News::Messing With Mythology: Darksiders

Shrugging off the high cost of awesome new releases, Gamers Association editor Logan Hollinger is saving money by exploring his backlog. After a quick dip into Darksiders, it didn't take long for him to realize how ridiculous its story is. Read on to hear it all out of context and get extremely confused.



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News::Xaors Cave: Ranking Systems

Xaor from FIFA Insider takes a look at the ranking systems in place in FIFA 13.



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News::EpicBattleCry Skirmish 188 Bounce To The Next Level

Gather 'round the fire, we're talking story telling in gaming surrounding the celebrated release of BioShock Infinite. Plus, new COD DLC is rising up, Crytek bids on Darksiders, Thief steals our hearts and Total War enters the F2P Arena. All of that and more on this narrative-driven edition of gaming's most brutal video podcast!



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News::GameZebo: The Last Door: Chapter 1 - The Letter Review

GameZebo: The year is 1891. Anthony Beechwood, alone in his mansions attic, hangs himself. A final letter that he has mailed to his lifelong friend, J. Devitt, arrives with only the phrase Videte ne quis sciat scrawled across the page. Devitt recognizes this code from their time spent together at a school for scientific study, and that Beechwood must be in trouble. He leaves immediately to find his friend and offer his support, putting in motion the first events of The Last Door: Chapter One The Letter.



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News::weeaboos with a podcast ep. 54: Take to the Skies

WWC: "On this weeks episode: Yomaru gushes over the masterfully crafted BioShock Infinite, then joins Rin and has a blast with the Injustice: Gods Among Us demo. Afterwords, we do a little preview of the 2013 Spring Anime season by giving our initial impressions of the three shows that well be following: Aiura, Aku no Hana, and Attack on Titan (yes, thats a lot of As). Finally, we wrap the show with a quick discussion on Yoichi Wadas resignation as Square Enix president due to the companys astronomical losses and underperforming games."



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News::GameZebo: Vampire Legends: The True Story of Kisolova Review

GameZebo: Two Viennese detectives go to a small village on the Danube to investigate a series of strange deaths.



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News::Remember Me - First PC Screenshots Released, PC System Requirements Unveiled

DSOGaming writes: "Capcom has revealed the PC system requirements for its upcoming sci-fi third person game, Remember Me. In addition, the Japanese company has unveiled the first PC screenshots that can be viewed below."



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News::Do you have a game for every letter of the alphabet?

Every week at our sons preschool they have a show and tell for each letter of the alphabet. Being the gamer geeks we are, a few of those weeks we sent him to school with a game box. This week was the letter Z so he brought in the CD cover for Zork. Needless to say it stood out from all of the zebras. So looking over our game collection heres some other possibilitieswhat are yours?



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News::That Awesome Moment When A Blues Song Really Brings BioShock Infinite to Life

Leviathyn.com | While playing through BioShock Infinite, I found a song made a particular moment amazing.



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News::Kenshi Preview | ComboCaster

Combo Caster take a look at a very early stage of Kenshi. An open ended squad based strategy rpg.



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News::VGI: Review: Defiance: "A bare-bones world that lacks any real sense of accomplishment."

Wesley Copeland of VGI writes: "The world of videogames is an industry built upon copy-cat culture. Once a unique idea becomes popular, said idea is bled dry until only those willing to put their own spin on it remain."



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News::Peter Moores defense of EA is an example of why EA sucks

Original-Gamer.com: "EAs CEO Peter Moore made a post today on the EA.com called We Can Do Better where he defends his company. Although defending your company is always noble, how he defends his company is another example of how some people at EA just dont get it."



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News::Smartphone Games for Every Kind of Gamer

GamersBliss.com writes: "Whatever opinions you may hold about Apple or Android, its impossible for anyone to make the claim that either are lacking the area of gaming. Theres a game for every mood, occasion, and for every type of gamer."



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News::BioShock Infinite Review - Ownt

Bring us the girl, wipe away the debt. These few words are the catalyst that set the grand scheme of BioShock Infinite in motion, forcing protagonist Booker DeWitt to travel to the industrious floating city known as Columbia in search of a young woman named Elizabeth. Buried deep in dept within his own gambling addiction and alcoholic stupors, this appears to be Bookers only chance at saving himself from further destruction. But Columbias stark fanaticism and political zeal arent the only issues hell have to deal with, as the mysterious A.D. brand on his right hand marks him as the so-called False Shepherd, sending the whole city into a violent uproar.



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News::Black Ops 2 PDW-57 Run n Gun Class Setup

The PDW-57 is one of the most versatile sub-machine guns in Black Ops 2. In this article and video we reveal one of the best class setups for this weapon. Learn about which attachments, perks, and equipment work best with the PDW in this new loadout recommendation.



