Gen 6ix: Gaming's Greatest Generation

Published Feb 24, 2016

Videogames stopped being just for kids on September 24, 2001. That was the day that Fumito Ueda's Ico came out for Sony's year-and-a-half-ol...

Lego Marvel's Avengers Multiplatform

Published Feb 19, 2016

Digital bricklayer Traveller's Tales' move into the toys-to-life genre with Lego Dimensions was a great leap forward for the decade-old fran...

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam 3DS

Published Feb 17, 2016

The quantum physics-based alternate-reality conceit that has taken over comic books and sci-fi in recent years — think Marvel's Secret Wars,...

Yakuza 5 PS3

Published Feb 02, 2016

The Yakuza series is a GTA-esque open-world crime drama that, historically, has made no compromises to western tastes. This fifth iteration...

Just Cause 3 PS4, XB1, PC

Published Dec 29, 2015

The summer might be known for mindless action in the movie theatres, but Avalanche Studios is bringing that sort of high-octane, lowbrow thr...

The Game After A Brief History of Fallout 4's Post-Apocalyptic Retrofuture

Published Dec 15, 2015

From the moment Albert Einstein's theories were turned into bombs, a nuclear holocaust seemed inevitable; atomic anxiety was almost immediat...

Star Wars: Battlefront PS4/XB1/PC

Published Nov 26, 2015

Battlefront is not quite the Star Wars game I'm looking for, however much its cinema-quality graphical fidelity and Episodes IV through VI s...

Brick By Brick How Gaming Brought Lego Into A New Dimension

Published Nov 24, 2015

Lego, the toy brickmaking concern begun in a Danish workshop back in 1949, was on the brink of bankruptcy just a little over a decade ago....

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate PS4

Published Nov 10, 2015

Now that's more like it.   Last year's bug-riddled, French Revolution-set Unity felt like a dagger in the side of Ubisoft's annual histori...

Yoshi's Woolly World Wii U

Published Nov 05, 2015

For all of Nintendo's dramatic ups and downs over the years when it comes to their consoles, what have remained consistently excellent over...

The Exclaim! Holiday Gift Guide 2015 Videogames

Published Nov 05, 2015

It's almost time to start picking out presents and stuffing stockings again. But don't worry — Exclaim! is here to make this year's festive...

Full Metal Gear Jacket

Published Oct 25, 2015

There are many war games. There are few games about war. But the Metal Gear series, helmed by auteur developer Hideo Kojima for three decade...

Mad Max Multiplatform

Published Oct 09, 2015

Mad Max: Fury Road was a rare revitalization of a decades-old franchise, a feat accomplished by making women and their agency drive the narr...

Super Mario Maker Wii U

Published Sep 24, 2015

Modern gaming is replete with DIY level editors, many of which boast admirably elaborate toolsets, but none are quite as gratifying as Ninte...

Until Dawn PS4

Published Sep 24, 2015

Branching storylines have been a selling point in games for years, though more often than not, it's hard to tell if your decisions are actua...

Don't Shoot Can Gaming Figure Out How to Interact Without Combat?

Published Sep 09, 2015

Games are combat. Be it football, Uno or chess, the goal is to defeat your opponent in a battle of brains and/or brawn. But despite the nome...

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture PS4

Published Aug 11, 2015

The quaint British village of Yaughton in the Shropshire countryside has been abandoned. You don't know why. Well, the game title provides a...

Rare Replay Xbox One

Published Aug 04, 2015

Repackaging old games for new audiences began as a welcome shift in future-forward gaming culture, which had historically abandoned past-gen...

N++ PS4

Published Jul 31, 2015

Toronto microstudio Metanet, one of the pioneering indies that has helped build the city's still-bustling scene, has been basically iteratin...

Arkham Knight PS4, XB1

Published Jul 22, 2015

Arkham Knight is basically the Days of Future Past of this beloved Batman videogame franchise, a critically acclaimed return to form thanks...