Previews
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2.2KBunny hop: Hands-on with Strafe’s roguish take on old-school Quake
My demo for STRAFE took place in a sun-beaten parking lot on day three of E3 (well, show floor day three, anyways)....
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4.4KWhen the food fights back: Attack on Titan preview
In an alternate history and on an alternate earth, as mankind was entering the fledgling years of its industrial revolution, giant creatures...
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8.1KI got drunk and stole a boat in Rare’s Sea of Thieves – preview
Sea of Thieves fulfills a fantasy I’ve had for a long time. As a pirate, Sea of Thieves gives the player the...
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2.6KThe Batman we may want, but not the Telltale game we deserve: Telltale’s Batman Preview
For years now, Telltale Games have been adapting numerous and beloved stories into playable narratives that fans and newcomers can enjoy. In...
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Bringing a gun to a spaceship fight: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare preview
There are two ways I’ve come to look at Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. One is just as a first person shooter...
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3.4KTaking crazy pills: We Happy Few preview
“Happy people have no history.” – Leo Tolstoy This chilling quote opens the We Happy Few demo and immediately sets the tone...
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2.6KStealth assasinations at their most beautiful: Aragami preview
Aragami is a stealth action game that takes inspiration from other titles like Mark of the Ninja and Tenchu. What separates it...
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3.5KCan’t read my Gwent face: Hands-on with Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
Gwent is bigger than it has any reason to be. It was that way in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, where a...
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3.7KThe platforming revival you’ve been waiting for: Yooka-Laylee preview
Since 2000, I’ve been anxiously awaiting another Banjo-Kazooie platformer. As a series that helped define my early gaming years, Rare’s pair of...
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2.2KCarving a new path: Hands-on impressions with Agents of Mayhem
Throughout their recent creations, Volition has maintained a strict through line with their world, their love for the color purple, and most...
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3.5KInto the wild: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild preview
Most Zelda games open with a colorful burst of exposition and character. A humble beginning, an unexpected hero, and a gaudy green...
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2.1KTelltale’s Batman doesn’t seem to address criticism surrounding the studio
Seeing the first thirty minutes of Telltale's upcoming Batman series is strange when you've played nearly everything the studio has put out...
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2.7KGod of War gives Kratos a second chance at sympathy
What excites me most about the what we've seen of Sony Santa Monica's new, Norse mythology-based God of War is that it...
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1.7KWatch Dogs 2 preview
Hacking is a dangerous business. I recently learned this firsthand during my time with Watch Dogs 2, when I murdered an innocent...
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2.9KTeam-based precision in an exciting open world: Ghost Recon Wildlands preview
Ghost Recon: Wildlands feels like a liberating evolution of the Tom Clancy series’ mission-based structure. It retains familiar themes of the series...
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3.1KCharacter creation is king – Skylanders: Imaginators preview
The original creators of the Toys-to-life genre, Toys for Bob, are back in the saddle for the newest iteration of the Skylanders...
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6.7KHail to the ruling class – XCOM 2 Alien Hunters DLC hands-on
The last expansion for XCOM 2 was a solid upgrade to the seriousness of the base game, adding a lot of cosmetic...
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2.1KSave the robots: Hands-on impressions of Shiny
With violence being prevalent throughout so many art forms today, developer Garage227 wants to do its best to counteract that with their...
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2.4KDarkness brings promise: Hands-on impressions of Perception
“Something unique” is the main idea that drove ex-Irrational developer Bill Gardner when he began to flesh out Perception. Gardner is a...
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Tabletop Strategy Meets the Power of the PC in Labyrinth
Free Range Games seeks to bring the tactical elements of deck building, hand management, and combat strategy to the video game world...
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2.1KStar Fox Zero: Take to the skies with our video preview
Dogfights. Space battles. Helpless toads. Star Fox Zero is shaping up to recapture some of the series best elements. While the game...
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10.6KGuns, fists and Thralls — hands-on with Battleborn’s Incursion game mode
One of the most common things I’ve heard about Battleborn since its announcement was that it was a “first-person MOBA.” Gearbox Software,...
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2.8KBringing isometric platformers back – Lumo preview
Gareth Noyce has been making big budget games in the UK for over a decade, and has a reputation with gamers as...
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2.3KQuantum Breakthrough? Hands-on with Remedy’s Quantum Break
At a recent event in San Francisco, I went hands-on with Remedy's upcoming time-bending shooter/puzzler, Quantum Break. After a three year wait...
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1.9KA triptych of target termination — hands-on with Hitman’s Beta on PC
This past weekend we finally got our hands on the near-final beta test of Hitman -- the reboot of the franchise from...
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A triptych of target termination — hands-on with Hitman’s Beta on PC
This past weekend we finally got our hands on the near-final beta test of Hitman -- the reboot of the franchise from...
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2.4KBlack Desert Online: A hands-on report from the beta
Black Desert Online has burst onto the sandbox MMO scene recently, turning a lot of heads with its downloadable - and very...
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1.7KFly like a bus — Omnibus preview
Heroes come in many shapes and forms. Some in capes, some in tights, some even in a squirrel outfit. Omnibus doesn’t need...
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1.7KThe power of the people — Okhlos preview
The power of the people is vital in democracy, that the population must be able to determine their own future and course....
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2.5KRocketbirds 2: Evolution preview
If you know me, then you know I’m a huge fan of over-the-top games that embrace a certain spirit of levity. So...
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2.1KWalking a different path with Stories: The Path of Destinies
Here’s an honest confession: I try to avoid making appointments for the same game two shows in a row. It becomes a...
