Ready for more Apple Arcade? You’re already reading so I’ll take that as a yes. This time I’ll look at somber action-combat game Bleak Sword, as well as taking part in some schoolyard parkour with Hot Lava. As always, these aren’t intended to be full reviews but rather a general feel for how each game…
Reviews of Skate City, HyperBrawl Tournament and Dead End Job
Welcome back to my ongoing examination of all available Apple Arcade games! I'm still going strong but it's only week two, so who knows what affect this process will eventually have on my overall well-being. As a reminder, these are not intended as fully thought out reviews, but rather a quick description of each game,…
Things That Go Bump is a bland, repetitive experience with poor control. Inmost is a genuinely scary game that takes on some heavy themes
I’m undertaking possibly the longest, most time-consuming and ultimately the least fruitful venture of my adult life. I’ll be playing, at least in some small part, every Apple Arcade game released. Then I’ll tell you if each game deserves to be played. Apple Arcade was released in mid-September 2019 and since then I’ve been dipping…
It would appear that the dawn of gaming is here. There is now a strong competition between normal games and ones that are based on the cloud. What’s more is that EA seem to think that services like this will be able to bring in tons of new gamers every single year. Google released their…
And it will have ramifications for Canadian student athletes and the hockey leagues that compete with U.S. colleges for talent
What were the burghers who run California doing instead of upgrading their power grid? Let me see. Banning fur? Check. Undocumented aliens on state boards and commissions? Check. Allowing college sports stars to get paid for the use of their likeness? Check. Really? After all this time, they’re going to let the top performers in…
Video game review: In this roguelike game, you take on the role of not one hero but an entire family
Children of Morta Developer: Dead Mage PC, PlayStation 4, Switch, Xbox One The gameplay in Children of Morta really shines. It's fast, fun, satisfying and continually fresh. Unfortunately, that exposes the shaky story and weak world-building of this new game. In Children of Morta, you take on the role of not one hero but an entire family, the…
Online gaming has become more popular than many other sources of entertainment. Millions of players around the globe test their skills (and luck) against other online gamers. Canadians are no exception, as online games have also taken roots in this North American country. In fact, a new generation of gamers emerged in Canada, marked by…
Trevor Doerksen of ePlay Digital is opening doors around the world for interactive gaming
Trevor Doerksen is CEO of ePlay Digital. What is ePlay Digital and what does it do? Doerksen: ePlay is one of Calgary’s growing number of game publishers. We have created a celebrity-filled, Pokemon Go style game platform for sports, e-sports, and entertainment. We will soon launch the first location-based title from the augmented reality mobile…
Loblaws introduces retro online game that allows you to accumulate PC Optimum points
You won’t find this game in any app store. But there is a payoff for playing. You earn 500 PC Optimum free points every day for simply practising your hauling skills while playing No Frills’ Hauler: Aisles of Glory. It’s the latest clever marketing campaign from grocery giant Loblaws, which owns the No Frills stores…
New World Interactive will open studio by May 15 in the Inglewood neighbourhood
Denver-based New World Interactive, an award-winning developer of the multimillion selling Insurgency video game franchise, will open another development studio New World North in Calgary. The new studio has a target date of opening by May 15. Jon Higgins, marketing and communications director, said the company, which also has a development team in Amsterdam, plans…