Posts By Travis Northup
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1.8KReviewsIt was Britain in the stars — The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles review
As a longtime fan of the Ace Attorney games, I was both excited and nervous when I first heard about The Great...
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1.9KReviewsDodge, dip, duck, dive, and thrive — Knockout City review
Like a dodgeball to the face, Knockout City knocked me off my feet in seconds and I never saw it coming. From...
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1.7KReviewsAce in the soul — Demon’s Souls review
When the original Demon’s Souls first came out in 2009, it was a lot like buying my first car: It wasn’t the...
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2.0KReviewsEven more grids — Gears Tactics review (Xbox Series X/S update)
Earlier this year, we reviewed Gears Tactics for PC, most of which is applicable to the Xbox Series X/S versions. You can...
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2.4KReviewsSus-pond-ed in time — Battletoads review
After 26 years in obscurity, referenced only as a game no one was able to beat or as a meme you could...
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2.8KReviewsMore than just a sleeve — Mortal Shell review
It’s a bit on-the-nose that developer Cold Symmetry’s attempt to hijack the beloved soulslike genre and make it their own is a...
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2.6KReviewsGhost in the machine — Disintegration review
Of all the games I’ve played this year, Disintegration is by far the most unusual. Very little about it is what you...
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5.0KReviewsOff the grid — Gears Tactics review
On the heels of another truly awesome entry in the Gears series, it might seem bizarre for The Coalition to release the...
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2.8KReviewsCooperative Chaos — Bleeding Edge review
As someone who would die on the hill that DMC: Devil May Cry is the best Devil May Cry game, I could...
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3.9KReviewsBranching Out — Ori and the Will of the Wisps Review
Ori and the Blind Forest was one of the best reasons to own an Xbox One early in the console’s lifecycle, and...
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2.7KPreviewsKung fu chaos — Bleeding Edge preview
There are few things more satisfying that riding on a heavy metal skateboard to chase down your opponent, then smacking them in...
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2.5KPreviewsBack to Golarion — Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous preview
Later this year, Owlcat Games plans to release the second game in its Pathfinder series called Wrath of the Righteous. A retelling...
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1.7KPreviewsOff-roading gets real — Overpass preview
If you’re a fan of off-road racing, but don’t have the $10,000 you’d need to buy your own Arctic Cat Wildcat, a...
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3.6KReviewsWin or Die — Game of Thrones: Oathbreaker review
Few times have I felt more betrayed than when I realized my best friend of more than a decade had been secretly...
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5.9KReviewsFallout Wasteland Warfare: Starter Set & RPG
Fallout Wasteland Warfare: Starter Set Fallout Wasteland Warfare is a turn-based strategy game that’s reminiscent of Fallout and Fallout 2, where isometric...
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7.2KReviewsShock and awe — The Surge 2 review
When developer Deck 13 released The Surge in 2017, the franchise had a lot to prove. A sci-fi Dark Souls game sounds...
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6.0KReviewsTrue to swarm — Gears 5 review
In 2016, the Gears of War franchise came bursting out of its cocoon, having been transformed into something entirely new by developer...
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6.7KReviewsBeast in a box — GAEMS Guardian review
For more than a decade, hardware and accessories manufacturer GAEMS has made a name for itself building boxes. What started as a...
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3.9KReviewsThe new co-nauseous — Wolfenstein: Youngblood review
There are few things more cathartic than blasting through armies of Nazis with reckless abandon, which is why Wolfenstein has been one...
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5.4KReviewsLeveling up — Pathfinder Second Edition Core Rulebook and Bestiary review
Anyone who has ever played a tabletop role-playing game with me, or has even spoken to me about RPGs, knows that, for...
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3.2KPreviewsEl Presidente Returns — Tropico 6 preview
For me, games like Sim City were always missing something, and I never knew what that was until I played Tropico. In...
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4.3KReviewsThat’s what I like to hear — LucidSound LS41 headset review
Although they’ve been around since 2006, you might not have heard about the gaming industry’s fastest growing headset brand: LucidSound. At E3...
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2.9KPreviewsI beat a skeleton to death with my own severed arm — a Rune II preview
It’s been 19 years since the first Rune game came out in the year 2000. I was 10 years old at the...
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3.2KReviewsChoppy waters — The Sinking City review
I don’t know what caused Cthulhu to become the latest trend for the horror games industry, but it seems we’re in something...
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2.2KPreviewsRoller royale — Roller Champions E3 preview
One of the more interesting things to come out of Ubisoft’s E3 conference this year was a new IP called Roller Champions,...
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2.1KPreviewsCo-op carnage — Zombie Army 4: Dead War E3 preview
I’ve been a fan of the Sniper Elite series for as long as it’s been around, so naturally when the franchise started...
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2.2KInterviewsSteve Bristow and Tim Jones of Rebellion are really excited about Evil Genius 2 and Zombie Army 4 — E3 Interview
I had a chance to sit down with Steve Bristow and Tim Jones of Rebellion Developments to talk about Evil Genius 2...
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4.3KPreviewsBack to hell — Doom Eternal E3 preview
Doom (2016) was something of a sleeper hit when it breathed new life into the long-running franchise just a few years ago....
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2.5KPreviewsExploration, bullets, and cancerous pig snacks — The Outer Worlds E3 preview
Ever since developer Obsidian Entertainment created Fallout: New Vegas, fans have been eager to see them create a new open-world RPG in...
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3.0KPreviewsGo after that van — Dying Light 2 E3 preview
In 2015, Dying Light became one of my favorite games of that year, despite the fact that it came from a developer...
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4.4KPreviewsHere’s the 5 hottest indie games I played at E3 2019
While E3 is home to many of the year’s biggest, flashiest titles, it’s also a place where some of the most unique,...
