Bleeding Edge is a unique 4v4 competitive experience that shows a little flash in its third-person approach, but doesn’t deliver much of a punch in combat or enough variation in its match types and maps. Developer Ninja Theory draws clear inspiration from Blizzard’s Overwatch, delivering similar hero-focused play, with each teammate playing a critical role […]
Grapple Shooter Swarm Coming to Oculus Quest and PC VR Headsets Summer 2020
Grapple mechanics aren’t often used in virtual reality (VR) as they can be tricky to pull off comfortably, the most well known being Psytec Games’ Windlands series. Today, indie developer Greensky Games has announced its take on this dynamic locomotion mechanic, Swarm, combining with first-person shooter (FPS) gameplay. Instantly striking thanks to cel-shaded graphics which have that Borderlands 2 VR feel […]
Bleeding Edge Review – Exchanging Weak Punches
Bleeding Edge is a unique 4v4 competitive experience that shows a little flash in its third-person approach, but doesn’t deliver much of a punch in combat or enough variation in its match types and maps. Developer Ninja Theory draws clear inspiration from Blizzard’s Overwatch, delivering similar hero-focused play, with each teammate playing a critical role […]
Review: Good Goliath
Some of the best videogames aren’t the ones which are overly convoluted, requiring dozens of hours before you can get anywhere, and it’s often the ones with the simplest mechanics which can be the most addictive. Virtual reality (VR) titles like Beat Saber or Tetris Effect have proven this time and time again, and now […]
Panzer Dragoon: Remake Review: The Best Hour Of Dragon Riding Around
I’ve always known of Sega’s cult classic rail shooter series Panzer Dragoon, but have never had the opportunity to play them myself. With the recent news that the next Panzer Dragoon game is coming to VR this year, it was the perfect time for Panzer Dragoon: Remake to surprise release on the Nintendo Switch eShop. Coming into the series fresh, […]
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Postponed – So What’s Gonna Happen to Mario and Sonic?
This past week, news broke that the 2020 Summer Olympics, set to be held in Tokyo, Japan, later this year, would be postponed to sometime in 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the first Olympic event in history to ever be postponed, people have raised numerous questions and concerns about what this means for the […]
The Final Fantasy VII Retcons – This Story Are Sick
Final Fantasy VII is one of the most popular entries in the series. As such, it received a number of different prequels, sequels, and spin-offs since it was first released. The cast of Final Fantasy VII have also made a number of crossover appearances in games like Kingdom Hearts, Puzzle & Dragons, and the Super Smash Bros. series. There are a lot of […]
Final Fantasy VII Timeline, Explained Part 2 (Before Crisis & Crisis Core)
The Final Fantasy VII Remake is due to be released soon and the recent demo revealed that the prequels and spin-offs are still considered canon. As such, the timeline of Final Fantasy VII is assumed to be the same, at least before the events of Final Fantasy VII Remake take place. The Turks In Trouble Zack and Cloud are dispatched to […]
ARMS In Smash Actually Gives Hope For Waluigi & Rayman
Nothing says the start of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighter Pass 2 like the inclusion of a fighter from a three-year-old fighting game. The announcement that the next Super Smash Bros. fighter would be an ARMS character was one that confused us all. It was a very surprising move, and the fact that we know the series but […]
Audie From Animal Crossing: New Horizons Explained, And Why Fans Love Her
If you were wondering why everybody seems to love Audie in Animal Crossing, here’s why. Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the biggest game to hit the Switch since Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and it’s selling fast enough to perhaps eventually out-pace even Nintendo’s famous brawler. The ongoing coronavirus crisis probably has something to do with that […]