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Halo 4 campaign hands-on preview: That old, familiar feeling

Microsoft guided us through an early mission in Master Chief's new war, but this Halo 4 preview felt a whole lot like Chief's old war.
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Jet Set Radio HD review: Anything less than the best is a felony, and JSR is the best

Jet Set Radio HD is not one of the best retro releases of 2012, but one of the best period. Strap on skates, grab a can, and hit the city.
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Darksiders II review

In building a bigger world for Darksiders II, Vigil forgot to make a better story.
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New Super Mario Bros. 2 review

New Super Mario Bros. 2 is craft made gaming, but it lacks the artisan's touch.
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NBA 2K13 hands-on preview puts the focus on fundamentals

The NBA 2K series has dominated the video game basketball field for years, but Visual Concepts continues to refine with base improvements.
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Little Big Planet hits 7 million user-made levels

5 years after its promising debut at GDC, Little Big Planet has received its 7 millionth user-made level.
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E3 2012: The problem with Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's unrelenting spectacle spells trouble for a series that's lost sight of what made it special in the first place.
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E3 2012: The Amazing Spider-man looks good, but how well it plays is still a mystery

Beenox and Activision's The Amazing Spider-man shows off Peter Parker's good side at E3, but there are still to many questions about its missions and feel to give it an early thumbs up.
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E3 2012: Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation leads Sony’s anemic PlayStation Vita line up

Sony's PlayStation Vita was largely absent from the company's E3 2012 presentation, but Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation was a diamond in the handheld rough.
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Metal Gear celebrates 25th anniversary with 31 million sold

Solid Snake enjoys strong sales 25-years after his birth as the series prepares for a 2012 reinvention.
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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn rolls out in beta this February

The Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn beta will begin in February as Square-Enix embarks on a four phase testing process to try and avoid a similarly catastrophic launch as when the original MMO was released in 2010.
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A look at what lies ahead for Final Fantasy

Chatting with two of Final Fantasy's key creatives about the future of the series.
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Square-Enix explains why Final Fantasy games cost so much on iOS

Most iPhone games cost just 99-cents, but if you want to play one of the illustrious Square-Enix's games, you'll have to shell out more than that. The developers of Final Fantasy Dimensions explain why their RPGs cost what they do.
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Finally! Square-Enix brings back ‘Final Fantasy Tactics’… but as a social game

It's been six long years since Square-Enix released Final Fantasy Tactics A2 for Nintendo DS, and it's finally bringing the series back... as a Mobage-made social game.
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Need For Speed: Most Wanted U review

Rather than let some other studio do the dirty work of porting its racing game to Nintendo Wii U, Criterion Games made Need For Speed: Most Wanted U itself. The game is still the excellent follow up to Burnout Paradise it was on other consoles, but the additions to the Wii U feel less like bonuses and more like missed opportunities.
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Soul Sacrifice review

Keiji Inafune is down in the dumps since leaving Capcom if Soul Sacrifice, his oppressive and often moving RPG for PS Vita, is anything to go by. This debut game from Inafune's new studio Comcept looks like Monster Hunter but plays like something else entirely.
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Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D review

Nintendo's ridiculous insistence on tacking motion controls on every Nintendo Wii game hobbled Donkey Kong Country Returns. Can the Nintendo 3DS save a broken game? Monster Games' remake of the original loses none of the good and fixes every problem with the original release.
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Grid 2 review

Like every other big console racing game released in 2010's, Grid 2 is glossy and indistinct. Beneath the hood hides a thoughtful attempt to make a racing game that's as simple as an arcade racer, but demanding as a sim.
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Dragon’s Crown review

George Kamitani and his studio Vanillaware deliver their crowning achievement in the modern arcade brawler, Dragon's Crown. Ambrosial fighting, sumptuous art, and an expertly structured adventure combine for one of 2013's best games.
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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons review

Starbreeze, the developer of grim shooters like The Darkness, reinvents itself in Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, a surprising and beautiful game about loss, family, and fellowship. First time director Josef Fares finds revelation in gaming's simplest components: sight and touch.
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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified review

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified's prolonged development culminates in a game that is sadly less than it could have been. What at first seems like a period spin on Mass Effect is brought low by bad writing and miserable artificial intelligence.
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 review

Konami strips the Pro Evolution Soccer series to its bare fundamentals for one last show on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 before shifting to next-gen consoles. While it sacrifices style for sparseness, the game is an admirably pure experience.
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FIFA 14 review

EA Canada continues its winning streak with FIFA 14. There are no real changes on the field, but the developer has made some impressive structural changes that makes the package more inviting than ever.
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds review

Nintendo has never made a Zelda sequel as directly tied to a previous entry as A Link Between Worlds is to A Link to the Past, but leveraging this old world has led Nintendo to make a marvelously progressive entry in the series.
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Bravely Default review

Bravely Default is a thoroughly modern role-playing game that still bears all the hallmarks of tradition. Thanks to a number of forward-thinking design choices, it's also one the 3DS' best games.
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Strider review

Strider is an excellent game but one that sacrifices the crucial idiosyncrasies that made the character’s scant appearances back in the day so memorable.
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Yoshi’s New Island review

Yoshi's had trouble recapturing the platforming glory of his first starring role on Super Nintendo, and while Yoshi's New Island doesn't reach the heights of that debut, it is equally solid.
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Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z review

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z should be a mess, a parody offshoot of a once great action series made by three separate development studios. Instead, it works as an admirably honest and fun piece of trash.
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Trials Fusion review

Trials Fusion seems to make only superficial changes to RedLynx's motocross, but a complex and impressively deep game hides beneath the flashy new sci-fi setting.
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2014 FIFA World Cup Review

2014 FIFA World Cup may feel like a licensing cash grab considering the absence of typical FIFA features, but its clarity, focus, and charm make it a commendable entry all the same.
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Kirby: Triple Deluxe review

After a three-year hiatus following Kirby: Return to Dreamland on Wii, Kirby returns to platforming on Nintendo 3DS in Kirby Triple Deluxe. What looks like the same old thing on the outside actually hides an expertly crafted game within.
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Murdered: Soul Suspect Review

Murdered: Soul Suspect has the makings of a fascinatingly macabre video game detective story but fails to flesh out its ghostly characters and world.
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Mario Kart 8 review

Mario Kart 8 is the best Mario Kart we’ve ever reviewed, and may go down as everyone’s new favorite kart racer, despite a couple irksome problems with Nintendo's online services.
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Rogue Legacy review

Addictive and smartly crafted, Cellar Door Games' Rogue Legacy is a beguiling, modern action game that hooks you with swift action and keeps you stuck with smart character building.
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Ultra Street Fighter IV review

Ultra Street Fighter IV, the first major iteration on Street Fighter IV in four years, is the best version of Capcom's brawler but it strains against the technology housing it.
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Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed review

Halfway between The Benny Hill Show and Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno is Akiba's Trip, an anime action RPG with surprisingly progressive ideas about sex and materialism.
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Diablo 3: Ultimate Evil Edition review

For anyone longing for a game as focused on questing, looting, and leveling as the original Diablo, Ultimate Evil Edition encapsulates that style while packaging all the best of Diablo III in one place.
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Metro Redux review

Four years after Metro 2033 hit Xbox 360, 4A Games delivers the definitive version of its post-apocalyptic adventure series, unifying the original and its successor Last Light in both visual and play style.
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