As much as I love Elden Ring and games featuring difficult boss fights, I’ve never really been so into difficult fights that I’ve been willing to take on the stuff Team Ninja makes. That studio tends to take things a bit too far as far as I’m concerned. So, I wasn’t really planning on picking…
Author: Hatm0nster
Forspoken SteelBooks Found In the Dump
I suppose this isn’t exactly breaking news, but I still find it interesting because of just how much Sony and Square Enix were banking on Forspoken’s success. It was supposed to be one of the PlayStation 5’s killer apps, with all kinds of resources thrown into its development and promotion, and somehow this is still…
Atomic Heart is Flawed But Fun
I got pretty excited for Atomic Heart almost as soon as I heard about it back in 2017. I was already a big fan of games like Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Prey (2017) and BioShock, so a new game in a similar vein was a slam dunk for me. I didn’t think I’d have to…
Hunt: Showdown is Getting an Engine Upgrade
Once an online game hits the five year mark, it’s usually either run its course or has just settled into a regular content schedule with no more earth-shaking changes planned. There are exceptions like Warframe of course, and now it seems Hunt: Showdown is one too. In fact, according to PC Gamer, the grim battle…
I’m Torn On Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
With all the posts I’ve made here over the years, I’m pretty sure I’ve made my distaste for free-to-play / live service games pretty clear. I think that a lot of the problems in the video game industry stem from the proliferation of these business models, and I’ve been feeling rather concerned about their growing…
Dead Space 2 and 3 Might Eventually Get Remakes Too
To almost no one’s surprise, the Dead Space remake has been selling incredibly well. I mean, who would have thought that a remake for an iconic, award-winning and currently dead series would be popular? Well apparently not EA, because the company is now sending out surveys asking people if they’d be interested in remakes for…
Pre-ordering is a Garbage Practice
You know, I’ve probably spent my entire period of writing about games, about 10 years now, railing against the garbage practice that is video game pre-ordering. It was, is, and always will be something that’s absolutely terrible for the average gamer, and yet everyone seems hellbent on doing it no matter how badly the major…
Diablo 4 is Getting an “Open Beta”
After about 11 years, the next numbered Diablo game, Diablo 4, seems to finally be nearing its release date. That date has not yet been revealed, but Activision-Blizzard has announced an open-beta for the game, running from March 17th to March 19th. Of course, this is only for those that pre-order the game. Everyone else…
Playing to Get Better
As much as I’ve enjoyed games over the course of my life, I don’t think I’ve ever considered myself a “hardcore” gamer. They’re fun, and sometimes it’s fun to do everything or try to get a little better at something like Halo multiplayer. It’s also nice to talk about games like this too. Is that…
Apparently, Metroid Prime Remastered Finished Development a Long Time Ago
According to TheGamer.com, there’s some evidence floating around that Metroid Prime Remastered finished development all the way back in 2021. See, it seems that Nintendo submitted the game for classification to the German Rating Organization in July of 2021. If this is true, then that means Nintendo has been sitting on the game since then….
VIRTUAL BASTION 