In the next World of Warcraft expansion, Shadowlands, players are going to make the perilous trek through Azeroth’s realm of death. In the Legion and Battle for Azeroth expansions, players could head to any one of several leveling zones in…
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Commander: The definitive history of Magic’s most popular format
Magic: The Gathering has always been a multiverse. Not just the lore; the community itself has always been fractured across the game’s different formats or styles of play. Today, Wizards of the Coast believes that one format, called Commander, is…
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Monster Train Review – Delightfully Devious Deckbuilding
Monster Train owes much to Slay the Spire for popularizing the roguelike deck-builder RPG, both at a high level and in some of its features and mechanics. But don’t dismiss Monster Train as a mere clone or derivative work like…
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Hand Tracking on Oculus Quest: Grasping the Basics
Last week was Oculus Quest’s first birthday and as part of the celebrations, Facebook officially brought hand tracking out of the ‘Experimental Features’ section as it looks to foster widespread adoption. Developers have been able to play with the option…
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Deep Rock Galactic Review – Off To Work We Go
The great triumph of Deep Rock Galactic is transforming drudgery into something thrilling, repeatable, and fun. You work for a corporation that cares more about minor profits than your survival. You are sent into dark caves to hack away small…
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Minecraft Dungeons review: elegant, family-friendly dungeon-crawling
I did not expect a Minecraft game to teach my children the basics of dungeon-crawlers or loot-focused hack-and-slash games like Diablo, but here we are. Minecraft Dungeons is a simplified take on the top-down brawler, but it doesn’t lose any…
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Minecraft Dungeons Review – Familiarity Needs Content
Minecraft Dungeons is a roller-coaster ride of an action/RPG, giving new players a fairly deep representation of the genre while providing veterans a nice diversion from traditionally grimdark trappings. Minecraft’s familiar world, tools, and other elements seamlessly make the transition…
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Quarantine is creating brand-new gamers
A coronavirus diagnosis can keep you inside for a long time, so when Kevin Learst’s mother tested positive in March, he needed to get creative to comfort her during her recovery. He dropped off a Switch and a copy of…
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Maneater Review – King Of The Sea
Seals dart playfully in the ocean waters as sunbathers crowd the beaches to relax in the golden sands. For the bull shark that lurks in the dark waters below, this idyllic scene is a lunch buffet. With an insatiable hunger…
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Oculus Quest: One Year On
The virtual reality (VR) industry has made great strides in both hardware and software since the first consumer headsets arrived a few years ago. Gear VR provided the initial stepping stones and then Oculus Rift CV1 entered the fray in…
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Demo now Live for Iron Man VR, PlayStation Move Bundle Coming July
Earlier today VRFocus reported on the likelihood that Marvel’s Iron Man VR would be getting a demo ahead of the videogames’ official July launch. That’s happened soon than expected, as the demo is now available on PlayStation Store. Plus there’s…
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Saints Row: The Third Remastered review: the best of the worst gets better
My buddy Pierce calls me with half of an idea, and the next thing I know I’m hanging out of a helicopter, dressed like a wizard — big, floppy Gandalf hat; black robes fringed with purple; stars-and-moons pattern, naturally —…
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