When Forza Horizon came out in 2012, it offered a festive, open-world alternative to Forza Motorsport’s brilliant but sometimes dry take on motoring, focusing more on the culture that often surrounds it than just the simple act of racing. While…
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Handheld gaming has become a sort of paradise in recent years, with an endless parade of quality JRPGs and other forms of classic gaming, while still carrying the muscle to provide us with servicable ports of the games we play…
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04 Dec 2014
It’s no secret that Game of Thrones is, by far, HBO’s hottest property right now. Based on the still unfinished novels in the A Song Of Ice And Fire series by George R.R. Martin, each episode in the HBO series seems…
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Undoubtedly the most anticipated release in the Wii U’s lifespan, Super Smash Bros. is without question Nintendo’s most touted license to date. This generation marks the first time a game launched on both Nintendo’s current console and handheld platforms, and as…
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It was only a matter of time. When the Xbox One was announced, we all knew a Master Chief led Halo 5 would be on the way. But what we should have really seen coming was a rehashing of the…
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Known to Pokémon diehards as “Generation III,” the Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire were thought of as sort of an underwhelming release, especially considering how great “Generation II” (or Gold, Silver, and Crystal) was. So when the game’s remakes, OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire, were unveiled,…
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by Chris Selogy
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27 Nov 2014
With the bulk of Black Friday deals starting on Thanksgiving Day, we here at SmashPad wanted to make some recommendations for the best games and deals that you should consider when making the rounds this weekend.
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Grand Theft Auto is arguably gaming’s great franchise. Since GTA3, nearly every entry has been considered arguably perfect and inarguably important. Grand Theft Auto V came out on September 17th, 2013 and was met with critical acclaim and commercial success….
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Call of Duty has fast become one of those franchises that can be met with scorn and bliss. Usually, it’s well made, if not predictable; generally, it’s fast paced and fun; commonly, it’s the same-old same-old which makes it both…
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Have you ever heard the phrase, “one more click?” Sid Meier’s Civilization is a series which is, unquestionably, one of gaming’s classics. Central to the strategy genre’s canon, Civilization’s formula has defined an era of turn-based clicking that has forever…
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DriveClub was one of the pleasant surprise new IPs of the PlayStation 4’s unveiling nearly two years ago. With a re-energized Sony taking on their most pro-gamer and pro-developer approach in years, and system architect Mark Cerny preaching the value…
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It should come as no surprise that the first game to really make good use of the Xbox One’s Kinect is a Harmonix game, and it should also come as no surprise that that the first game to really make…
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