Sunday, March 24, 2013

News::Cut from the Team: Forgotten Small Games This Week

GG3 also pays attention to smaller titles releasing their news this week. Games without huge marketing teams release periodic news as well and this is the perfect way to catch up with some hidden gems that might've gotten lost in the pack.



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News::Battlefield 4 music theme leaks

The Battlefield 4 music theme has leaked, showing a minimalistic approach the music design of the game.



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News::The Hobbit: Armies Of The Third Age On Facebook

Game developer Kabam, officially informed the latest Facebook game titles attendance titled The Hobbit: armies of the Third Age. Facebook game reportedly will contain the story of the first film made Peter Jackson, Lord of the Ring.



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News::10 Horrors of Video Game Box Art

Default Prime's Alex Carlson explores the hazardous world of bad video game box art. "Just as there are a ton of excellent examples of great box art, there are always some that just dont get it right. So heres a list. The following games might not be terrible box art designs, but they do carry enough disturbing, distracting, or otherwise unprofessional elements that make them stand out (and not in a good way)."



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News::GameZebo: The Royal Trap Review

GameZebo: A brave young woman of noble birth must protect her Prince from the deadly intrigues of a foreign court.



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News::The Elder Scrolls Online Preview - Dont Roll Your Eyes, Mister [Twinfinite]

The closed beta for the Elder Scrolls Online was at PAX East and Twinfinite has a preview for you.



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News::PAX: SmashMuck Champions is a faster MOBA


I love games like League of Legends and Dota 2, but their matches can take anywhere from 20 minutes to over an hour. SmashMuck Champions is looking to give us a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) with faster matches and game modes that are easy to get into.


The game plays like a standard MOBA for the most part, but it's a little bit more action-focused and easier to get into. It's different enough from other games to make worth checking out.


PAX: SmashMuck Champions is a faster MOBA screenshot


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News::PWNCAST | Season 3: Episode 10 - The Best Multiplayer FPS EVER!

Dealswpn writes: This week's PWNCAST sees us discuss what we've all been playing this week, before turning our attention to The Best Multiplayer FPS of All Time, and waxing lyrical over Unreal Tournament.



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News::CS:GO gets reworked hostage mode

CS:GO has just been graced with a reworked Hostage mode, along with a brand new map, cs_militia. Balance will no longer be an issue as Valve have taken it upon themselves to rework the whole Hostage mode in CS:GO. A number of key changes have been made to ensure that both the CT and T sides of a game have equal footing when it comes to dominating a map.



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News::'The Girl and the Robot' Looks Amazing

Upcoming indie game, 'The Girl and the Robot,' has you play as a little girl trying to escape a castle ruled by an evil queen and guarded by her robot minions, and finds a defective robot that helps her escape.



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News::GameZebo: Hallowed Legends: Ship of Bones Walkthrough

GameZebo: Welcometo the Hallowed Legends: Ship of Bones walkthrough on Gamezebo. Hallowed Legends: Ship of Bones is a Hidden Object Adventure game created by Elephant Games. Solve the mystery of the woman in white and rescue the city of Erlenbourg from its curse. Gamezebos walkthrough will provide you with detailed images, tips, information, and hints on how to play your best game.



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News::GameZebo: Heroes from the Past: Joan of Arc Review

GameZebo: Heroes from the Past: Joan of Arc has an impressive start, as players are invited to enter the world of Joan of Arc, a world filled with peasants and farmers only trying to survive while constantly watching out for tyrants that will burn their crops for fun. After this initial voiced cutscene however, the game starts to fall apart, with rather slow gameplay that wont be for everyone.



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News::Hands-On with Unreal Engine 4's First Playable Game: Daylight

GamersNexus: "Our ace-in-the-hole is Zombie Studios, a Seattle dev that knows horror-inspired gameplay and Unreal engines like the back of its hand; supported by team members who worked on the likes of the F.E.A.R. and Condemned series, the studio is well-equipped to tackle the inherent challenge of creating a truly gripping and eerie environment. I got behind the mouse and keyboard to get an up-close look at Unreal Engine 4, its championing Daylight game, and chat with Zombie Studios Communications Manager Collin Moore."



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News::Indiegamer #32

This Week: Consortium, Battle Worlds: Kronos and Shu.



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News::Runes of Magic Celebrates 4th Anniversary

The successful fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Runes of Magic, is now celebrating four years of operation. Throughout the birthday week, players will be offered all kinds of events and contests, during which they will receive valuable items and hefty bonuses for their characters.



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News::Ragnarok Online 2 Beta Date Announced

"Ragnarok players the world over have awaited the coming of Ragnarok 2 for years, and soon they will find the wait was worth it!" said Jason Heimdallr Koerperich, Ragnarok 2 Producer at Gravity Interactive. "The combination of nostalgia with new story and gameplay features is a wonderful thing players will really enjoy whether or not they are familiar with the classic game!"



