This past weekend, the annual fighting game tournament Evolution Championship Series, Evo for short, took place at the Westgate Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fighting gamers from all around the world converged on one location to find out who would be crowned as champions at the end of the tournament. As a fair warning, this
This past weekend the 2014 Evolution Championship Series, “Evo” for short, took place. Evo, the largest and most prestigious fighting game tournament was hosted in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Westgate Hotel and Casino this year.
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It has been about fourteen years since the last time Strider Hiryu appeared in a proper Strider game. But 2014 is a year of new beginnings, and so the long-awaited and much-anticipated new title in the Strider series has revealed itself. The new game, simply titled Strider, is a platforming action-adventure game in the vein
Diablo 3 has finally been released to the delight of console gamers, while PC gamers worldwide let out a collective sigh of discontent. So before getting into the meat and potatoes of the console version of Diablo 3, it would be best to take a look at the original version that came out on May
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Over time the fighting game genre has grown from an arcade clique to a world wide tournament. Many have tried to carve their niche in the fighting game world, but one company has outlasted and out gunned many upstarts. NeatherRealm, the creators of the legendary Mortal Kombat series, have their roots planted deep in the