News::Darkwood Developers Talk About All The Ways They Want To Scare You | Hardcore Gamer

With Darkwood right in the midst of its IndieGogo campaign, Hardcore Gamer figured it would be a good time to sit down with Acid Wizard Sudios and discuss why exactly you should fund their (hopefully) upcoming rougelike horror title.



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News::Metro: Last Light | Review (Kaboom Shark)

"Quick! What was the best aspect of Metro 2033? Its game over screen? Wrong, Timmy. Go sit in the corner. The correct answer is its atmosphere. Even if the game was a little undercooked and unfocused in places, its bleak and grimy feel was so consistent and meticulous as to be utterly absorbing. What helped this was gameplay that was rough in a good way, contributing to a sense of tension and survival that you dont see in many shooters. As with any sequel to a surprisingly successful cult classic, Metro: Last Light is in a difficult position. It needs to honor the elements that made its predecessor so effective, in this case the survivalist feel and atmosphere, while also pushing its concept forward and building upon the previous games untapped potential. Now that its out, is it enlightening, or should you tie it to the metro tracks?" (Michael Urban, KaboomShark.com)



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News::Wargame: Airland Battle Shows Off Dynamic Campaigns

GG3 receives the latest trailer for Wargame: Airland Battle. This strategic PC game will introduce dynamic campaigns, where the battles fought and the choices players make will shape the surrounding map.



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News::Pokemon Tower Defense Game

A brief introspective on the Pokemon Tower Defense game. This is not a review.



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News::Call of Duty: Ghosts has Kinect voice commands on Xbox One

Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg has confirmed that the Xbox One version of Call of Duty: Ghosts will have some form of Kinect voice commands. Speaking to VentureBeat, Hirshberg said, "I made a passing comment that you're going to see voice integration, voice commands via Kinect, which is something that we haven't done in the past with Call of Duty." He added that the improvements made to Kinect for Xbox One "really excite" the publisher...



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News::Call of Duty: Ghosts Next-Gen or Not?

MP1st - In recent articles here on MP1st, there seems to be a lot of controversy about what makes a new game engine and what doesnt. Is the engine of Call of Duty: Ghosts new, or is it a copy/paste job from the last generation of console hardware? In a very strict sense, no. It is not a brand new engine. But that in itself is not a bad thing. The actual answer is, as usual, a lot more nuanced.



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News::Call of Juarez: Gunslinger patch adds FOV fix

Techland releases Update 1.01 which allows Gunslinger players to alter the FOV and remove the in-game black borders on PC.



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News::ZaGamer- Army of Two: The Devils Cartel Review

ZG:Army of Two: The Devils Cartel is the third instalment in the Army of Two series. Developers have left no stone unturned (or shot apart!) to bring you this action packed game.



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News::Review: Star Trek | Stuff.co.nz

It's a shame that these issues drag what is an otherwise enjoyable game down, as they are exactly the kind of problems that are easily remedied when developers are given enough time to polish their product and iron out the niggles. While Star Trek has its moments, it's ultimately another disappointing movie tie-in that fails to live up to its box office billing.



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News::Dinos coming in Battlefield 4? Battlelog source code reveals dinosaurs

Source code for Battlelog reveals "dinosaurs".



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News::New Awesomenaut Ayla voiced by Ashly Burch

The insane 2D MOBA Awesomenauts has been trucking along for a full year, continuously being updated with new characters, maps, and other goodies -- on Windows and Mac, of course. Developer Ronimo Games is not through with the game yet and has prepared a brand new character for you all happy people.

During a special TwitchTV livestream yesterday, the devs pulled the lid back on Ayla, the spunky devil girl who can encase herself in a massive psychokinetic rage sphere for heavy close-range damage. And who voices the young lass? None other than Ashly Burch (mistakenly credited as "Ashly Durst") from Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? Ash already has experience portraying clinically insane children, like Tiny Tina in Borderlands 2, so this role is the perfect fit for her.

You can catch the first part of the livestream above, while the rest can be found over here.

Awesomenauts Ayla Livestream Part 1 [YouTube] (Thanks, Luis!)

Read more...



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News::Developer of Apple-banned Endgame: Syria takes on the Drug War in NarcoGuerra

The global War on Drugs is the four-decade-long policy of many Western governments, including the U.S. and Mexico, to stamp out the supply of narcotics. Now, developer Auroch Digital from GameTheNews.net is exploring the conflict with a new title for iOS, Android, PC, and Mac. NarcoGuerra is a strategy title that puts players in the role of the Mexican government. Using mechanics similar to the board game Risk, you must try to find and destroy drug cartels in a never-ending battle. Weve built a simulation based on our research about the reality of the War on Drugs, NarcoGuerra lead designer Tomas Rawlings told GamesBeat. [The game shows] how corruption and street price ebb and flow with police actions. Its up to the player from there [to decide] what they get out of the game, but most gamers I come across are smart people. I think theyll figure out that to win this war to have to understand its not a war in any conventional sense at all.



