Desura Download: ‘Cyberpunk 3776’
Desura is a great place to find some indie gems, and it looks like that Cyberpunk 3776 is shaping up to be just that. The side-scrolling sci-fi shooter has a nice cyberpunk theme and even features a storyline. The game itself...
Where’s My Sequel?! – Freedom Fighters
Welcome to SpawnFirst’s new article series ‘Where’s My Sequel?!’ where I take a look at games that either never got a sequel although I felt they deserved one, or a series that hasn’t had a new ins...
Should ‘The Last of Us’ be Turned Into a Movie?
The recent news that The Last of Us will soon be turned into a film has led me to take a look back at Hollywood’s past with video games, ultimately making me wonder if it’s all that good of an idea. A big issue I h...
Four (Possible) Consequences of Virtual Reality
With the gaming world focusing on the Oculus Rift and Sony’s Project Morpheus, it has left me wondering about the consequences of virtual reality. Virtual reality is defined as a computer-simulated environment that can simula...
The Top Five Games From PAX East 2014
Two days ago marked the end of the excitement at PAX East in Boston. Leading up to E3, many developers came to show off more of some of the games we’re already well aware of, and we’re waiting eagerly for their rele...
Kick it to the Goal: Bear Simulator
First there was Goat Simulator, and now, on Kickstarter, there is Bear Simulator. Yes, you read that correctly and it is fully funded, by almost 300%. The original project had a goal of $29,500, which they easily reached after...
Five Ubisoft Games We’d Like to See at E3 in 2014
Ubisoft. Don’t ya just love ’em? In recent years, they’ve sprung up more time than most publishers do on the gaming radar, and with good reason too. Franchises like Far Cry, Â Assassin’s Creed, and Splin...
SpawnFirst’s Deals for the Week
Need to save some cash, or just looking for a steal? SpawnFirst has got you covered with our new weekly deals segment! Gaming: Battlefield 4 – $39.99 from Best Buy (Xbox One and PS4) Amazon is also running the same deal i...
Five EA Games We’d Like to See at E3 in 2014
EA Games has been voted as “Worst Company in America†for two consecutive years, but only by readers from a site. And while EA doesn’t exactly boast a long line of great products, they are ready to pick themselves...
Microsoft: Is It Time for a Comeback?
Like six million others, I bought a PlayStation 4. The powerhouse gaming machine appealed more to me than the Xbox One; the higher specs, the lower price point, but primarily it was Sony’s dedication to games that sold it. Fr...
What Video Games Really Say About Women
Ah, yes. The old battle for gender equality continues to this day in the world of video games. Gender issues are not something likely to just go away, and you may find yourself asking, “Laura, what are you talking about? Look...
Kick it to the Goal: The Red Solstice
Ironward, a Croatian-based indie studio, recently started a Kickstarter campaign for their squad-based strategy RPG, The Red Solstice (TRS). The game looks to be a treat, taking inspiration from amazing titles such as, XCOM: E...
The “Indie Craze” Is Here To Stay
Peter Molyneux graced the news again last week at GDC, and before you ask, it had nothing to do with an over-hyped Fable game. Instead, the creator of Godus met controversy after an interview with CVG where he compared critical...
SpawnFirst’s Guilty Pleasures
Guilty pleasures. We all have them. That pop hit that we secretly put on repeat, the romantic comedy that pulled at our heartstrings, or maybe you shamefully partake in the occasional reading of the latest teen romance novel. &...
Lock Picking in Games, or Breaking and Entering Realism
First off, I’d like to clarify that, yes, I do have some experience in picking locks (Lock Sports). No, I do not know everything there is to know about them. Pin and tumbler locks however, I know a great deal about, and ...
