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Liberty City goes mobile

The game that changed the gaming industry and inflamed parents across the globe thanks to its unabashed encouragement of senseless violence recently turned 10. To celebrate, Rockstar has re-released the classic for newer iOS (iPhone & iPad) and Android devices for a shocking price of $5. Essentially it’s the same experience most will remember, just [...]

The Future is Yours

A sense of truly free will is an incredibly difficult thing to pull off in a video game. Taking into account a seemingly infinite number of player choices and possibilities just gets messy in the hands of typical game designers. Deus Ex: Human Revolution ($59) still requires some clunky traditional game baggage like boss fights [...]

Putting the Axe in Relax

Zombie games are a dime a dozen, but Dead Island ($60) has a few intriguing tweaks worth paying attention to. The most obvious is its tropical paradise setting on the fictional South Pacific island of Banoi. Here, the flagship Royal Palms Resort serves as the ultimate vacation spot, until a contagious outbreak transforms most of [...]

Third Time to Harm

Hold onto your quarter rolls. After a decade of waiting, Marvel vs.Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds will be release on February 15th, making its way to living rooms on either Xbox 360 or PS3. Old standby’s like Ryu and Wolverine have returned to throw down with over 30 new characters from both the Marvel [...]

There Goes Your Fall

Pistols in the facility, license to kill! Yes friends, it’s time to think back to those days when school, food and sleep were after thoughts. It’s time to recall the glee of unloading on with the RCP90 from your lofty perch…which conveniently also happened to be right next to an infinite supply of body armor. [...]

SEEEGAAA Nostalgia

While Sega may have openly admitted to releasing a few bad Sonic games during the series’ lifetime, Sonic 4: Episode 1 for iPhone ($10) is a worthy comeback for nostalgic gamers interested in experiencing a healthy dose of the blue blur’s high-speed talents.

Bring on the Photo Hunt

How many countless quarters have you piled into your local bar’s MegaTouch trying to get one more level further on Photo Hunt? Probably enough to buy your fair share of beers. Well, bring the good times (and frustration) home without the quarters with a home edition of MegaTouch, the MegaTouch Aurora ($3,995). The widescreen bar [...]

The Last, But Certainly Not Least

In Halo Reach, we meet the Noble Team, a squad of Spartan soldiers (this is pre Master Chief) in a last stand battle on planet Reach. Master Chief is painfully absent in the latest installment of Halo, but the Covenant are here in full complement. With a darker story and grittier graphics, Halo Reach ($59+) [...]

The Wait is Over (South Korea Rejoices!)

It was the spring of 1998. The Lewinsky Scandal was in full swing, Windows® 98 had yet to be released, and Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards. Most importantly however, the original StarCraft was released. Eight months later the StarCraft expansion pack, Brood War, was released, providing fans with hope for a potential sequel and [...]

The Best of College Football (sans smuggling Bourbon in your pants)

Depending in part on how and where you spent your formative years, you should understand the following statement: nothing in the sporting world compares to the excitement of college football. Of course, you’re entitled to disagree or to blow your vuvuzela in protest, but you’d be just plain wrong. That’s why today we salute EA [...]

The Real Freaks Come Out At Night

Taking place 10 years after the events of Crackdown, 2007′s Xbox 360 hit, the sequel offers a return to Pacific City. However, this go-round, the city isn’t overrun by a variety of crime syndicates – instead it’s been destroyed by the nightly emergence of a Freak horde; daytime’s little better, as armed citizens have banded [...]

Just One More Thing to Anticipate

It’s still going to be several months (Nov. 2) before you can experience the latest edition of Sony’s premier racing title at home, but true fans with an obsession for memorabilia should look alive and pre-order this limited edition set now. Besides the game, this exclusive set features a 1:43 scale diecast 2009 Nissan GT-R [...]

Because You Asked For It: More of Rory's Hair

Just like flip-flops and sunburned skin, the arrival of summer heralds the arrival of the king of video game golf; yes, it’s time for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 from EA Sports. Released today, this year’s version makes a wise move and (finally) incorporates the biannual Ryder Cup competition as a entire mode, giving players [...]

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Game Changer, Literally

If you aren’t familiar with Steam, it’s Valve’s (makers of the Left 4 Dead, Half-Life, and Counterstrike franchises) top-flight client for video game delivery and online play on the PC. Since it’s release on Windows in 2003, Steam has accounted for an estimated 70% of the digital distribution market and, as of January of this [...]