VGW: Read Beyond the Headline
The internet has recently been fluttering with confirmation that Microsoft will be redacting their previous stance on DRM and internet connectivity. This comes after the shockwaves of E3, where Microsoft was badly bruised at the announcement during the Sony Conference that PlayStation 4 will not be following the Xbox One DRM mantra. Sony stated very [...]
Hello everyone, When Video Game Writers announced that it would be going to a features-only format, the reaction from the community was beyond overwhelming. From readers of our site to writers from other sites, I heard nothing but positivity regarding the change. Unfortunately, all of the positive feedback in the world doesn’t change the fact [...]
From Uncharted to Undead It’s hard to ignore the hype for The Last of Us, as the latest project from the team behind the acclaimed Uncharted franchise. While the game does have its flaws, everything from the sound design to visuals are top notch. The story isn’t exactly original material, but the strength of the [...]
Heading back underground Metro: Last Light is a story-driven FPS taking place after Metro 2033, in the nuclear-ridden wasteland of Moscow and the nightmare-fueled tunnels of the subway metro system under the city. Artyom, the protagonist, is given a mission to make contact with a creature seen on the surface that is not of their [...]
Taking sandbox through undead hordes State of Decay is a third-person shooter/survival title which leads players through the post-apocalyptic zombie uprising behind the eyes of different characters in a sandbox game filled with fear and consequences. With less than stellar graphics, you challenge zombie masses as you scurry into the world to acquire supplies from [...]
Prepare To Be BioShock-ed… Again. The first BioShock made a massive impact on the video game industry, raising debate about the power and art of interactive storytelling. Now the latest game in the franchise, BioShock Infinite, is raising the bar yet again. Irrational Games and the mind behind BioShock, Ken Levine, have crafted an incredibly compelling [...]
Co-op is king Once upon a time Insomniac Games’ first multiplatform title was called Overstrike, but before its May 2013 release the developers changed the title to Fuse, which happens to be an alien resource at the center of this game’s plot. Fuse is set in the not-so-distant future and features a squad of four [...]
Taking a Big SimRisk Cities may not exist in a vacuum, but neither can game developers. That will likely be the defining lesson from the latest version of SimCity, an ambitious mess which drew internet-wide scorn for what started as launch troubles and proved to be something much deeper, and much more systematically wrong in [...]
Raiden the lightning If you’re an avid Metal Gear fan, chances are you were disappointed by the shift in tone that accompanied the handing off of Metal Gear Rising to Platinum Games, leading to its updated sub-title, Revengeance. Kojima fans like myself tend to get very protective of the series, and news of the game’s changes sparked an [...]
Worth the wait? Released to a great deal of acclaim in February, Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is a traditional JRPG from Level 5 and animated by legendary animation studio, Studio Ghibli. You play as a young boy named Oliver, who, through a series of incredibly unfortunate events that introduce some of [...]
Gears of War 3 came out in 2010, met with high praise for its mass of varied content and great gameplay. Two years later, we have Gears of War: Judgment, the fourth installment in the Gears of War franchise and a prequel to the first. On paper, it looked like a great game: new story [...]
The Xbox One news just doesn’t seem to want to stop pouring out. After Microsoft’s press release hit the other night, further detailing their used game/always online positions, the dust was kicked up once again and it won’t settle until after E3 this coming week. However, there’s already an issue that exists within Microsoft’s marketing [...]
In 2011, Nintendo injected a huge shot of life into its waning 3DS sales with Super Mario 3D Land, a title that was praised for both its ingenious level design and its tight controls. Now, with the Wii U in even more trouble than the 3DS was in 2011, Nintendo is hoping that its overall-donning [...]