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Weekly News Roundup – Dec 2nd
If you haven’t been able to look up from your copy of Farcry 3 or Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced edition, here’s a rundown of what happened...

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by Sara Swanson 12 years ago10 years ago

If you haven’t been able to look up from your copy of Farcry 3 or Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced edition, here’s a rundown of what happened this week! You can expect to see more of these articles on Explosion.com every weekend, so be sure to check back. Between incredible Black Friday deals, impressive new game releases,...

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What Nintendo Power’s Last Issue Says About the Future
The last issue of Nintendo Power says a lot about not just the current generation of gaming, but also the current generation of technology. As...

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by Sara Swanson 12 years ago12 years ago

The last issue of Nintendo Power says a lot about not just the current generation of gaming, but also the current generation of technology. As technology progresses in a more social manner and print media faces stiff competition, the faster technology is winning. The cheap and fast nature of the internet is what is pushing...

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5 Awesome Games Compatible With Oculus Rift
Despite the delay of the consumer Oculus Rift to late 2013—if it arrives next year at all—the headset already has a plethora of games behind...

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by Sara Swanson 12 years ago10 years ago

Despite the delay of the consumer Oculus Rift to late 2013—if it arrives next year at all—the headset already has a plethora of games behind it either made exclusively for Oculus use or made compatible with it. The Oculus Rift enhances the experience of all of these games, and most of them offer something incredibly...

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A Paragon No More: The Final Hours of City of Heroes
When Cryptic Studios launched their superhero MMO City of Heroes, it marked the beginning of a never-ending battle for freedom, liberty and justice. Eight years...

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by Charles Battersby 12 years ago12 years ago

When Cryptic Studios launched their superhero MMO City of Heroes, it marked the beginning of a never-ending battle for freedom, liberty and justice. Eight years later that “never-ending” battle has come to a close. The brave heroes of Paragon City have survived alien invasions, assaults from a mirror dimension, and the fiendish schemes of the...

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The Future of Bungie and Destiny
The Halo franchise has finally flown from the nest and gone on to pastures that are fresh and new, but just what have Bungie been...

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by Martin Toney 12 years ago12 years ago

The Halo franchise has finally flown from the nest and gone on to pastures that are fresh and new, but just what have Bungie been filling their time and what has decided to move in and occupy that now empty nest? IGN recently received marketing details from an outside source about the new Bungie game...

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Brace Yourself For the Return of the Console Wars
I hate the term fanboy, I really do. It is obnoxious and pigeonholes people into a box for being a fan of one thing or...

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by Dave Walsh 12 years ago12 years ago

I hate the term fanboy, I really do. It is obnoxious and pigeonholes people into a box for being a fan of one thing or another while disliking the competition. What is sad is that with language comes change, and like it or not, some words become a part of the collective consciousness, and at...

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Can’t Wait For Bioshock Infinite? Try Minerva’s Den
The first Bioshock was an amazing game with a clever method of telling its story. The Player arrives in a fascinating place shortly after an...

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by Charles Battersby 12 years ago12 years ago

The first Bioshock was an amazing game with a clever method of telling its story. The Player arrives in a fascinating place shortly after an interesting event has happened. It isn’t about experiencing the fall of Rapture, it’s about unearthing the tale of how and why it happened. It was a completely self-contained story with...

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Black Ops 2 is actually kind of fun
Today I bring to you something I stumbled across during my usual adventures on Xbox Live. Something so awesome that at first, I didn’t realise...

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by Martin Toney 12 years ago12 years ago

Today I bring to you something I stumbled across during my usual adventures on Xbox Live. Something so awesome that at first, I didn’t realise what it was until it had happened a few times, and what’s more, I found it in a game I normally try my absolute best to avoid; Call of Duty...

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Hitman Absolution
Where do you start with a series like Hitman? It’s a gratuitous, non-stop thinking man’s franchise that has now moved swiftly with the times courtesy...

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by Albert Hong 12 years ago12 years ago

Where do you start with a series like Hitman? It’s a gratuitous, non-stop thinking man’s franchise that has now moved swiftly with the times courtesy of IO Interactive and Square Enix. While it may have taken over half a decade since Hitman: Blood Money to get anti-hero Agent 47 some fresher contracts to pursue, Absolution...

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What the Wii U Tells Us About Next Generation
The Wii U’s launch was filled with plenty of surprises, but the most prominent one was the console’s capabilities. Leading up to the Wii U’s...

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by Sara Swanson 12 years ago12 years ago

The Wii U’s launch was filled with plenty of surprises, but the most prominent one was the console’s capabilities. Leading up to the Wii U’s release, the impression was that the console would meet or surpass current generation machines and, while it may not have been the best entry of the next generation, it would...

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