Author: Kevin Kelly

Transcending history, and the world. A tale of two swords forever retold. Or until Namco decides to shelve it. What are we discussing? Soulcalibur VI. The Tale of Souls redone Soul Calibur VI picks up a bit after Soul Edge’s ending, retelling the victory of the ninja and the Greek warrior against the Soul Edge’s owner at the time, Cerevantes. Unlike the first SC, VI attempts to uncover some of the events that were not in the main story, adding in a secret Aval Organization, tasked with ridding the world of outsiders – Soul Edge and Calibur included. It is created…

You see this box? According to TheGuy07, this is what we’d probably expect if there was going to be a Nintendo 64 Mini coming. The speculation begins as fans attempt to piece together what seems to be a small showing of a bigger picture. Nintendo has decided to trademark the classic before E3. Now that we’ve been disappointed by not seeing this get revealed: let’s start the show with some must-have picks for the Nintendo 64 Mini! Warning: this article will NOT answer the “will there be a Nintendo 64 mini?” question. Nintendo 64 Mini Picks Super Mario 64 The premiere spot belongs…

The king of the hill may have not seen much grace since 3rd Strike with critics,  but Street Fighter itself did wonders for the landscape of the genre. All the more reason to release a 30th Anniversary Edition for the series. Here’s the question, though: Is Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection worth it? In an arena, two different sides clash together in a flurry of mixed martial arts fisticuffs. Nowadays, you can describe several titles with that sentence alone. To many, Street Fighter would be the first thing that comes to mind when it’s about fighting games. Because of its’ genre-defining…

Between all the online shooter/loot/upgrade and kill games out there, Anthem, born from the Dragon Age and Mass Effect’s BioWare team, seems to be making a name for itself. With the gameplay trailers out, and several tidbits from its’ producers, we may be seeing a GOTY in the making. Will this be BioWare’s comeback machine before Dragon Age gets another shot in its’ franchise? I dug into Destiny, The Division, and Monster Hunter World, and of course: the latter feels like a standout RPG. Anthem feels as though it’s an aim to Destiny, but with the armor twist. All happening…

E3Another E3 winding down and press releases are practically out the door. With several moments behind it, good and bad, I figure now would be an ample time to go over my expectations and how they stacked up this round. Here are my E3 2018 Predictions and what really transpired. Was I right? am I Miss Cleo’s reincarnate? Let’s find out. Square Enix showing off Avengers, Left Alive and Final Fantasy VII Remake Square had a few showstoppers in Tomb Raider, Hitman 2, The Quiet Man, and the Final Fantasy XIV x Monster Hunter World Crossover. I’ll give credit to where…

Shenmue collection or Shenmue I and Shenmue II is worth having a look at. Let’s get started on this Shenmue Collection review. Shenmue and Shenmue 2 – Sega’s ground-breaking series is getting a remaster for the current systems, according to Eurogamer. Yu Suzuki, the father of 3D fighting games with the Virtua Fighter series, took to the RPG genre, and with some of his classics in tow as memorabilia. To many, this is yet another-classic-getting-remastered, but for me, Shenmue was something more. More than a dead father and a son to take the revenge task. More than a martial artist…

Is Westworld any good? Cowboys, barmaids, six shooters, Anthony Hopkins, and … lifelike-androids? A wild west theme park where sex, killing, hold’ems on the table with a dark turn! Talk about meta! Giddy up for Kevin’s take on the ’10s HBO remake that has people overly invested into yet another ludicrous ride! In a futuristic Western-themed amusement park, Westworld, the visitors interact with automatons. However, all hell breaks loose when the robots begin malfunctioning. Westworld was critically acclaimed during its first season, receiving praise for its performances, visuals, narrative, themes and Ramin Djawadi’s musical score. The series continued to receive mostly positive…

Jefferson Pierce has done what many super heroes surmise as a Herculean task to accomplish. After his first goal was met, his surroundings took more of a stance for peace, allowing him to undertake such an endeavor. That is, until his family became victims of a whimper of a time long past. With several clues, blantant hints, and a city to protect yet again, Black Lightning rolls out once again out of the very thing he sought to hold dear: his retirement. One of DC’s first African American super heroes gets a show and a debut nearly on the heels…

Game Production. Something that can event start at a scholastic age. For many of these budding devs, Level Up Showcase 2017(located at the Design Exchange in Toronto, Canada) which is a student portfolio showcase, is their time to shine. This is year two for me and this showing never fails to disappoint regardless of how many wired X-Box 360 controllers one will destroy while doing so. ONWARDS! Bustle Bumper cars, with buses, sounds, dangerous, but Bustle made it hilarious. Four budding bus companies feud over territory by knocking each other off. The six-man team, Moonwalk Studio, played up the…

A New Earth. Many have wanted this wish to be granted. Even in reality, man has craved it. Many TV series and seasons have yearned for it, but can it really become real? Let’s get started on this Mass Effect Andromeda Review. Mass Effect Andromeda seems to be BioWare’s answer to various fictional work, thrown in with some of the best of intentions. After a 5 year hiatus from Mass Effect 3, Andromeda has some ground to recover. Wait. This happens when? 600 years from the original trilogy, a group of mixed-race colonists set foot to Andromeda galaxy. The colonists…

