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Game Informer's Top Scoring Game Reviews Of 2014
We review loads of games every year, but only the best receive our special Game Informer awards. Some earn a Silver (a score of 8.5 to 8.75), some Gold (9.0 to 9.5), and an elite few make it all the...
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Is Battleborn A MOBA? Here's What Gearbox Says
Yesterday we unveiled Battleborn as our August cover story. Gearbox describes their new game as a "hero shooter," but the hive-mind of the Internet oversimplified it as "another MOBA." While visiting...
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Test Chamber – Hand of Fate
Defiant Development's Hand of Fate is a card game, but don't confuse it with things like Magic: The Gathering or Hearthstone. Meshing together elements of roguelites, action-RPGs, and tabletop dungeon...
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Test Chamber – One Piece: Unlimited World Red
One Piece: Unlimited World Red is Bandai Namco's new action game based on a Japanese anime, which was based on a manga of the same name. Now it's a Test Chamber. One Piece really has no limits. I'm...
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Summing Up An Industry – Discussing Video Games: The Movie
There are already a few documentaries about video games, but professional documentarian Jeremy Snead has never seen one that he felt truly encapsulated the art form. He sent off to change that. Over...
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Opinion: Why I Don't Want To Collect Things Anymore
Whether it was Mario collecting coins for points, Banjo collecting musical notes to progress, or Rayman hover-jumping at that lum that was just out of reach, collecting has been one of most-common...
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The Goofiest Video Game Lyrics
Since the dawn of the CD-based video game, creators have treated us to some unforgettable, studio-quality songs, ditties that appear during our playing experience that are rewards unto themselves....
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Replay Chronicles – Resuming A Completionist's Run In Just Cause 2
When I play an open world game, I usually don't stop until I reach 100 percent completion. I've achieved this mark in every Grand Theft Auto and Elder Scrolls game, and I even spent far too much time...
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Top 25 Xbox 360 Games
Microsoft launched the Xbox 360 in 2005, kicking off the last generation of gaming. This was the most successful period for the company to date; with its excellent Xbox Live service and deep support...
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Question Of The Month Reader Responses: Issue #256
In issue 254, we asked readers what improvements they would like to see in new-gen multiplayer games. To our surprise, most players wanted a decidedly old-school feature. Here are some of the responses...
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Our Battleborn Hands-On Impressions
We spent two days at Gearbox's studio learning what sets Battleborn apart from other multiplayer shooters, but you can't divine how fun a game really is until you play it for yourself. That's why we...
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Chronicles - Dota 2, 2,000 Hours Later
With this year's International tournament breaking $10 million, Dota 2 and the ARTS genre continue to climb in popularity on the PC. While the title can present players with a high learning curve, the...
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Big Guns, Big Air, Big Riffs: A Look Back at Neversoft (1994-2014)
Yesterday Neversoft, which had once been Activision's premier in-house development studio, was officially dissolved and absorbed into Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward. In tribute, we look back at...
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The 1000-Year-Old Gamer: A Look At Video Game Age Gates
Age gates are the Internet's half-hearted attempt at preventing minors from seeing potentially objectionable material. Like most of you, my birthday is on January 1st, but I have found a good deal of...
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Replay – Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013
Don’t be fooled by the words Cabela or hunt, this isn’t a traditional light gun hunting experience. We don’t want to ruin the surprise, but Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013 is easily one of the wildest...
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Five Video Game Song Re-Imaginings Better Than The Originals
Classic video game soundtracks are dangerous to play with. It's easy to change them considering the limited palette of sounds they were originally created with, but change them too much and they lose...
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Meet Battleborn's Oscar Mike, Miko, & Phoebe
Gearbox's newest cooperative and competitive shooter gathers heroes from across the universe in a battle over the final burning star. This epic premise not only allows the developer to present gamers...
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[Update] Meet The Cast Of Hyrule Warriors
Update: Fi, the spirit of the Skyward Sword's Goddess Sword, twirls onto the battlefield alongside Impa, Agitha, and others this fall.Ever since traversing Hyrule in 3D for the first time in The...
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Video Games: The Movie Review
As the title suggests, Video Games: The Movie aims to tell the entire history of the industry in a little over an hour and a half. Whether it's due to having too wide a focus or just poor...
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Opinion: Don't Say The M-Word
There's a new four-letter word in the industry that has some players denouncing developers and publishers and avoiding games like they've been afflicted with some kind of leprous plague. Like other...
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