News::Rust Alpha Preview | MMOGames

Rust is an open world zombie survival MMO currently under development by Facepunch Studios, the team behind Garrys Mod. In Rust, players must survive a harsh world one day at a time, scavenging for supplies, building bases, and choosing how to live along side other survivors. Whether through friendship or force, one thing stays true survive at all costs.



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News::Retired Skins Of League Of Legends Back For Limited Time

Riot Games is re-opening the League of Legends Legacy Vault for a limited time, bringing 47 previously retired Legacy skins back starting Nov. 29 until Dec. 31.



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News::World of Warcraft Breaking Bug: The Horde Character Can Join Alliance Guild

Edwards Lin from 2P writes: as all we know, in World of Warcraft, players from different factions cannot exist in the same guild. But today, this system was proved that it can be breakable. According to the well-known WoW forum NGA, someone reported an Alliance guild in Chinese server had the Horde characters.



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News::Minecraft Bedrock/Adminium blocks not really indestructible?

Since the release of this sandbox game, Minecraft has been redefining the gaming world. People have built castles, landmarks, whole cities and even worlds. Theyve created elevators, automated growing systems and even basic computers, with the science base this game has to offer.



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News::Perfect World Entertainment posts uptick in evenue and profits for third quarter

Perfect World Entertainment has reported Q3 FY 13 earnings of $136.2 million in revenue, compared to $114.2 million year-on-year. Profits came in at $19.8 million compared to $14.2 million year-over-year.



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News::Diplopia uses Oculus Rift to help treat visual disorders

Oculus Rift VR has previously shown potential for immersive horror, new starship piloting perspectives, and even the chance to perform surgery in new and graphic ways. Now the virtual reality peripheral is aiming to treat real-life diseases with a new game called Diplopia. Diplopia aims to treat amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus (crossed eye) by sending a separate, distorted image to each eye, a treatment that will apply to both child and adult patients. The game itself will task players with destroying blocks in a Breakout-like setting, utilizing the player's brain to integrate in-game images. "Diplopia takes advantage of the wealth of new information in scientific studies that have come out in the past couple of years to create an experience that will effectively train people who have a suppressed eye to use that eye in conjunction with their good one," said creator James Blaha on the game's Indiegogo page (via Polygon). "Evidence shows that with a simple well designed g...



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News::Prominence Preview Video Revealed

Digital Media Workshop has released a video preview of their upcoming point-n-click sci-fi adventure, Prominence, to celebrate its arrival on the Steam Greenlight programme. The seven-minute narrated preview video is packed with new in-game footage and for the very first time reveals art for several of the videogame characters.



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News::Turn 10 responds to Forza Motorsport 5 economy feedback

If you've been playing Forza Motorsport 5 , you're probably very familiar with the game's awful microtransactions. If not, basically the game uses tokens you buy in-game that can be used to purchase cars if you don't have enough credits. The problem is it's severely broken and takes advantage of consumers, specifically with the value of said tokens being misleading.

Players are not happy, and Turn 10 responded to both their feedback and in-game data with programs to be implemented this week as a means of tiding players over for the supposed permanent changes to come to the Forza 5 economy.

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News::Last month, we were told the World of WarCraft movie was coming out in 2015.

News::Gone Playing: The Stanley Parable

Respawn in... 5 cause you to question everything you once believed in by furiously enjoying The Stanley Parable. Who'd have thought.



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News::Team of the Week 11 - FUT 14

FIFPlay: FIFA 14 Ultimate Team - Team of the Week 11 revealed.



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News::Destructoid Holiday Gift Guide 2013: Miscellany

You've read the Games Guide, you've read the Hardware and Accessories Guide. I know what you're thinking. "Steven, you goofy-haired jerk, tell me something I don't know."

Fine, smart guy.

Here are a bunch of arbitrary suggestions.

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News::State of Decay: Breakdown DLC - Review | ReviewMango

Back in June, State of Decay proved that it is quite the pinnacle of what an open-world zombie survival game should strive to be. One thing that people cried out for though, was an absolute focus on survival, rather than being distracted by a story. Well, Undead Labs have heard the pleas and delivered in spades, as State of Decay's Breakdown DLC does just that.



