News::AusGamers' Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall Review

AusGamers has reviewed Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall and has this to say: These missions dont quite reach the same heights as the main campaigns best moments, and we miss Corvos abilities more than we appreciate Dauds (the constant companionship of that creepy heart Corvo carried around meant more to us than we realised), but theres more effort, imagination and fun across these levels than plenty of big releases manage across their entire lengths.



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News::New fixes, outfits available in Defiance

'Sharks in Winter Solstice,' the first major update to "Defiance," was added just days ago. This followed the first two episodes' pursuits for the Armistice Festival, but that's not all that has been added to the game. Alongside the update to "Defiance," new outfits are now available in the Defiance Store. Not to mention, a new set of fixes were patched in today on the PC and Xbox 360 servers. Today's update; however, is all about fixes. Particular scopes have been fixed, certain contracts should be working correctly, and grouping for Shadow War has been addressed. It's also important to note that the frequency at which armistice emergencies occur has been increased with today's update.



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News::FIFA 14: 5 Improvements EA Must Make

WC - Yesterday, EA Sports dropped the first FIFA 14 details for us to pick over, including 12 brand new screenshots and information on new gameplay features. With the Barclays Premier League drawing to a close over the next month, football fans are going to need to get their fix somehow, and thus the official announcement of EAs latest football game has arrived at precisely the right time.



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News::22 Best Vampire Games of All Time

"There's no room for sparkling vampires on this list of the best vampire games for the PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and more."



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News::IndieGala, Mass Effect 2 and the pitfalls of political affiliation

IncGamers' Peter Parrish asks whether it's wise for a Rome-based indie bundle to be getting involved with Canadian politics.



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News::Evoland Review - The Refined Geek

Evoland serves as a great history book, detailing the many transitions that adventure games have undergone during the years. As a game its nothing spectacular but the essence of each era of adventure games is captured within each upgrade of the Evolands mechanics.



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News::Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall DLC Review | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Rock, Paper, Shotgun: "That said, not so long ago it rather seemed as though there was no hope of getting games which offered this much player agency on that kind of budget, so I remain exceedingly grateful for Dishonored regardless of how much I wish its PC version could have had more TLC. A rarity for DLC, Knife of Dunwall winds up increasing my affection for the game overall, and my enthusiasm for Dunwall as place for play. Its sad to see Dishonored still struggle so with plotting and characterisation, but with the passage of time I find Im simply not fussed about that side of things anyway. I wanted more, full-fat Dishonored and Knife of Dunwall gave it to me. Job dun."



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News::GTA 5 PS4 and Xbox 720 ports could be announced soon, according to report (Photos)

BY: SHUI TA The PS4 and Xbox 720 ports of the upcoming multiplatform video game, GTA 5, could be announced soon. According to a report by Gameranx on April 16, Take-Two Interactive will be holding an investor call event on May 16. Similar events in the past resulted in new game announcements as well as more details regarding the future plans of the company. You can check out some screens from the latest entry from the Grand Theft Auto series in the slideshow at the top of this article. Previous rumors and speculations suggest that GTA 5 is coming to the PS4 and Xbox 720. Rockstar Games, the publisher of the upcoming title, have only confirmed that the open-world action-adventure video game will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 current-generation consoles.



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News::Here are two videos of new Zelda 3DS footage

Earlier today, Hamza shared his hands-on impressions of the 3DS A Link to the Past sequel -- which I shall be affectionately calling "New The Legend of Zelda" until a proper title is announced. Ahh, what the rest of us wouldn't have done to be peering over his shoulder as he powered through that demo.

GamesRadar has just posted a five-minute, off-screen video of Zelda gameplay, with audio so clear you can make out the nostalgic arrangement of ALttP's dungeon music. Watch as Link scales the tower, flips switches, and battles Moldorm at the summit. It's like 1992 all over again!

Below, catch a longer but much quieter video from Nintendo-Online.

