Sunday, August 25, 2013

News::OXCGNs Splinter Cell Blacklist Review- Modern stealth perfected

OXCGN: "From the bottom of my heart, I can assuredly say that Splinter Cell: Blacklist is the true successor to Chaos Theory, and is not only the best Splinter Cell title ever released, but quite possibly one of the greatest stealth games Ive ever played."



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News::Gone Home Review | Entertainium

Gareth Brading braves the indie forest of releases in search of a Gone Home review. Entertainium has his survival diaries. Read them, would you kindly?



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News::Kickstarter, Video Games, and Stretch Goals

For many Kickstarter games stretch goals have become an expected part of the campaign, but what about the risks of over funding?



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News::Tower of Pimps

The AH crew show you a cool little surprise in the latest title update for Minecraft for the Xbox 360.



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News::The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Review | Empire

After languishing in development hell for over seven years, its no surprise that this prequel to the beloved XCOM series has turned out to be a disappointing, schizophrenic mess.



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News::Guardians of Middle Earth, PC version Review | 4News

Our complete review about Guardians of Middle Earth, MOBA Project,made by Monolith productions for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 last year. The PC Version made by Zombie Studios is a wonderful conversion, very optimized and easy to understand even by those who are newbie of the strategic genre. The title is very intuitive and full of adrenaline. The simplified MOBA structure gives you the possibility to face the enemy in an all new way able to let you feel the battle in the vein without being to much occupied clicking furiously the mouse to protect the area. But, the game is a little bit too much repetitive and only two maps available are not enough. To improve the quantity of material and customization you need to buy DLC's. At last, we have a good game without excessive claims and able to let you enjoy epic online battles.



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News::Gunnar Gaming Glasses Review | The Maul Squad

Moofus from The Maul Squad tackles the Gunnar Gaming Glasses. Shameless cash in or useful piece of kit? Now that he has recovered from the shame of buying 'Gaming Glasses' he can share his thoughts.



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News::Gone Home | | ExtraContinue Review

A house isn't always a home. You have no excuse not to play Gone Home. To me, this is a genre defining piece of independent interactive storytelling, and is fully worth the $20 price tag.



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News::Metro: Last Light Rangers Mission 2 Playthrough Part 1 Kshatriya

Asad Quadri of TheKoalition writes: Welcome once again to this short play-through of the Factions DLC for Metro: Last Light! Last time we played as a fearsome Heavy Weapons soldier an took on a hoard of enemies in a frantic and fearsome battle! This time things quiet down but become very tense and haunting as we play as a Polis Ranger trainee and search for lost treasures of the old world that existed before the bombs fell.



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News::Citadels Review | ComboCaster

Citadels came as a surprise. I do not remember seeing any kind of announcement or pictures of the game before release, something that is usually not a good sign. As if their arrival at Steam was not surprising enough, the complete lack of quality of the final game was an even greater surprise. Even if the lock is not set up virtually in half half hour, there is no quality of its components. The campaign has citadels baseline as the legend of King Arthur, although I still have not quite figured out where. Much of what I say comes from this analysis is that the Steam page of the game and what is said on the official website, since the game is not at all stable have scarcely got out of the first mission, once the system save is not exactly good. Incidentally, I still can not write.



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News::Final Fantasy XIV How to get a Chocobo mount

Walking throughout Eorzea in Final Fantasy XIV can be quite tiring especially if the world is big. Luckily, there are a number of mounts that you can get in the game that will speed up the exploration and one of them is the fan favorite Chocobo.



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News::Dillo Hills 2: 'Roid Racing - Roly Poly Mario Kart | GameWoof

Back in 2011 a game came out for both browsers and eventually for mobile devices that convinced us that armadillos can fly. Not really of course but close enough with their rolling mechanics that catapult them off hills like high speed ramps. The game was called Dillo Hills and it was basically a fully free version of Tiny Wings which was insanely popular at the time. Now, though, WhipFlash brings the Dillo back in Dillo Hills 2: Roid Racing with a vengeance to show us all that it has come out from behind Tiny Wings shadow and has something new and exciting.



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News::That "Wind Waker For iOS" Game? Still Looking Awesome

News::F1 2013 Hotlap Spa Francorchamps Gameplay Trailer

VVV: "It's the Belgian Grand Prix this weekend, and to commemorate the momentous occasion Codemasters have released another of their regular F1 2013 hot lap videos to show us how the tricky Spa Francorchamps circuit compares in-game. "



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News::First Look at Shadow Warrior Reboot | Structure Gaming

The original Shadow Warrior game was released back in 1997 by 3D realms, as a Duke-Nukem style FPS game, filled with gore, violence, and even some naked women in the shower. The game saw its share of criticism, as some protested the depiction of East Asian culture in the game, as well as the blatant Asian stereotyping used to make a fun game, which included parodies of bad kung-fu movies. The story followed the protagonist Lo Wang, who turns on his former boss Master Zilla, the head of the Zilla Enterprises company.



