Saturday, May 4, 2013

News::The Night of the Rabbit Preview (Invision Game Community)

Accompany Jerry as he travels this mystic world and unravel the Marquis' sinister secret. 12 year old Jerry's greatest dream is to become a wizard. During the final days of summer vacation this dream seems to become reality: a tall, elegantly dressed rabbit, the Marquis de Hoto, appears out of thin air and offers Jerry an apprenticeship.



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News::Star Trek Review (ITF Gaming)

Bracken Lee-Rudolph from ITF Gaming writes: Star Trek was a title I went into with very little hope of it being good, because it is a dreaded movie tie-in to Star Trek Into Darkness. However, what I was hoping for something akin to Beenoxs 2012 tie-in to The Amazing Spider-Man, a video-game that, while not perfect, delivered an entertaining distraction and a relevant continuation of the films storyline. Unfortunately, this was not what I got, as Star Trek feels like a half-baked, badly-built and horribly-written excuse for a video game, and in the next several hundred words, I will tell you why:



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News::JUST STOP IT!

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JUST STOP IT! screenshot






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News::Borderlands 2 developer gifts fans with free in-game items all weekend long

To start out the weekend on a positive note, Gearbox Software gave out new SHiFT Codes on Friday for Borderlands 2. Every system has its own code and each redemption gifts a player a single golden key which can be traded for rare gear inside the game. SHiFT Codes can be redeemed in the Borderlands 2 main menu. After doing so, fans will have a golden key automatically on their Vault Hunter the next time they enter the game. These keys can be stored up and are used to open a special loot chest found within the city of Sanctuary. Opening the chest consumes a single golden key and grants the player a rare piece of level-appropriate gear.



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News::A Future In Football

A brief look at the possible future of football related video games.



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News::World of Tanks to launch first "Bookazine" - press release

PC Gamer, the global authority on PC Gaming, today announces a partnership with Wargamings award-winning online game, World of Tanks, to produce its first ever bookazine, PC Gamer Presents World of Tanks. On-sale now, the 148-page special represents essential reading for players of the renowned MMO action game providing beginner tips and tricks, a history of Wargaming, exclusive developer interviews, map strategies and an analysis of the games top tanks. In addition, readers will also receive free in-game items worth £16.



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News::Interview: The crew at Yacht Club Games talks Shovel Knight (Part I)

Gameverse - Recently we got a chance to hop aboard with Yacht Club Games for a long chat about the already popular upcoming title, Shovel Knight. Along the way we discuss their origins as a team, their inspirations for the game, the Kickstarter campaign, the story, and other amazing details. Lets take a look!



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News::New Screens for Batman: Arkham Origins

Clickonline writes: "Arkham Origins is, as the title might suggest, a look at an earlier version of Bruce Wayne and his cape-wearing alter ego. The story takes place during a dark winter in Gotham, where the police remain unsure of Bats and a new evil rises up to target him."



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News::How Our Perception of Shepard Affects The Mass Effect Universe

Do the choices we make in Creating Shepard affect the way we play the game?



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News::Talking About TinyKeep With Creator Phi Dinh

Fund This Game talks to Phi Dinh, creator of new kickstarter project this week, TinyKeep.



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News::Corsual's Chartilifax Dragon Boss Strategy Guide - Neverwinter Online

Corsual's EXP writes: "Those of you that have made it past level 30 in Neverwinter during the last week will probably know the name Chartilifax by now; hes that giant, green dragon at the end of the dungeon instance, Lair of the Mad Dragon. Youd know of him because, unlike every other boss encounter before him, hes actually really difficult to defeat; especially so, if you arrive at him unprepared and without a group strategy. Click Read More for the full strategy guide, or watch the kill video below:"



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News::Spoilerific Staff Talk: Bioshock Infinite - Part III

We're heading off to the sunset in our very first Spoilerific Staff Talk. Join us as we approach the matter of morality in Bioshock Infinite and share our closing thoughts on the game.



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News::Top Ten in Game Vistas

With this generation of hardware in its twilight, we take a look at some of the best views in gaming



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News::Anamanguchi wants make Endless Fantasy even bigger


Anamanaguchi just finished Endless Fantasy, their new 22-track record that's been in the works for the last three years. This is not the end of the story though, as Anamanguchi wants to go BIG.


The chiptune band has put up a Kickstarter with the goal of raising $50,000 to make more awesome music videos like the one for MEOW, the first single off of Endless Fantasy. The band has reached their goal already, but any extra funding will go towards making even more cool things. More music videos, better promotion, better tour lighting, collaborations with other artists, and merchandising.


