Destiny 2‘s first major expansion was released this week, and it aimed to deliver a more satisfying and engaging experience to its players. It told a more personal story of revenge, brought back characters we hadn’t seen since Destiny 1, and introduced us to 2 new locations. Then of course, there’s a new set of…
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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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On August 28th, Bungie will be deploying yet another redesign to the destination director (or director for shorthand), to accommodate new destinations coming in Forsaken. Places like The Tangled Shore and The Dreaming City, as well as new activities like Gambit. As a designer, the long-standing tradition of director redesigns is one of the features…
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Bring The Beat Back Bandai Namco has been hard at work bringing players games they crave. From Jump Force to the new Soul Calibur, this summer has been quite busy for them. There’s one title, however, that snuck under the radar after a very casual announcement via social media: Taiko no Tatsujin. Many in America…
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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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Last week, Bungie outlined their changes coming to the weapons and ability sandbox in update 2.0. They outlined their goals with the update, including their desire to make your guardian feel more powerful and to decrease the overall time to kill, which is the average time is takes to defeat an opponent in PvP. A…
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Eververse Eververse, Destiny 2‘s in-game micro-transaction system, is part of a polarizing topic of discussion. There don’t seem to be any right answers for micro-transaction systems, rather more of what works best for each game that features it. In my article last week I claimed that if Bungie didn’t charge for the annual pass, they…
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Looking at the Big Picture Destiny 2 Forsaken is set to release on September 4th, bringing a huge injection of content with some needed improvements. The news of its price tag left many players upset at the prospect of paying for fixes that should have been there from the start. It turns out however, that isn’t…
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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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Cthulhu Noir “The Sinking City” is a H.P. Lovecraft inspired open world investigation game by developer Frogwares and published by Bigben Interactive and it looks to be promising. The game takes place in the 1920s and follows private investigator Charles W. Reed in search of his lost memories as he ends up in a unique…
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