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There’s Never Been A Puzzle RPG Quite Like Ticket To Earth
One of my favorite genre hybrids just got a huge kick in the pants, courtesy of Robot Circus’ Ticket to Earth. It combines tile matching and strategic positioning in a way I’ve never seen. Available today for iOS and coming soon to PC, Ticket To Earth is an evolutionary leap forward in the puzzle/RPG hybrid…
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Firestorm Flames On In Injustice 2
As a teen I was fascinated by DC’s Firestorm, a gestalt character with the ability to manipulate the elements. Unfortunately his TV and video game appearances generally use him as a souped-up Human Torch. Here’s our first look at Jason Rusch and Martin Stein shooting fireballs in Injustice 2. Yeah, we get a little phasing…
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Smite‘s Clash Royale-Style Spin-Off Put ‘On Hold’
Development has halted on Smite Rivals, the collectible card arena game for PC and mobile devices. Hi-Rez Studios says the project has been put on hold in order to focus on the original Smite and its successful first spin-off, Smite Tactics Smite Rivals, which made its public debut in playable form back in January at…
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How To Solve The PS4’s 4.50 Network Problem Until Sony Actually Fixes It
Last week’s 4.50 system update introduced a bunch of new features to the PlayStation 4. Unfortunately for some, that includes crippling wireless network lag. While Sony looks into the issue, there are a couple of temporary workarounds to keep you playing online. PlayStation 4 owners began experiencing poor wireless network connections as soon as update…
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Capcom Bundles Six Remastered Disney Afternoon Classics
Capcom is giving six NES games based on some of Disney’s finest television animation work HD makeovers in The Disney Afternoon Collection for Xbox One, PC and PlayStation 4, featuring Darkwing Duck, TaleSpin, DuckTales and Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers. Some of the finest licensed 2D platformers in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s came…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Play Switch On TV If You’re Worried About The Dock Scratching Your Screen
Between reports of screen scratches and concern over blocking the heat vents on the back of the tablet, some folks worry that docking for TV play isn’t the best thing for the Nintendo Switch. Good news for them—all it takes to bypass the dock is a simple USB-C extension cable. While folks like me were…
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Trove‘s Blocky MMO Battles Come To Consoles
Trion Worlds brings free-to-play voxel-based MMO Trove to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 this week, giving console players a taste of what it’s like to slay skeletons while wearing a hippopotamus mask and a top hat. It’s kind of fun, really. While I really dug the stylized look of Trove back when it came out…
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Euclidean Lands Puts A Clever Twist On Strategy
While the hero of Euclidean Lands seems to be wielding a spear, his greatest weapon is his axes. His X, Y and Z axes to be precise, the ones that make up the three-dimensional space of Euclidean geometry. Euclidean Lands is a game that combines turn-based strategic movement with puzzles that rotate on those axes…
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ReviewsNvidia Geforce GTX 1080 Ti Review: Comfortably 4K
Last year Nvidia launched its Pascal gaming line with the GTX 1080, bringing capable 4K PC gaming to the masses. The new Geforce GTX 1080 Ti upgrades that “capable” to “comfortable.” The original GTX 1080 is an excellent graphics card that hits at least 30 frames per second on most contemporary PC games, especially when…
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What Gear Are You Using With Your New Nintendo Switch?
The Nintendo Switch has been out for a little over a week now, which is ample time to run out of games to buy and start looking for extra accessories. Here are some of these cases, stands and accessories I’ve been using with my new hybrid gaming system. Hybrid Cover Manufacturer: Power A Function: Protective…
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Flexible Lego Tape Is A Great Idea
One of the biggest problems facing today’s Lego builders is there are only so many surfaces that can accept bricks. Team Nimuno proposes flexible solution to this dilemma—rolls of colorful, cut-table, Lego compatible tape. They’re calling it Nimuno Loops, and lots of Lego aficionados were talking about it during Toy Fair 2017 in New York…
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Dungeons & Dragons Is Getting An Official Companion App
Coming soon to PC, tablets and phones, D&D Beyond is the official digital companion to fifth edition D&D, giving players and dungeon masters instant access to rules, character builders and more. Does this mean we’ll stop using the unofficial support apps? No, but it’s nice. D&D Beyond is the latest stab at an official digital…
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CultureThe Latest Movie Transformer Is A Literal Pile Of Garbage
The live-action Transformers films have spent four movies reducing cities to piles of rubble. A robot that transforms into a pile of rubble, as seen in this weekend’s clip of Transformers: The Last Knight from the Kids’ Choice Awards, makes perfect sense. Fans have been wondering who the new orange Autobot is since he showed…
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Players Dig Their Own Goal In Rocket League‘s Dropshot Mode
Arriving alongside the launch of competitive season four on March 22, Rocket League’s free new Dropshot mode sees players smashing open the ground underneath their opponents in order to score. Dropshot takes place in a hexagonal arena called Core 707, which doesn’t feature any traditional goalposts. Using an electrified ball that grows stronger as it’s…
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Blaster Master Zero For Switch Is An Excellent Retro Remake
A good remake of a retro gaming classic has to evoke the feeling of playing the original while making the game feel fresh and new. Blaster Master Zero for the Nintendo Switch is a very good remake of a retro gaming classic. So good. You may have seen the name on release lists. You may have…
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Twitch Is Marathoning 23 Seasons Of Power Rangers Next Week
Since its 1993 North American debut, the Power Rangers series has produced 23 complete seasons of television. In celebration of the upcoming live-action movie, Twitch is streaming every single episode in one massive 16-day marathon, kicking off Tuesday, March 14. You’ll want to start planning which of the 831 (they aren’t doubling up on the…
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Hasbro And Harmonix Are Making A Music Card Game
Coming this September to whichever stores will have it, Dropmix is a collaboration between toy maker Hasbro and music game masters Harmonix that sees players using cards placed on a game board to create unique mixes of licensed music via connected mobile device. Huh. Dropmix, shown behind doors at both Toy Fair and GDC last…
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Action MMO Tera Coming To Xbox One And PS4
Remember Tera, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game with the really cool combat system that came out on PC back in 2012? The free-to-play game is coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 later this year. It makes sense. I haven’t done much with Tera since I reviewed it five years ago, but the game’s…
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External Drives And Other Cool Stuff In Today’s PS4 Update
System software update 4.50 is live for PlayStation 4 owners today, adding major functionality to Sony’s console. Betweenenabling external hard drives, the ability to make your own background images and the ShareFactory apps’ new import functionality, the PS4 is a little bit more functional today. First off we have the big one. While the Xbox…
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Steven Universe RPG Coming To Consoles This Summer
In 2015 Cartoon Network Games and developer Grumpyface Studios released Steven Universe: Attack the Light, one of the best mobile role-playing games ever. This summer they’re back and on game consoles with Steven Universe: Save the Light. Cartoon Network Games has produced some very good mobile games and some not-so-great console games. Getting Attack the…
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