News::Sennheiser U 320 Headset Review | OnlySP

OnlySP writes "Sennheiser are well known in the world of headphone aficionados. They have a habit of producing some of the highest quality sound products available on the audiophile market. Sennheiser have also dipped their toes in the gaming headset market, with products like the U 320. The U stands for universal, marking the Sennheiser U 320 as a multiplatform piece of hardware. But is it worthy of the Sennheiser brand name?"



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News::Former Steam boss lands at Microsoft

GIB:Valve veteran Jason Holtman will be focused on "making Windows a great platform for gaming"



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News::Papers, Please Review (PopBucket)

PopBucket writes: Papers, Please is an odd but a fun beast. The aesthetic helps no end, and the atmosphere is one not many games have ever done before. If your looking for action, you wont find it here, but what youll find instead is a clever, well written and thought provoking game



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News::Guacamelee! Gold Edition Review - Mini Steam Reviews

Guacamelee is the sum of Super Metroid and a Mexican-themed brawler. And, yes, its as cool as it sounds. So many of the map layouts, secrets, and abilities will remind you of Metroid, which is definitely not a bad thing. The game doesnt try to hide this inspiration, either. You actually destroy Chozo statues for new powers. This is a silly game world thats not meant to be taken seriously, though the numerous gaming culture references do get a little groan-worthy.



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News::Ducktales Remastered Review at Skewed and Reviewed

Skewed and Reviewed have posted a review for Ducktales Remastered. The review cited the fun and nostalgia of the game and how much he is looking forward to playing the game through several more times.



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News::Mad Max: Just Another Australian

Eskimo Press: "Being raised in Australia, I am sure as heck proud to call Max a bloody true blue Aussie. As a matter of fact, he is just your average bloke; a hermit mechanic whose only true love is his car."



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News::Saints Row IV Review: PS Home Gazette

After the brilliant Saints Row The Third, many people were left wondering where the franchise could possibly go next. It was pretty much as ridiculous and out there as it could get. Or so we thought. In steps Saints Row IV which will shatter your illusions of grandeur, for better and worse.



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News::Dragon Quest X Gets a New Quest, Continues the Dark Taiki Storyline, New Screenies Released

Square Enix announced that it will implement a new quest on the Japanese servers of Dragon Quest X today (its already Thursday in Japan), and released new screenshots.



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News::45 Minutes Worth of Saints Row IV Footage

Hardcore Gamer: "As you may have seen from our review, Saints Row IV is an amazing game that everyone, of appropriate age, should play, but in case you were still on the edge, heres forty-five minutes worth of gameplay footage from the first act of the PC version. This covers four different missions, each one spanning ten to fifteen minutes, and offers plenty of variety. From a prison of peace to breaking out of the simulation, we havent even shown you the best stuff. Fair warning that these videos will obviously contain spoilers."



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News::Saints Row IV Review | Blistered Thumbs

BT writes: Ive certainly played better games than Saints Row IV. Ive played prettier games, smarter games, and even funnier ones. But I honestly cant remember the last time I played one that was so damn fun. In the immortal words of Americas former commander-in-chief, Mission Accomplished.



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News::DuckTales Remastered: By The Biggest Fans For The Biggest Fans | Siliconera Review

DuckTales Remastered represents the best of what the original DuckTales game could have been, while maintaining the simplicity that made the game special in the first place.



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News::Batman: Arkham Origins Hands-On Preview | GameGrin

The Batman: Arkham series is unquestionably one of the biggest success stories of this generation. Developer Rocksteady Studios' clear reverence for the source material and an innovative approach to combat meant that 2009's Batman: Arkham Asylum was met with critical praise and healthy sales. Batman: Arkham City cemented the series' position as a modern classic with some of the best review scores ever seen. However, it was not immediately clear where a sequel would take the Dark Knight.



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News::No Game is Worth $60

Chris writes, "So what am I talking about? I am talking about the video game market and how it has decided that games are not worth 60$. I am talking about how the used game debate is a complete non-issue for the patient consumer. And I am going to tell you why you dont have to spend $60 on any game."



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News::Live by the sword, die by the sword Hands-on with Shadow Warrior [Gaming Trend]

Gaming Trend editor Matt Buckley spent some time with a preview build of the upcoming Shadow Warrior to see what's what. Turns out we may be in for a treat this fall.



