Beyond The WireRedstone Interactive/ Offworld Industries Let’s face it, there just aren’t that many World War 1 games on the gaming market. Battlefield 1, by Electronic Arts, was a triple-A attempt, sort of, but was way too politically correct and… Read More »Beyond The Wire Update
War of Rights Campfire Games With World War One film, 1917, just around the corner, it’s good to see the Great War getting some attention, instead of WW2. Besides M2H and Blackmill Games’ title, Verdun, you really don’t see many… Read More »War of Rights (Early Access) Review – A Unique Departure from the Usual FPS’s
The Pit: Infinity Kerberos Productions There is an emerging subgenre of first-person shooters called looter-shooters that is becoming quite popular since one of the biggest ones, Tom Clancy’s The Division, debuted a few years ago. In The Division and other… Read More »The Pit: Infinity Review – A Decent Budget Shooter
Hell Let Loose Black Matter Pty Ltd / Team17 Digital Ltd Back in June of this year, I previewed Black Matter’s Hell Let Loose, a gritty World War 2 shooter that I said at the time was “one of the… Read More »Hell Let Loose Review – Does it Live Up to the Hype?
Hell Let Loose Black Matter/Team17 Digital Our squad leader barked orders at us as we scrambled into the front yard of a cottage. We were on the outskirts of the Norman town of St Marie Du Mont and as Americans,… Read More »Hell Let Loose Preview – A Gritty, Tactic WW2 Shooter with Some Serious Gravitas
Deep Rock Galactic Ghost Ship Games When I’d first heard of Deep Rock Galactic I checked out some gameplay videos of it and came away feeling pretty underwhelmed. The concept seemed interesting—you play as a small team of space dwarves… Read More »Deep Rock Galactic Review – We’re Goin’ Deep, Boys!
Metro Exodus 4A Games/Deep Silver I’m a sucker for good post-apocalyptic games, especially considering I’m also a book author who has written within the genre. Luckily for me, there have been many games set in the genre over the years,… Read More »Metro Exodus Review – A Gritty, Post-Apocalyptic Extravaganza
Metro Exodus 4A Games Battle Royale games have obviously become solid gold, at least the upper tier titles. It seems like every time I turn around, some gaming developers are desperately trying to cobble together digitized offerings that they hope… Read More »Metro Exodus Review – A Gritty Lens into a Post-Apocalyptic Masterwork
Insurgency: Sandstorm New World Interactive/Focus Home Interactive Insurgency: Sandstorm hit the first-person shooter world by storm last September (2018 that is) and quickly captured the attention of hardcore shooter fans. Its launch didn’t go quite as expected for many, however.… Read More »Insurgency: Sandstorm Review – An Updated Review on a Co-op Fan’s Paradise
Insurgency: Sandstorm New World Interactive/Focus Home Interactive Insurgency: Sandstorm recently blazed its way into the shooter genre, and its developers, New World Interactive, have billed it as both a “realistic” and “tactical” type of first-person shooter. In my eyes, this… Read More »Insurgency: Sandstorm Review – A Fun, if Unoriginal, Modern Day Shooter
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam Bushranger Update Tripwire Interactive Tripwire’s Rising Strom franchise took a big chance recently, by departing the rather safety net and familiar territory of World War 2, and switching that up with Vietnam. While I did like… Read More »Rising Storm 2: Vietnam Bushranger Update Review – A Shot in the Arm for One of the Best Shooters of the Year
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam Bushranger Update Tripwire Interactive I was covering the advance of my buddy and squinted ahead through the rain. It was nighttime in Rung Sac, a heavily forested area of Vietnam which featured plenty of bogs… Read More »Rising Storm 2: Vietnam Bushranger Update Review – Got Tactics & Teamplay?