The 2013 show, co-hosted by Joel McHale ( Community ) was more about the developers and awards, more about new announcements and loving the community. Despite a lot of awkward moments, last year’s event was an improvement over years past but this year, Keighley is out. He and Spike (and owner Viacom) gracefully parted ways (apparently) and instead, Geoff Keighley is hosting a brand new, non-network-reliant game show, simply titled The Game Awards 2014 . And he’s doing it with the backing of Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony and bevvy of top game publish
It is these memories that I think brings us back to these photo modes. Sure, maybe I just thought something looked great and decided I wanted to take a cool picture of it. However, these moments can be planned and strategically mapped to tell a story that is personal. Like real-life photography, these user-created photos can evoke certain emotions and look good while doing so. That is what is most important. It truly gives the player the control to create something they feel is completely their’s, and their’s al
16 th Century Japan is a time period that mainline Assassin’s Creed games have yet to tackle but Sekiro is a perfect alternative for fans. Although the game delves far more into the supernatural than any of the Assassin’s games do there’s a lot parallels in the way Wolf takes down his enemies in stealthy ways using a grapple rope
In the game, you can stick to and climb any surface. Also, if you land on a building at the correct angle, you can even sprint up it. As the game takes place in New York City, there are all sorts of tall buildings for you to sc
Naturally, there’s a catch. Many games (most, really) feature downloadable content: additional items, levels, and features which can only be accessed by paying more money on top of the initial cost of buying a game. The latest wrinkle to the DLC formula is the inclusion of “loot boxes,” a form of microtransaction designed to keep players paying extra money for months and even years after they first buy a game. In 2017, is this trend a problem, or are lootboxes and microtransactions a necessary e
Madden NFL 19 , on the other hand, does let you use the camera freely. It is a bit tricky to get a good frame since the reticle will stick to anything close to it, but I was able to capture a good picture of the Chicago Bears’ quarterback Mitch Trubisky about to throw to one of his receivers (I think it was Gabri
With the nominations coming before the year’s end, we’re faced with the usual issue of not all of 2014’s titles being included (like Ubisoft’s The Crew ) but at least they got in the most recent two-three weeks which includes the largest batch of high profile releases. The deadline for eligible entrants was games released by November 25th. On the Canadian Videogame Awards front, the date of nomination eligibility was much earlier and meant that some of the year’s biggest titles ( Assassin’s Creed Shadows guide|https://creedshadowgame.com/ Creed Unity, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, etc. ) didn’t make the
The nominations for the first ever edition of The Game Awards were unveiled this morning and include the standard set of genre-based categories, a fan category for most anticipated title of 2015 (which mostly includes delayed games) and as a bonus, some love for famous YouTube celebs and eSports teams to help spread the word and bring in the “hardcore” crowd for appro
Fans of classic Ray Harryhausen movies will be pleased to know that many of the creature designs were inspired by his designs. The developers are huge fans of the mythology and that shows in Titan Quest. If you were one of those kids that grew up watching Harryhausen classics like Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans, and the Sinbad movies on a Saturday afternoon then this is the game for
Throughout Shadow Of The Colossus , you travel across expansive worlds, looking for a Colossus to take down. Along the way, you often have to get past some large obstacles. Thankfully, the protagonist is an excellent climber, meaning you’re able to scale just about anything as long as you have enough stam
While Saints Row started out as a pretty grounded series, it has become wackier over time. The fourth game, in particular, ups the ante by giving the protagonist various superpowers. One of the powers is super speed, which makes you capable of challenging The Flash or Quicksilver to a r
We have no idea what’s going on with the Spike VGX this year or even if there will be one. The annual celebrity-fueled, ad-hungry video games event was consistently chock full of controversy and disdain from the gamer community which is why last year host and producer Geoff Keighley helped re-brand the Spike Video Game Awards into the Spike VGX. It was a ratings success but still begged the question of whether it should contin
Titan Quest is a hack-and-slash action RPG with an ancient Grecian open-world setting to explore. The remaster has brought several visual and quality of life improvements to the game and the transition from the keyboard to the controller is a smooth