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News::Diehard GameFAN: Nearwood Collectors Edition Review

DHGF: Overall, I really dug this game. It had solid production values across the board. The story, while not as involved as I would have hoped, was fun in its own right. I certainly would like to explore Nearwood again, maybe with a more pressing danger at hand to build up tension. If this is truly MagicIndies last shot at the hidden object genre, its a pretty good way to go out. The game is certainly well above average in every respect. If youre a fan of either the developer or the genre, you should probably check it out



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News::Destructoid- Review: Saints Row IV

DT:Saints Row IV is, from start to finish, a pleasure. It's a pure pleasure to play. I was cynical, given my feeling let down by The Third, but Volition has worked hard to address almost everything wrong with its last outing, and provide something that delivers over and above expectations. What I love most about IV is how it puts the player first -- absolutely every new feature and ability gifted to the player seems designed purely to make the game more convenient to enjoy, and more fun to play.



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News::Saints Row 4 Video Review - SpawnFirst

SlasherJPC from SpawnFirst reviews Saints Row 4, and tells us how the gameplay took him completely by surprise, and how it proved that this new foray into the city of Steelport is highly recommended.



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News::Review: Saints Row IV - MKGaming

MKGaming review Saints Row IV



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News::Thunder Wolves | LevelSave Review

Kaleb writes, "This is by no means a long or deep game to immerse your self into, but instead, Thunder Wolves is an awesome retro feeling arcade shooter to have a blast with, while wreaking loads of devastation with some badass helicopters. For being a $9.99 title on PlayStation Network, it is all you could expect and hope for, and there is really no good reason not to add it to your collection.



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News::Over at our terrific reader-run version of Kotaku, the wacky Asura's Wrath gets a lot of love, an Xb

News::Softpedia- Europa Universalis IV Review

SP:I have played the Europa Universalis series since the second title was launched and I my imagination was quickly captured by the idea of taking full control of one nation in order to try and make it a bigger and more powerful empire than the real-world United Kingdom during the period.



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News::Audio: Saints Row IV Review (Gamertag Radio)

Gamertag Radio crew members: Godfree, Peterocc and David2sly reviews Saints Row IV.



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News::Game Guys review - Saints Row IV

How does one top the last Saints Row game? After all, Saints Row The Third featured nude base jumping, giant bobble-heads as hats, and the beating of one's enemies through the use of giant purple sex toys. You make Saints Row IV complete with the leader of the Third Street Saints gang the new leader of the "free world", that's how.



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News::Saints Row IV Review -- Hail to the King (Front Towards Gamer)

Saints Row IV definitely pushes the phrase over-the-top to the largest hyperbole. The transition from the open-world also-ran to a superpowered romp went through some rough spots, but the ends justify the means regarding Volition and Saints Row IV. The game accomplishes what a sequel to Saints Row The Third needs to do by throwing all previous misconceptions out the window, and successfully blends the insanity of both Saints Row and superhero games.



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News::Rise Of The Triad's Latest Update Is Packed With Optimizations, Brings Mouse Smoothing Launcher

DSOGaming writes: "Interceptor has released a new update for the remake of Rise of the Triad. According to the changelog, this patch comes with a mouse smoothing launcher, disables mouse smoothing and smooth framerate locks by default, and brings various optimizations in order to increase the game's performance."



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News::Bloody Disgusting Reviews Saints Row IV

Bloody Disgusting plays the latest entry in developer Volition's zany sandbox series, now with superhero powers, in their review of Saints Row IV.



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News::Nobuo Uematsu Promises to Compose Only the Highest Quality for Project Phoenix

Creative Intelligence Arts released today a clip with a message by Nobuo Uematsu to the fans of Project Phoenix, the JRPG that has now reached $375,746 in pledges on Kickstarter.



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News::Chasm will include six unique procedurally generated areas, will not be a "stock fantasy universe"

Chasm, a "2D Fantasy ARPG Platformer featuring procedurally generated Metroid-like dungeons and authentic pixel art," is due for release in May 2014. Discord Games' James Petruzzi spoke to BeefJack about his desire to create a unique Metroidvania-type game for "gamers that grew up with these kinds of games."



