• WWE 2K25 – Xbox Series X Review

    To be frank: this is what you hope to see in an annually released game. More features and improvements across the board combine to make it better than ever. WWE 2K25 is exactly that – bigger and better than ever.

  • Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered - PC Review

    The year was 1996 when I first heard about Tomb Raider. I didn't have a Playstation, nor was I any sort of adept at using those controllers. However I did enjoy watching my friend play them on his PS...

  • Microtopia - PC Review

    Microtopia is a neat game where players grow a new kind of colony, the kind that is run by robotic ants. Now if an automation game where you get to control robotic ants isn't an interesting one, you've been living under a rock.

  • Maliki: Poison of the Past - PC Preview

    Hey there, and welcome to a preview of a new title that’s now wormed it’s way into my wishlist. Maliki: Poison of the Past is a really neat looking title that draws from the graphic novel series Maliki.

  • Space Engineers 2 - PC Preview

    Keen Software House (Keen) has recently launched Space Engineers 2 (SE2) into early access with a polished communication campaign featuring YouTube influencer previews, snappy teasers and a road map using the ‘vertical slice’ concept to show the intended path between initial early access availability and final release.

  • Ever 17: The Out of Infinity - Nintendo Switch Review

    I've got a good one for ya! An awkward teen, an amnesiac kid, a grumpy Lolita, a bratty child (not really), a hacker, an oblivious employee and an AI walk into an underwater bio-dome---

  • ZPF - PC Preview

    ZPF is a new shoot-'em-up game that looks, sounds and plays like a Sega Genesis game. The demo I played was short with three levels and three different heroes (ships) each with their own play style.

  • Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land - PS5 Review

    If there's one series that keeps me excited for every new release, it's Gust's Atelier series. As much as things change over the years, the core staple of the series remains the same. It's about alchemy...

  • Rise of the Ronin - PC Review

    Set in the Bakumatsu-era in Japan, Rise of the Ronin follows the path of a Veiled Edge, a unique paired swordsmen's technique where you play one half of a pair of sword-slinging ronin called Blade Twins.

Omega Quintet takes center stage on the PS4 in spring of 2015

Well, we are about to hit a four day weekend here in the US for Thanksgiving. If you need a reason to be thankful for some games this year, take a look at our earlier article from noon today. Otherwise, we plan to go all radio silent until Monday. Before we leave however, we...
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Thankful for these games in 2014 - Gaming Thoughts

For those of us in the United States, Thanksgiving weekend is upon us. While I like to think of this holiday as the three important F's (Food, Football and a Four day weekend), a few of us on the team thought it would be fun to look back on what games in 2014 made us thankful....
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LittleBigPlanet 3 - PS4 Review

I have always gotten along with Sackboy. He's cute. He's fun. He has great adventures. Still, as far as PlayStation mascots go, he seems to be losing a little bit of that 'something special' with each release. It does not help that diluted experiences like his Move-based adventure...
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NIS America announces htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary

There has not been a lot of action on the NIS America front since the release of Natural Doctrine, despite a busy 2014 for the publisher. Well they have news on an upcoming game for mid Q2 next year! ...
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Energizer 2X Charging System for Xbox One - Hardware Review

As the 2014 holiday season is right around the corner and now that the Xbox One has been out for about a year now, accessories of all shapes and sizes can be had from various manufacturers. Ever since I picked up the Xbox One I have been using good ol' AA batteries to power...
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NHL 15 - Xbox One Review

I was recently speaking with my brother about sports games and I was trying to determine what the last sport-based video game I had played was. Depending on who you are and how you see racing games it would be Forza Motorsports 5 however, I do not believe that the Forza games...
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Evolve shares alpha numbers and reveals Caira

Evolve seems to be one of those titles everyone has been talking about since its impressive showing earlier this year. Evolve was watched for more than 2,000,000 hours during its four day Big Alpha test. Those are some pretty substantial numbers that indicate this game still...
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Lenovo Erazer X315 Desktop - Hardware Review

Lenovo is a brand name that is commonly associated with top-quality business computers and in the last few years they have been silently pushing a new lineup of computers; gaming computers. While their business and personal use computers have always been powerful, well-built,...
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Samsung U28UD590D 4K Ultra High Definition Monitor - Hardware Review

Samsung. The name exudes quality. Say it with me, "Samsung." From their Galaxy phones and tablets to their absolutely stunning televisions (every television I have owned in the last ten years has been a Samsung) and monitors to their amazing laptops, Samsung is one of the best,...
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Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late Available early in 2015

We have taken a look at this title briefly once before when Aksys first announced it. Now we have more details - including a February 24, 2015 launch date! ...
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Tales of Hearts R - PS Vita Review

While Tales of Xillia 2 was released a few months ago, and at the time had been the best looking Tales to date, with Tales of Heart R that is no longer the case. The most impressive graphical update to Tales of Heart R lies with the animated scenes as they are absolutely stunning....
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Xbox One: A look back at its first year - Gaming Thoughts

