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One of the biggest criticisms of Dragon Age II was that the drab, recycled environments quickly turned your enthusiastic dungeon crawl into more of an unwilling, half-hearted plod. When BioWare announced that Legacy would take you out of Kirkwall, fans everywhere could be seen doing one of those classically freeze-framed …

“They’re f*cking it up. Why are they f*cking it up? How is it not obvious to them that they’re f*cking it up? Please, Nintendo, for the love of God, take a step back, look at yourselves, and stop f*cking it up!” This has been my mantra since the 3DS was …

SFX blogger Steven Ellis reckons we’re all being duped by claims of “record breaking box office”

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Perhaps not everyone got the memo. See, power-ups are meant to be a good thing. They are, by definition, supposed to power you up. As in ‘not power you down’. So why be so cruel as to program things into your game that can be collected by the player that …

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Nationals are now over in the 2011 Pokemon Video Game Championships, and win or lose, a delightful time was had by all.As we get ready for the international showdown among the globe’s most elite Pokemon trainers at Worlds in August,it’s time toreflect on the triumphs and defeats of the tournament …

We’re creating and destroying in pretty equal amounts this week. On the former end, we’ve got free-to-play management sim Tiny Tower and path-making puzzle platformer Continuity 2: The Continuation, while our more aggressive side is sated with the surprisingly decent Transformers: Dark of the Moon HD and the four-in-one Galaga …

We’ve already hadsome hands-on timewith the latest in Ubisoft’s Driver series, but this was our first chance to sit down with the game’s myriad multiplayer modes. While pretty much every racing game has some sort of generic race against the other guy multiplayer these days, we were excited to see …