Call of Duty: Ghosts Mega-Review
Call of Duty: Greatest Hits Compilation War…war never changes, and no franchise has ever validated that statement more so than Call of Duty. After the superb Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare set the standard for first-per...
Typing of the Dead: Overkill Review
Sleeper Hit!Bronze AwardOffbeat GemReading Rainbow Meets Dawn of the Dead As a writer/critic for SpawnFirst, there are two things that I tend to spend a great amount of time doing: typing and killing zombies. Since zombies are second only to Russians as the go...
Battlefield 4 Review
Same Game, Better Graphics “Realistic” first-person military shooters have been getting on my nerves quite a bit lately. First, there is a least one that comes out every year due to the success of Call of Duty 4: Mo...
The Art of Horror Part 5: SpawnStaff Recommendations
For the fifth and final installment of The Art of Horror, the SpawnStaffers chip in with their personal picks of their best horror movies and games, to help celebrate this most joyous holiday. Check out parts one, two, three, a...
The Art of Horror Part 4: The Best of the Genre
There have been plenty of horror games released over the years, but despite the label, most of them aren’t the least bit scary. This doesn’t mean they are bad games, they just don’t fulfill the requirements to...
The Art of Horror Part 3: Frightening Failures
As mentioned in parts one and two of The Art of Horror, making a game that is both good and scary is a difficult task. Despite the difficulty level of creating this type of a game, many developers still try their best to leave ...
The Art of Horror Part 2: Guides to Terror
Continued from The Art of Horror Pt.1: Breaking it Down Loneliness The fear of being alone, monophobia, can be a part of the horror game as well. Hypothetically, imagine going to a Halloween attraction – like a horror-the...
The Art of Horror Part 1: Breaking It Down
Video games and the horror genre are two things that are perfect for each other. Since video games add a great deal of immersion by allowing a person to take control of a character, I believe the video game medium has a signifi...
Rocksmith 2014 Review
Editor's ChoiceSleeper Hit!Silver AwardWell-Deserving of an Encore Guitar Hero and Rock Band were great games in the music/rhythm genre which stole countless hours from gamers around the world, however, they only mimicked the feel of playing a real instrument thro...
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Mega-Review
Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto Hideo Kojima has made great strides in the world of gaming, but Raiden is not one of them. Ever since his first appearance in Metal Gear Solid 2, the character has received poor reception from fans and c...
Battlefield 4 Beta Impressions
A Better Battlefield I have always found the Battlefield series to be somewhat inconsistent. On one hand, I believe Bad Company 2 to have one of the best multiplayer experiences of all time. On the other, I thought Battlefi...
Star Trek Review
Live Long and Prosper…by Avoiding this Game The new Star Trek movies directed by J.J. Abrams have been doing well so far. With mostly positive reviews from critics and movie goers, the rebooted franchise has become a sign...
The SpawnFirst Dominion
All Things Truly Wicked, Start from Innocence If Mr. Hemingway didn’t already give it away, things are a’changing here at SpawnFirst, nay…evolving. SpawnFirst started out as a small game review and news site way b...
SpawnFirst Let’s Play Series is Here!
Ladies and gentlemen you can stop holding your breath, the SpawnFirst YouTube channel has officially launched and with it come a cavalcade of new, quality content. We’re starting a Let’s Play Series, “SpawnFir...
Dead Space 3 Review
Less Horror, More Microtransactions It is difficult not to compare the Dead Space series with the “Alien” franchise simply because they are very similar. Dead Space is like “Alien” because it was more ...
