News::Mind the stopgaps?

What can you expect games that are dictated by scheduling?



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News::A Punching Beta Preview: Aarus Awakening

There are many games many gamers are looking forward to: The Division, Watch Dogs, Saints Row IV and many more, but the one game I believe to be at the top of that list is Aarus Awakening.



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News::Wolfenstein: The New Order Screenshots

New Wolfenstein: The New Order Screenshots have been released showing combat scenarios and different enemies.



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News::What's it like to game with you?

_{[Bloggers Wanted is a monthly (ish) feature where the Dtoid staff pose a blogging topic to the community and then promote the best ones to the front page. Fun!]}

I was talking with Dtoid Friday Night Fights host Trev the other day, and he mentioned that he was thinking about writing a "Gaming with Trev" blog to tell people what they might be in for if they decide to join him for a match or two during FNF. The idea was so brilliant, I decided to steal it and make it your next Bloggers Wanted assignment!

So what is it like to game with you? Are you a laid-back, nothing-matters-but-the-fun kind of gamer like yours truly? Is every match played with you a fight to the death, go-big-or-go-home affair? Or are you somewhere in between? Share your story with the rest of us!

To participate, just write a community blog, title it "Gaming with [Your Name 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!

Have fun!

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News::Battlefield 4 multiplayer gameplay shows epic 720 combat knife kill

Battlefield 4 multiplayer gameplay shows epic 720 combat knife kill



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News::Minecraft's Ending Makes for a Lovely Song

News::A Beginners Guide to Dota 2: Part Two The Heroes

In this second part of the Beginner's Guide to Dota 2, IncGamers' Tim McDonald talks beginner heroes to help new players get started in with the popular title from Valve.



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News::EverQuest Next to be playable on '4 or 5 year old' PCs

Shack News: "EverQuest Next uses a modified version of ForgeLight--the same engine that powers Planetside 2. Yet, in spite of its massive online worlds and voxel-based destruction, Sony Online Entertainment somehow plans on making the game far more accessible than their MMOFPS."



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News::Alien Anal Probe Saved as Saints Row IV's Australian Crisis Ends

News::GMG Rockstar Weekend Heavily Discounts Classic Games

Hardcore Gamer: Bully SE is $4, while GTA III, Vice City, Manhunt, Max Payne 1, and MP 2 are $2.50 each. LA Noire is $5, while GTA IV is $8. A complete bundle of all of the MP games including 3's season pass can be yours for $18.



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News::Unexpected Complexities Porting Torchlight 2 to Mac

A couple of readers have asked about Torchlight 2's much-delayed Mac port, so we reached out to developer Runic to see what's up.



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News::EverQuest Next LiveStream Highlights

During today's keynote livestream, viewers got a long look at EverQuest Next. Here are some of the highlights of the many features coming to the game and its focus on a player-driven, "ever"-changing world.



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News::Journey into Pandarias History As You Discover the Burdens of Shaohao

Blizzard Entertainment released a breathtakingly new Asian-art-styled animation featuring the moment the last emperor of Pandaria, Shaohao, advised the Great Waterspeaker elder about his future as emperor.



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News::Top Video Game Podcast of the Week #109 - Classic Phil

Horrible Night: "Justin deals with some newer space invaders and doesn't know what to make of Nintendo or Square Enix. Coop is all about Indie Game: The Movie Special Edition, just like Phil Fish planned. Plus trading card rules."



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News::Rise of the Triad Review | GIZORAMA

GIZORAMA - Few genres inspire the same sense of bitter nostalgia that first-person shooters engender. While by no means the very first FPS, Doom set the standard for what the genre would be for many years: intense, fast-paced, every level a fight for your very survival while you scramble to find keys and health packs amidst hordes of fast-moving and lethally clever enemies that you must gun down with inventive and lethal weaponry. For better or for worse, somewhere along the way it transitioned to the endlessly lucrative Call of Duty model where the levels relied more on cinematic setpieces to guide the player along, and the challenge was greatly reduced by regenerating health and generous ammo drops. In recent years, some shooters have aimed to buck this trend by offering more old-school gameplay, such as Bulletstorm and Serious Sam. Joining the ranks of these illustrious throwbacks is Interceptor Entertainments Rise of the Triad and it has what it takes to stand among the best in...



