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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Sony’s MLB series returns with revamped controls and some big changes to the Road to the Show mode. What’s It About? Having stuck with button controls long past the introduction of analog controls by MVP Baseball and MLB 2K, it’s…
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Valve Corporation’s cult-following puzzle-platform game released in 2007 continues in the long-awaited sequel, Portal 2, released on PC, MAC, Xbox 360 and PS3. With two playing modes, two sets of characters and two stories, gamers should prepare themselves for hours…
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With its predecessor turning out to be one of the best music games in the genre, Rock Band 3 has some very big expectations to live up to. Is it able to deliver, or does it fall short? What Is…
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The Mortal Kombat franchise has been many things to many gamers over the years. Its legions of existing fans consider it one of the long-standing greats for its style and story, while competitive fighting gamers tend to look at it…
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Occasionally you want to play a game to help you relax. Chime Super Deluxe is just the sort of game you'll want to have on hand for those occasions. It's not an immersive military shooter, it doesn't reproduce the feeling…
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