Monday, June 17, 2013

News::New CD Projekt RED studio opening for 'smaller' game

The Witcher developer CD Projekt RED is expanding out of Warsaw, Poland with a second studio opening next month to work on a separate game. In a statement provided to Gamasutra, managing director Adam Badowski shares the news:


"This July we are opening an office in Krakow. As we informed in our strategy outlook some time ago, aside from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Cyberpunk 2077, the studio aims to develop two smaller (approximately 20h of gameplay) premium quality titles. Consisting of 20 people, the core team in Krakow will be responsible for developing one of these games."


As much as I'm anticipating both of those titles -- and I really, really am -- it'll be nice to have something else in the pipeline. It's also humorous to me that a 20-hour title and "smaller" can be dropped in the same sentence. That's just how CD Projekt rolls.


CD Projekt RED confirms new studio opening in Krakow [Gamasutra]


New CD Projekt RED studio opening for 'smaller' game screenshot






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News::League of Legends: Top 5 Best Recall Animations

The League of Legends "recall" function allows players to return back to base from any location on the map. Since the Season 2 1.0.0.140 patch released on May 23, 2012, new champions and certain skins, such as the legendary skins, have received special recall animations.



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News::E3 2013 - Dark Souls 2 Hands-on Preview | Entertainium

Entertainium: "Namco Bandai wanted one thing very clear about Dark Souls 2: Nothing is changing. All that talk of accessibility and broadening the audience? Forget it. Easy mode? Not happening. If anything, Dark Souls 2 looks to be far harder than both its predecessors combined."



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News::Little Bit of Star Wars Gaming History For Ya!

"The 2000s were a disappointing decade for Star Wars fans. The old movies were just getting more old, the books were doing a little good, but the prequel movies failed to impress many fans of the older movies. However there was one shining light that might have been as good as the first time you got to see Empire Strikes Back. That game was Knights of the Old Republic." well besides Star Wars Battlefront...



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News::New Video Games June 16th - 22nd, 2013

GR: "Jak, Daxter, and even Luigi hit center stage on their exclusive platforms, but I'm wondering what's up with this new game called Sleeping Off E3."



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News::Indie Daily 06.17.13

News for Gun Monkeys, Randall, Salem, and Joe Danger.



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News::Promotional Poster Leaks Third Black Ops 2 Map Pack Vengeance

A new leaked image posted on Reddit appears to reveal the third Black Ops 2 DLC pack, reportedly called Vengeance. According to the image there will be four MP maps, 1 zombie map, and new Ray Gun for Zombies.



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News::Get Battlefield 3 for under $10 on PC

For a limited time, the blockbuster Battlefield 3 from DICE and EA is on sale starting today via Origin on PC.



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News::At Least Two Sex Hotlines Survived The Last Of Us' Apocalypse

News::State of Decay sells 550k on Xbox Live Arcade

While it's only been out since June 5, Undead Labs' zombie survival title State of Decay has already sold 550,000 copies. That's enough to earn it the distinct honor of being the "fastest-selling original game ever on Xbox Live Arcade." Rough around the edges, sure, but folks seem to be digging it. Need I remind that a PC version is still on the cards? High fives all around.


"Fortunately [the Steam version] been in development alongside the Xbox 360 version since Day 1, so we just need to integrate with the Steam platform and add native support for keyboard and mouse control," says Undead. "We'll also continue to issue Title Updates at a fast pace to refine game balance and fix bugs."


There's a sandbox mode "designed to be a pure survival simulation" in the State of Decay pipeline as well. Sound good? Think I'm going to hold out for this on PC.


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News::What most excited you during E3 2013? - The Question


This has been a fairly thrilling Electronic Entertainment Expo in a lot of ways. Hard not to be when two out of the three major console competitors are showing off brand new hardware and all the new games which come along with that. But what was the most exciting aspect of this year's E3?


Watch the video to hear what we think and answer The Question for yourself in the comments below.


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News::Marvel Heroes review by Pure|News

A Marvel MMO,is it as much of a mess as it sounds or will it break expectations and deliver an authentic experience ?



