Friday, December 6, 2013

News::War Thunder Ground Forces Trailer

Gaijin Entertainment unleashes tanks to War Thunder MMO game world with this new trailer.



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News::Fallout 4 community gets trolled as survivor2299.com revealed as fake

The survivor2299 Fallout 4 teaser page turns out to be nothing more than an irradiated mutant troll.



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News::Rise of the Triad dev working on next-gen 'Project Ascender'

Interceptor Entertainment, Aalborg, Denmark-based developers of Rise of the Triad and iOS ports of Duke Nukem and its sequel, are currently working on a game known as "Project Ascender." The game is in development for PS4 and PC, and has been in the works since September.



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News::Sega Makes Yogscast Racing DLC, Pisses Off Everyone, Rightfully So - Top 5 Alternatives

GG3 picks up the news from Sega and their announcement of adding downloadable content to Sonic & Racing & All-Stars Racing Transformed for charity. Don't expect a Sega character, it's Youtube channel Yogscast that gets the honors. Fans are not pleased and fully right not to be. Here's an explanation and a solution.



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News::Bohemia is giving out €500,000 to Arma 3 modders

"Make Arma Not War" is the name of an upcoming Bohemia Interactive contest which should greatly help incentivize community-led content creation for Arma 3. The studio is giving out €500,000 in prize money and here's the kicker: "Projects which show a lot of potential might also be offered a contract by Bohemia Interactive, whether they have won the contest or not." Potentially the start of someone's career, in other words.


The competition spans four categories -- single-player, multiplayer, add-on, and total modification -- with the top prize of €200,000 going to that last category. The other three will have the prize pool divided up into first (€50,000), second (€30,000), and third place (€20,000).


Interested parties can begin working on their projects, but applications for Make Arma Not War won't be accepted until next year. Submissions are due by October 28, 2014, and the winners will be announced on January 15, 2015. This contest is exactly the type of thing I'd expect Bohemia to do -- hope it works out for them, content creators, and players.


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News::Dark Cult of the Dead DLC released for PC, Xbox 360

Kalypso Media and Realmforge Studios vampire-oriented stealth action game Dark gets it first major story-based DLC; the Cult of the Dead pack is now available for the PC and Xbox 360 via Steam and Xbox Live for £3.99/4.99/$5.99.



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News::VGU Awards 2013: Best Voice Actor Winner

VGU reveals its winner for the best voice actor (by performance) of 2013. The results of the reader poll are also revealed.



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News::Second Assetto Corsa Content Update patch adds mid-engined sports car medley and track variations

VVV: "The second 'Content Update' patch for Assetto Corsa has just gone live, adding a trio of mid-engined British performance cars and two new track variations to the open beta PC racing sim."



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News::8 Reasons Why We're Excited for Titanfall

IGN - From jetpack mobility to the Smart Pistol, here are eight reasons why IGN staff members are excited to get their hands on Respawn's shooter.



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News::Grab Final Fantasy VIII For PC At A 20% Discount

Siliconera "Final Fantasy VIII is available for 20% off at the Green Man Gaming store. The download code inside works in both the US and Europe."



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News::EA: Games on Xbox One, PS4 and current-gen will be more split apart next year

This week, Examiner.com has asked a few questions to EA Executive Producer Marcus Nilsson about Need for Speed Rivals and next-gen in general. To follow up on the recent article about cross generation gaming, Nilsson comments on the gap widening between the two versions.



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News::Chuck's Challenge 3D Review - PixlBit

PixlBit | "If you were given 13 grand, would you use it to make a sequel to an Atari Lynx puzzle game? I can't say that would be my first choice, and I bet it wouldn't be yours either, but could nearly 400 Kickstarter backers go wrong? (I can see Takedown: Red Sabre players are reaching for pitchforks; easy, folks, this is nothing like that. Stand down.) Another adventure in crowdfunding has resurrected one man's decades-long dream, and after playing the final product via Desura, I consider my brain partially teased, moderately amused."



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News::Exclusive interview with Grim Dawn lead designer Arthur Bruno

In this exclusive interview, we ask Crate Entertainment co-founder, manager, and lead designer Arthur Bruno a few questions about a game that revives a genre that evolved so much within the past few years.



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News::Diehard GameFAN: XCOM: Enemy Within Review

DHGF: XCOM: Enemy Within is a fantastic game from top to bottom. New missions, soldiers, maps, enemies, and options expand the game in a number of interesting ways. Theres more variety, more options for creating your squad, and simply a heck of a lot more content to work through. If an expansion is capable of winning game of the year, Id say this one wins it hand down. If youve played EU (and you should), youll definitely want to play this. If youve somehow missed that game, then make it your cause to not make the same mistake with this one.



