Moments – Blowing Up The Eiffel Tower In Twisted Metal 2
SingleTrac’s Twisted Metal 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, and each level is home to tons of great junior high memories. As many times as I’ve blown the clothes off the Statue of Liberty,...
View ArticleBeyond Good & Evil Wishlist
Now a cult classic in the video game world, Ubisoft’s Beyond Good & Evil debuted to critical acclaim, but its poor sales hindered its initial trilogy plans. In the decade since its original...
View ArticleAwaiting The Arrival Of Promised Next-Gen Features
There is something you may have heard a number of writers saying over the past month or so. We’ve been warning that both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are “coming in hot.” What we mean by that, is the...
View ArticleWhich Exclusive Features Will The PS4 And Xbox One Share?
Video game platform holders have a long history of borrowing the successes of one another. When the d-pad was introduced, it was quickly adopted for other competing consoles. The same can be said for...
View ArticleCrafting The Black Lands: The Art Of Shadow Of Mordor
In The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Mordor is a land so corrupt with evil that few even dare speak its name. The Dark Lord Sauron dwells behind its Black Gates, building up power to conquer Middle-earth....
View ArticleThe Game Informer Fight For The Top 50 Challenge 2013
Around this time each year, Game Informer begins the process of creating our list of the top 50 best games of the year. This year, we decided to let you in on a part of the process.When you're making a...
View ArticleFight For The Top 50 – Splinter Cell: Blacklist
The only part of hide and seek I ever really liked was the hiding. I love being a ninja – watching others and knowing they can't see me. I love the idea of getting so close to someone that you could...
View ArticleFight For The Top 50 - Saints Row IV
When Saints Row emerged on the scene on the Xbox 360, I barely paid any attention. Volition and THQ aped Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto series and added in some customization features, but it followed the...
View ArticleFight For The Top 50 - Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
Learn more about the Game Informer Fight For the Top 50 Challenge 2013We all have our favorite genres. While I enjoy video games of all stripes, the action/platformer has been near and dear to my heart...
View ArticleFight For The Top 50 – Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch
The first shot in Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is worth studying. In its foreground, we see an idyllic meadow consisting of white flowers, thick trees, and a vibrant sunbeam peaking over a...
View ArticleFight For The Top 50 – The Swapper
One of the joys of reviewing video games is stumbling upon titles that otherwise wouldn't have appeared on your personal radar. Back in May, I ran into one of my favorite instances of this. If I wasn't...
View ArticleFight For The Top 50 – Shin Megami Tensei IV
I've been a Shin Megami Tensei fan for nearly a decade. Finding ways to overcome the harrowing battles just scratch an itch for me. I love how if I die, I always rethink my strategy and return with a...
View ArticleFight For The Top 50 – Device 6
Simogo Games' Device 6 was unlike anything I played in 2013. That's not always a good thing. For every amazing experimental indie game I play, there's another that tries and fails to grab my attention....
View ArticleFight For The Top 50 – Metro: Last Light
Despite the fact that Metro: Last Light garnered record-breaking sales for the series, most fans have moved on to other shooters (not surprising, considering the game came out back in May). While it...
View ArticleFight For The Top 50 – Dead Space 3
The third installment in Isaac Clarke’s battle against the necromorphs blew me away when it released earlier this year. Dead Space 3 took the core combat I loved about the series and ratcheted it up...
View ArticleFight For The Top 50 – Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
If you play the Final Fantasy series long enough, you come to expect certain things with each installment. Airships. Summoned monsters. Chocobos. Different entries focus on these classic elements to...
View ArticleFight For The Top 50 – Gunpoint
Before being placed on the review for Gunpoint, I knew nothing about the game, which meant I went into the experience totally blind and without expectations. I immediately found myself engaged in the...
View ArticleFight For The Top 50 – Lego City: Undercover
When Jeff Cork and I visited Traveller's Tales for our Lego Marvel Super Heroes cover, Warner Bros. also gave us a thorough demo of what their other studio TT Fusion was working on. I shot a quick...
View ArticleFight For The Top 50 – Payday 2
Whenever I hear commentators expound on the thoughtlessness and general lack of innovation in the first-person shooter genre, I think to myself that they must not have played Payday 2. In this game,...
View ArticleTop 50 Challenge – Saints Row IV
When Saints Row was first released by THQ back in 2005, I thought it was a shameless Grand Theft Auto III ripoff intent on riding the coattails of Rockstar's open world masterpiece. As the years went...
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