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News::'Incredipede Now Free For Linux Users'

"Incredipede, the bizarrely charming puzzle title from Colin Northway, is now free to download for all Linux users. The decision to make the Linux version of the game free has been made as a way of celebrating the freedom of Linux as a platform or, as the blurb on the official website tells it: Because Linux is Free (as in speech) now Incredipede is Free (as in beer)'..." -- Matt Suckley



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News::Horror Adventure 'The Cat Lady' 50% Off On Desura

"The Cat Lady is a game that deals with some pretty harrowing themes. Recommended for ages 18 and over because of this, the game is centered around a lonely, 40-year-old spinster called Susan Ashworth, a character teetering on the brink of suicide. The game was three years in the making, and has been critically acclaimed for its artwork, voice acting, and impressive, 70 minute long soundtrack. Simply put, if you have even the vaguest of interest in either psychological horror or narrative-heavy adventure gaming, The Cat Lady deserves your attention. And now is the ideal time to take the plunge, with the half price discount on Desura meaning its a mere £2.99 in the UK, and $4.99 in the US but only for the next 29 hours..." -- Matt Suckley



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News::Crashable Studios Launches Kickstarter for First Game, Alum

Alum is a point-and-click game that is seeking funding through Kickstarter.



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News::E3 2013: Vince Zampella Discusses Respawn's Titanfall

IGN: I think were really good. Vince Zampella says it almost like a question. At the time of our interview, Respawn Entertainments general manager has lived in a world where Titanfall, his studios first game, has only been known to the public for 30 hours. It was the last announcement at Microsofts E3 2013 media briefing, the tantalizing and one more thing... finale to the publishers debut of its next-generation software. Zampella didnt know what to expect. We went in blind, he says, unaware of how Titanfalls visuals, ambition, and quality would stack up next to everything else on Microsofts stage.



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News::NZ Gamer - Call of Duty: Ghosts Eyes On

NZ Gamer - The queues leading from the Activision stand at E3 were some of the longest in the entire expo, across all three days. Because we're media (whoop!), we managed to bypass them - but I spoke to a member of the public who had waited inline for nearly three hours, just to see a twenty minute preview of the latest Call of Duty. Afterward, he said it was completely worth the wait.



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News::Blacklight: Retribution (PS4) E3 Preview - PSLS

Blacklight: Retribution is a first-person free-to-play shooter, developed by Zombie Studios, set to release on the PS4 this year. Being the sequel to the average-reviewed downloadable PS3 title, Blacklight: Tango Down, this iteration will have to prove that it not only improves upon the original formula, but will also have to fight against a number of other games looking push similar business models.



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News::E3 Preview Plants VS Zombies: Garden Warfare I Leviathyn

E3 recently saw the arrival of Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare, a 3D third person shooter based on the popular franchise. Since then the Internet has exploded and everyone has their own opinions on the title. Keep reading to find out what Leviathyn thought of the away-from-the-norm title, due to come out on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and (sometime in the future) the PC.



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News::Zombie Studios Discuss PS4 Development, F2P and Self-Publishing

While at E3, PSLS got a chance to speak with Brice Broaddus, the Art Director behind the upcoming Free-to-Play Blacklight: Retribution being developed by Zombie Studios for PS4 and PC. Read below to find out what he thought about Sony allowing self-publishing, the growing F2P market on the PS4 and what it was like porting over a PC game to the PS4, or check out our preview here.



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News::You might not believe this, but Valve's multiplayer arena game Dota 2 is technically still in beta.

News::Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014 introduces sealed play

The Duels of the Planeswalkers series has been a serious boon to Wizards of the Coast, Stainless Games' polished digital experience helping introduce new players to the company's flagship card game: Magic: the Gathering. Unfortunately, the game’s previous installments have all lacked one crucial element of the Magic experience: building your own original deck.


Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014 introduces sealed play screenshot


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News::Cross-game chat finally coming to PlayStation 4

So, there's no getting out of it at this point -- you'll have to pay to play online with the PS4. But apparently, more network features will come with that cost, like the aforementioned share feature, "a higher performance network," and now, cross-game chat! Yep, after years of clamoring, Sony fans are finally getting their wish of cross chat on the PlayStation 4, which will allow them to talk to friends regardless of the game you're playing.


So essentially, the PlayStation network is morphing into what Xbox Live was over five years ago, with the addition of an amazing Instant Game Library program, minus the baggage/restrictions of the Xbox One. Heck, the PlayStation 4 is even shipping with a headset while the Xbox One isn't. I can get down with that.


Fergal Gara [PlayStation Magazine UK]


Cross-game chat finally coming to PlayStation 4 screenshot






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News::How Riot is using the League of Legends competitive scene to become the biggest eSport in the world


Scarra and Doublelift arrived in Shanghai, China two days later than they had originally planned due to travel complications. The two professional League of Legends players – their real names are William Li and Yiliang Peng – had only a couple of days to prepare and recover from jet lag before the North American team entered its first All-Star match against the home favorite Chinese. They were expected to lose the match in desperate fashion.


