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Staff Favorites 2011: Steve's picks

By Steve Watts, Jan 12, 2012 2:00pm PST

The Shacknews staff takes a moment to recognize some of the team's favorite titles that didn't quite crack our overall 'Best of 2011' awards. Next up is staff writer Steve Watts with his picks.

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"Dead Space franchise is incredible. For me it surpassed Resident Evil as my favorite game of ..."

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Staff Favorites 2011: Alice's picks

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 12, 2012 1:00pm PST

The Shacknews staff takes a moment to recognize some of the team's favorite titles that didn't quite crack our overall 'Best of 2011' awards. Next up is staff writer Alice O'Connor with her favourites.

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"Maybe you're confused about how chatty works here, Alice. :P We all still love you and ..."

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Staff Favorites 2011: Ozzie's picks

By Ozzie Mejia, Jan 11, 2012 2:00pm PST

The Shacknews staff takes a moment to recognize some of the team's favorite titles that didn't quite crack our overall 'Best of 2011' awards. Next up is staff writer Ozzie Mejia with his picks.

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"Rock of Ages is pretty cool, but I wish it were more Spectraball-esque."

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Staff Favorites 2011: Jeff's picks

By Jeff Mattas, Jan 11, 2012 1:00pm PST

The Shacknews staff takes a moment to recognize some of the team's favorite titles that didn't quite crack our overall 'Best of 2011' awards. Next up is staff writer Jeff Mattas and his favorites.

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"I'm really liking it, but I'm pissed that the checkpoints are too far apart. Replaying sections ..."

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Staff Favorites 2011: Andrew's picks

By Andrew Yoon, Jan 10, 2012 3:00pm PST

The Shacknews staff takes a moment to recognize some of the team's favorite titles that didn't quite crack our overall 'Best of 2011' awards. Next up is east coast editor Andrew Yoon with his favorites.

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"Except that Dead Space ripped it off of Resident Evil, who ripped it of from The Thing, ..."

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Staff Favorites 2011: Xav's picks

By Shack Staff, Jan 09, 2012 2:00pm PST

The Shacknews staff takes a moment to recognize some of the team's favorite titles that didn't quite crack our overall 'Best of 2011' awards. First up is senior editor Xav de Matos with his favorites.

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"I just can't believe that dark souls wasn't on the overall list, seriously gotta question you ..."

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Trine 2 review

By Ozzie Mejia, Dec 19, 2011 12:30pm PST

Indie developer Frozenbyte has crafted one of the most beautiful 2D games I have ever seen. Physics-based puzzles hasn’t looked this good in a long time.

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"I've read that Trine 2 in NVIDIA 3D Vision is a top of the line 3D experience and that the game ..."

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Assassin's Creed Revelations review

By Xav de Matos, Nov 22, 2011 1:00pm PST

We've ventured off to Constantinople in search of the mysteries of Altair as Ezio Auditore da Firenze in Assassin's Creed Revelations, the latest game in the series from Ubisoft.

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"In my entire game I was only forced to do it twice. The first time you HAVE to do it, and once ..."

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SSX dev diary goes behind the music

By Xav de Matos, Nov 21, 2011 7:45pm PST

SSX music producer Freddy Ouano discusses how the upcoming title will remix music on the fly, based on player actions.

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"I get it. Somebody over at Kotaku (with zero knowledge or any technical know-how... which is ..."

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Skyrim Stories: 'The Great Mammoth Rebellion'

By Steve Watts, Nov 21, 2011 1:00pm PST

Skyrim Stories returns with a new tale, featuring the rise and revolt of Tamriel's mammoth population.

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"Thats a great story. I had the mammoths help me with a dragon the other day. It was fun. "

- Danman060903 see all 10 comments

Modern Warfare 3 video review

By Shack Staff, Nov 18, 2011 3:15pm PST

You may have seen our written review of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, but here's our final word on the title in easily consumable video form.

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"I liked it. As badcaps said, cut the trailer content at the beginning and start right away with ..."

- code-e255 see all 8 comments

Shacknews remembers the GameCube

By Shack Staff, Nov 18, 2011 12:30pm PST

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the GameCube. To celebrate, the Shacknews team decided to take a look back at our favorite GameCube moments... and there are plenty to choose from.

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"As long as there is Smash Bros to play I will have a Gamecube. Playing Smash with anything ..."

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Modding The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

By Xav de Matos, Nov 17, 2011 4:30pm PST

There are already a plethora of mods available for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, we give you a rundown of some of our favorites.

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"I just left it all at default and it looks immense. Most are on by default, I think only ..."

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Skyrim Stories: 'Toying with Frost Trolls'

By Xav de Matos, Nov 17, 2011 3:00pm PST

In a new edition of our ongoing feature "Skyrim Stories," Xav's hero Dekkard finds a way to trick a Frost Troll, but gets too cocky.

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"Lydia had an ice shard sticking out of her face for a while last night. Every time I looked at ..."

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Shacknews remembers the original Xbox

By Shack Staff, Nov 15, 2011 12:45pm PST

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the original Xbox. While team Microsoft celebrates by giving you discounts on Black Eyed Peas music videos, the Shacknews team decided to take a look back at our favorite Xbox moments.

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"hmmm...was just checking out XBMC's website. I'd heard of this but never really looked into it, ..."

- focusdaily see all 42 comments