Category: Video Games
The Game Awards Nominations Are Surprising
The Game Awards are making a play for respectability. The video game awards show is known for nominating games for sociopolitical reasons rather than their merit, sales, or popularity with gamers, and often snubbing games that many thought would be a shoo-in for recognition. This year, it was assume...
Read MoreWarner Bros. Games Looking to Rejuvenate Batman: Arkham Series?
Warner Bros. Games are sending up the Batsignal. As I mentioned yesterday while talking about the Hogwarts Legacy sequel, Warner Bros. is having a tough time in its video games department (not just there, but also there), with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League bombing hard and losing them $20...
Read MoreDragon Age: The Veilguard Reportedly Underselling and Receiving Lots of Refunds
Dragon Age: The Veilguard may be in trouble. I know it’s hard to believe that a video game in a popular franchise that was developed by whacko activists and seems more concerned with establishing that one of the characters is “nonbinary” than in sending gamers on fun and exciting adventures i...
Read MoreA Hogwarts Legacy Sequel is on the Horizon
Warner Bros. has made it perfectly clear they’re in the Harry Potter business, with the recent return to the Wizarding World craze spearheaded by Hogwarts Legacy. The video game developed by Avalanche Software, which is set in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during the Victorian era...
Read MoreDragon Age: The Veilguard Has a Weaker Than Expected Opening Weekend
Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the horrendous-looking new entry in the RPG video game series from BioWare, was released this past Thursday (Halloween, which is kind of hilarious), so it’s had a weekend to make its mark and give interested parties an indication of how successful it will be. And while i...
Read MoreMarvel’s Wolverine Gets New Directors
The best there is at what he does may be getting better. During a PlayStation Showcase in 2021, Sony announced Marvel’s Wolverine, a video game from Insomniac, the studio behind Marvel’s Spider-Man and its sequel and spin-off. And just like those Spidey games, Sweet Baby Inc. – the woke DEI c...
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