Some of the higher tier backer rewards are pretty cool too. Rewards include having the band teach you how to make sweet chiptune jams, give you their custom modded tour NES or Game Boys, the cat head 4chan's Moot wore in the MEOW music video, and creating your own personal theme song. There's even a reward where they'll play a show at your house and give you their sh*tty van.


Anamanguchi wants make Endless Fantasy even bigger screenshot






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News::Something About Japan: Shuhei Yoshida on the ‘war for the living room’


Image credit: 4Gamer.net



Japanese game news site 4Gamer.net sat down with Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida this week to canvass his thoughts on the future of the game industry – and how PS4 will fit in with it.


He also detailed limitations of the Share button and explained how Sony intends to make PS4 more attractive to consumers and to developers.


To begin, Yoshida confirmed that Sony’s goal when announcing PS4 at the PlayStation Meeting in February was to establish the machine first and foremost as a console for gaming – but that the console would not budge from its place beneath the TV set.


“In terms of the ‘war for the living room’, we have no intention of abandoning that approach. After all, Sony is a company that has a long history of making audio-visual products that are designed for the living room, so this is a natural course for us. If anything it’s the other companies that have changed course by moving into this space.”


Rather than a dig at Nintendo or Microsoft, this appeared to be a reference to Apple and Valve, both of which are slowly revolutionising the way we consume digital content, and the rise of smart TV.


“Recently there has been a lot of talk about smart TV and devices that can also play games,” he said. “When we first introduced PS4, we wanted to avoid giving the message that it can also do this and can also do that. We wanted to show a focus on just the most important aspect of the console.


“We want to change for the better the way people play games and the way people make games. Yes, you can use this console for things like watching a Blu-ray or Netflix, but that is not its main purpose. The hardware is designed specifically for games. After all, new games will never be in short supply.”



Asked specifically how he would like to change the way games are made and played, Yoshida said: “I’d like to emphasise ease of use. How the controls feel, how much time you spend waiting around for it to turn on and off, things like that. It’s about giving more consideration to the user experience. On portable smartphones and tablets, you can start playing as soon as you want to and quit whenever you like. PS4 will be a home console that can do that too.”


Yoshida explained that Sony’s challenge with PS4 was less about cramming it with top-spec innards and hitherto unimagined new features but instead to make it friendlier for third-party developers to make games for.


“Even we (SCE Worldwide Studios) had a hard time developing for PS3 (at first). But third parties had real trouble developing or porting games, because (the system) was so different. Of course, the PS3 is still showing unrealised potential with new games today. It’s difficult to believe that games like The Last Of Us and Beyond: Two Souls are running on exactly the same hardware as those early games. Those developers have studied hard to make a great PS3 game. But it’s taken a long time (for developers) to reach this point. This time we’re considering how to create a better development environment for third parties from the start.”


Yoshida confirmed that inclusion of PS4’s massive 8GB RAM was a response to demand from developers who had struggled with PS3’s sparse RAM. But he also stated that specs are not the only consideration in making PS4 a system that is easy to develop for.


“There is a saying that the ease of making something goes hand in hand with the ease of doing business. So we want to make it easier to do business and to build an ecosystem.”


Yoshida admitted that it is getting harder to secure big-budget exclusives for any given console, with third-party developers mitigating the growing cost of console game production by taking their titles multiplatform to reach the widest possible audience. This in turn makes it harder for platform-holders to differentiate their console from the competition.



“In that case,” he said, “we need to make sure users consider the PS4 version to be the best and the one they want to play. That might mean that the graphics are better, the controller is more comfortable, or the point I mentioned earlier about the console being more user-friendly, like you don’t have to turn the power on and off or you can switch between your game and Netflix at will. Those things will become key.”


Yoshida explained that the origin of the Share button, which will allow PS4 owners to upload video from their game at almost any time, was rooted in this concept too.


“We were trying to think of a way to make it easier for users to upload video, and one day a member of our in-house production team just said, ‘How about a Share button?’ We called out in unison, ‘That’s it!’”


Yoshida’s own desire to make videos easy to share was a result of his addiction to Dark Souls, clips of which he would seek out on Japanese video-sharing site Niconico Douga. “I wanted to play Dark Souls all day long, but I couldn’t do that because I was too busy. So instead I would watch people playing it live on Niconico whenever I had some spare time. By doing that, you can find other ways to play the game and read comments by other users. I felt that sharing videos is a really important part of enjoying games.”