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News::Trials Evolution Gold Edition review -- Ironhammers

Ironhammers: "Having originated on the PC, it was a dear shame to many when RedLynx decided that Trials Evolution would release as an Xbox exclusive. Now, around a year later, weve got our PC version and its comes with some extras. Heres our Trials Evolution Gold Edition Review."



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News::Review: Terraria | VideoGamer Portugal

VideoGamer Portugal: "There I was. Some meters below ground, surrounded a digital claustrophobia, waiting for what would come next, always hoping to find something new, perhaps a cave, perhaps a rare mineral, perhaps nothing new."



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News::Company of Heroes 2 - Gameplay Videos From Its Closed Beta Phase

DSOGaming writes: "As you may already know, the closed beta phase of Company of Heroes 2 has been launched. And since we know that a lot of you want to get a taste of what Relics upcoming strategy has to offer, were presenting you below some gameplay videos from it."



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News::GameZebo: Redshirt Preview

GameZebo: When you were young, someone mightve told you that your personal worth can only be measured through your inward qualities. They mightve told you that friends and popularity dont matter, and that the content of your soul is what defines you as a human being. Well, the sooner you get all that saccharine nonsense out of your head, the sooner you can embrace the truth: Your Facebook friend count is what determines your value. Nothing more.



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News::JIG: PuppetShow: Destiny Undone Review

JIG: If you were a kid with an overactive imagination, you already knew puppets, and most dolls, were bad news. Tiny porcelain mouths, unblinking glass eyes, an empty interior to hold all the souls they suck from sleeping children... well, you get the idea. So an entire town centered around puppets and dolls sounds more than a little creepy, and it's not entirely unfounded given Joyville's history. When one little girl comes home to find her father, the master puppeteer, missing and a spider-like dollhead scuttling out the door, she contacts you to help find him. Predictably, as always whenever malicious monocled mechanical spider-puppets are involved, things quickly get more complicated and more dangerous than you suspect. ERS Game Studios delivers another gorgeous mechanical marvel of hidden-object adventuring with PuppetShow: Destiny Undone.



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News::MTB: Watch Dogs Preview

MTB: I went into the PAX East Watch Dogs booth very curious. Ive watched a couple of videos about the game and am very interested in all of the stuff the game is striving to do. Being able to hack all of these separate items is going to be a big part of the game according to the preview video I saw, something that both excites me and has me wondering.



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News::WoW' Thoughts' On Apologizing for Cataclysm

MTB: With the latest round of developer interviews weve hit the point in the expansion where the developers apologize for the terrible experience we were subjected to called the prior expansion. I enjoyed Cataclysm, and while I admit it wasnt perfect, Blizzard seems a little quick to fall on their sword when discussing that expansion. Based on comments from Greg Street, Blizzard lost their way a little with some of the content in Cataclysm; particularly the overly-tuned trash in Heroic 5-mans at launch. I see where hes coming from, as the difficulty of pugging those dungeons was a major topic at the time, but I dont think its something that requires a public confession.



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News::MTB: Delvers Drop [Preview]

MTB: Delvers Drop was one of the most gorgeous games on display at PAX. Thats because Pixelscopic, during their kickstarter, knew they needed an attractive game to show off. So they focused on getting the graphics to look beautiful, which they do, and are now at the stage of fine tuning the gameplay.



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News::How does the grass in The Last of Us stack up against high-end PC titles?

Gamer.Blorge writes: "While grass and foliage in video games may seem like an inconspicuous thing, the tech behind rendering each blade of greenery is often considered to be one of the many forms of benchmarking a games technical prowess. To render each and every blade of grass in a forest can be computationally and graphically taxing and is often the first thing to be left on the cutting room floor. We take a look at some of the hi-res screenshots from The Last of Us, courtesy of PSMania to see how it stacks up against a few of the titles on high-end PCs and some on current gen consoles."



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News::PAX East: Hands on with the new 'Awesomenauts' map Aiguillon | StickSkills

StickSkills said, "The Awesomenauts cast has expanded greatly since launch with new characters being released on a pretty consistent basis. The one area that has been lacking is the amount of levels in the game. Since it only launched with three different locales, many have been begging for another map to wage war on. It was during PAX East that Ronimo Games decided to show off a brand new map, Aiguillon, and make it publicly playable on the show floor."



