Brace Yourselves, Kingdom Hearts III is Coming

[youtube id=”a7BvViADiwQ”] The wait is finally (almost) over. The renegade of the anime world, a Disney favorite and a (now) classic gaming series is closer than ever to revealing the third installment of the Kingdom Hearts franchise. It’s been almost 15 years since the first release of Kingdom Hearts (2002) on Playstation 2 and 10 years […]

E3 2015: Highlights from Nintendo’s Press Conference

After Microsoft and Sony’s conferences both brought huge announcements, all eyes were looking toward Nintendo to see if they could match. While the overall conference was as fun as it was in years past thanks to Nintendo’s increasingly weird digital events as this year brought puppets into the fold, it was an unfortunately light year. […]

E3 2015: Highlights from Sony’s Press Conference

[youtube id=”Kznek1uNVsg”] The Final Fantasy VII HD Remake is real. As I passively mentioned last night, Final Fantasy VII is hands down my favorite video game ever, and despite developer Square Enix’s mishandling of the Final Fantasy franchise over the past decade (re: exploitative sequels, spin-offs, narrative retcons, numerous production delays, etc.), I haven’t felt this excited about video games in […]

E3 2015: Highlights from Microsoft’s Press Conference

During their E3 2015 press conference yesterday, Microsoft dropped a bombshell – the Xbox One will be backwards compatible with select Xbox 360 games. While the list only features 100 games (both disc-based and XBLA), that number is sure to expand in the coming months as developers and publishers simply need to approve which games […]