Mad Catz is Back and Their Mouse Looks Meaner Than Ever

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It’s been just under a year since the last time we’d seen anything by Mad Catz appear on the shelves and in the inventories of retailers around the world. Most of it was simply because of a chapter 7 bankruptcy filing within the United States.

On March 30, 2017, the company had officially shut its doors and sold off all its assets. Just under a year later, the company has returned with a new business plan, some new hardware, and damn are they ready to trade some blows with companies such as LG, Corsair and Razer.

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Review: Resident Evil VII: Gold Edition – Evil Has Gone Gold

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Pros:
+One of the best and most atmospheric titles in the franchise
+A genuine struggle for survival through limited resources such as ammo
+Enemies are challenging compared to previous enemy types in the franchise
+Characters feel a lot more fleshed out, each with their own background, identity, and sense of humanity
+One of the best designed games both audio and visual departments

Cons:
-Puzzles are rather simply and some are rehashed variants of one another.

In previous years, it’d almost seemed that the Resident Evil franchise had finally begun to run out of horror-filled steam. For some companies, it’s hard to do things just right. For some its a rapidly rising and falling roller coaster of half-witted scares, while others are minor eye rolls causing fans to just merely shake their head. This was the problem with several of the franchises latest entries including Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 6.

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Review: Hyakki Castle – Spooky, Dark and Mesmerising

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Pros:
+Unique two-point combat system allowing for combat from multiple angles
+Extremely detailed and beautiful Japanese themed enemies
+Audio design is absolutely superb and should absolutely be experienced with headphones
+Controls are easy to learn and quite enjoyable.

Cons:
-First-person views can, at times, be overwhelming when first learning the dual-view combat screens
-A small change in scenery from area to area would have been welcomed over the course of the game
-The dual party system is unique, but isn’t highly utilized throughout the game

I’d be lying to you if I didn’t admit this simple fact: I’ve been taking my sweet time with Hyakki Castle. While I promised my review would be sooner than later, a part of me felt that I’d pushed my way through the game faster than I’d hoped to have and even somehow neglected to truly enjoy the title that had been presented to me.

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Review: Let Them Come – The Hordes are Coming!

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Pros: 
+A solid and highly enjoyable soundtrack
+Strategy is absolutely required making this a unique tower defense style game
+Versatility is key and delivers players a unique approach to all situations
+The story is absolutely a joy to experience
+Offers numerous modes for players to enjoy as it encourages replayibility

Let Them Come is a strategic, side view kill everything defense game. Developed by Tuatara Games, is something a bit unique. It’s something we’ve not seen in recent days and offers a rather fresh breath of air compared to games we’ve seen in recent days. Thanks to its balance of action, tower defense and strategic styles; Let Them Come is by all intents and purposes a rather unique title.

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Here’s Your Video Game Release Outlook for January 2018

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Friends, gamers and enthusiasts – 2017 is almost over here in just a short few days. With the ending of 2017 begins our adventure at the first titles to make their way into our homes in 2018. Some of those titles are ones that we’ve highly anticipated in recent months and some that we just can’t seem to get enough of since their beta’s launched.

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Opinion: I Suck at PUBG and That’s Okay

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In recent days I’ve been requested to take my time and stream some PUBG when I get a chance. So low and behold I have. Often times on Twitch or Mixer so that viewers can interact with me and comment on my gaming antics. But what these viewers don’t know before they make that request? I suck at PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. I suck bad enough that I’m pretty sure my K/D/A on that game is lower than a .9 and that my win-to-loss ratio is at a 0%.

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This Borderlands Themed NES is Insane

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What happens when you cross Borderlands with a classic Nintendo Entertainment System? You somehow get some of the coolest opportunities out there. You can make your NES look like CL4P-TP, even a D374-TP for that matter. However, what if you decided to be creative and throw all that away and do something a bit more unique? Like, you know, a Hyperion themed loot box for that matter.

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Review: Tekken 7 DLC: Geese Howard – He’ll Goose You

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Y’know, something about Tekken 7 never gets old. I’m not sure if it’s the massive amount of content the game has received or if it’s even the sheer amount of cross-over characters that the game has already received. But what really sends it home? The game doesn’t feel dated. It feels natural, it feels well rounded and it stands as an equal to the current age of fighting games.

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Opinion: EA is Going to Kill Anthem With Microtransactions

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Anthem is beginning to become one of my most anticipated titles for next year. It’s a game that I’ve begun to cross my fingers in hopes that it could potentially be an answer to rivaling Destiny or The Division. A game that could take loot shooters to an all new level and even put EA onto an even playing ground with both Activision and Ubisoft.

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14 Upcoming Open World Games You Should Watch for in 2018

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2017 is wrapping up. Quite literally wrapping up in just a few short days. Can you believe it? We certainly cant and it’s even sent us into picking our staff picks for 2017, but until then, we’ve begun to discuss open world games that we’re excited for in 2018. Ones that will be large scale, fully explorable, and could easily attempt to rival that of Assassin’s Creed Origins or even give Horizon Zero Dawn a run for its money.

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