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  • 3 Things Other Publishers Can Learn From the Wii U

    Both Nintendo and Sony had pitiful launches for their handhelds—at least compared to the last generation of gaming. While they both pulled out all the...

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    Sara Swanson
    by Sara Swanson
    Both Nintendo and Sony had pitiful launches for their handhelds—at least compared to the last generation of gaming. While they both pulled out all the stops, filling their launch window with games and attempting to price it correctly, gamers just weren’t pouncing for their products. These handhelds are both strong pieces of machinery, and I...
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  • Kickstarter Focus: Distance

    Backed by industry leaders such as the co-creator of Gears of War, Cliff Bleszinski, and lead programmer of San Francisco Rush 2049, Aaron Hightower, Distance...

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    Sara Swanson
    by Sara Swanson
    Backed by industry leaders such as the co-creator of Gears of War, Cliff Bleszinski, and lead programmer of San Francisco Rush 2049, Aaron Hightower, Distance is a spiritual successor to indie racing game Nitronic Rush. Their intention is to take arcade racing to the next level, and instead of pursuing realism like the rest of...
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  • Street Fighting On The Streets with Street Fighter X Tekken

    In the wake of the recent Street Fighter X Tekken news, Capcom have given out some more facts about the game, which looks as though...

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    Martin Toney
    by Martin Toney
    In the wake of the recent Street Fighter X Tekken news, Capcom have given out some more facts about the game, which looks as though it may well be one of the best portable fighters about, never mind the best fighter on the Vita. Speaking about the game Capcom had this to say: The long...
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  • The Pros and Cons of the Nintendo Wii U Being Hacked

    It was only a matter of time before someone sat down with the Wii U for long enough to crack it open and open up...

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    Dave Walsh
    by Dave Walsh
    It was only a matter of time before someone sat down with the Wii U for long enough to crack it open and open up the floodgates. That is exactly what has happened as the WiiKey crew have announced that the WiiKey U is now a “reality.” This means different things to different people, as...
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  • 5 Things Next Gen Actually Needs

    After yesterday’s article, we can talk about things that the next generation consoles actually need. This is a list of console and company policies that...

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    Sara Swanson
    by Sara Swanson
    After yesterday’s article, we can talk about things that the next generation consoles actually need. This is a list of console and company policies that the big three developers ought to follow if they want to get this generation right and compete with their unexpected phone and tablet rivals. 5. Better Motion Control Support I...
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  • Moving the Kinect into Unknown Territory

    The Kinect has had a lackluster lifetime, with few developers using it as more than a gimmick to translate some dance moves or make their...

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    Sara Swanson
    by Sara Swanson
    The Kinect has had a lackluster lifetime, with few developers using it as more than a gimmick to translate some dance moves or make their arcade shooter slightly more interactive. It’s rare for the Kinect to have interesting functionality at all, with the few games that do use it focusing in on its microphone capabilities....
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  • The Pros and Cons of the DLC Trend in Gaming

    If there ever was a more vilified entity in gaming than the dreaded DLC (downloadable content), I’m not sure that I’ve ever seen it. It...

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    Dave Walsh
    by Dave Walsh
    If there ever was a more vilified entity in gaming than the dreaded DLC (downloadable content), I’m not sure that I’ve ever seen it. It affects gamers everywhere, fans of every genre, every console and every publisher. There is no fan favorite publisher out there who strays away from DLC because of how huge of...
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  • You Aren’t Crazy For Not Liking Every ‘Great’ Game

    With most things, there exists a sort of hive mind that helps decide trends and that is used to determine the quality of things. Quality...

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    Dave Walsh
    by Dave Walsh
    With most things, there exists a sort of hive mind that helps decide trends and that is used to determine the quality of things. Quality is of course a rather abstract concept and is purely objective to the individual, but with that being said and understood, there is always a consensus involved, which leads to...
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  • Video-Games: A Haven for sexism, or pseudo-digi-sexism

    In some ways, it’s crazy to think that women were given the right to vote in most parts of the Western world a mere 90...

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    Robert Zak
    by Robert Zak
    In some ways, it’s crazy to think that women were given the right to vote in most parts of the Western world a mere 90 or so years ago. The idea of people not being allowed to vote based on, well, just about anything is an almost laughable thought for most people of this generation....
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  • 5 Games That Redefined Their Genres

    A game doesn’t have to be first at something in order to succeed—it just has to take an old element and find a way to...

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    Sara Swanson
    by Sara Swanson
    A game doesn’t have to be first at something in order to succeed—it just has to take an old element and find a way to make it new and enjoyable. These five games did just that: they took everything good about their genre, added in their own unique ideas, and delivered a new archetype that...
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