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News::Gaming Fail - Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad

Paul Izod and Drew Pontikis give Oncechanbara the once over... and it isn't pretty



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News::Five Games You Need to Play From Steam's Early Access

Kevin from Denkiphile: "Early access betas were virtually unheard of four to five years ago, but with the runaway success of games like Minecraft and the explosive growth of independent game developers, its no wonder that Steam has unveiled its Early Access program. Here are some games that were keeping an eye on."



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News::Battlefield 4 Wishlist

Battlefield 4 is getting a full reveal very soon. What does Cheat Masters want from the game?



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News::Zynga all set to add 11th Farm in Farmville!

Zynga - the social game giant is soon going to update Farmville with another farm - the 11th Farm named as ''Australian Farm'', we recently saw the 10th Farm, named as Atlantis Farm, and Zynga has shown the 11th Farm without taking any breath! here's some info we found about it.



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News::TheGamerScene Interviewed the ARMA III Developers

Below is our five question interview with the developers Of ARMA III. TheGamerScene will conduct more of these 5-Question interviews with the developers. So be sure to come back to TheGamerScene.com for more exclusive interviews"



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News::The Exotic Mystery of Supergiant Games' Transistor | IGN

IGN played Supergiant Games' next isometric action game, and there's more to it than appears.



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News::ADG Plays Sniper Ghost Warrior 2

AntDaGamer on another gaming adventure ..this time it involves Sniper Anderson of City Interactive's latest game Sniper Ghost Warrior 2



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News::Cut from the Team: Forgotten Game Videos This Week

GG3 takes a look back at the videos that didn't make the news this week. Sometimes, some stories get overlooked underneath the mountain of other big names and this is a way to recap the other notable events that launched this week.



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News::PAX East 2013: Saints Row IV demonstrates correlation between insanity and fun [SideQuesting]

Ryan Gan of SideQuesting writes: "With the inclusion of Presidential power and Zen aliens, Saints Row IV does exceedingly well in is giving players the freedom to do fun things whenever they want."



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News::Tomb Raider Review | D+PAD

D+PAD writes: You cant keep a good adventurer down, and thats never more appropriate than when talking about Lara Croft. Shes faced gun-toting mercs, vicious dinosaurs and even her own demonic copy and lets not dwell on the so-so movies and lacklustre Angel of Darkness that led to her initial fall from grace. The heroines had a reimagining and some solid outings since, but almost no one could have predicted the comeback that she would eventually pull off. Crystal Dynamics we salute you, as this latest reboot is the best that the franchise has ever produced.



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News::PAX East: Dead Island: Riptide {Vagary.tv}

"When last we saw the four heroes of Dead Island, they were on a helicopter to safety. The happy ending we thought was going to happen was not meant to be though and with Dead Island: Riptide the heroes end up on a new island, once again tasked with helping out the survivors and ultimately surviving themselves. Players will be able to import their Dead Island save file to Riptide, allowing them to continue leveling their previous character in the new game. However, there is also a brand new character named John Morgan for players to play with. Morgan was inspired by Fist of the North Star and features some crazy fast melee moves on his skill tree."



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News::Contrast preview: Shadow puppet theater | Joystiq

Joystiq: "Contrast may be the relief -- with a gothic twist -- after the tease that was Shadow Physics, an indie game with a similar premise that failed to materialize. On this plane, at least. Contrast was Greenlit on Steam, coming to PC for $15 sometime in May."



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News::Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 Review: One to Miss | Digital Spy

Digital Spy: "Sniper Ghost Warrior 2's dreary gameplay makes the marksmen's deadly art a mundane affair."



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News::PAX: Outlast gave me a damm good fright

Demoing a survival horror game or even any game that relies on sound and atmosphere is really hard at a convention. The bright lights and the noise make immersing yourself a struggle, so the guys at Red Barrel were grinning with delight when they heard screams and profanities coming from their sheltered booth. This group of ex-Ubisoft devs invested in two booths with thick black curtains so you were alone with the game; put the headphones on in the dark and it's just like being at home at 2:00am playing a game that's going to give you a sleepless night.


With survival horror it's all about the execution, and whilst Outlast's premise of possible corporate experiments gone wrong in a former asylum feels familiar, the execution is what matters. At one point I jumped backwards so suddenly I almost flung the mouse off the desk. (If you play the game, wait until the library -- you'll see what I mean). Co-founder Philip Morin explained that Amnesia: The Dark Descent was a particular inspiration for Outlast in its non-combat approach to gameplay.


PAX: Outlast gave me a damm good fright screenshot


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News::Dayz Standalone Will Do Alpha Test

Author Dayz Standalone, Dean Rocket Hall says that the first game is a mod for Arma 2 will be able to do an alpha test in July 2013.