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News::BioShock Infinite Review - PC - The Armchair Empire

From the review: "BioShock Infinite is a really neat game, which I'm glad I played. I'm not convinced it has somehow reshaped the genre or will be looked upon as the high-water mark for story telling of this or any other generation even if it did engage me. Its a cool setting filled with all sorts of small touches that show due care and attention paid to the fiction Irritional created and the closing 20-minutes are powerful, even if the player does little except get an extended explanation but I'd dispute the notion that this is somehow the pinnacle of video games because there's enough that's simply average, like the actual layout of the levels (aside from sky-lines), that those making this claim are simply seeing something that isn't present in this dimension."



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News::Videgame's best origin stories from small beginnings, and occasionally test tubes

OPM: All those characters in all those brilliant games. Where do they come from? What got them here? Heres our list of best origin stories on Playstation.



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News::RIP: Skyrim is dead

Paul Verhoeven: I've yet to see anyone punching the air and cheering over the transition of the Elder Scrolls series from yawning, epic, operatic single player experience to what will, in all likelihood, be another WOW clone.



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News::Cities in Motion 2 Review | GameGrin

Cities in Motion 2 is a rather complex game. If you like managing traffic on a very, very in-depth level, then this is a shoo-in for your affections. It is absolutely a micro-managers dream, putting all aspects of mass-transit at your control.



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News::Cities in Motion 2 Pixel Judge review

Cities in Motion 2 is the sequel to Colossal Orders well received transport sim, Cities in Motion. Boasting a ton of new features, rebalanced transport methods and a different approach to city design, Cities 2 certainly makes a compelling case for its own existence as a sequel rather than an expansion. But is it a worthy game in its own right?



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News::Why a Moral Choice in Gaming.Is Awful

Excerpt: "Moral choice systems have seen a resurgence of popularity in the current generation with several titles in the past few years offering the player varying degrees of choice. These may not always be dubbed as moral systems, serving instead to just offer some variety between playthroughs, but there is very often an aura of good and evil about each of the options. Now this doesnt extend to sandbox games, like Skyrim or Saints Row: The Third, because those games feature a host of choices by their very definition. Im talking about games with clear cut characters and plots that contain pivotal moments where the player choice has an impact on the storyline; be it the death of a character, a shift in opinion or a radically different ending."



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News::What makes Bioshock so much better than other games?

The Bioshock series consists of games that define this generation of gaming. The franchise accomplished much in a short while and have left a legacy for all games to follow. So how did they do it? What was it about the Bioshock games that made gamers buy it and become hooked on the series? How long will games have to wait for the next game?



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News::Five reasons to go insane over Batman: Arkham Origins

With the series hitting nothing but home runs, Rocksteady's Batman franchise is a welcome addition to any yearly release schedule. But with the series now in new hands will the level of quality be the same? rawDLC is hopeful, here are five reasons why.



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News::The quirky RPG film competing at Tribeca today

As the presitgious film festival takes over New York this week a bold little feature flies the flag for games along with Beyond: Two Souls.

With the annual Tribeca film festival now underway all eyes are on the competition schedules. Set to debut on the circuit later today, RPG OKC from filmmaker and writer Emily Carmichael should be on the radar of any game enthusiast and is a reminder that games are slowly creeping onto the agenda at festivals like Tribeca (in 2011 LA Noire was the first videogame to make the official selection at the event).

An entry into the Shorts In Competition: Narrative competition, RPG OKC tells the tale of an NPC romance on the bright, bubbly canvas of a throwback JRPG landscape. The trailer conveys a rather adorable slice of homage and meta-game musings on the blurred lines between reality and 16-bit fantasy that’ll be familiar to anyone who grew up hooked on the likes of Earthbound.

It’s not the only game-related property to make the cut this year, of course, as we recently reported that a special panel and screening dedicated to Quantic Dream’s Beyond: Two Souls would take place on April, 27.

The post The quirky RPG film competing at Tribeca today appeared first on Edge Online.

