News::Titanfall engineer on using the Xbox Live Cloud

Microsoft has been pushing the "infinite power of the cloud" hard with its Xbox One, perhaps partially to make up for the technological advantage held by Sony's PS4 specs, or maybe just for the sake of buzzwords. If they repeat the "infinite power of the cloud" enough times, maybe it will stick. Still, talking about the practicality and actuality of the Xbox Live Cloud is Jon Shiring of Respawn, the team behind Titanfall (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC).

Shiring first gives a nice, layman-friendly explanation of the benefits of having dedicated servers -- in short, a less frustrating and less inconsistent multiplayer experience -- and then explains the "Xbox Live Cloud" as "a system for running dedicated servers." One thing to note is that Titanfall on PC and Xbox 360 will use these dedicated servers, so an Xbox One is not a requirement. Shiring noted that "Microsoft priced it so that it’s far more affordable than other hosting options," which hopefully means more games will be able to take advantage of the dedicated servers.

There's been blow back against Microsoft touting its cloud; developer Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness) went so far as to call the company's claims outright lies. Meanwhile, Eurogamer has an extensive, informed evaluation of Microsoft's cloud that likens most of the company's claims to PR and marketing hand waving. The use of dedicated servers facilitated by the cloud does seem like one of the first concrete, legitimate uses of the service. Plus, it's nice to know Titanfall will still reap its benefits on PC, right? Or has the DRM reversal encouraged any of you to early adopt the Xbox One?

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News::The Chaos Engine is coming back with a 'restoration'

My first reaction to this annoyingly teaserish trailer for The Chaos Engine was, "Holy eff! They're remaking The Chaos Engine!" That is not quite what's happening here -- this is a "restoration" of the classic top-down co-op title (also known as Soldiers of Fortune), reports Digital Spy -- but that's not a name you hear frequently mentioned and I'm still excited nonetheless.

"We've seen dozens of terrible remakes of classic games," explained producer Neil McKenna at Rezzed. "When we sat down and looked at it, it didn't even need that. The gameplay, even though it is old-fashioned, it just works really well. You just need to add anything in."

This tweaked version does have some updates: namely, "a bit of gloss" for larger monitors, 16-directional controls, and a "less brutal" save system. These visual and control changes can be switched off and drop-in, drop-out cooperative play is, I'm happy to say, making the cut.

The Chaos Engine is already up for pre-order on Get Games Go. The site lists it as having a $9.99 Steam release (Windows, Mac, and Linux) planned for August of this year. Talk about completely unexpected, awesome news.

The Chaos Engine is "restoration" of original, could come to consoles [Digital Spy]

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News::Pre-ordering Gran Turismo 6 means in-game money or cars

Polyphony Digital is going a step further with pre-order bonuses for Gran Turismo 6, as detailed on the PlayStation Blog. It's not all retailer-exclusive, thank goodness:

• BMW Z4 GT3 '11


• Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 '13


• Tesla Model S Signature Performance '13


• Chevrolet Corvette Stingray (C7) '14

But, yes, there's plenty of that as well with GameStop offering 16 extra vehicles (full list below) and other goodies including the Beyond the Apex II app. This 15th Anniversary Edition Upgrade is faster than individually unlocking the featured cars, which also happen to be present on-disc. On that note, Amazon's bonus for pre-ordering is literally $1 million in GT6 credits.

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News::Bungie Talks Destiny Networking, Loot and Customisation, Community, Vehicles and More - AusGamers

AusGamers recently spoke with Bungie engineering lead, Chris Butcher, about various Destiny-related topics, including just how networking and matchmaking work without an active UI, weapons, upgrades and customisation, loot and trading, vehicles and getting around the game-world, how they plan to foster the Destiny community and much, much more. From the interview: "...That helps you get around the larger areas, and if youve seen the Law of the Jungle trailer, theres a different kind of vehicle. That was one of The Fallen vehicles called the Pike, that we were showing off there. So there are other vehicles, both enemy vehicles and player vehicles. AusGamers: Can you get in the enemy vehicles? Chris: In that particular one, you can, yes."



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News::The Witcher 3 Hands-On: Everything Matters. Everything | Siliconera

Siliconera: "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the end of the road for Geralt of Rivia. Born from a series fantasy novels and short stories from Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher has since starred in film, television, and video games, obviously. His latest interactive journey, slated to be the last one, is earmarked for the Xbox One and PS4. It was one of several next gen games that were on hand at E3. But very few, perhaps none, were as impressive as it, on a purely technical level."



