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Month: March 2015

Tales from the Borderlands Episode 2.

Telltale was nice enough to send us a review copy of their second episode in the Tales from the Borderlands series. In this second episode of the season, ‘Atlas Mugged,’ the discovery of the Gortys Project fuels a madcap race to find just what the Atlas Corporation was up to prior to Hyperion’s takeover of Pandora. Our
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March 28, 2015
Game of Thrones Episode 3 Review

So I just got done playing episode 3 of Telltale’s Game of Thrones game series, and this one was a building episode surrounded by memorable moments from the show/book series, oh, and it had a dragon in it, so fuck yeah! Oh, and if you’re not caught up on the HBO series, there might be
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March 25, 2015
PSA: PS4 v2.5 hits tomorrow!

As we previously discussed about 2 weeks ago, v2.5 (aka Yukimura) of the PS4 is hitting tomorrow and it’s bringing some sizeable upgrades. The full list is below but the big improvements are more towards the top; Suspend/Resume is a featured talked about at the initial unveiling, Backup and restore of your HDD is actually
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March 25, 2015
Kojima & Konami may be breaking up

It’s been rumored over the last few days that Konami and Kojima may be severing their relationship, and their latest non-denial/denial seems to say yes (see the posted letter below). Over the last few days everything with Kojima’s name has been removed from the online Konami presence; Kojima Studios is getting a new name (Konami
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March 20, 2015
Nintendo announces Mobile Gaming, new console

We’re not talking about 3DS games either, Nintendo is FINALLY getting into the cell phone/tablet market with a new deal inked with DeNA. Nintendo says that these won’t be mere ports of popular games but brand new entities that are developed specifically for mobile. The partnership will send 15 million DeNA shares, or a 10
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March 17, 2015
Bandai Namco not pulling punches with J-Stars Victory vs+

Still slated for a Summer 2015 North American release, J-Stars Victory vs+ is basically a fighting game with no less than the Best of the Best from Shonen Jump manga. Seriously though, this game will have it all; One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Dragonball Z, Ruruoni Kenshin, Gintama, Hunter X Hunter, the list goes on and
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March 13, 2015
The Order 1886

The Order 1886 was easily my most anticipated PS4 game in 2015, and understandably the game is absolutely beautiful and a Masterpiece of storytelling. Unfortunately it falls short with basic gameplay mechanics and is also notoriously short. Graphics: Let me first take a few moments to talk about one thing. THIS. GAME. IS. GORGEOUS. This
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March 13, 2015
Jason Voorhees to make his Mortal Kombat debut!

Happy Friday the 13th everyone! In honor of this great day (the 2nd of 3 this year), Ed Boon tweeted this little teaser earlier today. That’s right, everyone’s favorite fornicating teenager slaying badass, Jason Voorhees, with be DLC for the upcoming Mortal Kombat X game. In case you didn’t know, this Mortal Kombat appears to
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March 13, 2015
Suspend/Resume FINALLY Coming to PS4

That’s right folks 2 years after it was first talked about, during the PS4 unveiling, Sony is finally bringing Suspend/Resume to the console in Version 2.5 (Yukimura). This being one of the last big promises that Sony made during the unveiling, this marks a pretty big occasion. They stress that it will work on “nearly
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March 12, 2015
Isuca Review

Story: Shinichirō Asano is a high school student who ends up meeting a beautiful girl by the name of Sakaya Shimazu, the 37th head of the Shimazu family. The Shimazu family seals away monsters using spirit magic, and Sakaya’s form is Spirit Archery. Shinichirō’s has the unique ability to learn the true name of monsters
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March 11, 2015