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News::Reus is a gorgeous 2D god game for the PC that lets you command giants (and dictate the lives of pun

News::Preview: Disney Infinity | Stevivor.com

Previewer Leo Stevenson writes, "Imagine a world where The Incredibles play and fight alongside Mike Wazowski. Thats Disney Infinity. "Imagine a game that lets you take thousands of items, characters, locations and toys from the entire Disney back-catalogue and play with them all together. Thats Disney Infinity. "Imagine a game that lets you take all of those items and characters and gives you the power to create a brand new world for them with games, races, obstacle courses and the like. Thats Disney Infinity. "Its also so much more."



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News::Former Battlefield producer hopes DICE has got the balls to leave the modern war setting

Former Battlefield producer hopes DICE has got the balls to leave the modern war setting



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News::ArcheAge Unveiled a Promotion Video for Siege War

Today, dynamic MMORPG ArcheAge unveiled a promotion video and schedule for its large-scale battle content update "Siege War".



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News::Neverwinter Shows Battle Against Dark Elves in Rothé Valley

Perfect World Entertainment releases a new gameplay trailer and takes you to the high-level adventure zone Rothé Valley. Rothé Valley is a fertile area, and after the city of Neverwinter is destroyed, Rothé Valley becomes important place "to feed the population that remained."



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News::Some Hands-On Time With Dishonored: Dunwall City Trials Pack

We check out the Dunwall City Trials pack for Dishonored, which contains at least 4-5 hours of extra gameplay. Time to add to the best game of 2012!



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News::League of Leviathyn: Episode 1 Terror in the Top Lane

Leviathyn says: "Its no secret that League of Legends is a pretty big game; massive, actually. Here at Leviathyn, we also enjoy our glorious five on five skirmishes, which is why weve decided to bring to you a different kind of video experience."



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News::The importance of emotions in video games

VideoGamer Portugal: Because a video game can be able to make us cry.



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News::Evoland (PC) | FTG Review

FTG Writes: Remember the SNES RPG era? That was a great time. How about the Playstation RPG era? Ah, 90s memories Wouldnt it be great to experience not one, but both of those times again? With Evoland from Shiro Games, you can. This PC title will take you on a trip through the evolution of RPGs, and its one trip you wont want to miss.



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News::4Player Video Review: Bioshock Infinite

4Player - "Every generation that has come along there have been those few memorable titles that, beyond being great experiences, really makes the player put down the controller and truly consider their actions and the implications of the story. 2007s release of Bioshock by then 2K Boston and meant to be a spiritual successor to the beloved System Shock series, stands as one of those few. Your journey to the decimated city of Rapture at the bottom of the Atlantic was a roller coaster ride of self-discovery whose plot twist is easily one of the most talked about moments in video games since the dawn of achievements. 2K Marin would go on to make a sequel to the adventure under the sea but the newly redubbed Irrational Games had, dare I say, loftier plans for the franchise."



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News::Defiance Review | IGN

IGN: "Defiance has decent story missions and fun PVP, but theres enough thats problematic to make it hard to recommend."



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News::F1 Race Stars review - Worlds Factory

A title fun and boring at the same time (it seems a paradox, already) that, unfortunately, suffers from severe enough problems, many of them at the base of the experience itself.



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News::Playing the Syndicate Reboot (PC) for the first time.

GoozerNation writer, Mark Del Rio, plays the Syndicate (PC) reboot for the first time. How does it hold up today? Have a read.



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News::You're gonna ship yourself over Leviathan: Warships

Okay Paradox, nice job with this trailer. It did its job, as made me pay attention and even write about Leviathan: Warships on Dtoid. Not that we haven't written about it before. In fact our own Fraser Brown went hands-on with the game.

Leviathan: Warships will be out on April 30, 2013 for the PC, Mac, iOS, and Android, and best of all, there's asynchronous cross-platform multiplayer across all devices. You can grab it for $9.99, and purchasing it early will grant you the "Marauders" downloadable content pack for free.

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News::Not Sure If This Cartoon Chell Is Cute Or Crazy

News::Dead Island - Video Feature Throwback

In preparation for the sequel, Nick and special guest Chris are taking it back to 2011 with Dead Island! Tune in to relive all the zombified, bikini-clad, energy drink-fueled memories!



