Eric Bezanson

28

Oct

By Eric Bezanson

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Impressions : Kill Knight : All The Evil Hell Can Conjure

Kill Knight is a top-down, isometric, twin-stick action game from PlaySide Studios. Being a team from Melbourne Australia with a long history of developing mobile games, with a more casual leaning, Kill Knight marks a stark new direction for PlaySide. Not only is this a highly polished console and PC…

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18

Sep

By Eric Bezanson

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Opinion : Why Survival Fans Should Be Playing V Rising

The last few years have been somewhat of a renaissance period for the survival game genre. With titles such as 7 Days to Die, Palworld, Rust, Don't Starve and the recently released Once Human all currently in Steam's top 50 most played games list, it's safe to say fans of…

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15

Aug

By Eric Bezanson

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URGENT GALACTIC REPORT : Super Earth in PERIL!

The leaders of super earth working with the enemy? Is the fate of managed democracy in peril? Would you like to know more? As the men and women of Super Earth bravely dipense managed democracy by Helldiving into the disgusting homeworlds of our enemy, something has begun to fester back…

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15

Aug

By Eric Bezanson

Reviews

Review : Hypercharged Unboxed : Plastic Hordes

Growing up as a kid in the 90s, toys coming alive were all the rage, but you had to choose a team. Were you the fun-loving, aw-shucks, meat-and-potatoes “Team Toy Story”? Or, were you the cap gun-wielding, frog-catching, grass-stained pants-wearing kid on “Team Small Soldiers”? As a man (kid) of…

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31

May

By Eric Bezanson

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Review : XDefiant : Call of Ubi

XDefiant was revealed over two years ago as a new free-to-play, competitive, class based, first person shooter project within the Tom Clancy universe of video games. It was described by creative director Jason Schroeder and EP Mark Rubin at Ubisoft San Francisco as “fast paced firefights meets punk rock mosh…

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27

Apr

By Eric Bezanson

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Review : Harold Halibut : There and Back Again

Harold Halibut is the long awaited debut title from indie developer Slow Bros. The German studio, based out of Cologne, describes the game as a “hand made” adventure, a term that should definitely be taken more literally than you would probably expect. You see, when Slow Bros was founded by…

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20

Feb

By Eric Bezanson

Reviews

Review : Helldivers 2 : Dive Harder

The first Helldivers was a game that understood the assignment. The team at Arrowhead Game Studios wanted to create a tense, action packed, co-op shooter experience and set it against the motif of Paul Verhoeven’s classic film adaptation of Starship Troopers. Arrowhead has had grand ambitions for Helldivers, but, as…

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12

Dec

By Eric Bezanson

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Impressions : Dredge : The Pale Reach Expansion

One of my favorite games of the year, Dredge, is back with its first expansion, The Pale Reach. The base game really surprised me with not only its polished game play, but how well it was able to blend the unlikely duo of cozy fishing simulator and eldritch horror. While…

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21

Nov

By Eric Bezanson

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Review : Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 : Be Greater-er

Insomniac Games is back with the latest in its acclaimed Spider-Man series and this time it's a proper sequel to the game that swung the beloved studio to the top of everyone's AAA blockbuster tier list. However, with big sequels comes big responsibilities, especially when the original stuck the landing…

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16

Oct

By Eric Bezanson

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Review : Wild Card Football : Pack Interference

I am someone who is a massive sports fan, especially when it comes to football, or “hand egg” for our friends across the pond. However, I'm not really big into traditional football video games as the genre has fallen on dark times since ESPN NFL 2K5. Instead, I tend to…

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28

Aug

By Eric Bezanson

Reviews

Review : Sea of Stars : More than a Tribute

The catalyst to any piece of creative work is inspiration. This is especially true when it comes to video games as a creative art form. While some developers opt to use past games beloved by many as a jumping off point to spawn an original idea, others orbit much closer…

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14

Apr

By Eric Bezanson

Reviews

Review : Minecraft Legends : A PvP Blockbuster

Minecraft is one of the most recognizable IPs in all of gaming, not only for its distinct blocky art style, but also because of the over 100 million people that have played it. Since its inception way back in 2011, there have been a few attempts to spin off the…

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04

Apr

By Eric Bezanson

Reviews

Review : DREDGE : Cosmic Catch of the Day

DREDGE is the debut title from a small, four person team in New Zealand, named Black Salt Games. They came together to create polished, immersive experiences that are a bit different than what you might have played before. Considering DREDGE, a genre meld of one half relaxing fishing simulator and…

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27

Mar

By Eric Bezanson

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Review : Wo Long Fallen Dynasty : The Soul of a Ninja

When Hidetaki Miyazaki and FromSoftware released Demon Souls on the PlayStation 3 way back in 2009, I don't think anyone quite understood the ripple effect that game would have on the industry. The “Souls” genre of video games had been born. The genre would grow into the preeminent form of…

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24

Feb

By Eric Bezanson

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Mortal Kombat 12 Confirmed for 2023 Release by Warner Brothers

During a routine earnings call yesterday, Warner Bros. president and CEO David Zaslav unceremoniously confirmed the release of the 12th game in the Mortal Kombat series, currently referred to as "Mortal Kombat 12", is planned for 2023. "...And there's lots more to come, including the highly anticipated Mortal Kombat 12…

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