Sunday, December 22, 2013

News::Muse DLC comes to Rocksmith 2014


In keeping with tradition, Ubisoft has released another five-song pack for Rocksmith 2014. This time around the pack features tracks from Muse, and are:



  • "Supermassive Black Hole"

  • "Stockholm Syndrome"

  • "Time Is Running Out"

  • "Hysteria"

  • "Muscle Museum"


The Muse DLC will cost you $11.99. Alternatively, the tracks can be purchased separately for $2.99 each. Those on the PS3 are currently not able to purchase the DLC as a pack -- for some reason it won't be hitting the PlayStation Store until January 7, though you can still purchase the songs individually.


Muse DLC comes to Rocksmith 2014 screenshot






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News::Duke Nukem co-creator releases new game called Underdeep for Ludum Dare 28

George Broussard, Duke Nukem co-creator and the developer behind game jam titleThe Road, released a new game called Underdeep as part of Ludum Dare 28.



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News::Amazon Bests Steam Holiday Sale with Price Match + $5 Bonus Promo Credit

Gamerdeals: "The Amazon PC Digital Holiday Deals continue with massive discounts on titles including The Command and Conquer Ultimate Collection for $4.99. From now through December 31, 2013, purchase anything from the Amazon Digital Games Store and get a $5 promotional credit to spend in the month of January on their Editor's Choice Best Games of 2013. Grab the following titles for $5 and score the $5 Promo Credit!"



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News::Darks Souls and mythology

[Dtoid community blogger Last Scion of the blah blah blah shares an awesome analysis of Dark Souls from a mythological perspective. Want to see your own blog appear on our front page? Go write something! --Mr Andy Dixon]


In the Age of Ancients, the world was unformed, shrouded by fog.

A land of grey crags, archtrees, and everlasting dragons.

But then there was Fire.

And with Fire, came Disparity.

Heat and cold, life and death, and of course...

Light and Dark.

Then from the Dark, They came, and found the Souls of Lords within the flame.

Nito, the first of the dead,

the Witch of Izalith, and her Daughters of Chaos,

Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight, and his faithful knights,

and the furtive pygmy, so easily forgotten.



With the Strength of Lords, they challenged the dragons.

Gwyn's mighty bolts peeled apart their stone scales.

The witches weaved great firestorms.

Nito unleashed a miasma of death and disease.

And Seath the Scaleless betrayed his own, and the dragons were no more.

Thus began the Age of Fire.

But soon, the flames will fade, and only Dark will remain.

Even now, there are only embers, and man sees not light, but only endless nights.

And amongst the living are seen, carriers of the accursed Darksign.


Thus begins Dark Souls, a game that I, for lack of a better term, absolutely f*cking love. I could go on and on about it. However, there is something else that I love. Mythology. This is a thing that Dark Souls is rife with, and which I (amongst others) have attempted to clarify. You see, nothing is very clear in Dark Souls. There are some things that are unlikely to ever be explained.


This is a reflection of Hidetaki Miyazaki, the director of Dark Souls, and his experience with Western fantasy books. A fan of fantasy and mythology, he was unable to fully understand what he was reading, leaving holes for him to fill in with his imagination, which is what we are often required to do. Now, in creating an entirely new world, it is understandable that one would draw from existing sources, so I've compiled some of the characters and other things that I believe have a strong connection to existing legends.


Just for fun.


Darks Souls and mythology screenshot


Read more...



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News::The Terrible Commercial Nintendo Had To Make

News::RGN Podcast: Sony Bringing Virtual Reality Headset To Both PS4 + PC [Specs, Price, + Info Here]

Wilson of RGN writes "In the following podcast RGN Staff share what Sony has revealed in terms of their new Virtual Reality plans even teaming up with Valve for Steam and PlayStation 4 support. This information comes from educational institutions which have developer info shared directly from Sony representatives as well as RGN's hands-on experience with the shell hardware prototype of one of the two units being planned for mass production."



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News::Strike Vector goes into beta stage early January

The amazing aerial FPS will be going into a beta phase soon. All of the fans and supports eager to sign up will be able to do so at their official site.



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News::Questrun Review | Hardcore Gamer

Hardcore Gamer: Of all the various genres of video games, role playing games are probably the one that typically has the most amount of the focus put on story and dialogue. Sure, RPGs are also characterized by combat that requires an element of strategy, character progression, and a running time much longer than other genres, but story is almost always a major component. The stated goal of Questrun is to distill the role playing game down to nothing other than strategic combat, removing any element of narrative, exploration, or long term commitment.



