It’s not uncommon for a video game’s sequel to be made by different people than the original. But the car crashing arcade game Danger Zone (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC) puts a new spin on this by being the spiritual sequel to a game that’s made by the same people as the original. Too bad it’s not as good.
Like a lot of people excited for Forza Motorsport 7 (Xbox One, Xbox One Deluxe Edition, Xbox One Ultimate Edition, PC), I’m only really interested in playing this racing game’s career mode. It is for my fellow solitary drivers that I present this assessment of Forza Motorsport 7 as a single-player game.
To celebrate the launch of Pinball FX3 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC), the sequel to both Pinball FX2 and Zen Pinball 2, the good people at Zen Studios have teamed with Universal Pictures for Universal Classics Pinball, three new virtual pinball tables inspired by the movies Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, and the Back To The Future films. And like Pinball FX3, all three offer the same kind of pinball fun we’ve come to expect from these folks.
With a month and a half until they release Wolfenstein II The New Colossus on Xbox One, Xbox One Collector’s Edition, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4 Collector’s Edition, and PC on October 27th — with a version for Nintendo Switch due next year — the good people at MachineGames and Bethesda Softworks held an event at The Holding Company in Los Angeles where they gave journalists an opportunity to play a previously unseen section of the game.
Suffice it to say, spoilers follow.
At an event last week in Los Angeles, Bethesda Softworks gave me and other game journalists the opportunity to try the version of 2016’s Doom that they’re bringing to the Nintendo Switch later this year, as well as the virtual reality spin-off Doom VFR, which will be available for PlayStation VR and HTC Vive on December 1st. Here’s my quick impressions of both.
With less than a month until they release The Evil Within 2 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC on October 13th (or the 19th if you live in Japan), the good people at Tango Gameworks and Bethesda Softworks held an event at The Holding Company in Los Angeles where they gave journalists an opportunity to play a previously unseen section of the game. What follows is my time with the game.
As you might expect, spoilers follow. Scary spoilers…
There’s something to be said for simplicity. It’s always true for bagels, often true for pizza, and sometimes true for video games. But sometimes not. Take the arcadey twin-stick shooter Blue Rider (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC). While it’s a fun as is, it’s not hard to think it would be better if it had a few more options.
While it was clearly designed to be played with other people, the original Destiny worked just as well as a single-player game. In some ways better. But can the same can be said for Destiny 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)? What follows is my assessment of Destiny 2 for people who don’t play well with others.
Like many games that come out when a new system launches, the original Knack was fun, and even a bit clever, though it was also rather shallow. But like so many sequels to games that came out when a new system launches, Knack 2 (PlayStation 4) improves and expands upon the tenets of the first one, but without losing what made the original so charming.