It’s Cadillac’s And Dinosaurs minus the automobiles. Horizon Zero Dawn is not just another open-world warrior quest but has the hallmarks to partake in it. Zero Dawn holds a torch in the darkness of well-crafted exclusives. From the Killzone developers comes a possible new Action RPG of self-discovery and triumph against the odds. There’s no multiplayer. There’s probably no DLCs. Zero Dawn stands on its’ own as much as the leading lady does against robotic beasts, brigands, and of course, haters. Let’s check out the Horizon Zero Dawn Review. The Story So Far As a decent amount of millennia has passed…

Why did the Samurai, Knight, and Viking cross the Ashfeld? According to Ubisoft… I’m guessing for supplies. For Honor seems to miss this answer, through all the bloody fighting. Let’s check out this For Honor Review. The Tale of For Honor Apollion, the war goddess of an order that opposes three battle factions, has decided to stir trouble within the shared space. Her army has kept a war between Samurai, Viking, and Knight clans rampant for nearly a millennia without a real pause for peace. As all forces take to break a iron-for-iron stalemate, the forth man instigator still remains…

If you follow competitive fighting games you know who Daigo Umerhara is. The will to keep winning is his book written about his road to becoming pro, his childhood, his search for friends and community, and his successes – including his victory at 17 in the 1998 Street Fighter Alpha 3 World Championships against American champion Alex Valle. Let’s get started on this The Will to Keep Winning Book Review. What is The Will To Keep Winning? Ladies and gentlemen: I present to you … the Daigo Parry of Evo 2004. It is one of the most insane moments of…

2016 was a ride for gamers last year. Some pills were hard to swallow, such as a 10 year development time to procure a detachment from a high-grossing series: Final Fantasy XV, to a promise of missed deliverables that gave a bit a weird feeling to the series. No Man’s Sky was the next up to bat, with a great amount of loss. There was a bit of a recovery point that was the foundation for NMS, which showed face months afterwards, but fans were already dropping out. Street Fighter V aimed for its’ competitive audience and then, adding a…

I forgot to react to the Nintendo Switch last month. After seeing this trailer several times, I’d have to eventually.  Looks like Nintendo has learned a hefty amount of lessons from the Switch reveal a couple of weeks back. The excitement still looms even after the push to January for a bit of a release of certain details. The Switch has already impressed the some of the competition. What the world knows is it’s a hybrid. Half-console and half-mobile handheld. The system itself feels more or less similar to one of Nintendo’s one-hand-off system: the Game and Watch. The controllers detach…

Let’s get started on this King Of Fighters XIV Review. Nearly 20 or so years ago, some of Capcom’s Street Fighter project members decided to jump ship and create an alternative to their beloved fisticuff endeavor. With 4/6s of the buttons, broken engrish, and probably some amazing dreams to follow, SNK’s bread and butter genre, attributed to several successes and failures to their names. Even an amazing collaboration with their forefather company. With bankruptcies and refocuses, SNK is back with King of Fighters 14, but is it enough to undo Street Fighter’s missed opportunity? After the many entries in the…

Hold on to your butts, folks: it’s x16ca time! Microsoft went a little hard over the next batch of new titles on the horizon with their Toronto event last month. So much so that they took their wares to the Distillery District last week to show them off. From Gears of War 4 to Tekken 7, the X-Box team spared no expense to give Torontonians show-and-tell they, and some Halo cosplayers, will never forget. Then again, I forgot about the things I haven’t pushed with my thumbs, so I’ll keep going before even those become mute. It’s time for x16ca! Cuphead…

In 3 decades, the Street Fighter story has been told probably the same amount of times since its’ 80s conception. The facts were always the same, but the events surrounding these game endings seemed to be placed in a certain sequence for many interpretations to happen. Some almost near realistic, as Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie’s brilliance, lead by Ground TAC and Manga Entertainment, back near the 90s release of the Super Street Fighter saga, to those that seemed realistic but really turned more into something just as fictitious. Pretty much the Raul Julia swan song that was Street…

No, I won’t help Final Fantasy XV turn profit. There’s some context to this. Lots of it. Nearly 12 years of it when we first saw this title as Versus XIII, planned to co-exist with the XIII entry which would be called out for its’ “linear” approach to a hit RPG series. After the trip to Ivalice for the near 4th time(with expanded universes trailing back from 1997, when Tactics was born out of the Ogre Battle genius). After several changes, rebranding, and the upgrade to 8th gen, you’d believe that I’d still hold steadfast. Clearly, I’d support, right? Again, I…

Sure. I’m like you: I’m balls deep into Tom Clancy(RIP buddy) The Division now. I’ve saved the same idiotic hostages, done the dark side, fought bosses with predictable paths, and close to main story capping my Agent with mods up the ying yang without wanting to shoot Faye Lau in the the next eye. The Division is a testament to that genre we now know as MMORPG. Destiny pulled a fast one with forced updating, but for now: The Division has solidified a well-balanced member of this family from my standpoint. But, I’ve seen something more addictive. A decade more…