‘Call of Duty: Vanguard’ misses it’s mark

 Sledgehammer Games has launched “Call of Duty: Vanguard,” and oh boy do I have a lot to say.  When you hear about a new Call of Duty game being added to the franchise people always have the same three stages of reaction. Stage 1 is of course excitement because it’s a new game, Stage 2 is sad because you are going to be leaving the last game, and of course the last stage is anger because of the game not being fully developed and completed before release.  The Call of Duty franchise holds a strong track record for games having…

‘Anthem’ is a beautiful universe you’ll want to blow up

The month may be half over, but two big games are still set to keep gamers busy with an early release of “Metro Exodus” Feb. 15 and “Anthem” a week later. “Overkill’s Walking Dead,” which had also been expected this month, was unfortunately pushed back to later this year. No official release date has been announced yet.  Dmitry Glukhovsky, author of the Metro book series and creator of the games, sets his latest installment, “Metro Exodus,” in an alternate version of Moscow. The original release date was Feb. 22 but developers decided to push it up a week. “Metro Exodus”…

“Jump Force” brings manga to real world

February is going to be a busy month for games, with “Jump Force,” one of the most anticipated games of the year coming out, along with another long-awaited title.  “Overkill’s Walking Dead” is going to be a four-player co-op game where players will team up and try to survive in the post-apocalyptic world of zombies known as walkers. Players will have to survive other humans as well.  Each character will have unique abilities and skills. The game is co-op but players will be able to play alone if they want. Since the game will be co-op, it will not be…