The Ithacan

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Video game developer Remedy Entertainment loves a good pastiche.

Ubisoft’s “Tom Clancy’s The Division 2” regurgitates the cliche, fictional story of a crumbling society as the same crippling epidemic from the previous game in the series brings the United States to its knees.

“Metro Exodus,” a first-person shooter by 4A Games, is a deep, intoxicating inhale of contaminated air that has players fastening their gas masks and jumping straight into a world where survival is not guaranteed.

A rich landscape of beautiful, rolling hills is quickly followed by the silhouette of a man in his window — then a heart-stopping bang leads to peaceful silence.

WarGround is a free-to-play, turn-based strategy game on Steam — a platform that distributes games and related media, not unlike an online Gamestop — that offers new ideas and art styles to hide a mountain of flaws.

The remastered “Grand Theft Auto V” improves on the original games visuals and gameplay.

Nintendo’s most beloved characters duke it out in “Super Smash Bros.”

Superpowers never looked so good in “Infamous Second Son.”

Pixelated indie title pleases with pixelated carnage.

Eventful gameplay and a great art style propel game to greatness.

The two new video game releases, “Pokémon X” and “Pokémon Y,” received a graphics update that improved the game’s excitement.

While “Saints Row IV” is a chaotic and overall fun video game, it lacks challenges.