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Anyone who has ever played Prey, Too Human, or Alpha Protocol can confirm the effects of a sustained stint in development purgatory. Typically, titles with a protracted production cycle divulge their plight with a few ...

According to the ESRB, about six percent of games are given the M for Mature rating each year. Yet, between the release of Bulletstorm, Killzone 3, and Knights Contract, this week’s percentage is closer to ...

This week the Tech-Gaming crew blisters fingers with Hard Corp: Uprising, annihilates undead ninjas in Zombie Panic in Wonderland, hits the Ibizan streets in Test Drive Unlimited 2 and ‘sneaks behind to get inside’ Stacking. ...

Despite forgoing the familiar Contra moniker and the absence of memorable series meatheads Bill and Lance, recent release Hard Corps: Uprising is an irrefutable offspring of Konami’s run-and-gun classic. While the transfer of development duties ...

Unquestionably, 2006’s Test Drive Unlimited was an exceedingly ambitious title. With an always-online framework, the game allowed participants to effortlessly leap in and out of multiplayer competitions- an impressive feat still not trumped by more ...

The old adage, ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder’ is a perfect way to describe the interval without the You Don’t Know Jack series. Since the franchise took an extended hiatus following 2003’s Volume 6: ...

While DesertEagle presents impressions of recent U.S. releases Mario Sports Mix, Fortix, and Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll, returning co-host TideGear details a trove of Japanese indie treasures waiting to be unearthed by Western audiences. ...

Following Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown’s and Marty McFly’s tweaking of the space-time continuum, most of this week’s new releases seem from a different era. From a spiritual successor to 1987’s Contra, two role-playing recreations from ...

Recent PS3 release Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll commences with a condemning prophecy, as a tyrannical ruler is advised that he will be murdered by his own grandson. Attempting to outwit destiny, Emperor Balor, orders ...

The prowess of the Mushroom Kingdom’s populace has rarely come into question. From Mario’s ability to trample an unruly Goomba to Yoshi’s talent for flutter-kicking across a wide gap, Shigeru Miyamoto and Shigefumi Hino’s creations ...