“Madden NFL 17” Review
by Danreb VictorioWith just over a week to go until the beginning of the NFL regular season, it is indeed Madden season, and this year’s iteration of the long-running football sim is definitely the best version in over a decade.
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“The King of Fighters XIV” Review
by Filippo DinolfoI have to admit that when I first saw the teaser trailer for The King of Fighters XIV (KOFXIV), I was highly skeptical. It gave a brief glimpse of a now fully 3D-modeled game, but promised traditional 2D gameplay. These…
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Checking In with Titanfall 2’s Technical Test
by Chris SelogyWe check out Titanfall 2’s Technical Test to see what’s different about this follow up to the popular multiplayer shooter from Respawn Entertainment.
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SmashPad Talkies – Bound
We check out Bound, which is the new game from the makers of Datura and Linger in Shadows.
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SmashPad Talkies – No Man’s Sky
We start No Man’s Sky to see how it all begins and how it all works.
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“Brut@l” Review
I can still remember it like it was yesterday. There I was, running away from some pretty nasty ogres. My HP was really low and I was all out of healing items. I make a last stand in a room…
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“I Am Setsuna” Review
by Patrick MifflinE3 2015, to Square Enix, will undoubtedly go down as the show where the real Final Fantasy XV stood up, and the company’s decade-long AAA investment finally entered the home stretch. It will go down as the show that saw…
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“Street Fighter V” Review
2008’s Street Fighter IV was less a new fighting game than it was a transformative event for the genre’s entire landscape. Seemingly overnight, the fighting game community exploded to near early 90s proportions, and the game itself heralded in a…
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“Batman: The Telltale Series, Episode 1 – Realm of Shadows” Review
by Alex QuevedoOver the last several years, the gaming community has been graced with a string of quality Batman games. Whether you were actually a Batman fan or not didn’t matter. There was no denying that the Batman Arkham series was chock…
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[SDCC 2016] A Look at San Diego’s Sonic 25th Anniversary Party
Sega celebrated Sonic the Hedgehog‘s 25th anniversary on Friday night with a paid party at the House of Blues in San Diego amidst all the Comic-Con craziness, so we decided to celebrate with them.
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[SDCC 2016] “ReCore” Hands-On
ReCore was one of many games Microsoft featured at The Nerd Machine’s Nerd HQ SDCC offsite event, and while it was rough around the edges, there’s potential for a really fun game here.
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“Lumo” Review
If you’re a gamer of the 80’s, chances are you remember playing an isometric puzzle platformer. For me, it was Knight Lore, a game that perplexed me, but also rewarded my patience. Making my way through the numerous rooms of…
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