Dead Island Preview

Since its controversial dead-kid-debut in early 2011, it seemed as if Dead Island was the rough-looking game that could do no wrong. Having sat down and played the first hour of the game for ourselves a few times, we’re suddenly not so convinced. We haven’t fallen out of love...

Max Payne 3 Preview

Remember when bullet time was brand-new — when diving around while firing twin pistols was the Cool New Thing? A decade ago, Max Payne took those Matrix-y concepts and turned them into gaming legend…only to disappear two years later, after one killer sequel and, in 2008, a horrible...

Call of Duty: Black Ops...

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Battlefield 3 Preview

Cover is being destroyed, piece by piece. Flowerpots are exploding and causing debris to rain down like hail. Only a couple inches of concrete are stopping your head from having an unfortunate meeting with a bullet. And you have yet to figure out exactly where the sniper — who’s...

Street Fighter X Tekken...

Back at Comic-Con 2010, Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono and Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada announced that the two fighting-game superpowers would be coming to a console near you — twice. While Capcom is busy making Street Fighter X Tekken, Namco is also creating Tekken X Street...

Modern Warfare 3 Vs. Ba...

On Xbox 360, Activision’s Call of Duty and EA’s Battlefield series have been fighting over first-person dominance for years. This fall, Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 hit just weeks apart — and each has its fair share of merit to justify the hype. But what if you only have the...