Killer Instinct came about in 1994 as a collaboration between Nintendo and then-second-party developer Rare, in an era where every studio and its dog was making an effort to cash in on the success of Capcom’s genre-defining fighting megahit Street…
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The King of Fighters XII is generally regarded as an unmitigated disaster, perhaps the most gruesome example we’ve ever been given of what happens when a pubisher’s corporate branch pays a visit to its development branch with a complaint and…
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The term “anime fighter” is certainly not a new one within the scope of the fighting genre, but it can be a little misleading at times. In truth, it simply applies to games that take on a more anime-style visual…
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Mark Cerny is an industry legend. Having worked in games since childhood, he has been responsible for bringing us such titles as Marble Madness, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, and Spyro The Dragon among many, many others. Therefore, it was cause…
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Sony’s Killzone franchise has always been looked at as something of a red-headed stepchild in the FPS genre, largely for its basic willingness to go wherever the winds of genre trends take it. They’ve never necessarily been poorly crafted games,…
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The Need For Speed series has been around since the mid 90’s. Despite its age, it has largely gone without a defining identity for the majority of that time. That’s what happens when you build a series almost entirely around…
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There are two main reasons I’m writing this column. First of all, circumstances being what they were with my personal schedule, I was not able to sit down and write the immaculate review I felt Dragon’s Crown deserved. Pulling that…
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by Patrick Mifflin
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12 Aug 2013
Although the beat-em-up genre has been pretty decently represented this generation thanks to some re-releases and remakes in digital form–Double Dragon Neon and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time Re-Shelled come immediately to mind–it's accurate to say that the…
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So the big news has spread quickly: Microsoft has been dragged around back and bludgeoned into submission in the court of public opinion, and the Xbox One will now be both DRM- and, just for good measure, region-free, making it…
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I've realized I haven't Sounded Off in quite some time, and this is certainly worth talking about. Unless you're on my Facebook friends list or (to a lesser extent) following me on Twitter, you really didn't hear much from me…
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It has been 16 years since Nintendo has had a new installment of the legendary Mario franchise ready for one of its console launches. To find the last such instance, you're going to need to go all the way back…
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The Lumines franchise has certainly established itself at this point, despite only arriving on the gaming scene relatively recently as part of the 2005 PlayStation Portable launch. It was an unlikely headliner for the system's inaugural lineup, but it ended…
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