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Gift of Parthax Review
Gift of Parthax is a top-down spell based arena shooter and a very competent one at that. The presentation is fairly simple, owing to the low-resolution pixel art and simple premise, but it is executed well. Music conveys a sense of fast-paced mysticism which is completely appropriate to the gameplay. There is a story, and...
Netflix Reveals Plans Following Telltale Layoffs
Last Friday, Telltale Games laid off 90% of their workforce, and kept 25 people as a skeleton crew to release and finish different projects. According to Netflix, the remaining team at Telltale still has a couple of things releasing on Netflix soon. Last June, Telltale and Netflix partnered to bring Minecraft Story Mode to Netflix,...
Rainbow Six Siege Temporarily Reduces Price of Year 1 Operators
Ubisoft announced that starting September 25th, 2018, all Year 1 DLC operators will be available for purchase at a reduced price. Year 1 operators include Frost, Buck, Valkyrie, Blackbeard, Capitao, Caveira, Hibana, and Echo. The regular prices of 600 R6 Credits or 25,000 Renown have gone down to 360 R6 Credits or 15,000 Renown. This...
Ace Attorney Trilogy Coming to Steam, Xbox One, PS4, and Switch
This morning, Capcom announced what the “unmissable” Ace Attorney news was at Tokyo Game Show. The first three Ace Attorney games are being remastered in HD and coming to PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and Steam! Watch the trailer here. This is the first time Ace Attorney is coming to platforms other than Nintendo’s. This is only...
Kick Ass Commandos Review
When I first entered the world of Kick Ass Commandos, all I wanted to see were some explosions. Well, I can definitively say my wish came true. Before the Kick Ass Commandos experience I’d never seen so many explosions at once in my life. It seems like action games are continuously one-upping each other for...
Telltale Games Shutting Down Soon, Layoffs
This morning, news broke out that Telltale Games has laid off 90% of its workforce, and will shut down completely after Episode 2 of The Walking Dead‘s final season releases. Telltale co-founder Kevin Bruner wrote on his blog today, “Today, I’m mostly saddened for the people who are losing their jobs at a studio they...
Dark Souls Remastered Network Test Scheduled for Switch
In March 2018’s Nintendo Direct, a network test was announced for Dark Souls Remastered, previously announced for the Switch and other platforms in January. After many months of silence and the game releasing on other platforms in May, a statement was made on Twitter that the Switch network test begins on Friday, September 21st from 5-9 PM...
Nintendo Switch Online Has Launched
Whether you tolerate it or hate it, Nintendo Switch Online is now available for purchase. After site maintenance, strangely involving the Wii Shop Channel, Nintendo Switch Online memberships were made available on Nintendo.com and the Switch’s eShop. You can sign up for a 7-day free trial from the Nintendo eShop right now if you want...
YouTube Gaming Will Be Retired in March 2019
Today, YouTube announced on the YouTube Creator Blog that they are introducing a new way to watch gaming-related videos on their platform. They will be retiring YouTube Gaming in March of 2019, less than six months from now. YouTube Gaming first launched on August 26th, 2015, bringing the platform’s lifespan to just over 3.5 years....