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News::Dark Souls II's New Director Talks Accessibility And Broken Controllers

Game Informer - Dark Souls II has a new director in Yui Tanimura. We were only able to spend a few minutes Tanimura after seeing Dark Souls II in action at E3, and decided to ask him broad questions about difficulty in games. We also wanted to know what kind of games he's playing outside of Dark Souls II, and why we won't be seeing Dark Souls II on next-gen systems.



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News::Splinter Cell: Blacklist Preview - E3 2013 (NGN)

New Game Network: "It was about exactly a year ago that we first had a chance to see Splinter Cell Blacklist up close, at E3 as it happens. It wasnt playable back then, but with the release quickly approaching, Ubisoft has taken the game to the floor of E3 2013 for everyone to check out. We had an opportunity to play through a level in the game, and had a generally good time."



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News::Gamespot- Fist Puncher Review

GS:Fist Puncher is a welcome and extended return to the heyday of brawlers.



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News::Gamespot- Kentucky Route Zero - Act II Review

GS:Kentucky Route Zero's refreshingly unconventional tale of a road trip through strange and beautiful parts of America continues in this second act.



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News::Dreamfall Chapters Developer Takes on Spielberg and Lucas

Since the story broke about George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg insulting video games ability to tell a good story, the internet has been ablaze with gamer rage. Now, Ragnar Tornquist, the game developer behind The Longest Journey, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey and the newly-crowdsourced Dreamfall Chapters, has chosen to respond and challenge the famous Hollywood directors on their misinformed notions about games.



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News::Project Zomboid multiplayer will be fun with or without zombies says developer Andy Hodgetts

The Indie Stone's first commercial release Project Zomboid has had its ups and considerable share of downs. Speaking at Rezzed 2013, developer Andy Hodgetts detailed his team's plans for multiplayer in Project Zomboid, as well as their desire to create a zombie game which can be enjoyed with or without the zombies.



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News::RadarPlays - Gunstar Heroes

GamesRadar - The Genesis was home to so many great games, some of which that were lost to the past until they got HD rereleases on 360/PS3. For example, Gunstar Heroes won over many hardcore fans in its time, but fans had forgotten it until recently. And while it was developer Treasure's first game, the run-and-gun shooter has the same challenging gameplay and gorgeous graphics fans would soon come to expect from then-new company. Editors Henry, Lucas, and Ryan dove into the game recently to test their skills against the notoriously tough title.



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News::Allow K.K. and Friends to touch your musical soul

Ladies and gentlemen, I am playing Animal Crossing for the first time ever. I scored a copy of New Leaf, popped it into my 3DS, and immediately fell deep into Tom Nook's financial pit of despair. I can tell this game is going to take me places.

Speaking of going places, it appears that the canine guitar virtuoso K.K. Slider has partnered up with game music remixers Benjamin Briggs and Nathan "ectogemia" Becker to form a super group, K.K. and Friends! And wouldn't you know it, their first album has just been released!

The nine-track remix album covers various tunes from the original Animal Crossing, Wild World, and City Folk. You can download it from GameChops or Loudr for $7, or you can spend an extra $0.99 for the privilege of downloading it from iTunes (silly Apple tax).

K​.​K. and Friends [GameChops]

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News::Deadly Dungeon Bundle Review - XCLANN

If you are a fan of Indie titles and dungeon crawlers is your thing then check out this review of the Deadly Dungeon Bundle from indiebundle.org.



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News::Company of Heroes 2 Review | IncGamers

As rewarding to play as it is mentally exhausting. Company of Heroes 2 consolidates the progress of its predecessor, expands into some new territory and keeps alive the grand tradition of major PC RTS releases.



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News::Untold History: Descendant of the Sun - Review | AACG

Untold History: Descendant of the Sun could have been a great game if it was released a couple of years back. Even though the theme of the game is lovable, it looks and feels very old with outdated-looking graphics and uninteresting gameplay - the game is just really hard to get into.



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News::Titanfall And Relatable Sci-Fi

Game Informer - One of the questions we had for Respawn was why the studio wanted to go down the sci-fi route with Titanfall. The reason came down to simple pragmatism. Theres only so far you can go if youre portraying [a conventional] military, says game director Steve Fukuda. A big part of it is if you want a guy to be able to leap buildings in a single bound or we want people to be able to cloak if you want people to be able to do exotic things and have somewhat outlandish things happen, it makes it easier if you can sort of explain it away or you have a mechanism for doing that, and sci-fi served that purpose.



