News::The Gamer Scene- Reus Review

Reus, developed by Abbey Games, gives the player control over four giants that manipulate a small planets environment. The giants each can terraform the small, cross-sectional planet, or create objects. The games unique draw is the inability to control humanity. The aim of the game is to shape the planet in particular ways to implicitly shape humanity. While the idea is unique enough for replay-ability, its execution is overly complicated and a bit frustrating.



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News::EverQuest Next's Time to Shine

Blizzard just left the door wide open for SOE to retake the throne as the King of the MMO.



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News::Arekkz Gaming: Remember Me Video Review

Remember Me, developed my DONTNOD Entertainment and published by Capcom, is released for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC this week. But the question remains, when you take away the cyber-punk exterior, the pretty colours and fancy futuristic effects, is the game something to remember? Or something to forget? Check out the video review below:



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News::Dead Island: Riptide Review | Str N Gaming

Review of the Dead Island sequel "Dead Island - Riptide" by Str N Gaming.



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News::Neverwinter F2P MMO Review "I Attack The Darkness" | Str N Gaming

Review of the new Neverwinter free to play MMORPG by Str N Gaming, with screenshots.



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News::Thomas Was Alone Review | RealGamerNewz

In Thomas Was Alone, side-scrolling comes together with puzzle gameplay and a narrator gives personality to a world made of simple blocks inspired by retro-graphics that give that old-school gaming feel while introducing new ideas on the platformer / puzzle genre.



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News::Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes Review [Capsule Computers]

Author Joshua Moris of Capsule Computers writes: "If I had to describe the gameplay for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes in only a few words, I would say the game is a hellaciously addictive, fantasy, Civilization mash-up. Even without fully grasping the worlds lore, players can snatch up this title and pour endless hours into a single campaign. An aspect that invokes hours of endless play is the games theme as a fantasy driven Civilization. Instead of building realistic armies like Civilization 5, players can attune their characters to the mysterious weaves of magic and battle great monstrosities of legend."



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News::Entertainment Focus - Review: Panzar

Panzar is great fun in short bursts and an absolute riot with a group of friends. If you only play MMOs for the Player-vs-Player battles then youll absolutely love Panzar. Best of all it wont cost you a penny to get started so if it sounds like your kind of game then be sure to give it a try.



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News::Remember Me Review | VideoGamesUncovered

Capcom and DontNod bring to the table a brand new IP, Remember Me. However, will it leave a lasting memory in your mind or not? Read the review to find out.



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News::Escape Goat 2 Trailer Shows Off Graphical Overhaul

Polygon: ''A new trailer for Escape Goat 2, Magical Time Bean's sequel to 2011's puzzle platformer, gives players a first look at the game's puzzles and visual style in motion.''



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News::Another SimCity Mistake: Amusement Park DLC

Maybe you thought that everyone had finally calmed down, that no one was still interested in all of the chaos kicked up from SimCity and it's 1.6 million upset fans. Well, almost, but not quiet yet. Why? Because SimCity just released their first DLC, and they are charging for it.



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News::Episode 18: Monkey in the Middle: A Game Dev Story

We may be down a couple of hosts this time around, sure, but at least we were able to drag two guests into the madness to make up for that. Joining us this episode are last week's Raven and newcomer Bizarre Monkey. So let's all make 'em feel at home! *applause* In any case, our two guests, as well as myself (Jordan), are actually game developers, so this episode is all about game development. Following our discussion about what games we're currently playing, we give advice to beginner/aspiring game devs, talk about our ideal recipes for good games, discuss the difference between a good game and a successful game, talk about the pros and cons of both big (AAA, etc.) game devs and indies, answer a couple of questions asked by members of our humble community, and Khorne shares a bit about his country in New Zealand Khorner.



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News::Remember Me game review short term memory | Metro

Metro: "Plenty of smart ideas and some very attractive presentation, but none of the core gameplay elements work as well as they should and the game ends up sadly forgettable."



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News::Gamereactor Sweden- Remember Me Review

GR:The most innovative of Remember Me is memory remixes, which pops up a few times during the adventure. Here we take control of a character's psyche and manipulate details at a crucial memory Nilins hacking victims. In practical terms, it is an interactive movie clips you can fast forward and back. The concept is really unique and something I would have liked more of: less fighting and more minnespulande had done wonders for Remember Me .



