Can Gigantic and Paladins Eat Overwatch’s Lunch in 2017?
Overwatch was the Game of the Year in 2016. Or at least that’s what many claimed, including Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards (not that The Game Awards is an end-all…
Jamaal Ryan
Three Things Gears of War Can Learn From and Teach Other Cover-Based Shooters
It’s been quite some time since there’s been a discussion around third-person cover shooters, especially since industry trends have largely run away from that genre. Three years into this console…
How Mafia III and Watch Dogs 2 Define What it Means to be Black In America
Warning: Spoilers for Mafia III and Watch Dogs 2 follow. After playing games such as Gears of War 4 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare this year – two franchises that…
Watch Dogs 2 Review – Ubisoft’s Finest Open-World Game
Each time game makers take a swing at the city-based, open world genre, the immediate assumption is that they're aiming to emulate Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto series. While Volition’s Saints…
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Review – Gambling With Familiar Territory
After playing Zombies in Space, the new Zombie mode that’s a carbon copy of every Zombie mode that Treyarch has made in the past seven years, I was convinced that…
Titanfall 2 Review – It’s What the First Game Should Have Been
Respawn Entertainment has been a success story since before the studio’s inception, birthed from the talent over at Infinity Ward. The original Titanfall was an underdog achievement. It was exactly…
Infinite Warfare’s Multiplayer May Repeat Call of Duty’s Bad Habits
Back in 2014 when Activision announced that the Call of Duty franchise would shift to a three year-three studio development cycle, it elicited optimism for the future of Call of…
Deus Ex Mankind Divided Review – Version 1.5
The stories that Eidos Montreal, tell in what could now be considered the Deus Ex Universe, elicit themes of change and adaptation vs resistance and conservatism. The warring social politics…
Titanfall 2’s Bounty Hunt is Pretty Good
This past weekend, the Titanfall Tech Test ran, giving Xbox One and PS4 players a chance to go hands-on with Respawn's highly anticipated sequel. While there are some divisive differences…
Review Chat – Is Killstrain Worth Zero Dollars?
MOBAs can often be tough and obtuse games to get into despite the its international, e-sports popularity. Thankfully developers like Sony San Diego make attempts to simplify the MOBA genre…
Killstrain Review – Okay, Fine. Take My Money
With Dead Star and Battleborn having been released earlier this year, it’s worth asking how long until MOBAs become more ubiquitous within various videogame genres, and condition the larger player populous…
Review Chat: Why Inside Deserves a 10
In case you've been living under a rock, Inside is fantastic. The latest game from developer Playdead Studios has released their second game, and it's an absolute masterpiece. If you've…
Inside Review – Run Into the Abyss, and the Surreal
Inside is probably the most difficult game I’ve ever reviewed. That statement alone speaks to the profound impact that Inside had on me as a player, and as a critic.…
The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine is The Perfect Summer Lull Game
There’s very little that puts you in the mood of getting engrossed in a deep, rich, video game getaway better than our annual summer lull. With the still-yet-to-be-justified period where…
Jamaal Ryan’s Top 5 Picks for E3 2016
With another E3 behind us, the industry has been left with one of the strangest expos in years. Across all seven press conferences and live streams, each one tackled E3…
God of War Will Let Us Play As Kratos After He’s Started a New Family
The Gods are dead, and Kratos has moved on. The new God of War, unveiled at Sony's theatrical press conference, is a continuation of Kratos' story, but a continuation that…
Recore is Inspired By More Games Than Metroid and Megaman
Armature and Comcept's collaborative title, Recore, is shaping up to be a much more robust action adventure game than initially thought after its first unveiling at last year's E3. Recore…
Dishonored 2 – Will You Play With or Without Powers?
A year after it's official announcement at Bethesda's conference last year, we finally got a chance to see Dishonored 2 in action and many of the new powers that are…
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Features the Most Open Campaign Yet
Back when Infinity Ward and Activision unveiled Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, minor details went public on how players will be able to dogfight freely in space, accept side missions,…
Titanfall 2 Details: Introducing You to the Scorch and Ion Titans
Titanfall 2 was easily the highlight of EA's E3 presentation on Sunday, announcing that it was addressing its predecessor's widely regarded shortcomings of not having a campaign and hosting a…
