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So Long, Farewell | Call of Duty veteran David Vonderhaar leaves Treyarch after 18 years at the developer
Voderhaar is staying the games industry, however.
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TOUGH LOVE | Goldeneye 64: the best game you love despite itself?
Find out in episode 64 of The Best Games Ever show.
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WAY PAST COOL | With Lego Sonic, Sega does what Nintendon’t once again
Lego’s take on Sonic offers a more traditional, 90s-style playset approach than Mario - and it’s for the better.
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Autoports | Hasbro really wants Microsoft to bring back older Transformers games through Xbox Game Pass
A number of Transformers game were delisted in 2017.
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ENERGY DRINK? | Yes, the next Call of Duty is Modern Warfare 3
Modern Warfare 3 leaks became so rampant that the developer had to acknowledge them.
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BARELY MANAGING | The best management sim isn't even a video game: The Best Games Ever Show episode 61
You never know what Tom Orry may bring.
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DEFEAT DR. EGGMAN | Sonic Superstars' opening animation gives fans a taste of the action
A new spin on a classic.
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Back In Black Ops | Call of Duty comes back to life as Xbox-360-era games get surprise update
The games had been plagued by server issues for a number of years.
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That's No Good | Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka catches a $1.2 million fine over insider trading, but avoids jail time
The developer was arrested last year over the claim.
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COLOR US SHOCKED | Call of Duty 2023 release date leaked by judge during FTC hearing with Microsoft
Legal slip-up.
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Get Super Mario Bros Wonder or Mario RPG for free with this 3 for 2 offer from Best Buy
Buy two Nintendo Switch games and get the third game free from Best Buy.
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CALL OF WAKE | PS Plus July includes Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Alan Wake Remastered
Sony confirms July's games after Dealabs leak.
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MAMMA MIA | Nintendo Direct June 2023 - here’s all the announcements you might’ve missed
Strap in. There's a lot to unpack.
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BACK FOR MORE | Super Mario RPG remake is real, and it arrives in November
It looks pretty good, too.
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GET YOUR SNES ON | Nintendo levels up with a fresh wave of retro games for Switch Online
Four additional games added to the mix.
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SYMBOLIC | Metal Gear Solid Δ looks pretty goofy written down, but which games have worse titles?
What's in a name? Loads, actually. The Best Games Ever Show Episode 53
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KINGDOM COME | Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is great, but I hope the next game is nothing like it
Whatever Nintendo does with the next part in the Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom series, I hope it's something completely different.
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Speed of Sound | The Sonic the Hedgehog Symphony is speeding into London this September
Here's hoping they just play Live and Learn on loop.
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RED HEAD REDEMPTION | Gingers? In video games? Who allowed this?
It's a mutation. It's a very groovy mutation. The Best Games Ever Show Episode 52
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IT'S ALL LINKED | As Tears of the Kingdom finally arrives, we ask: ‘What’s the best Zelda game that isn’t a Zelda game?’
The Legend of Zelda is a hugely influential series, but which of its many copycats is the best? The Best Games Ever Show Episode 51
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All Timer | Wii Sports gets the respect it deserves by joining the video game hall of fame
Four more games join the selection.
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BLOCK PROCESSING | Sonic’s four new Lego kits are traditional playsets for kids, not collectors – and that’s brilliant
Lego Sonic the Hedgehog sets are designed for under-10s - exactly as they should be. And it won’t stop us from buying ‘em anyway.
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SEGA STARS | Four classic SEGA Genesis titles are now available on Nintendo Switch Online
Say hello to Pulseman, Flicky, Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition, and Kid Chameleon.
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Echidna You Not | Knuckles spin-off finds its cast and a cowboy hat for the echidna
A release date hasn't been set as of yet.
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TOAD LESS TRAVELLED | There’d be no Mario Kart 8 Deluxe without Mario Kart Wii – here’s why
Often overlooked, but never without influence, Mario Kart Wii is a more important part of the series' history than you might think.
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MAMMA MIA | A short history of how Mario, gaming’s most famous Italian, almost wasn’t Italian
What if Mario had been designed as a generic European guy? What then?
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The best Resident Evil games ranked from worst to best
In this ranking of the best Resident Evil games, we decide which ones are Tyrant-grade and which ones are basic, brain-dead zombies.
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SIGHTS SOUNDS SPEED | Sonic Frontiers free update adds Photo Mode, new features, and more
Prepare for a couple of new timed modes.
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FAKING IT | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.44: The best game where you'd swap places with the main character
Surviving most video games would be hell, but some of them let you just chill out on a beach.
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BRAWL CHOKED UP | Like it or not, the Smash Bros series wouldn’t be what it is without its most maligned entry
In defense of everyone's least favourite Super Smash Bros. game.
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PLUS PLUS BABY | Sonic Origins Plus rating in Korea suggests an extended edition is on the way
Is SEGA planning to follow in Sonic Mania's footsteps? Sure sounds like it.
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HOKEY COMPUTER | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.33: The best game that could have been made by an AI
Humans have wondered for decades if artificial intelligence will lead to their doom, but could it have invented DOOM?
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THE COMET IS COMING | 15 years later, Super Mario Galaxy is still the series' most stellar entry
The Wii game occupied a tricky space for Mario, no pun intended, but Nintendo managed to leverage the software to deliver an absolute blinder.
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BLEEDING BLUE | SEGA's Sonic the Hedgehog series has sold an impressive 1.5 billion copies worldwide
That'll do, Sonic. That'll do.
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PRATT FALL | We replaced Chris Pratt with Charles Martinet in The Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer
Mario's original voice actor has quite the range.
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SNIKT | With Jackman's Wolverine coming back to movies, it's the ideal time to play the best Wolverine game
Everyone's favorite spandex-wearing, cigar-chomping Canadian furry hasn’t been in many games – so it’s time for the X-Men Origins: Wolverine redemption arc.
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Ambitious | Marvel games will be free from MCU style connections
Don't expect to see EA's Iron Man chatting with Skydance's Captain America.
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Poor Sheik | Metroid Prime developer's cancelled Zelda game was apparently "an experiment gone wrong"
The game would have starred Sheik, and had whack-a-mole style gameplay.
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Rebound | This Black Ops grenade launcher kill is a reminder of Call of Duty's legacy of stylish trick shots
An unbelievable shot brings back fond memories of trick shots long past
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No, time to die! | I can’t wait for GoldenEye 64 Remastered – though I have almost as much love for the Wii remake
As everybody collectively asks where the GoldenEye remaster is, I’m reminiscing about the other, just-as-interesting GoldenEye.
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come on over apathy | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.2: Best game that nobody cares about
Can you think of a great game that everyone seemed to ignore? We came up with three.
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the incredible shulk | You owe it to yourself to play Xenoblade Chronicles before Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Nintendo’s beloved cult classic almost didn’t make it out of Japan and that would, really, have been a crying shame.
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Golden Wiind | The Queen's Golden Wii could be yours as it is once again up for auction
It will set you back a pretty penny though.
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OFFLINE | Ubisoft shuts down online multiplayer services for 90 of its older games
Offline features for each game are still available, but the games can no longer be played online.
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BLESS THE RAINS | Check out Africa by Toto being played on instruments in Majora's Mask
I hear the drums echoing tonight.
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Birthday Beats | The Wii is 15, so here’s 15 Wii games that deserve Switch ports or sequels
As it gets older, the best of the Wii becomes more difficult to play without tracking down original hardware and buying cables that can connect it to modern displays. For the Wii’s 15th birthday, here’s a list of 15 Wii games that deserve ports or sequels.