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News::For $900,000, They Want To Build A Crysis Suit For FPS Gamers

Kotaku: This is far from the first idea for force feedback clothing we've seen over the years, but it is the most ambitious. What you're looking at here is the ARAIG Exoskeleton (As Real As It Gets). It's made up of three layers (a hardware decoder, undersuit and exoskeleton), and is designed to accurately provide feedback to the user depending on what's happening in a game, whether you've been shot, pushed or blown through a wall. The suit includes a microphone and surround speakers, and the way it's made the developers claim it'll work with "any console or peripheral, any genre or game".



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News::Dungeon Defenders 2 Countess Heroine Announced

Trendy Entertainment announces their eleventh Dungeon Defenders 2 hero, the Countess. Is this the best one yet?



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News::Free to Play Unlimited Ep. 36: Hardware Shipbreakers, Scarlet Blade, Dragons Prophet, Mabinogi 2

In this episode the makers of the acclaimed Homeworld series reveal the free RTS Hardware Shipbreakers, the adult MMORPG Scarlet Blade gets its first major content update and the dragon MMORPG Dragon's Prophet just entered open beta. The recent First Look is on the revamped and extra cute anime MMORPG Legend of Edda Vengeance. The Most Wanted game of the week is Mabinogi 2 Arena, the upcoming sort of sequel to the free action MMORPG Vindictus.



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News::Activision and Naughty Dog - double standards set by Sony fans?

Gadget Mill: Recently we have noticed a lot of hate for the Call of Duty franchise most of which we believe seems to be coming from Sony fans. Now we are not saying they are the only ones who are very vocal about hating the Call of Duty franchise; but we believe they are most likely the majority. The reason for this we would believe is due to Microsoft and Activisions business relationship i.e. Timed exclusive DLC packs. Activision recently announced their latest title Call of Duty: Ghosts; along with this they mentioned that they will be using the same engine as they do in the current generation of course with upgrades. This obviously gave the Activision naysayers more ammunition to diss the franchise. Now to be fair to them; when Call of Duty: Ghosts was officially revealed at the Xbox One conference it was somewhat claimed that a new next gen engine was put in place.



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News::Remember Me review: Pedestrian gameplay in an extraordinary city | CVG

CVG: "Combat and platforming are the least interesting parts of Remember Me, and they're what you'll be doing most. Though Neo-Paris is unforgettable, your journey through it isn't."



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News::Guild Wars 2: A Secret of Southsun Achievement Guide

This guide, with a little help from the official wiki, will help you reach the title and treasure awarded to Southsun Stalwarts. Travis Freese from Leviathyn.com has compiled the easiest and quickest way to get your 25 Southsun achievements completed.



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News::Remember Me - Eurogamer Portugal Review

Eurogamer Portugal Said: "Remember Me is a good game, with several good ideas, but unfortunately without ambition."



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News::Enjoy Ride to Hell: Retribution's grindhouse cinematics

After the first few trailers for Ride to Hell: Retribution , I have to say I was not really impressed. I can dig the overall biker aesthetic, but the low resolution textures and flimsy character models make the game look like it's already reserving it's spot in the bargain bin.

However, this new trailer has given me a different perspective. While it's lack of visual polish was the first thing I noticed, I failed to appreciate the grindhouse movie aesthetic that the developers were trying to create for their story. It may turn out that we have another House of the Dead: Overkill or Wet on our hands here; a game that nails the tone and feeling of a b-movie with an enjoyable game underneath.

Ride to Hell: Retribution will be dropping June 25 for North America and June 28 for all other territories.

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News::Games That Garnered Too Much Praise This Generation

Many games have been released this generation. A number of them were wrongly praised critically and commercially despite problems with each.



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News::Remember Me Review - IBTimes

Remember Me kicked up a stink back in March when director Jean-Max Moris told Penny Arcade how some publishers had flat out refused the game because the protagonist was female. Women characters have long been marginalised by videogames, as highlighted recently in Anita Sarkeesian's YouTube series Women vs Tropes in Gaming and Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider reboot. For that reason alone, Remember Me is a good game; it's good that it's out there; it's good that it, eventually, got published. But apart from that, there isn't a lot here to shout about.



