By Isaac Espinosa The Earth has fallen to the wrath of the monstrous Naytiba enemies and bosses. As you wander the desolate remains of what used to be, it’s your mission to destroy them all. Stellar Blade is a brand new title created by Shift Up, and released to the PS5 today. The game puts…
By Khloe Wilkerson Nearly 20 percent of high school students report serious thoughts regarding suicide. Silent Hill: The Short Message, Konami’s and Hexadrive’s survival horror freebie for PS5, is based on this fact. The Short Message starts with the main protagonist Anita, a teenager, who says, “The strongest animals don’t form groups; they act alone,…
The New York Game Awards will be held on 1/23/24 at SVA Theatre in Manhattan. Get your tickets here. Note: we’re almost out of VIP tickets. So get them now. By Ronald Gordon Hello once again and welcome back to the Roundup, where we give our interns and members a shoutout for all of their amazing work…
By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome once again to The Roundup! It’s where we gather up articles from members and interns alike to give them a blast. This particular column has been a long time coming and there’s been plenty of news of events while you’ve all been waiting. I got the chance to go…
By Khloe Wilkerson Get ready to swing into action with Spider-Man 2, the highly anticipated Insomniac Games sequel that takes the superhero gaming experience to new heights! In Spider-Man 2, available on PS5, you can even fly through the city with wings, battle iconic villains, and uncover an epic storyline. Spider-Man’s eagerness to help save…
Upon release, we ran this Horizon Forbidden West story. In an effort to show both sides, here is another take on the the Aloy saga. By Kimari Rennis I am a woman with simple tastes when it comes to video games. I need a strong female lead and a fresh, jarring narrative to change my…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. In this installment, our writers finally get to speak their minds about Sony and Microsoft’s new consoles, from their performance and innovation to the downright ugliness of the…
By Harold Goldberg It’s bittersweet. The PlayStation 5 may well be the last PlayStation I will ever review. I’ve been around, carefully writing about this Sony-created game playing machine since the days of the PlayStation one. I’ve bonded with friends and girlfriends while playing, and I’ll never forget those relationships, many of which are still…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. In this installment, our writers finally get their hands on some new game consoles. Plus reviews of Watch Dogs: Legion, Tell Me Why, and EA’s latest Star Wars…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s weekly look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. This week, our writers look at the 20-year gap between Final Fantasy VII and its ambitious remake, dissect the design of the new PlayStation 5 controller, take…