And yet, they were in high spirits. They had both been recognized while making their way through the San Francisco International Airport, and chatted much of the way from the airport to their hotel about how odd it was. These are players who, even just a year ago, were at most niche celebrities, only known amongst the most hardcore of eSports fans. Now, they’re seen playing nearly weekly by hundreds of thousands of viewers on streaming sites like Twitch or YouTube, who are broadcasting their matches.


League of Legends is growing at an increasingly rapid pace, and everyone from the professional players to amateurs to spectators knows it. As of October of last year, it had 70 million unique players, with an average of 12 million players playing every day. In March, a new record of 5 million concurrent players was set. By most metrics, League of Legends is the most popular online game in the world right now.


Developer Riot Games knows this, and they’ve got a plan to make it even bigger


The biggest barrier to entry for Riot’s target of new players is League of Legends’ steep learning curve. There’s an overwhelming number of characters to understand (113 right now, with more coming every few weeks), item stats to memorize, and strategies that more experienced players are notoriously vicious about adhering to. It’s an extremely difficult game to get into, much less fully understand. And that leads to a lot of people to give up before even giving it a shot.


The All-Star tournament is a perfect example of how Riot Games is attempting to overcome that.



Riot Games’ focus has shifted from simply making a game for the hardcore to play into a full-blown spectator sport. Dustin Beck, vice president of eSports and special projects at Riot, said of the event, “We looked at the more traditional sports like baseball, football, basketball, soccer. And a big thing that we’d never seen done before is an all-star game.”


Riot takes influence from traditional sporting events to a degree that has not been seen in a eSports environment. In the case of the Shanghai All-Star tournament, a huge neon-lined stage was built in a 10,000 seat stadium. The production was massive, with commentators speaking in a half-dozen languages and giant screens showing everything from gameplay to the players’ faces. It certainly felt like a sporting event.


That’s entirely intentional, says Beck. “We want viewers to expect a high-quality broadcast, just like if you’re watching Monday Night Football. We want to mimic that,” he said. “We’ve hired people with experience at the Olympics. Our head of global content is a three-time Emmy Award winner.”


“We’ve also added some other core elements that I think have been missing from eSports. We do a really good job of storytelling behind the scenes. We want to know who [North American all-star] Dyrus is. We want to know who Dyrus’ dad is,” says Beck.


Unlike physical sports, where fandom is often dictated by proximity to a team, League of Legends has to find new ways to gain loyal fans. Riot Games is attempting to build that loyalty through specific players, rather than teams as a whole. “I think fans will latch on to players that have a similar personality to them,” Beck says. “That’s why we’re investing so much in these mini-featurettes [featuring the players].”



Commentators, typically players who have come up through the streaming community, have been receiving training to be more professional on-camera. As the front line of the movement towards turning League into a spectator sport, they have to be accessible to those who are not experts in the game. The challenge is to take what skills they’ve honed by appealing purely to the small League of Legends community and make them accessible to a more mainstream audience.


“We brought them through broadcasting boot camp. We sent them to improv classes. We’ve had CNN correspondents come in and give them advice on how to hold themselves in an interview, how to broadcast better, or what do with your hands,” says Beck. “We’ve really trained these guys up, and they’ve responded incredibly well.”


Joshua “Jatt” Leesman is one of those broadcasters. Originally a professional player himself, Leesman took his love for both physical sports like basketball and knowledge of League of Legends to the commentator level.


“I try to take a lot from watching other sports into commentating on League of Legends. In a game, even in [the pre-game] picks and bans [of which Champions each team will use], there’s a special pace of it. You try and relate that to the pace of a basketball game or a football game,” he says. “We try to break down a League of Legends game and figure out which style of sports broadcasting would work better for that point in the game.”


It’s much different than basketball, for example, says Leesman. “In basketball, there’s a 24 second shot clock and for the most part, the play-by-play commentator will be going for it the majority of the time. After a basket goes down, that’s the point where a color commentator comes in to talk about what happened.”



Leesman and his fellow broadcasters are constantly learning by doing. Because eSports coverage on this scale has not existed before, each event is a new opportunity to learn. At the All-Star tournament, Leesman had to learn to more efficiently think on his feet when dealing with teams he had never talked about before, and how to keep games interesting when an obviously one-sided match was occurring.