Releasing just one week after the PlayStation 4 did, the Microsoft Xbox One had a bit of an uphill battle right out of the gates. A disastrous E3 got Microsoft's console off on the wrong foot, but credit to Microsoft for making some deft pivots before the Xbox One released that...
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An interesting new iOS strategy game releases

Recently our friends over at Digitally Downloaded had an excellent two part interview with Dawn Patrol Games (you can see parts one and two by following those links). Here is the information about their new strategy title for mobile, Nitropia. ...
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Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager - PC Review

I love space, it is, dare I say it, "the final frontier." Imagination is a powerful process (or better yet, tool) and when tied together with an unknowable expanse like the inky black void that our little blue planet is floating around in, the possibilities are endless. Traveling,...
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Pure Pool - Xbox One Review

I have been a big proponent of pool or billiards since I was about 8 or 9 years old as a close friend from down the road had a pool table in their basement. Her and I would hang out for hours after school or on the weekends playing pool, or in the early days, whipping the different...
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A trailer and screenshots of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation

Man that title is a mouthful, but I have to admit that this series is one of my guilty pleasures and considering how good Re;Birth was - the sequel has me pretty excited. ...
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Gunspell - PC Review

Gunspell tries to bridge genres in similar fashion to other titles like Puzzle Quest and Gyromancer. On a technical level, Gunspell succeeds in blending RPG mechanics with a match-three puzzle game. Some of these mechanics work better than others as Gunspell by and large still...
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Fraps - PC Review

I struggle to remember when it is that I first became aware of Fraps though I believe it was around the CounterStrike 1.4 release, which was in early 2002 (though I may be wrong). Personally I did not use Fraps until a few years later, when I was fairly large into the CAL-I...
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Extreme Exorcism coming to PC and consoles next year

Sure, Halloween is in the rear view mirror - for now. That does not mean there will be a shortage of supernatural games coming in 2015 - and Extreme Exorcism looks to be just one of those. ...
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Magic 2015 - Garruk's Revenge Expansion - PC Review

Have you found yourself thinking “golly, I sure had a hearty helping of Magic the Gathering from this years Magic 2015 release on Steam, but I could sure go for a nice digestif to wash it all down?” Well Stainless Games and Wizards of the Coast saw that longing look in your...
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F1 2014 - PS3 Review

I have long been a fan of Codemasters' titles as they have had a successful history of releasing quality racing titles, from the stunning Grid titles to DiRT. On top of some of the most enjoyable racing games, Codemasters has also brought us the sorely underrated Operation Flashpoint...
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An early peek at Mordheim: City of the Damned

Rogue Factor's turn-based tactical-RPG adaptation of the Games Workshop table-top game Mordheim is preparing for Early Access on Steam, and this trailer looks pretty sharp. ...
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Tesoro Excalibur G7NL LED Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Hardware Review

I grew up using mechanical keyboards as membrane-based keyboards had not yet become a popular alternative due to ease of manufacturing and a decidedly quieter working environment. When I built my first computer back in the mid-90's I picked up a membrane-based keyboard from...
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Afterglow Kral PS4 Wireless Headset - Hardware Review

To put it bluntly, this headset is great overall. I have a hate/hate relationship with headphone and headset cables, so being able to cut the wire so to speak is awesome from my standpoint. My personal headphones are a medium range Hesh that get the job done, but far too often...
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Blackguards 2 gets a new video showcase

We've given a fair amount of coverage to Blackguards 2 (it helps that I was a big fan of the first game), so every time we get some more information on the game - we tend to sit up and pay attention. Here is a video feature with some additional assets and information about the...
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Digimon All-Star Rumble - PS3 Review

I grew up on Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! and still play the latter online today. Digimon sort of fell into that same area, but was never quite as interesting to me. I followed along now and again, but the property never reached must-have status for me, despite a generally fond impression...
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PlayStation 4: A look back at its first year - Gaming Thoughts

With the Sony PlayStation 4 turning one year old tonight at midnight, I thought we would take a look back at what the console got right, where it has missed and also take a look at where it is headed. Given its relatively close release date to the Xbox One, it is inevitable...
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Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon information

Warhammer has quite the history, from tabletop to computer and everything in between. This latest announcement should be good news for fans of the series. ...
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - PC Review

In The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, the player takes on the role of Paul Prospero, a faceless narrator with strange powers and a gravelly voice. He calls to mind the hard-boiled PI of noir fiction, but the actor’s delivery of his lines sounds more like Watchmen’s Rorschach to...
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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance - Retro Reflections

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance introduced me to console action role playing games. It must have been a memorable experience to play this game back in 2001, when the PS2 was still young· I bought it later but still was impressed by its appealing graphics, epic music and highly...
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - 16 different DLC's... all for free

DLC is a controversial point for a lot of gamers. When it first began, it was seen as a great chance to extend an experience with a particular game. Early on titles like Fallout and Elder Scrolls: Oblivion gave us a chance to hang with favorite titles just a little longer. However,...
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Randal's Monday - PC Review