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News::Scams on Indiegogo Endangering Kickstarter Campaigns

Several new games are being funded through crowdfunding, and these problems may leak in that direction.



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News::Papers, Please Pixel Judge preview

PJ: "WARNING, THESE DOCUMENTS ARE HIGHLY CLASSIFIED AND ONLY AUTHORISED PERSONNEL MAY READ THEM. *Unauthorised access may lead to years of imprisonment and potential deportation out of our wonderful nation of Arstotzka* Inspectors, Today I bring great news. Our glorious nation has decided to open its borders and allow the suffering people of the other inferior nations entrance into our great and wonderful country. However, be weary inspectors, not all immigrants have been cleared for entrance into our great country. It is your job and duty as an Arstotzkan border inspector to ensure all people who pass through your border checkpoint have their papers in order! To ensure this we have provided you with the latest technology that our genius scientists have produced. So go! Out there! Do your duty for the glorious country of Arstotzka! GLORY TO ARSTOTZKA Signed, the Ministry of Admission"



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News::I Went to Jail: First Impressions of Prison Architect

BNR: ntimidating. That's how I'd describe the opening to Introversion Software's latest title, Prison Architect. The game starts with loud, harsh, harrowing noises- the faint murmur of conversation and the bangs of metal clashing against metal. There's something almost contradictory about the somewhat cute art style used for the game's characters, and I'm curious as to why they picked it as a camera pans around a jail- then again, the game's in alpha and the style might not be permanent. Suddenly, there's a phonecall- it's the CEO, and he wants to chat with me about a person on death row. Apparently, we're in need of an execution chamber.



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News::Beatbuddy Coming August 6th to Steam

Barry writes, "Ok, when I first read about Beatbuddy it seemed neat, but nothing grabbed me. Its an action-adventure game that syncs in-game animations with the music being played. Now to hear that Austin Wintory is a major contributor to the music definitely helps."



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News::EverQuest Next's Innovation Through Destruction

IGN: "The third mainline EverQuest game is rewriting the MMORPG rules. Our genre expert examines how player-controlled world destruction will work."



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News::Legend of the Condor Heroes: Zero Action Combat Trailer from ChinaJoy

As Perfect World's first self-developed non-target action MMORPG, Condor: Zero is the company's highlight at ChinaJoy 2013. Adapted from the famous novel by Louis Cha, the latest trailer depicts the in-game combat.



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News::12% of Dragon Quest Xs Players Played More than 2,000 Hours in a Year

Apparently some Japanese Dragon Quest X players are quite dedicated, as demonstrated by a few statistics shared today by Square Enix during the first anniversary broadcast just aired to celebrate the games birthday.



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News::F1 2013 Preview: The Future is History | GameTrailers

GameTrailers: "Explore F1s past with famous drivers, cars and tracks from the 80s and 90s."



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News::50+ Games Like Minecraft

Minecraft has inspired the birth of a whole new genre of games. For every good Minecraft inspired game though there are plenty of bad ones. If you want something with Minecraft style features and gameplay try the list of over 50 alternatives selected and reviewed by the Games Finder team.



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News::Weapons of Mythology Online is Set to Release at the End of This Year

A Taiwanese game studio, XPEC Enetertainment, announced on 23rd that its eastern fantasy 3D MMO Weapons of Mythology is about to release in Taiwan at the end of this year.



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News::This Is My Joystick Podcast: Games Media Award Nominated

This very podcast show has been nominated for a Games Media Award in a category containing heavyweights IGN, GameSpot and Radio 5 Live so a huge great big thank you to all our listeners that nominated us. This Is My Joystick Podcast Host Neil Hickton has been hard at work behind the scenes this month and brings you three more amazing interviews with top developers. He chats with Full Control (Space Hulk), Subterranean Games (War for the Overworld) and Daedalic Entertainment (Memoria). In this podcast the team discuss: What weve been playing New and upcoming releases Interview: Kevin Mentz (Memoria) Interview: James Heinichen (War for the Overworld) Interview: Thomas Hentschel Lund (Space Hulk) Favourite FPS game The Steam Summer Sale



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News::EverQuest Next Gameplay Preview With SOE Producer Terry Michaels

Gamerhub.tv - At SOE Live in Las Vegas, Gamerhub.tv sat down with EverQuest Next producer Terry Michaels in this exclusive preview interview.



