Category: PC

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“Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor” Review

author image by Chris Selogy | PC PlayStation 4 Reviews Xbox One | 0 Comments | 15 Dec 2014

The newest game in the Middle-earth world puts the focus on being a fun game over being a vessel of story and lore and benefits greatly as an awesome game for Lord of the Rings fans and newcomers alike.

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“Game of Thrones, Episode 1: Iron from Ice” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | iOS PC PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Reviews Steam Xbox 360 Xbox One | 0 Comments | 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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SmashPad’s Black Friday 2014 Guide

author image by Chris Selogy | Features Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Wii U PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Steam Xbox 360 Xbox One | 0 Comments | 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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“Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth” Review

author image by Ted Dedon | PC Reviews | 0 Comments | 19 Nov 2014

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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“Alien Isolation” Review

author image by Alex Quevedo | PC PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Reviews Xbox 360 Xbox One | 0 Comments | 20 Oct 2014

There are many fears one can experience and being hunted is among one of the most inducing. But to make that even worse? Being violently stalked. By a nearly unkillable alien. Enter Alien Isolation. I was able to get some…

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“Defense Grid 2” Review

author image by Filippo Dinolfo | PC PlayStation 4 Reviews Steam Xbox One | 0 Comments | 10 Oct 2014

Expectations are often the worst for a game sequel. When players put a lot of time into something, they tend to develop opinions on what would make things better for the sequel. Defense Grid 2 is in that unenviable situation,…

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“The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky” Review

author image by Patrick Mifflin | PC Reviews Steam | 0 Comments | 22 Sep 2014

When The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky landed on the PSP in North America, it was effectively a second chance at a first impression. After all, Nihon Falcom’s long-running RPG franchise lost a considerable amount of goodwill right…

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“The Walking Dead – Season 2, Episode 5: No Going Back” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | PlayStation 3 PlayStation Vita Reviews Steam Xbox 360 | 0 Comments | 29 Aug 2014

The previous episode in The Walking Dead – Season left players in the middle of a random gunfight that ended up being the result of Telltale’s apparent issue of giving the player an option, only for that particular action to…

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“1001 Spikes” Review

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Wii U Platforms PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Reviews Steam Xbox One | 0 Comments | 01 Aug 2014

A big reason why the rise of indie games has been so celebrated is because of how staunchly they tend to represent the hits of old types of gaming often dismissed by today’s larger publishers (many of which, it should…

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Comic Con 2014 Hands-On: “Escape Dead Island”

author image by Alex Quevedo | PC PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 | 0 Comments | 31 Jul 2014

Zombie apocalypse talks span a lot of different areas, but one of the primary ones is where you would hold up in the apocalypse. Many choose places such as Wal-Mart or Costco, but I’ve definitely heard “I’d just go to an island!”….

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Comic Con 2014 First Look: “Metro Redux”

author image by Alex Quevedo | Comic Con 2014 PC PlayStation 4 Previews Xbox One | 0 Comments | 31 Jul 2014

Post-apocalyptic genre isn’t the most uncommon, so making a splash requires a game to do a fair amount of things right. The Metro series was able to do that with Metro 2033 and 2013’s Metro: Last Light. Later this year,…

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“The Swapper” Review

author image by Ted Dedon | Articles Nintendo Wii U Platforms PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Reviews Steam | 0 Comments | 31 Jul 2014

Every now and then a puzzle game comes out that takes what’s really good about the genre and adds an extra something to it. What makes a puzzle game really good in the first place? In the case of a…

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