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News::The World's Coolest Iron Man Game Is Still GTA IV—and It's Even Better

News::Resident Evil: Revelations HD Review | Blistered Thumbs

Capcom still knows how to make a zombie game. Resident Evil: Revelations is the best game in the series since Resident Evil 4. That sounds like high praise, but its really more of a backhanded compliment. Capcom has released a number of big-budget Biohazard titles since their 2005 magnum opus, but they have yet to come anywhere near recapturing its precision blend of third-person action and creeping horror. Revelations is the best attempt yet, but its handheld roots hold it back from true greatness.



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News::The Walking Dead: Retail Edition Review | Still Dead Good? [Dealspwn]

Dealspwn writes: Despite some infuriating cons, which should have been fixed a long time ago, I can finally see what all the fuss was about. While a little light on traditional gameplay elements, the choices you make in conversations or in the heat of the moment have impacts that truly resonate throughout the rest of the story and its these consequences that drive you to see how it all ends.



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News::New Battlefield 4 screenshot hits the web

EA has released a new screenshot from the Battlefield 4 singleplayer campaign.



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News::Next Gen Consoles still cant beat a PC from 2007

Any hardcore PC Gamer will choose a high end PC over a next gen console but what about choosing between a Next Gen Console and a High End PC from 2007 ? Even the most loyal PC Gamers may found this bizarre but Ill choose a High End PC from 2007. Reason ? This.



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News::Review: Star Trek | RobotsGoneBad

Star Trek (the game) doesnt have the polish like the shimmering Hollywood sets you see in the new Star Trek movies. It strives to shine, but its been marred by poor AI and a handful of frustrating gameplay.



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News::Star Trek Review | Collider

Scotty, there isnt much down here. Please beam me back up.



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News::Heavy Gear Assault Gets a Single Player Mode

With the opening of the Kickstarter campaign for the multiplayer mech combat game Heavy Gear Assault fans of the franchise have asked (quite loudly) for a single player mode. The folks at MekTek have listened, and revised their plans.



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News::Star Trek Review | This Is Xbox

Star Trek: The Video Game is poor. For Trek fans, theres plenty to like in spite of its weaknesses, but for the average gamer, its a rental, at best, and probably something youd only pick up if you want or need a co-op game.



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News::Dead Island Riptide Swing for the Head | Lazygamer

You can't shake the feeling that Dead Island is a project that's far too ambitious for Techland.



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News::Dead Island Riptide review | T3

But Riptide fails to convince as anything beyond an extended game of zombie whack-a-mole. One of the reasons the zombie apocalypse is such a compelling setting in any sort of entertainment medium be it games, movies or literature is because it says something poignant about the fragility of society and human interaction.



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News::Dead Island: Riptide | TVNZ Review

Dead Island Riptide's not messed with the formula of the first; it's simply taken the game to a new location, added in a few more zombies and weapons and simply decided to let you loose on it. It's fun in a short blast kind of way; but long term Dead Island Riptide will find you needing a bit of stamina of your own to see it through its clunkier moments and slightly repetitive way of doing things.



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News::Dead Island: Riptide Review | Mania

How much you enjoy Dead Island: Riptide will largely depend on how much you enjoyed the original game.



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News::Review: Metro Last Light | RobotsGoneBad

Metro: Last Light is a reminder that shooters can still be a tense, atmospheric affair, though its the introspective narrative and the solid gameplay that helps make this title a must-play for the year.



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News::Review: Dead Island Riptide | RobotsGoneBad

You could say that Riptide feels like an expansion pack, just wrapping some new characters in on a whole new island with missions welding a similar premise leading to the culmination of you leaving the island, but it holds on to the formula of the satisfaction of flinging a zombie head away from its body with a kitchen knife. This game is great for those seeking more of the same, with a little difference.



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News::Console Gaming vs Handheld Gaming

Opinion article that weighs console games versus the handheld games



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News::Stonehearth interview - Worlds Factory

In another chapter of Worlds Factory exclusives, here you have the Stonehearth interview. Learn more about this sandbox city-sim RTS/RPG hybrid!



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News::Weekly Digital Roundup: Hes the puffball we call Kirby

"If youre a Wii U user and you dont feel like forking over money for a physical disc of Kirby goodness, Nintendos got the hookup for you on the eShop. The newest batch of Virtual Console titles include all three SNES Kirby games, and buying two of them nets you the other free. If pink puffballs arent your thing, you might have a soft spot for Nintendos trademark gorilla; Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D is now available in retail and digitally on the 3DS eShop. PSN users now have the ability to pre-purchase Capcoms Remember Me, which releases June 4. There are also a ton of Ultimate Editions of games on sale for Plus and non-Plus users alike. Steam shoppers can pre-purchase Deadpool, the fourth-wall breaking anti-heros debut game, which finally hits PCs on June 14, a week and a half before consoles. Theres a nifty sale for Xbox Live Gold users that lets them get Bangai-O HD for half off. Just keep in mind that your digital purchase wont migrate over to the Xbox One (...



