Being Bad is so Good in Tyranny RPG
Unlike most role-playing games, Tyranny puts you in the role of a villain working for an even more corrupt government. It’s a refreshing change of pace with a very deep story, lots of great gameplay, and a plot where your choices really do matter.
Create Your Own Heroes with Skylanders: Imaginators
The new Skylanders: Imaginators allows players to create their very own heroes, and if that was all it did, it would still be awesome. But Imaginators is packed with so much more. Both our adult and kid testers have declared that this is the best Skylanders yet.
Loving Classic Video and Olympic Summer Games
It seems like all the GiN columnists are on vacation. Editor John Breeden is again at the helm, this time for Chella. He’s catching Olympic fever this week, but perhaps more so for those classic track and field games of yesteryear.
Looking for Pie in the No Man’s Sky
With Todd on vacation, editor John Breeden takes up the videogame dreaming this week with his musings and desperate wishes for an amazing No Man’s Sky game. Are you planning to join him in the most massive sci-fi universe ever created?
Making Martian Magic with The Technomancer RPG
The Technomancer follows the Mars War Logs game, but improves over it in almost every single way. If you are looking for a good action-oriented sci-fi RPG, The Technomancer has quite a lot going for it as you try to survive and thrive on the red planet.
Exploring Harran in the Dying Light Nightmare Row Novel
The story behind Dying Light Nightmare Row dives more deeply into the history of Harran during the zombie outbreak, and spotlights many important details from the game which were probably missed while parkour running across rooftops dodging hordes of infected.
Achieving Perfection with The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine
Blood and Wine is packed with the final quests for the beloved Witcher 3: Wild Hunt series. And boy, does the series go out on a high note with a beautiful new world, never-before seen features and more high-level content than you can slay with a silver sword.
Blood in the Italian Countryside with HITMAN Sapienza
While the first episode of the new episodic HITMAN was a little bit of a mixed bag, the second one, set it Sapienza, Italy, is practically a masterpiece, and quite a big hit. Plus, it can be purchased as a standalone game or as a DLC for the main title.
From Russia With Love: Alekhine’s Gun Classic Stealth Action
Dripping with Cold War intrigue and stealth gameplay, Alekhine’s Gun takes players on a wild ride that is the spiritual successor to the Death to Spies series, though comparisons will also rightly be made to classic Hitman and Splinter Cell.
Hitting the Target: First Episodic HITMAN
Released for the first time in episodic format, Agent 47 returns in HITMAN, a single player assassination game with strong online support. New levels will be available monthly for about $10 each, but to kick things off, we head to the Paris fashion show for some really big hits.