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Sam and Max: Beyond Time and Space (Switch) Review

Last year, I really enjoyed my time with Sam & Max Save the World when it was released on Nintendo Switch. I had missed the Sam & Max games the first time around, so playing through the first “Season” of sorts, was…

System Shock Remake Sets 2022 Release

Remakes are at that very special age where they only have one thing on their mind. Most plaster right over the blocky, downright horrendously weird, and wonderful artistry of the 80s, 90s, and early 00s with a bit of volumetric lighting. One…

Kingdom Management Sim Noble Fates Enters Early Access

As the famed professional wrestler turned color commentator, Jerry Lawler, often says, “it’s good to be the king.” Now, thanks to the efforts of indie development studio Xobermon LLC, there’s a new game on Steam Early Access that will allow you to…

Aliens: Fireteam Elite Is Now On Xbox Game Pass

At the beginning of the month, it was announced that Aliens: Fireteam Elite would be joining the catalog of games available with Xbox Game Pass on December 14th. This release also coincided with the second free update, “Season 2: Point Defense”. Aliens:…

Awards Season Check-Up – Critics Clear the Way for Early Contenders

It has been one month since our last Awards Check-Up, and already so much has weighed in. As of Monday, 12/13/2021, two major publicist awards (The Golden Globes and Critics Choice) have delivered their nominations to us. Meanwhile, the past two weeks…

Xbox Admit Mistakes Taken With Lionhead Studios

At one point, I was very much in that group of people who almost exclusively owned PlayStation and Nintendo consoles. Never touching Xbox after Microsoft’s first foray into gaming consoles, to which they banked on the sellability of The Rock to shift…

Redout 2 Announced by Saber Interactive

I never actually got around to playing Redout, despite it being an award-winning racing title. I’ve always heard good things about it, but it was just never really on my radar. Inspired by games such as Wipeout and F-Zero, Redout has established…

Weird West Is Launching On Xbox Game Pass

Just one day after The Game Awards and announcing that Xbox Game Pass for PC has been rebranded as the much better-named PC Game Pass, Microsoft held an ID@Xbox Gathering Showcase to promote some future indie games coming to their platforms. Although…

6Souls (Switch) Review

Sometimes I catch myself looking at a game and expecting it to be better than what is advertised. It isn’t really a fault of the marketing department, sometimes I just see a concept and expect it to be really great, when it…

Tales of Arise (PS5) Review

Tales of Arise is the newest entry in the long-running Tales series and after a few years of planning and production, the execution is nearly flawless. From top to bottom, the mechanics of the game complement every activity you’ll be partaking in…