Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Mega-Review
Bronze AwardA Really, Really Dark Descent Your two children have gone missing. You hear their eerily calm cries from the darkness while your head is still swimming from a fever dream. This is how you begin your trek through the fog, the da...
Hero Of The Week: Nathan Drake
Nathan Drake Voice Actor: Nolan North Series: Uncharted Age: Unknown Debut: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune We’re starting up a brand new feature here at SpawnFirst called the Hero of the Week, where we bring you a different...
Minecraft Xbox 360 Title Update 12 is Out!
Boot up those 360s ladies and gentlemen, a new update for the Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft is upon us. What a day! Here’s a quick look at some of the bigger changes: New Items: Redstone Lamps, Jungle wood stairs, Jungle ...
Gamescom 2013: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 and The Order: 1866
Finally, the much anticipated, and hopefully much improved, sequel to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow has a release date. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 will be coming to PS3, Xbox 360 and PC all on February 25, 2014. Castlevania:...
Diablo 3 Expansion Announced and More!
Blizzard just had it’s conference and they dropped the bombshell, the official announcement of the Diablo 3 expansion, Reaper of Souls. They didn’t specify a release date, but they did say that the new expansion wou...
Minecraft Coming to the PlayStation 4
PlayStation owners, rejoice! The wonderful world of Creepers, Endermen and the world’s cutest sheep is now open to you. Minecraft is finally arriving on PlayStation consoles to bring the heartbreak of a creeper explosion ...
Gamescom 2013: Day 1 Review
Ladies and Gentlemen Gamescom is upon us once again, coming out of Cologne, Germany. The first day is done and in the books and the three big conferences dropped some great information on us. EA, PS4 and Xbox One all had confer...
Payday 2 Review
Silver AwardHands Up, Wallets Out You’re casing out a new bank in town, looking for a way in that won’t rouse suspicion. You spot a backdoor with no security camera, pop on your mask and start picking the lock. Once inside you knock ou...
Top 5 Frustrating Gaming Moments
Let’s face it. Gaming isn’t perfect. We fell in love with its ability to engross and involve us like nothing else can, but we take the good with the bad. Video games fall flat for a number of reasons, but the most f...
Women in Video Games
Video Games are a wildly expanding industry, with inspiring examples of story-telling and masterfully crafted interactive experiences that has put the argument on the table that gaming is an art form. And not to get too Uncle B...
The Keys to Successful Stealth Gameplay
It’s undeniable that the lines between the genres are blurring. Juxtaposed against the humongous set pieces and cinematic events are the few and often frustrating stealth elements in titles like Uncharted. On occasion, yo...
Nintendo Will Continue to Falter Without New IP’s
According to a Geekwire study of 2012 Q4 sales, worldwide sales of Sony and Microsoft consoles each outsold Nintendo. Nintendo was not only a full 1 million unit sales behind Sony, they were behind in the holiday season when th...
How To Fix Survival Horror
It’s plain to see that Survival Horror as a genre has been on the decline, at least in the console space, since the advent of next gen consoles. Glaring proof of this is the Silent Hill and Resident Evil franchises: They have...
Gearbox Teases New DLC for Aliens and Borderlands 2
Randy Pitchford, CEO and President of Gearbox software, hints that new DLC is on the way for Borderlands. Not just that but it seems that there may be more DLC on the way for their other title, Aliens: Colonial Marines. Pitchfo...
Which Console Has the Best Exclusives?
It may not have seemed possible, but the Sony/Microsoft console debate is reaching new heights. Especially with the Microsoft DRM backtrack, the odds aren’t so clearly stacked in Sony’s favor. A look at the specs show a...
