It took a lot of confidence for Bungie to bring back Festival of the Lost. It’s always difficult to imagine how the decisions are made for which live events to do each year. For instance, we didn’t have the Valentine’s Day Crimson Days event during year 3 of Destiny 1 despite its relative success in…
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Waking The Great Dreamer Announced in early 2014 by Focus Home Interactive, Call of Cthulhu has had a few bumps in the road during the course of development. Originally being developed by Frogwares, the game was rarely mentioned until it was announced in 2016 that Cyanide Studio would be taking charge, utilizing Unreal Engine 4….
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Another Year, Another Jackbox Party games were forever changed when the first Jackbox Party Pack was released back in November of 2014. From the twisted trivia-fest You Don’t Know Jack, to the devious liar’s delight, Fibbage, Jackbox Games had a winning collection on their hands. With follow-up releases every year since, we’re now on the…
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To say that Destiny 2 had a rough first year would put it lightly. The game was remade in a bubble. Many aspects of Destiny 2 appeared to be the product of designers observing the evolution of Destiny 1, and creating a “definitive” version of the game. Unfortunately this new “reboot” of Destiny was only…
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Over the last 2 weeks, we’ve hunted down Uldren, and began exploring the mysteries of the Dreaming City in Destiny 2: Forsaken. This past Friday, a brave team of 6 entered The Last Wish raid. After 18 hours 45 minutes, they emerged victorious. However, the defeat of the raid boss unleashed a curse on the Dreaming…
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The Adventure Begins In June 2017, Rebellion Developments, the company that brought us the Sniper Elite series and many other games, announced their next big adventure called Strange Brigade; and a rip-roaring adventure it is. A Tantalizing Tale… Set in the 1930s, players take on the role of one of the Strange Brigade: a group…
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Lovely Day For It! When Compulsion Games started a Kickstarter campaign for We Happy Few back in 2015, prospective players were shown a promising vision of a first-person, story-driven game set in a drug-addled dystopian world. A year later, the game became available to supporters via early release. Although, most people have had to wait…
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Bungie’s Complex Problem Bungie has accomplished many things with Destiny. They took the core of a first person shooter and built an MMORPG around it. It was always clear that Destiny was an FPS first, which is why the gun-play is polished above all else. They were also the first game to implement raids into…
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Taking Control The announcement of a new third-person shooter is hardly a rare occurrence, particularly during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Remedy, a studio known for Alan Wake and Quantum Break, has revealed their latest project. Previously known as “P7,” Control is an ambitious project which combines cutting-edge physics, paranormal government agents, and hallucinatory experiences…
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Casting a Familiar Shadow When considering the most iconic characters in the history of gaming it’s impossible to leave out Lara Croft. Since 1996 when gamers first had the chance to raid tombs in short shorts, Tomb Raider has been a staple of the gaming world. While there was a period of time when Lara…
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