Category: Video Games

Graphics stunning in trilogy with popular ’90s character   Everyone’s favorite orange marsupial, Crash Bandicoot, returns to take gamers back in time for the latest remaster, “Crash Bandicoot: N’Sane Trilogy” for the Playstation 4. Originally developed by Naughty Dog, Vicarious Visions and Activision handle the remaster, recreating the first game and its sequels “Cortex Strikes Back” and “Warped.” After “Crash: Mind Over Mutant,” the series has taken a huge decline and disappeared from the limelight. Although Crash made an appearance in “Skylanders,” gamers were excited for the return of the first three games that put the orange marsupial on the…

Matthew Tamez mtamez@foghornnews.com “Persona 5,” a Japanese RPG developed by Atlus for the PS3 and PS4, is the sixth entry in the main “Persona” series, with the previous game having been released back in 2008. The latest entry was released April 4, three years after originally planned, leading to great expectations from longtime fans. “Persona 5” tells the story of a group of high schoolers who have become fed up with the lies and hypocrisy of society. With no one willing to fight for change, they take it upon themselves. Using a power known only as “Persona,” they will form…

Katie Babbitt kbabbitt@foghornnews.com Imagine if there was a way to make an already amazing classic videogame franchise better. That’s what the world got when “Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” hit stores. In “Breath of the Wild,” Link awakes from a 100-year sleep Zelda put him in and then using Sheikah technology finds all the sacred temples and their shrines. By doing this he slowly gets all his memories back and becomes closer to his ultimate goal: helping Zelda restore order to Hyrule by defeating Calamity Ganon. This game also pays beautiful homage to the other Zelda games by…

The Nintendo Switch is unlike any gaming console imagined. It birthed a new, innovated way to play video games — on the go and living room experience. The Switch was officially unveiled in October 2016 via an online teaser video. Nintendo released more information a few months later. After unboxing it, I was surprised by Switch’s slick design. Most gaming consoles were oversized machines and heavy. Switch, however, looks familiar to tablets such as the Apple iPad or Amazon Kindle. It felt light and comfortable while holding the console. The console includes a HDMI docking system, which allows gamers to…

Jonathan Garcia jgarcia@foghornnews.com Many people spend their spring break hitting the beach or going to the bar to have a good time, while others may want to stay in and binge play video games. But with so many options, where to start? These are the games that are perfect to either play with your friends or solo. ‘BATTLEFIELD 1’ (Playstation 4, Xbox One, PC) EA and DICE’s latest installment in the Battlefield series has proven to be a smashing success with its World War I setting. With intense multiplayer battles, an interesting single-player campaign, beautiful graphics and new content coming…