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As a safeguard against stagnation, the tower defense genre has continually added new twists. Titles such as Toy Soldiers allowed players to take control of positioned weaponry, while Ratchet and Clank: Full Frontal Assault took ...

This week the crew offers impressions of Go Home Dinosaurs, WRC 3 FIA World Rally Championship, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Terraria, and Dead or Alive 5+. Afterward, Indie Outlook explores ...

Two decades ago, platformers were the genre du jour, fueled by the escapes of plumbers, hedgehogs, opossums as well as a plethora of corporate spokescharacters. But as pixels gave way to polygons, layers of glorious ...

There a good reason why Nintendo cultivated such a fervent fan base across the 8-, 16-, and 64-bit eras: the company’s first party titles have provided some of gaming’s most superlative experiences. From skulking through ...

While conviction is a common theme across the itineraries of new releases, this week’s list truly demonstrates that hope springs eternal. From Trion’s attempt to lure console owners in the MMO time sink with Defiance, ...

Following Tiger Woods’ five month exodus from professional golf in early 2010, the athlete exhibited an anomalous stumble- dropping to a position of fifty-eighth in the world rankings. Resolutely, the record- breaking golfer scaled his ...

In concept, Hyperdimension Neptunia’s allegory of anthropomorphized consoles reconciling their differences to fight a common enemy might have been one of role-playing’s most creative themes. Yet, once players immersed themselves in 2010’s inaugural entry and ...

While the existence of a third-generation Sim includes most of the crucial milestones of an actual life, Maxis’ virtual beings have traditionally been barred from attaining a college education. Following the fulfillment of a high-school ...

Eric’s Take: Being the fighting game addict that I am, one of my missions is to try as many franchises from the genre as possible. Back around 2005, that mission led me to cross paths ...

Across this week’s schedule of new releases, sequels abound. Whether players are ready to get behind the armored masks of Salem and Rios in Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel, grab the Poltergust 5000 to ...