Street Fighter V

Thursday, February 18, 2016
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I’m still in the learning phase of Street Fighter V. Since Monday, I’ve played maybe a hundred matches of it, in my living room, online, and at the…

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Project X Zone 2

Tuesday, February 16, 2016
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The original Project X (pronounced Cross) Zone brought together the worlds of Namco, Capcom, and Sega in an action and tactical RPG mashup. It followed up on the…

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XCOM 2

Wednesday, February 10, 2016
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The Good: Dynamically generated maps. More aliens. More soldier abilities. More stuff. The Bad: Tutorial leaves some gaps. Poor camera angles. Miscellaneous graphical glitches. The Ugly: Nothing  …

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Unravel

Wednesday, February 10, 2016
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Unravel may seem like “just” a unique-looking puzzle-platformer, but it’s an emotional journey masquerading as one. It begins with a kindly older woman sitting at a kitchen table…

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Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel

Wednesday, February 3, 2016
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Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel is the latest in a long line of fantastic sleeper hit fighters on Sony systems. It not only features a bizarre title that…

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Megadimension Neptunia VII

Monday, February 1, 2016
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Megadimension Neptunia VII (pronounced as V-2) takes the normally jocular series and gives it a serious twist right off the bat. The purple-haired Neptune hears a distress call…

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Resident Evil 0: HD Remaster

Monday, January 18, 2016
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I have a strange history with Resident Evil 0. One of the first things I ever wrote professionally was a strategy guide for it for a British magazine,…

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Yakuza 5

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
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It’s been a long, strange trip to the states for Yakuza 5. Originally released in Japan in 2012, fans stateside had begun to give up on the idea…

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Just Cause 3

Friday, January 8, 2016
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There’s something to be said about a developer that’s singularly interested in building a game around the unpredictable moments the open-world genre is known for. If it can’t…

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Hard West

Tuesday, December 29, 2015
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Hard West is a new tactical strategy title from CreativeForge Games. It takes place in the “Weird West,” which is an imagining of what the Old West would…

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