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News::Divekick Review I Play Legit

"Divekick looks simple, but theres plenty more going on. This will be played for years to come. Bottom line." -Play Legit



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News::New Destiny trailer from gamescom 2013 plus booth photos

Bungie has released a new Destiny trailer at gamescom. Titled Out here in the Wild the trailer shows the games freedom. You can customize your character, design your own weapons and travel to any place you like in the game, additional Players will be able to carry three weapons at once. See the trailer below and our exclusive photos from the Destiny section at the Activision booth at gamescom 2013.



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News::Humble Bundle Surpasses $9.4 Million for Charity

Started earlier this month, the Humble Origin Bundle has been a massive success. So far, the bundle has grossed over $9.4 Million on almost 2 million purchases, and all proceeds from Origin and EA go to your choice of six charities.



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News::Video Game Soundtracks: The Difference Between Iconic and Forgotten - GamesReviews

"Think about every game that has ever been argued as "the best game ever." Games like The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time, Chrono Trigger, Shadow Of The Colossus, Bioshock, and Uncharted to name a few. Now think about the lunchroom arguments you had with all your friends, concerning which is truly the best and what your reasoning was."



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News::Cruising with The Crew: Gamescom direct feed gameplay video blowout

VVV: The unveiling of Ubisoft's ambitious open world driving game The Crew was one of the undisputed highlights of E3 for racing game fans, principally because it's one of few next generation racing games that offers true innovation with its daringly diverse open world map covering the entire US state in staggering detail that has the potential to revolutionise the genre for the next generation. Coupled with the fact it's being co-developed by the same people that brought us the original Test Drive: Unlimited and Drive: San Francisco, i.e. two of the most innovative and downright sublime open world driving games of this generation, it's safe to say that we've been itching to take it for a spin and find out if it lives up to its lofty ambitions. To find out, Alan jetted off to Germany to attend this year's Gamescom conference where The Crew was proudly on display for us to get our very first hands-on."



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News::Star Citizen Sets its Sights on $18,000,000 With New Stretch Goal

Just yesterday Chris Roberts Star Citizen soared above $16,000,000 in crowd funding, and today it already gained another $82,000 over that amount, starting the cavalcade towards the $17,000,000 stretch goal and its flyable battlecruiser. The folks at Cloud Imperium games dont seem to have any intention to stop there, though, as a new stretch goal has been announced for the mind boggling sum of $18,000,000.



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News::The Elder Scrolls Online Preview - TGH

TGH writes: "I can hear all you non-MMO fans sighing already at the thought of a purely single-player series like The Elder Scrolls being turned into one packed with others. But, if you put your hasty judgements and preconceptions aside, it seems that Zenimax Online has done a stellar job with this new and different entry into the series. After having spent two hours playing through the closed beta PC build at this years Gamescom, Ive been left itching to jump right back in."



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News::The Crew interview: creating limitless online custom races in a seamless open world

VVV: "But perhaps the most interesting revelation was how The Crew will allow you to create limitless custom races in its seamless open world, where other passing cars can be either A.I. or human players - much like in Test Drive: Unlimited, but on a much vaster scale. Checkpoints can be placed anywhere you like on the mammoth map: "You don't need asphalt, you don't need a dirt track," Julian explained. "You just need a field, a beach or a snow cap mountain, set some checkpoints and start off a race." Likewise, players will be able to place the checkpoints as far apart from each other as you like, too, presenting new challenges as players carve their own racing route in a bid to find the fastest route. Better still, there are no restrictions on the duration of custom races, either - whether it's a 2 minute sprint or a grueling 40 minute endurance race."



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News::Word of Mouth Holds All the Power in the Future of Gaming

GP writer Marcus Estrada discusses why developers and publishers will need to rely on word of mouth more than ever to promote their games nowadays.



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News::Splinter Cell Blacklist Review | ENE3

ENE3: "Ubisoft throws us back on an adventure with Sam Fisher and this time one of the most important missions of his career."



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News::The Curse of Nordic Cove Review | NoobFeed

From the review - Whether looking to play a game of golf, kill some demon Vikings, or cruise around in a riding mower, players are bound to be amused. Unfortunately this amusement is short lived. "Part first-person shooter, part adventure, and most of all a witty golf simulator."



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News::Pokemon: The Eevee EP pleases Charles Darwin


Did you know that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was first published on August 20, 1858? OverClocked ReMix knew, which is why the music arrangement clan celebrated the monumental scientific event by releasing Pokémon: The Eevee EP exactly 155 years later.


After the obscenely massive five-disc Balance and Ruin , it's refreshing that OCR scaled back for this sensible nine-track album. The Eevee EP is a tribute to that evolutionary enigma, Eevee, which each song representing the base critter and its eight evolutions, including Sylveon from Pokémon X / Y. Eevee doesn't have any specific theme music, so these arrangements instead source various in-game tunes that thematically represent Eevee's forms.


