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Halo 5: Guardians' new Warzone mode is bigger, slower, and smarter

By Steve Watts, Jun 16, 2015 6:00am PDT

Halo 5: Guardians introduces a new Warzone multiplayer type, with bigger maps, more players, and tactical diversity unseen in other Halo modes.

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Skylanders: Superchargers finds novelty in old tropes

By Steve Watts, Jun 03, 2015 5:00am PDT

Skylanders: Superchargers takes one of the oldest mechanics in video games--vehicle segments--and infuses it with its own brand of inventive toy-based twists.

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Guitar Hero Live Hands-On Impressions: Kicking Off a New Tour

By Steven Wong, Apr 14, 2015 1:30pm PDT

Guitar Hero Live was announced this morning at the Best Buy Theater in New York City. We get our hands on the new guitar and show off our skills in front of a virtual live audience. Is the game enough to intense enough to induce stage fright? Check out our impressions to fin...

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"This looks awful! I thought it was going to be dynamic real time crowds not video clips. This is ..."

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StarCraft 2 Legacy of the Void Closed Beta Impressions: Archon Mode

By Steven Wong, Apr 13, 2015 1:00pm PDT

One of the biggest features coming to StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void is the cooperative Archon mode, where two players take control of the same base. The mode is accessible in the closed beta, and we try our hand at cooperating. If only we weren't our own worst enemies. Che...

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"Think you have Seige in the 1st sentence of the 5th paragraph. "

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Rainbow Six: Siege Closed Alpha Impressions: What Hostage?

By Steven Wong, Apr 10, 2015 1:30pm PDT

The Rainbow Six: Siege closed alpha event features one map where two teams face-off against each other over a hostage. Teamwork and skill are paramount, which pretty much means we're screwed, whether attacking or defending. Check out or impressions, or the hostage gets it.

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"Oh, Global Operations had a great VIP mode where the VIP was an AI NPC and both sides fought ..."

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Ronin Impressions: Strike Decisively

By Steven Wong, Apr 01, 2015 1:30pm PDT

We go hands-on with an early demo of Ronin, a turn-based action platformer where you play as a ninja assassin sent to kill five heads of an evil corporation. You have to use the shadows to your advantage, and make every move count, because it only takes one bullet to kill yo...

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"Looks pretty cool! Reminds me a lot of Gunpoint but obviously some different mechanics."

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Evolve DLC Impressions: A Rock Monster and a Hard Place

By Steven Wong, Mar 30, 2015 9:30am PDT

Evolve unleashes four new hunters and the Behemoth monster onto the planet Shear. We go hands-on with each to how long the new team lasts against a rock monster.

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Not a Hero Impressions: Shoot First, and Keep Shooting

By Steven Wong, Mar 26, 2015 11:30am PDT

In Not a Hero, BunnyLord wants to be elected mayor, so you help wage a murderous war on crime in an effort to win over public approval. There's nothing the public likes more than shooting crime in the face. How much bloodshed should a mayoral race include? Check out our impr...

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Titan Souls Hands-on Impressions: Soul Crushing

By Steven Wong, Mar 20, 2015 10:00am PDT

Titan Souls, an upcoming indie developed 8-bit rero action game, pits players against a series of powerful titans. Armed only with a bow, a single magic arrow, and the strength of will, you must find a way to defeat these giant creatures. Our impressions and unsuccess story ...

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"Its like I said before, all these "spring sales" should be freebies. No way am I laying down ..."

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Adr1ft Impressions: Just Breathe

By Steven Wong, Mar 12, 2015 12:00pm PDT

Adr1ft drops you out in space amid a destroyed space station, with no sense of who you are or what happened. It's up to you to survive, repair the station's critical systems, and find your way back to Earth. How is the game, where every breath could be your last, lookin...

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"This sounds really really cool. I'm looking forward to checking it out."

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Payday 2 Crimewave Edition Impressions: Let's Be Bad Guys

By Steven Wong, Mar 12, 2015 11:00am PDT

We jump into the year of heists with Payday 2 Crimewave Edition, which gives Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players a chance to pull off high-paying robberies with all the content available to PC players. Our plan might be simple, and more than a little messy, but at least it ge...

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Sid Meier's Starships Preview: Journeying to the Stars

By Steven Wong, Feb 24, 2015 5:00am PST

We go hands-on with Sid Meier's Starships to see if we have what it takes to build an unstoppable armada and conquer the galaxy... through reason and diplomacy, of course. Our most powerful battleships are named Reason and Diplomacy.

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Evolve Early Access PC Impressions: We're all Monsters

By Steven Wong, Jan 12, 2015 1:00pm PST

Evolve puts our hunter/hunted skills to the test once again with an all-new Early Access demo. The demo features new moves, new modes, and more personality to man-eating monsters. Our impressions. 

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"I wish you were more nimble like the invisible in The Hidden. It's really fun to fuck with ..."

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Adrift Preview: Shooting for the Moon

By Steve Watts, Dec 05, 2014 7:02pm PST

A hands-on demo of Adrift just ahead of tonight's trailer debut at The Game Awards showed impressive ambition, even as the studio remained tight-lipped on plot and gameplay details. Our preview.

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Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions preview: Retro still evolving

By Bryan Dawson, Sep 17, 2014 10:00am PDT

This isn't your old man's Geometry Wars. Dimensions offers a whole new take on a beloved shooter.

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"Still fucks me off that Geometry Wars 2 never came to PC. I had a fucking blast playing that on ..."

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