While a lot of buzz surrounding this year’s E3 has been on the next generation of gaming, that doesn’t mean this current generation is ready to go out with nothing more than a whimper. While the latest game in the Need for Speed series, titled Need for Speed: Rivals, will be making an appearance on [...]

Many may find Bungie and Activision’s new first-person thriller known as Destiny to be a hybrid of the Halo and Call of Duty series respectfully, but a closer look at the game will show you that what may seem like a regular shoot-em up can also be a delving RPG; what may seem like a [...]

With all the hype surrounding the events of the Sony and Microsoft Press Conferences, it was easy to forget that Nintendo had an event of their own. While the internet may have been abuzz with the new game announcements that Nintendo touted, there was little talk about their line-up among media throughout the show. Once [...]

After Horizon, folks craving a more traditional Forza experience were left waiting – until E3 that is. There, it was announced that Forza Motorsport 5 will be released and bring back a slew of popular series from the past — but executed far better now thanks to the Xbox One’s superior hardware. Forza 4′s Auto [...]

We here at Hardcore Gamer have covered in the past the excellent Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, an RPG made by Neocore Games, developers who work as hard as possible to take into consideration fan feedback to give us the game they want rather than doing whatever they want (Microsoft take note). That’s why we [...]

The Last of Us is out, and very awesome. Newegg has shockingly decided to sell the game on their Ebay store for a mere $45. The catch is that you’ll have to wait until about Thursday to have it arrive if you go with free shipping, but it’s an outstanding price for a game that [...]

Microsoft has spent the better part of the past few days explaining the Xbox One’s many new features while retailers have thrown pre-orders up to make the most of E3 and make some quick hypothetical bucks.  This gets them some theoretical sales and allows MS and other companies to trumpet “system X has the most [...]

Polytron, the team behind Fez, the 2D platform game that received as much love for its unique and innovative gameplay as it did hate as many gamers grew to dislike the people behind the game (covered here at Hardcore Gamer), announced at E3 that Fez 2 is now in development. Details are very scarce as [...]

The experience of being at E3 is completely different than you’d think from the articles rehashing the press conferences and giving out the highlights.  There’s so much going on everywhere you look that it’s easy to forget the show was more than just Sony giving Microsof the redheaded stepchild treatment, while Nintendo hung out off [...]

When Diablo III was released last year, it was met with mixed emotions. Longtime series loyalists lamented the final product after a twelve year long development cycle, newcomers failed to understand the mystique that the franchise had been known for prior to the third installment and those looking for a game with a host of [...]