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News::Hybris to explore themes of causality and empowerment amidst "really grim" atmosphere

"To accommodate adjustments in the team's creative timeline, Hybris won't be coming out until 2014. But fear not. (At least, not yet.) Game designer John Koumoundouros was willing to share with us some of the game's deeper attributes and overarching themes."



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News::Are MOBAs the new kart racers? (asks The Black Panel)

The Black Panel writes: Last week, Deep Silver unveiled Dead Island: Epidemic, a free to play PC title that brings MOBA gameplay to the world it established in its 2011 first person action game. Warner Bros Interactive is prepping Infinite Crisis, a MOBA game featuring DC superheroes like Batman and Wonder Woman. Meanwhile, Lord of the Rings fans have been playing Guardians of Middle Earth since late last year. There is even a MOBA populated by deities from a range of real world religions. Is there still scope for innovation or are we heading towards a wasteland of ill-conceived cash-ins?



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News::The Dishonored saga ends with The Brigmore Witches

If you're ready to jump into the world of Dishonored yet again, The Brigmore Witches is out now on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, and you can get a taste with the above launch trailer. The story brings an end to the tale of Daud, and brings some extra context to the game, including Corvo's place in the narrative.

I actually had a chance to play through the DLC yesterday, and I have to say, it's by far the best representation of Dishonored yet. Like Knife of Dunwall I enjoyed it immensely more than the core game, so when the inevitable GOTY edition hits, it's easily worth your time to experience Daud's side tale. Stay tuned for a full review from our own Fraser Brown.

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News::Fondling Shadow Warrior

Remastered Wang. Our Fondling video series lets editors play the games for your entertainment purposes. They come in many flavors, but all taste equally sweet. I have always wanted to use the tagline Remastered Wang. Now I can.



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News::Payday 2 Review | GodisaGeek

GodisaGeek: "Payday 2 is a hugely enjoyable game, and its obvious that the developers have thought long and hard about every single aspect of the gameplay, keeping everything that worked from the previous game and doing away with, or improving, all of the other aspects. The opportunity to play the game offline is nice, but the A.I. is often so bad that youd probably be better off taking on the heist on your own. At the massively cheaper price point (£22.99 on Amazon at the time of writing), there should be a decent amount of people playing the game."



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News::Gamer Chatter Podcast - Episode 30: In The Future

What a show this week! A lot of awesome talk between Amy, Tim, and Edward and another awesome weekly question What is the scariest game you have ever played. Tim gushes about PAYDAY 2 and cant wait for that game to get here this week! The gang also goes over their awesome gaming moments of the week, and general chatter. Will a.k.a. Lardteamaker also emails in about his trophy challenge.There will not be a show on the week of August 24th. Enjoy!



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News::Review: Scourge: Outbreak | Metro Gaming

While its not exactly been a high profile title, Scourge: Outbreak has been in the public eye for quite some time. At its unveiling it promised to deliver an innovative take on the Gears of War mould for a wallet-friendly price via digital distribution platforms. A year ago this wouldve been great, but on the wake of titles such as Mars: War Logs and State of Decay, it simply feels like it doesnt do enough.



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News::The Bureau: XCOM Declassified hands on [BuzzFocus]

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified gives us one thing that Enemy Unknown was short on a wealth of truly great, memorable environments. Top-down environments are rarely as satisfying as an environment you can walk through in third or first person. The 1962 exteriors are alive, the tension is high and the combat is intense.



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News::Saints Row IV Review - PSLS

"I knew from the moment that I leapt aboard a launching nuke to disable it as Aerosmiths I Dont Want to Miss a Thing played less than ten minutes into Saints Row IV that I was in for quite a treat. Saints Row IV was bound to be no-holds-barred, ridiculous, over the top fun, and it delivered on these early promises very well through a variety of moments, dialog, and gameplay features. But its not all sunshine and roses, as a few issues kept my extraterrestrial adventures as the extremely unorthodox President of the United States from being a perfect experience." - PSLS



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News::Saints Row IV Review l Vortex Effect

Vortex Effect: Ive played a lot of open world games, and I can safely say that Saints Row IV is without a doubt one of the best the genre has produced and one that I will definitely return to again and again. Video games are meant to be fun, and while story is good games dont have to be serious or try to be art. At the end of the day, Saints Row IV easily ranks amongst the top of games that Ive had the most fun playing this year.



