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The Elder Scrolls Online may not have been the success that Bethesda wanted it to be, but I still believe there is a fair bit of value in the game.

As such a huge fan of Civilzation IV and V, Beyond Earth just never quite caught my fancy in the same way. The idea of taking Civilization to space should

The reveal of Bethesda's Doom reboot was always a very safe bet for the publisher's E3 press conference on June 14th.The game was shown at QuakeCon a

I still haven't quite figured out how Project Morpheus is going to slide into the market yet. Having said that, I haven't quite figured out how the Vive

If any game sells 5 million copies over its life time, in most cases you can call that a win. A lot of games sell a lot less than that even and still call

I'm a big fan of Telltale's Game of Thrones series, even if it currently feels like it's stalling a little. The narrative hasn't quite pulled the trigger

The Witcher 3 is going to be landing on Tuesday, and unsurprisingly, just about everyone I know is excited to play it. From early reviews, it looks like

It's hard to know exactly which music rhythm franchise jumped first. but 2015 is going to see the return of both Rock Band and Guitar Hero. It's hard to

The Director Mode bundled into Grand Theft Auto V on the PC has generated a ton of great videos. The GTA community is getting very inventive with the

The character list for Tekken 7 is really starting to fill out, with a lot of old favorites returning to the fight. Yoshimistsu had a pretty dramatic

Bloodborne has done very well considering the game has a strong focus on the hardcore. The game passed 1 million sold two weeks after launch and has been

I'm always very careful when it comes PC spec breakdowns, because, while owning a very competent computer for gaming, I don't know, in a technical sense,

Rise of the Tomb Raider is out this year, but the game largely remains a mystery. Crystal Dynamics have been pretty coy in showing it off, past the fact

While Rock Band 4 is supposedly going to launch with all the DLC you purchased in Rock Band 3, the game will also hit stores with a its own setlist. While

Everyone has been slowly naming the date and time for their E3 press conferences over the last few days, as Ubisoft, EA and Microsoft named their times

We were first shown dual-play in Arkham Knight during the last trailer reveal, but it has remained a little unclear as to how it works up to this point.

Mortal Kombat is pretty well defined by its ludicrous characters. The series has a whole treasure trove of weird fighters that are distinct in their

Besides the initial price drop of the Xbox One that saw the console take November and December, the PlayStation 4 has pretty much been the best seller

Dying Light is one of the biggest surprises of the year. The game came out to dominate January and was helped a bunch by being an honest to goodness good

The Witcher: Wild Hunt is out on Tuesday which means one thing. Get ready to have your spare time disappear from you! Remember that short cinematic teaser

House of Wolves is on the cusp of adding a ton of content to Destiny, which is a good thing for hardcore players who are at a loss as to what to do next.

"Are you even allowed to make movies like this?" That was the phrase I kept asking myself while watching Mad Max: Fury Road. The action is so thorough, so

Another week has gone by and that means it’s time for another Category: Video Games. If you are joining us for the first time, this is the podcast where

The end of this year is really stacking up with game releases as the end of the year tends to do. That Christmas rush is a real driving force for most

It seems that everyone is just about ready to get their E3 on, which honestly is a little terrifying. The expo is coming, and there isn't anything any of

I'm pretty excited about seeing what Tt Games do with the Jurassic Park license in LEGO Jurassic World. In some ways, it's the perfect franchise to do it

I reported the other day that Telltale's The Walking Dead Season 3 wasn't going to be coming in 2015. However, there was an allusion by the developer's PR

Assassin's Creed plays with the past a whole lot, often bringing in historical figures and jimmying them into the story of the assassin for one reason or

For those who don't know, Brock Lesnar is one of the most devastating fighters int he world. While his fame came from the WWE, where he now resides, he

The Witcher 3 really seems to be pushing its focus on pretty women and monsters for their marketing. On that note, here is a new trailer that brings the