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News::Total War: Rome II Developer Mike Simpson Interview In Rome

Gamerhub.tv - In Rome on the set of the HBO TV series Rome, The Creative Assembly studio director Mike Simpson talks about the new RTS game Total War: Rome II in this exclusive interview.



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News::Softpedia- CastleStorm Review

SP:CastleStorm is another video game that takes the tired genre of tower defense and revitalizes it by introducing a set of new mechanics.



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News::Reflections on Rapture: eight questions Bioshock Infinite's Burial At Sea needs to answer

OXM UK: "Sea and sky are set to collide in the upcoming Bioshock Infinite two-part story DLC, Burial at Sea. Booker and Elizabeth are apparently alive and well in Rapture on New Year's Eve, 1958 - but how did they get there, and just what do they think they're doing playing with our expectations like this? Here are eight questions that need an answer."



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News::3djuegos- Cloudberry Kingdom Review

3D:Cloudberry Kingdom finally comes to market ready to prove that there is still room to innovate in a genre as prolific as that of the platforms. And it does so successfully, without a doubt.



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News::Dusty Revenge (PC) Review Good Ole Wild West Fisticuffs | C.O.G.

This Wild West meets brawler game is surprisingly fun. COG shares their thoughts about this neat little beat em up. "With the advent of digital downloads, the gaming industry has been treated to a revival of long forgotten genres, ushering in a new wave of roguelikes, space-sims, and beat-em-ups for a younger generation to enjoy. Better yet, many of these new titles have begun to experiment with the blending of genres, from metroidvania brawlers (Guacamelee) to fish massacre simulators (Ridiculous Fishing)."



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News::9 Steps To Watch Dogs: IRL On Your Smartphone

WC - I am eagerly anticipating Watch Dogs, the upcoming release from UbiSoft featuring an open world Chicago layered with the premise of the ability to hack via your mobile phone any aspect of the citys infrastructure and inhabitants. This idea is so simple, as in our daily lives our mobile phones have approximate control over a fair amount of our activities, and its aplication to an open world game is more than ambitious.



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News::Bioshock Infinite: Clash In the Clouds Review Shoot Em Up | Geek Revolt

GR's Damion Julien-Rohman writes: Nearly four months have passed since Bioshock Infinite was released, and we now have our hands on the first bit of DLC to come out for it. While Im sure many folks are happy that this wasnt some sort of same day nonsense, many were pretty disappointed that the first set to be released would be a handful of maps made for killing off some of Colombias finest baddies in waves of increasing difficulty.



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News::Ryse: Son of Rome has a petition to bring the game on PC

You can now sign a petition to get Ryse Son of Rome on PC, if you believe in these things.



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News::Third Update to Super Mario Bros. Crossover Pays Tribute to Rare Port

News::John Carmack: 'Something Like Mega-Texture Will Win In The End'

"During the Q&A session at QuakeCon 2013, John Carmack was asked whether he plans to use mega-textures in future games developed by id Software, to which he gave a pretty long explanation, detailing the benefits of using mega textures."



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News::Dragon Age Inquisition: Discussing Morrigans Puporse

The faith of Thedas will lay in players hands, however it seems that non-playable characters like Morrigan will have a decisive role in this perpetual conflict between mages and templars. But the real question remains. Whats Morrigans main purpose in the upcoming game? What will be her true mission and intentions?



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News::EverQuest Next Detailed By SOE President John Smedley

Gamerhub.tv - Sony Online Entertainment President John Smedley discusses the latest MMO undertaking, EverQuest Next, in this exclusive interview from SOE Live in Las Vegas.



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News::9 Greatest Games Of This Console Generation

From outstanding originals to spectacular sequels, weve enjoyed some truly brilliant gaming experiences in recent years. With the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 just around the corner, FMV takes a look in no particular order at the greatest games of this console generation.



