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Rainbow Six Siege's Terrohunt mode pits a team of humans players against a sophisticated group of AI terrorists. We go hands-on with Realism mode to see if we have what it takes to survive an assault.

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The Game of Thrones Telltale Games adventure series is fast approaching the conclusion of its first season. In its penultimate episode, House Forrester remains on the brink of destruction, but there is a light at the end of this tunnel. However, that light could come from th...

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Shacknews goes hands-on with Need for Speed at the 2015 EA Summer Showcase in New York City.

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There are some good ideas exercised in Batman: Arkham Knight's 'A Matter of Family' DLC, but Batgirl's first playable adventure ends way too quickly to truly take advantage of any of them.

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Shacknews goes hands-on with Rock Band 4 and tests our creative guitar solo skills. There's no way to fail, but that doesn't mean we can't try.

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The players are changing, but the goal is the same. Everyone's out to find a Vault in the third episode of Tales from the Borderlands, which follows the continuing tale of Rhys and Fiona while introducing even more players from the Borderlands world. Our impressions.

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We sit down with FreeStyle Games' Jamie Jackson to take an hands-on look at GHTV, Guitar Hero Live's on-demand playable music entertainment service to see what's playing. 

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D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die releases today for PC, trading in its Xbox One Kinect controls for mouse or gamepad movements. Does it still have the same odd charm as the original? Our impressions.

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Disney Infinity 3.0's major addition is the Star Wars franchise, but that's not all that Disney Interactive has planned for the game. Shacknews recently got to go on with Avalanche Software's run at the upcoming Inside Out Play Set.

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Game of Thrones: Sons of Winter is the fourth installment of the six episode game series. After being beaten down time and again, it might finally be time for House Forrester to strike back. Unfortunately, the world has a tendency to hit back harder. Check out how well we th...

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Dontnod Entertainment follows up the tragedy of 'Out of Time' with questions of growing up and accepting tragedy in Life is Strange's strongest episode to date.

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TowerFall Ascension was already a standout multiplayer effort on its own, but the game's first expansion further rounds it out with some new features and a strong (albeit quick) campaign.

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We make our way through corporate controlled Beantown in Shadowrun: Boston Lockdown. It turns out, being in a world where magic and high technology coexist takes a lot of brains, guts, and bullets. See how well we survive this highly tactical role-playing game.

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After several long months of delays, Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto 5 is now available on PC. How does it fare compared to its console counterparts? Check out our impressions.

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Guitar Hero Live was announced this morning at the Best Buy Theater in New York City. We get our hands on the new guitar and show off our skills in front of a virtual live audience. Is the game enough to intense enough to induce stage fright? Check out our impressions to fin...