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News::Luftrausers - PAX East 2013 Interview

Nick talks to Rami Ismail about Vlambeers upcoming WWII flight combat game Luftrausers at PAX East 2013!



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News::Sanctum 2 PAX East 2013 Interview

Andrew talks to Armin and Oscar from Coffee Stain Studios about FPS Tower Defense sequel Sanctum 2 at PAX East 2013!



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News::Daylight PAX East 2013 Interview

Nick talks to Collin Moore about the psychological horror and next-gen graphic engine in Daylight at PAX East 2013!



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News::Let's compare the old Link to the Past map to the new one

Yesterday Nintendo announced a new Zelda game set in the same world of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. This sequel of sorts takes place in the Hyrule from the Super Nintendo era, and a user over on Zelda Informer compared the new map directly against the old map.

As you can see, it looks largely the same with some changes here and there. Yes, exciting stuff, I know. Oh yeah, here's the trailer for the tentatively named The Legend of Zelda too. You can go see it in 3D through the 3DS eShop.

Here’s a Direct Overworld Comparison of A Link to the Past and Zelda 3DS [Zelda Informer]

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News::Injustice: Gods Among Us Review - Game Muse

Earths saviors have gone rouge. Who will save the day when there are no more heroes? Find out in this exciting 2D fighter from NetherRealm.



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News::(WGB) BioShock Infinite - Review

Baden of WolfsGamingBlog writes: "Praise. Praise everywhere. The lateness of this review has at least given me the chance to observe how the world has reacted to BioShock Infinite before adding my own quiet voice to the sea of others. So let's be pretty straight here: my overall opinion doesn't differ very much from the majority. But still, I'm not going to give Infinite a free ride. Like any game it has its good points and its bad points, so let's try to delve into this thing and figure out what makes it so great. Get the coffee out, kids, this is a bit of a long one."



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News::The Daily Hotness: Luigi Mania

Today a ton of news came out of Nintendo Direct including the mention of a possible Link to the Past sequel, the Luigi-centric DLC for New Super Mario Bros U, and more 3DS games than you can shake a stick at. Daniel examined how accessibility may be hurting Bioshock Infinite, we reviewed the new Call of Duty: Black Ops II DLC, as well as Terreria and more, and other news happened on 4/17/13.

Destructoid Original:
BioShock Infinite's problem is not violence

How we became traitors to the COGs

Community:
Community blogs of 4/17
Forum thread of the day: Metal Gear Megathread

Contests:
Free game code giveaway: $100,000 in Age of Wushu items

Reviews:
Review: Pandora's Tower

Review: Age of Empires II HD Edition

Review: Call of Duty: Black Ops II: Uprising

Review: Terraria

Events:

PSA: PAX Prime registration is now open (Update)

Nintendo Direct:
Nintendo Direct: New Mario Party announced for 3DS
Nintendo Direct: More info given on New Super Luigi U
Nintendo Direct: Mario & Luigi: Dream Team out in August
EarthBound heading for North America and Europe!!!
Nintendo Direct: New Yoshi's Island coming to 3DS
YES YES YES YES: Bravely Default coming to US and UK
'Pirate' and 'Gamer' revealed for Game & Wario
Shin Megami Tensei IV is coming July 16
Donkey Kong Country Returns will be less difficult on 3DS
Nintendo Direct: Zelda Oracle titles bound for US eShop
A Link to the Past sequel announced for 3DS
Animal Cross: New Leaf to come in a special 3DS XL bundle
Nintendo Direct: All three Guild02 games coming to US
Picture of the Day: Iwata in Weegee-ception
Nintendo Direct: Pikmin 3 set to release in August
There are five new gametypes in Game & Wario
Nintendo Direct: Mario and Donkey Kong on 3DS May 9th
Japan gets a special Luigi 3DS XL system
Virtual Console and Panorama View coming to Wii U
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy to hit 3DS in 2014
Nintendo: New Zelda, Yoshi's Island, and EarthBound eShop
Mario Golf: World Tour packed with multiplayer goodness

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