Chris, Author at Shadow Gaming

Dungeons, Dragons, and Dual-Wielding: Why Darkstone Still Slays

Release Date: July 31, 1999 Developer: Delphine Software Get It On: GOG The 3D Contender That Almost Toppled Diablo In the late 90s, the Action RPG world was dominated by…

Chris February 18, 2026

Retro-Games

Magic, Machiavelli, and Mayhem: Revisiting Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader

Release Date: August 13, 2003 Developer: Reflexive Entertainment Get It On: GOG When History Takes a Wild Left Turn If you’ve ever sat in a history class and thought, "This…

Chris February 18, 2026

Retro-Games

Beyond the Shadow of Diablo: Why Nox Still Rules

Release Date: January 31, 2000 Developer: Westwood Studios Get It On: GOG Back in the year 2000, if you weren't clicking your mouse into oblivion playing Diablo II, you were…

Chris February 17, 2026

Gaming News

Steel, Smoke, and Strategy: Atre: Dominance Wars is the RTS Shake-up We’ve Been Waiting For

Let’s be honest for a second because the real-time strategy genre has been in a weird spot lately. For a while, it felt like we were either getting hyper-competitive click-fests…

Chris February 16, 2026

Retro-Games

The 20-Year Time Capsule: A Review of Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar

Release Date: August 4, 2017 Developer Name: Golden Era Games (Cleveland Mark Blakemore) Get It On: GOG In the fast-moving world of gaming, we usually measure "long-term projects" in five…

Chris February 15, 2026

Gaming News

Back to the Grid: Why The Darkness Below is the Retro Fix You’ve Been Craving

The Darkness Below, the long-awaited project from solo developer Eleftheriadis Savvas, has finally hit its full release as of February 13, 2026. This isn't just another modern game wearing a…

Chris February 15, 2026

Gaming News

From Pocket Monsters to Primal Beasts: Game Freak Goes Dark with Beast of Reincarnation

If you had told me a year ago that the next big thing from Game Freak would involve soul-shifting and gothic body horror, I probably would have asked if you’d…

Chris February 14, 2026

Gaming News

Rolling for Initiative: Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent Brings the Tabletop to Your Screen

If you have ever spent a weekend huddled around a table with a mountain of plastic miniatures and a rulebook the size of a phonebook, then the name Descent probably…

Chris February 14, 2026

Gaming News

Vampires, Verticals, and Vengeance: Nosgoth Returns in Legacy of Kain: Ascendance

It has been a long, cold two decades for fans of the dark fantasy world of Nosgoth, but the wait is finally over. In a move that absolutely nobody saw…

Chris February 14, 2026

Gaming News

Is This the Metin2 Successor We’ve Been Waiting For? Diving into Epitome

The vibes have been a bit weird in the MMO scene lately. We have seen massive projects stall out and "next-gen" promises fall flat more times than we can count.…

Chris February 13, 2026