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LeBron James Runs Headlong Into the Uncanny Valley with NBA 2K14
Already a great-looking series, NBA 2K14 has only begun to show off what it can do with the PlayStation 4. Yeah, “Video Game James” looks a little awkward in his closeup. But on court—and this is all gameplay—he’s damn near indistinguishable from the real man.
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Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag’s Swashbuckling Ends With a Sudden Crash
Edward Kenway hacked through buccaneers, survived a 21-gun naval bombardment, and tiptoed through flaming wreckage to get back to his ship and escape pursuit. But in the end, he was brought down by that most dreaded foe: The crash of a live demo. The abrupt end to this Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag notwithstanding at all,…
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Gran Turismo 6 Looks Amazing—On the PlayStation 3
This video for Gran Turismo 6 makes it hard to remember that this is, ahem, “just” a current-generation console game. New physics engine, new tire modeling, new aerodynamics model, I can nod my head approvingly and pretend I know what all that means, really. A new rendering engine> Adoptive tesselation? Just keep nodding and smiling.
By Owen Good