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News::Watch 16 Minutes Of The New Phoenix Wright And Get Mad Pumped

News::Scope these Adventure Time, Regular Show game covers

As you've already heard, WayForward is helming another pair of Cartoon Network games. There is Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON'T KNOW!, a follow-up to last year's Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?! , slated for 3DS, Wii U, Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. In addition, there is Regular Show: Mordecai and Rigby in 8-Bit Land, a 3DS-exclusive adaptation of the exploits of everyone's favorite park-dwelling slackers.

Nintendo Everything has scooped up Wii U and 3DS box art images of the Fall-bound cartoon romps. Those are things you can look at with the eyeballs in your skull.

I'm especially excited to see how Adventure Time will be tailored to home consoles. Part of me wishes for high-quality 2D animation, while another part hopes it adopts the polygonal look of the episode "A Glitch is a Glitch." As for Regular Show, I just want a Double Dragon level in which you use Death Kwon Do moves.

Boxarts: Adventure Time, Regular Show [Nintendo Everything via GoNintendo]

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News::John Szczepaniak's Kickstarter to tell the untold stories of Japanese game development is just a few

News::Untold History: Descendant of the Sun Review | Gamezebo

This hidden object adventure looks more unique than it actually is.



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News::Big City Adventure: Tokyo - Review | AACG

If you are looking for more of Big City Adventure, then Tokyo is your right choice! On the other hand, players would not find anything innovative or different from the other games in the series here.



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News::Magrunner: Dark Pulse Review | Gamezebo

Portal meets Cthulhu in Magrunner: Dark Pulse.



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News::CCP CEO: "A big company can become very dumb, very quickly"

For years, CCP had been known as the EVE Online company. However the developer has recently expanded from its one-product focus with the release of Dust 514 for PlayStation 3 and the ongoing development of the World of Darkness MMO. Not only is the company pushing to expand its product lines, but it's also seeking new audiences for its tentpole EVE brand. The studio has already stepped into the free-to-play market and mobile development is the next step.



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News::Watch Dogs Is Scarier Than It Was Ever Meant To Be

GR: "Extensive and intrusive multiplayer collides with a major intelligence and spying scandal to give Ubisoft's open-world action game a horrific angle on our lives."



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News::Mirror's Edge Sold 2.5 Million Units

During an interview, executive vice president of the EA Games Label,Patrick Söderlund revealed the amount of units Mirror's Edge managed to shift.



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News::Hardcore Tactical Shooters Are Coming Back Into Fashion

The hardcore tactical shooters of the past appear to be once again on the rise in popularity with many mature gamers seeming to be yearning for something more intellectually challenging than your typical shooter in todays Call of Duty dominated market. I am talking about past games series such as Rainbow Six, SWAT, Counter-Strike and SOCOM. Games that actually made you think before you decided to pull the trigger or storm a room full of bad guys.



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News::Expeditions: Conquistador Review | GameDynamo

GameDynamo - "Expeditions: Conquistador explores the colonial world via a traditional turn-based strategy format, but it adds enough RPG elements to flesh out a robust storyline, with sometimes mixed results."



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News::Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Review | GameGrin

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is a game not just meant to be played, but one that rewards mastery. There are layers within its mechanics, many of which can be explored in its punishing one-life arcade mode, and denied in its shallow duel mini-games. But by contextualizing the campaign as a series of questionable memories, it's able to instill a sense of intrigue, pace and surprise throughout the story and the gameplay.



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News::Project Spark Beta Registration Now Open

Beta registration for Microsoft Studios' world-building game, Project Spark, is now open via the Join Project Sparkwebsite.



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News::Nintendo Fans Fight To Get 3DS And Wii U Region-Free

News::Steam Trading Cards are leaving beta this week

I've yet to figure out this whole Steam Trading Cards thing, and the fact that the virtual cards are in beta hasn't helped matters. That'll be resolved soon enough -- Valve plans to open up Trading Cards to all Steam users on Wednesday, June 26 at 11:00am Pacific. How very specific.

The company has also shifted features like the Card Binder and Trade Offers to post-release status, though an exact time frame hasn't been pinned down yet. "For now until release we're going to focus on fixing up all the existing bugs and issues," writes Valve.

