10 Xbox Live Indie Games Worth Playing
The Xbox Live Indie Games section of the Xbox Live Marketplace is depressing. I’ll actually go a step further: it’s utter junk. Most of the games available on it are poor clones of popular games, games filled with p...
Nick Borrego and Enola: A Perfect Pairing
Not many folks in the games industry have heard of The Domaginarium or Nick Borrego. That’s unfortunate because The Domaginarium is the developer behind the promising psychological horror game, Enola, which SpawnFirstR...
We’ll Miss You, Mr. Clancy
I wanted a different way in which to tell my stories. Coming up with concepts for computer games gives me another avenue of creative expression. It’s not just me telling the story, it’s me designing the idea for a ...
SpawnStaff’s September Playlist
I love Autumn. The leaves start falling, the nights start getting longer, and the evenings start getting just a little bit cooler. Autumn even has a smell – I’d put it somewhere between the nice and soothing aroma o...
Nolan North: The Voice of Awesome
A Voice Worth A Thousand Words When playing a video game or watching an animated movie/show, most people don’t pay attention to the voice actors. Stumbling around in my post – Deadpool daze, I fell upon th...
Worth a Play – The House of the Dead: Overkill
The last Worth a Play feature was on the subject of Spec Ops: The Line, a dark, harrowing, morally compromising take on the current American military shooter, which didn’t aim to satirise the genre so much as eviscerate it. I...
GamerHorizon Takes a Trip Down the PSOne Memory Lane
The original PlayStation. I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t have any fond memories of that console. With all the blockbuster releases-by-the-minute climate that we have these days, with an overabundance of popula...
Dragon Con 2013: Best of Video Game Cosplay (So Far)
I and my laconic but charming cameraman (my brother, Edward) set ourselves a task: find the very best of video game cosplay at Dragon Con 2013. Â Many came, few were chosen.* Check them out here. ELIZABETH AND BOOKER, BI...
SpawnStaff’s August Playlist
We’re nearing the end of summer, and coincidentally, the end of the “late summer game drought” as well. Pretty soon, we’ll be strolling our way into autumn, with the cooler weather and the shorter days p...
Hero Of The Week: Nathan Drake
Nathan Drake Voice Actor: Nolan North Series: Uncharted Age: Unknown Debut: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune We’re starting up a brand new feature here at SpawnFirst called the Hero of the Week, where we bring you a different...
SFQA: Favorite Game Moment of the Year (So Far)
Hey, Spawners! This is the beginning of a new regular feature, the SFQA, in which we, the SpawnFirst writing staff, answer a single question a week about games. This question will change from week-to-week, and we’d love f...
SpawnStaff’s July Playlist
It’s almost over. The summer game drought’s been keeping the ‘Staffers busy with their backlogs, and they can’t wait for August’s smorgasbord of new releases. Right at the tail end of July and the dawn of August, itâ€...
The Best Games Of 2013 (So Far)
If you’re a gamer (and, since you’ve come to this site, I assume you are) then you know firsthand we’ve already had a plethora of fantastic titles to choose from in 2013. Â From gritty reboots to mind-bending ...
Ring in the New Gen: Top 10 Xbox Exclusives
Over the past few days, we at SpawnFirst have counted down the best Nintendo and PlayStation exclusives in preparation for the next generation of consoles that will soon be upon us. When we were compiling our list of the top te...
Ring in the New Gen: Top 10 PlayStation Exclusives
Hot off yesterday’s list of the best Nintendo exclusives, SpawnFirst is proud to continue its sendoff to all of our consoles that will soon be collecting dust. Â Today, we unveil our picks for the best PlayStation exclusi...
