Previews
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11.3KMain status — Battleborn preview
While much of Gearbox’s marketing of Battleborn has gone into showcasing the shooter's expansive roster of distinct playable characters, in the several...
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3.2K“Never tell me the odds” — hands-on with the Star Wars Battlefront beta
Defeat was imminent. Despite my team’s best efforts, Imperial troops had continued to push forward. The snowy battlefields of Hoth had been...
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Hands-on with WWE 2K16’s MyCareer mode
WWE 2K15 had a lot of issues. The game did not die based on one failure, but a host of failures coming...
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2.1KGolden age of rock: Guitar Hero Live preview
This past week I was invited to go and play FreeStyle Games’ new installment of the Guitar Hero franchise. The studio behind...
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5.2KThe Fast and the Furry-ous: Taking a ride with Skylanders Superchargers
It’s been four years since Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure shook up the industry with it’s trailblazing toy-based gameplay, enticing a new generation of...
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4.5KPresentation and nostalgia rule in WWE 2K16 — WWE 2K16 preview
The aura of being in the shoes of a Superstar is something many WWE fans dream of throughout their many hours of...
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2.4KKing’s Quest champions the triumphant return of adventure gaming
There are times in your life when you start a project and in your heart of hearts you know what you are...
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2.7KMy axe is bigger than yours – an early look at Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide
In the midst of towering booths, colorful lighting and thunderous sounds, you can often find smaller, niche game makers scurrying about the...
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3.7KSword Coast Legends makes being a DM simple and fun
At E3 you take a lot of appointments. In fact, across three days we ended up taking nearly 70 of them between...
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3.2KJurassic Ark — Hands-on with Ark: Survival Evolved
Games with dinosaurs can often be a difficult thing to develop. With some dinosaurs that tower over a human player, finding game...
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2.5KThe force is strong with this one — Hands-on with Disney Infinity 3.0
The excitement of the Disney Infinity series has always come from partnering up some of the most iconic characters to ever grace...
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2.2KHoth revisited — How Star Wars: Battlefront is nailing galactic warfare
Hoth is to Star Wars: Battlefront as Omaha Beach once was to World War 2 shooters. It is the signature battle, known...
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2.7KBeauty and combat shine in Miyazaki’s latest adventure — Dark Souls III preview
The Dark Souls series has long been a wonder of confusion for people who dislike it, and a trophy of glory for...
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2.0KA little bit basic — Ratchet & Clank preview
When I played Insomniac’s reimagining/remake/whatever you’d like to call it of the original Ratchet & Clank, I couldn’t help but be taken...
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Draft Challenge and gameplay additions shaping up well — Madden NFL 16 preview
When it comes to tweaking the Madden series on a yearly basis, fans are always interested to see if EA Tiburon is...
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2.6KMore than meets the eye — Transformers: Devastation hands-on preview
When it comes to Transformers games, the quality tends to be mostly hit or miss. There have been some high points in...
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3.4KNo room for compromises — Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
In a time where games often fail to strike a balance between being cinematic and maintaining player agency, Naughty Dog showed me...
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3.3KWoman vs. machine — Horizon Zero Dawn
What I saw of Horizon Zero Dawn at E3 this year made me feel a sense of desperation that the grittiest of...
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2.1KNo pulling punches — The sweet science behind Street Fighter V’s new modes and characters
The big daddy of fighting games is back, and for the first time in almost a decade, we’re getting a completely new...
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1.8KSlowly but surely — NBA Live 16 preview
NBA Live has been a series struggling to find an identity since its resurrection a few years back. The past two iterations...
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1.7KTools of the trade — how Rock Band 4 expands the genre without forcing change
The key to Rock Band 4’s brilliance is the way it builds up, rather than changes. Many rhythm games attempt to change...
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2.3KA skate down memory lane — Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 preview
From the first moment I laid eyes on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5, I could tell that this game is meant as...
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4.3KTaken for a ride – Destiny: The Taken King preview
It wasn't long after setting foot on the dark, dreary moon of Phobos that I began to feel that something wasn’t right....
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2.2KPlatforming with ease and complexity — Mighty No. 9
Mighty No. 9 is one of the original Kickstarter darlings, and it looks like we’re finally going to be able to get...
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2.9KA sword fighting ballet — For Honor hands-on impressions
Ubisoft’s For Honor debuted this week and was easily one of the biggest surprise announcements to come out of E3. As a...
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2.2KThe mystery begins to reveal itself — The Division hands-on impressions
There have been multiple things revealed during E3 2015, but one of the most overlooked is the actual release date for The...
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6.0KCo-op across worlds — hands-on impressions of Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition
Divinity: Original Sin was a smash hit on PC, coming in the summer gaming drought to revitalize CRPG players with a breath...
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2.4KTom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands E3 impressions
It was Ubisoft’s big surprise for their Press Conference, and it is easily one of the bigger surprises of E3. I’m, of...
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5.5KPlaying soccer in a car has never been this fun — Rocket League Hands-On Impressions
Currently, one of the hottest trends in video games is the growth of multiplayer. Within the past three years, we have seen...
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3.0KDeus Ex: Mankind Divided evolves on its predecessor in every way
The year is 2029, just two years after the events of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The world has changed. At the end...
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1.9KConsole conquest — Hands-on with Armello
When it comes to certain genres, some games just don’t play well using a controller. Chief among them are strategy games and...
