Final Fantasy VII is, without exaggeration, the defining title of my gaming experience. I have been excited about the prospect of a remake since the now infamous tech demo from E3 2005. Even… Read More

Far across the sea, there lies a radical island. Oranges grow wild and free until Teddy the bear uses them to create his own bastardized version of Sunny D. Flowers grow and spread so g… Read More

Hey, guys. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? We’re sorry, things have just been so crazy. But the important thing is that we’re back now, and we’re here to talk abo… Read More

The Formula 1 series returns in video game form with the release of F1 2019, the tenth Formula 1 game from British developers Codemasters. After spending quite a bit of time with it over the… Read More

At the Microsoft E3 press conference, CD Projekt Red showed off a new trailer for Cyberpunk 2077, and revealed that Keanu Reeves will be a character in the game. You can see the trailer… Read More

Microsoft has announced that Xbox Game Pass is now officially supporter for Windows PCs with the introduction of Xbox Game Pass for PC. While you had been able to download and play the P… Read More

If you’ve been keeping up with any video game news today, you probably read (or watched) about the new Borderlands 3 developer’s trailer. Now — I know what you’re thi… Read More

Editor’s note: Since The Division 2 is a massive game, I felt like it would be better to write up some of my impressions after playing the game over the last week, and then write up a… Read More

Why I Can’t Quit Playing Borderlands 2 Borderlands 2 is one of those games I just can’t seem to let go. We (my husband and I) are on our fourth or fifth playthrough of the full g… Read More

It has been one of the worst kept secrets in the gaming industry for the past few months, up their with the existence of Starfield, and Google made it official today. They are entering the v… Read More

It’s been rumored for a while now, but Microsoft made if official yesterday. Halo: The Master Chief Collection will be coming to PC later this year. In an even more surprise move, the… Read More

We are 10 days from the release of The Division 2 (and only seven if you pre-order the gold edition and can play early), so Ubisoft has graced us with this awesome launch trailer. In the… Read More

The Evo 2019 lineup has been announced, and the event is back up to nine titles after only featuring eight in 2018. This year’s entries range from mainstays like Street Fighter V: Arca… Read More

In a short Pokémon Direct this morning, Nintendo revealed the next two titles in the 23-year-old franchise. Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield will make their debut on Nin… Read More

Reggie Fils-Aime, the president and COO of Nintendo of America, has announced that he is going to retire. His last day in his current position will be April 15th. He has been with Ninten… Read More

In the days of modern gaming, betas serve the same purpose of demos from years past. You get a little taste of a game before release to try and tempt you to buy into the game. It is rare tha… Read More

For months Team Cherry had been hyping up their next DLC for Hollow Knight, titled Silksong. But in a surprising twist, Hollow Knight: Silksong isn’t a new expansion to Hollow Knight… Read More

UPDATE: Looks like it is already fixed. Make sure you update to version 1.46. Originally story is below. Axiom Verge is the latest game on the Epic Games Store to be given… Read More

Well, 2018 was a year. Every where I look, people talk about how 2018 was an awful year. But I have to brag a bit, 2018 was a great year for me. I got engaged, moved into a house, and adopt… Read More

2018 sure was…something, wasn’t it? I know a lot of you had a hard year, and I’m certainly no exception. I lost a grandfather, spent longer than I’d like unemployed… Read More

Competition continues to heat up between different PC games stores. Ubisoft announced yesterday that their upcoming loot shooter The Division 2 will release on uPlay and the Epic Games Store… Read More

It’s been a few years since AMD has had a GPU that could compete with the high end cards that Nvidia releases. AMD has been comfortable being in that middle ground the last few years w… Read More

In a move that surprised pretty much all PC gaming enthusiasts, Nvidia announced at CES 2019 that they will begin supporting FreeSync monitors. The support will arrive with a graphics driver… Read More

Square-Enix and Platinum Games has announced that NieR:Automata is getting a game of the year YoRHa version, coming on February 26th. The YoRHa Edition includes “th… Read More

When you think of actual monster hunters in fiction, few stand out as prominent as Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher series. He was literally mutated to make him the ultimate monste… Read More

Ashen is a new action-RPG from developer A44 that I have been interested in since it was publicly unveiled at E3 2015. The game is part of the Xbox Game Pass, and initially advertised a… Read More

