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703.0KThey See Me Rollin — Nations: The Dice Game
The great thing about the current (golden?) era in boardgames is there is something for almost every situation, timeframe, preference and mood....
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753.3K“Second Offense” – The Escapists Review (PS4)
Editor’s Note: We already reviewed this game, so the review below may seem familiar. If you’re looking for what’s different on the...
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3.1KWargaming is Bringing World of Tanks to Xbox One in Style
World of Tanks is a free-to-play powerhouse on the Xbox 360. Since it launched in February 2014, Wargaming has had over four...
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805.3KA mobile platformer done right on PC – Badland Review
I first saw Badland on a demo iPad at an Apple store in the mall. I hadn’t decided whether the iPad was...
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2.8KHalt And Catch Fire – S2 | E1 “SETI”
The Season One theme of Halt And Catch Fire comes in the form of a question: What separates man from machine? The...
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753.9KZen Pinball 2 – Portal: Now you’re thinking with pinballs
When I saw the first trailer for Portal, my mind broke. I couldn’t comprehend anything that was happening in the video, I...
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804.4KCaught in the middle of the squabbles of cultists and creatures – Cthulhu Wars Review
Cthulhu Wars is a game designed by Sandy Petersen through his company Petersen Games. Before I say anything about this game, I...
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9510.4KSomething ends, something begins — The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt review
The finale of the Witcher trilogy has come and gone. The culmination of years of novels and games, weaving character and plot...
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753.7KIt may sneak up on you – Etrian Mystery Dungeon review
I'm going to be brutally honest, I thought this game was absolute garbage when I first picked it up. The graphics looked...
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1.4KGaming Trend Podcast: The state of things at Sony
After some audio problems led to the trashing of our original show for this week, Kenneth and Ron got together for a...
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754.5KBloody Good – The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III review
It’s been a long time since I’ve really enjoyed an ARPG. The loot grind lost its appeal after many long nights of...
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2.9KWorld of Warships Beta key giveaway!
The team at Wargaming are running a Military Appreciation giveaway for their upcoming F2P action/strategy game, World of Warships. We've teamed up...
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3.0KThe worst kind of DLC — Nintendo’s continued mishandling of amiibos
I remember when I was on the outside looking in on the whole amiibo craze. It was insane, right? Lines around the...
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804.6KThe final round for a classic fighter — Ultra Street Fighter IV for PS4 review
There’s a sweet science to competitive fighting games. Not unlike real-life boxing, there’s a lot of careful thought and tactics underneath the...
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753.3KMighty morphin’ management rangers — Chroma Squad review
Chroma Squad evokes a lot of the same responses that many children of the 90s have to Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. The...
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703.1KPlatforming is alive — Schrödinger’s Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark review
If you put a modern platformer in a box, and you couldn’t see the mechanics and gameplay of that platformer, would the...
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804.6KA week in her service- Destiny: House of Wolves Review
This past Tuesday the much anticipated second expansion to Activision’s Destiny finally launched, bringing with it a large assortment of additions and...
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908.9KInk-redible — Splatoon review
Nintendo has never really been known for their online efforts. Usually associated with family-friendly offline affairs, Nintendo has always seemed to be...
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1.9KWe’re not waiting for the end of the year – here are Gaming Trend’s Games of the Quarter picks
Not content to wait until the end of the year, we decided to make a list of our favorite games as of...
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2.0KWin a Closed Beta key for Dirty Bomb from Gaming Trend!
The folks at Splash Damage know how to make an awesome multiplayer game. The Wolfenstein series, Batman: Arkham Origins, Enemy Territory: Quake...
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955.3KFilmed 100% in IMAX — Imperial Assault
Leading up to the release of Imperial Assault during GenCon 2014, many throughout the boardgame world had for a while been openly...
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903.5KOne Man’s Espionage Agent Is Another’s Freedom Fighter — Specter Ops Review
Specter Ops: Shadow of Babel is a hidden movement game for 2-5 players. It was designed by Emerson Matsuuchi, as the first...
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1.5KGaming Trend Podcast: Witcher worship service
If you hadn’t heard much about The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt yet, the panel of this week’s GT Reboot Podcast will be...
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2.2KAgeism towards World of Warcraft is detracting from the real issues
During an Activision-Blizzard investor call, we learned that subscription numbers for World of Warcraft have dropped significantly from the peak numbers we...
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1.7KThe International 2015 — a newcomer’s primer on Dota 2’s premier event
E-sports has grown exponentially over the past few years. It used to be a small phenomenon, and then one only contained in...
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3.5KAuriga expanded — Endless Legend: Guardians impressions
Endless Legend was a sleeper hit for fans of 4x strategy in 2014. From the devs of Endless Space, Legend was a...
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805.1KPuzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition Review
I don’t play a lot of what might be categorized as casual games. I found Candy Crush to be fairly pay-to-win, so...
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753.8KMadness in Grayscale — Castles of Mad King Ludwig Review
Castles in contemporary culture are almost invariably associated with a certain skew towards the less than sane. They occupy a strange corner...
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1.3KInterview: Rebuilding a Kickstarter for Dimension Drive
Last week, we saw the darker side of Kickstarter campaigns, as a fraudulent backer gave €7000 to Dimension Drive's Kickstarter during its...
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2.9KLife is Strange “Chaos Theory” impressions
Note: This impressions piece will contain spoilers for all three episodes released so far. If you haven’t played them yet, I highly...
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2.8KSnapshot — The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
We've been playing just a bit of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (where a bit equals dozens of hours), and been absolutely...
