As soon as Crystal Dynamics, developer of the previous two Tomb Raider games was announced to be stepping down from lead development of the third and final Tomb Raider game in the rebooted, I was nervous. This callous move from the gaming industry, to needlessly mess with success happens often. New guiding hand Eidos Montreal who developed…
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The Game Awards: 2018 Noms
Official Excerpt: This year more than 100 games and individuals have been nominated for The Game Awards. Winners will be announced live on December 6th at The Game Awards. Find out where to watch the show here. Link to The Game Awards official website: here GAME OF THE YEAR Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute…
Insomniac’s Marvel Spider-Man Does Whatever a 2018 Game Does
I don’t think any developer has more experience in modern AAA game development than Insomniac Games does. Initially the developer for Spyro before it was sold to Activision Blizzard unlike its sister studio Naughty Dog (located in the same California neighbourhood) Insomniac remains an independent second party studio that miraculously has developed exclusives for both…
Father & Son Deities Take an Arduous Journey in God of War
Game Director: Cory Balrog (God of War II) Writers: Richard Zangrande Gaubert & Matthew Sophos (Lost Planet 3) Cory Balrog (GoW: Ghost of Sparta & Chains of Olympus) Music: Bear McCreary (The Cloverfield Paradox, The Walking Dead, Outlander) Starring: Christopher Judge, Sunny Suljic, Danielle Bisutti, Jeremy Davies (American Gods, Twin Peaks, Saving Private Ryan), Nolan North…
Opinion: ‘The Last of Us Part II’ should be rated ‘Adult’s Only’
Video Game audiences have matured, and developer ‘Naughty Dog’ shouldn’t pull punches when telling its story, but neither should the Entertainment Software Ratings Board. By: William Robertson Hume Editors note: updated for clarity. The following video contains: Intense Violence – Graphic and realistic-looking depictions of physical conflict. Extreme and realistic weapons and depictions of human…
The Superb, Daring ‘Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus’ Aims to Make America Nazi-Free Again
The remarkably Timely New colossus is far from bloodless in its thorough depiction of nazi machinations I can recall how demanding Wolfenstein: The New Order was. Spread across 4 discs on my old Xbox 360 and a mandatory 8 GB install on my 20 GB hard drive, with the technical demands came characters that were just as large. Both…
The Female-Driven Uncharted Spin-Off ‘The Lost Legacy’ is an Example of What Happens When Naughty Dog Coasts
“It’s weird that it’s two women.” That was what my sister mentioned to me while I was playing the game. I have to admit I agreed with her despite not wanting to. It was weird. Should it have been? Naughty Dog has actually been down a similar road before in smaller more intimate spin-off territory…
Most Anticipated Video Games of 2018
Sea of Thieves (March 20th) Studio: Rare (Kinect Sports, Rare Replay, Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts) A game that just looks like pure fun and a bit less of an Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag simulator than other 2018 title Skull and Bones, Sea of Thieves looks like it might take to Destiny model of…
Last Impressions of Gaming’s Most Anticipated of 2017
For Honor I was ready to leave For Honor on a high note before its release with my wonderful two game comeback that matched developer Ubisoft’s ambitions to make a game that was as fun to watch (if not funner) than it was to play, eSports cometh! However in my last year of university I…
The Shifting Audience of Gamers
Intro: Who “Gamers” are, and who we thought they were has changed. As Will Hume from FilmGamer.com demonstrates via storytelling and analysis, the most recent available data shows how accessible games have become over the years and who they now play to directly and indirectly. From the Gamer culture to the Canadian economy and back…
Throwback: “How Grand Theft Auto III Put Games on the Media Map”
Originally written for Dr. Hazel Atkins ENG 1100 Class / Dated: Monday, October-01- 12 Released in October of 2001, Video Game “Grand Theft Auto III” by Scottish developer Rockstar North came into worldwide infamy. It was banned and censored in one country, and was the subject of two court cases in another and was the highest selling…
Senua’s Sacrifice: For Hellblade; Developer Ninja Theory Goes All-in on One of the Most Ambitious Games of the Year
The Gist: With 17 years worth of experience poured into an 8 hour title, Hellblade takes aim at heady themes, offering a rally cry for the industry and socially conscious gamers everywhere. With their previous 3 games; Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry developer Ninja Theory has made itself…