It’s tough balancing an independent games blog, a full time job, and raising a puppy, which is where I am at in my life right now. But I still enjoy writing and sharing about the diffe… Read More

Yesterday Sony revealed the PlayStation Classic’s 20-game lineup on the PlayStation Blog. The list drew some (inevitable) online criticism, some of which is justified. But I’m no… Read More

While console gamers are looking forward to the release of Red Dead Redemption II this Friday, PC gamers are holding out for a PC version of the game. While nothing is a confirmed, a develop… Read More

Welcome back, boys and ghouls, to another week of OnPause on Mixer! Our Halloween scare-a-thon kicks into full swing this week, with nary a party game in sight! Dead Space’s oppressive… Read More

October has begun, and that means it’s time for people that like scary games to re-play their favorites and for people that don’t like scary games to play them anyway. Can you gu… Read More

UPDATE: Warner Brothers Entertainment Interactive has had the leaked footage blocked on copyright grounds. A more thorough description of the video has been added. Footage appeared on Reddit… Read More

Graveyard Keeper had the potential to be this year’s simulation RPG darling, similar to games like Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley. It has the art style, quirky humor, and grinding ga… Read More

It’s always exciting when Rockstar releases a gameplay video for upcoming games, and this second gameplay video for Red Dead Redemption 2 is no exception. This video shows th… Read More

The biggest expansion for Sea of Thieves released today. It is called Forsaken Shores, and it adds a new campaign, a new area, and a ton of new features, including a rowboat!… Read More

It’s War Games week at OnPause! Kind of! Themes are hard! Show & Tell features Valkyria Chronicles 4, a strategy game set in totally-not-World-War-2. Lost Odyssey continues it&rsq&helli…Read More

As someone who has never played a Devil May Cry game before, this trailer is one of the coolest things I’ve seen. It has inspired me to play through the series before this ga… Read More

The video game release floodgates have begun to open, and soon we will be swimming in a sea of titles that weren’t afraid enough of Red Dead Redemption 2 to get delayed. This week&rsqu&hell…Read More

We’ve got streams! Streams of Marvel’s Spider-Man! The friendly neighborhood webslinger is taking the gaming scene by storm this week, and we here at OnPause are no exception. Th… Read More

I played through all of Donut County, including unlocking all the trophies, in under three hours. Donut County’s brevity doesn’t bother me, but I feel that it’s worth menti… Read More

This week on the OnPause Mixer channel we’ve got platforming, more platforming, and voyages into the darkest parts of post-apocalyptic society. Show & Tell brings the colorful wres… Read More

The Onion Kingdom is once again in grave danger and in need of a band of culinary crusaders in Team 17’s Overcooked! 2. Overcooked! 2 stays pretty close to its predecessor’s reci… Read More

The final game in the Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove collection has been revealed, and it’s…a fighting game?! Sort of, anyway. Yacht Club Games, together with IGN, reve… Read More

CD Projekt Red showed off Cyberpunk 2077 behind closed doors at both E3 and Gamescom this year. While the press spoke very highly of the demo, the general public was left in the da… Read More

Welcome to another week of OnPause on Mixer! This week’s theme seems to be crushing, oppressive sadness, hooray! From online surveillance in Need to Know to killing (and being killed)… Read More

In case you didn’t notice, a LOT of release dates were announced or changed over the past week. There must have been some kind of event or something… For your convenience (not t… Read More

I think DLC, usually in the form of a season pass, is a great thing for fighting games. It avoids one of the biggest problems a fighting game can have: splitting the player base. DLC keeps f… Read More

Ubisoft has revealed to Gamespot that there will be not be a new Assassin’s Creed title in 2019. Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft, said that Assassin’s Creed Origins and this year… Read More

Publisher GungHo announced yesterday that RPG classics Grandia and Grandia II are coming to Nintendo Switch as HD remasters. IGN went a step further, reporting that the remasters will releas… Read More

It’s tough to review games like Dead Cells. It requires a lot of time, plus getting good weapon and equipment drops on your winning run. I didn’t feel like I could post a full re… Read More

It’s Monday, and that means it’s time to lay out our streaming plans once again! This week, the quirky and comedic take center stage as Will runs the show. OnPause Show & Tel… Read More

