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Team Yankee is a speculative military fiction novel that presupposes that NATO and the Warsaw pack triggered World War III back in 1985. Written by Harold Coyle, its actually a retelling of an excellent story by Sir John Hackett, which is also the basis for a thriving minitures combat game.

The Classic Assassin’s Creed III game jumps to the Nintendo Switch, where players can pull some amazing American Revolution era assassinations, plus some awesome naval combat, in a more portable format. Find out if this remake is worth floating with over to a new platform.

Dark Rage is the Time Waster for this week and Billy can’t help but notice that the game is trying to be a 2D Dark Souls.

With a wintery world, beautiful graphics and horrifying monsters, Fade to Silence could have been one of the most unique survival titles in years. Unfortunately, poor design choices and outright bugs condemn it to being a decidedly less than average adventure.

Gamers should love the HALO book franchise, because it dives deep into the lore and the universe that is only lightly covered by the games. HALO: Renegades does this, while also delivering a compelling sci-fi story that stands on its own.

Console gamers who crave the precision offered by a keyboard and mouse can look no further than the Razer Turret, a newly minted, precision gaming keyboard and mouse designed exclusively for the Xbox One. And all those fancy colored lights are a cool bonus.

Billy is back to mobile gaming this week after his short break away. For his first time back out, he straps on his climbing gear and goes for the summit with a climbing simulation callled Hang Line: Mountain Climber.

In the Outward RPG, you’re not really special. You’re not a hero. And you certainly aren’t the chosen one. Yet you must still venture forth and overcome incredible odds with no handholding. Not every player will make it, but if you like challenges, you might thrive.

Wild is for sure an adult read, though the main plot involves a woman who can take the form of any animal at will. Once a month the full moon transforms her into a fierce wolf-like creature without a human conscience, which tends to make her relationships difficult.

We take a look at Cannon Arena in beta this week, a tank versus tank combat game that attempts to blend single and multiplayer modes, and do something a little bit different for this classic genre.

The Time Waster this week has Billy taking a break from mobile gaming as he checks out a PC game called Cuboid Keeper with an interesting take on shumps.

Don’t Escape: 4 Days to Survive is an old school style point and click adventure that tries to stay grounded with real world solutions to the game’s many problems, while also presenting a compelling and somewhat epic sci-fi story.

Faced with a more subdued show this year, Todd still finds several amazing moments where gamers can rightly rejoice. Here are his picks for the best and worst moments of a very different kind of E3 Expo show.

Michael’s back with the answer to the question he got asked the most on his hiatus for this week’s Video Game Tuesday. It’s his Thoughts on the Bungie/Activision Split!

The big event of the year for gamers around the world has come to an end, and one of the biggest surprises comes from the Microsoft E3 press conference.

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3 as it is commonly called, was another exciting event this time around. Although the show was not quite as crazy as in previous years, and there were a few notable absences, there were plenty of surprises, and lots of gaming news, sometimes from unexpected and interesting places.

Watch Dogs 3 is set in post-Brexit London, which should mean less focus on gun violence. Chella hopes for a Watch Dogs that focuses on hacking and accepts the tonal inconsistency gun-based combat has brought to the series.

E3 2019 dished up a seriously long list of games from the press conferences alone. Drew and Chella have distilled the show to the essential list of E3 2019 games on this episode of Argue the Toss. Come on by and see what games you should be looking forward to playing in the next year!

With a massive crowd of Call of Duty esports fans in attendance, 100 Thieves rallied through strong competition to capture the CWL Anaheim Cup, the team’s second major event victory of the 2019 CWL season. They now head on to even more tournaments, and attempt to become masters of the entire season.