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Chris Plante·Dec 20, 2017

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Battlegrounds manages to exist within the crowded shooter genre in an unfinished state, and feel both fresh and creatively complete. From its early access launch on March 23 to its official launch today, Dec. 20, its creators have had nine months to repair, polish and expand on their baby. That the most substantial updates have been improved server performance, vaulting and car horns speaks to the confidence Greene and his squad have in the game's foundation.

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Jeremy Parish·Nov 30, 2017

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Xeno's paradox.

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Dante Douglas·Nov 22, 2017

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Build, destroy and forget

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Janine Hawkins·Nov 20, 2017

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Don’t let Fire Emblem Warriors get lost among the many Switch releases

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Dave Tach·Nov 20, 2017

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Star Wars Battlefront 2 is made up of many different parts that are pretty good, but the whole is consistently undermined by poor choices in the game's multiplayer economy. No aspect of Battlefront 2 is beyond redemption, but it's hard to fall in love with any part of it, either. It's mostly a disjointed, sporadically fun collection of modes set in familiar Star Wars scenes. Because players have no idea what is really being sold to them, or when, you have a big-name launch that gets in the way of itself more than it creates fun.

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Helen Rosner·Nov 20, 2017

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What if Iron Chef had elves and orcs?

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Owen Good·Nov 11, 2017

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Need For Speed Payback doesn't do many favors for itself. It's a fun racing game whose flashy story would be fine if I felt like I was building a blinged-out career worthy of it. Instead, I felt driven toward pure stats upgrades, heedless of what the car was or what it looked like.

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Russ Frushtick·Nov 9, 2017

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If you're excited about the prospect of playing first-person shooters on Switch, Doom is a good bell-weather. Personal physical limitations and hand size seem to be the biggest variable when it comes to enjoying the genre. But even if hands are perfectly built to slaughter demon hordes, you're still going to have to swallow some iffy visuals.

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Chris Plante·Nov 6, 2017

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Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds is a good excuse to revisit one of the year’s best games

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Jeremy Parish·Nov 5, 2017

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When fan service doesn’t go far enough

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Russ Frushtick·Nov 3, 2017

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Call of Duty returns to its roots with mixed results

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Whitney Reynolds·Oct 31, 2017

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This adaptation of a great cartoon would be near-perfect if it weren’t completely broken

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Ben Kuchera·Oct 26, 2017

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And that's the strength of this sequel. It balances a steady stream of suffering and hurt with exuberant humanity. It deals with our darkest impulses and our best, and plays them both up to a ridiculous degree. There's nothing subtle about Wolfenstein 2, but it's all affecting in a way that makes the game feel special and coherent. There are moments in the game that made my heart swell, while others were so grisly I had to look away.

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Colin Campbell·Oct 26, 2017

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A much-anticipated return for gaming’s leading historical fiction series

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Philip Kollar·Oct 26, 2017

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Nintendo’s most iconic character comes to the Switch in one of his best adventures ever