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Marathon Server Slam
Games

Marathon Server Slam Is Now Live

Gary Smith

Bungie's Marathon Server Slam is live now through March 2. Two zones, five factions, and five Runner shells are available in this free open preview weekend ahead of Marathon's full launch on March 5.

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Destiny 2 Shadow and Order
Games

Destiny 2: Shadow and Order Delayed to June 9, 2026 — Bungie Promises Expanded Content

Gary Smith

Bungie has officially announced that Destiny 2: Shadow and Order, the game's next Major Update, has been delayed from its original March 3rd release date to June 9, 2026. The news comes at a difficult time for the game, as Destiny 2 continues to struggle with historically low player populations following the launch of Edge of Fate and the ongoing Renegades season. The delay, however, was expected considering the amount of resources Bungie has been pouring into Marathon. That game will release on…

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Game Reviews

Crysis Remastered Review

Gary Smith

In 2007, I was doing most of my gaming on the Nintendo Wii, the original Xbox, and a low-end PC (mostly playing Black Hawk Down multiplayer). My brother built a gaming PC and it did run Crysis, although it didn't run it on the highest setting (one below that). I played a little bit of Crysis on that PC when the game came out and it was stunning. It looked amazing and the gameplay was fun. In many ways, it was indeed a jaw-dropping experience. Fast forward to 2020, and Crysis has been remastered…

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Patriot's Point
Game Columns

MAG Deserves Rebirth on PS5

PatriotPaine

It's hard to believe, but it has been over 10 years since MAG was released on PS3 and now we're inching ever closer to the release of PS5 (even if we still don't know that date yet). It was, in the long run, a short-lived game that released in January 2010. As an online only title with no single player to speak of, the servers for MAG went offline on January 28, 2014 just a couple of months after the launch of PS4. Sadly, the game has been dead longer than it had a chance to be played. I got a…

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Borderlands 3
Game Reviews

Borderlands 3 Review

Gary Smith

It’s been about three weeks since Borderlands 3 released, and thus far I’ve put in around 54 hours into the game on one character. Within the first week, I had completed the main campaign twice; once on normal and once again on True Vault Hunter Mode. The current inability to skip cutscenes means I’m in no rush to play through it again to experience the other three characters (I’ve played FL4K mostly, with a little bit of Zane as a second character). I can play through Mayhem 3 solo with little…

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Destiny 2 Forsaken Review
Game Reviews

Destiny 2 Forsaken Review

Gary Smith

It has been over one and a half months since Destiny 2's first big expansion, Forsaken, released. I don't even want to guess about how much time I've put into the game during this time, but suffice to say it has been A LOT. I've gotten two of my characters to 600 (and my third is very close), I've completed the raid a couple of times, and I've solo'd the Shattered Throne dungeon. I've seen all that Forsaken has to offer, including the first post-Forsaken in-game event, Festival of the Lost. It's…

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Destiny 2
Game Reviews

Destiny 2 Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

Destiny 2 has been out for over a month, and I feel like it's the time for me to finally get this full review out even if it is "late" (although the PC version doesn't release for another week). I came into Destiny 2 as a hardcore, dedicated Destiny player with over 2,500 hours logged in the first game. It's because of my love of the game, or franchise, that this review will be the longest one we have ever published and will tackle the game from different perspectives and dive deep into…

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Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
Game Reviews

Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 Review

Gary Smith4 Comments

CI Games released their first Sniper Ghost Warrior game back in 2010 and followed it up with a sequel in 2013. I didn't play the first one, but I did the second one. It wasn't particularly good. Now some four years later, and after a few delays, CI Games has released the third entry into the Sniper Ghost Warrior franchise and the good news is that it's certainly better than its predecessor. I applaud CI Games for taking a step and making an effort to make this a "full AAA production." You always…

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Fallout 4 Header
Game Reviews

Fallout 4 Review

Eric W.

It’s been a long time in coming… too long… but at last a new Fallout game is upon us and it’s very good. The good news is: A review like this is a mere formality since many of us have already broken the 100 hour figure on this. What more need be said, right?

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FPS Freek Galaxy
Game Reviews

Gaming Accessories: FPS Freek Galaxy Review

Gary Smith

A few years ago I wrote a little piece about FPS Freek Havoc and Infinity thumbstick grips for PS3 and I really liked them. But, like the PS3 itself, they've been pushed aside (well actually one of the Havoc's broke sometime early last year and that was my fault). Out of the box, the Dualshock 4 is an all around better controller than the Dualshock 3 and that includes the thumbsticks. I like the thumbsticks on the DS4 as they are, but like a lot of gamers I've had to replace a controller due to…

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Destiny The Taken King
Game Reviews

Destiny – The Taken King Review

Gary Smith

A little over a year ago I posted my review of vanilla Destiny, which I gave a superb 4.5 star rating. That review encompassed the game from launch to three weeks after launch with a little over 85 hours invested in it and having done everything but the raid. Now here we are a month and a half removed from the release of Destiny’s first major expansion, The Taken King, and it is time to review it all over again.

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Dying Light
Game Reviews

Not An Official Review: Dying Light

Gary Smith1 Comment

I've had Dying Light since release when I received a digital code to review the game. That was a few weeks ago. I am progressing extremely slowly, but at this point I've seen enough of the game to write the review. However it comes with the caveat that I will not be assigning a score to the game, for two reasons: I haven't completed the campaign or tried the multiplayer, and my problem with the game that has slowed my progression probably isn't an issue for most gamers. I play a lot of video…

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Grand Theft Auto V
Game Reviews

Grand Theft Auto V (PS4) Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

Rockstar wowed the majority of us a year ago when they released Grand Theft Auto V on PS3 and Xbox 360. Even on old hardware, it was an excellent looking game that still looks better than some games released on the new systems. Now that Rockstar has released the game for PS4 and Xbox One, it looks even better. For starters, there's increased detail for everything. Textures are better, overall image quality is greatly improved thanks to anti-aliasing. There's greater draw distance, and even…

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