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News::5 Tips to Get You Through Bioshock: Infinite's 1999 Mode

Ryan Taylor writes "Most Bioshock fans have already finished their first run through of the game. By doing this, you have unlocked the fabled 1999 mode, a mode that Ken Levine has described as incredibly hard. According to Irrational, 1999 mode was going to require combat honing, weapon specializing and resource management. They thought it was going to take a lot of mental effort to muddle your way through. I can assure you, 1999 mode is not as hard as you might have heard. Well, that is if you listen to me right now. Im going to share with you 5 key tips that make 1999 mode feel like childs play. Trust me, youre gonna need them."



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News::RadarPlays - Defiance

GamesRadar - Trion's Defiance came out this week, opening the doors to Syfy's new science fiction series. Our review isn't coming for another week or so, but we've recorded a RadarPlays of the shooter/MMO so you can see what the game has to offer--besides doing flips off of ATVs, of course. Take a look.



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News::JIG: Phenomenon: Meteorite Review

JIG: Daniel is turning 25. Anyone else might have been happy with a cake and a raucous boys' night out, but our Daniel is different. He takes a boat to a remote island to search for his parents and have an adventure of a lifetime. And if he should gain a superpower or two along the way, even better! Phenomenon: Meteorite by Puzzle Lab is an intriguing hidden-object adventure which takes you to a world of magic and mystery, exploration and revelations, as you help a young man uncover his true identity.



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News::JIG: The Crooked Man Review

JIG: David Hoover has been going through a tough time lately. His fianceé left him, his ailing mother can't remember who he is, and when his friends think he's not listening, they bicker over the difficulties they've faced in trying to help him out.



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News::A Gangster and His Family

Gi - Omerta City of Gangsters is mobster-sim that allows players to immerse themselves in the game and take on the role of being a mob boss. The game takes place in the prohibition era of American history much like the popular HBO show Boardwalk Empire. Much like the Steve Buscemi helmed show, Omerta takes place in Atlantic City. Here is one story of a player transforming from mild mannered computer gamer to a notorious mob boss.



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News::PC Port Report: Resident Evil 6

[Want to know how a developer handled the PC version of a multiplatform game? Check out the PC Port Report for the full scoop.]

The Resident Evil franchise boasts one of the worst PC ports of all time with its release of Resident Evil 4, but plenty of time has passed since then. The PC platform has become more prevalent, with some developers even developing for the PC first and porting the project over to consoles.

Well, it seems that Capcom has taken another stab at it and put forth a good effort towards Resident Evil 6 on PC, though this version isn't without its flaws. It has exclusive content and, unlike Resident Evil 4, controls just fine. This is assuming that, for whatever reason, you actually want to play it.

Read more...



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News::In the dragged-out, teeth-gritting aftermath of 38 Studios' dissolution, lawyers for Rhode Island no

News::Top 10 games we want on next gen platforms

The top 10 current generation games that need to be released on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720.



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News::GDC Impressions - Trolls vs Vikings | Game Guys

Anybody who plays indie game studio Megapop Games' Trolls vs Vikings once it becomes available this December will notice one thing right away: it bares a striking resemblance to PopCap Games' Plants vs Zombies. That should really come as no big surprise. After all, Megapop is using Plants vs Zombies as a model for their own title.



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News::CC Impact Presents Defiance [Capsule Computers]

In our latest episode of CC Impact, editor Joe Morgan sits down and plays through the first hour or so of the game so you can experience it alongside him. Youll get to see how the action works, how the inventory system works, how missions are structured, and youll even get to see a few characters from the upcoming television show.



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News::Duke Nukem Forever - duke nukem 3d mod

The game that was meant to be. As the 2001 trailer showed us



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News::Victoria II: Heart of Darkness Developer Diary

In this first video developer diary, project lead Dan Lind introduces you to the upcoming expansions newspaper system, as well as the new feature International Crises. Experience the new International Crises system where the colliding desires of rival empires get settled by Great Power mediation and where smaller powers can manipulate their friends to support their own local ambitions.



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News::Nexon details Atlantica Online's next update

Nexon America is preparing to release Rise of Atlantis: Awakening, a new content update for its free-to-play strategy MMORPG Atlantica Online.



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News::Mega Man Composer Working On Two Tracks For Shovel Knight

Manami Matsumae, who composed music for a number of Capcom games, will be lending her talent to Shovel Knight.



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News::Diablo 3 gamer caught faking paralysis to get donations.