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News::Achievement Punter: Call Of Duty Ghosts Rorke Files, Shmorke Files

An 'achievement guide' from StickTwiddlers' Jamie as he gives us this guide to unlocking the Call Of Duty Ghosts Audiophile achievement for locating all 18 Rorke files.



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News::Batman: Arkham Origins Guide to Defeat Anarky Guide

GameDynamo - "The DC universe is filled will all kinds of villains, and many of them make an appearance in Batman: Arkham Origins. Some of them offer special side missions in addition to the main story. One villain who has optional quests is Anarky. After you progress through the story and leave the Penguin's ship, Anarky will let you know that he's up to no good. It's will be up to Batman to save Gotham in these side quests. Need some help? Use our guide to successfully stop Anarky."



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News::Step by Step Tutorial to Know How to Use the FUT 14 Web App

Step by Step Tutorial with everything about the FUT 14 Web App. FIFA 14 Ultimate Team Web App Guide that explains all the menus, item by item.



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News::'StreetPass Weekend' is a thing happening soon


Nintendo has informed us that National StreetPass Weekend is happening on December 14 and 15 and yes, this is a serious holiday. While I'm content sticking to StreetPassing each year during PAX and calling it a day, this should be a nice little treat for more dedicated players.


The North American Nintendo Zones (find yours here) will be mixed about, meaning you'll have the opportunity to interact with folks from other areas. Those dancing Miis at 0:30 suggest that good times will be had by all who participate. Nintendo in the YouTube age sure is a sight to behold.


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News::So far away: Destiny launches September 9, 2014

Bungie is releasing its next shooter, Destiny , on September 9, 2014 for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, and PS4. Is that far enough removed from Titanfall's debut in March? Not that we can't have and enjoy both games, which will probably be the case for many of us.


Sometime this summer, the beta for Destiny will go live and it's coming to Sony consoles first, according to the company. I'm now thinking back to the first we heard about the game, which was a bunch of promises and some miscellaneous concept art back in February.


I know it's hard to keep quiet when excitement runs rampant, but jeez! This promotional cycle is a bit much.


Destiny Launch Date [Bungie]


So far away: Destiny launches September 9, 2014 screenshot






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News::Ten More Absolutely Top-Notch Video Game Villains

GameDynamo - "While any old putz can be an antagonist, it takes a truly memorable character to be a villain; to deliver that combination of menace, raw power, or sheer personality that it takes for one to be truly memorable."



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News::Destiny Launch Date

"Destiny has always represented a new beginning for our team. It was born from brave possibilities. We dreamed of a renewed and independent Bungie. We found partners willing to bet big on some crazy new ideas with us." - Bungie



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News::NBA 2K14 Reviews Completely Skip Over Microtransaction Gouging

Gaming Blend writes: "So I've just wasted my evening reading through countless reviews... well technically, they're enumerable, I'm just not in the mood to list how many I've actually read. Regardless, the point is that I had to read through many different reviews for different platforms of a single game: NBA 2k14. That's right, the golden sports goose from 2K Sports. So why did I have to read through so many reviews for such a highly lauded and highly praised game? Because Microtransactiongate has seeped into the new generation of home console gaming in the worst way imaginable."



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News::Eidos: PS4 and Xbox One Close The Gap With PC

Thief developer Eidos Montreal believes that the PS4 and Xbox One have significantly reduced the PC/console gap.



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News::Fallout 4 teaser site advises people to Please Stand By'

Earlier today, the now-daily Morse code and cipher change appeared on thesurvivor2299.com (well get to them shortly.) However, the suspected Fallout 4 teaser site is now advising people to Please Stand By on both the front page in plain text and in the form of Morse code.



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News::Here are your favorite new characters from 2013!

Earlier in the week we asked you to sound off on your favorite new videogame characters in 2013. Here are the results!


From cartoon characters to muscular senators to a young woman who just will not stop dancing, a wide range of new characters were represented from just about every genre imaginable (no farming simulators this time, sadly). Hell, most of them weren't even unshaven white men with gruff voices!


Most of them, anyway.


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News::Here's how combat will work in The Banner Saga


So we've seen about how the travel system works in the upcoming title The Banner Saga but now we've got a good look at how the turn-based combat will work. Whilst turn-based on a grid isn't a new mechanic it's good to see how stats will affect the way your viking warriors will bash each others' heads in. I love how you see a battle unfolding in an ale house, with people standing around holding their pints watching these massive guys smash each other. Like a typical pub fight.


Combat will either take place in one of two forms: a battle or a war. The former is a small skirmish involving six of your heroes and the latter is a conflict between larger groups. Armour, Strength, Willpower, Exertion, and Break are all stats that must be juggled to maximize your heroes' abilities during a battle.


