For Focus Home Interactive, it’s been quite the busy year with the recent announcements regarding their titles Fear The Wolves, Insurgency: Sandstorm, and The Surge 2. Among their announcements comes the news that Space Hulk: Deathwing – Enhanced Edition, the latest endeavor into the Warhammer 40,000 franchise.
Much like DUSK, New Blood Interactive’s latest endeavor into the Quake, Heretic, and DOOM era titles, Amid Evil is the latest to join these classic shooters. From its level designs, weapon types, interface elements and even graphics; Amid Evil feels as if it had been ripped directly from the era of games using id Software’s id Tech 1 and 3D Realms Build Engine themselves.
Today, NISA America has announced that Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana will be arriving for the Nintendo Switch on June 26, 2018, in North America. The company has also announced that the upcoming release will be available for Europe starting June 29, 2018. With these two dates announced, fans of the long-run series can finally rejoice as they prepare to explore the mysterious Isle of Seiren and find out why Adol is flooded with dreams involving the mystical maiden Dana.
As I make my way through this pathway of trees, I will look over this cliff coming up to see if I can see anyone I can get an easy kill. And boom, just like that, I was shot in the back by another player and I was left spectating until the next match had begun. The Darwin Project: Early Access via Xbox Live Game Preview, it may seem slow at first but if you are listening carefully to your surroundings or playing with a top of the line Turtle Beach headset to hear those footsteps then you are a goner and you will lose every time.
Since early this morning, around 5AM CST, my phone was instantly blowing up with the news regarding the official release of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds having launched on mobile devices here in the states. As part of the news having broke, I was one of those that instantly headed over to Google Play and proceeded to download Tencent and PUBG Corps’ latest endeavor into the world of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds with PUBG Mobile.
Pros:
+Extremely well-written stories that unfold throughout the course of the game
+Character development and backstory is spot-on, allowing for fans new and old to enjoy the story as it unfolds
+Combat and experience earning has been completely re-worked
+Minigames such as Virtua Fighter 5 and Puyo Puyo minigames are an absolute delight to play
Cons:
-Combat steel feels a bit dated, but the improvements definitely take away from past frustrations.
Since the launch of Yakuza Zero and Yakuza Kiwami, I’ve been in a tricky spot with the Yakuza series. I’ve had little experience with the games outside of the past two reviews I’ve done and only recently have I found myself becoming a dedicated fan of Sega’s long-running underworld crime saga that has continued on over the past three console generations (counting this current generation that is).
With a year since its release, Yakuza Kiwamia (you can see our review here) was released, allowing us to see Kazuma Kiryu as he took his leave from the world of the Yakuza. However, fate is a cruel mistress and Kiryu, the legendary Dragon of Dojima, was once more drug back into the world of the Yakuza as a potential all-out war between the families began to ignite. As the potential war has begun to brew, SEGA has announced that Kazuma Kiryu is preparing for his valiant return with Yakuza Kiwami 2 on August 28, 2018, for $49.99.
The Crew made its grand appearance on the E3 stage with its first debut trailer back in 2013, setting the tone for a new type of racing style games. From the simple things like getting those annoying cops off your tail to just having a one v one match down Interstate 95. Now they are taking it a step even further. And now they have shifted gears and have hit that turbo button and have set a sequel in placed and will cross the finish line in first place again with The Crew 2.
Indie publisher Versus Evil with a partnership with indie developer Stoic came together and released their 3rd and final Chapter in the award-winning Viking role-playing game, The Banner Saga 3. Coming Summer 2018 to PC, XBOX One and lastly PlayStation 4.
Today, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamic have officially revealed Shadow of the Tomb Raider, which will be available on September 14, 2018, for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. With a worldwide release headed our way, the company has also announced that Shadow of the Tomb Raider will get a full reveal on April 27, 2018, for fans around the world.