The Persona series has been known for their entries in the RPG series, but Persona 4 Arena was an unexpected offshoot. Taking characters from an RPG game and placing them into a fighting game seemed a bit odd, but it turned out to be a surprisingly good fighter. However, it

Much like rectangles are not always squares, tabletop games are not always boardgames. What is often overlooked by boardgamers is one of the cornerstones of modern tabletop gaming: the card game. Card games, especially of the collectable variety, have been a driving force in the industry ever since 1993 when

With so many new racing titles coming out in the approaching fall/holiday months, it can be a confusing time for fans of the genre looking to get the most mileage for their buck. Rather than fueling a fruitless debate between console exclusives using side by side comparisons and spouting

Assassin’s Creed Unity represents a fresh start for the series.  It isn’t an annual installment, but instead a rebuilt AnvilNext engine, only on next-gen platforms, using refreshingly new mechanics. It looks to completely revolutionize the sandbox genre. The team at Ubisoft Montreal (with the help of ten of

Ubisoft has been absolutely blowing their competition away in terms of how they utilize the second screen experience.   I took a break from the hands-on preview time for Assassin’s Creed Unity to check out the free Companion App.  The team has made huge improvements from last year’s solid

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