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PlayStation 4 Fans of 'Nioh' Aren't Happy About the PC Version
If you were to play the once-exclusive PlayStation 4 title #Nioh, you know that it's a uniquely layered experience. It's the one that can be deemed as a #DarkSouls-inspired experience through its take on combat and exploration. It's a title where the virtues of patience and the values of defense serve as important feats that gamers must master.
By Dustin Murphy7 years ago in Gamers
2017 Will Be the Year of Horror Games — Here's What to Watch Out For
Survival Horror, Action Horror, and even First-Person Horror have all been genres that have flooded the gaming industry in the past decade. Horror is a genre that is easy to touch, but not easy to master. Seldom do we manage to see games that capture the essence of what it is to spur fear into the hearts of those who play them.
By Dustin Murphy7 years ago in Gamers
Why 'Agony' Will Be the Most Unsettling Horror Game to Date and Why You'll Want it
Agony has officially been announced as of Gamescom 2016 and is slated for a Quarter 2 release in 2017. It's an upcoming first-person survival horror game being developed by Madmind Studio, a studio comprised of AAA developers. The game will be taking players through a horror-filled survival where they must fight their way through the inner circles of Hell. It is a place that is comprised of bone, sinew, sin, and demonic amalgamations made of human flesh.
By Dustin Murphy7 years ago in Gamers
Latest Xbox One Preview Program Update Adds Game Gifting
Gifting games is nothing new to Steam users. They've been doing it for quite some time now, but lately, it seems that Microsoft is taking a page from their book, and following in their steps. As of recent, Microsoft's Preview Program users have been given this feature through an update that is currently being tested.
By Dustin Murphy7 years ago in Gamers
We Need More 'PUBG' Style Games, Bluehole Has No Monopoly On The Genre
When Dark Souls first launched and became successful, so did the micro-genre the franchise introduced players to within the larger action-RPG genre itself. Within years, there was more imitators than the franchise released in games, and offered formula tweaked titles for fans to enjoy.
By Dustin Murphy7 years ago in Gamers
Will Konami’s New 'Metal Gear Survive' Survive Without Kojima?
Announced at GamesCom in Cologne, Germany, Metal Gear Survive is the latest title to enter the gaming scene, and the franchise as a whole. This will be the first Metal Gear game without Hideo Kojima being active in development in any way. He's been an active member of the franchise since 1987.
By Dustin Murphy7 years ago in Gamers
Finished Watching 'Stranger Things'? Here's 5 Horror Games to Tide You Over Until Season 2!
If you've been surfing the internet at all lately, you're no stranger to the hit Netflix series Stranger Things. The show is a 1980s horror period piece using suspense, subtle psychological twists, and the element of surprise to lure its viewers in. Even non-horror fans are finding a lot to love.
By Dustin Murphy7 years ago in Gamers
Buying a PS4? Here Are the First 5 Games You Need to Play
You've decided to grab a PlayStation 4, pick up your Dualshock, and start your adventure in the modern age of gaming. It's a great place to start thanks to the diversity Sony has to offer between first-party and third-party exclusives.
By Dustin Murphy7 years ago in Gamers
After 23 Years of Magic the Gathering, I'm Finally Quitting Because of 'Hearthstone'
Shuffling, cutting, and splitting up my deck, has been an amazing adventure for the past twenty three-years. Building my deck's always consisted of carefully planning how I would bring about my opponents demise with a few drawn cards. Whether it was milling through their deck using my island deck or shutting them down with a few walls, magic cards, and my powerful minions.
By Dustin Murphy7 years ago in Gamers
From NES To Xbox One, Here's A Look At History's Greatest Controllers
What do all video games need in order to be played? A controller. That thing you hold in your hands every day, thumbs on joysticks, fingers pushing at triggers. However, what do we look for in a controller?
By Dustin Murphy7 years ago in Gamers
'Pokémon Go' Is a Great Start for Augmented Reality — But the Key Word Is "Start"
Going to the lake isn't the same anymore if you live where I do. Instead it's now crammed with several hundred people in one area mindlessly tapping at their phone, swiping at their screen, and even mindlessly drooling over the high CP water Pokémon they've caught. It's probably because they're like myself - a person that has downloaded the number one most used app in the world - Pokémon Go.
By Dustin Murphy7 years ago in Gamers
Opinion: Call of Duty: WWII's Closed Beta Experience is a More Modernized 'Call of Duty 2'
Hold your breath as you read these next few words. Call of Duty: WWII is the Call of Duty 2 I've been waiting for. When the series initially launched in 2003, I was one of the many PC gamers who jumped on, and even took to my keyboard and mouse as I stormed the war ravaged villages of Europe, and ventured forth with my Russian comrades through Stalingrad during the height of the war.
By Dustin Murphy7 years ago in Gamers