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2.0KQuake Champions – debut gameplay trailer
In a short but sharp looking trailer, we get our first look at Quake Champions. Reminiscent of old-school Quake Arena or Quake 3,...
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1.6KOrigins 2016: Exploring Hero Realms with White Wizard Games
I remember getting an email from Rob Dougherty a little over three years ago about a new card game he was developing. I...
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1.4KOrigins 2016: The world of WarQuest
At one time if you thought of area control games, you probably thought of Risk. The game took many days with some jerk...
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1.5KOrigins 2016: Celebrating ten releases of Ascension
The Ascension deck building game has seen several boxed versions come out, each one coming out with a new twist to keep...
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1.3KOrigins 2016: Exploring Tau Ceti at Outer Limit Games
Several 4X games are set in space, like Twilight Imperium and Eclipse. For a new designer and publisher, creating a 4X game...
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1.1KOrigins 2016: Aliens and ghosts at Rather Dashing
You may not have heard much about Rather Dashing, but they are a company to creating games for the entire family. They...
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1.2KOrigins 2016: Crazy driving at Portal Games
When Mario Kart Double Dash was released, it was praised for the ability to have two people riding the same kart. While one...
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1.2KOrigins 2016: For the Hordes (and Warmachine) at Privateer Press
While Games Workshop is well known for their miniatures games, Privateer Press is giving them a run for their money. At GenCon Privateer...
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1.3KOrigins 2016: Pirates, space battles, and building your village at Stronghold Games
If you’ve ever stopped at the Stronghold Games booth, you can’t miss the boisterous voice of Stephen Buonocore. While he has a...
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1.6KOrigins 2016: Busting dungeons at Mayday Games
Mayday Games had humble beginnings. One of the first products they made were card sleeves around the release of Dominion. Their first game...
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1.4KOrigins 2016: Pushing the cubes of Imhotep
One of the hot games of this year has been Imhotep, which was nominated for the Spiel des Jahres. I had heard that...
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1.4KOrigins 2016: The Don, Marty McFly, and adventurers meet at IDW
IDW Games came out of nowhere with a little hit called Machi Koro. Since then they have released several games with a...
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1.5KOrigins 2016: New Tokyo, cat sushi, candy peddlers, and cube farms at Iello
Iello had a huge hit five years ago with King of Tokyo. Whoever thought that a Yahtzee-style dice-rolling game could be so much...
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1.2KOrigins 2016: Star Trek, blimps and cats invade Fireside Games
Fireside Games started small with Castle Panic, a cooperative game with a medieval theme. Now the Panic series has had several spin-offs from...
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1.4KOrigins 2016: The Game of Energy with Nathan A. Wright
Creating a new game without the help of a publisher, but Kickstarter has been a way to help those with the dream...
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1.4KOrigins 2016: Shenanigans and exploration with HABA USA
As my son grows older, I look for ways to introduce games to him. HABA USA has had a wide range of...
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4.4KAscent and Survival: A chat with the developers of Suda51’s Let It Die
During this year’s E3, I was lucky enough to get some face time with the lead creators behind the next upcoming title...
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2.4KOut of death comes new life: Drop Zone revitalizes the RTS
Piloting mechanized rigs to fight against hordes of bug-like aliens is nothing new in the realm of real-time strategy, but combine the...
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1.5KOrigins 2016: Tak-ing with Cheapass Games
If you have been following Cheapass Games, then you know that they had a hugely successful Kickstarter for their game Tak. I...
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1.5KOrigins 2016: Looking at the “Or Not” of the Cool Mini or Not line
If you follow games, then you know that Cool Mini Or Not has some great games with some incredible plastic figures. However,...
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1.3KOrigins 2016: Take up your Battlestations with Jeff Siadek
Battlestations is one of those games that I’ve been intrigued about but have never been able to actually play. However, designer Jeff...
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1.7KOrigins 2016: Conan, Greek gods, and dungeons at Ares Games
Ares Games is the company behind the Sails of Glory and Wings of Glory games. However, their line has expanded significantly from...
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1.3KOrigins 2016: Meeting the upcoming Titans from Calliope
When Calliope did their Kickstarter for their Titan series, I was impressed with the pedigree behind the designers they had available. However, they didn’t...
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4.6KOnce more, for the Emperor: Impressions of Dawn of War 3’s take on Warhammer 40k
It’s been twelve years since the first Dawn of War rampaged onto PC, bringing the Warhammer 40k tabletop fantasy game to life in...
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2.0KA peek into the world of Oculus: E3 preview
It’s your first ever E3. There are a ton of great games and experiences that you can’t wait to get your hands...
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2.3KMonster among men: A preview of the chilling Vampyr
You need to feed. That’s how the demo of Vampyr started, in our time at E3. Then again, that might be a...
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2.4KDesert sport odyssey: Hands-on with Supergiant Games’ Pyre
The last thing I would have expected from Supergiant Games was an action-sports game. Makers of Bastion and Transistor, their new title...
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2.5KBeautiful Brutality: Absolver preview
I love martial arts. I love movies about martial arts. I love the philosophy behind martial arts. And as a gamer, I...
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3.6KDeus Ex: Mankind Divided Breach preview
The Deus Ex series is best-known for its single-player campaign, which stars everyone’s favorite moody cyborg, Adam Jensen. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided...
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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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4.4KGaming Trend’s Best in Show Awards – E3 2016
The sun has risen and set on the show in Los Angeles, and while we gradually roll out our coverage and recuperate...
