Category: Xbox One

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“Titanfall” Preview

author image by Alex Quevedo | Articles PC Platforms Previews Xbox One | 0 Comments | 16 Feb 2014

March is near at hand and that means one thing: no, not St. Patrick’s Day. Titanfall, of course. Respawn Entertainment’s debut is one of the primary reasons to become an early adopter of the Xbox One and Microsoft and gamers…

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Blurred Lines: Battlefield, Killzone, and the Rise of Cordis Die

author image by Ted Dedon | Articles Console Features Handheld Nintendo 3DS Nintendo DS Nintendo Wii Nintendo Wii U Platforms PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita Xbox 360 Xbox One | 0 Comments | 14 Feb 2014

Protection for gangs, clubs, and nations causing grief in human relations it’s a turf war on a global scale I’d rather hear both sides of the tale see, it’s not about races just places faces where your blood comes from is where…

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Lockhart Edition: Why Lara Croft Is A Definitive Icon Of Girl Power

author image by Ted Dedon | Articles Console Features PC Platforms PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Xbox 360 Xbox One | 0 Comments | 01 Feb 2014

Do you remember the time Jessica Chobot licked a PSP? That hot and spicy picture swept the internet as one of the earliest game memes that went viral around the web.  A picture so iconic that it was copied and…

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“Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition” Review

author image by Alex Quevedo | Articles Platforms PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Reviews Xbox 360 Xbox One | 0 Comments | 31 Jan 2014

Tomb Raider made quite the splash last year when it was rebooted. While it wasn’t exactly a downtrodden series, it wasn’t as big of a draw as it had once been. So rather than continuing the work they’ve been doing,…

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Filippo’s Top 10 Games of 2013

author image by Filippo Dinolfo | Features PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Xbox 360 Xbox One | 0 Comments | 31 Dec 2013

Picking my ten favorite games of the year was a challenge. A lot of really great titles came out this year, both from the big publishers and from the growing indie scene. It’s great to see that our industry is…

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Patrick’s Top 10 Games of 2013

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Best of 2013 Features Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Wii U PC PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Xbox 360 Xbox One | 0 Comments | 30 Dec 2013

I’ve maintained since about the time of E3 that 2013 would be the best year for games since the 1990s, even if you subtracted the two system launches last month from consideration, and it has not disappointed in the slightest….

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“Halo: Spartan Assault” Review

author image by Alex Quevedo | Mobile PC Reviews Xbox 360 Xbox One | 0 Comments | 29 Dec 2013

The Halo franchise was always very clearly going to be a big presence on the Xbox One. It did, afterall, make its presence known with a teaser at E3 2013. So we figured Halo “5” would be the debut of…

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Alex’s Top Games of 2013

author image by Alex Quevedo | Articles Best of 2013 Features PC PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Xbox 360 Xbox One | 0 Comments | 27 Dec 2013

I got my hands and eyes on a fair amount of games in 2013. But games I completed? There were only a handful. A major chunk of my work here at SmashPad is spent covering any events I can–namely, WonderCon…

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Josh’s Top 10 Games of 2013

author image by Josh Schwartzman | Articles Best of 2013 Features Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Wii U PC PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Shows Xbox 360 Xbox One | 0 Comments | 26 Dec 2013

Being strapped for cash is one of the hardest things to endure during 2013, a year which saw two new console launches and impressive, quality game support on the Wii U, 360 and PS3. Plenty of stellar titles came out…

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Jordan’s Top 10 Games of 2013

author image by Jordan Elek | Features Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Wii U PlayStation 4 Xbox 360 Xbox One | 0 Comments | 25 Dec 2013

2013 could have been a dull gaming year for me. I don’t own a PS3, and I packed up my Xbox 360 early on. That left me with a Wii U and 3DS…. Great systems, but not known for their…

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Launches Are Broken, Let’s Fix Them.

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Articles Console Features Handheld Nintendo 3DS Nintendo DS Nintendo Wii Nintendo Wii U Platforms PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita Xbox 360 Xbox One | 0 Comments | 17 Dec 2013

Now that we are finally cooling down from the latest two system launches — hopefully the last two for several years — I figured it was time for a good debriefing. Let’s recap the (d)evolution of system launches over the years, and…

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