Whilst it all looks fairly overwhelming in this short trailer, I didn't find the combat too hard to get to grips with in the free multiplayer variant The Banner Saga: Factions. Hopefully there's a bit more depth in the single-player campaign.


Here's how combat will work in The Banner Saga screenshot






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News::SteamWorld Dig PC Review A 2D Mining Expedition That Strikes Gold | GameInformer

Break ground in almost any digital video game marketplace and you find a huge vein of Minecraft-inspired games. These titles focus on digging deep into the earth, gathering resources, and finding enhancements that allow you to delve further down.



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News::Depression Quest Asks for Steam Greenlight

Depression Quest, an awareness/advocacy game, is looking to get listed on Steam via the Greenlight process.



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News::In case you're still holding out hope that the "Fallout 4 teaser" website is real, here's Bethesda f

News::Next Weeks Minecraft Update Brings Easier Livestreaming

AllThatsEpic: Next week will be the update that changed the world, none other than Minecrafts 1.7.3 update, in pre-release form, according to developer Mojang. The most notable thing to mention about this update is the native streaming on Twitch. The broadcasting will be easier and smoother after the update is applied. Mojang detailed the steps necessary to get it running on Windows Vista, Mac OS X Lion (10.7), and higher.



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News::This is... World of Tanks

Ryan and Gus cover World of Tanks



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News::Dark Souls 2 screenshots highlight Covenants, online multiplayer

Dark Souls 2 has a new batch of screenshots available and you can gawp at the lot below. The shots highlight Covenants, which are a large part of the online multiplayer, and while exploring online, each player can choose to help, rescue, invade, protect, and take on several positions within the world. Dark Souls 2 has range of exclusive goodies available throughout selected UK and Ireland retailers with pre-orders of the standard and collectors edition as well as the Black Armour edition. The game releases March 14 on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.



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News::Festive Christmas Gaming with the Holiday Express

Hardcore Gamer: The Holiday Express popped up on Steam the other day and, being a sucker for toy trains and Christmas, I found myself utterly unable to resist its $3.00 charms. As a bonus its part of the Train Simulator series, so it has the added effect of offering a taste of a game Ive always had some curiosity about. Who wouldnt jump at the chance to try their hand at being a sim toy train holiday engineer? Opportunities like this dont come along every day.



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News::Tiny Brains Review | Hardcore Gamer

Hardcore Gamer: With both new consoles out and the next-gen release schedule being pretty much empty for the rest of the year (at least in terms of retail releases), owners of these new machines are hungry for any new games to pick up. This week saw the first post launch releases on the Playstation Store, which includes Tiny Brains from Spearhead Games.



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News::Battlefield 4 review | Good Game

Battlefield 4 is big, frantic and spectacular. And of course, full of explosions.



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News::Call Of Duty Ghosts: Space Fighting Super Soldiers Review | PS4.sx

The COD series have always been known for their over the top cinematic game plays, but what happens after you complete the 10hr all thrilling, all action packed campaign. Discover now in this review by PS4.sx



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News::Backyard Battles Preview and Interview with Naked Sky

"I went home on Thanksgiving weekend with the full intention of using my time off to play Mass Effect, but instead spent the whole weekend playing the beta of a new browser-based CCG/tactics hybrid called Backyard Battles from independent developer Naked Sky. I first saw Backyard Battles at PAX Prime earlier this year and was intrigued enough to sign up for the mailing list. The mix of MtG-style mechanics with a tactical lane system drew me in enough that when I got an email inviting me to the beta I signed up immediately. It looked like fun, but I didnt know I was getting into an incredibly addictive and awesome game." - Jake Petersen of Geekenstein



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News::Humble Weekly Sale with Multimedia Fusion 2 Released

Hardcore Gamer: This weeks Humble Weekly Sale gives you nine possible games as well as the ability to make your own.



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News::Up To 85% Off Individual Steam Games

New digital download store opens with stellar discounts on 16 awesome games. Opening deals at todays launch include Alan Wake Collectors Edition, ArcaniA, Desperados 2: Coopers Revenge, Inquisitor, AI War Collection and Mount & Blade: Warband



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News::Ubisoft survey gauges interest in non-AC pirate game

IGN has gotten its hands on a Ubisoft survey that covers what players want out of the future of the Assassin's Creed series. More interesting than that, however, is talk of a theoretical non-AC pirate game, with questions about what elements we'd want in such a title.


One of the choices is indeed cooperative and competitive multiplayer naval combat, which was sadly absent from Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag , as well as a deeper economy or a customizable character, ship, and pirate hideout. Yes, Ubisoft, we want this. You can't turn back the clock and make Black Flag its own standalone IP, but this is the next best thing.


Going back to the next installment of Assassin's Creed, there's the obligatory question about interest level in a new present-day hero character. What's the verdict?