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News::The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct Review [VR-Zone]

VR-Zone's own Gaming Editor Derek Strickland delivers the verdict on Terminal Reality's new first-person survival horror shooter based on AMC's popular zombie drama: "Survival Instinct is a prime example of a gaming company trying to cheaply capitalize on a popular cult-hit franchise and offer content that's unfinished and unpolished to the mainstream retail market. The game is apt to please a few gamers out there, but overall it is disappointing and could have been so much more. With a variety of let downs and disappointing features, Survival Instinct is a far cry from what gamers expected from a game based on AMC's popular drama series. It feels unfinished and cheaply made, and will most likely only alienate much of its core fans with its lack of content."



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News::A Valley Without Wind 2 Review | ComboCaster

A Valley Without Wind 2 stands out from other games of similar action by combining a number of places on a platform, with what initially appears to be a strategy game with a conventional mechanical shift very "old school." After choosing the character and class, the character knows Demonaica. Demonaica is a demonic sorcerer who has the traditional form of the devil and who controls an army of monsters and some humans, such as the character are "seduced" by this to spread destruction throughout the world.



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News::Bioshock Infinite Review | Nave360

Nave360's Charlie writes: "The day Bioshock Infinite was announced was a good day. The announcement came out of nowhere, and the more gamers knew about this game over the coming years, the better it looked. When I had the chance to grab a copy from a shop that was selling them early, I made sure I did. Around 13 hours later (over the weekend, of course), Im left a little astonished, baffled, disappointed and amazed all at the same time... is that even possible?"



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News::Outlast Offers Genuine scares at PAX | GameInformer

GameInformer: "I walked into a dark booth to play the PC game without knowing anything but the title, and I spent the next fifteen minutes genuinely terrified."



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News::Call Of Duty: Ghosts Will Be Coming Soon In The Month Of May?

Development of the latest Call of Duty game is said is currently underway. This rumor comes from community Drift0r commentator, who claims to get it from a very reliable source.



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News::Augmented Reality - The New Virtual Reality?

Paul Izod discusses Augmented Reality and how it could be the modern day realisation of the old depictions of Virtual Reality



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News::Saints Row 4 Had President Colbert, Dragons

IGN - In the original version of Saints Row IV, you did not play as the President of the United States.



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News::Tomb Raider Review | Sick Chirpse

The game isnt bad and if Laras perfection cant make you buy this game then youre probably a wanker. Or not, as the case may be.



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News::PS4 vs Nvidia Face Tech Demo Graphics Comparison: The Face Off

GR - "Nvidia and Quantic Dream square away in their face tech demos."



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News::PAX East 2013: Mercenary Kings are crafty mercs [SideQuesting Hands-on]

Sam Dixon of SideQuesting.com: "Hands-on with Mercenary Kings, the new game from Tribute, and how it's looking to bring crafting into side scrolling shooters."



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News::Call of Juarez: Gunslinger plays with history, myth and memory | Polygon

Polygon: "Call of Juarez: Gunslinger puts you in the boots of Silas Greaves, a bounty hunter in the Old West, and you quickly discover that he's a rather unreliable narrator but in the best way."



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News::Saints Row IV is the series' logical conclusion

GI - Volition is throwing everything behind the fourth Saints Row.



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News::RadarPlays - One Late Night

GamesRadar - Hey, nobody ever said we were brave. In this weeks installment of RadarPlays Freaky, Lucas, Tom, and Greg steel themselves for One Late Night at the office in this free indie game. Only, this particular office seems to harbor a dark presence--one that isnt likely to be swayed by us wielding a ballpoint pen as a weapon. Sure, the build-up may take a while--but trust us, its worth it just to hear Tom scream like a pre-teen girl at a horror movie. We can neither confirm nor deny that he wet himself during this recording.



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News::'Borderlands 2' fourth DLC coming this summer

XMNR: Gearbox Software revealed that the fourth DLC for Borderlands 2 is currently in the works during a panel at PAX East on Sunday. The new DLC should arrive some time in June.



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News::Twinfinite Hands-On Preview: Drop That Beat Like An Ugly Baby

Muaz writes, "Some developers try to pull you in with realistic graphics, compelling storylines, or enthralling music. Dejobaan Games went in a completely different route. Before you ask, yes that is the actual name and yes Im serious. Keep reading for details on Drop That Beat Like An Ugly Baby, AKA: The best named game ever."



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News::Sonic Generations Unleashed Project Review | SW Magazine

This official expansion pack to Sonic Generations is...wait, it's a mod?



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News::Hands-On Preview: Beatbuddy [Twinfinite]

Some of the best parts of any PAX convention are stumbling onto little indie gems you otherwise might not have heard about. Beatbuddy is one such game.



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News::BioShock Infinite screenshots

Take a look at some new screenshots from BioShock Infinite.



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News::PAX East 2013: Elder Scrolls Online Hands-On | VGRevolution

VGR: Elder Scrolls is renowned for its vast open world with endless things to do, from robbing entire towns of anything you can pick up, massacring citizens, sniping out enemies from the shadows, or just clearing out caves you come across, it seriously never ends. Hell, Skyrim alone always sidetracks me every time I try to adventure on a quest, I walk 10 feet and I end up in a dungeon that takes me two hours to clear.



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