He said that the Share button will have its limitations, however, and that users will not quite have free reign to upload whatever in-game footage they like.


“There will be parts of a game that the maker does not want people to be able to see,” he said. “For example, on Vita, developers can in certain scenes disable the feature that lets users take a screenshot, and (the Share function) will have a similar mechanism. The creator may not want to make video of the final boss sharable, for instance.”


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News::Ubisoft claims it has proven the Assassins Creed franchise is relevant

Ubisoft claims it has proven the Assassins Creed franchise is relevant, claims it has a long way to go



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News::Team Fortress 2: Balloonicorn Plush Coming Soon

Valve are happy to release their new plush toy that every TF2 fan should strive to get ahold of. The Balloonicorn plush is not just a toy you can own and love, it also comes with a code that allows you to unlock your in-game Balloonicorn.



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News::Tyranny of King Washington: The Redemption Review I Expansive

Continuing on from where the second installment ended, the third and final installment of the Assassins Creed DLC continues with Ratohnhake:tons, or Connors (which is much easier to say and spell) mission to stop King George Washington and restore peace to a nation that has fallen under his terrible rule as part of this alternate history epic. Right from the get-go you are back in New York Harbour aboard the Aquila. The action starts straight away and the first order of business is a battle at sea. Nothing new here if youve played the main game, but its a nice change of pace to indulge in a bit of naval warfare. With the next Assassins Creed outing being Black Flag based on a pirating mission, this was an invaluable pre-test for Ubisoft to make sure theyve got those features spot on for a major release.



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News::Sega and Gearbox respond to Aliens: Colonial Marines lawsuit

Developer Gearbox calls the lawsuit alleging false advertising "beyond meritless."



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News::Avalanche Studios has faith in the F2P model, will start creating F2P titles on consoles

DSOGaming writes: "It seems that Avalanche Studios has faith in the F2P model, a model that will obviously take off in the next couple of years. After Cryteks statements about going full F2P, Avalanche Studios Founder & CTO, Linus Blomberg, stated that the company will continue making F2P titles on the PC, and that they will start doing it on consoles and mobiles too."



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News::Browse Destructoid with your arrow keys like a boss

Would you like to browse Destructoid posts by just using your arrow keys? Here you go.


The tool was created by the folks at Nextly, a cool browser app that lets you skip from one post to another at the click of a key, and also lets you import your social feeds (or explore other favorite feeds, like Reddit). They're currently in beta and are curious to know what you think.


Do want?


Browse Destructoid with your arrow keys like a boss screenshot






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News::Wargaming details World of Tanks: Blitz


Wargaming's first mobile title is called World of Tanks: Blitz. We played it not too long ago, and this new video from the studio shows off some of the gameplay. Not much is shown off, but from we do get to see it doesn't look all that bad.


Chris Taylor also pops up at the end of this promo video, and he details what's been up with his studio after getting acquired by Wargaming. Don't expect much though as there's no real info given about their upcoming free-to-play MMO project.


Wargaming details World of Tanks: Blitz screenshot






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News::PC Game Deals: Star Wars, Tomb Raider bundles for cheap

A bunch of bundles this week including Star Wars and Tomb Raider bundles on Steam. Sleeping Dogs is $13, Tropico 4 and its DLCs is $10 and if you still havent watched Indie Game: The Movie, its only $5 this week.



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News::This Surgeon Simulator cake is super gross


The guys behind Surgeon Simulator 2013 had a special cake made to celebrate the game's success. It's themed after what you do in the game, and well, it's pretty damn gross. So gross that I put it below the fold in case you're a big baby that can't handle gross looking things.


Baby.


My mates brother was one of the makers of the surgeon sim, they had this cake made to celebrate it's success [Reddit]


This Surgeon Simulator cake is super gross screenshot


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News::The Best of Kotaku, The Week of April 29th

News::RaceRoom Racing Experience Impressions (TruePCGaming)

John Williamson from TPG writes: "In its current state, Raceroom Racing Experience is a laudable concept hindered by poor execution and lack of content. The core physics are impressive but this does little to entice you playing for too long due to its limited depth."



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News::Combat Pilot Review Part 1 (TruePCGaming)

Stephen Todd from TPG writes: "For years, the virtual military community has attempted to mold FSX into a combat simulator, capable of engaging in aerial combat and shooting down your enemy. Has Combat Pilot finally succeeded or is this another failure?"