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News::Bloggers Wanted: When did you start loving videogames?

We all have our origin stories. My first videogame memories are of watching my uncle play his ColecoVision and Atari 2600 in the early '80s at my grandma's house. Q*bert, Frogger, Asteroids, Battlezone, Dig Dug, BurgerTime, Donkey Kong Jr., Yar's Revenge -- my uncle was so cool. This was followed by the NES my brothers and I got for Christmas a few years later, and playing Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo at my friends' houses in the late '80s.

Still, I wouldn't say that I had fallen in love with the medium at such a young age. No, that didn't happen until the early '90s, when my parents brought home our first family PC and I was introduced to Doom, Command & Conquer, and everything LucasArts ever made. Sure, I'd played plenty of games up to this point, but something about my brothers and I huddled in front of our family PC experiencing adventures together really drove home what an amazing experience gaming can be, and I've been enthralled ever since.

What about you? When did you first start loving videogames? Share your story with the rest of us! To participate, just write a community blog, title it "My Gaming Story: [Your blog title here]", and select the Bloggers Wanted Essay Response tag. The best blogs have a chance at being promoted to the front page, so take some time and perfect your work!

I look forward to reading your memories!

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News::IGN- Remember Me Review

IGN:Remember Me is a likeable, even admirable game that tells a deeply personal story in a thoughtfully-fashioned world populated by richly detailed character models. But ultimately, it failed to challenge or excite me as a game, as all of its best ideas are confined to its overarching fiction rather than its gameplay. I rarely felt like a Memory Hunter except for the few Memory Remix sections. Id love to spend time in this world sampling its fiction and tasting some of its ideas, but unfortunately I cant say the same for the game, which is very forgettable.



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News::Remember Me Review | PS3Gen.fr

Remember Me is a work in which its creators have put up, despite some awkwardness inherent in first time (everyone has known, knows and experience). Sometimes surprising, sometimes smooth, game DONTNOD Entertainment brand spirits, less gameplay than its history and narration in the extreme.



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News::Remember Me Review - Sexy looks but a lacking performance - CramG

A review of Capcom's newest and futuristic IP Remember Me which is set in Neo Paris 2048.



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News::Element4l Review | Hardcore Gamer

Element4l is a terrific game that is perfectly balanced in everything that it sets out to accomplish



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News::Top 10 vehicles we want in Battlefield 4

From the F-22 Raptor to the Merkava tank, the top 10 vehicles we want in Battlefield 4.



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News::Brutal HoTS | Str N Gaming

This is a review / walkthrough of Starcraft 2 Expansion Heart of The Swarm played through on Brutal difficulty.



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News::Grave Digger May Have All The Grave-Robbing, Ghosts You Ever Wanted

Joystiq: ''This trailer for The Grave Digger has everything Inception horn, a Dark Knight voiceover, spooky graveyard sound effects, Holmesian investigation music and a funny teaser after the credits. The PC game itself a third-person grave-robbing romp through ghost-infested cemeteries might just have everything, too. It's free to find out now with the demo, or buy the full game for $6 (£4, 4.75).''



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News::GryOnline- GRID 2 Review

GR0:GRID 2 theoretically should sweep away the competition under the sign of arcade races. Will he succeed?



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News::Gamepro Germany- GRID 2 Review

GP:Oh my God, they killed GRID" That went through my head when I made my first laps in GRID 2.



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News::Does Battlefield 4 Look Better Than Call of Duty: Ghosts?

GamingBolt: ''DICE revealed Battlefield 4 at GDC 2013, debuting its new Frostbite 3 engine in the process, and Infinity Ward recently showed off the fruits of their labour with a new engine for the upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts. The question was bound to come up sooner or later though: Which game looks better out of the two? A YouTube user VidxHD took it upon himself to find out, and created a side-by-side comparison video of the two games, with Battlefield 4 on the left and Call of Duty: Ghosts on the right. Specific moments have been edited in such a way to showcase aspects of both games that can be compared, such as the facial animation and destruction. Check it out below.''



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News::Brain Slap Studios To Release Hexodius On PC And 360

Edge Magazine: ''Brain Slap Studios Hexodius will be released on PC and 360, publisher Namco Bandai has confirmed.''



