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The Week in Games: The Heroes We Need
Batman: Arkham Origins launches globally on one day—Friday. There must be a ton of spoilers in it that Warner Bros. doesn’t want to go on the Internet in the three days between then and Tuesday, the typical US drop day. If you can’t wait to the end of the week for your superhero fix, LEGO:…
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The Week in Games: Meet Swap
Skylanders Swap Force, out today on basically everything, is the week’s heavyweight release. We’re getting close to hunting season, too, and that means time for another Cabela’s game; this one sends you to Africa. Sunday •Skylanders SWAP Force (360, PS3, Wii U, Wii, 3DS) Tuesday •Wipeout: Create & Crash (360, Wii U, Wii, 3DS) •NBA…
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The Week in Games: Two Souls, Two Pokémons
This week’s big news is Beyond: Two Souls, the PS3 exclusive from Quantic Dream, on Tuesday, and Pokémon X and Pokémon Yon Saturday. Not interested in those? Some collections and GOTY editions—including Farming Simulator 2013 Titanium Edition!—round out the releases. Monday • Sparkling Amber (PC) Tuesday • Borderlands 2: Game of the Year Edition (360,…
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The Week in Games: It’s Fannnn-tastic
The week’s big console launches are NBA 2K14, also arriving for PC, on Tuesday followed by the physical HD release of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker on Wii U on Friday. Tuesday • NBA 2K14 (360, PS3, PC) • Flashback (PC) • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Trilogy Edition (360) • Assassin’s Creed Ezio…
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The Week in Games: Ready for Some Fútbol
EA Sports’ FIFA series and Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer renew their rivalry with their latest releases arriving on Tuesday. Other highlights include Scribblenauts‘ DC Universe adaptation and Armored Core and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles returning to the 360 and PS3. Tuesday •FIFA 14 (360, PS3, Wii, Vita, PSP, 3DS) •Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 (360, PS3)…
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The Week in Games: The Good Old Hockey Game
EA Sports’ 20th revival of the NHL franchise hits shelves on Tuesday. The HD remake of Ducktales arrives on Xbox 360 on Wednesday. Peter Molyneux’s Godus arrives Friday. Monday • The Lord Of The Rings: War In The North (Mac) Tuesday • The Sims 3 Movie Stuff (PC, Mac) • The Elder Scrolls Anthology (PC)…
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The Week in Games: Ray of Sunshine
At long last, Rayman Legends arrives this week, on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and, ahem, Wii U. Diablo III likewise ventures onto consoles, along with Total War: Rome 2 for PC. Tuesday • Total War: Rome 2 (PC) • Rayman Legends (360, PS3, Wii U, PC, Vita) • Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (360, PS3)…
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The Week in Games: Pigskin Picks
Lots of heavy hitters in the lineup this week, as Madden NFL 25 is joined by Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and Lost Planet 3 on Tuesday. New Super Luigi U already is out today on Wii U and the Mac version of SimCity arrives Thursday. There’s more on the jump. Today • New…
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The Week in Games: Help is on the Way
Finally, we crawl out of the doldrums of mid-summer to three full-scale triple-A releases on Tuesday—and that does not count the launch of Disney Infinity today. Saints Row IV, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified and Splinter Cell: Blacklist all launch this week. Today • Disney Infinity (360, PS3, Wii U, Wii, 3DS, PC) Monday • Sir,…
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The Week in Games: A Dream Effort
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team on the 3DS kicks off the week of new releases, but it has company coming later in the week. Heist-shooter Payday 2 rolls out on three platforms and the Summer of Arcade continues on Xbox Live with Charlie Murder. Today • Mario and Luigi: Dream Team (3DS) Tuesday • Europa…
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The Week in Games: Onward to August
Interceptor Entertainment’s revival of Rise of the Triad highlights this week as video games close out a slow July and look to a hotter August. Other releases include Cloudberry Kingdom and a collector’s edition for Terraria Tuesday • Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny (PC) • Terraria: Collector’s Edition (360, PS3) • Cities in Motion…
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The Week in Games: The Smurfs? The Smurfs.
Well alright then. The Smurfs 2 it is this week, a movie adaptation doing every single platform like it’s still 2008 or something. Not much else to discuss. Monday • RuneScape 3 (Online) Tuesday • The Smurfs 2 (360, PS3, Wii U, Wii, DS) • The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief Deluxe Edition…
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The Week in Games: Western Dynasty
What can we say, it’s the middle of summer. This is the slow season for new releases. The week’s big highlights include Dynasty Warriors 8 and Shin Megami Tensei IV arriving in North America on Tuesday, Monday • Need For Speed Most Wanted All DLC Bundle (PC) Tuesday • Turbo: Super Stunt Squad (360, PS3,…
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The Week in Games: Roar the Praises of Her Warriors
Oregon’s brand of video-game football returns to the virtual gridiron with NCAA Football 14, EA Sports’ annual simulation of the college game. the second expansion pack for Sid Meier’s Civilization V also arrives, on PC and Mac, with Guncraft coming on Thursday. Tuesday • Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Brave New World (PC, Mac) • DARK…
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The Week in Games: No Fireworks Show
It’s another lackluster week for new releases. The eShop title Crash City Mayhem comes to the 3Ds on Tuesday. Otherwise, it’s a collection of PC and Mac titles to get you through Independence Day. Monday • Sword of the Stars: The Pit—Mind Games (PC) Tuesday • Crash City Mayhem (3DS) Wednesday • Mortal Kombat Komplete…
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The Week in Games: Get Your Motor Running
Summer begins with some noteworthy names releasing on consoles this week—Ride to Hell: Retribution, a title first spoken five years ago, finally arrives. Deadpool shows up to lay waste to the fourth wall, as he usually does, and Hotline Miami at last hits consoles with a PS3 and Vita release. Today • Game & Wario…
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The Week in Games: Ready Player Two
A modest week for new releases trails the end of E3. New Super Luigi U is the only console release, coming to the Wii U eShop on Thursday. Otherwise, there’s the Jak and Daxter Collection for PS Vita on Tuesday. Tuesday • Knights of Pen & Paper: +1 Edition (PC, Mac) • Jak and Daxter…
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The Week in Games: Last and Leaf of All
Animal Crossing: New Leaf released for 3DS today and The Last of Us arrives on an unusual day in North America, on Friday, bracketing all of the hype you’ll see this week from E3. Zeno Clash II is coming to Xbox Live on Wednesday. Today • Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) Wednesday • The Golden…
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The Week in Games: It’s Clobberin’ Time
Gazillion’s Diablo-esque Marvel Heroes MMO highlights this week’s typically quiet run-up to E3, accompanied by the all-new, dystopian Remember Me on consoles and PC, and a retail edition of Minecraft for the Xbox 360. Tuesday • Remember Me (360, PS3, PC) • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition (360, PS3, PC) • Crysis 3:…
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The Week in Games: Light That Fuse
No longer making shooters exclusively for PlayStation 3, Insomniac is now making … a shooter for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The former Overstrike arrives on Tuesday as the reconstituted Fuse. Other highlights include Crusader Kings II DLC and The Warriors coming to PSN. Tuesday • GRID 2 (PC) • Crusader Kings II: The…
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