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1 week ago | 
gamingbolt.com | Matthew Carmosino
It’s somewhat easy to forget just how hard-hitting the sales and player base for Hogwarts Legacy has been since its 2020 launch. The thing sold 34 million units and broke the Twitch viewership record as far as single-player games go. The game even felt ambitious enough to find a home on the original Switch, making it one of the more graphically intensive games on that system. Now Hogwarts Legacy is making waves again as a Switch 2 launch day title.
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1 week ago | 
gamingbolt.com | Matthew Carmosino
Many gave up hope of another Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater remake after Vicarious Visions, creators of the acclaimed THPS 1 + 2, was merged into Blizzard Entertainment. To the delight of many, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 was announced for a July 11th release under the development of Iron Galaxy Studios back in March. There’s lots of interesting new additions to this hotly anticipated remake, so let’s get into what’s changed and stayed the same.
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1 week ago | 
gamingbolt.com | Matthew Carmosino
Death Stranding is the most Kojima game yet, but is it truly deserving of its acclaim from a gameplay perspective? Putting aside all the Monster Energy memes and Kojima hype, Death Stranding still stands out as a testament to innovative game design and genre redefinition. It’s a walking sim, but it’s so much more than that. It features a freely explorable open-world, but it’s unlike any other open-world on the market.
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1 week ago | 
gamingbolt.com | Matthew Carmosino
IO Interactive joins the Switch 2 launch party with Hitman: World of Assassination – Signature Edition, but does it take advantage of the new console’s quirks or is it just a straight port? Let’s explore the ups and downs of Agent 47’s foray onto Nintendo’s newest console. To the chagrin of many, one of those Nintendo-exclusive quirks that Hitman openly engages with is game key cards.
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2 weeks ago | 
gamingbolt.com | Matthew Carmosino
Halo 3 and Portal are two of my favorite first-person games, making the concept behind Splitgate something of a no-brainer for me to enjoy. And while I do enjoy the core combat, the additional modes and features in the sequel do more harm than good to this rich fusion of styles. Splitgate 2 is a fast-paced FPS that utilizes portals to enrich its PvP matches.
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2 weeks ago | 
gamingbolt.com | Matthew Carmosino
[cap-drop]A[/cap-drop]tomfall has enjoyed just a little over two months of praise since its March release and it’s already receiving its first story DLC. Wicked Isle is a moderately sized expansion, adding a new compact island map to explore as well as some fresh new weapons and Skills. Pretty surprising considering the proximity to Atomfall‘s launch. But is it worth shelling out $20 for this add-on?
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2 weeks ago | 
gamingbolt.com | Matthew Carmosino
Horror and wide open fields stretching to the horizon don’t typically go hand in hand. It’s usually dark narrow hallways and claustrophobic passages where the most memorable jump scares surprise us. These 15 games defy such horror expectations, presenting an open explorable environment while still delivering heart pounding terrors characteristic of those more linear titles. Dying Light Dying Light taps into what makes horror games so irresistible.
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3 weeks ago | 
gamingbolt.com | Matthew Carmosino
Despite its appearance as just another arcady sandbox game, Deliver At All Costs is shockingly story-minded. So much so, that its constant focus on narrative might deter those just looking for some dumb fun. And after seeing the narrative through to the end, I wouldn’t blame them, given how hard the game tries to be a grand tapestry of storytelling excellence. The adventure is structured into three acts, each with a unique town to explore and complete missions in.
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1 month ago | 
gamingbolt.com | Matthew Carmosino
Blades of Fire is one of those solid games fated to get overlooked. It doesn’t have much marketing behind it and it’s releasing in between some major heavy hitters as a AA title. Also, the action RPG crowd isn’t exactly starved for new games nowadays. Still, with Blades of Fire, we something special worth your attention here. So, what exactly makes Blades of Fire stick out in 2025? The one thing about this game that truly differentiates itself for me is the forging.
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1 month ago | 
gamingbolt.com | Matthew Carmosino
The last Game of Thrones game that wasn’t specifically catered to mobile platforms was arguably Telltale’s narrative based adventure game from 2015. Since then, we’ve gotten a handful of mobile-based GoT titles that haven’t exactly impressed core gaming audiences. Game of Thrones Kingsroad aims to change that, providing a dynamic action RPG set in a huge open-world, and all in the graphical richness of Unreal Engine 5.