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News::How Social Media Can Make Or Ruin Your Day In Watch Dogs

Digital Trends: ''The open world games of tomorrow will be more than an empty playground filled with digital digital collections posing as people. Building a digital living city for the 21st century brings the added challenge of crafting a digital society that exists alongside the flesh-and-blood one. It needs to react and change, to flow and adapt to the events shaping it. As Aiden Pearce comes to be a known figure in Watch Dogs near-future Chicago, the people of the city come to recognize and respond to him. More than that, they become invested in his developing story.''



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News::Is This A Plants Vs. Zombies 2 Tease Or Just A Bit Of Fun?

Game Informer: ''With E3 just around the corner and Plants vs. Zombies 2 just recently confirmed, we're excited to learn more about PopCap's return to tower defense and yard work. As the week wound down, three clever images appeared on the official Plants vs. Zombies Facebook page.''



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News::Eve Online, Dust 514 Servers Taken Down Due To DDoS Attack

Polygon: ''CCP has taken down the servers for Eve Online and Dust 514 in response to "a significant and sustained" distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, according to Eve Online's Facebook page.''



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News::Five Detriments of DRM in Games

Paul from Denkiphile: "The problems that arose with DRM in games such as Diablo III and SimCity, and the news that Microsofts new home entertainment system, the Xbox One, will support always online, has led to debates of whether or not DRM is a useful feature. Apparently with Xbox Ones cloud services, games will be better able to allocate processes to allow for overall improved gameplay. Until this is proven, I have yet to see a legitimate use of DRM in which it is beneficial for consumers. What follows are what we believe are 5 major detriments to having a game incorporate DRM."



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News::The 12 hardest games ever made

Was Dark Souls not tough enough for you? Then check out the 12 hardest games ever made for some brutal old-school challenges...



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News::Gamer's Association - Anodyne Review

Are you dying for a quick Zelda fix? Well, indie game "Anodyne" might just be up your alley.



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News::Strong Or Weak For The Week: Remember Me

Good morning folks! Welcome back to another Strong or Weak for the Week! How are you all doing? As usual, weve got plenty of new games coming out. Heres a few:



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News::Not Review: Resident Evil Revelations Strategy Guide

Resident Evil: Revelations has plenty of callbacks to Resident Evil 1 and Resident Evil 3, games that pre-date the internet as we know it today. Back in those dark and sorrowful days, the only way you could read about a videogame in great detail was through strategy guides. Resident Evil 2 and 3 had particularly fantastic strategy guides from Versus Books. They not only helped you to improve your performance in the games, but they also offered a sometimes hilarious look at the games' content, and even dug into the games' code to unlock unused content that would have otherwise remain unseen to most.

Flash forward to 2013 to an era where strategy guides are far less essential. The culture around games is now largely dictated by the internet, not print media. Brady Games' guide for Resident Evil: Revelations has a lot to do if it means to justify its existence in this modern world.

Read more...



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News::One Brand New Watch Dogs Screen Released

Brand new screenshots of Ubisoft's upcoming open world game "Watch Dogs" has been released. Take a look.



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News::What Zelda Can Learn from Skyrim - And No, Its Not What You Think

A funny thing happened towards the end of the Year of Our Lord 2011. Bethesda released the latest entry in the ongoing Elder Scrolls saga, Skyrim. It was met with much fanfare and greeted with both critical and commercial success. People would play it, stories would be shared, and eventually the next thing would come along and replace it. That was how it was supposed to go for that is the arc that most great games follow. But something different happened with Skyrim. Something unprecedented for a single-player adventure RPG it remained in the headlines. Even now, casual perusal of popular video game blogs and news sites will lead to brand new stories about Skyrim. Its been almost two years, and Skyrim is still in the headlines. So what does this have to do with Zelda, or any single-player game for that matter?



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News::Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Prepaid Cards Appear on Official and Retail Websites

Since Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is going to stick to the pay to play business model, many have been wondering if prepaid cards will be offered to give players without a credit card a chance to enjoy the game. While no official announcement has been made looks like Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Prepaid Cards are actually a thing, as they just appeared on the websites of multiple retailers.



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News::Checks and Balances: A Look at In-Game Economics

David Chandler takes a look at in-game economies and how they effect the ways in which we interact with games. Since many games use financial system as extraneous rather core mechanics, he argues that a better virtual economy could lead to better overall game design.