Randall’s Monday, by Nexus Game Studio, is a point and click adventure game that channels Sam & Max, Clerks, and about a thousand pop culture references to movies, gaming and all things geek.  It tries very hard to convince you of certain things, such as that it is...
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Cube World - Better With a Partner

Cube World is something that I've had my eye on for a good while now. So when we got Fight the Dragon I figured why not get this at the same time? They are similar in the sense that they are both hack and slash RPGs but that is about where the similarities end. Instead of diving...
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You have a date with Dragon Ball Xenoverse - including some screens

This is not the first time we have covered a Dragon Ball title, or even talked about the upcoming Xenoverse title for the current gen systems. This is however, the first time we have been given a specific date - now with some new images as well! ...
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Magic 2015 - Duels of the Planeswalkers + Garruk's Revenge - Xbox One Review

Magic: The Gathering is one of those hobbies of mine that dates back quite a few years. Most of our nights playing Dungeons & Dragons started (or ended) with some hands of Magic being played among us (when we were not playing rounds of Mario Kart 64 and GoldenEye). I have...
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Fight the Dragon - Better With a Partner

We are kicking off a new feature like our Retro Reflections or Memorable Music that we hope to expand on over time. Better With a Partner focuses on games that are fun to play, but more entertaining if you have someone to play them with. Fight the Dragon, which is currently...
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Alone in the Dark: Illumination trailer

While the spooks and ghosts of Halloween are over for 2014, that does not mean we won't be seeing more in the future. I for one was pretty excited to hear about Alone in the Dark: Illumination and this trailer does nothing to diminish that interest on my part. ...
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Power Rangers Super Megaforce - 3DS Review

Games based on existing IPs are always a gamble. Sometimes they have such great backstory or characters that development teams are then able to run with successfully (Batman, some of the Transformers games immediately come to mind). Others are absolutely horrid, broken, buggy...
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New Features! Special Edition Post

Good Morning Everyone! This is PY and I would like to wish Nick a happy 5th year of Chalgyr’s Game Room! <- I swear that I am not post hijacking… this is a 10am Special Edition ;...
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Chalgyr's Game Room turns... 5 today.

That's right - your 8am, Monday morning post is me talking about how far this site has come in 5 years. For a bit of perspective, I finally started this as just a blog on November 10th, 2009. I titled my first post: Let's get this first post out of the way, shall we? Yup, that...
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Elite: Dangerous gest a release date

Elite: Dangerous has been a title that has drawn a lot of attention since it was first announced. We even had a chance to preview the beta. Well, now bigger news - in that Elite: Dangerous has a release date. ...
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X-Men 2: Wolverine's Revenge - Retro Reflections

Despite its title, X-Men 2: Wolverine’s Revenge has very little to do with the X-Men 2 movie. The only connection is the conflict with Lady Deathstrike and the return to the Weapon X base. The hero learns he is infected by a lethal virus and must find an antidote urgently. Well...
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Just Dance 2015 - Xbox One Review

Since the Nintendo Wii was released, and later the Microsoft Kinect, dance games have been quite popular in the home. Prior to motion controlling, the only real option for dance-related games was Dance Dance Revolution. I recall watching kids half my age just crush hi-scores...
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A great look at the upcoming This War of Mine

This is a great new video showing off the first official gameplay trailer while revealing the release date as well.  This looks like it could be a powerful narrative. ...
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Lords of the Fallen - PC Review

When I first saw Lords of the Fallen at E3 I was hooked; I had to have more. Here is this crazy, heavily armored and rough-looking man named Harkyn that has a giant hammer and a big shiny shield trudging his way through a frozen landscape with snow and wind whipping around him....
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DarkEnd - PC Review

On a general principle I have two adjectives that get attached when I am called a gamer. The first is that I am more often than not being called a niche gamer by most of the people I know. Comes with the territory of playing Nippon Ichi, Compile Hearts, a fair amount of indies...
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Some new Tales of Hearts R screens and details

We love our RPGs and Tales is one of those series that just endears itself to members of the team. Well here we have some new screens and tidbits to tide over like-minded readers. ...
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Majestic NIghts - PC Preview

Conspiracy theories can be an interesting thought exercise or an all-consuming obsession. But they can rarely be verified. What if there is a group of individuals with all the evidence required to unwrap such debates as MK Ultra, the JFK assassination, or the moon landings?...
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Xbox One Modded Controller (Steel) by Evil Controllers - Hardware Review

I have long been a fan of custom or third-party controllers, starting with the old NES Advantage from what feels about a billion years ago, to the latest XBox One and PlayStation 4 controllers from companies like Evil Controllers. In some situations is is simply a matter of...
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Here are the the formats that Dying Light will be available in

I love a good creepy game (it is the right time of year for that, no?). Well this latest press release gives us just a little more insight on the incredibly atmospheric-looking Dying Light. ...
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Elite Dangerous - PC Preview

Most of our readers that have been around are likely aware that I am a bit of a space junkie; I gravitate towards any title that takes place in space whether it is a 4X strategy title like Distant Worlds: Universe or Galactic Civilizations III to titles like X: Rebirth 2.0 and...
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