Video Game Reviews

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood Review (Nintendo Switch)

Action Adventure Nintendo Switch Reviews March 23, 2017

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Max: The Curse of Brotherhood Review (Nintendo Switch)

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is now out on the eShop for the Nintendo Switch. It’s a wonderfully animated puzzle-platformer that was originally released back in 2013. Flashbulb Games and Stage Clear Studios are hoping to breath new life into their title with its debut on Nintendo’s new portable system. The star of the show is of course Max, who must rescue his brother Felix. He accidentally wished his little brother away, but dived right after him within the mysterious portal where Felix vanquished into. Once through, players see that a large monster is carrying his brother away and Max charges after him. The visuals right off the start are really impressive and have a gorgeous art direction to them. The game is…

PS4 vs Xbox One Controller: The best Gamepad

Opinion Pieces PlayStation Reviews Xbox June 5, 2017

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PS4 vs Xbox One Controller: The Best Gamepad

Both Sony and Microsoft have invested a lot of time in not only carefully designing the console architecture for maximum power and efficiency but also working on improving their controllers. After being out for some years now, we want to look at each controller and the specific changes both gaming giants made to each of their game controllers to enhance the overall experience while playing the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. PlayStation 4 Dualshock 4 The DualShock 4 (DS4) controller incorporates a new, highly sensitive six-axis sensor, as well as a touch pad located on the top of the controller, which offers gamers completely new ways to play and interact with games. The feel, shape, and sensitivity of the dual analog sticks and…

Build your own NES Classic with a Raspberry Pi 3

Retro Gaming Tech and Product Reviews June 20, 2017

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Gamers are still searching for any available stock of the widely popular NES Classic Edition. Luckily you can build your own NES Classic with a Raspberry Pi 3 running RetroPie. We’ll show you step by step how to do this in today’s Raspberry Pi Build Tutorial. Nintendo produced a wonderful product here, but came up more than short in supplying enough units. In fact, it was embarrassingly low in supply throughout its production. To make circumstances even worse, Nintendo then in a very strange move announced it would cease production, even when demand was at its strongest. We’ve jumped the gun and made our own Super Nintendo Classic Edition before the initial announcement, but we wanted to follow up with how to make your own…

Build your own SNES Classic!

Retro Gaming Tech and Product Reviews June 26, 2017

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Nintendo has finally announced what we all knew with fair certainty was coming…the SNES Classic. In May, I went ahead and made my own, since acquiring the last NES Classic was only feasible through pure luck or outright persistence. I refused to pay a penny over MSRP, so I was only able to acquire a unit thanks to text alerts from a stock alerter site that updated every minute across every popular online retailer. I surely hope Nintendo doesn’t pull this stunt again to their fan base, as there would be no excuse for not knowing how high the demand will be for this in September. Making your own SNES Classic is actually a fairly simple exercise. In the video below, you’ll see I acquired…

Let’s Play: Dead Space 3

Let's Play Opinion Pieces June 29, 2017

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Dead Space is a survival horror third-person shooter that was instantly a huge hit upon its debut in 2008. Gamers played as the engineer known as Isaac Clarke, who battled terrifying creatures known as Necromorphs. Started by a virus and further manifested within the dead bodies of the ship’s crew, these monsters scared players from beginning to end and in doing so gathered an impressive fan base that is now treated with the third and largest entry to date. Dead Space 3 has players surviving violent, subzero conditions this time around while fighting even larger fiercer creatures. Gamers will also cross paths with human enemies and the always frightening Necromorphs. The brilliant thing about this third entry is that it not only enables players go…

Let’s Play: Double Dragon: Neon

Fighting Games Let's Play July 2, 2017

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Majesco Entertainment has once again partnered with WayForward (the award-winning team known for producing the thrilling BloodRayne: Betrayal title). They collaborated to create a reboot of the father of all brawlers: Double Dragon! Double Dragon: Neon features plenty of memorable characters, classic beat ’em up action, and a retro feel topped off with a HD face-lift. WayForward has taken the original Double Dragon recipe and thrown in their own unique spin to it. This includes a heavy 80’s influence and an amazing soundtrack to keep gamers pumped throughout the campaign. Sean Velasco, Director of WayForward, had the following to say about their latest project, “It’s WayForward’s love letter to the decade that spawned the franchise – the music, the style, and culture of the 80’s…

Let’s Play: F-Zero on Big Blue

Let's Play Retro Gaming July 3, 2017

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F-Zero for the Super Nintendo is one of our all time favorites games. All 15 tracks were memorable, challenging and incredibly fun. The music was amazing and for the time, and the graphics blew gamers away thanks to Mode 7 technology that allowed for impressive 3D environments and effects. Join Pixelated Gamers as we race through Big Blue and see if we still have what it takes to get the #1 spot in this classic racer for the SNES.

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Review (PS4 Pro)

Action Adventure PlayStation Reviews August 8, 2017

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In a time where open world games are saturating the market, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice comes in and demonstrates how fantastic a shorter and more linear game experience can still be. The story is one of darkness, beauty and mystery. It’s incredibly raw and original. It grips you from the start and simply refuses to let go. Gamers take the role of Senua, a celtic warrior who is on a personal journey that is incredibly unique, terrifying and is unlike any game before it. The closest reference I can even use to compare it to is Eternal Darkness. You’ll be exploring an absolutely hellish world where nothing is like it seems and players will struggle to decipher between what are hallucinations and reality. Ninja…

Sudden Strike 4 Review (PS4 Pro)

PlayStation RTS August 11, 2017

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Sudden Strike 4 by Kalypso Media puts players in command of either the British and American, German or Soviet armies. It is a real time strategy game (RTS), where players march forward and control over 100 weapons of war. This includes bombers, tanks, soldiers and fighter planes. You’ll need to steadily advance and outsmart your enemy at every move to survive. The game is set in World War II and there are 20 single player missions based off of actual battles. Once players choose their mission and difficulty, they’ll be presented with details of the historic battle and from there take over. Sudden Strike 4 has a gritty and detailed presentation, allowing gamers to really get an accurate impression of what took place and the…

Justice Duel Review (NES)

Retro Gaming Reviews August 14, 2017

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Retro gaming is more popular than ever with gamers seeing remakes of iconic classics and brand new 2D based releases from many developers. They often feature the old school, pixelated art style from the 8 and 16-bit era. Mega Cat Studios are not only developers of some great retro infused software, but they also produce these games for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis. On top of that, they manufacture their very own cartridges alongside a nice manual and product box. It’s a total time warp to picking up a game back in the era of these amazing game systems from the late 80’s and early 90’s. Today we are looking at Justice Duel for the NES. This is post World War…