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ReviewsEven The Most Promising Game Can Be Ruined By Free-To-Play Foolishness
Dammit, Tank Nation — why won’t you just let me love you? I wanted to spend hours flinging projectiles at challenging enemies against lush 2D backdrops, pausing only to use my amassed resources to fit new parts and upgrades onto my fantastical tank creations. I wanted to progress through the expansive story, discover new lands…
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ReviewsThe Legend Of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds: The Kotaku Review
I haven’t enjoyed a game in The Legend of Zelda franchise this much in more than 20 years. Yes, I am one of those Legend of Zelda fans – the ones who steadfastly maintain that the pinnacle of the series, despite all the advances of the past two decades, is a 2D sprite-based game for…
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NBA Live 14: The Kotaku Review
It’s hard to remember, but NBA Live was once a challenger to the formidable NBA 2K. If you care about aggregated ratings, NBA Live 10 and NBA 2K10 finished in a dead heat. Live had stolen away one of 2K’s top designers. It was fargin’ war. Then EA Sports burned down everything. We haven’t seen…
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ReviewsTearaway: The Kotaku Review
The first time my face popped up to animate the sun in Tearaway‘s papercraft world, I beamed, as a sun should. From ear to ear, I smiled, and I watched my smile grow in real time. And the little paper messenger girl named Atoi, who is fashioned out of an envelope, looked up at me…
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ReviewsLococycle: The Kotaku Review
Lococycle is a guilty pleasure. It’s a friend you hang out with, in private. You’re not comfortable introducing it to your parents and it sure as hell isn’t winning any “games as art” arguments and the like. In all aspects, Lococycle is an incredibly stupid game. In Lococycle you play as two-wheeler I.R.I.S., manufactured as…
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ReviewsThe First Official iOS Game Controller Is Here. It’s Okay.
The MOGA Ace Power is the first Apple certified, iOS 7 compliant video game controller on the market. No one can take that away from manufacturer Power A, even a mobile gaming hardware reviewer who thinks it feels like a child’s toy. When the MOGA line of Android video game controllers was first announced, companies…
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ReviewsSideshow’s Diablo III Statue Is The Real Prime Evil
If you thought the final boss from Blizzard’s Diablo III was terrifying, wait until you’ve got the Prime Evil staring you down in your own living room. Sideshow Collectibles’ Diablo polystone statue is truly terrifying. The second (ignore what I say in the video) of a three-part collaboration with Blizzard Entertainment that began withArthas from…
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ReviewsResogun: The Kotaku Review
A twin-stick shooter with a mess of action on screen is the perfect launch title for the PS4. For the uninitiated: twin-stick shooters are pretty easy to control. One joystick moves you around, the other joystick shoots in the direction you push it. The challenge is in using these controls in the best possible way.…
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Contrast: The Kotaku Review
Contrast starts off like all games of its mysterious, charming nature should: by not telling you much. You meet a little girl when the game loads up. A scene plays out and from it you understand you live in some parallel world where you can turn into a silhouette on demand. Only the little girl…
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The New MOGA Android Controllers Have The Power
For the past year, Power A has been chipping away at the Android accessory market with its MOGA line of game controllers, combining convenient clips with console-quality controls. Now they’re releasing the MOGA Power line, adding device charging capability to a pair of slightly retooled controllers, at a price. What Are They? The MOGA Hero…
By Mike Fahey