IO Interactive released new information today about their upcoming title Hitman 2. Hitman 2 will serve as a platform for all future Hitman content…as well as past content. All of the… Read More

The return of the original PlayStation’s other classic platforming trilogy is going to be a little late. Developer Toys for Bob announced today that the release of Spyro Reignited Tril… Read More

After a few days of rumors and leaks, Blizzard Entertainment formally announced today that Diablo III is headed to Nintendo Switch. The Switch release, called Diablo III: Eternal Edition, wi… Read More

The National Weather Service announced today that summer 2018 will be extended into late October in order to allow Bandai Namco to release Dark Souls Remastered as promised. Dr. Johnny Reald… Read More

Hello, everyone! I hope you can forgive the lack of schedule posts the past few weeks, I have had a lot of personal issues that kept me away from updating the site. To make it up to you, we… Read More

Rockstar released the first gameplay trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 today, and it is looking incredible. The few things that stand out to me are the different ways you can inter… Read More

Well that was sneaky! THQ Nordic announced that This is the Police 2 is available right now! It is out on PC, Mac and Linux, and will run you $13.50 for the next week. After that… Read More

Dead Cells is a roguelite metroidvania game that has taken that scene by force, and it is only going to get better. Dead Cells will leave early access on August 7th. In addition to… Read More

This is the Police 2 is a police management game set in the crime ridden city of Sharpwood. You play as the police chief of Sharpwood, and like the first game, This is the Police 2… Read More

Artifact 5 have announced that Anamorphine will launch on PC, Vive, Oculus, and PlayStation 4 on July 31st for $20. The game is a first-person surreal experience. You play as Tyler… Read More

This is a game I’ve been looking forward to ever since I learned about it. The Occupation is a investigative journalist immersive sim set in 1980s England. Okay, let’s… Read More

Whoops! This post got a little delayed but better late than never I suppose! Speaking of “better late than never”, this weeks’ Show & Tell will feature No Man’s S… Read More

It’s Monday, which can only mean it’s time for me to lay out the OnPause on Mixer stream schedule for the week! I hope you like retro and retro-inspired games, because this week… Read More

We Happy Few has come a long way in the past few years. It went from being a survival game trying to escape the town of Wellington, to a full blown story driven action game. You play as a re… Read More

Come play with us! In this week’s post, I want to highlight a couple odd indie games I found on itch.io. As I might’ve mentioned before, I have the patience of a saint when it co… Read More

Monster Hunter World took the gaming scene by storm when it released for Playstation 4 and Xbox One back in January, going on to become the best-selling title in Capcom’s history. A PC… Read More

With the holiday behind us, it’s time to get back to business on the OnPause Mixer channel. We’ve got three (or four) quality-adjacent streams for you this week, ranging from spa… Read More

In this second installment of The 15 Minute Gamer, I want to highlight a trend that isn’t new, but is… well, trending. And for the best reasons. Pixel and 8-bit art have existed… Read More

If you look at Moonlighter without knowing much about the game, it’s easy to dismiss it as another rogue-lite indie game with pixelated graphics. But once you start to dig in… Read More

While it’s easy to spend hours (and hours, and hours) playing video games, you might not always have endless days to spare. Some game releases call for a sick day (I literally called o… Read More

Overwatch’s next hero was revealed today, and its name is Wrecking Ball. Wrecking Ball is a quadrupedal mech piloted by a genetically-engineered hamster, Hammond. Wrecking Ball is a ta… Read More

If you were one of the lucky few who got their hands on a Nintendo NES Classic when it was (re)released in November, then this isn’t for you (you bastard). This is for the rest of us… Read More

If you’re any kind of Nintendo Switch fan, you might already know that they’ve announced a limited edition of the console: and it looks like cardboard. Yes, that’s right. I… Read More

Another week, another stream schedule! All of our streams have been moved to the uniform start time of 7:30 PM MDT! (That’s 9:30 EDT, 8:30 CDT, & 6:30 PDT) Show & Tell, Wednesd… Read More

When Sea of Thieves launched in March, it didn’t take long for players to notice the game wasn’t exactly packed with things to do. Rare eventually came forward with a content roa… Read More

