Another week, another showcase! This time round it was Microsoft showing off all its upcoming Xbox goodies. This included a 45-minute dive into Starfield, which was a thing in and of itself. This game remains one of my most-anticipated, and that hasn’t changed. (My birthday is right around the time it releases, so happy birthday…
Category: Commentary
Xbox Isn’t Planning a Mid-Gen Console Upgrade. Good.
As part of the deluge of announcements to come out of Summer Games Fest, Microsoft announced that it currently has not plans for a mid-generation console. That’s really all there is to it, and, frankly, I’m glad. I really didn’t like that we had mid-gen consoles in the first place.
Square-Enix Teases Story For Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
One of the most anticipated RPGs of the foreseeable future has to be Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth. It’s funny to think that it’s already been a couple of years since Final Fantasy VII Remake released, and yet we really have been waiting a long time to see where Square Enix takes the story next. We…
The Ehs and Ohs from PlayStation’s Summer Games Showcase
Last week, Sony offered up an online showcase of what it had in store for players in the coming months. We’re three years into the PlayStation 5’s lifecycle, though it seems that Sony isn’t giving up on the previous generation or its VR headset any time soon. They presented a wide array of PS4/PS5/VR games…
So Sony is Bringing Back the Wii U Now?
There were quite a few announcements at the recent PlayStation Summer Games Showcase. Some were awesome like the reveal of Dragon’s Dogma II, and some, like the announcement of Phantom Blade 0 were just kind of there. Then there’s Sony’s “Project Q,” which just seems baffling. At first glance, it looks like Sony’s answer to…
Sakurai Discusses Smash Bros. and Online Play
In a recent video, Super Smash Bros. series creator Masahiro Sakurai took some time to talk about his feelings regarding the series in online play. As longtime fans of the series might have expected, it turns out that he’s not really a fan of supporting online features for Nintendo’s popular character fighter. It’s something that…
Looks Like Microsoft is Going to Buy Activision Afterall
For a minute, it looked like Microsoft’s buyout of Activision was going to be averted thanks to the EU not being on board with the merger. Unfortunately, it seems these sorts of mergers are all but inevitable. It was just announced a day or so ago that the EU’s regulatory body, the European Commission, just…
Atari Announces ‘Mr. Run and Jump,’ and It Looks…Good?!
I don’t know about you all, but after the nothing burger that was/is the Atari VCS and all the crazy crypto shenanigans of the past year or two, I kind of wrote-off this so-called new Atari as little more than a jaded attempt to quickly cash-in on nostalgia. Yet, the VCS (such as it is)…
Capcom Removed Ray-Tracing from RE2 and RE3 Remakes, Probably for the Better
It’s come out that Capcom has apparently removed ray-tracing from the PC versions of Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil: biohzard as part of the most recent updates to the games. However, as reported by Exputer.com, prevailing opinion among fans is that this was done by accident. Still, perhaps the games are…
Redfall is Going to Have Denuvo DRM, Yay…
I don’t know why, but I get the sense that neither Microsoft or Bethesda want Arkane Studios’ next game, Redfall, just doesn’t want i to succeed. How else do you explain the series of L’s the game’s been taking in the weeks leading up to release.
VIRTUAL BASTION 