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2013 RPG of the Year Awards
2013 wasn't exactly a blockbuster year for role-playing games, but that doesn't mean it was dull. The year had long-established series keeping beat (Pokémon X & Y), classic franchises returning...
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Analysis – Low Wii U Sales Limit Software Success
This morning’s news that Nintendo missed its nine million unit Wii U forecast came as no surprise. The target was a long shot under the best of circumstances. The bigger problem is that even the best...
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Meet Evolve’s Hunters: Day 4
This week, we’re taking a focused look at four of the characters from Evolve. Turtle Rock’s upcoming shooter features four different classes – assault, trapper, support, and medic – with a variety of...
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2013 Racing Game Of The Year Awards
Any year in which two of the genre's biggest franchises – Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsports – go head-to-head is a year worth paying attention to. And that's even more so when the pair aren't the only...
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Replay – Tail Concerto
On this week's episode of Replay, the Game Informer gang has a hard time identifying cats and dogs in CyberConnect2's PlayStation title, Tail Concerto. Suiting up as a police officer named Waffle, we...
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Opinion – I’ve Lost All Excitement For Controlling Cable TV With Gaming Consoles
Nintendo recently issued an apology for its delayed TVii services in Europe, and my first thought was, “Oh yeah, I forgot about TVii.”When the Wii U launched in 2012, one of the first things I did...
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Analysis – Where Are The First Party Vita Games?
At the end of last week, Nintendo released a revised forecast for its current fiscal year. The bad news inevitably lead to conversation about the future of the Wii U (and steps Nintendo might take to...
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Our Evolve Hands-On Impressions
Seeing a game demo is one thing, but actually getting your hands on it is quite another. Anyone can tell you that a game’s controls are responsive or that co-op is fun – especially when they’re on the...
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A Nintendo 3DS Mea Culpa
With the recent news that the Nintendo 3DS was the best-selling system (according to NPD) for the year, I'm here to admit I was wrong about it – I didn't think it would take off for various reasons. It...
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Opinion – In Defense Of Walkthroughs
When Dark Souls first came out, I tried to drink the Kool-Aid. Unfortunately, it was a brew too bitter for me to choke down, and I eventually gave up. I appreciated what From Software was doing, but I...
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Why Evolve Is Not Just Another First-Person Shooter
When we revealed Evolve as February's cover story, there were a couple of commenters lamenting the release of yet another first-person shooter. Not even factoring in the playable monster in...
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Pachter: 3DS Will Survive In Diminished Market, Vita To 'Die Slow, Painful...
In the light of Nintendo's recent lowered forecasts for 3DS sales, We asked Wedbush Securities' outspoken analyst Michael Pachter for his take on the current handheld market. As usual, he didn't mince...
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Opinion – The Importance Of Replaying Our Favorites
Long before Steam sales and mail-order game rentals, we were limited to playing the games we owned. Sure, an occasional trip to a Blockbuster or its ilk spiced things up, but we were largely bound to...
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Music Spotlight: Wasteland 2/Fallout: New Vegas Composer Mark Morgan
Mark Morgan's ethereal, electronic music-influenced game scores have helped convey the emotion in such games as Fallout: New Vegas, Planescape: Torment, and Need for Speed: Shift. He's currently...
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Why Four Versus One? Evolve’s Creators Share The Reason
Four seems to be a magic number for Turtle Rock. In Left 4 Dead, four players could team up to take on armies of zombies. In their latest game, Evolve, a quartet of hunters battle a single, powerful...
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Diving Into The Digital Collectible Card Game
The digital collectible card game (DCG) is a genre getting a lot of love and attention in 2014. As we get more acclimated to a world of digital purchases, owning and playing with a collection of...
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HeroClix Tackles Video Games
Birthed from the older Mage Knight collectible miniatures game, HeroClix first launched in 2002, and allowed gamers to play out awesome superhero skirmishes between the heroes and villains of the...
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The Abandoned Games Dilemma: Trudging On, Starting Over, Or Giving Up
It happens to most gamers at one point or another. You load up your game save after being away for a while and soon realize you don’t have the foggiest idea of what’s actually going on in the adventure...
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Seven Ideas For Nintendo On Mobile
If you’ve been on the internet over the last few weeks, you may have heard that Nintendo has been going through some rough times. The Wii U is putting up pitiful sales numbers, and even the popular 3DS...
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Are Sales Bad For Sales? These Publishers And Developers Don't Think So
Last week, indie developer of Inside a Star-Filled Sky and the upcoming Castle Doctrine Jason Rohrer wrote a lengthy post on his personal blog on the impact of sales on developers and fans. He lead his...
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