After stepping away from Halo’s immense shadow, Bungie is back with a brand new franchise that isn’t too dissimilar from the series that made it the studio you know today. Destiny, an online-only first-person shooter (with some light RPG/MMO elements), is attempting to take the lessons learned from Halo and bring them to a genre hybrid that, at first glance, seems epic in scale. What you get out of Destiny will be different depending on what you are looking for, but whatever it is will undoubtedly be bundled with the feeling of lost potential.
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Crafting spells is fun, and it is solely that on which Magicmaker hinges. Between the wand, the mana spell and the cloak, each mage has three opportunities to combine magical elements. Some elements cause enemies to catch fire, others cause your spell to ricochet from one target to the next and still others can make your spells pass through walls or split into multiple projectiles. With over 2,000,000 combinations available, you won’t be hurting for customization. READ MORE
Jackbox Games is no stranger to the party genre: the company’s largest success, You Don’t Know Jack, has persisted for years in various formats, jumping from PC to consoles to Facebook as times changed but still delivering a very specific sort of trivia experience. And it’s just that: lots of people can make trivia games, but it’s the Jackbox style and sense of pace and humor that makes it stand out. With Fibbage, the company’s latest creation, it seeks to apply that knowledge to a similarly well-worn party game idea: trying to fool your friends. READ MORE
Fairy Fencer F takes players on an emotional roller coaster, with the frequently fun and exciting sections interspersed all too regularly with incredibly cheap and frustrating moments. It boasts a plot that can at best be described as complete nonsense, while delivering that insane story with a sharp sense of humor and some genuine laugh-out-loud moments. It features a battle system that simultaneously feels deep and oversimplified, tactical and repetitive. Despite its schizophrenic tendencies, Fairy Fencer F is a worthwhile entry in the genre, and will provide more than enough hours of entertainment to justify the investment. READ MORE
The best games are simple to understand and quick to start. Within five minutes of downloading Cannon Brawl you’ll understand the basic concepts of building mines to bolster your economy, deploying territory balloons to expand your territory and dropping cannons to ensure military superiority over your opponent. New concepts are introduced throughout the campaign, but the core concept is immediately available and understandable. It doesn’t matter if you’re playing solo or with others: those three base units are going to be integral to victory. READ MORE
