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Although music creation suites are common on personal computers, they’re a bit of a rarity on dedicated gaming devices. Traditionally, the ones which have surfaced- titles such as eJay Clubworld, Magix Music Maker, MTV Music ...

Following last week’s surge of PlayStation 4 titles, this week the spotlight shifts to the Xbox One. Although Microsoft’s console (and first-part titles) aren’t due until November 22nd, that won’t stop third-party publishers from vying ...

The original Wii Fit couldn’t have arrived at a better time. Preceding the title’s 2008 release, disparagers were lobbing video games down the slippery slope, claiming that the pastime contributed to a sedentary lifestyle, which ...

One of the greatest virtues of the 1990’s was the upsurge of entertainment which emanated from Asia. It was the decade where Jackie Chan leapt from stateside obscurity to stardom with films like Rumble in ...

Last year’s WWE ’13 was a bitter disappointment for me. From the outside looking in, it had all of the pieces needed to be the best WWE game since the AKI Corporation-developed Nintendo 64 releases. ...

In retrospect, the Call of Duty franchise is fated to be remembered as one of the mainstays of the seventh console generation. Since the inaugural console entry, 2005’s Call of Duty 2, launched alongside the ...

Proclaim it from the belfries and battlements: the next generation is here! Technically, Sony’s PlayStation 4 won’t be hitting retail until November 15th, but that won’t stop third-party publishers from taking advantage of the excitement, ...

One of the more underappreciated entries in the PSP’s oft-beguiling software library is Nippon Ichi Software’s Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman. Paying homage to tokusatsu tenets, players took the role of an unassuming everyman, ...

With a thirty-year legacy, Capcom Co. Ltd. is responsible for some of gaming’s most salient memories. As a young teen, I recall heading to a shopping mall in San Francisco, where the publishing powerhouse operated ...

Save for the dogfighting depicted in The Princess and The Pilot, NIS America’s output of anime has enigmatically evaded the high action which is characteristic of shōnen. With the release of Brave 10, a twelve ...