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Until Dawn: Rush of Blood Is Brilliant On-Rails Horror
Fear is in the mind. We can shock, disgust, and repulse with ease, but truly instilling foreboding terror or panic? That’s the real ...
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Knack 2 Tries and Fails to Blend Uncharted and God of War
Focus is one of the most understated yet key elements in games, and Knack has it in spades. Every element is zeroed in ...
Previews
Disintegration’s Technical Beta Just Can’t Keep It Together Competitively
Disintegration has quite the compelling concept. It’s as much a strategy game as it is a shooter, with players riding around on hoverbikes, ...
Column
Knack Is Every PS1 Game as You Remember Them
When nearly a hundred people voted for me to look at a random PlayStation 4-exclusive kids game, I was a bit surprised. I ...
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Spacelords Breaks the Rules of ‘Games as a Service’
Spacelords (or the game formerly known as Raiders of the Broken Planet) is easily the most uncharacteristic entry in developer Mercury Steam’s output. ...
News
Modders Unearth Battlefront II’s Cut Campaign Mission, Modes, and More
Modders and dataminers have plunged into the Jedi archives in what may be one of the most conclusive, all-encompassing dives into Star Wars ...
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How Unreal Championship 2 Solved the Single-Player Hero Shooter Problem
Be it Battleborn, Agents of Mayhem, or even Overwatch’s dalliances with PvE content, the industry’s best studios have struggled with crafting a single-player ...
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Dead Space 2’s ‘Severed’ DLC Is the ‘Sequel’ You Probably Never Played
The following contains spoilers for Dead Space 2: Severed and the Dead Space franchise. Shared universes are a major buzz term these days. ...
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Batman: Arkham Origins Initiation Gives Us Something We Haven’t Seen–a Vulnerable Bruce
Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham series is famous for many things, with one of its greatest features being its challenge mode. Whenever players want to ...
Opinion
‘Limited Appeal’ or Lack of ‘Polish’ Shouldn’t Stop You from Playing Games
These days, most modern games play it fairly safe, and it’s understandable why. Every AAA game has to meet a certain standard. The ...
Column
Rise of the Tomb Raider Handicapped Itself with Familiar Gunfights and Explosions
Rise of the Tomb Raider is constantly at odds with itself. It draws on the survival genre and themes of religious exploration yet ...
Opinion
Star Wars Battlefront II’s Rise of Skywalker Update Continues Sequel Era Misfires
Anyone will tell you the sequel trilogy era is the worst part of Star Wars Battlefront II. It boasts terrible maps, save for ...
