When it comes to fantasy series that can capture both adult and child attention, there is possibly none better thanHow to Train Your Dragon. The first was written by Cressida Cowell back in 2004, and the world she created has since spawned an entire franchise. So far, there are: And all of that is without counting the upcoming live action adaptation ofHow to Train Your Dragonthat’s coming in June 2025. I know, it’s a lot....
Might explain why you aren’t seeing crowds For nearly a year, people have been wondering howPokemon Gois faring. We hear that it still makes millions in revenue, we see less people playing it, but we don’t really have hard data to go off of in many cases. Well, data firm ComScore just provided a report that shows the total peak and fall ofGo‘s userbase, and it’s basically the downward trend we all expected....
Juri’s Duty You might find yourself swamped with genres and sub-genres in the modern gaming scene. Well here’s a spoiler for you: There are two genres of video game in this heavily packed-out market:Games with Juri in them, and shitty games. Adding Juri is what makes a game a five-star classic. You could put her in fuckingGarfield Kartand it would, by definition, become instantly better thanForza Horizon 5. Presented for your consideration: Juri in Capcom’s excellent comic-book slugfestUltimate Marvel vs....
Out now This week’s massive newNinjalapatch addresses pretty much every facet of the game, and it needed it. Although I’ve dabbled inNinjalaon Switch every so often, the launch was pretty rough at times, so any updates are like a siren’s call; beckoning me back. “Version 2.0” has come nearly two months after the game debuted on Switch, and according to Gungho, there are three tenets it addresses: “Offer an ideal matching environment – Improving player experience through UI/UX – Further polish game balance....
Also, Rhythm Heaven Fever The time has come for another somber week of Nintendo Download. Ding dong the Wii U is (mostly) dead, and its shambling corpse still has a few old games to peddle. On Wii U you’ll findDungeon Hearts DX, Rhythm Heaven Fever(VC), andResident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. Remember that latter one? It was the dual pack of light gun games back when the Wii was riding high. It was basically a “greatest hits” with some new story materials in it, and was semi-fun with a partner....
Back on the grind I haven’t gotten around toRemnant: From the Ashesjust yet, but the loot-based shooter is about to bump itself to the top of my to-do list with the arrival of Adventure Mode. A free update on September 12 will let players re-roll three biomes (Earth, Rhom, and Yaesha) to encounter more procedural game content and stock up on better gear without running the campaign again or relying on co-op....
Single-player game ruined by online logins SimCitywas released today, and due to the controversial need to always be connected to EA’s server to play people have been experiencing long waits just trying to get in. In order to playSimCityyou have to login to Origin, and since everyone is ready to jump in and play it’s caused the servers to break for many users as seen fromOrigin’s Twitter,EA’s forums,Reddit, andTotal Biscut....
Hey Ash Crimson, whatcha playin’? Hamster has dropped a treat on us this week, asThe King of Fighters 2003is now available on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, part of the publsiher’s efforts to re-release the entire Neo Geo MVS back catalogue.. Beginning a narrative arc known as the “Sacred Treasures Saga”,KoF 2003is one of the more intense titles in theKoFseries, featuring aMarvel vs. Capcom-style tag format, allowing players to switch team-mates mid-round....
New titles to be revealed in July Spike Chunsoft held their live stream yesterday, in which they were said to be revealing“exciting news”.Well, it turns out we’ll have a little longer to wait for that news, as we simply got the old “announcement of an announcement” deal. TheDanganronpapublisherdoeshave new wares to reveal, but we won’t be getting to hear the specifics until Anime Expo 2019, taking place this July in Los Angeles....
Hell, it’s about time Blizzard head Mike Morhaime announced at today’s 11th BlizzCon event thatStarCraft IIwill be going free-to-play later this month. The 2010 real time strategy game had previously been free to try with what Blizzard called a “Starter Edition,” but will go fully free for everyone beginning November 14. StarCraft 2 is going Free to Play!Campaign: Wings of Liberty FreeCommanders: Free to lvl 5Ranked: Free Unlock 🔎https://t.co/GDwvQvib77pic.twitter.com/X9Vx79nQjo...
[Update: Full re-run of this episodehere.] The last time we had Jasper Byrne on Sup Holmes, he had just released his critically acclaimed survival horror titleLone Survivor. Like hisSilent Hill 2remakeSoundless Mountain II, Jasper madeLone Survivorlargelyon his own. UnlikeSoundless Mountain II,Lone Survivorwas that you could pay for, which was something Jasper was not used to. The transition from being a freeware developer to a for-profit indie brings brings with it some interesting psychological challenges....
Lex Wins We were going to get here inevitably. The moment I started writing about kusoge, the clock was ticking to when I’d finally hitSupermanon the N64. Well, here we are, and I once again have to preface by saying that I don’t thinkSuperman 64is the worst game of all time. I still hold thatCarmageddon 64is worse. I’d probably even argue thatTransformers: Beast Wars Transmetals, while being slightly less painful to play, has less right to call itself a video game....
Ok Not content with just three separate zombie subseries fromThe Walking Dead(and one spinoff), Telltale has announced that it will publish7 Days to Die, an “open world survival game” that also involves elements of FPS, tower defense, RPGs, and horror. The trailer is live action and doesn’t really give us a whole lot of in-game insight, but it should provide the basic gist, in that crafting, loot, and character progression is a go....
