The best Sonic games portray the iconic blue hedgehog in all his sound barrier-breaking brilliance. They’re fast, furious, challenging puzzle platformers that capture the nostalgia of yore no matter which era they’ve crossed the finish line in. The titular star was once a veteran of the Console Wars throughout the …
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Difficulty in games has been a swinging pendulum. Back in the earliest days of gaming there was next to no hand-holding, tutorials were completely unheard of, and even toggleable difficulty settings were extremely rare. Miss an item in level one that you need to progress in level eight? Whoops, sorry, …
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Emotions! Where do they come from? Faces apparently. At least according to David Cage. Indeed, until computers can render each boil, blackhead, and nose hair, France’s premiere director of games with questionable endings will never be satisfied with the emotional reach of technology. Come! Let us learn how to feel …
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Nintendo has had decades of profitability, and does a great job of pleasing its core fanbase. The company sticks to what it’s best at and innovates in that space, earning a reputation for being both an inventive risktaker and fiscally conservative. After all that success, Nintendo is ready to venture …
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A version of this article was originally published in October 2013. Tainted love Ain’t love grand? Actually, in the cases of these twisted tales of woo… HELL NO. Not every romance in games enjoys the breezy affection of Nathan Drake and Elena Fisher. Sadly, if you’re a virtual hero looking …
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Wii Fit U has a 31 day free trial going on right now. Sounded good to me. The problem with working for a video game website is that you spend most of your day sitting down writing about games and then most of the evening playing the games you’ll be …
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Last week I came across this editorial about GTA 5. About halfway through, the author, Tom Bissell, made a point that sent me reeling: “I review books too…No reader has ever told me he hopes I get cancer in response to a negative book review, which I’ve had happen with …
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In case you missed it yesterday, Nintendo released its April-June quarterly results, and the news was a mix of good and bad for the company. The worst bit was that the Wii U sold an impressively low 160,000 units globally (opens in new tab). To give some context on how …
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UPDATE: Nintendo has shot down hacking theories in a response to GamesIndustry International. “It has come to our attention that some people were able to access a mock up menu on Miiverse following the launch of Wii U in the US,” Nintendo said. “Please note that this was only a …
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Jenova Chen, founder of thatgamecompany, is celebrating a new beginning today with news that the developer has acquired $5.5 million in funding to help it become a full-service independent studio. “Today I am pleased to announce thatgamecompany has raised funding to develop and release our games independently,” wrote Chen on …
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