Owlboy packs a fantastic amount of retro charm and genuine heart, with wonderful and creative gameplay to back it up. This long-awaited indie darling may be one of the year's best.
King’s Quest: Chapter 5 – The Good Knight makes some notable stumbles, but old-school adventure game lovers will find a lot to like, and the later portions provide a satisfying end to Graham's journey.
While Rock Band Rivals' new campaign offers little substance, its new persistent multiplayer component is an intriguing addition that genuinely enriches the core Rock Band 4 experience.
Tomorrow is set to be a big day for console gamers. Not only is Rockstar set to reveal the debut trailer for the long-awaited Red Dead Redemption 2 on the morning of October 20, but Nintendo has just dropped abrupt confirmation of a long-awaited bombshell: The official reveal of their long-teased new console, codenamed the Nintendo NX.
Harmonix has officially released Rock Band Rivals, the first paid expansion in the series' history, for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Available as DLC for last year's Rock Band 4 as well as a physical release combining the two for newcomers, Rivals builds on the existing songs and features of the base game while adding some significant new ones.
Stoking the Overwatch rumor mill after an Xbox Store listing hinted at a Halloween event, a new image apparently taken from a now-deleted Russian page for the game may have provided an early look at the latest playable hero, the long-rumored Sombra.
King's Quest: Chapter 4 - Snow Place Like Home packs some of the best storytelling in the series so far, but a bizarre and repetitive structure for the majority of its length holds it back from greatness.
Ubisoft developer Michel Ancel is best known as the creator of the long-running Rayman franchise, but also spearheaded the action-adventure title Beyond Good & Evil way back in 2003. Despite garnering critical praise and being set up as the first in a franchise, underwhelming sales caused plans for any sequels to grind to a halt. The game gradually built a cult following over the next few years, and in 2008, Ubisoft and Ancel finally confirmed that Beyond Good & Evil 2 had begun development via a brief teaser, also releasing an HD remaster of the original in 2011.
NIS America's Danganronpa series has received a good amount of critical praise, but as its original North American releases were exclusive to the unpopular PS Vita, many gamers interested in playing Spike Chunsoft's twisted murder mysteries have been out of luck. Recent PC ports of the first two games have helped, but for interested players limited to home consoles, another opportunity will be available in the coming months via Danganronpa 1•2 Reload, a just-announced PlayStation 4 compilation.