Author: Rae Michelle Richards
Impressions: Why I Stopped Playing Omega Quintet
I absolutely love a lot of Idea Factory International’s gaming properties and have been a fan of their work for the past 5 years ever since I imported a copy of the original Hyperdimension Neptunia for the PS3 back in 2009 due to the North American print of the game being quite limited. Unfortunately their […]
Jason Voorhees Unleashed Upon Mortal Kombat X
Horror fans have something to look forward to with the release one of the most iconic slasher stars, Jason Voorhees, as a downloadable character for Warner Bro’s Mortal Kombat X. Players who purchased the Kombat Pass( aka season’s pass) will be granted early access to the hockey mask wearing maniac today along with 3 horror […]
The Last of Us’ Left Behind Gets Stand Alone Release
Left Behind the critically acclaimed prequel DLC for Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us will be released as a stand-alone title on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 on May 12th for $9.99 (USD). This add-on chapter to Naughty Dog’s last gem of a game tells the story of Ellie and Riley as they sneak out […]
PlayStation Plus Games For May Feature Indies Galore
Sony has revealed the free games that PlayStation Plus subscribers will be receiving with next week’s store update. The selection for this upcoming month features some of the best indie games we’ve seen on any Sony platform including the terrific Guacamelee Super Turbo Championship Edition and the critically acclaimed Unfinished Swan. If you are a […]
Major Changes Coming To Destiny’s PVP Loot System
Bungie will be making some substantial changes in how loot drops work for crucible players with the release of House of Wolves this May. As reported by IGN today: Completed matches in crucible will now be worth 6 marks instead of the current 3, allowing players to earn mid-tier gear a lot faster. Bungie will […]
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Benchmark Released
An official benchmark for Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward has been released by Square Enix. As we outlined last week this new benchmark brings players to the snowy land of Coerthas, the setting for the upcoming expansion for Square’s newest MMO. New features available only in this benchmark include our first peek at the Direct X […]
Silent Hills Is No More
Did last year’s absolutely terrifying and surprise announcement of a Silent Hill reboot featuring the talent of Hideo Kojima, Guillermo Del Toro and Norman Reedus have you excited? Well it is now official – the game has been officially cancelled by Konami. The Silent Hill’s Playable Teaser (“P.T”) will be removed from the PlayStation Store […]
Mighty Number 9 Gets a Mighty New Release Date
Keiji Inafune’s highly anticipated first post Capcom release Mighty Number 9 finally has a solid release date – September 15th 2015 on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. Presumably the PS Vita version will launch soon thereafter but publisher Deep Silver doesn’t exactly sound prepared to discuss the specific release plans for the handheld version. Mighty […]
Live-Stream: 30 More Minutes of Omega Quintet
Last night we ran a one hour live stream featuring more gameplay from Idea Factory International’s upcoming Omega Quintet for the PlayStation 4. The majority of this footage takes place during one of the character’s final tests to become a verse maiden, the in-universe idols / monster slayers. We will be rendering our final verdict […]
Black Ops III Officially Unveiled
Yesterday Activision and Treyarch took the wraps off of Call of Duty: Black Ops III with a reveal trailer that has amassed over 6 million views on YouTube in the past 24 hrs! Activision has also revealed that the game will be released on November 6th 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC. […]
Live-Stream: Watch The First 30 Minutes of Omega Quintet
Idea Factory International is poised to release Compile Heart’s Omega Quintet this coming Tuesday and we are fortunate enough to have an advanced copy thanks to the IFI. We’ve been live streaming all of our Omega Quintet gameplay in preparation of our upcoming review on Twitch.TV and we’ve archived the first 30 minutes of gameplay […]
New Xenoblade Chronicles X Details Revealed
Monolith Software’s absolutely gorgeous open world RPG Xenoblade Chronicles X is looking to be one of the must own titles of 2015 and Nintendo showcased almost an entire hour of gameplay footage during today’s Nintendo Direct. Along with the uninterrupted game-play footage we also got some new details surrounding the title. Chronicles X may not […]
New FFXIV: Heavensward BenchmarkTrailer Gets Us Excited
Square Enix has released the full trailer for the Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward benchmark which will be released to the community this coming Monday. It’s our first look at a lot of the new abilities available to existing classes, possibly some of the upcoming raid content among other hints of things to come. Needless to […]
Star Wars Battlefront In-Engine Trailer & Details Revealed
Over the weekend Electronic Arts revealed the first in-engine trailer for their upcoming reboot of the Star Wars: Battlefront series during the annual Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim California. If you were expecting a gameplay trailer you might be a little disappointed as the trailer released by EA is full of up-close shots of in-engine […]