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WTF Happened to Concord on PS5?
Concord's PS5 launch lasted two weeks. We examine the confirmed launch promises, Sony's shutdown decision, and what the ending means for buyers and collectors.
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Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Is Built Around the Drive Between Races
A research-based look at how Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown turns roads, clans, dealerships and social spaces into the point of its open world.
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Battle for Wesnoth Makes Retreat Part of the Adventure
A researched look at Wesnoth's campaign armies, terrain, and tactical retreats, with real archival gameplay images and a practical starting point.
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How Game Controllers Changed the Way We Play
From Atari’s single-button joystick to D-pads, analog sticks, vibration and adaptive inputs, controller design has quietly rewritten what games can ask players to do.
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Why Viewtiful Joe Still Turns Every Fight Into a Movie
Viewtiful Joe made time control part of every punch, dodge and puzzle. Here is why Capcom's GameCube action game still feels unmistakably stylish.
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Warzone 2100 Lets You Rebuild an RTS, Not Just Its World
A research-based look at Warzone 2100’s vehicle designer, sensor-linked artillery, open-source revival, and living approach to game preservation.
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How Game Saves Evolved: Passwords, Batteries, Memory Cards and the Cloud
From handwritten passwords to battery-backed cartridges, memory cards and cloud syncing, here is how game saves changed and what collectors should protect.
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Why Patapon Still Marches to Its Own Beat
Patapon turned four drumbeats into a strategy language. Here is how its rhythm, army-building and bold PSP design still stand apart.
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Why Dead Rising Still Makes Every Minute Matter 20 Years Later
Twenty years later, Dead Rising still stands apart because its ticking clock, chaotic mall, survivor rescues, and photography system make every choice matter.
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Why Darkwatch Still Feels Like One of the PS2’s Wildest Shooters
Darkwatch mixed vampires, the Wild West, fast first-person shooting and morality-driven powers into one of the PS2 era’s strangest cult shooters. Here’s why it still stands...
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Why Burnout 3: Takedown Still Feels So Fast 22 Years Later
Burnout 3: Takedown turned dangerous driving, boost, takedowns, and Crash Mode into one of the defining arcade racers of the PS2 and original Xbox era.
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Best GameCube Games: 25 Nintendo Classics Worth Playing
Looking for the best Nintendo GameCube games? Here are 25 classics across Mario, Zelda, Metroid, RPGs, racing, fighting, horror and more.
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Best PSP Games: 20 PlayStation Portable Classics Worth Playing
Looking for the best PSP games? Here are 20 standout PlayStation Portable titles across action, RPGs, racing, fighting, platforming and more.
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Best Xbox 360 Games: 25 Classics Worth Playing
Looking for the best Xbox 360 games? Here are 25 standout titles across shooters, RPGs, racing, action, horror, fighting and more.
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Best Wii Games: 25 Nintendo Wii Classics Worth Playing
Twenty-five of the best Nintendo Wii games worth playing, from Mario and Zelda to Smash, Wii Sports, RPGs, racing, party games and cult favorites.
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20 Underrated PS2 Games Worth Rediscovering
Twenty underrated and cult PlayStation 2 games worth rediscovering beyond the system's biggest mainstream hits.
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Best PS2 Games: 25 Classics Worth Playing
Twenty-five PlayStation 2 classics worth playing, spanning action, RPGs, horror, racing, fighting, sports, platformers and cult favorites.
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Why Is Super Mario Bros. 2 So Different? Doki Doki Panic Explained
Why does the American Super Mario Bros. 2 feel so different from the first game? The answer goes back to Nintendo's Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic.
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Best 4-Player Wii Games for Friends and Family
Looking for Wii games four people can play together? Here are some of the best local multiplayer Wii games, from Mario Kart and Smash to Just Dance and Wii Sports.
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