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19 Mar

15 Underrated Game Boy Advance Games

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When the Game Boy Advance hit shelves in Japan on March 21, 2001, Nintendo was still riding the incredible success of the original Game Boy. After more than a decade of the Game Boy’s handheld dominance, though, gamers eagerly awaited the next evolution in portable gaming. The GBA delivered that evolution. In fact, many features we now take for granted in portables like the Switch can be traced back to the GBA. The addition of shoulder buttons, full 32-bit color graphics, and eventually even built-in backlighting with the 2003 release of the Game Boy Advance SP were all lauded as…
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11 Mar

Why the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Games Were an Essential Part of ’90s Gaming

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Recently, Dotemu and Tribute Games shocked the gaming world by revealing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge; a tribute to the TMNT beat ’em up classics of the late ’80s and early ’90s. As you can tell by the project’s debut trailer, Shredder’s Revenge looks to emulate the sights, sounds, and gameplay of what are generally remembered as some of the best arcade action games of their era. Given the resumes of the teams working on this project (which include some of the talent responsible for Streets of Rage 4 and the brilliant Scott Pilgrim game), it’s surprisingly easy to…
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10 Mar

Which Bethesda Games Will Be Xbox Exclusives?

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One of the biggest acquisitions in gaming history is official: Microsoft now owns ZeniMax Media and its treasured game publisher Bethesda Softworks. This means that Xbox Game Studios has the keys to all of the publisher’s major studios and properties, too. Everything Bethesda Game Studios, id Software, ZeniMax Online Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse Studios have to offer is now at the disposal of the Xbox brand. This is both good news and bad news, depending on whether you’re an avid Xbox player or not. The Bethesda acquisition means tons of new first-party titles for the…
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05 Mar

Best PC Games to Play in 2021

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We’re entering a golden age for PC gaming. The next generation of graphics cards are capable of pumping out 4K graphics and high FPS on almost any big name release, and real-time raytracing is taking graphics to new heights that weren’t possible just a couple years ago. Add in Sony bringing more PlayStation ports to the PC and nearly every Xbox exclusive making its way to PCs as well, and a high-end gaming computer looks to be the definitive way to play almost anything over the next few years. The following is a list of the most anticipated games coming…
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04 Mar

Nintendo Switch 4K: 10 Games That Will Benefit Most From an OLED Display

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A Bloomberg article reveals that Nintendo is reportedly ordering OLED screens from Samsung in preparation for the 2021 release of the long-awaited “Nintendo Switch Pro.” Details are thin at this time, but the new Switch hardware will likely support 720p resolution in handheld mode, 4K output to a television, and enhanced overall performance via unspecified improved “computing power.” While we’ve heard rumors of an upgraded Nintendo Switch before, this latest report is far more substantial than any we’ve seen in recent years. Besides, few people doubt that Nintendo will eventually release improved Switch hardware. Not only have they previously released…
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01 Mar

15 Hardest SNES Games of All-Time

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In their move from the NES to the SNES, Nintendo and its development partners often relied on using 8-bit games as the basis for 16-bit innovations. While that approach helped move us towards the future of gaming, it also meant that many SNES games felt spiritually similar to NES titles. That also means that many SNES games retained that arcade-like difficulty that would, in some ways, define over a decade of gaming. While the average SNES game didn’t feature nearly as many of the technical and design hurdles that contributed to some of the most difficult NES games ever made,…
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26 Feb

PlayStation Plus: Free Games for March 2021 Revealed

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March’s collection of free PlayStation Plus games lives up to the hype thanks to a high-profile headliner and a few underrated gems that belong in more PlayStation libraries. Anyone who missed out on the brilliant Final Fantasy 7 Remake will have the chance to experience one of the best games of 2020 and one of the most ambitious video game remakes ever made. If a bold and beautiful remake of one of the most beloved games ever made isn’t quite what you’re looking for, then I highly recommend checking out Remnant: From the Ashes: a simply incredible third-person shooter that…
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23 Feb

Xbox Live Games with Gold: Free Games for March 2021 Revealed

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The Xbox team has revealed the March 2021 collection of “free” Games with Gold titles, and while none of the upcoming additions to the service’s library are likely to blow you away, it’s an enjoyable array of largely obscure games that may appeal to the more adventurous Xbox Live subscribers out there willing to take the kind of chance on the kind of experience with the words “Llama Apocalypse” in the title. After causing a scare by announcing that the monthly price of Xbox Live Gold was scheduled to go up (a decision Microsoft later reversed), the Xbox team is…
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09 Feb

15 Super Mario Games That Never Happened

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Super Mario 3D World’s upcoming debut on Nintendo Switch is a major moment for many Mario fans who didn’t get the chance to play one of the best games in franchise history when it was released for Wii U. In some ways, it’s actually seen as a “lost” Mario game by those who never found a reason to purchase what is arguably Nintendo’s worst console ever. What you may not know, though, is that there have actually been many Super Mario games over the years that were never released for one reason or another. Why many of these projects are…
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03 Feb

The Expanse Season 5 Episode 10 Review: Nemesis Games

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This The Expanse review contains spoilers. The Expanse Season 5 Episode 10 So it turns out, it seems, that The Expanse season 5 was one giant setup for season 6, the show’s final run. There’s nothing wrong with that per se, especially since the season does resolve somewhat with the reunion of the Rocinante crew and with Avasarala’s return to power, but Marco is still at large in a severely damaged solar system — and the Martians are apparently just getting started. Even the death of Alex and the onboarding of Clarissa felt more like turning points than resolutions. Starting…
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02 Feb

