all-time favourite mini stories in the entire Zelda series happens in Minish Cap. There’s this little shoe shop in Hyrule Town owned by a narcoleptic cobbler named Rem, and somehow it manages to thrive despite the fact that its sole employee is asleep almost exactly 100% of […]
Street Fighter Alpha: An oral history
In the early ’90s, Capcom was starting to develop a reputation. In a world before games became services, the company had a thing for incremental upgrades. It started small, with Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition. The idea that designed itself. Millions of fans wanted to play as the bosses, and Street Fighter 2 had been […]
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Meets Hades With This Adorable Crossover
With the Game Awards nomination list live and players able to vote, we can see Animal Crossing: New Horizons facing off against the beauty that is Hades. Hades was a surprise success that took over the community, with many already declaring it their GOTY already. With two very incredible experiences up for the win, this […]
Halo 4 PC Review: A Near-Perfect Ending
Eight years ago, Halo 4 was released on Xbox 360. Besides the fact it was the next mainline title, the game was notable because Bungie had left the series and 343 Industries took over. Now, Halo 4 is available for all to play on PC as part of The Master Chief Collection. To put it […]
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is a must-play for Zelda fans
There are two things most people will tell you about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. One, that the genre-defining open-world adventure is amazing, if not one of the best games of all time. And two, that they wish they could experience it all over again, fresh. So far, Nintendo hasn’t yet perfected […]
The Hottest Reviews Of The Week (November 16-22, 2020)
The next-gen systems have now become the current-gen systems. Now that the initial wave of launch titles have been released, it’s going to be cross-gen titles for the foreseeable future. It’s back to the regularly scheduled programming, at least until Cyberpunk 2077 finally decides to deign us with its presence. TheGamer has been playing and […]
Don’t Sleep On Observer: Redux
Released in August of 2017, Observer was easily overshadowed by the likes of video game powerhouses from Breath of the Wild to Horizon Zero Dawn. With the start of a whole new console generation, however, Observer has been given renewed life via a special extra-content edition, called System Redux. For those who may have missed it the first […]
There Will Never Be Another System Like The Wii
Today is the Nintendo Wii’s 14th anniversary, so I decided to take a look back at one of my favorite consoles of all time. To this day, few horror games unsettle me like Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Sure, much of that is due to its fantastic script and delightful art direction. However, alarge part of […]