Video Games

On Wednesday, October 12th, Best Buy’s flagship stores in Toronto (Bay & Dundas) and Vancouver (Granville & Robson) will host special PlayStation VR launch parties to commemorate the arrival of Sony’s highly anticipated new virtual reality platform. Come down and join us for a night of PlayStation VR demos, exciting prizes to be won, and your opportunity to be among the first in Canada to purchase your own PlayStation VR headset. Click through for more details!

BioShock: The Collection for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 brings together three award-winning games into a single package: BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite. Fully remastered in glorious 1080p resolution, BioShock: The Collection is the ultimate collection fans have been waiting for.

During a recent one hour guided hands-on demo I had with Mafia III, what impressed me the most is the game’s commanding sense of believability. Every square inch of the fictitious town of New Bordeaux (modelled after 1960’s New Orleans), and the cast of larger-than-life characters that inhabit it, felt purposeful and alive—without the extraneous padding often found in large open-world games. It’s this rigorous attention to detail and focused gameplay that could very well make Mafia III a runaway hit during this busy fall season.

The wait is finally over! Sony's highly-anticipated virtual reality headset, PlayStation VR, coming out on October 13. I'll have a full review of the VR device coming soon, so stay tuned. This month also marks the launch of two huge first-person shooter games with the arrival of Battlefield 1, taking us into the visceral all-out combat of World War I, and Titanfall 2, which is coming to PlayStation gamers for the very first time. What other games will capture your game time in October? Let's take a look!

To celebrate the follow-up to last year’s smash-hit Yo-kai Watch for Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo of Canada recently held a fun, family-friendly launch event in the heart of Toronto’s Liberty Village. Not only did children and parents have the opportunity to play a demo of Yo-kai Watch 2, but they could also enjoy tons of other activities like watching an advance screening of the Yo-kai Watch Season 2 anime, browse Hasbro’s upcoming Yo-kai Watch toys, and even meet Jibanyan—the series’ cute cat Yo-kai mascot. Come see what all the excitement is about!

Released late last year in the Nintendo eShop, Minecraft: Wii U Edition is available in a special retail edition. This package includes the Wii U version of Minecraft, a sandbox building game beloved by millions around the world, plus the all-new Super Mario Mash-Up Pack.

This latest Microsoft exclusive offers some great game play and a big world to explore. ReCore is a great take on an older genre with some modern improvements. Even with everything ReCore has to offer, there are a few hiccups that might get in the in the way.

Madden NFL 17 invites you to step onto the gridiron for the most authentic and accessible Madden NFL experience in franchise history. EA Sports’ perennial football series has undergone significant improvements over last year’s edition, revamping and revitalizing everything from the Offensive/Defensive ground game, to the Broadcast Presentation, to the fan-favourite Franchise Mode. Time to crack open the party mixers and put your game face on—Madden NFL 17 has arrived.

Hockey fans rejoice! NHL 17 is now available on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. With all-new game modes, new and deeper experiences in fan-favourite modes, and the best on-ice gameplay ever—NHL 17 is the best EA Sports NHL game to date.

On September 10th, I had the chance to check out the Red Bull Proving Grounds Fight For The 6ix, held on the University of Toronto campus. The main game being played was Street Fighter 5 and the competition was fierce but so was the comradery. Tons of matches were played but only one player could be the recipient of the single qualifying spot and win the trip to Santa Monica to compete as the Canadian representative in the finals.