15 Best Nintendo Multiplayer Games of All-Time

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Nintendo’s recent announcement that they’ve decided to upgrade their multiplayer servers after about 10 years of relying on the “NEX” system isn’t just a cause of celebration over the hopes of better days to come. It’s a chance to look back on the great Nintendo multiplayer games of years gone by. It’s understandable if you don’t immediately associate Nintendo with multiplayer games, but a deeper look at the company’s history reveals a collection of classics that have led to as many memorable multiplayer matches as the genre’s heaviest hitters. So what’s the best Nintendo multiplayer game of all-time? That’s a…
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02 Feb

Why Google Stadia and Amazon Games Seem Doomed to Fail

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Recent news that Google has decided to shut down its internal game development studios comes on the heels of a report by Bloomberg that suggests Amazon’s own game division is burdened by issues that it could prove to be insurmountable. On the one hand, you want to be surprised by these revelations. There’s certainly a degree of surprise that comes naturally when you hear that two of the largest companies in the world have seemingly botched their entries into the video game industry so soon after they started. There was this idea that both companies would stay in the game…
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27 Jan

15 Hardest NES Games of All-Time

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With the recently released Cyber Shadow, publisher Yacht Club Games (the studio behind the brilliant Shovel Knight) prove that they’re the masters of revitalizing those brutally difficult NES games that defined an era and haunt gamers to this day. The absurd difficulty of the average NES game can be attributed to a variety of factors, but the fact remains that there’s a reason the term “NES Hard” exists in the gaming lexicon. The hardest NES games weren’t just difficult: they were nightmarish excursions into another world where demands for perfect inputs met fundamentally unforgiving (and sometimes simply terrible) game design.…
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14 Jan

Star Wars Games We Want to Play Now That the EA Era Is Over

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While the recent news that Ubisoft is making a Star Wars game doesn’t necessarily spell the absolute end of EA’s controversial time with the series, it does mean the start of a new and potentially glorious era in which major Star Wars games will once again be made by more than one studio. Not long after we learned EA will no longer be the (mostly) exclusive home of Star Wars games, fans everywhere started dreaming of the projects that are now possible as a terrible ten-year deal comes to an end. Well, the truth of the matter is that access…
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13 Jan

Will EA Still Make Star Wars Games?

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We were stunned by the recent revelation that Wolfenstein developer MachineGames and Bethesda are working on a new Indiana Jones game, but nothing prepared us for the news that Ubisoft is working on a new open-world game set in the Star Wars universe. We’re thrilled to announce we are working with @Ubisoft and @UbiMassive to develop a brand-new, story-driven, open-world Star Wars adventure!Learn more about the future of @LucasfilmGames in the Star Wars galaxy and beyond: https://t.co/uO1K1pivl2 pic.twitter.com/wRDccZvi3o— Lucasfilm Games (@LucasfilmGames) January 13, 2021 The details of Ubisoft’s Star Wars game are thin at the moment, but the only detail…
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06 Jan

How to Play Flash Games After the “Death” of Adobe Flash

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Though the news was understandably downplayed during what proved to be a turbulent year, December 31, 2020, marked the end of Adobe’s official support of the Flash Player. The end of their official support cast serious doubt on our ability to easily access a legion of Flash games that have, in their own way, carved a piece of internet culture and history. As it turns out, the death of Flash was somewhat exaggerated. While it’s true that Adobe has ended their official support of the platform and that many websites are unable to run Flash Player and Flash-based programs as…
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01 Jan

Best Games to Play in 2021

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While 2020 was a landmark year for the gaming industry thanks to the release next-gen consoles and PC graphics cards, there are plenty of exciting new games coming in 2021. From highly-anticipated sequels like God of War: Ragnarok and Resident Evil Village to brand-new experiences such as Chorus and Deathloop, there’s plenty to look forward to this year. To start the year off right, we’ve curated a list of the 2021 games we’re most excited about, including big AAA blockbusters as well as imaginative indie titles. Keep in mind that we’ve only included games that at the very least have…
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21 Dec

The Best Games of 2020

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Despite how almost every other aspect of the year went, 2020 was a landmark year for video games. Not only did it see the release of highly-anticipated titles like The Last of Us Part II, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Ghost of Tsushima, and Cyberpunk 2077, but 2020 also marked the beginning of a new generation of console and PC gaming with the release of the Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and new GPUs from NVIDIA and AMD. We even got a new Half-Life game this year! What would’ve made the gaming year ever better? Big-name video game companies could have…
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02 Dec

What Star Wars Games Can Learn From The Mandalorian

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The Mandalorian isn’t just one of the best TV shows in recent years and the best reason to subscribe to Disney+ this side of The Simpsons. For many fans, it’s a show that has reinvigorated their love of Star Wars. As someone who has previously lamented the decline of Star Wars video games over the years, it’s that aspect of the show that fascinates me most. What has The Mandalorian figured out that recent Star Wars games still haven’t? What is it about The Mandalorian that turns even jaded fans into believers? While The Mandalorian may not hold all of…
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01 Dec

Xbox Series X/S Can Run PlayStation 2 Games

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You probably know that one of the biggest selling points of the Xbox Series X/S is Microsoft’s extensive backward compatibility program, but we bet you didn’t know that the consoles’ backward compatibility abilities are so extensive that they’re capable of playing more classic PlayStation games than even the PlayStation 5. According to the YouTube channel Modern Vintage Gamer (and other software researchers), the Xbox Series X/S’ can relatively easily be turned into some of the most powerful and appealing video game emulators in the world. How is that possible? The video above has the full details, but the basic idea…
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