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News::ZPlay: Review: Worms Clan Wars (PC)

ZOMGPlay's Review of Worms Clan Wars for the PC. "Worms Clan Wars is Team17 Digitals latest incarnation of the Worms franchise, however with Worms Revolution only being less than a year ago how different are to two games? Well Id love to do a detailed analysis but I cant (since I never actually played Worms Revolution), so instead Ill explain what Worms Clan Wars has to offer."



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News::Lots of New Details on the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Open Beta Surface

With the open beta of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn drawing near Square Enix released a large batch of new information on whats to come.



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News::Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist Live - IGN vs. Devs (Extraction Mode)

IGN:In this episode of Gameplay Tuesdays, IGN's best and brightest go head to head with the developers of the highly anticipated Splinter Cell: Blacklist in the game's multiplayer mode, Extraction.



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News::Saints Row IV Developer Diary #3 (HD)

In this exclusive look behind the scenes Jim Boone, Senior Producer, Steve Jaros, Creative Director, and Steve Quirk, Art Director, from Volition explain how adding superpowers opened a whole new dimension for the gameplay in Saints Row IV while John Brunkhart, Weapons Designer and David Payne, Lead Weapons Artist, analyze what influence @EmperorZinyaks alien invasion had on the arsenal.



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News::Gods Will Be Watching Coming to Windows PC (Screenshots)

Gods Will Be Watching is currently in development as Deconstructeam overhauls the game and expands on the themes of despair, commitment, and sacrifice to create a minimalistic point and click adventure unlike anything else before it. Players will be faced with puzzles based around the survival of the crew and must make tough decisions that will affect the entire crews wellbeing.



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News::Fight Over a Keyboard With Your Friends in BATTLE TYPE

Fight against a friend sharing one keyboard in free indie title BATTLE TYPE, a game that has you battling to type. Also, beavers.



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News::Amazon Video Game Clearance Highlights for 8/14

Gamerdeals: "The Amazon video game clearance section has been re-stocked with 100's of video game and accessory deals on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PC, and 3DS overstock items."



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News::Avatar Star Class Skills Guide For Beginners

You've seen the modes and the classes available in Avatar Star. This time take on the different Class Skills which can give you an advantage in the game.



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News::Review: Saints Row IV | Xboxer360

Dave of Xboxer360 writes, "Saints Row IV starts five years after the events of the previous game; youre thrown into a covert operation to hunt down Cyrus. It begins quite seriously as you make your way through the level as quietly as possible, things pick up pretty quickly once you catch up to Cyrus and find out about his plans to launch a nuke at Washington. The Saints Row humour starts with aplomb as you jump aboard the launching nuke to the sound of Aerosmiths I Dont Wanna Miss a Thing. As you destroy the nuke you crash back down to Earth and land in the Oval Office, earning the admiration of the country as well as the Presidency of the US, completing the Third Street Saints meteoric rise to power."



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News::Saints Row IV Review | NGN

New Game Network: "It seems that with each release in the Saints Row series, Volition has endeavored to increase the level of insanity exponentially. The games largely benefited from this craziness, with 2011's excellent Saints Row the Third carving out a firm identity for the franchise with a totally over the top yet hilarious and creative blend of story missions and sandbox gameplay. Two years later and the developers have again tried to up the ante, piling superpowers, presidency, aliens and many decibels of dubstep on top of the Saints Row 3 formula. The result is a sequel which is as messy as it is awesome and hilarious."



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News::Saints Row IV Review | XXLGaming

XXLGaming writes, "prepare yourself for an over the top experience that at times you can't believe what you are seeing or hearing. Saints Row IV delves into the bowels of video games and puts on a parody like no other and stands alone as a great game itself. Fun is an understatement when it comes to describing this game."



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News::Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons - Full Playthrough

Enciclopédia Lusa provides yet another full playthrough. This time they go for the complete play of Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons, recently released for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC. Check the 3 hour game on the website and discover a tale from the makers of The Darkness and Chronicles of Riddick.



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