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Sunset Overdrive Review

Sometimes it seems like we’ve lost sight of the fact that video games are supposed to be fun. That they don’t have to teach us anything, don’t have to say something about the human condition, don’t have to be art. Which is why the acrobatic, open-world, third-person shooter Sunset Overdrive — which Insomniac have made for the Xbox One — is such a breath of fresh air.

Or, rather, it would’ve been if the equally unabashed and unapologetic fun Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! hadn’t come out two weeks before. But you get my point.

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Funko Announces New World Of Warcraft, LittleBigPlanet, & Assassin’s Creed Unity POP! Toys

Funko have announced that they will release POP! vinyl action figures of characters from World Of Warcraft and LittleBigPlanet this November, following by one for fans of Assassin’s Creed Unity in December.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Hand Of Fate Creative Director Morgan Jaffit

It’s not uncommon for the mechanics of a card or board game to make their way into a video game intact. But not many of those video games are as action-focused as Hand Of Fate, which Defiant Development are making for PCs, PlayStation 4, and, as they recently announced, Xbox One. But in talking to the game’s creative director, Morgan Jaffit, it seems there’s more to this game than what they’ve laid out on the table.

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GAME PREVIEW: Dead Or Alive 5 Last Round Features 2 New Characters, 2 New Stages, 1080p & 60FPS On Next-Gen, But No Van Halen

During a recent press tour, Team Ninja’s creative director Tom Lee answered questions about Dead Or Alive 5 Last Round, the latest and last iteration of this fighting game, which will be released on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and digitally on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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“Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!” Review

 

When it came out in 2009, the first-person shooter role-playing game Borderlands was such an inventive, addictive, and funny breath of fresh air that part of me hoped it would never end. But while I enjoyed the 2012 sequel, Borderlands 2 almost as much, by the time I got to the end of that one, I was still hoping it would never end…I just wanted it to take a break for a while.

Now we have Borderlands The Pre-Sequel!, which was made by Gearbox (who made the previous ones) and 2K Australia (BioShock 2) for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.

And while it’s not as good as the other two, it’s still loads of fun.

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“South Park Pinball” For “Pinball FX 2” & “Zen Pinball 2” Review

 

In 1999, when Sega built their South Park pinball table, it ended up being the last pinball table they would ever make. Let’s just hope that’s also not the fate of Zen Studios, who are bringing South Park Pinball — a two-fer with the tables South Park’s Super-Sweet Pinball and South Park: Butter’s Very Own Pinball Game — to Pinball FX2 for the Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PCs via Steam; Zen Pinball 2 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, WiiU, and Mac; and Zen Pinball for iOS, Android, and Amazon Fire.

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PlayStation 4 Reviews Video Games

DRIVECLUB Review

Over the course of their fifteen years together, the good people at Evolution Studios have made nine racing games, including 2001’s WRC: World Rally Championship and its four sequels, and 2006’s MotorStorm, its two sequels, and a spin-off. Which is why it’s so odd that their latest, DRIVECLUB for the PlayStation 4, has such fundamental flaws that it seems like it was made by a studio with far less experience.

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“Alien Isolation” Review

 

In 1999, the co-writer of Alien, the late Dan O’Bannon, told me that once you’ve seen the movie, you should never watch it again. “It simply cannot be as effective,” he said. “We are afraid of the unknown. When it is known, it’s not as scary.”

But O’Bannon might’ve changed his mind if he’d gotten to play Alien Isolation, a very scary first-person stealth action survival horror from Creative Assembly that Sega are bringing to the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

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Exclusive Interview: Jolly Jam Chief Jolly Jammer Charlie Gu

 

The last thing anyone needs is another matching game. Well, okay, really, the last thing anyone needs is a terrible illness, to feel unsafe at work or in their home, and a free U2 album, but after that, the last thing anyone needs is another matching game. But in talking to Charlie Gu, the Chief Jolly Jammer and CEO at Dreamics, it seems that their matching game, Jolly Jam (iOS) may actually be a bit different.

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