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Fallout: New Vegas hits the jackpot
You have to wonder why anybody bothers buying new games these days.
Touch the future
Nothing is better than playing a game that takes full advantage of its hardware.
Sci-fi, fantasy, and Sony's new handheld
Despite a quiet January, this winter gives gamers much to look forward to: long-awaited sequels, promising original franchises, and even a new handheld system.
The gang's all here
There was plenty to cheer for in the 2011 crop of games.
Sword losers
It is fitting that the life cycle of the Nintendo Wii should be bookended by underwhelming Zelda games.
The Drake equation
What the hell happened? When Uncharted 2: Among Thieves came out just two short years ago, it hit like a bolt from heaven.
An epic new Batman adventure
What must it feel like to be Batman?
A new cult classic
Over the next couple of months, you'll be bombarded with ads for big-budget games.
The gaming industry brings out the big guns
Although top-shelf games are a year-round occurrence, publishers still wait until the fall to bring out their big guns — literally, in most cases.
Choose your own adventure
Brian Eno is supposed to have said of the Velvet Underground that only a thousand people bought their records, but every one of them started a band. Something similar could be said about Deus Ex .
A Bastion of creativity for Xbox Live Arcade
At the start of Bastion , the Narrator feels like a contrivance.
Sensory overload
Although the list of video game auteurs is short, few would deny Tetsuya Mizuguchi a spot.
Unfrozen caveman video game
The wait is over: Duke Nukem Forever is finally here!
Power out
InFamous 2 is the worst game I couldn't stop playing since — well, since inFamous 1 .
Inspiration meets execution
Rare is the game whose controls are so finely calibrated that the gamepad seems to vanish from your hands. Outland , a downloadable sidescroller for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, is such a game.
Cold case
When a game comes saddled with as much hype as L.A. Noire , one is tempted to judge it by an unattainable standard.
Racing to the end
If the billboards are to be believed, Judgment Day is coming on May 21 — and for a while it looked like Christ might return before the PlayStation Network.
Spatial tension
At its core, Portal 2 is a simple concept. Using a handheld device, you can shoot an orange and a blue portal that will instantly link any two points in space.
Gangster’s paradise
At one point in Yakuza 4 , a grizzled old gangster gives some advice to an upstart.
What if you don't play Killzone 3 in 3D?
It's come to this. As if mandatory system updates and routine software patches weren't enough, console games now support so much peripheral hardware that folks with different set-ups might as well not be playing the same game.
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