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News::Review: Element4l | OnlySP

OnlySP - "The glut of indie platformers that recent years have brought has led to quite a few interesting variations on platformer gameplay. Features like time travel, instant restarts, gravity manipulation, and plane shifting have graced our screens, creating engaging and entertaining experiences. But rarely, very rarely, we see a game that completely reimagines the basic fundamentals of platform gaming. Element4l, by three-member indie team i-illusions, is one of those games."



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News::Star Trek Review | Strategy Informer

This one wont live long and prosper, and good thing too.



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News::Embarrassing - Metro: Last Light's Ranger Difficulty Can Be Easily Activated Via A Registry Tweak

DSOGaming writes: "Now this is really embarrassing for both 4A Games and Deep Silver. Remember the Ranger DLC Mode that can is being sold for 5 bucks? Well, this mode can be easily activated via a registry tweak. Yeap, you read that right. You wont have to download anything additional in order to play with this hardcore game mode. Only one registry value is needed in order to unlock this mode."



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News::Star Trek Review | Overlever

There are small glimpses of what might have been here and there, but thats just not good enough.



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News::Marvel Heroes Beta Preview | GamerDino

GamerDino writes: Overall, we guess that our biggest gripe with Marvel Heroes is that it doesnt feel like a super-hero game. It feels like Diablo, or Torchlight, but instead of a barbarian and a sorceress, you get Spiderman and Black Widow. Add a flawed combat system, as well as some previous-gen graphics, and Im simply unable to get excited about this upcoming release. Diehard comic fans, on the other hand, will probably have some fun time with it.



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News::Metro: Last Light Review (ITF Gaming)

Darryl Linington from ITF Gaming writes: Lets face it, most first-person-shooters place very little focus on the single-player campaign; however, one title seems to try and break the mould, that one title is Metro: Last Light.



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News::StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm Review | GamerDino

There is no doubt about it, StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is a title that every self-respecting gamer should play.



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News::Grinding My Gears

Liam from newbreview.com questions the value of one gaming mainstay: The draded grind.



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News::BioShock Infinite Review | Falconaire

BioShock: Infinite is not a bad game, but it is not the greatest game of all time. Instead of buying the game for $60 at any game retailer, wait until the price drops to around $40. Great character development, a unique soundtrack, an amazing storyline, but horrible gameplay.



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News::BioShock Infinite Review | GamerDino

BioShock Infinite is a beautiful game with a lot of depth to its story and characters. If youre into this type of substantial shooters, be sure to check it out!



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News::Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Review | GamerDino

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is very, very far from being the perfect first-person shooter (it even lacks a multiplayer mode), but if youre feeling the nostalgia emanating from this game, then be sure to check it all its got a lot going for it.



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News::Shadow Of The Eternals - CryEngine 3 Walkthrough [Behind The Scenes] Video

DSOGaming writes: "Precursor Games has released a behind the scenes video for Shadow Of The Eternals, the spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness. "



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News::BioShock Infinite Review | Daily Game

Daily Game writes: BioShock Infinite isnt the best game Ive played, but its easily among the top 10, and its kept me talking and thinking longer than most of the others in that Letterman-esque list.



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News::BioShock Infinite Review | Filmoria

BioShock Infinite is a soaring example of how brightly videogames can shine, and it's a new high benchmark for the medium as a whole.



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News::Bioshock Infinite Review | Wanganui Chronicle

Biosock Infinite is the best of the series.



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News::Amazon All Video Game Gold Box Event Scheduled for Tuesday, May 28th

Gamerdeals.net: "Amazon is back again with another All Video Game Gold Box Event! The Gold Box Event kicks off Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 and features one deal of the day, in addition to lightning deals every few hours... They will have video game deals on Xbox 360, PS3, PC, PS Vita, Mac, Nintendo Wii, DS, 3DS and Sony PSP games and accessories! We were greeted with the following message:"



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News::Square Enixs Fantasy Earth Zero Has A Crossover With Falcoms Legend Of Heroes

You can dress up your Fantasy Earth Zero character as Lloyd, Estelle, Tio, Joshua, and a bunch of other characters from Falcoms Legend of Heroes series.



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News::Call of Juarez Gunslinger review - CramG

A review of the recently released download only game set in the wild west from Ubisoft's digital team.



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News::Call of Juarez: Gunslinger - Incoming Update Will Let Players Tweak FOV

DSOGaming writes: "Call of Juarez: Gunslinger has just been released, and a lot of PC gamers have been searching for a way to tweak the game's FOV. Yeap, right now Gunslinger does not provide any sliders to tweak the FOV, though this will change as Techland will be releasing an update that will let you do just that."



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News::The Euclideon Team - Unlimited Detail - Showcases Some New Techy Stuff

DSOGaming writes: "It's been almost a year since our last look on the Euclideon 'Unlimited Detail' engine. Unfortunately, the team has not come up with a game yet, however it has released a new tech video for this particular engine."



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