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News::How to Lean and Slide in COD Ghosts

In Call of Duty Ghosts, you want to use every possible move to your advantage. The new lean and slide features allow you to use cover not only for your protection, but as an offensive measure.



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News::Rising Star Games patches Deadly Premonition on PC

Rely on Horror: The long awaited patch for Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut on PC is finally here. Released nearly a month after the game's Steam release, patch V1.01 adds full controller support to the game, improves the game's performance, addresses achievement issues, fixes some scenarios that are too difficult in this version due to faults, and addresses bugs and crashes.



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News::Next-Gen, Right Now: Heres how to build a PC thats both better and cheaper than the new consoles

Can you build a gaming PC that matches or exceeds the specs of the Xbox One or the PS4... for cheaper? games.on.net thinks you can.



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News::Final Fantasy IV: After Years 3D remake hits iOS/Android

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years is a direct sequel to Final Fantasy IV starring Cecil and Rosa's progeny. If you missed out on the Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection and its weirdly smoothed out sprites, you can check out The After Years in full 3D on your mobile device of choice for $16.

So Final Fantasy IV goes chibi 3D on the DS, back to a weird, cartoony 2D on the PSP plus The After Years in 2D, and now The After Years has gone chibi 3D on mobile devices.

You do you, Square Enix.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Is Out On iOS And Android In Full 3D [Siliconera]

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News::​Forza 5 Economy Adjusting After Angry Fan Feedback

News::Here are the year's best Team Fortress 2 shorts

The votes are in for the 2013 Saxxy Awards and, thank goodness, the phenomenal short Patrick recently posted, "Lil' Guardian Pyro," took top honors. It's embedded above and I urge you to make time today to see it. I'm fighting the urge to watch a third time right now.

The full list of nominees and winners for best Short, Action, Comedy, and Drama are viewable here. I've also included the winners for each of those categories below. Enjoy!

The Winners for the Third Annual Saxxy Awards are Announced! [Source Filmmaker]

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News::Shovel Knight will break ground in 2014

Warp Zoned writes: "I am very thankful for Shovel Knight, the upcoming NES-styled platformer from Yacht Club Games. You might even say (bad pun incoming) that I dug the time I got to spend with the game at this years PAX East expo. But sadly, it looks like the games release (on the PC, Wii U, and 3DS) has been pushed into 2014."



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News::Fallout 4 teaser site gets new Morse code clue for 27 November

Once again, thesurvivor2299.com is updated with a Fallout 4 related Morse code. This time, it's bad news about Boston. Unless you like radiation.



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News::BlizzCon 2013 World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, The Adventure Continues Panel Transcript

Blizzplanet transcribed the entire "World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor - The Adventure Continues" panel held at BlizzCon 2013. Dave Kosak, Tom Chilton, Alex Afrasiabi and Chris Metzen discuss the core details about the time travel aspect of the expansion. The panel also included a public Q&A which revealed bonus details about key characters of the present and past of Warcraft.



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News::'SMITE' Official Release Date Revealed

8CN: Long beta periods are the norm in the MOBA world, but one up-and-coming game has revealed its official release date.



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News::ARES Devs Take to Kickstarter for Next Project

Hardcore Gamer: ARES is an incredible Mega Man/Metroid hybrid, and its development team is returning with something a bit different. So Many Me is a puzzle-platformer starring Filo and his clones. These little green balls take part in an adventure inspired by The Lost Vikings, with a bit of Lemmings thrown in.



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News::SMITE to be Released Next March

AllThatsEpic: Its official! Hi-Rez Studios upcoming multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) title, SMITE, will be launching in March 2014! Its been revealed that the title will launch on March 25th, in North America as well in Europe. As of right now, the game is currently still in beta, and at the point of its release, it will have been in beta for about a year. In celebration of its launch next year, Hi-Rez Studios has decided to conjure up a tournament to be held on March 29th.



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News::Should I be excited about... Panzer General Online | CalmDownTom

As it stands, Panzer General Online is a fantastic and easily addictive single player game, even if it has the same daily limit features that many Facebook games have, but the micro transactions and unbalanced gameplay has crippled the multiplayer aspect of the game, which should be its strongest feature.



