For many fans like me, there’s been a bit of a love/hate relationship with the Call of Duty franchise over the past couple of years. The towering titan of videogames, the COD franchise breaks records year after year with its blockbuster releases, but despite the billions upon billions of dollars publisher Activision has raked in, fatigue has begun to set in with much of the franchise’s player base. Ever since the release of the iconic and much-beloved Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare,...

Max Payne is back, gamers. And judging by the latest Max Payne 3 trailer, the detective is a bit more on edge (i.e. pissed off) than ever before. As the game's release draws near, let's take a look back a the series and see how its sequel can be just as impactful as Max's very first assignment. When the series debuted, Max Payne became a huge game changer for the action genre. It was the first game to utilize the bullet-time effects that became so prevalent in films such as...

I like MMOs.  A lot. From the champions of the genre like World of Warcraft, Everquest, and Star Wars: The Old Republic, to the lesser titans like EVE Online and Roma Victor, I have spent a disgusting – but no less awesome – amount of time devoted to online gaming. Over the years, I've seen MMOs come and go that I once held near and dear to my heart (R.I.P. Star Wars Galaxies). I've seen promises go unfilled and expectations crushed (I'm looking at you,...

It’s been known that three of the biggest kahunas in gaming – Capcom, SEGA, and Namco Bandai – have been working on a big secretive project for some time now. The cat was finally let out of the bag on the alliance’s latest 3DS title which we now know is entitled Project X Zone. It will be a mash-up of characters from several different games on each company’s side blended into an epic SRPG adventure.  Now I’ve been guilty of a lot of oddities when it comes to gaming...

Over the last decade, The Elder Scrolls franchise has offered gamers engrossing and highly rewarding RPG experiences.  The initial appeal of the massive role-playing series was obvious – take the scale and depth of an immersive MMORPG and cram into a single-player box with a pretty little red ribbon on top. It wasn't long after The Elder Scrolls gained popularity though, that whispers began escaping from the curious yet cautious breaths of gamers everywhere about how well...

It’s interesting to think that less than a decade ago, the announcement of a licensed game would have induced groans, perhaps even the overwhelming urge to shield your eyes from the horror.  While the library of the licensed game has seen success with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (those arcade games really were something), and the PSone classic Spider-Man, it wasn't until Batman: Arkham Asylum came along that elevated the genre to almost unreachable heights, proving the obvious: if...