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Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate review

More than two years after hitting Nintendo 3DS in Japan, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate finally makes its way to the US to try and bring the series to new players. Thanks to subtle but affecting changes, the game is more welcoming than any of its predecessors.
Anthony John Agnello
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The Order: 1886 review

What the hell is going on in The Order: 1886? The game gives good screenshot and little else; it's gorgeous to look at, but completely lacking in any sense of creativity or fun.
Adam Rosenberg
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Dying Light review

Dying Light is light years better than the Dead Island series, but it suffers from many of the same flaws. It doesn't understand its own strengths, but when it gives players control it can be great.
Michael Rougeau
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Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell review

Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell’s shift in character focus and overall mediocrity makes for a deeply disappointing follow up to Saints Row IV.
Anthony John Agnello
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Destiny: The Dark Below DLC review

Destiny's first expansion, The Dark Below, layers more of the same on top of the game that shipped in September 2014. It's essential for daily players, but it doesn't address some of the game's most significant criticisms.
Adam Rosenberg
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Saints Row IV: Re-Elected review

Saints Row IV is a fun game, and it’s a funny game. While it’s absurd comedy about an alien invasion is solid on a surface level, it’s the underlying perspective on the sum total of video games that makes it genius.
Anthony John Agnello
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Resident Evil HD Remaster Review

This new HD re-mastering of the 2002 Gamecube version of Resident Evil is the best way there is to enjoy Shinji Mikami’s puzzling horror thanks to admirable presentation and smartly reconsidered controls.
Anthony John Agnello
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Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMix review

Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMix is an admirable preservation, warts and all, of gaming's weirdest, most personal success story.
Anthony John Agnello
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Far Cry 4 review

Far Cry 4 carries over the living world sensibilities that made its last two predecessors such noteworthy games, but it's clearer now than ever that the series' narrative aspirations are in dire need of a re-think.
Adam Rosenberg
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Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition review

Gabriel Knight earns its keep as a classic of the adventure game genre by holding up remarkably well after two decades, but it lost a little bit of soul in the remake process.
Will Fulton
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Lords of the Fallen review

The most surprising thing about Lords of the Fallen is not how blatantly it borrows element after element from Dark Souls, but that it took so long for this to happen.
Michael Rougeau
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Sunset Overdrive review

Insomniac Games unloads with both barrels in Sunset Overdrive. The game’s sharp mix of fun and funny, further enhanced by deeply interlocked systems of play, make this one of the strongest Xbox One titles yet.
Adam Rosenberg
Civilization: Beyond Earth

Civilization: Beyond Earth review

By Sid Meier’s rubric of 33% familiar, 33% improvements, and 33% brand new for a Civilization game, Beyond Earth certainly earns its keep as a strong new entry in the series.
Will Fulton
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Bayonetta 2 review

Bayonetta 2's gargantuan barrage of sex, violence, and surrealism sets the mind on fire in ways most other action games never dream of, let alone on Nintendo's game-hungry Wii U.
Anthony John Agnello
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Persona 4 Arena Ultimax review

An excellent sequel to Persona 4 Arena, Ultimax broadens both the accessibility and the technical mastery of its fights while making welcome tweaks to its single-player content. Unfortunately it's even more inaccessible to series newcomers.
Anthony John Agnello
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The Evil Within review

Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami turns in his first horror game in nearly a decade. Rather than a triumphant return, The Evil Within is a naked effort to recapture past highs that fails almost entirely.
Anthony John Agnello
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Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King review

The third and final expansion to Dark Souls II, Crown of the Ivory King caps things off perfectly with a beautiful and complex new area to play, explore and die in.
Michael Rougeau
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Skylanders: Trap Team review

Skylanders: Trap Team brings a clever new mechanic to the hit franchise, but favors the new (and expensive) over collectors' old favorites and existing collections.
Rick Marshall
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Alien: Isolation review

A remarkable work of science fiction tension and stress, Alien: Isolation's brilliant first half is almost eclipsed by an abysmal second following what should be its climax.
Anthony John Agnello
The Walking Dead Season Two

The Walking Dead Season Two review

The Walking Dead: Season 2 is a masterful fusion of plot and play that builds on the successes of the first season as it follows a very clear, powerful arc of growth and evolution.
Adam Rosenberg
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The Wolf Among Us: Season One review

This is a review of Telltale Games' full first season of The Wolf Among Us. Unlike our previous, single-episode looks, which fell more into the realm of spoiler-y recaps, what you've got here is a spoiler-free account of the first season's strengths and weaknesses. If you're curious to read about what Telltale's wrought but don't want anything from the story given away, this is the review you've been looking for.
Adam Rosenberg
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The Wolf Among Us – Episode Five: Cry Wolf review

