With the annual BlizzCon celebration upon us, it behooves me to spread my infectious love for everything Blizzard by coming up with a list of announcements I hope and wish will be made at the show. Some of them are far-fetched and some are inevitable, but all are indubitably a

Put down your swords, take that grizzled look off your face, order a pint at your local tavern, and get ready for a round of Gwent. The popular mini-game from last year’s amazing open-world adventure The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is in its closed beta form. For those who

With today’s games vying for realism and complexity, it’s always a breath of fresh air when something comes out that’s simple and just plain fun. Originally released in North America nearly a decade ago, Gurumin was an action RPG that was a refreshing callback to PS1 games

For episode 73 of the GT Reboot, Mike Pearce  and Joe DeClara are joined by Gaming Trend editor Josh Devlin to talk about their reactions to the Nintendo Switch reveal, the first Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer, and Mike’s Battlefield 1 review. Every week, Mike and Joe convene to

Coulrophobia, better known as fear of clowns, affects a great many people. The common belief is that it is caused by the uncanny valley effect as they look human, but have just enough variance from a pleasant face that it becomes deeply disturbing. This ‘almost human’ phenomenon is exacerbated by

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 is an example of a game with a strong start but ultimately not enough variety to keep you engaged for long. While there’s no lack of content to the game, and fans will go nuts at the opportunity to play through some of their favorite

It almost seems like all games need to have an in-depth theme to attract an audience.  We have miniatures games with fantasy characters’ backstories explaining their thirst for glory or gold.  Other games explain a mutant apocalypse or some other sci-fi setting. Onitama is quite the opposite.  It’s beautiful

After years of lampooning faux gaming consoles, the Neptunia franchise gets a partner, finally, that allows it to make some references to some real part of gaming history. Superdimension Neptune vs. Sega Hard Girls pairs a cutesy JRPG meta-adventure with the human embodiments of Sega’s failures, successes, and historical