Thursday, September 5, 2013

News::Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - Not a Gold Digger, All Your Base Guides

Ray and Michael show you how to get the "Not a Gold Digger" and All Your Base" achievements in the Origins DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for the Xbox 360.



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News::Hotline Miami Devs Reconsidering Sexual Assault Scene

The demo for Hotline Miami 2 used to open with the Pig Butcher, a beefy, violent man, straddling a terrified woman and dropping his trousers and then a director called "Cut!" and the actors dispersed. This almost-rape scene isn't in the demo anymore, following negative reactions from early players. One half of developer Dennaton Games, Denis Wedin, tells Rock, Paper, Shotgun that the intent behind that opening isn't to disgust or alienate people, and he's considering tweaks for the full game.



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News::Review: Tales of Xillia

Some things never really change. Sharks, for example, have existed for millions of years. These creatures have witnessed the birth and extinction of countless species. They endure as time ceaselessly marches forward. A constant in an ever-changing world, they remain the image of ancestors that once patrolled the oceans at a time when dinosaurs walked the earth.


Like sharks, the Japanese role-playing game is essentially a living fossil. The venerable genre has seen others rise from the primordial soup, evolve, wither, and perish. A product of a bygone age, the JRPG still remains very much akin to its early paradigms.


The Tales series epitomizes this abstraction. Refreshingly old-fashioned, the franchise continues to tiptoe toward perfection while many of its peers struggle to reinvent themselves. Tales of Xillia stays true to its roots, providing a largely traditional experience with some unique twists.


Review: Tales of Xillia screenshot


Read more...



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News::Strider Gameplay Trailer has been Released

Strider Gameplay Trailer has been Released



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News::Aion: The Fourth Race to Be Announced Soon!

Recently, Aion Korean official site released a secret poster. From the poster, we could see a pair of red eyes staring at you and some clews of the fourth race which is coming soon on September 6th. Did the poster drum up you? What will this new race be? Please stay tuned at 2P.com.



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News::MechWarrior Online launches September 17th

MechWarrior Online launches on September the 17th in its final form. The game is in its final stages of beta testing at the moment. Pre order programs include extra mechs, XP boosters and additional add ons for your mech. These pre order incentives cost in the region of $30. The worrying thing at the moment is that the game is launching on the same day as Grand Theft Auto V



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News::Thunder Wolves Review | GameCritics

There seem to be a lot of developers that purposefully create games in the "so bad, it's good" category, like the nostalgic nod to '80s action films in Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon or the over-the-top, irreverent wonderland that is Saints Row IV.



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News::Splinter Cell: Blacklist Review | Gaming Age

Tom Clancys Splinter Cell: Blacklist, marks the 6th installment in the stealth/spy franchise. This entry once again features Sam Fisher as the protagonist, now heading up Fourth Echelon, and follows up from the events found in the last entry, Conviction.



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News::Strategy games have entered a new golden age thanks to eSports, Lets Play videos, boring AAA games

Penny Arcade "The past decade hasnt always been great for fans of strategy games. Twenty five years ago they were in their first golden age, but by midway into the 2000s things werent quite as great. The fervor over the RTS genre was stagnating, as StarCraft hibernated and Warcraft became World of Warcraft. Compounding that, for a time the focus of the games business shifted to the consoles where RTS games and most other strategy sub-genres rarely worked well. But for a long list of reasons, strategy has come back to the fore in the gaming industry."



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News::14 must-read survival tips for Splinter Cell: Blacklists Spies vs. Mercs

In the stealthy world of Tom Clancys Splinter Cell, you mightve heard people referring to the cat and mouse gameplay in Spies vs. Mercs. But if youre just trying this multiplayer mode for the first time with the recent release of Splinter Cell: Blacklist, you might be wondering, Just who exactly is the cat here? GamesBeat's tips should help.



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News::Door Kickers Preview | Pixelated Sausage

"In its current state, Door Kickers is pretty shallow--you only have one weapon, flashbang grenades, and no ability to customize your loadout, limiting the way you go about tackling a level--but there is a lot of potential and, despite its shallowness, it is still fun and strategic, with 35 levels of 4 different types to try and 3-star." - Marc Kusnierz, Pixelated Sausage



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News::Travel to strange lands - The Daily Spelunk


This has been a rough week coming off of PAX and something tells me it's going to take a few more days of The Daily Spelunk before we truly get back into the swing of things. Until then, enjoy another set of attempts. Some of you enjoy watching us die miserably, don't you? Conrad and I at least got to show off the optional Worm level this time.