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News::Battlefield 4 Second Assault DLC TV Spot Released

DICE has released a TV spot featuring the upcoming Second Assault DLC for Battlefield 4.



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News::Game Under Podcast Episode 31

Oho! Following on from last week's big show, Tom Towers decides to spend two hours reviewing The Last of Us, much to Phil Fogg's dismay who contributes by offering his impressions for the indie darlings The Swapper and Papo y Yo. It's not a Big Show, but it is a big show...plus, there was a console launch, right?



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News::Check out the Battlefield 4 China Rising maps in new videos

New videos reveal all 4 new maps in detail from the new Battlefield 4 expansion, China Rising.



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News::ADG Plays Saints Row IV Enter The Dominatrix For The First Time

ADG Plays Saints Row IV Enter The Dominatrix DLC



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News::Will 'The Division' feature classes? Ubisoft emphasizes player choice

One of the most anticipated next-generation games that's surely on the top of everyone's 2014 list has to be The Division, and information on the type of characters players will be able to create was discussed. Ubisoft talked about how a player's interaction and play style will influence the type of character they eventually play as.



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News::Top 5 Games of 2012 we played in 2013

onPause writes: While the year 2013 is quickly coming to an end and we have yet to place many great games on our Game of the Year lists, we thought it was time to look back at some of 2012s bast games we played in 2013.



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News::Final Exam Review: A D+ Effort | eXophase

eXophase: "Final Exam is a 2D action game thats best avoided, because theres a wide array of much better offerings."



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News::Tetrobot and Co Review | ComboCaster

In Tetrobot play as a young scientist, creator of some robots, and later creator of a nanobot that goes into the little robots to correct them. Our robot floats on levels, able to pick up on various types of blocks, and then toss them out again. And this is almost entirely mechanical which is the basis of all Tetrobot puzzles and Co. is a mixture of several familiar styles in a new mix with the player trying to figure out how to manipulate the environment to allow its passage, or organize a set of Note that meticulously collect a truly unlikely formation. There is actually a good variety of puzzles and the game manages to remain fresh for a long time.



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News::Pixel Pacas | The Shivah: Kosher Edition Review

Marcus of Pixel Pacas takes a look at point and click adventure game The Shivah. It manages to evoke the old Lucasarts charm but with a more down to earth plot.



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News::Stealth Inc. DLC "The Lost Clones" Brings 20 Levels And Cross Buy Support

If you loved the action-stealth puzzle platforming of Curve Studioss Stealth Inc. (also known as Stealth Bastard on PCs) then youll be happy to hear that the second DLC, The Lost Clones, is on its way (though sad to hear its also the final DLC).



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News::Blackguards: Chapter I Review | Calmdowntom

"Daedalic Entertainment ventures forth into turn based RPGs with Blackguards. A game in which you play as a disgraced Mage, Rogue or Warrior. The reasons for why you are disgraced are unclear to you at the start of the game, and as this was only a preview of the game I was not able to unlock all the secrets. However, there was enough to entice any gamer as the story teased just enough information for you to start making up your own ideas of what happened. So should you look forward to waiting your turn to play Blackguards?" Says Calmdowntom



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News::Leviathyn Reviews Adventure Park

Expectations are set high for new Rollercoaster Tycoon clone - Adventure Park. See if Leviathyn thinks it makes the cut.



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News::Review: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes - MKGaming

MKGaming - "Lego Marvel Super Heroes has a hell of a lot going for it. Travellers Tales latest Lego title is stuffed to the brim with Marvel heroes and villains, with a vast open city to explore and all the buildy smashy fun you have come to expect from the Lego series. Its still charming, and its still fun, but Lego Marvel also exhibits all the worst problems that the series suffers from.."



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News::Infinity Blade III's limited-time Turkey Helms are creepy

For Thanksgiving, ChAIR is offering free Turkey Helms in Infinity Blade III that grant Isa and Siris an experience and skill-point boost. That's all well and good, but I don't think I'd be able to play through the game with the item equipped, as evidenced by that horrific image up there. Animal heads on human bodies (and vice versa) creep me out too much.

That said, the original Infinity Blade is also free right now. Do give that a download. It's one of my favorite iOS games to this day and with promos like this there's really no reason not to have it.

