Just a year removed from the successful Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar Games (along with Australian developer Team Bondi) is back with a 1940s police drama in LA Noire. Considering it's based during a time where Hollywood was deep in the…
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Sony’s MLB series returns with revamped controls and some big changes to the Road to the Show mode. What’s It About? Having stuck with button controls long past the introduction of analog controls by MVP Baseball and MLB 2K, it’s…
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Valve Corporation’s cult-following puzzle-platform game released in 2007 continues in the long-awaited sequel, Portal 2, released on PC, MAC, Xbox 360 and PS3. With two playing modes, two sets of characters and two stories, gamers should prepare themselves for hours…
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With its predecessor turning out to be one of the best music games in the genre, Rock Band 3 has some very big expectations to live up to. Is it able to deliver, or does it fall short? What Is…
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The Mortal Kombat franchise has been many things to many gamers over the years. Its legions of existing fans consider it one of the long-standing greats for its style and story, while competitive fighting gamers tend to look at it…
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Occasionally you want to play a game to help you relax. Chime Super Deluxe is just the sort of game you'll want to have on hand for those occasions. It's not an immersive military shooter, it doesn't reproduce the feeling…
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Not since its debut in the early 90s has the Bust-a-Move series ever released an anticipated entry. A version of the popular puzzle series has come out on virtually every major game system since then, but the result has been…
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Developed by feelplus, this addition to Square Enix's growing DLC library has received a fair amount of attention namely for being dubbed the "Strider of the 21st century." After quite a bit of time with the game, such a statement…
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Nintendo has two kinds of franchises; the ones that get used a couple times a year to maximize sales, and the ones that see such little time in the spotlight that you have to stop and wonder if they'll ever…
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The classic Ridge Racer series has been around since 1993, and has been a part of more system launches than it has missed since it made its console debut as part of 1995's Sony PlayStation launch. However, Nintendo fans have…
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The hardworking hustle-and-bustle lifestyle that citizens everywhere experience make it constantly harder to own a pet. In fact, that's one of the reasons virtual pets continue to remain popular worldwide, especially in places with large and condensed metropolitan areas. With…
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The Nintendo 3DS is upon us, and in somewhat of a surprise move, Street Fighter is along for the ride as the franchise makes only its second system launch appearance in history (Street Fighter EX3, PlayStation 2) in the form…
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