Category: Xbox One

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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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“Ryse: Son of Rome” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Reviews Xbox One | 0 Comments | 30 Nov 2013

  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” (PS4) Review

author image by Chris Selogy | PlayStation 4 Reviews Xbox One | 0 Comments | 30 Nov 2013

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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“Call of Duty: Ghosts” (Xbox One) Review

author image by Alex Quevedo | Articles Nintendo Wii U Platforms PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Reviews Xbox 360 Xbox One | 0 Comments | 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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“Dead Rising 3” Review

author image by Alex Quevedo | Articles Reviews Xbox One | 0 Comments | 28 Nov 2013

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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“Crimson Dragon” Review

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Reviews Xbox One | 0 Comments | 28 Nov 2013

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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“Killer Instinct” Review

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Reviews Xbox One | 0 Comments | 25 Nov 2013

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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