If you play any game long enough, you’ll end up taking the visuals for granted. At some point you just stop noticing the immaculate play of shadows on the barrel of your assault rifle or the way shafts of sunlight pierce the trees. You’re too busy scanning for hostiles or …
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A change for the better Sometimes, it’s the little things we remember most. Oh sure, that game you played might’ve had intense cutscenes, an epic overarching story, or a staggeringly large world. But at the end of the year, the thing you remember most is what made it different from …
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Considering WayForward’s history with licensed games, you’d think it would have been the perfect studio to bring Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time series to life on game consoles. (Hell, it already made a solid outing with last year’s Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?!! for the 3DS.) Alas, WayForward’s …
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Since the beginnings of The Legend of Zelda, Link has started every adventure with just three measly hearts for health. If our The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds review is anything to go by, three hearts just doesn’t cut it. You’ll acquire more by completing dungeons, but this …
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In May, I was ready to give up on Assassin’s Creed. I’m one of the few people who were genuinely captivated by the original game, back in 2007, and one of the many utterly delighted by the sequel in 2009. While Brotherhood and Revelations offered diminishing satisfaction, AC3 was flat-out …
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Skylanders: Swap Force is packed with unlockables, including the new Bonus Missions. Finding a Bonus Mission Map will let you play bonus missions, fun little events involving recovering items or beating up the bad guys/ There’s at least one Bonus Mission Map to unlock in every level, so finding them …
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The Wii U Deluxe Set is picking up a Super Mushroom on Nov. 1, growing into a new bundle bearing New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and 32GB of internal storage for the same price. The new $300 pack will replace the original Deluxe Set which included …
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There’s a saying that goes: “Always aim for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” And so it is for Sonic Lost World, which clearly sets out to be Super Mario Galaxy 3: Hedgehog Edition. It’s so much like Miyamoto’s opus, it would be no surprise …
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The prettified Kingdom Hearts history lesson will continue next year. Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix bundles HD versions of Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Final Mix, and cinematics from Kingdom Hearts Re:coded on PS3, Square Enix announced today. The compilation is a sequel (if that …
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One of the PS Vita’s best games is getting a sequel, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan revealed at the Tokyo Game Show today. Gravity Rush’s star shifter, Kat, is back in a brief teaser trailer for the untitled project (via Siliconera). Kat flies, vaults, and scales another city in the sky …
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