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News::Infinity Ward Explains Call of Dutys Jump from Modern Warfare to Ghosts

Even with a leap to the next generation Call of Duty hasnt escaped the criticisms of complacency that accompany its annual release. When last weeks Call of Duty: Ghosts trailer debuted at Microsofts Xbox One reveal, it didnt take long for audiences to recognize the game by its many war-shooter tropes and grandiose set pieces. Now, alone thats no indictment underwater sub assaults still have a few more Call of Dutys to go before becoming prosaic but developer Infinity Ward didnt help its case by explaining days later that Call of Duty: Ghostss new graphics engine wasnt entirely built from the ground up.



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News::Fastermind Games Add Forums, Demo for Icebound

Fastermind Games has released a demo for their upcoming game Icebound. In addition they have added forums for fans to provide feedback on all their games. Icebound is a dark fantasy/ mystery visual novel that uniquely combines puzzle aspects.



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News::Splinter Cell Blacklist PC Screenshots depict Singleplayer, Multiplayer and Co-Op modes

LGN: "Today we have some new screenshots from the PC version of Splinter Cell Blacklist, Ubisofts next iteration in the third-person stealth-action franchise featuring elite US agent Sam Fisher."



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News::Fast and Furious Review | GamerDino

Fast & Furious has been an extremely successful franchise, and with the recent premiere of the series sixth installment, it was only fitting to see a video game adaptation. With video games based on movies usually being tremendous flops, historically speaking, GamerDino decided to approach Fast & Furious: Showdown without getting their hopes too high. It turned out they were right to do so.



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News::Hey, Don Mattrick: backwards compatibility isn't "backwards". It's vital

PCGamesN: "At some point during the week-long interrogation that followed the announcement of Microsofts new Teletexbox, Xbox division head Don Mattrick made a quip about backwards-compatibility. I'm told he said it was 'backwards', and have every faith that it sounded as funny in his head as it wasn't on his lips. The truth is, its the backwards thinking of men like Mattrick that necessitates one of the PCs most important functions - that of the living museum. The PC is the golem guarding gaming's history; the only thing standing between countless brilliant, neglected games and an ignoble demise."



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News::PS Vita gets $50 gift card and game deals at Best Buy and Target this week

XMNR: The PS Vita gets a little love from retailers this week as two are offering a $50 gift card with the purchase of the handheld and this does include the bundles. There are also some deals on PS Vita games including discounts on Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time and Soul Sacrifice at Best Buy plus a buy 2, get 1 free sale at Target. The other systems and games are not left out though as the Xbox 360 Kinect bundle gets a $50 discount, Borderlands 2 is discounted to $29.99 and LEGO City Undercover has $10 knocked off its regular price among other deals.



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News::EGCast: Episode 7 | ExtravaGaming

Listen to ExtravaGaming 7th episode of EGCast [Arabic]. Contents: 1. Destiny [From Beginning] 2. Konami Pre-E3 Show Expectation [14:50] 3. Project X Zone [24:52] 4. Sonic: Lost World [38:06] 5. GTA V, Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Limited Collections [45:26] 6. Gran Turismo 6 and Need for Speed: Rivals [58:06] 7. Sony PlayStation 4 Price Tag Discussion [1:19:23]



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News::Sales of new Chrono Trigger nerdcore album go to charity

Last year, I discovered a nerdcore rapper by the name of Richie Branson, who laid verses atop anime tracks from Cowboy Bebop, Gurren Lagann, and more. He was also a very vocal proponent of bringing Toonami back onto Cartoon Network, and you might have actually heard his music during a few Adult Swim bumps. And you know me -- I dig this kind of stuff.

The self-styled "Otaku King," who has made no secret of his love for the classic Squaresoft years, recently released a Chrono Trigger tribute entitled From Guardia With Love. The seven-track album can be purchased from Bandcamp for $6.97 or from iTunes for $6.93.

The cool part about this story is that Richie will donate 100% of his earnings to the Extra Life charity group. Even if you aren't a big nerdcore fan -- and over the past few years, plenty of you made that extremely clear to me -- you gotta agree that this is a pretty solid move on his part. But if Chrono Trigger raps do strike your fancy, by all means, enjoy to the fullest!

