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Review: Sega Rally Online Arcade (360, PS3)

June 28th, 2011 by Patrick Mifflin

Kicking off in 1995, the Sega Rally Championship franchise has long stood among the best that arcade racing has to offer. It didn’t enjoy a wealth of sequels like most great games do, but it made for great games any time Sega chose to build one.

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Review: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS)

June 25th, 2011 by Danreb Victorio

There is absolutely no game that has garnered as much critical appraise as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.  First released in November of 1998, the game has since been re-released three times–twice on the GameCube and once on the Wii’s Virtual Console service.  No matter which version of the game it is, Ocarina [...]

Nintendo 3DS, Reviews | 1 Comment |

Review: Dungeon Siege III (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)

June 24th, 2011 by Danreb Victorio

Because Dungeon Siege is a title more widely known to PC gamers, odds are you’ve never heard of this series.  The Dungeon Siege games are known to consistently push the envelope when it comes to hack-and-slash, dungeon-crawling gameplay, and the third installment of the epic series makes a valiant attempt to bring the loot-hoarding fun [...]

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E3 2011: Nintendo Press Conference Summary & Reactions

June 10th, 2011 by Chris Selogy

Nintendo uses their press conference to celebrate The Legend of Zelda’s 25th Anniversary, give a shot in the arm for the Nintendo 3DS’ fall lineup, and unveil their next console, the Wii U.

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E3 2011: Need For Speed: The Run Preview (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)

June 9th, 2011 by Filippo Dinolfo

Over the years the Need For Speed franchise has taken many turns. Some games have been better than others.

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E3 2011: Forza Motorsport 4 Preview (Xbox 360)

June 9th, 2011 by Filippo Dinolfo

Forza Motorsport 4 is easily one of my most anticipated games for this year. I am a huge fan of what Turn 10 has done with the series thus far, and it seems like for the fourth installment they’re looking to make the best possible racing game in the genre. It’s a lofty goal, but [...]

Previews, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment |

E3 2011: Sony Press Conference Summary & Reactions

June 8th, 2011 by Chris Selogy

Sony apologized to everybody for the damages caused by the PlayStation Network outage, talked about a ton of PS3 games, and announced key details for the Vita’s upcoming launch.

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E3 2011: Microsoft’s Press Conference Summary & Reactions

June 7th, 2011 by Chris Selogy

In an interesting off-year for Microsoft, they get to focus on games for the Xbox 360 and Kinect. Lots of demos, a few game announcements, and some Xbox Live news topped the majority of what Microsoft had to announce.

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Preview: Duke Nukem Forever (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

June 6th, 2011 by Ash Boehnlein

One liner: The game is well worth the wait! The sequel the world has been waiting 14 years for is finally approaching its release. Since 1997, Duke has been partaking in a little vacation and his trigger finger has itched long enough. Maintaining the first person shooter style of gameplay originally introduced to the series [...]

PC, PlayStation 3, Previews, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment |

Pre-E3 2011: Now It’s Personal

June 4th, 2011 by SmashPad Staff

In the last few articles we speculated on what the Big Three could and should do to make their keynotes a success. Now though we’re going to branch off a little bit and let our editors express themselves a bit more. This time it’s more personal and will focus on what we’re looking forward to [...]

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