Ben Lombardo



For me, the Mortal Kombat series has always been the definitive fighting experience. It’s the series to jump into if you want pure, unadulterated violence pitched in front of an amazing narrative. Although I have played each and every mainline Mortal Kombat game, I’ve spent more time with
by Ben Lombardo
For many, the LittleBigPlanet series was what a lot of players grew up on. For me, that’s quite the opposite. You see, I skipped the PS3 and chose the Xbox 360 as the console to introduce me to that generation of games. Just like PS3 players of the LittleBigPlanet
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PositronX is easily Scorpius Games’ most ambitious title yet. From publishing TankYou! — a twin-stick arena shooting game — to developing I Shall Remain — a post-apocalyptic action RPG — Scorpius Games have delved further into the action shooter genre to come up with PositronX. PositronX is a futuristic FPS title that follows in
by Ben Lombardo
To make a successful and (most importantly) fun game, it needs to be unique in its own way or the first of its kind. We see a lot of FPS or battle royale titles that copy aspects of other successful titles and try to make it their own. Some are
by Ben Lombardo
This has got to be the year of the Cyberpunk genre. Not only is Cyberpunk 2077 coming out “soon” (hope I don’t eat my words in writing that) and Observer: System Redux getting ready for next-gen consoles this month, but also the highly-anticipated title Ghostrunner is now available in
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The first real-time strategy game I played was Age of Empires 2, and that was because it came as a free game in a cereal box. Yes, the amazing AOE 2 was basically a free game. As a result, strategy games have held a special place in my heart, and
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With a market so flooded, getting into a battle royale nowadays can be a challenging task in itself. There’s a large range to choose from such as Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds, Z1 Battle Royale, Call of Duty: Warzone; the list goes on. Each with different mechanics, graphical makeup, features,
by Ben Lombardo
It’s crazy to think the last time we had a new main series Serious Sam game was almost 10 years ago. Serious Sam 3: BFE was moderately well-received (72% on Metacritic), and since then there’s been numerous spin-off titles like Serious Sam: The Greek Encounter and Serious Sam
by Ben Lombardo