Speaking of PAX, we were blown away by the positive feedback we received from fans of the show. We're incredibly appreciative and the kind words mean a lot. In case you missed it, this is actually our second post-PAX Daily Spelunk -- the prior installment didn't get its own post on Destructoid, so if you aren't subscribed to our YouTube channel, here you are.


Travel to strange lands - The Daily Spelunk screenshot






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News::Humble Weekly Sale Heavily Discounts Arcen Games

Hardcore Gamer: The bare minimum gets you AI War: Fleet Command and five DLC packs, A Valley Without Wind 1 and 2, and Tidalis - a fun puzzler. Spending $5.80 gets you Shattered Haven and Skyward Collapse and its DLC. Everything in the bundle unlocks on Steam and soundtracks for everything are included too.



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News::Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Ultimate Edition Review | Anime Courtyard

David writes "There is a recent trend in the gaming industry of releasing console exclusive games to PC. Namco Bandai did it with Dark Souls and soon to do with Ultimate Ninja Storm 3, Warner Bros with Mortal Kombat and now Konami joins with Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, a game that has been out on both PS3/XBOX360 since 2010. Should the PC gamer give this game a try? Keep reading."



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News::Review in Progress: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. - Fate of the Game

Ever since the release of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn last week, Seth from Fate of the Game has been putting countless hours into the game to see if it lives up to its name. Take a look for his thoughts thus far.



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News::FIFA 14: 15 Sensational Strikers Guaranteed To Score Goals

WC - Each summer as a fresh season of European football kicks off in real-life, fans of the FIFA series are condemned to battling through the final leg of an arduous wait to get their hands on the latest edition of EA Sports football simulation.



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News::Mighty No. 9 Reveal, PAX Prime 2013

Keiji Inafune reveals Mighty No. 9 to an unsuspecting panel at PAX Prime, and to THE WORLD.



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News::Memoria Review | Gamezebo

As one of Germanys top-selling D&D-style board games and an RPG series in its own right, The Dark Eye is ripe with lore and potential for fantastical expansion. Daedalic Entertainment tapped into that rich world with last years The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, transforming it into their signature point-and-click adventure style wrapped in sumptuous hand-drawn visuals.



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News::Paranautical Activity Finally Hits Steam

After a long, long, long time on Steam Greenlight, Paranautical Activity finally hit Steam today. Lumped in with nearly 100 other games greenlit for the services first birthday, the game has staggered past the finish line and is available for purchase.



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News::State of Decay on Steam "coming soon"

Undead Labs have been spotted at PAX showing off their PC version of State of Decay. It is rumored that the game could be available to Steam early access users in only a couple of weeks if all goes well.



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News::Keiji Inafune Says Mighty No. 9 Would Kick Mega Mans Butt

Keiji Inafune still loves Mega Man. But, to him, theres no question whod win if Capcoms robot mascot and Beckthe hero of Inafunes new Mega Man-alike Mighty No. 9got into a fight. Unfortunately, Mega Man is an older robot and uses the older parts. A little bit too old school, Inafune said. I dont know if he would be able to compete with the newer, shinier version of Beck.



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News::Strong Island Rant: Whats With the Lack of Originality?

"HD remakes, unoriginal shooters and cookie cutter action games plague the gaming community like no other. I for one, am very sick of playing the same game over and over again with little change to the formula. I will admit that I love me a good action game even if it is a bit repetitive. There is something about kicking a nameless thug in the face or slicing up a foe with sword that seems to never get old. However, the games that sell just so happen to be those cookie cutter shooters or other repeated entry in a triple A series. It seems that developers take advantage of the popularity of their titles to make a quick buck. Many games are suspect to this, but I also want to focus on the games that really try to create an experience rather than something that will appeal to the masses."



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News::Batman Arkham Origins Preview: Passing The Cowl | USgamer

USgamer: "The prequel to the Batman: Arkham games represents a new start for the series without a reboot."



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News::Banished Gameplay - Agriculture

A new gameplay video released by Shining Rock Software showing an agriculture-focused town in the new game, Banished.



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News::US Gamer - Wolfenstein and Shadow Warrior: Two Ways to Reboot

US Gamer - Two classic FPS franchises return with very different approaches to modernization.