"Who Cares?" you might be typing into the comments section. Prepare to hammer on that backspace key, friend: "Making trading cards available to all Steam users is a step towards an event we think everyone can be excited about..." Summer sale? No. Please, no. I'm broke!

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News::Project Spark beta signups open

Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb has announced that signups for the Project Spark beta have officially opened. Players can sign up to be putting on a waiting list on the Project Spark website.

The game creation tool was announced during Microsoft’s E3 press conference. It will be coming to both Windows 8 and Xbox One, though there is no word which platform the beta will be taking place on, nor have they announced when it will begin.

Microsoft has stated that Project Spark is the next iteration of the Kodu Game Lab, which was originally released for the Xbox 360.

The post Project Spark beta signups open appeared first on Edge Online.

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News::DICE shows off Frostbite 3 technology in new Battlefield 4 video

EA has released a new video featuring DICE developers talking about the tech behind Battlefield 4 and what they are able to do with the Frostbite 3 engine, which is premiering in the next entry in the vehicle-based shooter.

Watch the full video below.

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News::Return Of The $750 Gaming PC Build: Now With Blu-Ray, Modular PSU, Double The SSD Storage

Forbes - In April I posted an article titled How To Build A Powerful Gaming PC For $750 SSD And Operating System Included. In less than three months it has attracted a shocking amount of views and inspired throngs of readers to wade into the exciting waters of PC gaming. Hundreds of you built that system, but some of you asked what could be accomplished with the same $750 budget if you didnt need to purchase another copy of Windows. This build is for you, and its a ridiculously exciting one.



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News::Wolfenstein: The New Order E3 2013 Hands-On Preview | GameDynamo

GameDynamo - "The New Order puts our hero B.J. Blazkowicz into an alternate 1960s era where Nazi's were the victors of the war and are now harnessing a mysterious power to build and run vicious-looking robots of war."



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News::Black Lodge, The Twin Peaks Atari Game That Never Was

BadassDigest: "How's Annie? How's Annie? How's Annie? How's Annie?" This Twin Peaks Atari game is old. Not old enough to be an actual Atari game, but its 2011 initial release date definitely makes it yesterday's news in Internet terms. It's new to me, though. It's also pretty impressive and certainly deserves a look from fans of Twin Peaks, particularly fans of Twin Peaks' series finale, the overlap of which should be pretty darn high.



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News::Monster Hunter TV Episode Shows More Monster Hunter Online Gameplay and Equipment

One of the elements of Monster Hunter Online we havent seen much of so far is equipment, which is peculiar considering what an important role it plays in the Monster Hunter franchise. Luckily the latest episode of Monster Hunter TV aired by the publisher Tencent games comes to the rescue, and gives us a brief glimpse on what kind of equipment players will find in the game.



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News::Aliens Probably Exists - The Bureau: XCOM Declassified on Up at Noon

IGN - Nick Pope investigated UFOs for the British government. His stories are creepy.



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News::Jinx Launches World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Summer 2013 T-shirt Collection

Blizzplanet reports that JINX has launched the new Summer 2013 line-up of World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria T-shirts, cadet caps, jackets and leather belts with the Alliance and Horde logos.



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News::The Last of Us' Ellie vs. BioShock's Elizabeth

IGN - Our panel of experts debate which companion is the favorite. Who's yours?



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News::5 Ways Riley (The Dog..) Will Impact CoD Ghosts

When CoD Ghosts announced dogs were going to be a part of the game, the excitement online was as abundant as it was vague. How exactly will dogs affect how we play Call of Duty?



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News::Battlefield 4 E3 2013 Hands-On Preview | GameDynamo

GameDynamo - "Having played Battlefield 4 at E3, I am pretty disappointed. I went into the playable demo at E3 pretty optimistic, but I left wondering what exactly the hook is. "



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News::Review: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (DarkZero)

"Ill be honest with everyone reading this review: I dont know much about Van Helsing. The limited knowledge I have is that the character was created in Bram Stokers Dracula novel and is known for hunting down vampires and other monsters. Oh yeah... He was also played by Hugh Jackman in that okay Van Helsing film, but I couldn't help but notice he was missing those hairy sideburns and was sorely lacking adamantium in his hands. Jokes aside, I wasn't sure what to expect from NeocoreGames first attempt at an action RPG. Last year, there were some big hitters in the genre, with titles like Diablo III and Torchlight II sapping a lot of daylight away from me with their addictiveness. Its a new year, so does The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing set the same standard as those two games did last year?" (DarkZero)



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News::The Night of the Rabbit Review | Game Podunk

GP writer Leah reviews The Night of the Rabbit on PC.



