Video Game

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  Mafia II

  PC / Xbox 360 / PS3

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2010

  The Grand Theft Auto series has left such an indelible imprint on gaming that it's like Die Hard: an essentialist ideal that can be applied...

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  Transformers: War for Cybertron

  PS3 / Xbox 360

  PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2010

  As an '80s baby whose worst-ever Christmas was when I got Go-Bots instead of Transformers (I know, right?) I skipped the Michael Bay blockb...

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  Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

  PS3 / Xbox 360

  PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2010

  Scott Pilgrim may be targeting today's 20-something hipster, but the videogame-inspired book-turned-movie-turned-videogame franchise is emb...

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  Joe Danger

  PS3

  PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2010

  Super Mario and Zelda may have gotten more attention, but for those who grew up on Nintendo's original NES console, ExciteBike was equally...

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  Sin & Punishment: Star Successor

  Wii

  PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2010

  There's been so much talk lately about "feature creep" — the addition of unnecessary features because gamers demand them, not because...

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  Super Mario Galaxy 2

  Wii

  PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2010

  The sequel to Nintendo's galactic revamp of its plumber-based platforming franchise further redefines its genre though anything-goes perspe...

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  Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love

  PS2 / Wii

  PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2010

  Though this Sakura Wars' first North American release, the alternate-reality franchise set in a steampunk-inspired roaring '20s debuted in...

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  Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands

  PS3 / Xbox 360

  PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2010

  The latest Prince of Persia is an odd duck of a game. Though clearly tied to the new (and reportedly not terrible) Jake Gyllenhaal flick, i...