From Guardia With Love Has Been Released [Richie Branson]

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News::AMD Readies FX-9000 High-Performance CPU Clocked at 5 GHz

Both processors would be based on the x86 Piledriver architecture which may not spark interest among the PC crowd but its not the architecture thats astonishing about the new processors, its their clock speeds. AMDs FX-9000 which is a FX CPU refresh is aiming to push the clock speeds at 4.8 GHz base and 5.0 GHz Turbo core clock which is a record native frequency for any processor ever released. The FX-9000 still has 8 Piledriver modules and 8 MB of L3 cache, its compatible with the AM3+ socket and will support 1866 MHz+ memory. Another change is the TDP, the FX-9000 is probably gonna get a trophy for its massive 220W TDP which compared to the SB-E Intel processors is quiet high and would require some massive cooling solutions just to let the heat off.



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News::GTA: San Andreas - Vice City Stories PC Edition Beta 3 - Exclusive Gameplay Footage

DSOGaming writes: "GTA fans, get ready for a treat. Our reader 'Jonathan Gustafsson' has sent us a new video that shows off a Vice City Stories mod for GTA: San Andreas."



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News::Donkey Kong Country ported to GZDooM; new video released, demo plans revealed

DSOGaming writes: "Our reader 'Cristian Fabian Muñoz Isla' has informed us about a new video of his Donkey Kong Country mod for Doom (that will be compatible with GZDooM)."



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News::Dead Island: Riptide | Gamefreaks Review

Gamefreaks write: 'Dead Island: Riptide is a First Person Role Playing Game that takes off right after the ending of the first game, when you finally get off the forsaken island of Banoi onboard a Navy ship. Initially greeted by the military in a stereotypical manner, you are immediately quarantined (and they are none too gentle about it). Thrown in a cell with another person, who is also immune to the virus, you both wait to see what comes next. It isnt long before the ship crashes into another island corrupted by the undead where your first mission is one of surviving the wreck and making your way onto land.'



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News::Oculus 64 Beta Coming Soon

The Oculus 64 is an n64 emulator with oculus rift support for head tracking. Beta Sign Ups will commence this weekend and will start in July



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News::The Yawhg Review | GameJar

GameJar writes: 'The Yawhg is a storytelling game. It lets the player create the narrative of a resident of a fantasy town that The Yawhg is coming to in 6 weeks. The story is constructed through smaller happenings that the player gets to choose each turn; these have two options that increase stats and can have special random events that follow. These random events allow you to choose an action that can determine the outcome by checking against your stats. For instance, upon arriving at the Alchemy Tower to brew potions for a week, you learn lots and increase your magic and mind skills. One day while working, another alchemist asks you to look after their potion while it brews, but after they leave it starts to boil over and you have a choice between tossing it out the window and drinking it. The first time I played I drank it and spewed flame from my mouth, as I wasnt magical enough to handle it, but after playing through that scene another few times I discovered there are more...



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News::Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Review For A Few Dollars Less | GameFront

GameFront writes: 'Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is built around one truly great idea: a frame story. At the beginning of the game, grizzled bounty hunter Silas Greaves walks into a bar in Abilene, Kansas and sits down. In exchange for a succession of free drinks, he regales the other patrons with tales of his past exploits, which include a series of showdowns against some of the Wild Wests most recognizable desperadoes.'



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News::Anomaly 2 Review PC | GCVGN

GCVGN writes: 'Anomaly: Warzone Earth was the first game I learned about in the sadly under populated tower offense genre. Released in early 2011, Anomaly put you in charge of an ever-advancing line of armored vehicles as they made their way past a grid of alien towers. It was a fantastic game, and I assumed that it would pave way for a huge crowd of imitators to build upon its reversed version of the popular tower defense genre, but it was not to be. Now, it looks like the developer, 11 bit studios, has decided to take matters into their own hands and release Anomaly 2.'



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News::Gaming Consoles: Not Just for Games

Gaming consoles are being used for things other than games.



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News::Top 5 Upcoming Game Releases (June 2013)

GR's DeShaun Zollicoffer writes: E3 2013 is less than two weeks away, and you're probably excited for all the PS4 and Xbox One announcements. But don't throw your old consoles away just yet (or ever since backwards compatibility is now a thing of the past). Here are the Top 5 Upcoming Game Releases for June 2013.



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