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Apex Legends Is The Game We Didn’t Know We Wanted
Apex Legends blindsided me in more ways than one. I had already been making a loose gaming schedule for the weeks ahead, and now this fantastic battle royale game is pretty much the only thing I want to play. It wasn’t actually that hard to make room in my schedule for Apex Legends. With Overwatch…
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Far Cry New Dawn Adds A New Way To Replay Outposts
Far Cry New Dawn introduces Outpost Escalations, which not only give you the option to reset and recapture an outpost, but which also increase the difficulty of the enemies inside of the outpost. This allows for a chance at greater rewards to spend on your main base of operations, allowing you to outfit that base…
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What Can Anthem Learn From Other Online Games?
Despite Anthem’s confusing release schedule and rocky demo last weekend, it’s got potential to go toe-to-toe with the growing selection of games that want to keep you around for a long time. But what’s it going to take for Anthem to start strong? On this week’s Viewpoints, I talked with Kotaku’s Ethan Gach, who also…
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Kingdom Hearts’ Multiverse Paved The Way For Everything Else
With the long-awaited Kingdom Hearts 3 almost upon us, I wondered how much the entertainment landscape has changed since the series first showed up on the scene. In today’s media, nearly every franchise has started to build their own vast universes, just like the Kingdom Hearts franchise did 17 years ago. Tim and I chatted…
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Ace Combat 7‘s Sound Design Is Amazing
If you haven’t checked out an Ace Combat game before, the amount of on-screen information might look overwhelming. But most of what you need to know is communicated to you via the game’s audio. And Ace Combat 7’s audio is so damn good. Watch the video to see and, more importantly, hear it all in…
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The Tension Between Remakes And Originals
With the spiffy Resident Evil 2 remake right around the corner, I got to thinking about remakes versus remasters. At what point should you just go back and boot up the original? It can be interesting to see a modern take with new mechanics that retains the original soul of the source material. Then again,…
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