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2014 Recap: Shovel Knight's Surprisingly Affecting Storytelling
How Yacht Club Games turned a retro tribute something more with their own brand of visual storytelling.
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Your Voice Matters: How Fans Revived Final Fantasy Type-0 for the West (and Maybe Dragon Quest VII as Well)
Fan feedback has had a major impact on Square Enix's desire to release their games in the west. Here's what happened.
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FIFA 15 PS4 Review: The Return of the King
EA's soccer sim shows once again why it's one of the most popular sports games around. Our full review.
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Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault PC Review: Total War
Relic expands Company of Heroes' scope with their latest standalone expansion.
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Thursday Stream: Super Smash Bros. Wii U at 3pm PT/6pm ET
Kat is joined by GameXplain's Andre Segers for a tour of Nintendo's upcoming smash-em-up.
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Super Smash Bros. Wii U Review: Now Witness Its True Form
The Smash Bros. sequel we've been waiting for all along.
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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare PS4 Review: Future Imperfect
Advanced Warfare's efforts to capture the essence of the series are a little too successful for its own good. Our full review.
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Tuesday Stream: Walking Through the Early Turns of Civilization: Beyond Earth
Want to know how to get off to a good start in Civilization: Beyond Earth? Watch this stream.
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Comfort Food Games: Super Robot Wars
Our resident mecha nut does her best to unpack the appeal of Japan's ultimate robot crossover series.
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NBA 2K15 PlayStation 4 Review: The Ballad of Andre Drummond
Visual Concepts' celebrated basketball sim is still one of the best sports games around, but not without a few caveats.
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Staying Alive: How Obsidian, Robot, and Double Fine Have Defied the Decline of Mid-size Studios
Whereas some mid-size studios have struggled, these three have thrived. Here's how they're doing it.
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Archived Stream: Kat Takes a Tour of FIFA 15
It's FIFA day! Join Kat as she checks out the latest version of EA's soccer sim at 4pm PST.
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Murasaki Baby PlayStation Vita Review: Baby's Day Out
This odd puzzle platformer is as endearing as it is strange, but perhaps not as fleshed out as it could be.
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Game Dev Recipes: Axiom Verge
Metroid and Contra are obvious influences, but what else inspired the design of Axiom Verge? We asked its creator.
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Archived Stream: It's GamesRadar vs. USgamer in NHL 15
Take a break from Destiny and watch Kat take on GamesRadar freelancer Rich Grisham in a five game series.
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NHL 15 PS4 Review: Rebuilding Year
What was originally supposed to be NHL's triumphant debut on the PlayStation 4 has turned out to be a disappointment.
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Dispatches from PAX Prime 2014: In the Audience at the League of Legends Semi-Finals
Kat attended her first League of Legends event at PAX, and she was surprised by what she found.
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PAX Prime 2014: Bob and Kat Pick the Best of the Indie Megabooth
What indie games have our heroes the most excited? Bob and Kat share their favorites.
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Greatest Years in Gaming History: 1995
One of the industry's most tumultuous years saw the decline of gaming's old guard and the rise of vintage classics like Chrono Trigger.
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Streaming Archive: Watch as Kat Tries to Beat Super Mario Bros. 3 in the Course of an Hour
Kat did her best to finish Super Mario Bros. 3 in an hour. Watch the archived stream here!
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Madden NFL 15 PS4 Review: Madden-ing
The latest entry in the football sims takes a few steps forward, but it's ultimately held back by legacy issues.
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Which of the Other Metroid-style Castlevanias Are Worth Revisiting?
We look back at Circle of the Moon, Dawn of the Sorrow, and the rest and render our verdict.
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Harvesting My Attention Span: Harvest Moon and ADD
How Harvest Moon helped one gamer overcome her struggles with ADD.
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USgamer Pays Tribute to Robin Williams, Actor and Gamer
USgamer's editors come together to pay tribute to a great actor, gamer, and father.
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The Fear of Losing Handheld Horror Games
With the genre on the decline, why are horror games on our portable systems more important than ever? Gaming’s masters of fear give their take on the issue.
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Professor Sharkey's Bad Game Science Takes on Minecraft
How badass is Minecraft guy? Professor Sharkey breaks it all down with the power of science.
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Adventures in Building a Gaming PC
Kat recently decided she wanted to build the perfect gaming PC. She may have been in a bit over her head.
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Grand Theft Auto V's Virtual War Correspondents
Meet the combat photographers risking virtual life and limb to document violence in Grand Theft Auto Online.
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Tuesday USstreamer: TIE Fighter 20th Anniversary Stream (Update: Watch it Here!)
Come celebrate the 20th anniversary of TIE Fighter with Kat as she blows rebel scum out of the sky at 6pm PST/9pm EST.
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Civilization: Revolution 2 iOS Review: Back to the Stone Age
In attempting to start fresh with this sequel Civilization: Revolution, the series has taken an inadvertent step back.
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Dynasty Warriors Gundam Reborn PS3 Review: Comfort Food
The latest (and possibly last) entry in the Dynasty Warriors Gundam series isn't particularly nutritious, but there's a lot of it.
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The Quest for an African RPG
A rookie team of Cameroonian developers is adding a touch of Africa to the action-RPG genre with a title more than 10 years in the making.
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Video Highlight: Mario Kart 8 Goes Retro
We put together a side-by-side comparison of Mario Kart 8 and a recent retro demake. Check it out!
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Is There Really an Indie Bubble?
Discoverability is waning as more and more developers "go indie," but creators maintain optimism despite challenges.
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10 Years Later: Remembering E3 2004
Jeremy and Jaz recount their time at one of the most exciting shows ever.
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Sonic's New Friend "Sticks" and the Flipside of Nostalgia
Gamers have a real complex about Sonic. It doesn't have to be that way though.
