Are Games Trying to be Too Serious?
Based on 2013's game lineup, it appears video game writers are looking to bag an Oscar, or game equivalent, but is this a good or bad thing for gamer?
Does Infamous: Second Son Actually Follow Infamous 2’s Evil Ending?
(Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Infamous 2. Proceed with caution.) I distinctly remember sitting in my living room awaiting updates on the PlayStation 4 reveal through Twitter as I couldn’t watch the s...
Shadow of Mordor Hanging off of Assassin’s Creed?
You might have seen the many speculations and sometimes full-scale arguments on forum websites about the allegation that the upcoming third-person sandbox action game, Shadow of Mordor, has robbed many of its gameplay mechanics...
Is Now A Good Time to Own A PlayStation Vita?
When I was growing up I was a big fan of handhelds, specifically the Game Boy line. There’s something about gaming on a handheld that makes playing games somehow feel like more of a personal, intimate experience. Fast for...
SpawnFirst’s Favorite Games of all Time
I’m Buddy Acker and I love video games! I love them in all their forms, from BioShock to Animal Crossing  to Bejeweled.  If I had to make a list of my favorite games ever, it would be the Frankenstein of video game l...
Final Fantasy XIII: Was it Worth it?
(Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Final Fantasy XIII, XIII-2, and Lightning Returns. Proceed with caution.) Back in October, I was writing a review for Beyond: Two Souls for my University’s newspaper, an...
Call Of Duty Ghosts On Xbox One’s Framerate Drops To Sub 20fps Since Patch
Call of Duty: Ghost players on each of the two next-gen systems have been having quite the different experience after each version of the game was patched. Now usually, patching a game is meant to improve the game’s performan...
Five Changes That Need to Happen in The New Generation
As we enter the third month of the new console generation, I’ve been thinking about what I would like to see from this wave of gaming systems. I contemplated what needed to change and what shouldn’t even exist anymo...
Titanfall’s Texture-Gate Rumors: Absurdity or Truth?
Rumors, rumors, rumors. When you hear it from one source, take it with a grain of salt. Two separate sources with the same message – there might be something to it. But when three, somewhat dependable sources, lay on the deta...
Humor: The Best Resolution-Gate Gifs of this Generation so Far
As everyone knows, fanboys from both PlayStation and Xbox camps get pretty rowdy when it comes to the specifics of their favorite console and its superiority over the other. All in all, it’s a pretty sad situation. Still,...
Top 10 Nintendo Sequels/Reboots We’re Dying To See On The Wii U
Nintendo is in a bit of a rut right now, but if anything can be said about Nintendo, it’s that it won’t stop them. We can all agree that Nintendo has some of the best IP’s on the market and here at SpawnFirst, we beli...
Nintendo is Going To Be OK
The thing about non-gaming news sources reporting on gaming news is just that. You have non-gamers, or casual gamers, claiming to be in the know and mindful of the business. Reporters put their 2-cents in as if they’ve run ...
Top 10 PlayStation Sequels/Reboots We’re Dying To See On The PlayStation 4
You’ll probably remember that we held a couple of polls on SpawnFirst a short while ago, in which we asked you all which classic Xbox and PlayStation franchises you’d like to see resurrected on the PlayStation 4 a...
Sly Cooper: A Victim of the Realities of Hollywood
Since reporting on the announcement of the upcoming Sly Cooper film I feel like I’ve been doing nothing but fighting with two different sides of myself all day. The kid in me that was always happy to see new content coming fr...
Top 10 Xbox Original Sequels/Reboots We’re Dying To See On The Xbox One
We’re a couple months into the lives of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. What has determined much of the early showdown between these two consoles is which do you buy? For most, the two consoles are mutually exclusive, and...
