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Not long ago, I would have preferred reviewing an entry in the implausibly prolific Petz franchise than to tackle another NASCAR title. While I emphatically enjoy an engaging racer, both EA Sports’ (NASCAR Thunder 2004, ...

This week the crew offers impressions of Forza Horizon, Need For Speed: Most Wanted, NASCAR The Game: Inside Line, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Ōkami HD, Fallen Enchantress, FTL, Quantum Conundrum, Thomas Was Alone, ...

If you invited Black Ops protagonist Frank Woods over for dinner, he’d likely make an atrocious first impression.  After peppering expletives into his demands for liquor and placing his dusty sidearm on a spotless end ...

The adaptation of a triple-A console franchise into portable form is often a thankless undertaking. Typically, primary development studios are able to articulate original ambitions through the capabilities of home systems. For the portable edition, ...

From the return of the beloved mouse in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two and Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion to Agent 47’s fifth outing in Hitman: Absolution, this week’s roster of new ...

Across the previous two generations of console hardware, collections of cherished coin-op games were commonplace. Then, digital delivery came along and, save from the superb Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection, shifted the paradigm from disk-based compendium ...

A decade ago, video games based on anime were typically little more than slipshod cash-ins. Eager to benefit from tantalizing cover art and inherent fan appeal, nearly every such game was an unwieldy eyesore with ...

In the weeks leading up to Assassin’s Creed III’s release, there was little doubt of Ubisoft Montréal ‘s mammoth ambitions. With reports of a three year development cycle sustained by the efforts of four separate ...

In the 2000 film Gladiator, condemned General Maximus Meridius is stripped of his rank and forced into hand-to-hand battle in the Roman coliseum. After reluctantly dispatching an opponent, the protagonist offers the movie’s most memorable ...

Whether players are stepping back to the 1970s to perfect their fly moves in The Hip Hop Dance Experience or fighting proxy wars during the ’80s with Call of Duty: Black Ops II‘s Alex Mason, ...