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 [...]
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May 19th, 2011 by Ash Boehnlein
Valve Corporation’s cult-following puzzle-platform game released in 2007 continues in the long-awaited sequel, Portal 2, released on PC, MAC, Xbox 360 and PS3. With two playing modes, two sets of characters and two stories, gamers should prepare themselves for hours of fun, sarcasm and infinite loops! Use Facebook to Comment on this Post
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April 23rd, 2011 by Patrick Mifflin
Thanks to the overwhelming success of the Street Fighter IV series, producer Yoshinori Ono has taken his place as de facto head of fighting game development within Capcom. He’s not the only one within the company fighting for the cause, as Marvel vs Capcom 3 producer Ryota Niitsuma is also on board, but Ono-san has [...]
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April 14th, 2011 by Patrick Mifflin
At Captivate 2011, Capcom treated us to more information on a pair of highly-anticipated fighting games, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition and Street Fighter X Tekken. The wealth of solid info on these two titles stole the show for a lot of us, and basically made Captivate a winner despite the bizarre omissions of [...]
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January 22nd, 2011 by Chris Selogy
As our 2011 backlog is already starting to build up, everybody here at SmashPad has taken the opportunity to look back upon the games we enjoyed the most from 2010 for our annual The Year in Screenshots feature. Rather than go through the hassle of dwindling these games down to name a Game of the [...]
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January 12th, 2011 by Josh Schwartzman
Just a friendly post to let all of our readers out there know that we have not disappeared and are just recuperating from a long stretch of holiday gaming. The holidays brought with it fun, tons of gaming, and sadly not enough free time. The majority of us have real life jobs with real life [...]
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November 26th, 2010 by Josh Schwartzman
Las Vegas has always been well known as the city to let everything go…where “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” It is only fitting that the latest entry in the Fallout series heads west to the lights, glamour and mayhem of New Vegas, a city that was spared by the bombs that ravaged the [...]
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October 12th, 2010 by Josh Schwartzman
Left 4 Dead 2 is still going strong on both the PC and Xbox 360 and Valve continues to give fans some of the best service in the industry. The newest content, The Sacrifice, adds a new campaign to the mix, allowing players from both games to play together. The end result is a unique [...]
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September 7th, 2010 by Josh Schwartzman
While PS3 owners have to wait a few more months to play Mass Effect 2, Xbox 360 and PC owners can get their hands on the latest downloadable content from Bioware today, Lair of the Shadow Broker. A definite far cry from the previous add-ons, the Shadow Broker content is packed with adrenaline filled battles, [...]
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August 18th, 2010 by Josh Schwartzman
With Dragon Age II quickly appearing on the horizon, Bioware has not yet ended the adventures of the Grey Warden in the original Origins storyline. Although the previous quest with Leliana was charming fun, the latest trek through the underground city of Amgarrak is a complete waste of time. With a forgettable story, dull characters [...]
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