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News::Frozen Endzone Interview With Mode 7's Paul Taylor

John Bedford (Modojo): At this year's Rezzed PC and indie gaming show in Birmingham, Paul Taylor and Ian Hardingham presented a retrospective of Mode 7's work, with a particular focus on the studio's most successful game, Frozen Synapse. The duo have a new project in the works, titled Frozen Endzone, which takes the core tactical gameplay that made its predecessor so popular, but switches the theme to a futuristic American Football-inspired sports game.



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News::MCM London Comic Con to Expand in October

MCM London Comic Con may already be Europes biggest comic con, but the show will be even bigger when it returns to ExCel London this October, organisers have revealed. Last months MCM London Comic Con reported higher attendance records than ever before, setting a new attendance record of over 76,000, and the team behind the show are intent on capitalising on this.



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News::Warframe Impressions | Gamertag Radio

Gamertag radio writes: "Warframe is currently a free-to-play title on PC from Digital Extremes. Like many F2P games, the model is based on the option to buy additional gear through micro-transactions which, of course, is not required to play and enjoy the game. Having tested the game out on PC, I enjoyed it. But I can definitely say this upcoming console version is just as fun."



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News::Haunted Legends: The Curse of Vox | AACG Review

Haunted Legends: The Curse of Vox is unexpectedly fantastic with loads of extra fun to spice up the rather easy gameplay. This might be the best Haunted Legends yet!



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News::Overlooked Gaming Goodness At E3 2013

E3 2013 had a huge lineup of games but some seemed to float under the radar. Check out some of the overlooked games at E3 2013



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News::E3 2013 - Call of Duty: Ghosts Preview | GameGrin

Much has been made of Call of Duty's lack of innovation and its rigid adherence to formulaic templates. The first level shown was designed to highlight some of the fresh inclusions and unveil the new world the protagonist finds himself in.



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News::Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn beta is a new beginning (2D-X)

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn's beta showcases stark changes to the troubled game: there are improvements to the combat system, user interface, and most importantly, gameplay.



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News::HeroWarZ Closed Beta 1 gameplay videos for new action game

A.Storm is a new developer in South Korea, but heading the studio is Kim Yoon Jong, the man responsible for leading Nexons Dungeon & Fighter and Cyphers back in their early days.



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News::Remember Me Review | Press Start Australia

Kevin at Press Start Australia writes " Remember Me is a good game, and while it stumbles many times to the finish line, it can triumphantly stand as an original and unique game."



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News::Dark, Somber iOS Platformer Jumps to PC With a Fresh Coat of Paint

News::Magic The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014 preview - MMGN

MMGN: The third iteration of Wizards of the Coasts Duels of the Planeswalkers, the digital version of the trading card game Magic: The Gathering, is out this month. The 2014 version boasts several major new features, along with a number of minor tweaks to improve overall gameplay.



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News::Three Ways Cryptic Studios Can Take Neverwinter's Foundry to the Next Level

MMO Site writes: "Neverwinter, the latest MMORPG from Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios, launched out of Open Beta this June 20th. While these additions could very well be in the works at the moment due to its early state, but there is no way of knowing yet. The Foundry is full of content and tools that can be used to create almost any type of quest for players, but why limit it to just those situations? With some tweaks and additions, the Foundry could become one of the best player authoring tools ever created, if it isn't already. Consider the following three ideas to be suggestions, or even "wish-list items" of how I think they could really take the entire Foundry creation system to the next level."



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News::New Famitsu Scans for The Evil Within

"Courtesy of RyougaSaotome from Twitter comes the latest Scans from Famitsu, while they are not proper "scans", as they are taken by camera, it should do until High Quality scans pop up, we will update this post then, in the mean time, check them out below."



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News::Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures Hands On Preview (SGC 2013) I TheKoalition

Garrett Glass of TheKoalition writes: SGC is in full swing for the first time in three years, and with it comes a slew of indie gamesand what better way to celebrate than have ScrewAttacks own game based on the fucking Nerd himself. Given that the Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures is one of ScrewAttacks main attractions, it was no wonder that the vendor had the longest line.