“The biggest struggle was the team names. It was something we sort of forgot to practice. Sure, we knew who these players were, because they’re All-Stars, but we stumbled a lot of team names,” said Leesman. “When games were clearly over, we tried to talk about more interesting examples of how, for example, [South Korean all-star] Shy did something good, and the things that got them there. Talking about teams closing out games is not that interesting.”


Few other eSports commentators go through the training those employed by Riot do. Events like the Shanghai All-Star tournament show exactly what that quality training can do.


Riot Games is committed to creating an atmosphere of serious, high production value eSports coverage for League of Legends. It remains to be seen if that focus can carry League of Legends into the mainstream and keep it relevant in the long term, but it seems to be working right now.


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News::Metro: Last Light Review | gamrReview

gamrReview's Joseph Trotter: "What is undeniable is that Metro: Last Light is an enjoyable and foreboding romp from start to finish, steeped in atmosphere and style. Although it may suffer from not being able to draw on the same material as 2033, it makes up for this in almost every other aspect. If only every sequel realised the potential of the original in this way."



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News::10 Best E3 Videos/Trailers

Much has been discussed about the new consoles and many titles have been shown. Some of them are new to us and some are already known, and they will be talked about until released. NoobFeed Editor Adam and I have decided to pick out the 10 best and worst videos showed during this event.



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News::The One Thing The Original Pokemon Games Do Better Than The Newer Ones

News::Watch Dogs First Impressions E3 Expo

Something new we saw was a second non-NPG player try to hack into our current game that was running independently sort of like an in-game mini meta-game unfolded with two gamers in a mini-mission to out-hack the other. An interesting spin on the multiplayer experience and maybe hitting a bit close to home when you think of all the Xbox 360 and PS3 systems that were hacked in real life!



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News::Call of Duty: Ghosts E3 2013 Preview | GameDynamo

GameDynamo - "Call of Duty: Ghosts was definitely making its presence known on the E3 show floor last week. With the next generation approaching and the competition not pulling any stops to try and take the crown, this generation's top-selling series has a lot to prove with this cross-generation installment."



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News::Everything About Watch Dogs - All You Need to Know

Bag of Games has put together all the facts and trailers of Watch Dogs into one place. Tune in for the comprehensive list of Watch Dogs facts. Is your body ready for the game?



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News::Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Hands-On Preview | GameDynamo

GameDynamo - "Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is just as big and epic as ever. Even with the PS3 graphics seeming a bit unrefined after witnessing treats like Metal Gear Solid 5 and Titanfall, it's still gorgeous, flowing, and huge."



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News::Why Oddworld Is Coming To Every Platform Except Xbox

Theres no need to go through yet another laundry list of the Xbox Ones potential problems, but there is one thats getting overlooked in favour of the larger issues of price and DRM. Its the way Microsoft limiting indie game development on the Xbox One.



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News::3 Things That Need to Return in Call of Duty: Ghosts

E3 2013 is all wrapped up now and there is a bit more learned about Call of Duty: Ghosts, thanks to the pre-E3 conference that Activision put on. Now that a little more is known about the game, it's time to take a look at some much-needed features that we're hoping Infinity Ward will keep in mind.



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News::Polygon - The Witcher 3 Preview: Killing Monsters

CDProjekt Red set the gritty, dark tone for The Witcher 3 early in the demo I saw at E3. A young woman is savagely beaten and prepared to be hung by a group of three guards. Geralt of Rivia and a companion, a large troll head slung messily on the Witcher's horse, ride in on the grisly spectacle. The Witcher is seeking bounty money for the troll head. He quickly accepts coin from the guards and continues on his way.



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News::Focus on Gaming Entertainment and Diversity

Richard of PopCults.com writes "While at E3 this past week, I had a chance to sit down and talk with several members and development teams working on games for gaming publisher Focus Home Interactive. While they were featuring a number of new games at the event, four games in particular caught my attention: Magrunner: Dark Pulse, Contrast, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, and Bound By Flame each game offering varying play styles for a variety of gamer types. "



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News::Just The Tip: Gunpoint - Pixels for Breakfast

Pixels for Breakfast writes: Gunpoint is a cleverly written, ultra awesome stealth spy game from former PC Gamer writer Tom Francis. If this video doesnt sell you on just how awesome Gunpoint is, hopefully Hellers review later this week will.



