Bungie’s end-of-season Marathon blog acknowledges real problems with Season 1 and outlines what’s changing in Season 2, including Duos, new modes including PvE only ones, and a major progression overhaul. Continue reading Bungie Outlines Marathon Season 2 Plans, Acknowledges Season 1 Problems
TheGamer’s Jade King called out everyone who questioned Mixtape’s perfect review scores as unpleasant culture warriors. The Riot Retort has some thoughts on that. Continue reading The Riot Retort: Mixtape Isn’t a Game and TheGamer Is Exhausted That You Noticed
Diablo 4 Update 3.0.2 drops May 13 with a massive list of bug fixes across War Plans, Talisman, Horadric Cube, and every class. Fixes for Lord of Hatred and base game content. Full patch notes breakdown inside. Continue reading Diablo IV Update 3.0.2 Patch Notes; Available May 13th
The Riot Retort is back and this time PatriotPaine is responding to PC Gamer’s Joshua Wolens, who thinks James Bond just doesn’t belong in video games. Spoiler: PatriotPaine disagrees, and he’s got the Nathan Drake comparison to prove it. Continue reading PC Gamer Writer Doesn’t Like James Bond and Thinks You Shouldn’t Be Able to Play As Him Because of It
Mouse P.I. For Hire is exactly the kind of game the industry used to make before everything had to be a platform. Gorgeous visuals, a genuinely funny noir story, and the heart of a PS3-era gem. Continue reading Mouse P.I. For Hire Review (PS5)
The Horadric Cube isn’t a better version of the Occultist. It’s a precision crafting tool, and if you know how to use it, you can build gear with the stats you want and from using any tier of item as a base. Here’s the full breakdown. Continue reading Diablo IV Horadric Cube Guide: How to Craft the Best Gear
Farthest Frontier Cats & Dogs DLC launches May 14, adding breedable cats and dogs, new threats, kennels, and decorations to the medieval city builder. Continue reading Farthest Frontier’s First DLC Adds Cats and Dogs on May 14
Retro WedNESday finally features an actual NES game. Gun.Smoke swaps the spaceships for cowboys and the result is one of Capcom’s best early shooters. Here’s why it still holds up. Continue reading Gun.Smoke Review (Retro WedNESday #4)
One course, not many modes, but hundreds of hours played. Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics is a simple N64 golf game that earns its legacy through memories as much as gameplay. Read the review in the third installment of Retro WedNESday! Continue reading Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics Review (Retro WedNESday #3)
The complete guide to Diablo IV Lord of Hatred covering the Paladin, Warlock, Skovos, Horadric Cube, Talisman system, War Plans, Echoing Hatred, and everything else launching April 28. Continue reading Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred Guide – Everything You Need to Know Before Launch
WrestleMania week calls for a look back at the best wrestling game ever made. WWF WrestleMania 2000 brought the AKI engine to the WWF roster and nothing in the genre has topped it since. Continue reading WWF WrestleMania 2000 Review (Retro WedNESday #2)
Harvest Moon 64 is one of my all-time favorites. A year of waiting for it, a Christmas surprise, and a farming sim that somehow turned me into a real-life gardener. Here’s why it still holds up. Continue reading Harvest Moon 64 Review (Retro WedNESday #1)
Lies of P has officially crossed 4 million cumulative units sold globally, ROUND8 Studio and NEOWIZ have announced, less than a year after the Soulslike hit the 3 million milestone. Continue reading Lies of P Crosses 4 Million Copies Sold
Dragonkin: The Banished is exiting Early Access on PC on March 16th and is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series on March 19th (Blood Scales Edition purchasers get console access on March 16th). Here are the facts on the 1.0 release, the Ancestral Grid system, and the new endgame content. Continue reading Dragonkin: The Banished — Full Version 1.0 and Console Launch Details
This week, I revisited Rayman Legends, a top-tier 2D platformer, after previously enjoying it and Origins. Despite Ubisoft’s struggles, I hope for a new Rayman installment. Additionally, I briefly tried Throne and Liberty but didn’t find it engaging. Diablo IV awaits next. Continue reading Revisiting Rayman Legends: A Classic 2D Platformer Experience – Patriot’s Playing Vol. XXIV, Week XL
The Riot Retort returns to look at why gamers are right to be weary of the woke nature of Ghost of Yotei and not because the game features a female protagonist. Continue reading Gamers Are Right to be Cautious of Ghost of Yotei Being Woke
It’s hard to believe, but it has been over 10 years since MAG was released on PS3 and now we’re inching ever closer to the release of PS5 (even if we still don’t know that date yet). It was, in the long run, a short-lived game that released in January 2010. As an online only title with no single player to speak of, the servers … Continue reading MAG Deserves Rebirth on PS5
The Riot Retort breaks down the Dead or Alive 6 Eurogamer review from Wesley Yin-Poole — a reviewer who had no business reviewing the game in the first place and proved it. Continue reading Dead or Alive 6 Eurogamer Review Breakdown; SJW Has No Business Reviewing This Game
The mob wanted THQ Nordic burned to the ground for holding an AMA on 8chan. The Riot Retort breaks down the manufactured outrage and SJW Patrick Klepek’s role in leading the charge. Continue reading SJW’s Attack THQ Nordic Over AMA
Apex Legends is getting praised by the woke gaming media for its diverse roster. The Riot Retort breaks down the ResetEra hysteria and asks why any of it needs to be a talking point in a game with no story. Continue reading Give Respawn Their Virtue Points, Apex Legends Is Diverse
