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Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes’ complete lack of cardboard boxes was concerning, but it turns out they were just back at the shop for some upgrades. At some point in the nine years between Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (opens in new tab), box …
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September, 2015
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1 September
North America gets swappable faceplates with the New 3DS Animal Crossing bundle
The New 3DS, with its Super Famicom colored buttons and interchangeable face plates, is finally coming to North America via an Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer Bundle. It comes with two sets of faceplates (one featuring Isabelle’s adorable little dog secretary face and another of a happily designed home), the …
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1 September
Halo 5: Guardians opening cinematic doesnt feature Master Chief, but thats OK
We’ve known ol’ John-117 was taking more or a sidelined role for Halo 5: Guardians (opens in new tab), but it’s a little surprising to see that the game’s opening cinematic totally fails to show him off. The Chief is AWOL in more ways than one, it seems. All the …
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1 September
Youre faster and more dangerous in Dark Souls 3, but so is everything else
Dark Souls 3 (opens in new tab) has remained enigmatic since its surprise announcement at E3 this year, and not by way of the series’ usual systemic arcaneries and lore-based conundrums. Those remain largely unexplained and unexplored, of course, but right now the real question to be asked of Dark …
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August, 2015
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31 August
Xbox One Elite Bundle has a faster hard drive and a fancy controller for $499
Remember back when Xbox One cost $499, it came with a Kinect, and that was final? Microsoft’s announced another $499 bundle, but its 1TB hybrid drive and Elite Controller should have a bit more hardcore appeal than the ol’ voice-and-motion sensor. First off, the Elite Bundle’s 1TB hard drive isn’t …
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31 August
Destiny: The Taken King launch trailer has great big screaming space battles
You know the Destiny (opens in new tab) release cycle is getting serious when the trailers have licensed music again. That’s where we’re at with this video, which sets up the climactic clash between your Guardian and The Taken King himself, Oryx. Remember, this time you’re not just fighting off …
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28 August
Why I Love: Metal Gear Solids cardboard box
Metal Gear Solid is very serious business, except for when it’s not. The series has deftly straddled the line between the solemn and the goofy, the mundane and the fantastical, ever since its inception in 1987. I can’t think of too many games that can feature a scene requiring you …
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28 August
There will be bleak. This War Of Mine: The Little Ones announced for PS4
This announcement trailer might be accompanied by the Offspring – where are they now? – but This War Of Mine: The Little Ones is going to be decidedly grim when it arrives on PS4 next year. Including a complete edition of the PC original This War Of Mine, the brand …
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28 August
Hitman stars Zachary Quinto and Rupert Friend on the bad, the bald and the NES
Agent 47 is having a renaissance in 2015. Not only is Square-Enix rebooting the Hitman video game series with a new episodic game for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, I/O Interactive’s thorny assassin tale is also returning to the big screen. Hitman: Agent 47 succeeds on a fundamental level that …
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28 August
Heres how Destiny: The Taken King is improving weeklies and Nightfall
You already saw how strikes won’t play the same twice in Destiny: The Taken King (opens in new tab), but dedicated Destiny players know repetitive Strikes were only half the problem. Now Bungie’s fundamentally changing Destiny (opens in new tab)’s weekly and daily events so they feel like less of …
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