Bright light from an unknown source was spreading across the room, reflecting and breaking trough the water in a big fish tank standing next to the wall, there was a trash bin on the left of it, and some other stuff on the right ZilianOP was slowly riding across the room, on his wheelchair trying to get to his PC, thinking of all those guys that was so kind and donated some of their hard earned money for him. He thought that his disability was the main reason for that, people actually do have compassion and kindness, if they would only knewIt was supposed to be usual streaming night for him. But he didnt knew yet, that in mare moments he will fail badly, and will expose his secret to everyone



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News::HAWP: How Anthony Burch wrote Borderlands 2

Anthony Burch was very lucky to get hired by Gearbox to work on Borderlands 2. But the road to writing a critically acclaimed game script would only get harder from there.

In this very special episode of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?, Anthony's rise to fame and recognition is reenacted in minute detail. Playing the part of Anthony is Ashly, naturally. And the role of Papa Burch is filled by Papa Burch because Papa Burch is irreplaceable.

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? - Borderlands 2 [GameTrailers]

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News::Why the Battlefield 4 reveal is a disappointment

PSU.com's Paul Kelly writes: "I'm a fan of the series and have enjoyed every one I've played, but I have never placed importance on a good single player campaign. Battlefield is a multiplayer franchise and I'm expressing my disappointment on what has been shown but also highlighting any points which fill me with hope for the game."



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News::MTV Multiplayer - GDC 2013: Kirkin' and Spockin' - Hands-on with Star Trek: The Video Game

MTV Multiplayer - Play as Kirk. Play as Spock. Those are the selling points behind the upcoming "Star Trek: The Video Game" from Digital Extremes and Paramount. During the filming of the 2009 movie, the development team got together and decided to pursue an immersive Star Trek video game experience, and they are certainly doing that here by heaping tons of fan service into this title. You can mind meld. You can Vulcan neck pinch. You can find Tribbles. You can flirt with girls as Captain Kirk. You can watch Redshirts die. You can shoot phasers, tricord, beam. Just about everything you would expect to run around and do if you ever found yourself aboard the actual Enterprise.



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News::IGN Plays SimCity: What to Do with $93,000

IGN - Greg Miller has cash to burn in SimCity... let's make it rain.



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News::GameZebo: Lost Tales: Forgotten Souls Walkthrough

GameZebo: Welcome to the Lost Tales: Forgotten Souls walkthrough on Gamezebo. Lost Tales: Forgotten Souls is a Hidden Object Adventure game created by Rexard Entertainment. Solve the mystery of Darkville village, release the souls of the captured children and save your daughter Maria! Gamezebos walkthrough will provide you with detailed images, tips, information, and hints on how to play your best game.



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News::Bundle Stars #6 The Catnip Bundle

Bundle Stars latest bundle, The Catnip Bundle, offers up 10 great games for a low price. The games in this bundle are worth around over £60/$90 when bought separately. All the games are Windows-compatible, while Chains and Pushcat are Mac-compatible, too.



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News::Spydistrict: Tomb Raider Review

Aaron Ploof from Spy District writes: "The days of innocently strolling through abandoned tombs while solving obscure puzzles are over. While the prior Tomb Raider games have featured a battle-hardened Lara who seems near indestructible, capable of in-humane feats, and devoid of emotion, this new approach is worlds away from what weve seen before. In Crystal Dynamics reboot of the famous action/adventure franchise, gamers will be given the opportunity to join Lara in her journey from naïve, vulnerable explorer to badass heroine tomb raider extraordinaire. Is this journey worth taking, you ask? Hell yes. Yes it is."



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News::Disney Closes LucasArts: A Look Back At The 30 Year Old Company

Super PolyPixel - LucasArts had been in the midst of developing its newest title, Star Wars 1313. They had first announced it at E3 2012. It was probably the game that Star Wars fans were looking for: a game revolving around a bounty hunter in the underworld of Coruscant. Kotaku later revealed concept art image featuring Boba Fettand much of the world wept at what could have been. Although, there is some speculation that Star Wars 1313 might be revived through external development or licensing. But its best we dont hold our collective breath. We should instead take some time to remember LucasArts, a game company that was founded in 1982 and has probably been around longer than most of the gamers today have been alive. Many of the current generation of gamers, like myself, cut their teeth on early LucasArts games. Ballblazer and Rescue on Fractalus! were the earliest games from the company and were released in 1984.



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News::10 Can't Miss Games for 2013

"The first quarter of 2013 has already brought us a pile of high-quality game experiences, and weve even played the front-runner for Game of the Year. There are still nine months to go, however, and theres going to be way more where that came from."



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News::Distant Worlds gets a new shadowy expansion

Matrix Games are proud to announce that Distant Worlds will be getting a new expansion pack very soon. The highly anticipated third expansion pack, called Distant Worlds: Shadows, adds new gameplay to the Distant Worlds universe and is set in a new era called the Age of Shadows.



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