Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus Bulwark Studios/Kasedo Games In recent years, Games Workshop has eased up its stranglehold on its franchises. This has been sometimes good, but usually not very good at all. Various third party entities within the video gaming sphere have flocked to the Warhammer bandwagon like starving seagulls falling upon beached whale carcasses. Amid…
X4: Foundations Egosoft As a writer of science fiction, I’ve naturally been drawn to video games within that storied genre. Games such as Freelancer and the age-old Elite series have always been my go-to recommendations when folks ask me which games I admire the most. There is just something so compelling about jumping into a…
American Truck Simulator: Oregon SCS Software Since its debut back in February of 2016, American Truck Simulator has entranced thousands of gamers not only because of its brilliantly simple concept—driving up and down highways and delivering goods—but also because of its relaxing gameplay. Being able to travel to parts of some of the more prominent…
Conan Exiles Savage Frontiers and Seekers of the Dawn Packs Funcom If you’re a gamer who keeps up on gaming news in general, you’re probably already aware of Conan Exiles’ rather tumultuous Early Access period, and subsequent total turnaround. Indeed, just when I thought that the open-world sandbox game based on Robert E. Howard’s Hyborian…
Miscreated Endnight Games I began as everyone does on Miscreated’s fictional Orca Island—with nothing except for the clothes on my back and a flashlight. As I wound my way through a dense forest, I foraged for some supplies and fashioned a make-shift backpack so that I could store more items within my rather limited starting…
Stellaris: Megacorp DLC Paradox Interactive When Stellaris was originally released back in May of 2016, I knew right away that it was going to be something special. I always say “going to be” because anyone familiar with Paradox’s post-release policies knows that there are going to be tons of updates and DLC following each game’s…
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 – Shadows Over Bögenhafen DLC Fatshark As someone who was never really that familiar with any of the Warhammer Fantasy Battle lore, I was a little apprehensive when Fatshark released the first Warhammer: Vermintide game back in 2016. It took a few friends to convince me to try it out and once…