Cry Wolf, the fifth and final episode of Telltale Games’ first season of The Wolf Among Us, is a fitting conclusion to a story that successfully manages to avoid a black-and-white rendering of the world.
Adam Rosenberg
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Sniper Elite 3 review

Rebellion Developments cracks the code in Sniper Elite 3, delivering a deep, open-ended shooter that offers much more than just a fancy killcam.
Adam Rosenberg
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 review

Beenox's fourth Spider-Man game in as many years isn't an outright failure but its bafflingly dumb design choices prevent it from being the guilty pleasure it might have been.
Anthony John Agnello
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The Wolf Among Us – Episode Three: A Crooked Mile review

Telltale Games continues to hone its storytelling craft in episode three of The Wolf Among Us. A Crooked Line follows Bigby even further into the dark underbelly of Fabletown's criminal community.
Adam Rosenberg
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Titanfall review

Titanfall puts all other multiplayer shooters on notice with its blazing fast-yet-accessible action, but experienced players will find themselves in a shallow pool looking for the deep end.
Adam Rosenberg
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The Last of Us: Left Behind review

Naughty Dog returns to The Last of Us single player with a campaign DLC featuring on Ellie.
Ryan Fleming
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Ryse: Son of Rome review

The Xbox One may not have its killer app in Ryse: Son of Rome, but Crytek's hack-and-slasher is an entertaining, if unchallenging, ride that gives a good sense of what Microsoft's new console can do.
Adam Rosenberg
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Killzone: Shadow Fall review

Guerilla Games’ PlayStation 4 first-person shooter re-imagines the Killzone franchise, but leans heavily on familiar FPS tropes to do so.
Ryan Fleming

Skylanders: Swap Force review

Activision and Vicarious Visions continue to demonstrate a knack for pairing video games with physical toys in fun ways, as we see in the latest visit to Skylands, Skylanders: Swap Force.
Rick Marshall
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Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate review

Batman: Arkham Origins -- Blackgate is a moody architectural success from the creative leads behind Metroid Prime, but it's not the great game it could have been.
Anthony John Agnello
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The Wolf Among Us – Episode One: Faith review

Telltale Games delivers the first episode of its first post-Walking Dead series, The Wolf Among Us. This Fables-inspired tale follows Bigby Wolf as he investigates a murder in Fabletown.
Adam Rosenberg
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Child of Light review

Child of Light is a gorgeous, colorful adventure that’s lacking in substance. The mechanics of this classics-inspired RPG shine, but the emotional heart of the story is absent.
Adam Rosenberg
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Puppeteer review

Puppeteer from SCE Japan delves into the realm of modern day fables and cultural fantasies with a platformer that is so much more than it first appears.
Ryan Fleming
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Giovanni Colantonio
Giovanni Colantonio
Senior Gaming Editor

As Digital Trends’ Senior Gaming Editor, Giovanni Colantonio oversees all things video games at Digital Trends. As a veteran of the industry who first began writing about games professionally as a teenager, Giovanni brings a wealth of knowledge and historical context to Digital Trends’ gaming coverage. He brings that expertise to everything he writes, from interview features to reviews. His specialty is criticism and he’s committed to raising the bar for video game reviews. Just read his ambitious UFO 50 review as proof!

Giovanni majored in Film and Photography at Ithaca College, and that skill set had intersected with his games writing through his career. He previously worked as a Segment Producer on Polygon’s daily gaming show, Speedrun, and has contributed video content for sites like Prima Games and Hard Drive. He’s always willing to experiment with new media, whether that be via podcasts or creating videos for Digital Trends’ YouTube channel. He has previously written for Inverse, Fanbyte, The Inventory, and more. He began working with Digital Trends in 2019 as a Destiny 2 guides contributor before moving into his current role as Senior Editor.

His love of gaming dates back decades. Giovanni grew up in Massachusetts with his mother’s hand-me-down Atari 2600. He was hooked from that point on, spending his childhood obsessively playing Sega Genesis or Super Smash Bros. Melee with his friends. He carried that passion into college, where he hosted and produced Ithaca College’s own studio format video game news show. Since then, he has been committed to giving back to the video game industry that raised him by providing honest criticism, sharp analysis, and thorough coverage.

Giovanni is currently based in Brooklyn, New York where he works alongside his cat, Mirah. On weekends, you can find him birdwatching in local parks or watching professional wrestling, his second love behind gaming.