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‘Call Of Duty: Black Ops III’ goes big but lacks ambition

One of the annual traditions gamers’ can count on for the past several years is that a new Call of Duty game will be released. Activision has continued the trend into the new generation of consoles and developer Treyarch as revealed its latest military simulator, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. Treyarch has the difficult goal of keeping the franchise fresh while also keeping core players satisfied. Their big solution is to make this the biggest Call of Duty ever. With such a large scope comes inevitable casualties, thus Black Ops 3 is perfectly competent, but a master of nothing.

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‘Halo’ and the ‘Call of Duty’ Effect

Not since 2001 with the release of the original Xbox has any console launched with a game so revered by fans and critics alike as Bungie’s Halo: Combat Evolved. The original game was a bold adventure, brimming with new ideas, an alien world and a killer soundtrack. Following it’s huge success, the sequel Halo 2 …

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‘Edge of Tomorrow’ replicates the video game experience without the bad aftertaste

The premise seems familiar enough: it’s the not-too-distant future and Earth is under attack by aliens. The “Mimics” arrived by an errant asteroid and now they have taken over half of continental Europe. To help combat these hyper-intelligent aliens, humans wear armored combat suits fitted with rocket launchers and side-guns. One might even confuse the …

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Story/Stark: The Gaming Industry is Starving for Story

Rarely, if ever, is a game so exceedingly great it warrants a remake only a year after release.  This is, however, the case with The Last of Us, the late PS3 entry from Naughty Dog (the Uncharted series) that is coming to the PS4 in the way of The Last of Us: Remastered.  Perhaps this is merely an effort …

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