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News::Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Overview I Expansive

The most unusual thing about Blood Dragon is that Ubisoft insist it is related to Far Cry 3. How these games match up is anyones guess. Fortunately, this confusion is a secret weapon for Blood Dragon. It plays in a slightly familiar way to one of last years most beloved games, but it has a finesse and gameplay style that is unlike anything else out there right now. Rex Colt is a cyborg enhanced soldier developed from pasts future and falls somewhere between Kano and Jax in terms of his look, but is full of puns that would make an 80s Schwarzenegger blush.



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News::Game Preview - Anomaly 2 - - Blackman 'N Robin

When Anomaly: Warzone Earth was released back during the beginning of 2012, the title received great praise for everything it did correctly, and the content it brought gamers was unparallelled to most of the other titles that were competing in the same market. Anomaly not only gave gamers eye candy with very vivd and colorful graphics- even for the consoles it was released on- but complemented its visuals with an amazing soundtrack, meaty gameplay, and even a story that wasnt dull enough to get gamers to quit. In addition to that is how well made the code of the game itself was- it ran quite well on each of the systems that it was released on during the same timeframe.



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News::Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon Review | Bag of Games

Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon is a celebration of the most bombastic movies of the 1980's. It's a salute to such venerated names as Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Van Damme, Siegal and Lundgren. It faithfully captures the over-the-top sequences of some of the most action packed and hammy movies every to be released on VHS cassette tape.



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News::Mega Man Unlimited fan game goes J-pop in new trailer


It's been a while since we heard news on Mega Man Unlimited , the balls-awesome Mega Man fan game that fooled even Capcom into thinking it was legit! You may remember my interview last year with project lead Philippe "MegaPhilX" Poulin -- if you don't, do give it a read so I won't have to repeat my torrent of praise and support for this surefire masterpiece.


Caught up? Good, moving on.


Mega Man Unlimited has just entered the alpha phase, which means it has finally begun testing. To celebrate, Philippe has edited together a very Japanese trailer, complete with J-pop theme song and everything. I'm sure you'll agree, though, that the highlight of this video is clearly the platypus miniboss. I think I'll name him "Perry."


Megaman Unlimited - Japanese Style Trailer [YouTube]


Mega Man Unlimited fan game goes J-pop in new trailer screenshot






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News::Here's a look at Watch Dogs on the PlayStation 4


Ubisoft has shared some new details and some gameplay of Watch Dogs running on the PlayStation 4. A couple of the developers behind the game detail how Ubisoft is harnessing the full power of the PS4, leveraging the high-resolution textures and advanced special effects. The pair also discuss some of the connected features, from the environment itself and to other players as well.


I wasn't totally sucked into Watch Dogs when it was revealed at E3 last year, but the more I see of it the more interested I get. Watch Dogs is out on November 19 in North America, and November 22 in Europe for the Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii U, PS4, and whatever the new Xbox will be called.


Here's a look at Watch Dogs on the PlayStation 4 screenshot






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News::CC Impact Presents God Mode [Capsule Computers]

Join Capsule Computers editor Joe Morgan as he runs through a stage of God Mode solo, giving you his impressions of the new indie co-op shooter and showing off some of the progression system and controls along the way.



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News::Starcraft II World Championship Series America 2013 Week 1 Recap

Recap of Starcraft II WCS America 2013 week 1, including match outcomes, game summaries, and a VoD of an exciting match between mOOnGLaDe and Illusion from Group H.



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News::CC Impact Presents Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine [Capsule Computers]

Join Capsule Computer editor Joe Morgan and senior editor Jamie Laike as they bust their way through several levels of Monaco! Youll get to see a few different members of the heist crew as they hack, lockpick, pickpocket, and generally steal their way around the city of Monaco!



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News::IGN- Mars War Logs Review

IGN:Mars: War Logs isn't a great RPG, but it is at least the seed of one and a seed with some surprisingly green shoots sticking out of it, given that it's an attempt to pull off an epic in the style of Mass Effect or The Witcher 2 on a fraction of the budget. There's a definite underdog charm to its 10 or so hours of overly ambitious action, and while it shoots for the moon and mostly misses, every now and again it lands a solid hit especially during its regular arcade punch-ups.



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News::Rumor: Big announcement for The Sims series next Monday

simtimes.de (in German) said that two days ago they was received an invitation from The Sims studio for an exclusive conference on Monday, and they are the only German website invited . So what is the special announcement?



