It is an unfortunate reality that video game developers will sometimes terminate their game's services whether it be for financial, legal, or creative reasons. It is much rarer for a game to release…
December 15, 2023 | 09:00 EST
After over a decade, Capcom is finally bringing back Dragon's Dogma with its sequel, Dragon's Dogma 2. At Tokyo Game Show, not only did I get the chance to play the game extensively (and you can…
October 18, 2023 | 09:00 EDT
Open-world survival crafting games aren’t exactly uncommon in 2023, making it harder for newer releases to get noticed. Enshrouded is yet another entry in this crowded genre, aiming to carve out its…
July 21, 2023 | 11:27 EDT
Remake, Remaster, Re-release, and now Redemption? The latest rumors swirling around the internet are claiming that a new version of Rockstar's modern classic, Red Dead Redemption is hitting the…
July 7, 2023 | 05:00 EDT
As janky as they may be, Bethesda's games manage to maintain a strong following throughout the years because of the legion of modders who leap at the opportunity to leave their mark on the game.…
August 5, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
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After a stressful day, many gamers long for getting distracted by an adventure game. From the open exploration of Outer Wilds to the heroic combat of inFAMOUS Second Son, there are many PlayStation…
July 16, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
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PlayStation Plus Premium is finally upon North America, and with that comes a plentiful batch of PS4 and PS5 games to play. For those who love JRPGs, you're in for a treat. While it lacks recent…
June 15, 2022 | 12:00 EDT
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Saints Row is back! We here at TechRaptor had the privilege of watching a near hourlong Saints Row hands-off preview that featured breakdowns of missions, characters, mechanics, and more. We’re here…
May 18, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
When you have an open world, the main challenge is to fill it with things and activities to bring it to life. Dying Light had the city of Harran and Dying Light 2 stepped it up with the larger city…
February 15, 2022 | 12:00 EST
At its core, the Dying Light games are about trying to survive in a world overrun with zombies and relying on parkour movement to get around. While the first game had a story revolving around…
February 7, 2022 | 11:00 EST
We’re all guilty of discussing, planning, and imagining ourselves in an apocalyptic situation. Usually, we give ourselves main character syndrome, where we overcome the many feats which cause the…
February 5, 2022 | 11:00 EST
Techland's Dying Light, released in 2015, was a huge parkour-zombie-survival hit that still holds up today. It received an expansion called The Following, but officially became part of a series with…
February 4, 2022 | 12:00 EST
The release of Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX is such a nostalgic slice of '90s pop culture it's almost impossible not to love it. It also represents something else that has been gaining popularity as…
December 10, 2021 | 12:00 EST
Pokemon may at first glance appear to be a playful and colorful world for players of all ages to escape into, but when you begin to peel back the layers of these games, you begin to uncover something…
October 31, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
Since I was a child, I’ve struggled with chronic depression. I’ve seen many therapists over the years regularly and am currently seeing a great one, but for me, depression is a thing I seem to fall…
May 27, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
With the release of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life on PC and Xbox One tomorrow, fans of Kiryu Kazuma’s wild saga that weren’t PlayStation faithful will finally have a chance to experience the epic…
March 24, 2021 | 09:00 EDT
We finally come to Generation VIII. Personally, I like Gen VIII a lot. I enjoy the wild area, the quality-of-life improvements, max raid battles, and most importantly, the Pokemon and their designs…
March 1, 2021 | 01:00 EST
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Alas, all good things must come to an end. The Year of Pokemon concludes here at TechRaptor, celebrating 25 years of the monster-collecting franchise with a look back at the games one generation at a…
February 26, 2021 | 12:00 EST
“Paradise” might be the last thing to come to mind when you think of 2020, but in a way, that’s fitting for a game like Paradise Killer. This indie detective game might have flown under your radar…
December 4, 2020 | 12:00 EST
When Todd Howard stepped onto the stage at Bethesda's E3 Press Conference in 2015, the crowd went wild. Everyone knew what was coming. The most open secret in video games, the legendary Fallout 4,…
November 13, 2020 | 11:00 EST
Marvel’s Avengers and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater may have come out last week, but I’ve been spending my time in Paradise: the 24th sequence of it, to be exact. Paradise Killer launched on the same day as…
September 15, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
The first Assassin’s Creed game was released in 2007, and the franchise has been a staple of the Ubisoft library ever since. It’s one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time, with sales…
July 30, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
Nobody but Batman can make brooding on rooftops look super cool, and the Arkham franchise does a fantastic job at making you feel like you’re out there doing the same thing. It’s good to have the…
July 13, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
This past week, I've had the pleasure of revisiting Saints Row 4: Re-Elected on my Nintendo Switch. Within minutes I was transported back to one of Volition's best open-world action games of the past…
March 27, 2020 | 11:30 EDT
A few times a year, there's a song I can't get out of my head. With the release of The Witcher TV show coinciding with my end-of-year vacation, a combination of The Witcher TV show and copious…
January 13, 2020 | 12:30 EST
In some people's minds, it's all about that trailer. Techland's Dead Island premiered with an emotionally striking trailer, one of the first in a wave of slowed-down cinematics that pulled at the…
June 13, 2019 | 10:00 EDT
Unless you've been hiding under a Graveler for the last 24 hours, you've probably heard that Nintendo just announced Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield for the Switch. In addition to a new region and…
February 28, 2019 | 10:30 EST
Metro Exodus has finally launched and players are happily wandering across the wasted remains of Russian as Artyom and his friends try to find themselves a new home. The game's full storyline is…
February 16, 2019 | 01:00 EST
I took the time out of my life to read all three Metro books. Before you ask, it was mostly worth it. I'm not going to bother reviewing the books, but the tl;dr is that Metro 2033 is a good book,…
February 11, 2019 | 01:00 EST
Nearly four years ago, I wrote that the Metro 2033 franchise could pull off an open-world game. Now with the revelation of the Metro Exodus open world, one might be curious—did they manage to make…
January 24, 2019 | 12:00 EST
I had the good fortune to spend a bit of time with Metro Exodus in a hands-on preview. I also was afforded the opportunity to speak a bit with Alex Brewer, the head of Deep Silver's Public Relations…
January 21, 2019 | 01:00 EST
There’s a lot of things that make Playground Games' most recent entry into the Forza Horizon series stand out as the strongest. The beautiful and huge rendition of the UK countryside is one of the…
January 14, 2019 | 01:00 EST
One of the most romanticized time periods of American history is undoubtedly the era of the Wild West, a time when ambitious settlers would head to untamed lands to try to make a new life for…
October 23, 2018 | 02:00 EDT
Saints Row 2 represents a different time, not just for Volition, but for games as a whole. Just as other open-world crime games were turning gritty and realistic, Saints Row 2 had the gall to tell a…
October 14, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Advertised as the largest piece of DLC that has ever been developed by Bethesda, Fallout 4's Far Harbor promises to bring you to the titular location in Maine. Needless to say, this means that…
May 4, 2016 | 01:55 EDT
"I found a superior-quality gun and a better vest after I jumped a group of unsuspecting rioters. They set themselves up on a street corner in between a broken-down truck and a couple of wrecked…
March 22, 2016 | 01:00 EDT
Note: The following editorial contains spoilers. You have been warned. "Choices." "Consequences." "Engaging decisions." These are the short and catchy buzzwords of a fast-growing gaming medium that…
June 27, 2015 | 11:00 EDT