Ubisoft Surveying Fans on Assassin's Creed 5, PvP Naval Combat [IGN]


Ubisoft survey gauges interest in non-AC pirate game screenshot






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News::Eldritch expanding to The Mountains of Madness


The endlessly creepy Eldritch will receive a free expansion later this month entitled "Mountains of Madness," based upon an H.P. Lovecraft serial of similar name. The original story describes an Antarctic expedition which meets with disaster upon the discovery of a lost city once inhabited by a forgotten and terrible race of beings. It also features six-foot tall penguins, the thought of which is almost as frightening as the Elder Things themselves, and the above teaser trailer confirms their presence in the expansion.


I really love Eldritch, unforgiving and cruel as it can be sometimes. I've still yet to have circumstances align themselves in such a way as I can actually complete the game, but the challenge it presents is so satisfying that I barely notice my failures before I've set off on another attempt. More of this is a good thing.


Mountains of Madness will release on December 19.


Eldritch expanding to The Mountains of Madness screenshot






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News::Here are your most hated new characters of the year

Earlier this week, we asked you to share your thoughts on the WORST new videogame characters of 2013. Here are the results!


Many of you took this opportunity to vent your frustrations (or at least upvote or downvote comments) regarding DmC's Dante, which is neat. Other than that obvious choice, there were quite a few other nominees for the wall of shame, and some that I certainly didn't expect!


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News::Yogscast's Simon Lane Available Now as DLC for Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed

Yogscast, the UKs most watched YouTube channel, run an annual charity drive for the month of December. This year, they are teaming up with SEGA and taking the drive to the next level in a race against the fastest Hedgehog in the world.



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News::South Park: The Stick of Truth Gets a VGX Teaser Trailer

GodisaGeek: "This Saturday evening, the newly renamed VGX will happen. Ubisoft have released a teaser trailer for South Park: The Stick of Truth, of which a longer, full trailer will air during VGX."



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News::Examiner.com crowns 'The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim' as Game of the Generation

The Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii all served as revolutionary pillars for the gaming industry over the past eight years, and they each housed some of the most memorable, breathtaking and unforgettable games we've seen to this day. This year saw another round of impressive games launch from various publishers and developers, but this year saw the main focus of the gaming industry shift away from the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. With the Wii taking its bow last year, we wanted to crown the game we thought proved to be the absolute best over the course of the entire generation of content.



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News::Hardline 002: Backwards compatibility, Fallout, and more


On this week's installment of Hardline, Destructoid's new podcast about the week's gaming news and whatever else happens to be on our minds (in this case, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's sweaty body), I'm once again joined by Steven Hansen and we also got Conrad Zimmerman to fill in for Dale and Hamza. There wasn't a whole lot of captivating "news," but no matter -- this is more of an informal discussion show than an outlet with which to deliver timely facts.


That said, we chatted about a few topics, including: the PlayStation 4's far-off backwards compatibility via Gaikai cloud streaming, what we would want in a possible Fallout 4, that list of developers who will be self-publishing on Xbox One, and the best / worst characters of the year.


For the audio-only episode, you can subscribe on iTunes and RSS, or download directly. We also stream Hardline live via Twitch on Wednesdays at 11:00am Pacific, so be sure to stop by if you'd like to participate in chat while we record!


Hardline 002: Backwards compatibility, Fallout, and more screenshot






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News::Sir, You Are Being Hunted recieves 7th Update

Bad Robot's kickstarter funded stealth FPS receives it's 7th update. A new trailer showcases updated features and a never before seen enemy.



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News::Update and first screens for Episode 2 of The Wolf Among Us

Telltale writes: "First up is a brand-new reveal of a character that FABLES fans will definitely recognize the one and only 'Jack' of beanstalk fame. A sharp-tongued rogue who's been a staple character in the FABLES series since issue one, Jack has even been honored with his very own spinoff comic series, Jack of FABLES."



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News::Five Things We Forgive About Call of Duty in the Name of Fun and Addiction

These things arent necessarily all exclusive to Call of Duty, of course, but the series is among the most popular in the world and is therefore held to a certain standard. A standard it rarely manages to meet.



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News::Could we end up seeing Connor again in a future 'Assassin's Creed' game?

Last year, Assassin's Creed III hit retailers across the world. It was greeted with critical acclaim and enormous sales numbers, but the main protagonist Connor ended up only being around for one installment. As everyone knows by now, Edward Kenway is the star of the newest Assassin's Creed, but we still wanted to find out from Ubisoft if it's possible to see Connor again and if his run as lead assassin was cut short due to a lack of popularity. Examiner.com recently had the chance to speak exclusively with Ubisoft North America President Laurent Detoc about Connor and the lasting impression he left from Assassin's Creed III.



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