‘Gauntlet’ Review

Platforms PC Publisher Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment Developer Arrowhead Game Studios Genre Action   Platform Played PC Gauntlet seeks to be a reboot and throwback to the origins of the beloved franchise. It has been years since gamers received a proper iteration of the hack and slash, dungeon-crawling…

‘Destiny’ Review

Platforms PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One Developer Bungie  Publisher Activision Genre Cooperative Shooter   Platform Played On PS4 A few years ago, the very idea of Bungie, the creators of the legendary Halo franchise developing for PlayStation as well as Xbox would have seemed like a very desirable,…

‘Stronghold Crusader II’ Review

Platforms PC Developer FireFly Studios   Publisher FireFly Studios Genre Real-Time Strategy Just like its predecessors, Stronghold Crusader II is a medieval-themed real-time strategy title composed of two sides: an economic and a military one. Before going-up against your opponent(s), you’ll need to manage your population, build-up…

‘Minimum’ Review

Platforms PC Developer Human Head Studios   Publisher Atari Genre Multiplayer Third-Person Shooter Who knew that throwing giant robots into a multiplayer online battle arena-like third-person shooter would work so well? Apparently, publisher Atari and developer Human Head Studios knew. As such, their result comes…

‘Vertical Drop Heroes HD’ Review

Platforms PC, Mac  Developer Nerdook Productions Publisher Digerati Distribution Genre Rogue-like Action Platformer   Platform Played PC If you asked me what Vertical Drop Heroes HD was, I would immediately tell you it was a mix between the rogue-likes Spelunky and Rogue Legacy. The former, in that the player maneuvers their way…

‘Risen 3: Titan Lords’ Review

Platforms PS3/360/PC Developer Piranha Bytes   Publisher Deep Silver Genre Action-RPG   Platform Played On PC Ah, yes, role-playing games created by European developers; I wouldn’t necessarily classify them as niche, but the majority of said titles (e.g. the first three Gothic games, the first two Witcher games etc.) are certainly…