You may be excited when you see a new game coming for PlayStation VR, but you always secretly wish it was Skyrim (opens in new tab) instead. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. And it’s finally happening. The Sony E3 2017 press conference (opens in new tab) confirmed that The Elder …
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromeda Easter eggs, secrets, and references to the original games
While Mass Effect: Andromeda (opens in new tab) is a fresh chapter for the franchise, there are plenty of nods and references to the original trilogy for those willing to look hard enough. After all, the games do exist within the same universe (not the same galaxy, though), and it’s …
Read More »The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild review: “Its taken 18 years, but Nintendo has done it again: this is the adventure game to beat”
Few gaming moments were as transformative as standing in Hyrule Field in Ocarina of Time, looking up at Death Mountain and realising that, yes, you could get from here to there. In hindsight it wasn’t entirely true – transition screens partitioned the mountain into chunks that wouldn’t choke the N64 …
Read More »So… how does Breath of the Wild fit into the Zelda timeline?
Ever since The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (opens in new tab) was announced, the most die-hard fans have put on their green detective caps and tried to place the game into the series’ complicated timeline (opens in new tab). There has been no official statement from Nintendo, …
Read More »Take a look around Mass Effect: Andromedas ship and space car thanks to a new video
Mass Effect: Andromeda (opens in new tab)’s latest video takes you on a tour of the dedicated transportation you’ll use for pathfinding around the new galaxy: the good ship Tempest and its all-terrain rover the Nomad. The video is framed as an orientation for potential Pathfinder recruits, but in practical …
Read More »GR+ Live: Celebrating 25 years of Super Nintendo games
On August 23rd, 1991 the people of the United States started playing with power. Super power. The Super Nintendo launch brought the house of Mario into the world of 16-bit gaming. Super NES launch games like Super Mario World, F-Zero, Pilotwings, Gradius 3, and SimCity presaged an astoundingly fruitful five …
Read More »This is Mass Effect Andromedas female hero but expect a “more gender neutral” cover
Remember the woman at the end of the new Mass Effect: Andromeda (opens in new tab) video who seems relieved and genuinely surprised that her spaceship didn’t blow up (opens in new tab)? She’s the new protagonist, according to BioWare Edmonton general manager Aaryn Flynn. Or she’s what your character …
Read More »Warhammer 40K: Inquisitor – Martyr wants to be more than a grimdark sci-fi Diablo
In my time with Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr, I destroyed at least a dozen massive, ancient techno-pillars. A few of those were providing cover for hostile heretics, but mostly I just liked watching all the pieces crumble to the floor. I mean, If you give me a recharging grenade …
Read More »Shenmue 1 and 2 HD remasters are being investigated by Sega
Shenmue 3 is still coming and is definitely not a collective hallucination (opens in new tab), but what about the many folks who never played the first two games? Or those Shenmue fans who want to refresh their memory a decade and a half later – without having to steal …
Read More »Pyre is a strange, intoxicating blend of Oregon Trail and Final Fantasys Blitzball
Pyre is weird as hell. Supergiant Games is, of course, no stranger to making weird games. Like Bastion and Transistor before it, Pyre is breathtakingly beautiful, set in a unique, densely-packed world, and its game design plays off of familiar concepts but twists them just enough to subvert your expectations. …
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