Vincent Pontbriand has worked on such games as Rainbow Six: Vegas, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Assassin’s Creed, Assassin’s Creed II, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, and now Assassin’s Creed: Unity.   To say that stealth and tactical combat is in

I have a theory: None of the higher-ups at Nintendo own or have played a Sony or Microsoft console. I laugh at my joke, but it’s not like I say this without reason; the reason being that I find it hard to believe a company with such cumbersome and

When I saw the Gamescom trailer of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, I was unreasonably pumped.  The trailer presented an eerie detective game with puzzle mechanics and a supernatural aura.  My friend and I sat together, theorizing over ramen noodles about what the game would play like. After all that

Welcome, foolish mortals … to Shocktober. This weekend kicks off an entire month of gaming with ghosts, ghouls and gore. As a whirlwind of fallen leaves race across the streets, fleeing from the chilling grip of the Autumn breeze, we sit at home in the dark with our sweaty palms tensely-gripping

The advent of indie gaming in the last few years has allowed for a great variety of games to come out. Genres and gameplay styles that would normally be overlooked by AAA studios can see the light of day through Kickstarter or Steam Early Access. The Sacred Tears True is

The original Wasteland debuted way back in 1988 – a primitive time, by most measures. The internet was really only a “thing” for universities (and the more tech-inclined attendees at that), video games were on the relatively scarce side compared to nowadays, and they were played on machines for which “more

Somewhere in the deepest inaccessible depths where no light from the sun has ever reached, rests the Kingdom of Abyss. Players vie for influence, explore incredible locations, fight ancient monsters, and court the lords of the deep in their quest to claim the throne. Abyss first appears wholly original, foreign

My first reaction toward Skylanders Trap Team is one of deep, unmitigated cynicism. “I know exactly what you’re trying to do to me,” I say to the game, as I walk past a door with a mysterious symbol on it. It’s a door I cannot open, hiding riches