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News::PC Gamer - Hands and eyes-on with the high-def Oculus Rift prototype

PC Gamer - The Oculus Rift is a lightweight, boxy, head-mounted display that covers your eyes and blows your mind. Once properly adjusted so that its interior screens are aligned with each of your eyes (stabilized by a single elastic strap that runs behind your head), the image snaps into focus and youre plunged into a virtual environment, free to look around in any direction independent of your mouse movements. You can keep firing at anything ahead of you in your path while, say, you look behind yourself over your shoulder for enemies creeping up behind you, or quickly glance upward to admire the nice ornamental work on the ceiling.



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News::E3 2013: Crytek Sort of Confirms Crysis 4, Talks Crysis 3 Flaws

Hardcore Gamer: Crytek apparently wanted to be able to give players the ability to shoot someone in the leg for example, to be able to bring them to their knees, and allow for a more lethal killshot to the head or another vital part of the body. It's great to see Crytek being open enough to talk about a significant flaw in an otherwise terrific game, but you know what's even greater than that?



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News::Titanfall 'most likely' won't have cross-platform play

Respawn cofounder Vince Zampella says Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC players unlikely to be able to play together.



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News::The Crew Hands-On Preview | GameDynamo

GameDynamo - "While some may curse and spit and yawn at the showing of the many racing games at E3 this year (Forza 5, GT6, a new Need for Speed, yadda yadda) I get excited. One of the most interesting entries into the world of driving games this year is Ubisofts The Crew."



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News::Dark Souls II is Dark Souls, Thank God

Kotaku - I played Dark Souls II, I said to a friend of mine one night at E3 over drinks. He leaned in. His eyes suddenly got wide and he got a little quiet. How was it? He asked. It was Dark Souls. I said. Immediately a wave of relief rushed over his face, and my friend said to himself, Oh thank god. Hes a Dark Souls fan, you see. Im a Dark Souls fan. Later, another friend of joined us. He played Dark Souls II tell him what you told me. I did, and the exact same conversation repeated itself, with the same cathartic wave of relief that Dark Souls II was a Dark Souls game, thank god. People that like Dark Souls are weird like that.



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News::Resident Evil: Revelations Review | gamrReview

gamrReview's Alex St-Amour: "The full controller definitely only adds to the experience, although unfortunately that experience does indeed feel like a 3DS game up-resed for home systems with some of its handheld specific quirks still present. That being said, if youre a fan of Resident Evil you really cant go wrong with any version of the game on any system."



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News::Corsual's Trundle the Troll King - Rework Review

Corsual's Daniel Ball writes: "Trundle was a champion that needed a desperate aesthetic makeover; his old look paling in comparison to the artistic quality of new champions. With the coming of the now-passed, epic battle of the Freljord, a couple of champions were reworked. One of these, Trundle, the Troll King, has been given an overhaul more akin to the lore of the Freljord. No longer is he a junkyard troll, festering in the garbage. Instead, Trundle has taken his rightful place upon the throne of the Freljord trolls, looking and feeling as badass as ever."



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News::State of Decay coming to Steam, Sandbox Mode announced

State of Decay is coming to PC on the Steam platform. Sandbox mode also announced.



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News::Dota 2 to launch before The International this August


Dota 2 is currently in beta, but Valve has confirmed that it will launch before The International 3, a professional tournament to be held this August, as ValveTime reports.


As of right now, players can either be invited to the Dota 2 beta by friends, or pay $29.99 to become a part of the early access beta. The package includes a slew of cosmetic items.


The International 3 is slated for August 7-11, and thanks to the crowdfunded effort, currently has the largest prize pool in eSports history.


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News::Games Like Skyrim

Skyrim is the fifth installment in The Elder Scrolls action role-playing video game series. Set two hundred years after Oblivion, Skyrim's main story revolves around the player character's efforts to defeat Alduin, a Dragon who is prophesied to destroy the world. If you are looking for popular open world role playing games like Skyrim find the recommendations below.



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News::"F2P, yes plz" - The Poor Mans Guide to MMOs

"They say nothing in life is really free. To be honest, you can find free stuff if you really look. Im guessing if youre reading this article, like me, your pockets are moth eaten or light in the cash department. But, that shouldnt mean you cant have fun and play some of the best mmorpgs out in the market." - Salvador Madrigal of Str N Gaming



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News::IndieGameMag Let's Try- Skyward Collapse

How do you balance, and indeed encourage, a war between factions without letting either side obliterate the other? How do you rule over gods, creatures, and men who refuse to obey you? How do you build a landscape of villages when bandits and mythology are conspiring to tear it down? Skyward Collapse places players into the role of The Creator, and frees you to tackle these problems your own way. Brought to you by the developer of the modern strategy classic AI War: Fleet Command, Arcens second full strategy title is equally unique (but far easier to learn): a turn-based 4x strategic god-game.