Go Cold Turkey in Infinity Blade III [Infinity Blade]

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News::IndieSpotlight: Iron Roads | RealGamerNewz

Jon of RealGamerNewz "Iron Roads aims to capture the old school fun of games like Railroad Tycoon while adding new layers and wiping away the micromanagement. Managers are moved from different offices to optimize efficiency within a headquarters building as players run the show controlling HR, Advertising, Supervisors, Trainyard, Rail Facility, and other various departments. For example, you might send a manager to a grain silo to increase loading of a product or Railyard to figure out why a certain train isnt being fixed in time."



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News::Expansive 3D Browser MMORPG Eldevin Launches After 8 Years

On Saturday, Nov. 30 at 9 a.m. Eastern, indie developer Hunted Cow Studios is launching its flagship project Eldevin, a 3D massively multiplayer role-playing game (MMORPG) that aims to be the largest ever played in a web browser. Eldevin has been in development for eight years at the small, self-funded studio. Designed from the ground up, it uses Java technology and is playable in most web browsers on systems running Windows, Mac, and Linux. Founder Packs for early access will be available until midnight on Nov. 29.



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News::X Rebirth modder releases work in progress trade fix

A very early mod fix (along with some analysis of what may be wrong with trading) has been released today over at the Egosoft forums, which may go some way towards solving the broken trading in X Rebirth.



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News::Cyberpunk 2D RPG Dex shows off its Concept Art

Dreadlocks story-driven stealth- action cyberpunk RPG for the PC gets a bunch of concept artwork showcasing the characters and locations in Dex.



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News::PS4 app The Playroom removed from Twitch directory

While the kinds of creative streaming shows folks have been putting on with the PlayStation 4 app The Playroom sound like good fun to me -- the ones without dudes showing their junk, that is -- they rather predictably aren't all gaming-focused and that's led to Twitch taking action.

"We removed Playroom content from the directory because a majority of it was non-gaming related," a Twitch representative told Joystiq. "We will look into adding it back as PS4 owners become more familiar with the games-only focus of Twitch content. In the meantime, you can view all of the amazing gameplay from PS4 broadcasters in this directory page on Twitch."

That didn't take long at all. I do hope Twitch eventually brings it back, though I suspect many of the offenders are fully aware of the site's "games-only focus" already.

Twitch removes PS4's Playroom from directory for now [Joystiq]

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News::Review: Forced (DarkZero)

"If you walked past a busy classroom at a University youd probably think nothing of it, even if that classroom was supposed to be empty. There are always groups of people taking over rooms to work on a project or lecturers that need to move about for extra space or availability of a projector etc. The Indie team BetaDwarf relied on this effect for almost a year, living and working in a University classroom without anybody knowing. Hiding in plain sight they worked on their project day-in-day-out until, unfortunately, they were found and removed from the premises, rendering them homeless. Its a great story, which you can read in full here. SPOILER: All ended well and the final product of a group of developers that just couldnt be stopped, almost three years of hard work and a successful Kickstarter campaign that saved them from the brink of poverty - Forced was recently released on Steam."



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News::Gambit Joins Marvel Heroes Cast

Gazillion Entertainment, developers of the popular free-to-play Marvel Heroes, has today revealed the latest trailer introducing Gambit. The kinetically charged, card-flinging X-Man from Bourbon Street is now available to play in Marvel Heroes.



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News::Call of Duty Ghosts Riley advanced Fur comparison video

A look at the new fur effects for Riley in Call of Duty Ghosts on PC showing the before and after look.



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News::Contrast Review: Playing shadow games | GamerTell

From the review, "Contrast tells the story of a little adopted girl named Didi, who sneaks out at night to see her mother at the cabaret. Her escapade takes a turn for the worst when she finds out that her circus-leading father is in trouble with a couple of gangsters, which turns Didis little adventure into a journey through an urban landscape, trying to save her father, his circus, and their broken family in the process. You play as Didis imaginary friend Dawn, an acrobat with the ability to merge into the shadows."



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News::WRC 4 review - CramG

A look at Milestone's latest World Championship Rally game in WRC 4 available now on consoles and PC.



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