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REVIEW: Sonic Mania – Retro Royalty

  In 2008 Capcom did something that was an uncommon stroke of genius: They made a new Mega Man game in the style of the original NES classics. To the untrained eye, you would have been left to believe they simply took the same engine and made new levels. It was that faithful, and it was a critical and commercial success as a retro-styled downloadable title. They would inevitably follow it up with Mega Man 10 two years later.

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Alien: Isolation Bursts Out This October

Today at the United Kingdom based gaming expo EGX Rezzed, Creative Assembly announced the release date for the upcoming Alien: Isolation. Prepare to soil yourself with fear on October 7th on PS4 and Xbox One as well as on PC and last-gen consoles. October has historically been a good time to release a horror game, what with Halloween right around the corner. As reported earlier, Alien: Isolation is a first-person survival horror game that acts as a direct sequel to the...

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Alien: Isolation Announced!

Oh my golly, holy jeez! Alien: Isolation, the new Survival Horror game from developer Creative Assembly was recently announced, and I couldn’t be more excited. This looks to be the first truly terrifying game in the Alien series of games and for good reason; It’s a continuation of the original film and the team looks to be taking cues from the best the genre has to offer. There’s no beating around the fact, Ridley Scott’s Alien is my favorite film of...

Editorials • Features

State of the Industry – The Rising Costs of Game Development

Over the past three years publishers’ sales expectations for their projects have risen dramatically.  Games like Dead Space 3, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, and Tomb Raider all carried a heavy burden to sell millions upon millions of copies to be considered a success.  By all accounts, these three games have been critically acclaimed and are worthy of a purchase yet some in the industry look upon their sales numbers as failures.  It is no secret that the cost to...

News • Video

Behind the Scenes With the Castle of Illusion Remake

The Castle of Illusion Remake is coming this summer and we’re getting a look at the first behind the scenes video for the title. The video shows us some great gameplay footage as well as giving us access to the people responsible for bringing this lovable classic back into our living rooms. We will follow Mickey Mouse on his journey through enchanted forests and mazes of living books as he embarks on a journey to rescue Minnie Mouse from the evil clutches...

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5.5Aliens: Colonial Marines – I Guess We Can Just Count You Out of Everything, Hudson

Aliens: Colonial Marines is Gearbox’s video game sequel to Aliens. Gearbox has stated that the game is canon and if done right, Aliens 3 would be a better movie. I don’t think that happened at all. Even worse, I think Alien 3 had a better story… I know, right! As the game begins, I was greeted with the most-screen-tearing-in-a-game-ever-award, cinematic scene. I arrived at the Sulaco in response to a distress call by Corporal Hicks. Obviously, the Sulaco is...