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Last week, our good friends at Google Canada sent us a #GiftFromGoogle that included a Google Pixel 3 XL, a Google Pixel Charging Stand, and the Google Pixel 3 XL official case. Over the past few days, we've been putting the phone through its paces, and are happy to say that overall, we are incredibly impressed with the latest from Google. While we haven't had the device long enough to put a final score and verdict on it quite yet, we wanted to talk about a few of our favorite feature so far, beginning with the all new Camera features.

I’ve never been a big proponent of Chromebooks for various reasons, mostly because I often found them under powered for what I wanted to do. But after taking the Pixelbook from Google for a spin, my tune on the product and its usefulness completely changed. While never meant to be a primary device, the Google Pixelbook has been an excellent companion device for the running of GamesReviews.com, and now I cannot even imagine keeping things up and running without it.

There is a very famous adage, “It takes two to tango” which means – for a given situation to arise it requires a push from at least two people. Much like how a success story or a disaster cannot be attributed to a single person, the popularity of online gaming among the masses cannot be attributed to the proactive strides brought in by the gaming industry alone. Part of its success has also been due to the platform that social…

Monster Loves You! is a text adventure/simulation game for the Nintendo Switch in which you create a monster through the choices you select. Yes, there are pictures in the game but they are not as important as the dialogue and descriptions. There are no animations in Monster Loves You at all. Monster Loves You! is a different kind of game for the Nintendo Switch…but is it a good one? Monster Loves You! is not like any game I’ve played on…

Ubisoft’s turn-based rpg Child of Light is out on the Nintendo Switch today! Check out the press release below for more information. “MONTREAL — October 11, 2018 — Today, Ubisoft announced that Child of Light® is now available on the Nintendo Switch™ system for a MSRP of $26.99 with the Child of Light Ultimate Edition. Inspired by childhood fairy tales, Child of Light is set in the magical world of Lemuria, a kingdom creatively hand-drawn and rendered with watercolor. Players…

Lego DC Super-Villains comes out for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Playstation 4, and PC next week. Check out the launch trailer for the game below. Lego DC Super-Villains is coming out on October 16th! The game will be coming to all current consoles and PC. The launch trailer shows off some of the story in which the DC bad guys team up to take down some bad guys that look like the Justice League. The DC villains don’t want…

We've been taking a longer approach to our review of Dragon Quest XI, but thanks to great support from our friends at Square Enix, as well as the thousands of you who have been reading each and every part, it's been a fairly successful endeavour so far. Today we wrap things up with our final review chapter, examining the story you'll play through in this latest Dragon Quest release. Spoilers, it is one of the best stories I've played through in a long while.

The narrative driven video game experience has been a bit overdone in the past number of years, and closures such as Telltale are a good indication that many people have become burnt out on the genre. Some companies are soldiering on though, thanks to other income sources from other popular franchises, and Square Enix is a good example of this. After a well-received first release with Life is Strange, the sequel was pegged by many to be one of the…

If you are a subscriber to Nintendo Switch online, then you can check out four new games on the NES app today. We have details on which games are available and my opinion of them below. The four games released for the NES app for Nintendo Switch today are NES Golf, Super Dodge Ball, Solomon’s Key, and Legend of Zelda Special Edition. Here’s what I think of each game: NES Golf: I’ve never cared for this game. Its not any…

Today Google unveiled some of their newest products hitting store shelves this fall and winter; during the Made by Google 2018 event, the Google Pixel 3 / Google Pixel 3 XL and the Pixel Slate and Keyboard were shown off to great fanfare! Along with a number of other announcements, this was a fantastic event that kicks of the next year of Google products! The way Google unveiled the devices was different – having them come up out of the…