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News::MotoGP '13 exclusive Moto2 gameplay hands-on at Catalunya - Team VVV

VVV: "In our final run, Alan takes us for a ride along the Catalunya circuit located in sunny Spain in the remaining bike class class: Moto2. The 600cc Moto2 bikes act as the intermediate class that remove the stabilisers from the Moto3 bikes and are noticeably more difficult to handle as a result to prepare you for the challenging full fat MotoGP class."



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News::E3 2013: Defying Expectations with Murdered: Soul Suspect

In this preview of Murdered: Soul Suspect, Steven Strom discovers just what the game is all about, and realizes he likes it quite a lot.



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News::Murdered: Soul Suspect Is a Classic Noir Yarn with a Ghastly Flavor | gamrReview Preview

gamrReview's Jake Weston: "Even with the next generation of game consoles quickly approaching, Murdered: Soul Suspect shows that developers are still using the current generation to explore new and innovative new IPs. That alone is enough to make me excited over Murdered: Soul Suspect, but the E3 demo simply made me want to see how this story ends."



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News::WildStar Preview | GameRevolution

GR writes: "In comes Wildstar, a game that strives to be creative and fun. Its developer, Carbine Studios, has crafted an entirely new IP so it can deliver a world that adheres to its own rules without letting laws affect gameplay. The end result is something that may be very special."



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News::Borderlands 2 Full Review [Plus XP]

Andy from Plus XP writes "Welcome back to Pandora citizen! A whole new adventure waits. A funny script, entertaining and memorable characters, a cataclysmic array of weapons; sound familiar? Well thats because all the features that made the original so popular have returned and been juiced up to make Borderlands 2 one tasty BADONKADONK! Once upon a time there was a planet called Pandora, and on it were 4 vault hunters who sought to claim the spoils of the mythical vault. When any of these hunters managed to reach it, they encountered The Destroyer which was an almost indestructible anomaly. Once it was quite fittingly destroyed, the vault was sealed and it was locked for 200 years.BUT..fast forward 5 years and a new group of vault hunters have heard a rumour that and even greater and more secret vault exists. So off they go on their merry travels to find it and conveniently enough their train gets explosively derailed by the new Hyperion Corporation Leader, Handsome Jack....



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News::The Apocalyptic Art Of The Last Of Us

News::Reus Review | Good Game SP

It's time to play god and take a look at Reus!



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News::Expeditions Conquistador Review| Spiderduck Network

Trevor returns to the Indie Luchador section of the Spiderduck Network to review Expeditions Conquistador.



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News::Living Legends: Frozen Beauty - Review | AACG

AACG writes: "Playing Living Legends: Frozen Beauty feels like replaying Ice Rose but with a different story. Yes, it is still very entertaining and the artwork is awesome; we just wish that the developers would get more creative."



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News::Marvel Heroes Review | Gamezebo

Not quite heroic, but still a good time for Marvel fans.



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News::Mortal Kombat - First PC Screenshots Revealed

DSOGaming writes: "Kombatants, get ready for a treat. The first screenshots from the PC version of Mortal Kombat have been revealed and our reader TensiKashi has just sent them to us."



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News::rawDLC: Episode 130 E3 spectacular: boozed edition

On this weeks extended podcast, Dave and Josh grab PAX Australias Guy Yug Blomberg and dissect this years jam packed E3. Fuelled by beer and heated opinions the boys break down the major conferences, next-gen consoles and the amazing games in between.



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News::'Night of the Rabbit' Review - Hoppily Ever After | The Indie Game Magazine

Daedalic Entertainment's latest point-and-click adventure welcomes players to the fictional town of Mousewood, a realm of talking (and rather well-dressed) animals and creatures straight out of classic fairytales.



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News::99 Spirits Review The Power Of Words | The Indie Game Magazine

Fruitbat Factory is at it again the developers who brought Yakiniku Banzais War of the Tanks to the English-speaking world back in 2012 recently localized TORaIKIs 99 Spirits, a grid-based Japanese roleplaying game for the PC.



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News::The Xbox One and PS4 Processor May Not be as Powerful as Many Believe

Its been a busy week in hardware and in my mortal hands I hold a laptop containing AMDs Jaguar cores. The very same cores as found in the freshly minted games consoles from Microsoft and Sony. So what are they like and what does it mean for PC gaming?



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