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News::TOP 3 Trailer Of The Week: July 29-August 2

The Tyuno Project: "Here are my TOP 3 video game trailers of the week of July 29 through August 2."



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News::Elder Scrolls Online Preview: The Bosmer | Exilic

Upcoming MMORPG Elder Scrolls Online will feature a total of 9 playable races. This series is an examination of the lore behind these races. First up: The Bosmer, commonly known as the Wood Elves of Valenwood.



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News::Call of Duty as an ESport: Behind the Scenes on How it Works

6aming's Brewer England takes a look at the behind the scenes of Call of Duty as an ESport. Get an in-depth look at how competitive teams work fluently together.



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News::Five Bad Video Game Habits Ive Finally Broken After Playing for 20 Years

UM writes: If youve played video games for practically your entire life as I have, youve probably developed a few bad habits over the years. Recently, as my time to game grows shorter and my OCD gets less severe, Ive tried to break a few of them, and have had some degree of success. After twenty years there are bad things Ive done while playing games that I finally, finally no longer do. I talk about what I mean by that below, along with discussing the game that inspired the change in my behavior. Just read on, youll see what I mean and probably can relate to a few.



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News::Battlefield 4 to Include Chinese Military Vehicles and Naval Combat

Battlefield 4, the upcoming first-person (FPS) video game from developer, DICE and publisher, Electronic Arts (EA) will have a whole new set of Chinese military combat vehicles and new naval and amphibious vehicles. This was confirmed by DICE developers during a questions and answers session, on EA's official UK website.



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News::Super Mario Crossover 3.0 is finally out

Super Mario Crossover, the pixel-for-pixel recreation of Super Mario Bros. that features a selectable cast of NES stars, was all set for the big 3.0 update this past June. It was unfortunately delayed a month, but it is now available for your pleasure. Head on down to developer Exploding Rabbit's site to give the new revision a spin.

New to 3.0 are the levels from Super Mario Bros. Special, a Japan-only port / remake for the NEC PC-8801 and Sharp X1; a difficulty system that drastically alters level layouts; and more skins for levels and characters to make them look like various other games on the NES, SNES, Game Boy, and so on. More tweaks and skins are planned for the future, but this is likely the last big update.

Exploding Rabbit is now hard at work on Super Retro Squad , which follows the style of Super Mario Crossover only with original characters and levels. While originally looking like an NES game, the graphics have been beefed up to a more detailed 16-bit style, though it looks like there may still be skins to "downgrade" the look to 8-bit and handheld styles. The game will also feature four-player online and local co-op. You can check the new screens below.

Super Mario Bros. Crossover 3.0 Released [Exploding Rabbit]

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News::Alice: Otherlands Needs Your Help With Only 43 Hours Left!

American McGee and Lulu are calling Alice fans to support Alice: Otherlands in the final hours of the Kickstarter. Alice: Otherlands only has 43 hours left and still needs another $25,000 to be fully funded. American has already acquired the film rights to the Alice property, and plans to start working on a series of animated shorts based on the Alice: Otherlands concept.



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News::Still Playing: Crusader Kings II

Old King Áed can look back on this reign with satisfaction. From a slow and inauspicious beginning ruling the petty kingdom of Connacht in the west of Ireland, he’s taken over his neighbouring territories with steady zeal, conjuring spurious claims on them and invading with an army that’s grown with every new acquisition. At 84 and infirm, he doesn’t have long to live, but it’s a grand age for a man of the late 11th century. Sure, he’ll probably never quite realise his ambition to become the King of Ireland, but he’s given his line a chance to play a leading role in European politics that he never had.

It’s a pity about his grandson, though. Tadg is Áed’s heir, and he’s not a patch on his recently deceased father, Ruaidrí, Áed’s son and firm marshall of his armies. Tadg’s a pushy sprat, demanding a title and lands of his own. You’d have thought he’d be content with being married to William The Conqueror’s daughter, Cecilia. That’s prestige right there, and the key to our dynasty’s claim on the English throne – once we’ve gathered enough power and influence to be a contender.

So when Áed finally gave the plains of Oriel to Tadg as his own seat and Tadg promptly threw Cecilia in prison, you can imagine his sense of horror at the prospects for his line. What the hell was the boy playing at? And then it dawned. Cecilia had a lover. Tadg couldn’t even keep his woman in check, and now her dad hates him. Great.

