In April, Activision announced that Call of Duty would be returning their WWII roots. I wrote a brief piece on the announcement and outlined my hopes and fears that I have for their new game. After spending some time in the beta, I have found that some of them have come true. In my first multiplayer match, it quickly became obvious that Sledgehammer Games had brought back the classic Call of Duty experience. No gimmicky jet boosting or wall running in this game, just good old-fashioned boots on the ground shooting. This was the most important change I wanted and I am happy they delivered. Since boosting and wall running was introduced in the games, getting kills and being killed became increasingly more annoying. I had to continuously be alert to my surroundings from all sides, leaving little time to look at my map or figure out how to connect with my teammates. Sure, it was fast paced but I never felt that I had time to plan movements or work together with my team. It was ju...

Recently I wrote an article detailing my first impressions of No Man’s Sky . Since then, my time playing has dwindled from little to none at all and apparently I am not alone. Various media outlets have been giving No Man’s Sky negative reviews and negative player reviews on Metacritic are near equal with positive ones. Many feel that it has failed to deliver on what was promised. Suspicions started to arise after two Twitch streamers realized they ended up on the same planet in the game but could not see or interact with each other. Multiplayer was implied from the beginning but this event proves that is not the case. The creators also said you could become a trader to complete the game, or you didn’t have to mine for minerals at all but this seems to be far from the truth. Players accused Hello Games (Creators of the game) of lying because they completely whiffed on incorporating gameplay mechanics (or at least stretched the truth) they said would be part of the game. ...