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Dreamfall Chapters Dev Disagrees with George Lucas on Storytelling

Lucas claims games are still waiting for a Titanic-style storytelling success; Tornquist isn't so sure. Eurogamer's Tom Phillips reports.

June 26, 2013 Pete Davison

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Zeboyd Games Talks Penny Arcade and the Future

The indie RPG developer has some interesting plans up its sleeve now the Penny Arcade Adventures series is completed: a new, original RPG project inspired by Lunar and Prydain Chronicles.

June 26, 2013 Pete Davison

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Call of Duty's House Divided

Ghosts' executive producer Mark Rubin discusses the tension and conflict between the series' single- and multiplayer components. Not only how the two aspects of the best-selling series are premiered, but also the fundamental philosophical difference between them.

June 26, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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The Complicated Legacy of Penny Arcade

Whether you love or hate Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, you've probably got good reasons for it.

June 26, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

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Making Fans of Every Man With Lost Planet 3's Everyman

Producer Andrew Szymanski talks about LP3's conventional Call of Duty similarities, and its unconventional protagonist.

June 26, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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Dance Yourself to Death With Crypt of the Necrodancer

Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? We talk with programmer Ryan Clark about his music-based roguelike.

June 26, 2013 Mike Williams

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Why Did Atari Fail in Japan?

30 years ago, Atari made its official debut in Japan, hoping to go toe-to-toe with upstarts like Nintendo and Sega. It bombed hard.

June 22, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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Greenlight, Genetic Flatulence and "Roguelites"

Indie developer Cellar Door Games is releasing the promising-looking Rogue Legacy soon, so we tracked down founder Teddy Lee for a chat.

June 21, 2013 Pete Davison

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A Chat with Location Services' Owl Cave Games

Richard & Alice developer Owl Cave has a new adventure coming soon, so what better time to sit down for a chat?

June 20, 2013 Pete Davison

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I Wish Microsoft Kept Its Awful Xbox One Policies

The quick reversal of anti-consumer policies is nice, but Microsoft and other companies are now likely to take the wrong lessons away from the debacle.

June 20, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

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Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Mario?

Jeremy and Brendan attempt to disagree without resorting to personal attacks in USgamer's first Point/Counterpoint column.

June 20, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

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Microsoft Restores Game Ownership and Expects Us to Smile

Eurogamer's Tom Bramwell believes that for Microsoft's reversal to have meaning, it must be matched by deeper change.

June 20, 2013 Pete Davison

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Does Animal Crossing Stress Anyone Else Out?

Not sure if she's doing it wrong, Olivia questions whether or not Animal Crossing: New Leaf is a management sim blessing or a holy-crap-there-so-much-to-do-and-I-want-the-best-town-ever-right-now time-sink curse.

June 20, 2013 Olivia Jane

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Gender is Carefully Balanced in The Last of Us

Gender equality in video games is an important talking point in our community. With this in mind, Olivia takes a look at how well Naughty Dog handles gender roles in The Last of Us. Warning, this article contains spoilers.

June 19, 2013 Olivia Jane

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The Tetris Effect

Some games have a habit of inserting themselves into your waking life; which ones have consumed you?

June 19, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

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I Shall Give You Endless Earth: An Ar Tonelico Retrospective

JRPG developer Gust may be best-known for its Atelier series, but as Pete discovers, its other franchise Ar Tonelico is well worth exploring too.

June 19, 2013 Pete Davison

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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Full E3 Interview

Our in-depth conversation with director Motomu Toriyama and producer Yoshinori Kitase digs into the details and mechanics of the grand finale of the tumultuous Final Fantasy XIII saga.

June 19, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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What We Liked and Didn't Like at E3

Channeling the powers of Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator, we've each got one thumb up and one thumb down for what we saw at E3.

June 19, 2013 Olivia Jane

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Need for Speed: Rivals vs The Crew

The next-gen car combat genre is heating up, with a familiar name and a brand new one ready to go wheel to wheel.

June 18, 2013 Jaz Rignall

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Essential Famicom Games from the Pre-NES Days

Seven games that made Nintendo's first console a juggernaut before it ever reached America.

June 18, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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The E3 2013 Prospectus

Do you invest in gaming trends? Let our team of seasoned professionals tell you where to place your bets coming out of the big show.

June 18, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

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Bleszinski's Attack on Used Games is Flawed Logic

Cliff Bleszinski claims that triple-A can't function with used and rental games around. Does he have a point?

June 18, 2013 Pete Davison

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How I Was Made to Like Batman: Arkham Origins

At E3, Warner Brothers went to great lengths to showcase a game that looks and feels too much like its predecessors.