With E3 over and the articles posted, it’s time for the streams to resume! Join us at mixer.com/OnPause at the times below to catch the shows! TUESDAY, JUNE 19TH – 7 PM MDT OnPa… Read More

The appointed hour arrives at the Dave Lang Memorial Convention Center. A man, no, a pretender takes the stage. The imposter, “Cinco Miller” dares to stand where Nina stood. The… Read More

I hope you like to Smash. (I do). The E3 2018 Nintendo Direct opened directly into a trailer for a new title. Daemon X Machina is a cel-shaded mech game that scratches many of my specific i… Read More

Around and between the 4 games Sony decided to focus on for their press conference, they showed a bunch of trailers to hype or reveal upcoming games and content. Not a ton was said about any… Read More

On stage at Sony’s E3 2018 press conference Shawn Layden promised a different approach this year, instead of too many trailers and presentations he said they would take a deeper dive i… Read More

I haven’t built a gaming PC in almost 10 years. I have only the loosest understanding of how PCs even work. Somehow, I find myself covering the PC Gaming Show. This is my story of bein… Read More

Ubisoft’s E3 2018 conference today was awash with weirdness, starting with a “live” marching band. I put “live” in quotes because, as a marching band geek mysel… Read More

If there’s one thing I enjoy about E3, it’s the awkward weirdness that inevitably comes from pre-scripted, live entertainment. So it’s a little disappointing when companies… Read More

I sat down to watch Bethesda’s BE3 press conference excited to see more about Fallout 76. They had a lot for that game, and quite a few other things, big and small, as well. Bethesda k… Read More

Microsoft opened their 2018 E3 presentation with a trailer for Halo Infinite. Lush landscapes dotted with the sort of buildings and vehicles you would expect from a Halo title were shown as… Read More

Sony’s “Countdown to E3 2018” came to an end today with the announcement of a Beat Saber port for Playstation VR. Beat Saber released on Steam Early Access earlier this yea… Read More

BioWare spent a good chunk of time today at EA Play talking about Anthem. Anthem is their upcoming multiplayer-focused adventure shooter and the discussed a bit about how a BioWare style sto… Read More

EA brought out a new mobile game today at EA Play. That game is Command and Conquer Rivals. Rivals is a head-to-head real-time strategy game where you and your opponent will build units and… Read More

Today during EA Play FIFA 19 had its official reveal trailer shown and announced the addition of the UEFA Champions League, a yearly contest among all the best European teams. Alongside… Read More

Sea of Solitude, a new game for the EA Originals label, was announced today at EA Play. The game, developed by small Berlin-based studio Jo-Mei, follows Kay, a young woman who has been turne… Read More

Unravel Two, sequel to 2016’s Unravel, was announced today during EA Play. Developed by Swedish indie developer Coldwood Interactive, the sequel adds a second sentient yarn-being. A ga… Read More

Today on stage at EA Play a DICE developer talked a little bit about Battlefront 2 and their commitment to continuing to add to the game. He mentioned their Han Solo Season content wil… Read More

EA opened their conference by showing off more Battlefield V. The preview indicated more tempo and excitement in the multiplayer, showing off new features such as the ability to dive through… Read More

Today as part of Sony’s “Countdown to E3 2018” announcements they revealed a new game coming to PlayStation VR, Ghost Giant. Developer Zoink Games and writer Sara Berg… Read More

DONTNOD, the studio behind Life is Strange, revealed a new project today as part of Sony’s “Countdown to E3 2018” announcements. The new title, Twin Mirror, is a narrative… Read More

Day 2 of Sony’s “Countdown to E3 2018” promised a release date for an upcoming title, and that is exactly what was delivered. Days Gone will be released on February 22, 201… Read More

The first of Sony’s “Countdown to E3 2018” announcements has been revealed as Tetris Effect, a new PS4 game with PSVR support. Developed by Enhance, the studio behind Lumin… Read More

Last night Nintendo revealed the long-rumored Switch titles Pokémon Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon Let’s Go, Eevee!. The twin titles will be developed by GAME FREAK… Read More

Bethesda started up a live stream yesterday with a Pip-Boy bobblehead and a screen that said “Stand By.” This led many people to believe a new Fallout game was going to… Read More