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RPG Spotlight: Tales
One of the questions readers ask me most is if they would like a particular series. As a way to provide the answer and celebrate beloved franchises, RPG Spotlight gives a concise overview of the...
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Ten More Authors Who Should Be Making Video Games
The news that gamer-beloved author Neil Gaiman is working an original video game has inspired us to look at what other authors could do in our favorite medium.Gaiman's project will no doubt be...
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Replay – Shadowrun
With the release of the first Shadowrun RPG in nearly 20 years, Game Informer's office is abuzz with excitement over this beloved series. Rather than just talking about our memories of the Super...
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Bit By Bit: How Zelda And Spielberg Led To Skulls Of The Shogun
Jake Kazdal knows games. Starting in the industry when he was a teenager, Kazdal helped develop games as varied as Rez and Blacklight: Tango Down. Last year, his studio 17-Bit released a...
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Test Chamber – Castle Of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
The classic 1990 Sega Genesis title Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse is being remade by Sega in high-definition. The downloadable platformer (not to be confused with DreamRift's 3DS title) is...
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Witness Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron's Metroplex
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron released last year, and the game was filled with fantastic depictions of the Autobots and Decepticons. In fact, those versions of the characters looked so cool that...
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Top Of The Table – Star Wars: Edge Of The Empire
In the last couple of months, we’ve been highlighting some great games to share with the family over summer break in the form of Dixit and The Adventurers. This month, our tabletop coverage is steering...
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Test Chamber – Shadowrun Returns
We recently took a look back at the SNES version of Shadowrun on Replay. Now zap forward two decades to the release of Shadowrun Returns on PC, a project which began with a Kickstarter campaign. Matt...
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Mario's Secret Trick – The Cost Of A Princess
Mario is lovable and squeaky clean, but the original mythology for Nintendo's mascot contains a murderous secret that is rather surprising. This is the original story of Super Mario Bros.Back in 1985,...
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Five Collector's Editions To Empty Your Wallet For
Recently, there has been no shortage of developers severely misjudging what the average gamer is looking for in a collector's edition. Not that we're pointing any fingers, Codemasters. We decided to...
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Test Chamber – Dragon's Crown
Join us on a fantastical romp as we beat up anything that moves in Dragon's Crown.Vanillaware's latest is more than just its looks. We break down Dragon's Crown's finer combat mechanics, recommend the...
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Opinion: Special Editions Are Stupid
These days, no would-be blockbuster video game can release without a special edition. Hell, some titles even have differenttiers of varying specialness to accommodate all kinds of budgets and...
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Moments: Super Metroid's Hyper Beam
Samus is one of the most powerful bounty hunters in the galaxy, so we don't often see her facing opponents she can't handle. In Super Metroid, the fight against Mother Brain brings Samus to the brink...
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Test Chamber – Scrolls
In this episode of Test Chamber, we're taking a look at Mojang's tactical card-battling game, Scrolls. As one of our interns, Brian Albert, quickly learns, Scrolls is nothing like Minecraft. We play...
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Five Ways To Fix Wii U Sales
We've reached that point in the platform cycle where a Nintendo device is selling poorly and everyone is making hasty funeral arrangements for the Japanese behemoth. We went through similar...
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From Pot To Page: A Look At The Plants Vs. Zombies Comic
A lot of video games have comic book spinoffs, but PopCap’s cutesy strategy title Plants vs. Zombies would seem an odd target for such an adaptation. And yet, EA has teamed up with Dark Horse to...
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Live Stream – Dragon's Crown
This afternoon, from 4 - 6 PM Central, the Game Informer crew will be bustin' up baddies in Vanillaware's upcoming 2D brawler, Dragon's Crown. You've read the review and watched our test chamber, but...
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Test Chamber – McPixel
We had a post-work screening of the classic 2010 film MacGruber last week, and it left us hungry for more. Unfortunately, great as it was, people just weren't ready for yet another full-length movie...
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Informed Gamers: The First Step Towards Game Accessibility
Most video games are built on straight lines. Even in an open-world game like Far Cry 3 where there are lots of choices, there is always a definite beginning point, a definite ending point, and steps...
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Opinion – Ambiguous Endings Shouldn’t Be Feared
Video game storytelling has grown tremendously. In less than 40 years, we've gone from two ping-pong paddles and a ball to full-blown narratives, multidimensional characters, and complex themes. I love...
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