Console Gems from PAXEast 2018 by JoPaWrites A Penny Arcade Expo can be quite overwhelming for those new to the experience. There are hundreds of games on display and it feels impossible to see them all. This is especially true for games found outside of the major booths such as Sony, Xbox or the like. Yet there are quite a few that are deserving of a closer look as they bring something unique to the table. Below are a few from PAX East 2018 to be on the lookout for that will

Focus Home Interactive has recently announced the exciting news Insurgency: Sandstorm, the realistic modern combat FPS, is being enhanced and polished for release on consoles later this year. The FPS has garnered a strong, and vocal following on Steam for quite some time, being lauded for its extreme attention to detail and focus on creating a more intense combat experience without making it too casual. The new game will be making its way to consoles for release sometime in 2

Hero Defense made a big impact on the Steam Community in 2016. Brought to us by Headup Games and Happy Tuesday Studios, Hero Defense became a title that broke the conventions of traditional “defense” games. Receiving high praise from critics and gamers, Hero Defense is heading its way to consoles this Fall, with a free title update coming to the game on PC. The game tasks players into a daring, deadly quest to eliminate the top vampire of the land, Count Necrosis. Players wil

With the highly anticipated release of Sonic Mania, SEGA shared the intro movie for the game, and the results will make any long-time Sonic fan have their hearts burst in cheer. Reminiscent of the intro movie for Sonic CD and early illustrations of the Archie Comic’s Sonic Comics, this intro movie showcases the attitude, style, and feel of the original Blue Blur. In the movie, we see Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, join forces and fight evil robots across incredibly colorful and

Every game developer has to start somewhere, even for legendary game designers such as Goichi Suda, more commonly known as Suda 51. The designer, the founder of niche game developer Grasshopper Manufacture, has had his hand in games that many would consider strange but unmistakably original. From the lunacy of No More Heroes, Killer is Dead, and Lollipop Chainsaw to the deep fantasy of Sine Mora all the way to insane action experiences such as Liberation Maiden, Suda 51 has p

Monsters, robots, and a terrifying presence on a derelict vessel in space. Of course, it all sounds familiar, but it doesn’t make the premise, or the experience, any less exciting. Making the leap from PC’s and smartphones, Dead Effect 2, from Badfly interactive is arriving on consoles this coming Tuesday, January 17th. Dead Effect 2 features players as part of a squad of futuristic super-soldiers, that board a derelict space vessel, as all communication is ceased. Of course,

It seems like it’s been an eternity since Nintendo unveiled the Switch – the hybrid portable-console we were all anticipating late last year.  They won’t say much else on the device until January 13th, where a Nintendo Switch event will talk up the price, the launch line-up, and the future of the Switch. Laura Kate Dale’s been on the forefront of these rumor mills, and she’s been hitting the mark fairly frequently. Her first tip is a far cry from what she previously reported

Except for a few missteps here or there, I find their Free To Play model to be one of the best and most fair in gaming. I truly appreciate the amount of Free Content that goes into their titles and respect the fact that one can actually grind the game to purchase the premium items. I say all of this because Perfect World is primed to present this same Free To Play experience to a whole new audience. Though the fantasy game Neverwinter Online has been enthusiastically received