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Fighter Within Review

It's impossible to look cool playing Fighter Within. I'm not talking about a high standard of cool either, like Arthur Fonzarelli banging on a jukebox. No, while playing Fighter's Within, you will look less cool than some pantless schlub who barely resembles a functional member of society. Frankly, any activity that involves flailing your arms and legs around like an apathetic Steven Seagal impersonator is going to draw some prolonged stares and titters (or in my case, howling laughter from...

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Xbox One Review

At CES in 2001, Microsoft boldy unveiled its first gaming console, the Xbox, putting the desktop software giant in direct competition with Sony, a successful hardware company with a proven and popular line of gaming consoles. In a market dominated by Japanese manufacturers, the Xbox immediately stood out. It was massive, and featured forward-thinking components like an internal hard drive and integrated Ethernet. Exactly one year later, Xbox Live came to life and ignited a digital revolution of...

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Powerstar Golf Review

Golf might be the very definition of a game that is simple conceptually, but exceptionally difficult to master. It's this mix of simplicity and challenge that makes golf video games so captivating, when they get it right. Which Powerstar Golf does--mostly. There's nothing revolutionary here, but Powerstar Golf is an absorbing game in the tradition of the Hot Shots Golf series, with some fun competitive features and a loot system that offers you enticing rewards for your progress, but can also...

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Shenmue developer doing GDC postmortem, PS4 architect Mark Cerny translating

Shenmue developer doing GDC postmortem, PS4 architect Mark Cerny translating

The full schedule of speakers and panels for the Game Developers Conference 2014 hasn't been announced yet, but one can't-miss talk is already lined up. Yu Suzuki, the designer behind the unfinished Shenmue series, will be doing a post-mortem of his Dreamcast classic. PlayStation 4 lead architect and game designer Mark Cerny will translate the talk.

Industry site Gamasutra announced the hour-long session, with more details to come as we get closer to the conference.

GDC runs from March 17 to 21...

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Some Xbox One consoles experiencing hardware issues

When you let several hundred thousand pieces of hardware out into the wild simultaneously, some of those machines are going to broken or dead on arrival. And the launch of the Xbox One is no different.

The most prevalent problem that new Xbox One buyers are reporting with the console seem deal with a grinding noise when trying to play games from disc. While it's impossible to separate legitimate issues from trolls on forums and reviews for the console, some users have uploaded videos to YouTube...

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