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News::Exclusive Interview: Pencil Test - Team Behind Armikrog

Armikrog is the latest unique indie game with a shot at heading to the Wii U eShop. Just a few short days before their Kickstarter campaign ends, Ed & Mike have taken some time out to tell us just why Armikrog deserves to be funded, and what exclusive Wii U features could be included...



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News::Mad Max Preview King of the Wasteland I TheKoalition

Richard Bailey of TheKoalition writes: During Sonys Pre E3 2013 Conference a few weeks ago, Avalanche Studios showed off the first official debut trailer for their upcoming Mad Max reboot. While the trailer consisted mostly of computer-generated cutscenes with no gameplay footage, fans in attendance grew excited at the opportunity to finally play a brand new Mad Max video game. The next day, I had a chance to sit down with Warner Bros. to take a deeper look under the hood at what all they have planned for this title. Here are a few of my thoughts on Mad Max and why it may be worth picking up when it launches on consoles in 2014.



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News::Company Of Heroes 2: The Kotaku Review

Kotaku: "Think of Company of Heroes 2 as the embodiment of the thing it's trying to recreate, namely the Soviet's advance into Germany. Blunt, and wasteful in parts, but in the end an overwhelming success."



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News::The Walking Dead: 400 Days What We Know So Far

WC - After claiming so many accolades, including over eighty Game of the Year awards, its no surprise that Telltale Games are already giving us more of The Walking Dead. After the first seasons success, Season Two is already on the way. But to help with the excruciating wait for the new season, Telltale will soon be releasing some new downloadable contact that will bridge the gap between the two seasons.



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News::Rezzed - Rome II Live Demo

After seeing some impressive games at the Rezzed show today, who can forget about those unique developer conferences going on live at the show. Well here is the Rome II conference, filmed and posted on Youtube thanks to Eurogamer.



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News::Dragon Age: Inquisition Preview - Faulty Pixel

So, E3 2013 has been and gone, giving us a first time glimpse of many an anticipated title. From frenetic FPC to gaudy platformer, there was something for everyone in the smorgasbord of gaming delights; every genre bursting with a plethora of titles to get excited about. All, that is, except for the RPG genre. While other genres had a range of big-name titles to drool over, good old roleplaying felt somewhat sparse when it came to announcements, lacking any sort of marquee reveal to really get our pulses racing.



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News::Call of Duty: Ghosts Appears on TV, Gives us "Press X To Bark"

Kotaku - Tonight's featured demo on Late Night's Video Games Week was a few minutes' worth of the new Call of Duty's canine companion demonstrating his abilities of sneaking, silent killing, and... barking.



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News::Amnesia : A Machine for Pigs Preview | Golden4games

Set in 1899, (sixty years after the first Amnesia), the focus of the story will be Oswald Mandus, a wealthy industrialist.



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News::NBA 2K14 Cover Art Featuring LeBron James

Alive Game Zone - Cover Art for 2K Sports upcoming NBA video game title NBA 2K 14 has been revealed featuring American professional basketball player nicknamed King James, LeBron James.



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News::Company of Heroes 2 reviews - LogiaGamer

CoH2 is a game of real-time strategy PC exclusive. It is situated in the Second World War. The player will be on the side of Russian army, but that if, always fighting against American favorite enemy in those days: Adolf Hitler. They recreate famous battles of that time, there will be historical references, and the weather and the cold of Russia will play an important role in the gameplay.



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News::'Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate,' 'SimCity' and others cut $20 at Target

XMNR: Monster hunters and city builders should turn their attentions to Target for the week of Sunday, June 23 as the retailer has knocked $20 off Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for the Wii U, SimCity for the PC and small collection of PS3 and Xbox 360 games such as Injustice: Gods Among Us.



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News::History of a Franchise - Star Wars: Battlefront

At E3 this year EA announced that its DICE studio, known for the Battlefield series, would be making a new Star Wars: Battlefront game. This is a new chapter in the history of the Star Wars: Battlefront series.



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News::In Destiny's Bleak Future, Scarves Need Mending

Kotaku - Today we're looking at the art of Bungie's Ryan DeMita. So, yeah, time for more Destiny Art. But not just Destiny art! Some Halo: Reach stuff as well, which you'll see below along with some personal stuff.



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News::WC - Getting Hands On With Battlefield 4 Multiplayer

WC - While E3 seems like a lifetime ago, (its actually been barely a week) there are still one or two previews that I have for you guys that I think you will want know about.



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