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For many, the potential of virtual reality remains unfulfilled. Sure, the peripherals extend a multitude of engaging experiences, from Robo Recall’s furious first-person firefights to Thumper’s rhythm-fueled rush down a snaking highway. But save for ...

There seems to be a mounting consensus that the Wii U was a failure. It wasn’t. Sure, the console might not have lived up to the exceedingly lofty expectations set by its predecessor, but the ...

Surprisingly, quality action-driven baseball on PC is as atypical as a triple play. Sure, Steam has a number of stat driven simulations like the Out of the Park and Baseball Mogul franchises, which offer players ...

From a whole lot of Naruto Uzumaki on Switch, barrel-blasting with everyone’s favorite gorilla, to Nep Nep’s excursion into VR, this week extends a number of remarkable new game releases. And given the eminent highlights ...

Originally released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2014, Sonic Powered’s Skypeace had one standout attribute: the game was priced at 99 cents. Four years later, the title has made its way onto Nintendo’s newest system, ...

Eliminating mundane duties like take-offs, reconnaissance, and landings, dogfighting games permit players to jump right into the action. Unfortunately, there’s not all that many of them anymore, with titles like Ace Combat, Crimson Skies, and ...

Most remasters or remakes reinvigorate critically or commercially successful properties. But the recent Steam release of Bullet Witch doesn’t follow that trend. Developed by the now-defunct Japanese developer Cavia for the Xbox 360, the game ...

Since the 1920s, the term juken jigoku (meaning ‘examination hell’) has been used in Japan to describe the period of intense studying before students take high school and university entrance exams. It’s an unbearably hectic ...

Whether you’re a fan of baseball, battling bogeys, or Sanrio’s Batsu Maru, this week’s schedule of new releases likely has something of interest for you. Arcade-driven sports action arrives with Super Mega Baseball 2, Metalhead ...

Iterating on the Xbox Controller S and Xbox 360 controllers, the Xbox One’s pack-in controller is a near-masterpiece seventeen years in the making. And save for the peripherals slightly sub-standard directional pad, it’s a feat ...