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News::The Second Behind the Scenes Trailer for Infinite Crisis Looks at DC Multiverse Designs

Infinite Crisis developers discuss the intricacies of the DC Multiverse, as well as the various design and gameplay choices for the characters and worlds they inhabit, in the second behind-the-scenes trailer.



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News::Blasting Through the Heart of the Machine in Neon XSZ | Hardcore Gamer

Not every game needs to be an epic quest. Sometimes it's just nice to get behind the cockpit of a fighter, ignore the idea of gravity or even up and down, and hunt down whatever lands in your crosshairs.



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News::FPSGuru: Dying Light - Hardcore Parkour Preview

While at PAX Prime this year FPSGuru got a hands on preview with Dying Light, "I arrived in a small fenced encampment with a few other living people like myself. There were boxes to climb, planks to slide under, etc. to test my skills and make sure Im ready for whats to come. Once I was comfortable with my abilities I spoke with Spike and had to head out into town to start setting traps for this specific mission. Should be easy right? After leaving the compound I was able to walk around and run a bit to find out what I was getting myself into. Moments later I came across my first zombie and guess what, he started biting the living hell out of me as I wasnt quite ready. He bit at me and I had to mash a few buttons to get him off and then kick him and slice him up. You know the drill, zombies and what not." - Jeffrey Lerman, writer at FPSGuru



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News::More Abstract Puzzle Games Like MirrorMoon EP, Please

Kotaku - I love when this type of game lands on my "to play" pile. MirrorMoon EP doesn't ask you to learn a big backstory or complicated controls, it just says "Hey, you're in space. Click some stuff". So that's what I did.



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News::eGamer Podcast 47: I Am The Podcast

Recorded 03 September, 2013, this is episode 47 of the eGamer Podcast. Topics discussed this week include Microsofts acquisition of Nokia, accepting money to write for a gaming website and why Android is the best OS for a smartphone. Shownotes are through the link.



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News::Taking down a boss in Shantae and the Pirate's Curse


It's been heartwarming to see gamers embrace Shantae and developer WayForward as a whole these past few years. Before fans get too lost in the Kickstarter-funded Half-Genie Hero , there's Shantae and the Pirate's Curse for the 3DS eShop, which we got to play at PAX Prime 2013.


Mash through the text, Tony. Mash it!


Taking down a boss in Shantae and the Pirate's Curse screenshot






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News::Death Cargo preview | Thunderbolt

Shane Ryan, Thunderbolt writes: Set in the year 2067, a Death Cargo, a ship carrying bioengineered creations, makes an emergency landing on Earth. The bioweapons escape and begin to infect new hosts. A new commander named Plasma is then sent to dispatch of them. Each one-on-one fight ends in a Mortal Kombat Test Your Might button smashing display with the possibility of slaughtering your opponent in a particularly gruesome manner. The concrete walls drop and the scene cuts to FMV (full motion video) of a ludicrous death scene dubbed deathrip.



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News::Only in Battlefield 4: "Crash In Guns Blazing"

EA writes: 'Real players, real gameplay - captured from a recent focus group playtest of Battlefield 4. Share Josh's experience as he narrowly escapes a helicopter attack and parachutes into the action in an experience found Only in Battlefield 4.'



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News::Reflections on Gone Home: a conversation with Steve Gaynor

Matthew Sawrey, Thunderbolt writes: The Fullbright Companys Gone Home whipped up something of a storm last month, both because of the story it told and how it told that story. Set in a vacant family home, the game relies entirely upon environmental storytelling to spin multiple tales about ordinary people with relationship issues a topic notable simply because its scarcely touched upon within the medium. Whatever your thoughts on Gone Home are (mine are here), its unarguable that Fullbrights interactive story has sparked some vibrant and impassioned conversion of late, which is always a good thing. I caught up with Steve Gaynor, one of the founding members of Fullbright, to gain an insight into some of the design decisions that came to define Gone Home, and to see how he feels now that the dust has settled.



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News::'Lost Marbles' Mixes Monkey Ball with Marble Blast

The team behind Turba is back with Lost Marbles, which basically combines the Super Monkey Ball/Marble Madness style of gameplay with a bit of Lost Vikings as you move up to three ball types around at one time to solve puzzles. Each ball type is different, with rubber bouncing, paper being able to crumple into a smaller ball and back into a bigger one at all, and metal is able to block wind.



