Some years Madden feels like it's really innovating and bringing something special to sports games. In previous years things like Ultimate Team, Franchise Mode, more fluid defender and ball carrier controls all...
The past few years Microsoft has had some what lackluster E3 presentations and with new hardware looming, not many exclusives announced, and Sony having an excellent year they needed to come out and show us why...
Phil Spencer has always been a man of the people, chatting it up on Twitter with his gamers, delivering on long standing promises and even putting on a show of excitement at E3. At E3 2017 Microsoft and Phil...
A few notes before we start: these two separate games will be reviewed as one, with no spoilers. I have never played these games before but have always wanted to, so expect to read this through the eyes of a...
Exterior of a castle, the moon crescents over a dark courtyard as a small figure passes through, brushing all the grey and black flowers upon the path. A lone red rose brimming with color, lighting up the entire...
The RTS genre has held a special place in my heart since the days of Age of Empires and Red Alert - bringing wonder and strategic dominance into my young life. RTS games have always been the core style for gamers...
Review by: Thomas King (updownupdown.net)Being a gamer in the western world most of the time, I wonder about those titles that are only getting released in Japan. Some of those games do eventually make their...
Written by: Thomas King from UpDownUpDown.netTrain conductors don't normally have extraordinary lives; they take others back and forth between their destinations. By no means is this life exciting. Now imagine...
King of fighters made its first debut in arcades in 1994, and players got treated to a different take on the fighting game genre where instead of just one on one, you have a three-versus-three team elimination...
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE will have the unfortunate legacy of being the Shin Megami Tensei cross Fire Emblem game that neither fan base asked for nor wanted. Shin Megami Tensei people would rather have Persona 5...
The iOS store tends to be the wild west of the video game landscape. For every gem like Hearthstone, Ridiculous Fishing, or Infinity Blade. There are three god awful games to ruin the App Store’s reputation. Is...
I expected Fenix Furia to be just another 2D Platformer when I dove into this game. With your typical elongated level design, where each stage was get from point A to point B without dying, you could say that...
Every time a PlayStation Vita review is sent my way, I am caught hoping that it will breathe new life into the handheld. This time, that game is Grand Kingdom from the folks at Monochrome Corporation. Does Grand...
Hello everyone, this is Anthony Ta from The Gamer Access and welcome to the Odin Sphere Leifthrasir video review. This game is the reworked version of Odin Sphere released on the PlayStation 2 back in 2007. ...
One thing will be made clear right now. Hyrule Warriors Legends on the Nintendo 3DS is mostly the same game as Hyrule Warriors on the Wii U. How in the world did they get a Wii U game to run on a 3DS? It...
For those who love Fire Emblem Fates enough to play through both the Birthright and Conquest story paths, consider getting this third story arc, Revelation. The Revelation path is perhaps the most story-driven...
What is it like to play a remastered version of your most favorite game ever? There is a bit of hesitation, because it could have been a few years since you played the regular version through its entirety. ...
Valkryia Chronicles was considered one of the best strategy RPGs of the past console generation and a cult classic on the PS3. It has beautiful art and music, a compelling story, and some of the best gameplay in a...
When it comes to dungeon crawler RPGs, I usually avoid them for one reason or another, but Stranger of Sword City was one that had a stronger pull to it the more I researched it. The battle system sounded...
About a year ago, Ori and the Blind Forest was launched and received fairly high praise. TGA's own Bronson Fiori reviewed it, giving it a very high score of 9 out of 10. Now, Moon Studios has released a definitive...
Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest and Birthright are the newest 3DS hits in the Fire Emblem series. Both are, in their own way, fantastic games overall, but in this review I'll be covering Conquest. With easy to learn...