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News::Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall | Review (Only Single Player)

"I tell ya, nobody loved Dishonored more than me. Well ok, I suppose the fellow over there with the Corvo bedsheets and rubber mask did, as well as the people who actually got the platinum trophy ok, I suppose I just really liked Dishonored. For good reason, though; it was an incredibly flexible game, allowing players to get creative and express themselves via a robust set of mechanics, and it was atmospheric and nicely stylized to boot. Its only major drawback was a weak story, one with drab characters and a protagonist whom Arkane Studios couldnt decide on being a vehicle for players to project onto or a traditionally likable hero in a revenge story. Fast forward to today, when the first story-focused downloadable content for the game has been released. Titled Knife of Dunwall, the DLC stars Daud, the guilt-ridden assassin who killed the Empress and essentially sparked Corvos journey. Does this add-on continue to provide stealthy and supernatural fun, or is this knife duller...



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News::Science Fiction meets Cthulhu in new Magrunner: Dark Pulse Trailer

Need more sci-fi puzzlers in your life? Dont worry, Magrunner: Dark Pulse has you covered. The game follows Dax, one of seven young geniuses enrolled in the Magtech deep space exploration training program. The kicker? Youve got a glove that magnetically charges objects. By assigning colors, and thus polarities, to various objects, players must move through test chambers that promise to test both their minds and their reflexes. The trailer released by Focus Interactive today briefly lets us see this game mechanic in action before introducing some good old Lovecraftian armageddon into the mix...



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News::What the hell is wrong with your ass, Alucard?!

News::Dishonoreds Void Walkers Arsenal pack arriving on 14 May

LGN: "Bethesda has announced that come 14 May, fans of their multiplatform stealth-action hybrid title Dishonored can purchase the Void Walkers Arsenal add-on pack, which contains all the four content bundles which were previously available only if you had pre-ordered the game."



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News::Doujin Classic: Lethal Application

Rice Digital takes a look at one of the Doujin scene's hidden gems - a shooter with some very interesting mechanics.



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News::Hope for Gotham City in Batman: Arkham Origins

The Married Gamers writer, Samantha Olvera, talks about her hopes and some fears for Batman: Arkham Origins.



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News::Runescape 3 Detailed, Jagex Expanding MMO Franchise To Mobile And Smart TVs

Forbes - The free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Runescape, has attracted over 220 million registered users since launching 12 years ago. Developer Jagex is readying a brand new iteration of the game, Runescape 3, which will be the first big title to embrace HTML5 browser-based technology. According to Mark Gerhard, CEO of Jagex, the company will be expanding the Runescape experience beyond PCs. As early as this fall, the game will be going mobile, in part, thanks to the early adoption of HTML5 technology. With the proliferation of tablets and smartphones, gamers will soon be able to play the game while on the go. Gerhard also believes in Smart TVs, which is another platform the medieval fantasy game will be available on in the near future.



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News::CalmDownTom asks: Should I be excited about... Kerbal Space Program?

Kerbal Space Program has been under development from Mexican developers Squad for over two and a half years now. The developers released their first alpha build back in June of 2011. I took a look at it back in early 2012 and was excited then, so how far have they come with it, and am I still excited after all this time?



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News::Dracula IV: The Shadow of the Dragon Unveiled

Anuman Interactive have released their first trailer for the next entry in the fan-favourite Dracula adventure series, as well as a set of images. The Shadow of the Dragon begins when a painting that should have been destroyed in a shipwreck turns up in Budapest. The player is tasked with finding out what has happened. It will be released for PC, Mac, iOS and Android in Summer of this year.



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News::Runescape 3 Design Director Mark Ogilvie Details New Game Experience

CHESHIRE, England - Developer Jagex, which is based in Cambridge, England, invited over 70 members of the international games press to Peckforton Castle in Cheshire, just down the way. The setting of a real castle, which has been transformed into a luxury hotel, provided the perfect backdrop for the first extended hands-on experience with Runescape 3. Jagex has invested a lot of time, money and resources into the newest iteration of Runescape, a franchise that has won over hardcore gamers around the globe. Gamers have played over 450 billion hours of Runescape over the past 12 years, which is pretty impressive. The free game has attracted over 220 million players since launch.



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News::Project CARS - Prototype Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 Showcased, Community Multiplayer Trailer

Slightly Mad Studios has signed a deal with Mercedes, and has released some screenshots showcasing a prototype model of the Mercedes SLS AMG GT3



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News::Cyberpunk Shooter/RPG Contract Work Releases a Demo

Following its success on Kickstarter, the developers behind the cyberpunk game Contract Work have released a demo.



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News::Too Much Violence in Gaming?

Here we see a little further into my mind and my thoughts on why violence needs to get toned down in some video games. Just trust me, you'll like it.



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