For years, the Mortal Kombat fanbase was the polar opposite of the fighting game community at large. While most franchises were finding their success in implementing the greater depth and balance that a tournament scene thrives on, Mortal Kombat revelled…
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The Star Fox series is one of Nintendo's most popular trademarks, but none of the games in the series even come close to the experience that Star Fox 64 had. Like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D before…
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Released in 1999, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike is unquestionably one of the most finely-crafted games of all time, with a number of players considering it among the greatest overall. With such a strong following, it's no question why fans…
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With the start of another NFL season comes another entry to EA Sports' long-running Madden football series. Over the last few years EA Sports has added different nuances to the gameplay in order to enhance the experience and while nothing…
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Fruit Ninja is a game that a lot of people will recognize because the game is an absolute blast in Apple's growling library of iOS games. Now it's being featured on Xbox Live's Summer of Arcade, and while it may…
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Xbox Live's Summer of Arcade continues with From Dust, a strategy game developed by Ubisoft Monpellier that will make gamers hate nature. What's It About? From Dust follows a nomadic and adventurous tribe looking to repopulate and settle in various…
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It’s quite curious to see Microsoft begin its Summer of Arcade campaign so late into July, where summer is already passed its halfway point. Timing aside, the Summer of Arcade kicks off with the colorful Bastion, an action RPG developed…
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Publisher Atlus has been all money lately. While the team is known for making mostly "niche" games, they've established quite a fanbase especially with eastern gamers. From the Persona games at the end of the PS2's dominance to other Shin…
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Kicking off in 1995, the Sega Rally Championship franchise has long stood among the best that arcade racing has to offer. It didn't enjoy a wealth of sequels like most great games do, but it made for great games any…
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There is absolutely no game that has garnered as much critical appraise as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. First released in November of 1998, the game has since been re-released three times–twice on the GameCube and once on…
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Because Dungeon Siege is a title more widely known to PC gamers, odds are you've never heard of this series. The Dungeon Siege games are known to consistently push the envelope when it comes to hack-and-slash, dungeon-crawling gameplay, and the…
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Just a year removed from the successful Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar Games (along with Australian developer Team Bondi) is back with a 1940s police drama in LA Noire. Considering it's based during a time where Hollywood was deep in the…
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