Zackery Cuevas

1 week ago | pcmag.com | Zackery Cuevas

Marvel Cosmic Invasion builds on the foundation laid by TMNT: Shredder's Revenge to craft a visually stunning superhero celebration. Here are my impressions after a Summer Game Fest demo. As a kid who grew up surrounded by comic books and video games, Marvel Cosmic Invasion is seemingly tailor-made for me: a 2D brawler with a gorgeous, pixel-art style that almost appears ripped from the funny pages.

1 week ago | pcmag.com | Zackery Cuevas

In recent years, Deadpool has risen from a B-tier superhero to one of the most popular characters in Marvel's roster. There’s a certain je ne se quais about the character's foul-mouthed antics that have tickled audiences to their rotten cores. So when Deadpool VR debuted at Summer Game Fest, I knew I had to slap a Meta Quest on my face and become the Merc With the Mouth. I walked away with a healthy dose of motion sickness and a renewed appreciation for what is capable in virtual reality.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Zackery Cuevas

4 hours agoBookLore turns ebook chaos into a modern, streamlined library you control completely. If you’ve ever bought an e-book from Amazon, you already know you don’t really own it. Sure, it’s in your Kindle library and you can read it in the app. But try moving it to another device or archiving it somewhere …

1 week ago | pcmag.com | Zackery Cuevas

Mario Kart World is one of the year's hottest games, but its pivot to an open world setting, while peeling back kart customization options, opened a massive rift for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds to drift into. And Sega is determined to do everything possible to make its kart racer the one to beat by including numerous guest characters and cross-platform, multiplayer contests.

1 week ago | pcmag.com | Zackery Cuevas

Streets of Rage 4 is one of the best beat 'em up games ever made. So, when I learned that Sega enlisted one the brawler's development teams, Lizardcube, to reinvent the classic Shinobi, my interest was piqued. I didn't wait long before getting my hands on it. At Summer Game Fest, I played a demo of the upcoming Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, a title that's shaping up to be a transformative ninja-focused action game.