June 18, 2013 Olivia Jane

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Next-Generation Graphics: It's All in the Details

Screenshots and grainy YouTube videos don't paint the best picture of some great-looking games.

June 17, 2013 Mike Williams

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How Final Fantasy V is Saving the World, Four Jobs at a Time

We talk to the man behind the FFV Four Job Fiesta that's sweeping the Internet (again).

June 17, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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That Difficult Second Screen

Eurogamer's Christian Donlan ponders the prevalence of second screen interactivity at E3.

June 17, 2013 Pete Davison

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Suda51 Answers Your Questions, Likes Wreck it Ralph

The creator of Killer is Dead answers a few questions, including his favorite American kids movie.

June 14, 2013 Olivia Jane

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Shigeru Miyamoto is Still Donkey Kong's Papa

Even though it's in Retro's hands these days, Donkey Kong's creator continues to influence the series.

June 14, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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Splinter Cell: Blacklist director on terrorism, patriotism

June 14, 2013 Catherine Cai

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The Stylish Apocalypse of Shin Megami Tensei IV

SMT4 designer Masayuki Doi wants to take SMT fans to school... fashion school, that is.

June 14, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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"Gritty" and "Mature" Aren't Synonyms

We saw quite a few games at E3 obviously shooting for adult audiences, but making something dark isn't the only way to be mature.

June 14, 2013 Pete Davison

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Why The Last of Us is the Opposite of Uncharted

Eurogamer's Tom Bramwell gives us a timely reminder not to judge games by their E3 clichés.

June 14, 2013 Pete Davison

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Three Companies, Three Philosophies

We're well and truly in the next generation of console gaming now, and it's the first where Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are doing things markedly differently.

June 14, 2013 Pete Davison

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Console Wars: you're going to buy an Xbox One

June 14, 2013 Brenna Hillier

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25 Years Later, The Spirit of Super Mario 2 Looms at E3

Between Donkey Kong Country and Super Mario 3D World, Mario's most oddball adventure is seeing a modest revival.

June 12, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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Do You Have a Question for Suda51?

I'll be sitting down with Goichi Suda on Thursday, and I want to bring along a question from you.

June 12, 2013 Olivia Jane

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Square Wants to Know: Do Gamers Want a Modern Turn-Based Final Fantasy?

An interview with the creators of Lightning Returns yields an unexpected (but intriguing) turnabout.

June 12, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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War Never Changes

As we enter the next generation and are still confronted with an endless barrage of guns and cars, are we handing over money for old rope?

June 11, 2013 Pete Davison

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E3 Press Conferences Aren't for Everyone

Did you watch any of the E3 press conferences hoping for something a little different to what you saw? You're not alone.

June 11, 2013 Pete Davison

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Our E3 2013 Hopes and Dreams

The team here at USgamer let you in on our most anticipated titles of E3 2013.

June 11, 2013 Mike Williams

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Sony stays on target as E3 offers an open goal

June 11, 2013 Rob Fahey

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Welcome to USgamer

What is this place? Who are we? What are we all about? Find that out and more as we welcome you to USgamer, a brand new video game site from the makers of Eurogamer.net

June 11, 2013 Jaz Rignall

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Flying Laser Jesus and Gaming's Citizen Kane

What does Florentine Renaissance art have to do with cultural acceptance and the industry's creative stagnation?

June 11, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

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The Ten Best PC Games

The list of PC games goes on and on and on, but we've got it down to a top ten. There's something for everyone here, from stellar RPGs, first-person shooters and challenging puzzlers.

June 10, 2013 Olivia Jane

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Ten Great Bullet Hell Shooters

Are you ready to challenge the barrage? Here's ten of the best danmaku shmups on all platforms.

June 10, 2013 Pete Davison

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The Quest for Shadow of the Colossus' Last Big Secret

Eight years after its release, there remains a group of secret-seekers looking to unearth Team Ico's final mystery.

June 10, 2013 Pete Davison

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Battling to Stay Online

As worrying details of the next gen emerge, what should we make of the recent Battlefield 1943 outage and EA's tardy response?

June 10, 2013 Pete Davison

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Freemium Makes Good Games Suffer

PopCap's recent announcement that Plants vs. Zombies 2 will be free-to-play has many players concerned - and with good reason.

June 10, 2013 Pete Davison

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One Dev's Jump to Sony's Indie-Loving Handheld

The story of how a young developer from the UK made the jump from iOS to the "hipster of the games world."

June 10, 2013 Pete Davison

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Class of Heroes 2 Interview

Victor Ireland and Takayuki Harakami on the methods and madness behind the RPG bringing up the caboose on the PSP train.

June 10, 2013 Jeremy Parish