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Maybe history really is cyclical. Video games certainly make that case, especially in the last few years as genres long thought dead are resurrected and reinvented: fighting games; isometric, turn-based RPGs; and perhaps the oddest of all, hardcore space sims (opens in new tab). Led by a reanimated Elite franchise …

Until Dawn (opens in new tab) is a PlayStation 4 game about teenagers in the woods being hunted down by a maniac in a mask and other malicious forces – an interactive horror flick, if you will. Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (opens in new tab) is a PlayStation VR …

The Division didn’t make me pause until I got outside of Madison Square Garden. I fought my way through the weird Reverse Tardis version of the famous arena with its diminutive stands, shooting bandana-wearing thugs with typical video game abandon, but when I went outside, there was Monell’s. In the …

If you were a bit dismayed when it was revealed that the PlayStation VR (opens in new tab) would not come with the required PlayStation Camera (opens in new tab) peripheral, may you dis no more. Tech Insider (opens in new tab) reports that there will be a bundle that …

Way back in 2011, Supergiant Games made waves with Bastion, the isometric brawler with a gorgeous aesthetic, deeply satisfying combat, and a fantastical story brought to life by a gifted narrator. Now, in 2016, all those same righteous descriptors apply to Stories: The Path of Destinies, a PS4 and PC …

Oooh, look some new Crackdown 3 (opens in new tab) images. First up: the important stuff beards! This is one of two images posted (opens in new tab) by community manager Kieffer Bryant. It’s actually part competition and part survey as Kieffer’s giving out prizes for submitted examples of “your …

The Division (opens in new tab) started as an idea at Ubisoft Massive, but three more of Ubisoft’s major studios ended up heavily involved with the project: Ubisoft Reflections, Ubisoft Annecy, and Red Storm Entertainment. Red Storm is where the Tom Clancy’s video game brand began (it was co-founded by …

Whether it’s uncertainty about having the director of three Fast & Furious films behind the camera or a debut trailer full of explosions, motorcycles, and Beastie Boys, fans have let their unhappiness regarding the upcoming Star Trek Beyond (opens in new tab) be known. It would seem someone else is …

Street Fighter 5 (opens in new tab), while fundamentally amazing, has been rightfully criticized for either lacking substantial features, or half-assing others. One such feature is its quote-unquote “Story” mode, which strings together three or four one-round fights unique to each fighter. They’re worth finishing because they’ll grant you some …

If you ever wanted to know what Jar Jar Binks would sound like as an evil Sith, stop what you’re doing and give this a watch; it’s Ahmed Best, the man who played Jar Jar in the Star Wars films, giving us his best bad guy impression. So why is …