Rocket League

When was the last time anyone has ever heard of race cars and soccer fields used in the same sentence? Nobody expected those two things to ever come together, but Psyonix Inc. has taken a second chance with the release of Rocket League for the PS4 and the PC through Steam in the summer of 2015. Psyonix first released the original version on the PS3 with Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars! The original game received a 6.5/10 from IGN, and a 3.5/5 from Metacritic, which indicates it received fair reviews for its unique style of game play. Teams of race cars competing together against other players did not maintain its popularity during the time the game was released because of such titles like Gears of War, Fallout 3, Assassin’s Creed, and Call of Duty: World at War dominating the world of gaming. Despite the slow start of the first title, Rocket League has now changed how gamers will spend their time in the living room with their friends!

Forza Motorsport 6

Forza Motorsport 6

Forza Motorsport 6 is the sixth major installment in the Forza Motorsport series developed by Turn 10 studios and was scheduled for release Yesterday (September 15, 2015).

Dr. Eggplant’s game review: Shovel Knight

Back in the 90’s shows like Captain Planet and the original Power Rangers, would have heroes combine their efforts to form something so legendary that people would remember it for years to come.  Well when it comes to the 8-bit era, if a gamer were to combine some aspects of Mega Man, Ducktales, Castlevania, Zelda II, and Super Mario 3 all into one game, you would get Shovel Knight.  The first game designed by yacht club games, Shovel Knight is an old school 2d sweeping platformer that takes the best aspects of the 8-bit Era and jumbles it all into one game.

Dr. Eggplant’s 5 things I want to see at E3

With E3 a little less than a month away, the rumor mill around the video game world has started buzzing, in which some news has already been confirmed before the press conferences have begun.  With confirmed titles like Gears of War and Uncharted already in the works to the annual rumor about Nintendo making a new Zelda game for its respective home console, this year’s E3 is shaping up to be one of if not the biggest E3 in recent years.  All of the companies have promised us that they are going to come out firing with games upon games upon games, and why not, a year after the revealing of the new generation of systems between Sony and Microsoft and the fact that Nintendo is releasing quite possibly its most popular franchise on 3ds and the Wii U later this year, the 3 way battle for video game supremacy is hotter than ever.  Of course gamers want to see titles that have yet to be revealed, or something that will peak their interest on upcoming titles that is the whole point of E3 and that’s why gamers look forward to this event every year.  With that being said these are the top 5 things I think gamers would like to see at this year’s E3 press conferences (digital event for Nintendo).

The 5 it could happen video game moments of 2014

We are already a couple weeks into 2014 and gamers right now are still enjoying all of the launch titles that the Xbox one and Playstation 4 have provided along with the Wii u and the great titles they released this past holiday season.  However with the successes that these systems are having there is much more to come not just from these companies but from many other companies including valve who is on the brink of releasing their steam system and Bethesda who has been the brunt of many rumors throughout the end of 2013 into 2014.  Although most gamers know exactly what is going to be released this year and what possible news to expect, we all get shocked when the unexpected does happen.  So in honor of the unexpected I thought it would be interesting to try and predict these moments because “it could happen,” now keep in mind that some of these are long shots of happening but this is about the unexpected which means anything can happen; so with that being said here are my 5 “it could happen moments of 2014.”

Super Smash Bros for Wii U: 2014 Game of the Year?

 

In the last 15 years there have been many franchises that gamers consider to stand out on their own.  Games like this usually offer a unique aspect to their genre or gameplay that has inspired other games to be made. One franchise that accomplished both these feats is Super Smash Bros.  Since its release in 1999, Smash Bros. has become one of the perennial franchises for Nintendo.  I have talked to various gamers about Smash Bros and many of them said it is the reason why they own a Nintendo System (mostly with Melee for Gamecube and Brawl for Wii).  Other games like TMNT Smash up and Playstation All-stars Battle Royale tried to “join the battle” but were unable to match Smash Bros’ success.  Smash Bros has turned the fighting genre upside down and created an experience unlike any other.

How EA needs to ride the success of their arcade sports

As a 90’s gamer there were many classic franchises exclusive to the decade that I still play to this day.  Games like Streets of Rage, Final Fight, Vectorman, and Earthworm Jim are just a few 90’s franchises that will give me that Nostalgia factor; however there are a couple franchises that me, my brother, and friends played all the time; those were NBA Jam and NFL Blitz.  These franchises really launched the popularity of sports in the gaming world with over the top moves and no rules gameplay that made gamers save up their quarters each week.  No question NBA Jam and NFL Blitz have become cult classics to the old school gamers that lived in the arcades.