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2.0KStefan’s Top Ten of 2014
2014 was a year of transition for the gaming industry. The new consoles all stumbled to gain their stride and there were...
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1.7KLucious’ Top Ten Games of 2014
Being the year after all the Gen 8 consoles hit store shelves and family living rooms around the globe, 2014 has (or...
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3.3KMatt Welsh’s Top 10 Games of 2014
This year has been one of transition. As is the case with most new console generations, it takes a year or so...
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2.7KNiko DelValle’s Top 10 Games of 2014
This has not been a great year to be a fan of AAA games. We've had launches plagued by bugginess, disappointments borne...
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3.5KKenneth Shepard’s Top 10 Games of 2014
Perhaps foolishly, I came into 2014 with a great deal of optimism. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were freshly out of...
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2.6KSpencer Campbell’s Top 10 Games of 2014
2014 was a strange year for video games. The first year of a new console release puts a lot of pressure on...
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2.3KEric Van Allen’s Top 10 Games of 2014
2014 was a crazy year for gaming. It was a year of change, in some ways. New titles forged forward to change...
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11.2KDavid Roberts’ Top 10 Games of 2014
2014 was… Well, it was a lot of things. It was a period of transition, both for video games as well as...
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3.2KGaming Trend’s Game of the Year Coverage Hub
As we bid farewell to 2014, it's time for Gaming Trend's Game of the Year coverage to begin. This year, many of...
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1.6KMetatheory Podcast Episode 11 – Sony hammers it home with the PlayStation Experience
Our boys, Eric Van Allen and Kenneth Shepard, returned from the PlayStation Experience with lots to talk about. It looks like Sony...
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2.9KHands-on with Halo 5: Guardians’ Multiplayer Beta
Halo 5: Guardians may be one of the most anticipated upcoming exclusives right now for Microsoft. The follow-up to Halo 4 and...
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703.1KThe light we found in the dark below- The Dark Below Review
Neither of us were exactly anticipating The Dark Below with excitement. It’s better to say we looked forward to it with curiosity....
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1.1KTGIF: Gaming Trend’s Weekend Lineup – Holiday Edition
Hanukkah is in full swing, and Christmas is just around the corner. It’s time for sharing joy and laughter with our loved...
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903.3KSwords to the Wind! Villainous Vikings, 2nd Edition
Victory Point Games has impressed me again. Following the release of Villainous Vikings in August, and the subsequent series of negative reviews...
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601.8KBuilding a better palace — Sultaniya Review
It seems like tile-laying games often have you building something. The gateway game Carcassonne has you building a city with castles, roads,...
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5.2KHands on with Roguelike Card Game Hand of Fate
Calling any kind of card/deck-management game a "roguelike" seems like a marketing move destined for parody. Yes, I know - there's a...
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855.1KShadowrun Dragonfall – Director’s Cut — a game made better by touch controls?
There’s something about touchscreen games that just doesn’t work well for me. Whether it’s my hands being in the way of the...
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1.3KTGIF: Gaming Trend’s Weekend Lineup
Car commercials like to call this month “December to Remember.” Well, I agree Mr. omnipresent car spokesperson. This is the December to...
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403.9KInsert Space Here — Lords of the Black Sun Review
When I first heard about this game, I immediately looked it up and read the words “4X Turn-Based Strategy Game set in...
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453.5KPotential does not equal quality — The Crew Review
The Crew has been an interesting case throughout the lifespan of its development. To begin with, everyone positioned it ads one of...
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10022.0KLet’s get (meta)physical — The Talos Principle Review
Never has a game made me question my own existence. Now, it wasn't anything so grandiose as me wondering if I'm even...
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2.4KTaking Battlefield Hardline’s new Hotwire mode for a ride
Electronic Arts debuted its new game mode Hotwire for the upcoming Battlefield Hardline, in demo form, at last weekend's Playstation Experience. A...
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3.1KThe Oculus Rift and Super Mario 64 reincarnate
I had only tried an Oculus Rift briefly, a couple of years ago, when it was still quite an early prototype and...
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902.9KTales from Deep Space is a charming platformer for any Fire owner
It’s a tale as old as time itself. You are a pilot, docking at a space station, dropping in for some fuel....
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2.7KA few rounds with Mortal Kombat X at PSX
At last weekend's Playstation Experience, I got the chance to play a few matches of a new installment in a classic franchise,...
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6.0KSony, It’s Time For a PlayStation All-Stars Sequel
Looking back at Sony during 2012 and looking at it now in 2014, it’s impossible to deny how holistically it has turned...
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9511.0KPhoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy – 3DS Review
I have a confession. This time last year, I reviewed Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies, the fifth installment in the...
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2.0KHands-on with a few waves of Dungeon Defenders 2 on PS4
Dungeon Defenders 2 was on showcase at Sony's Playstation Experience, and we got a chance to play through one of the game's...
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1.9KFirst impressions of Loadout’s console debut at PSX
Loadout, a third-person shooter with a quirky sense of humor and billions of customization options, has already made a splash on PC....
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3.1KHands-on with Chroma Squad, the Power Rangers sim-RPG
Some games have you save the world. Some have you rescue the princess, or journey to a foreign land. But how many...
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2.7KMonkeyin’ around with Jungle Rumble, a new rhythm-puzzler for Vita
Jungle Rumble, the new Vita title from Disco Pixel, is a fascinating hybrid of puzzle and rhythm, mixed with a perfect amount...
