Another year in the books. Taking a look back at all the things that happened in 2019, I find myself pleasantly surprised by the number of video game releases there was this year. It's a number that ranges in the hundreds. In fact, there are more video game releases in a year than there are actual days. Knowing that

Let's get right to it. Games Released This Year That I Played, and Liked 1. The Outer Worlds https://www.facebook.com/kakuchopurei/videos/446663749539160/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARB4LHlrcWrjeMa6X_8JKN9qLnZ2EUQSFoc21JZcDKpIJzeAJQwZTukRvefrBR69yc5oYS-CviQy_FKoQgaF9cuRpjRRL6iJi5LvBDaYruMhv2NruhWMbsv2gUQk7ix7BIOuVB_TwSnJCRBGMbS

Since its initial release in 2016, Street Fighter V has suffered from a netcode bug. Basically, one player's game can lag behind the opposing player when playing online. Capcom has yet to launch a patch to fix this problem in the past four years. Fortunately, a dedicated fan of the franchise by the name of Reddit user

Magic: Legends was first unveiled at The Game Awards 2019. It's an upcoming free-to-play MMO set across realms in the Magic: The Gathering universe. A new gameplay trailer finally lets us see what the game is going to be like. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLqYT9CSYZA&w=560&h=315] At a glance, it's

One of the reasons why Silent Hill 2 became such an iconic game was thanks to its atmosphere. We've got the game's art director Masahiro Ito to thank for that. It looks like the man is hard at work on a new project. https://twitter.com/adsk4/status/1213573816393203712?s=20 In a recent tweet from his own personal acco

Netflix's The Witcher has finally arrived, and it's definitely worth the wait (check out my full review here). Filling the void of fantasy TV left behind by Game Of Thrones, The Witcher has many books' worth of lore and stories to derive from. The first season of The Witcher is only eight episodes long, which means th

Luigi has always played second fiddle to his more heroic and popular brother, Mario. However, this year he received his own game starring role in a game again, after more than half a decade since 2013's Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. Luigi's Mansion 3 came out on Halloween day, and it's basically a Ghostbusters game with

Eyedentity Games, the developers behind the original Dragon Nest Online for PC, and publisher Nexon Thailand are excited to announce that pre-registration for World of Dragon Nest is now open for Android and iOS users in Southeast Asia. World Of Dragon Nest is an open-world MMORPG mobile game slated for release on 8 J

Ask, and ye shall receive. Final Fantasy XV's main bad guy Ardyn Izunia will be joining the Dissidia Final Fantasy roster next year. Just like FFXV's hero Noctis, Ardyn has the "power of kings" which include warping, phasing, summoning crazy weapons from thin air, and using royal arms. Unlike Noctis, he uses daemon ma

Blizzard is feeling extra jolly this year, with a Holiday Sale taking place from now to 7 January 2020, where there are discounts on many of the publisher's major titles. It's the best time to indulge in a shopping spree of new games. Here are some of the best deals: World of Warcraft Celebrate Winter Veil with th

The Steam Winter Sale has begun, and with it comes a new sales mechanic and a bunch of titles with slashed prices. It'll last from today until 2nd January 10am PST. Customers can now earn Festivity Tokens by buying marked-down games or completing Holiday Quests. These tokens can be spent in the Holiday Market where yo

As annoying as it is to some people, it's almost impossible to discuss the fantasy genre on TV without mentioning HBO's Game Of Thrones. It was The Lord Of The Rings' equivalent on TV, a genre-defining feat which would have been fondly remembered as a classic, if not for its widely-derided final season. Netflix's The

Update 19/12/19 Niche Gamer editor-in-chief Brandon Orselli has announced that he will be stepping down from his EIC position to handle a back-end role with the site. Orselli admits that he lied about the existence of ghost writer being responsible for the plagiarism. Orselli states that "sheer overwork" and "lack of

Borderlands 3's first-ever major DLC, Moxxi's Heist Of The Handsome Jackpot, will be out later this week. Apart from a whole new bunch of Handsome Jack-slash-casino-themed levels, the game will bring back one of Borderlands 2's most prominent enemies: the bots. We can't say much about the expansion until it's offic

Street Fighter V's next update will make its way onto PC and the PS4 next February. With it comes new characters, new updates, and even new V-Skill abilities for players to choose before a match-up. Here is a list of V-Skill 2 abilities for most of the cast. We'll be sure to update them as more get revealed in the nex

Capcom has unveiled new information about the upcoming Street Fighter V Champion Edition, which is slated to launch on 14 February 2020. Street Fighter IV boss Seth is officially returning as a playable fighter in the upcoming game, but he's not exactly the same character he was all those years ago. That's right, fo

You have seen the Free Guy trailer starring Ryan Reynolds, right? It’s essentially about an NPC who gets free will and becomes a hero to combat all the bad guys populating the open-world game he’s stuck in, possibly programmed by Taika Waititi’s character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2m-08cOA

The Game Awards 2019 just concluded, and it was probably the biggest iteration of the annual event yet. It featured tons of surprises in the form of new game announcements, trailers, reveals, and a slew of guest appearances. The "so-called biggest night in gaming" (as creator and host Geoff Keighly calls it) is certai

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, one of the toughest-yet-rewarding action titles of 2019, won Game of the Year at this year's Game Awards produced and hosted by alleged Death Stranding supporter Geoff Keighley. To which we say "good save", but let's not sour the moment. Sekiro beat out not only Death Stranding, but also Re

The next-gen Xbox console is revealed during the Game Awards 2019. It's called the Xbox Series X. As if the name isn't unique enough, it has a pretty odd vertical rectangle shape, the same exact Xbox One controller, lots of backwards compatibility options, and a 2020 holiday release date to go alongside the new Halo I