Put Your Detective Pikachu Hats On Nintendo has once again stealth announced a new Direct. Dropping tomorrow—Wednesday, March 7—at 2pm PT, the Nintendo Direct will provide a half hour’s worth of information on Switch and…
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Two New Victims to Ghost Island Come on in, guys! Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to uncharted waters. This is the first of what hopefully will be many installments in a weekly column about the greatest…
Big Releases and Big Delays Headline Month of January Our fantasy gaming league is off to the races! After an exciting draft, the Punished Backlog staff kicked back, relaxed, and watched the madness unfold for…
Are Loot Boxes a Form of Gambling? The battle over loot boxes continues to heat up as Germany’s Youth Protection Commission enters the fray. Citing a study by the University of Hamburg that concluded the…
Move Over Football. There’s A New Sheriff In Town I’m sure I’m not the only person on Earth who takes fantasy sports a little too seriously. From scouring stat sheets in preparation for annual drafts,…
Celebrating 30 Years in Style Capcom just announced a new installment in the Mega Man franchise as part of the series’ 30th anniversary live stream. Mega Man 11 does away with the 8-bit style of the previous…
Journey Back to Europa Following lukewarm reception to the 2017 spin-off Valkyria Revolution, Sega has announced that Valkyria Chronicles 4 is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in 2018. The announcement was made via the…
Settling World Affairs Like Actual Gentlemen People’s Chess was perhaps the craziest thing I saw while exploring Paris Games Week 2017’s bustling show floor. A small booth sandwiched between two other independent games, People’s Chess caught my eye…
Out Now on Steam Early Access There were a lot of excellent games to play at Paris Games Week 2017, from Monster Hunter: World to the new Shadow of the Colossus remake. However, among all…
Paris And All Of Its Wonders From November 1-5, Punished Backlog writer David Silbert spent hours exploring the halls of Paris Games Week 2017, taking in the impressive sights and sounds of the big games…