At a time when racing games were mainly unrealistic arcade conversions, Gran Turismo came along and defined what a console racing simulation could be. For the past 16 years, the series has remained the definition of console sim-racing games. Part…
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is regarded by many to be the greatest title in Nintendo’s long-running Legend of Zelda franchise. It was the first game in the series to feature both the idea and existence…
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It’s been five years since Phoenix Wright took on the role as a defense attorney, and while not much has changed since then as far as gameplay goes, the latest entry in the Ace Attorney series is as enjoyable as…
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As one of the Xbox One’s exclusive marquee titles during launch, Ryse: Son of Rome boasts a heck of a visual experience. Unfortunately, aside from shallow gameplay, that’s all the game has to offer.
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Madden NFL 25 may be the most complete launch title that the series has offered to date, but is that saying much?
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30 Nov 2013
Another year, another Call of Duty. 2013 brings us Call of Duty: Ghosts, developed by Infinity Ward. As is tradition, the game focuses on an elite group of soldiers who, as you might have guessed, are called the Ghosts. This…
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The original Dead Rising on the Xbox 360 was a very enjoyable game, providing humorous gameplay within a zombie-filled setting. As the series progressed, it was not very subtle that Capcom’s development teams were looking to push the limits on…
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The Panzer Dragoon franchise made something of an understated debut in the early days of the Sega Saturn, but was as groundbreaking a rail shooter as its counterpart at Nintendo that started it all, Starfox. Like Starfox, Panzer Dragoon‘s appearances…
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The PlayStation 4 launch had problems. Dropping Infamous: Second Son and DriveClub from the launch lineup into 2014 was a critical blow, cutting the PS4’s selection of launch day retail exclusives in half, and leaving it up to Killzone: Shadow…
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Mario games are always interesting to review because Nintendo’s mascot is featured in pretty much every gaming genre there is, and that makes it hard to really pinpoint which series is the real Mario flagship. But for all intents and…
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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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These days, game systems don’t usually come with games packed in. The Playroom is one game that is an exception, but at the same time, it isn’t.
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