Download the free release from the album page below, or hit up the torrent here.


Pokémon: The Eevee EP [OverClocked ReMix]


Pokemon: The Eevee EP pleases Charles Darwin screenshot






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News::Saints Row 4 | First Impressions

Is this just SR3 DLC or does the game manage to impress?



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News::Pre-order AVGN Adventures, win a chance to be an NPC


Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures is up for pre-order on Steam, so if you're jonesin' for some turd blastin' on the PC rather than on the Wii U or 3DS, that's a thing you should do. In fact, do it before 1:00 PM EST on September 5 if you want to win a chance to actually be in the game!


One person will be selected to be an NPC in the upcoming game. Who knows? You might even get to rub shoulders with a very "sprite-ly" Jim Sterling! The contest is only open to US residents excluding territories, so sucks if you live anywhere else.


And if you happen to be attending PAX, swing on by the Symbiote Studios booth (Booth 6118) to play a demo of AVGN Adventures.


Pre-order AVGN Adventures, win a chance to be an NPC screenshot






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News::Ubisoft Is Still Hitting Free-to-Play Hard With Gamescom Videos

GG3 is back with more Gamescom news. While everyone is drooling over new information for Ubisoft's main franchises, the company is still pursuing a lot of free-to-play games as well, as shown in their new videos for several ongoing and upcoming releases.



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News::Interview: Black Desert Onlines Brian Oh Shows Gameplay; Talks PS4, Xbox One, Weather, NPC and More

At Gamescom 2013 in Cologne Giuseppe Nelva of DualShockers.com had a chance to have a chat about the beautiful upcoming MMORPG Black Desert Online with Pearl Abyss CFO Brian Oh and COO Jaemin Youn about a variety of topics. They also gave him a nice sneak peek on a few extremely interesting features like the world map, the weather system, the NPC intimacy system and the character creation, most of which were never caught on film before. The article includes a summary of the answer to help with the background noise, since the booth was paper thin and located in a very busy area.



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News::Challenge Accepted - Skyrim Rivals Next-Gen Titles

DSOGaming writes: "Once upon a time, there was an RPG called Skyrim. When Skyrim got released, everyone was expecting wonderful things from it. However, everyone got disappointed with its visuals. Skyrim had a lot of potential but was held back by consoles. Then modders came. And then modders started experimenting with it. And then Skyrim became more beautiful than everyone could have imagined. And its hidden potential got unleashed. And then everyone was happy."



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News::The Magic of Licensed Music in Saints Row IV

Sure, it's not the first game series to use licensed music, but Saints Row IV shows us exactly how powerful great use of music can be.



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News::New Releases this week | Aug 26th - Sept 1st 2013

A great week for releases with something for everyone. The featured game for this week is none other than Final Fantasy XIV Online. Will the MMO impress or will we be choking the Chocobo this time next week in a fit of rage? Only time will tell. Other releases include the long awaited return of Rayman, four turtles in a half shell, an ultra violent executioner and a co-op game that.. well.. isnt really a co-op game.



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News::Shelter hands-on preview | Thunderbolt

Shane Ryan, Thunderbolt writes: Two days ago the High Court in London granted an injunction to restrict people protesting against the badger cull. Its fitting then, that I now sit here journeying through the opening chapters of Might And Delights Shelter. It all begins in an underground home. Youre a badger (a sow), and following the near starvation of one of the cubs she leads her young from the safety of their shelter and out into the wild for food.



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News::PushStartPlay : Space Hulk review [PC]

Full Control faithfully recreates the board game, but unfortunately does not create a fun or polished videogame.



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News::Divekick - Review (PC) | Critical Indie Gamer

(www.criticalindiegamer.com) Divekick has 13 characters, each with their own unique stories. I really dont want to spoil too much because some of these are hilarious. The overarching story is that S-Kill wants to rebalance the world and each characters story will lead to fighting him in a traditional over-powered final boss style. Each characters story and Divekick in general is deeply set in parody. The original idea for the game was intended as a joke. This joke saw a lot of attention and eventually a kickstarter was made, fuelling the game we see here today.



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News::Wildstar's Novel Approach To Crowd Control And Attack Cues | Game Informer

Carbine Studios was founded by 17 former Blizzard employees that worked on World of Warcraft. The team has grown over the years as its been working on a new, colorful, action-oriented MMO. Wildstar focuses on sanding down MMOs rough edges by removing the tedium and guesswork from combat. During a demonstration in Cologne, Germany at Gamescom 2013, Carbine Studios outlined Wildstars unique approach to crowd control and telegraphing enemy attacks.



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News::Swimming With Sharks In Assassin's Creed: Black Flag | GameInformer

GameInformer: "Ubisoft's next Assassin's Creed is all about the pirates life, but that wouldn't be complete without some open ocean diving for deep sea treasure."



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