No expansive open world, no flashy cutscenes and an incredibly formulaic graphical and gameplay structure. On the surface, it’s hard to fathom why card-based games could be a more attractive… Continue reading
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Whether you’re after some recommendations for the weekend, or you just really want to know what makes our staff tick, here’s what we’ve been playing this week at Power Up… Continue reading
With the recent release of the Platinum Demo, Square Enix has given us a small slice of what we can expect from Final Fantasy XV. For all intents… Continue reading
Final Fantasy has a big year in store. Final Fantasy XV, World of Final Fantasy, a VII remake (next year), and a movie are all on the way…. Continue reading
Welcome back to Part 2 of The Division or Destiny. Yesterday we discussed how The Division’s story, combat, and multiplayer stood up against Destiny’s. While The Division’s setting in Midtown Manhattan… Continue reading
The concept of “Shared World Shooters” is relatively new (though we didn’t forget you Hellgate: London!). As a genre they have aggressively approached the fore thanks to the… Continue reading
Practicing Glitchcraft is an all-new article segment dedicated to pointing out all the ways to screw up the games we hold dear to our hearts. Let’s kick this series… Continue reading
Welcome to the angry episode of the PUGcast. JD is mad at Nintendo for being disrespectful to fans. JD is also mad at Nintendo for being stupid (but… Continue reading
What does Twilight Princess sound like to you? To Scott, it sounds like unspeakable acts performed by Irish Nuns. In this Micro Review, you can expect nothing productive,… Continue reading
The recently announced closure of innovative developer Lionhead Studios was sad – if not entirely surprising – news for many of us here are Power Up Gaming. Lionhead… Continue reading
Earlier this week, we debuted a brand new comedy series called Micro Reviews with Scott, in which our own Scott Russell gives his in-depth opinions on his favorite… Continue reading
Middle Earth: Shadow Of Mordor have topped a lot of game of the year lists for 2014. Although to be fair, it didn’t have a whole lot of… Continue reading
Micro Reviews with Scott is a brand new comedy video series for Power Up Gaming. In this series, Scott Russell gives quick, mini reviews of his favorite video games. The… Continue reading
The topics of this week’s podcast are obvious: Spider-Man and U.S. politics. Those, and plenty of other gaming greatness. No Man’s Sky finally has a release date, and… Continue reading
Lifebar.io, a new website that helps gamers with tracking their gaming experiences, has recently launched and is available to the public. Although the site is still in the Alpha… Continue reading
When I first booted up Twilight Princess HD, I knew I’d be awed. What I didn’t know was just how much awe I’d be in. I remember the… Continue reading
The gang is back! This week, with Jamaal firmly in control of all rambling, the PUGcast deals with many issues, news reports, and new games. We begin with… Continue reading
It was the year of the Tamagotchi. Trainspotting, Scream, and Independence Day saw their cinema releases. Dolly the cloned sheep greeted the world. The year was 1996. As significant… Continue reading
How old is Heihachi Mishima? By all accounts, Heihachi is 75 in Tekken 6, but it feels like he has been in his twilight years since the franchise… Continue reading
Happy 30th anniversary, Legend of Zelda! Nintendo released the game that started the legend on February 21, 1986 in Japan, so I’m here to entertain (and quite possibly… Continue reading
