ASUS already sells smartphones, so it makes sense for their Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand to follow suit. In the wake of the “gaming phone” revival comes the ASUS ROG Phone, packed with high-end hardware and designed wholly with gaming in mind. We dare say they took a few ...
Admit it: you’ve always wondered who would win in a fight between Luffy and Ichigo, or Goku versus Superman. Well, maybe the second isn’t happening anytime soon but you can test that first matchup in Bandai Namco’s Jump Force. So that’s exactly what I did during the Jump Force ...
The Walt Disney Company showed off some of its mobile games catalog at GameStart 2018 last weekend (13-14 Oct), one of which was the still-in-development Disney Epic Quest. Like many curious attendees, we stopped by their booth for a quick hands-on with the demo build. Anyone who’s kept up-to-date ...
At first glance, you’d be forgiven for thinking Iron Harvest is just another Company of Heroes rip-off. But it isn’t. If you’re a fan of the original Dawn of War or Company of Heroes games, Iron Harvest will pique your interest. The game’s deceptively simple cover art conceals a ...
If there’s anything that Nintendo’s NES and SNES Classic Edition consoles have shown, it’s how there’s clearly a market for retro gaming. With the Neo Geo Mini, SNK is hoping to trigger that same emotional joy you had as a kid button mashing away Neo Geo classics the likes ...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has been gaining attention for all the wrong reasons. The nixing of the traditional campaign is its biggest hurdle to overcome, but at least the beta has shown that the series’ multiplayer is as solid as ever. I’ll readily admit that I’m one ...
Ubisoft are fully embracing the RPG model with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, implementing dialogue choices, branching quests, and different endings. They’ve even promised multiple characters for us to romance, all of which looks like an attempt to fill the “BioWare RPG” void. We sampled that new direction in a hands-on ...
Games have long been a fascinating storytelling medium, an intricate juggling act between player agency and creative vision. It’s an ambitiously tall order, such that the few games that pull it off become instant hits with lasting legacies. Quantic Dream’s works may fall short of those heights, yet their ...
God of War makes its long-awaited return next month, and to promote the game Sony PlayStation and developers Santa Monica Studios launched a new round of hushed previews worldwide. The latest build offered an early peek of the first few hours of the game and, more than the trailers ...
Gameplay quirks, visual design choices, quality-of-life tweaks. These are aspects improved through time and iteration, yet often forgotten when reminiscing about the past. It was a worry I harbored while entering the Age of Empires: Definitive Edition beta, one strengthened by the fact that my best memories of the ...