Crusader Kings II isn’t a standard PC strategy game. Sure, it’s played from a map view and there are tables of stats to lose yourself in, there’s gold, Piety and Prestige to be collected, and tech upgrades to build. But actually, what you’re playing is The Godfather: The Game. It’s Dallas. It’s Game Of Thrones (there is, to prove the point, a Crusader Kings II mod that models the entirety of the Western Kingdoms). It’s human drama generated from the game’s tangle of family trees, geography of alliances and individuals’ traits and attributes.

Essentially, you’re managing relationships, keeping friends sweet and enemies on their toes. You need to tend your council – your marshall, chancellor, spymaster, chaplain and steward, who manage your tax gathering, diplomacy, religious dealings and more. You need skilled replacements to be ready should anyone die, and it’s a good idea that they don’t start plotting against you.

You often feel like Tony Soprano, in turn putting an arm around your bishops, mayors and vassals as they come to you with their irritating little problems, and ruthlessly punishing them should they even hint at betraying you. You wonder what power really is if you actually seem to spend most effort just tending the weaknesses and problems of the people who are meant to be your servants. You can never just thunder off to war and glory – there are always laws and the grumbling heads of your holdings to take into account, not to mention rebel uprisings, assassination attempts and heretical religions ready to undermine your closeness with the pope. You can even always see everyone’s opinion of you, and why they think it – rule can often devolve into paranoia as you desperately grip onto control.

Then there’s your often sprawling family, members of which will want to forge their own lines and claim their own lands. Keeping tabs on them while ensuring the future of your direct lineage – your ultimate aim, for on the death of your character you move on to play as its heir – is where managing relationships becomes acute. Children will share the basic characteristics of their parents, so it’s important to find a quality spouse when arranging matches for both yourself and your family members. They need to be fertile and young, so they have a long life of creating babies ahead of them. Watch out for the Lustful trait, too – though particularly fertile, they come with the risk of taking on lovers.

And on top of all these considerations come the questions about using marriage to forge alliances (and claims to titles), and of gaining Prestige, one of Crusader Kings II’s main marks of success, by marrying above your station. And yet many families will refuse your advances if you’re lowly or connected with their enemies. You can spend hours browsing lists of eligible consorts, weighing up pros and cons and teasing out the legal ramifications of the titles and claims you might win: you can become the Earl of some distant land, but will you get to hold it?

Old Áed really struggled with marriage. At the start of our time with him in 1066, it turned out when he tried to marry off his only son that not one of the local aristocracy had any female children, and his house just wasn’t powerful enough for families further away to bother with. That might explain a thing or two about Tadg.

There’s therefore a lot of micromanagement to Crusader Kings II, but it’s not about build queues and resource administration. Even war is largely a matter of assigning good generals and the sheer weight of the numbers of troops your holdings can supply you. Instead, this strategy game is about people, about human drama in a genre that tends to drop the personal in favour of the grand scale (which Crusader Kings hardly lacks for, either). It’s about riding the razor blade between ruthless exploitation and benevolent leadership of your loyal followers. Trading on society’s deepest fundamentals – power, kinship and procreation – it tells great stories that stem from the same source as the finest epics.

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News::The Best of Kotaku, The Week of July 29

News::Double Weapon XP on BLOPS 2 Aug 2nd to 5th

Hey you! Yes you! Always busy with something whether it is work, kids, school or even chores, well Ive got news for you. Double weapon XP weekend is here to help you level those guns and get the attachments you need, want or lust after. Act fast because this is a limited time offer and once its gone it will be gone for a while. Double Weapon XP weekend last from Friday August 2nd 10 AM C.M.T until Monday August 5th 10 AM C.M.T. It is for all platforms that Black Ops 2 is playable on, meaning: PC, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and Xbox 360. Remember you must prestige a gun once to unlock the ability to put your clan tag on your gun and a second time to place your emblem on it. Once a gun hit hits Max during second prestige , you unlock a calling card of the gun. So good luck and remember you do not need to fully level a gun to unlock its camos.



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