Brittany Vincent

I’m no stranger to the shadows. The twilight of my PC gaming years found me infiltrating Hammerite temples and pickpocketing nobles in the decrepit streets of The City. Under the guise of the gruff Garrett, I was invincible.

We all know the PlayStation Vita is now the de facto home for all things Japanese. Ports, remakes, re-releases, and original content all trickle down similarly to the little handheld that could, and the Vita port of 2010's PSP adventure Criminal Girls is one of the latest to join the fold. The original release picked up a subtitle on its way westward and found place in retail sales as Criminal Girls: Invite Only.

The Mario & Luigi series has been consistently enjoyable, and the latest outing, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros, thankfully doesn’t break that cycle.

Bungie's first-person shooter and MMO hybrid has experienced glorious zeniths and crushing nadirs over its three-year lifespan, largely brought about by its three previous DLC packs. Of The Dark Below, House Of Wolves and The Taken King, the latter was leaps and bounds ahead of the former two, prioritising narrative and adjustments to combat over lacklustre loot and a smattering of new missions.

Titanfall 2 is everything that the original Titanfall was not. While the latter made its 2013 debut to much fanfare and genuinely thrilling multiplayer, a lack of substantial offline play and no meaningful progression soon had players looking elsewhere for their FPS fix. Gratifyingly, developer Respawn Entertainment has paid close attention to the criticism levelled at the first game and taken steps to address it.

It seems almost surreal to finally be writing a Resident Evil 7 review, but here we are. Ever since the Resident Evil franchise strayed from the well-worn path of survival horror around Resident Evil 4’s debut, series purists have practically begged Capcom to return to the game’s roots.

I've been eager to try out The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild ever since its first screenshots graced video game magazines and publications years ago. It's always seemed so close, yet so far out of hungry audiences' reach. After seemingly endless delays, the game's release is finally upon us. With a just a week left, I'm here to offer up some early impressions.

Despite the Wii-U’s many shortcomings, it managed to produce a clutch of excellent releases that flew right under the radar of most gamers. Notable among them a low-profile clone of Wipeout and F-Zero named Fast Racing Neo.

Just Dance is a baffling series, and Just Dance 2017 is no different. It’s always been available on consoles that have never quite nailed full-body tracking (the Wii comes to mind). When it did make its debut via the Xbox’s Kinect peripheral, the game improved slightly with the ability to include your entire body into the mix. The Switch’s iteration feels just as crippled as ever, with a release that didn’t really seem as though it had a legitimate reason to be made other than to cash in on the

Have you ever taken a piece of construction paper and snipped away at it endlessly until you were left with some ornate design? That’s probably a staple of most people’s childhoods. Cutting away at colorful paper is just fun to do, because you either never know what you’re going to end up with or you finish up with something precise and beautiful. That’s how playing the Nintendo Switch’s debut puzzle game Snipperclips - Cut It Out, Together! made me feel.

While exploring an ancient facility known as a Vault on the planet Eos in Mass Effect Andromeda, I was asked by my AI assistant SAM to follow the coolant lines routed beyond a closed door. The lines wrapped around a corner and continued on through the door to the next area. It seemed like the logical next step according to the mission's waypoint, but when I tried to prompt protagonist Ryder to open the door, she wasn't able to. The door remained locked.