News::The Mega Man comic explores incest... wait... buh!?

We take a break from the Sonic / Mega Man joygasm festivities to remind you that on February 13 -- the day before Valentine's Day coincidentally -- Archie Mega Man #22 hits shelves. It's the requisite "love" issue, in which Roll plays matchmaker to get Mega and Quake Woman together, while Ice Man tries his best to express his feelings for Roll.

Yeah, here's the thing...

The MM1 Robot Masters were built by Dr. Light, which means they are as much brothers to Mega as Mega is to Roll. Technically Ice Man and Roll are siblings, which makes the entire premise of this particular chapter more than a little awkward. I know "wincest" is the what the hottest, juiciest fan fiction is driven by, but c'mon! Children read this comic!

Maybe I'm blowing this out of proportion and it's all harmless fun. Or maybe Archie writer Ian Flynn is lot naughtier than I gave him credit for.

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News::WildStar - 9 reasons it might be the best MMO of 2013

GamesRadar - The year's MMO schedule suddenly looks brighter.



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News::Civilization 5 Lead Designer Founds Studio For Kickstarter Project

n Shafer, lead designer of Firaxis Games "Sid Meier's Civilization V", is excited to announce that he has founded Conifer Games, a Michigan-based independent studio. The first project from Conifer will be "Jon Shafers At the Gates".



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News::Valcarta I: Rise of the Demon Seeks Steam Release

Blacksword Games is now seeking Steam release for the first chapter of their first title, Valcarta. Following the traditional classic elements, Valcarta is a top down RPG relying heavily on story. With several areas utilizing RPG Makers base RTP and VX engine in chapter one, Blacksword Games has decided to rely less on RPG Maker in chapter two. They plan to create custom made assets to create a more unique experience. If youd like to purchase chapter one, you can do so directly from Blacksword Games.



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News::What To Expect In The Neverwinter Online Beta Weekend

For those of you eager to see how the game is coming along, this is what you can expect to see from Cryptic throughout the weekend (including a sneak peek later today).



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News::MapleStory in-game divorce rate over 50%

Getting married in MapleStory is a fairly complicated effort - there are rings to be organised, invitations, fees, dates, venues... and of course, a partner. News from developer Nexon suggests that even after jumping through all of these hoops, gamers aren't necessarily enjoying married bliss for any longer than their real-world counter-parts, with a divorce rate of just over 50%.



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News::Dead Space 3 peng location guide

GamesRadar - During Chapter 14 of Dead Space 3, you will get the optional side mission of going to the Reapers Barracks. Choose to do the quest and when you immediately enter the barracks, you will come to a gate. Make your way through and then go to the left to enter a room on the second floor.



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News::Push Start to Continue Episode 4: All the Dumbest

PixlBit | "On this latest installment of Push Start to Continue, Mike and Jesse discuss Nintendo's latest Nintendo Direct, the ultimate fate of THQ and take a moment to unleash hell on Square-Enix. All that, plus Jesse reveals his recent addiction to Pokemon. It's an episode filled with equal parts joy and wrath, which is fun! Right?"



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News::'Edge Of Space' A Place Only Sharks Dare Dwell

"When video games where first taking off back in the 80s we saw the opportunity for video games to transport us to a whole other world. We could be heroes and kill demons or drive super cars around tracks, we could do anything. The more recent trend in gaming has been to fulfil the more basic and simple tasks such as to farm or mine, and its not like this is niche The guys over at HandyMan Studios have managed to turn the mundane (yet popular) idea of mining into a whole other level with their latest venture Edge Of Space." - Alex Wilkinson



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News::Amazons deals crush the competition

Amazon has always been a great place for gamers to shop. Their prices blow away the competition. The winter months are slow for new games, which leads to fantastic deals on older releases for console and PC games. GoozerNation has a list of games currently on sale that are worth picking up through Amazon.



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News::After Burner Climax is jetting onto iOS

After Burner is one of those games that tickles the nostalgia bone and doesn't stop. I remember burning away hours locked in aerial combat with After Burner II on my Famicom, although I never did manage to reach the end. And when I played After Burner Climax at the arcades for the first time a couple of years back, I immediately regressed to childhood -- it was just as I remembered, only more extreeeeeeme!

The 2006 arcade game was ported in 2010 to XBLA and PSN, and now iPhone and iPad users will get their own port pretty soon. In fact, New Zealanders will be able to take off as soon as tomorrow for NZ$4.19 (~US$3.51), so an American release is probably not far off.

From the video and screens, it's obvious that quite a bit of visual sheen was lost in the transfer, but the game moves so quickly that you'll be too focused being a world-class fighter ace. I don't honestly believe this Climax port is going to set the world on fire, but anything that rekindles that rose-tinted fire is totally solid in my book.

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News::The Save Files - Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy (PC)

In this episode of The Save Files, Aaron from Leviathyn.com gains a new ability! Also, hes played some great FMV games in the past, but now its time for a crappy one.



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News::An Open Letter To Parents of Young Gamers

Should you buy your young children ultra-violent video games? Nope.



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News::Valve to bring Portal, Half-Life to the Big Screen, New Hitman Movie set to Ruin Universe

Everyone knows films about games are pretty terrible, but today a spark of hope has been ignited with the news that Valve is eyeing up Hollywood while new Hitman news points to the most horrific film creation since Uwe Boll tried to film himself making a game. Holding back tears of joy and vomiting convulsions simultaneously, Daily Reactions Seb and Dan try to facepalm and high five, but get confused and end up slapping each other. -PSLS



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News::Double Fine to support OUYA with The Cave, DF Adventure

The importance of quality software for the upcoming OUYA has been harped on for months, but at least in the short term, it sure does look like this console will be successful. Following the news that OUYA will be sold at retailers like Amazon and Target, founder Julie Uhrman announced at the 2013 D.I.C.E. Summit that Double Fine plans to support the platform.

Specifically, this means we'll be seeing the Kickstarted Double Fine Adventure (otherwise known as Reds) in addition to the recently released The Cave for OUYA. Development on the latter has not yet commenced, according to Polygon. These higher-profile titles aren't what I would purchase an OUYA for, though it does inspire confidence to see them available on the system.

Uhrman also stated during her talk that Words With Friends creator Paul Bettner and his team will be working on games for the console as well. That's nice too, I guess.

Double Fine Adventure and The Cave coming to Ouya [Polygon]

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News::McFarlane Toys making Assassin's Creed action figures

McFarlane Toys and Ubisoft are teaming up to produce a ton of Assassin's Creed action figures. Some of the first toys will be based on Haytham Kenway, and Connor from Assassin's Creed III. We can expect two Connor variants in fact, one based on his main look and another based on his new upcoming outfit from the Tyranny of King George storyline.

The figures will come in at six inches tall, feature 25 points of articulation, and they'll all include unlock codes for stuff in the actual games. The figures be available at pretty much every major retailer around the world this Summer, and will run for around $14.99 - $16.99.

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