Added: 21.05.2014 6:14 | 6 views | 0 comments


Remember last September when the Heavy Bullets pre-alpha was free? It's been under heavy development ever since, not only landing a publishing deal with the ever-awesome Devolver Digital but also showing up on Steam Early Access. Unlike many Early Access games, though, Heavy Bullets is just about done. There's a bit of bug-testing, a final round of polish, and maybe a little more content to finish up before release, with player feedback being taken into heavy consideration. It's a bit early to review, but all the major pieces are in place to allow this stylish roguelike FPS to show what it can do.

Added: 20.05.2014 20:00 | 12 views | 0 comments


Like cool, blue water for your ears. Releasing many moons after its namesake, the soundtrack for the Freedom Cry DLC to Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is still as relevant and interesting as ever. Here, Olivier Deriviere of Remember Me fame has crafted a lush audio experience for video game music fans full of high drama and high seas. I’ve listened to it repeatedly for months waiting to be able to recommend it to others to buy and that moment finally arrived on May 12th of this year. The opener, "The Root," feels like an amuse-bouche, giving listeners a sampling of the interest to look forward to over the 17-track album. At first, I was reeled in by the frantic instrumentation of many of the songs. I’m generally a fan of songs with a lot of momentum, and Deriviere has delivered that in spades but without overdoing the intensity. Songs like "Fight the Tyranny" and "Attack at Sea" respect my ears enough to switch up the foreground and background melodies plenty. This results in each song feeling a little like a musical suite but without any pauses. Not every track is fast, though, and necessary calm washes over the sea just as effectively. I appreciated the melodic introspection of "False Paradise," which felt like a nighttime lullaby in a way. "A Boat to Freedom" conveys a sense of traveling over a smooth ocean using small and frequent percussion sounds to maintain the small waves lapping under the hull. It’s easy to lose yourself in these engrossing tunes. Freedom Cry focuses on the Trinidadian assassin, Adeówaleó, and in order to invoke a soulful Caribbean feel that separates this album from the main game soundtrack, Deriviere collaborated with the Haitian music group, La Troupe Makandal. These singers are the shining force here even if they don’t feature on each track. In a few instances, like in "Brothers and Sisters," they appear after a few minutes of pure instrumentation to bring a passionate and emotional closing. Praise should also be heaped on the soloist, Monvelyno Alexis, who lends a heavy heart to "The Root" and the closing track, "The Freedom Cry." He is easily one of the strongest and most compelling vocalists to hit my video game soundtrack collection, and together with his team, they become absolute assets to the music. I have lots of love for the classic, booming church choir, but the raw energy Makandal exhibits feels fresh and new in a sea of oft-ignored background music. This soundtrack, which had me excited from the first listen, has put Olivier Deriviere on my list of composers to listen for. For $11 (on iTunes) for the digital album, you’ll be treating your ears to something refreshing and unique in the gaming soundscape.

Added: 18.05.2014 2:17 | 1 views | 0 comments


MediaStinger: "With Clementine only being 11 years old, its a bit strange how much the adults all rely on her to speak up for them and save them... But while these adult interactions seem odd, they should to us gamers. The world that Clementine is being raised in isnt the same as ours; its one that requires children to mature at a much faster rate and kill or be killed. With each generation, children will become more and more desensitized to violence, until theres nobody left to remember how things once were before the zombies, and whats considered normal will become completely different than what we think nowadays..."

Added: 16.05.2014 14:08 | 0 views | 0 comments


A useful emulator for those old Game Boy classic masterpieces. Remember to have fun!

Added: 12.05.2014 22:30 | 53 views | 0 comments

Remember Borderlands 2? It came out a couple years ago, everyone played it a lot and generally really liked it? Of course you do. Well, it's back.

Added: 12.05.2014 16:01 | 3 views | 0 comments


It's May 12th, and as we found out last week, that means classic puzzle platformer Portal is now available to play on the NVIDIA Shield. But that's not the only Valve game to hit the Shield today. Remember that green crowbar sent to Android Police last week? Yep, get excited Android players. It turns out that Valve's highly-praised first-person shooter Half-Life 2 is also available on the Sh...

Added: 12.05.2014 5:17 | 0 views | 0 comments


Remember the Smartphone menu option in Watch_Dogs with an icon that looked like an upside-down version of Assassin's Creed's logo? Its name was blurred out, and that made many(me included) think that the developers were trying to hide some actual and mysterious story connection with Ubisoft's assassin-driven franchise. An eagle eyed reddit user found out what it was.