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News::Flash Gaming Hardware Deal: Kingston HyperX 120GB SSD for $100

GamersNexus: "Behind Samsung's 840 Pro SSD and OCZ's Vector drive, both of which are a bit more expensive, Kingston's HyperX drive has been one of our go-to models for gaming rigs."



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News::Redshirt Preview (TruePCGaming)

Armaan Khan from TPG writes: "Redshirt is currently available for pre-order for $20, and Im going to tell you right now, even in its unfinished state, it is very much worth every penny."



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News::PAX Prime '13 Titanfall is Surprisingly Good

Junkie Monkeys: Alright, Im going to admit that when I first saw Titanfall I thought it looked like a decent game, but I wasnt really interested in it. While roaming around the PAX Prime show floor I noticed an extremely long line for Titanfall, and many gamers were waiting almost an hour just to get their hands on the game a second time! It was time to see what the hype was about, so I waited in line and embraced myself for Titanfall.



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News::11 notable MOBAs of the past, present, and future

GamesBeat recently compared the most popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) titles such as League of Legends, Heroes of Newerth, and Dota 2 to each other, but many other games in the genre are also worth checking out. Inside youll find a selection of MOBAs from the past, present, and future and the unique elements they have to offer.



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News::New Rise of Venice Trailer Revealed

Kalypso Media has released a new trailer for Rise of Venice, its upcoming videogame that combines political intrigue with high-seas merchant simulation. The trailer showcases the political machinations of the world, where its more than just about making money, but also about who you know.



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News::GertLushGaming Presents Our Catan Steam Edition Review

The Legendary Struggle For Catan Continues! Play the board game classic and its expansions Seafarers and Cities & Knights and create your own empire on Catan including individual maps and scenarios. Found settlements, build roads and prove your trading skills to become Lord of Catan.



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News::PAX Prime 2013 Impressions: Legend of Dungeon | oprainfall

oprainfall writes: "Legend of Dungeon is a side-scrolling co-op dungeon crawler for up to four players developed by robotloveskitty, a husband and wife development team. All four players share one screen as they explore the 26 randomly generated levels of the dungeon together. One of the first descriptions I heard of Legend of Dungeon was beautifully lit. I thought that was a weird way to describe a game at first, but its true. The lighting in this game is amazing!"



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News::Rebellion Teasing Nazi Zombie Army 2

It looks like Sniper Elite V2 will be getting some zombie themed DLC, or possibly a standalone extension in the form of Nazi Zombie Army 2, if the teaser Rebellion currently have up is any indicator. The image URL ends with NZA2_Newsletter_teaser.png, so thats a pretty big clue.



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News::Four of the Worst Video Game Bosses Ever

From out of place mechanics, to stupidly frustrating difficulty curves, to the simply underwhelming, the list below takes a look at four boss battles that left most wishing they could erase the fight from their memories.



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News::Indie Game Insider | PAX Prime 2013 Secret Ponchos Preview

Secret Ponchos was probably the most surprising game at PAX Prime this year, and we couldn't be more excited for its release.



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News::Hearthstone Preview | TPReview

TPReview recently got access to the closed beta of Hearthstone, the online card game from Blizzard and weve been playing it for many hours to bring you our impressions.



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News::Creative Assembly releases beta patch for Total War: Rome 2, with notes

The first patch for Total War: Rome 2 has crept out a little early in beta form to address some of the game issues.



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News::Rayman Legends and Super Mario- The Series have more in Common than you Think

Rayman Legends, a much anticipated, critically acclaimed 2D platformer presented to us by the folks over at Ubisoft, was released this week. This game was a fun journey and an impressive display of the Rayman franchise. As we know Nintendo also has a pretty popular franchise, Super Mario. Super Mario has been around for years; Super Mario Bros. being another widely popular platform game. Super Mario Bros. is the leader of the platform genre. It has made nearly all games in this genre seem like a copy however when you look into the small details of Rayman Legends (besides the unlockable Mario and Luigi costume for Wii U owners) you might see more similarities than what was originally thought.



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News::Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons Review - STFUandPLAY

Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons is a rare breed of game that takes chances and tries to change the puzzle action adventure genre of games and turn it on its head. The question is: does it succeed at achieving this goal?



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News::Metro Franchise 60% off on Steam

The Metro Franchise Pack is currently 60% off on Steam today, it is part of the midweek madness sales. The pack includes both Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light as well as a range of DLC. The deal is set to end at midnight tonight.



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