Christopher Cruz

Jan 20, 2025 | rollingstoneindia.com | Christopher Cruz |Hayes Madsen

Well, it’s finally time. After years of speculation around what it could look like, this week Nintendo officially revealed the successor to its most popular home console ever: the Nintendo Switch 2. The new device looks a lot like the old one, retaining the same hybrid handheld and TV-docked system design that made its predecessor a mainstream hit.

Jan 17, 2025 | yahoo.com | Christopher Cruz

'Dynasty Warriors: Origins,' the most recent game in the 'Musou' series - Credit: Koei TecmoFor anyone who loves gratuitous, over-the-top action games, it doesn’t get any bigger than the Dynasty Warriors franchise. With the release of Dynasty Warriors: Origins (out today), Koei Tecmo has brought back the hack-and-slash historical fiction series and reinvented it for a new generation.

Jan 9, 2025 | yahoo.com | Christopher Cruz

The character model of Captain America in 'Marvel Rivals,' modified to look like Donald Trump. - Credit: NetEase GamesSince launching on Dec. 6, Marvel Rivals has quickly become one of the most popular games online. The 6v6 competitive hero shooter that pits players against each other using a variety of Marvel characters has drawn heavy comparisons to Overwatch, although its current popularity dwarfs that of Blizzard’s game with a Steam player count hovering around 400 thousand peak users daily.

Dec 10, 2024 | yahoo.com | Christopher Cruz

Indiana Jones in 'The Great Circle' - Credit: Bethesda Softworks; Xbox Games StudiosAt his core, Indiana Jones is a character of conflicting traits. On most days, he’s a professor teaching archaeology at a fictional university in Connecticut, where his students sit either bored or enraptured (depending on how much of a crush they have on him).

Nov 28, 2024 | rollingstoneindia.com | Christopher Cruz

When it arrived in 1994, there hadn’t been anything quite like the Sony PlayStation. Famously born from a deal gone wrong between the Japanese tech giant and gaming’s golden child, Nintendo, it was a new competitor entering a fray that had previously been dominated by players generations deep in the industry. And while its offerings weren’t entirely new — Sega had beat it to the punch on CD-ROM based hardware in 1991 — what it capitalized on was something else entirely: really good games.