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News::Retro City Rampage on 3DS Gets Release Window and Pricing, Updated PC Port

Colton Steury from SpawnFirst reports: "Vblanks off-the-wall, 8-bit, open world game is coming to the 3DS sometime in Q1, 2014. For just $9.99, buyers in North America, New Zealand, Australia, and the UK will be able to get their grubby hands on Retro City Rampage, courtesy of the Nintendo eShop. Seeing as how Brian Provinciano, the games lovable creator, has stated that the PS Vita version of the game was one of the most profitable, I think its fair to say the 3DS version should bring in a reasonable amount of sales. "



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News::EA to offer free Battlefield 4 DLC for game issues: Rumor

According to a report, EA is readying free DLC for Battlefield 4 as an apology to gamers.



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News::Battlefield 4 Pc Multiplayer Gameplay Commentary - Funny Moments - Next Revolution

Pc Multiplayer Gameplay Commentary - Funny Moments - Epic Kills and Epic Moments on the Maps Goldmud Railway, Altai Range and Silk Road. NxR Next Revolution Battlefield 4 Clan.



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News::Steam Holiday Sale: The Best Indie Games On Steam For Less Than $2

A list of some of the best indie games currently available on Steam for less than $2. Low prices only during the 2013 Steam Holiday Sale.



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News::BioShock Infinite: Talkingship's Games of the Year

Shaxster writes: "A city above the clouds, where all is not quite as it seems. That was the premise of BioShock Infinite. It promised to take us on a whirlwind tour of Columbia, full of exciting plot twists and thrilling action-packed gameplay. And boy did it deliver."



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News::Magrunner: Dark Pulse Review | GCVGN

The Cthulhu Mythos is easily one of the most recognizable pieces of writing in gaming and Magrunner: Dark Pulse is a fresh new take on an iconic story. If you love puzzles and a taste of the terrifying check out Magrunner: Dark Pulse.



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News::The Walking Dead: Season 2 All That Remains Review | GeekedOutNation

In Season 1 we lived life through the eyes of Lee Everett, A man with a damaged pass who was tossed into the world with no one actually knowing the person he truly was. In season 2 we take control of Clementine the young female companion of Lees in the first season. Clementine has always giving off a sense of innocence which allowed for the world to be filled with hope.



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News::Best games of 2013 according to Z-Giochi

Italian reviews website published his Awards for the best video games of 2013, assigning the most important prizes to Bioshock Infinite and The Last of Us...



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News::Path of Exile | Die4Games Preview

Are you a fan of Diablo 3? Then you have to check out Path of Exile. Developed by an indie team of hardcore gamers from New Zealand called Grinding Gear Games, it is an action RPG that takes place in the dark fantasy world of Wraeclast. Their ultimate goal was to create the type of game that they would want to play, which is what makes Path of Exile so appealing!



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News::Legends of Persia Storyline Images

Sourena Game Studio has sent forth a nicely-sized batch of storyline images of Legends Of Persia, the action-RPG being developed for the PC featuring three hero characters, more than 200 weapons and items and a multitude of challenging enemies to decimate across five distinctive locales.



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News::Release Date For The Walking Dead: Season Two PS3 North America Season Pass; Discount Price

Jon of RGN writes, "The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode One has released on the Xbox Games Store (360), Steam (PC), and PlayStation Network (PS3) and once again the Season Pass is late arriving on Sonys platform. Luckily for gamers itching to play the title, RealGamerNewz is working with TellTale Games and will have a Full Review very soon. Even more luckily for gamers, TellTale Games has been kind enough to announce the Official Release Date for TWD: Season Twos Season Pass on the North American Region PS Store. But understanding that the delay will cause perhaps many thousands of gamers to buy the first episode early, unable to wait, TellTale has decided to sweeten the deal."



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News::Blood Knights Review | UGRGaming

Blood Knights isnt a completely bad game as a Co-Op Experience, but if you will be playing alone, this is a game you can pass.



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News::Dark Souls II Highlights From EDGE Preview : No Confirmed PS4 And Xbox One Version

EDGE preview for Dark Souls II has been released and plenty of information on Dark Souls II is revealed now. This is the biggest game of FromSoftware as of now. For development of Dark Souls II, FromSoftware development team size has been almost doubled.



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News::Darkout Review | RGN

Jordan of RGN writes, "As soon as you dive into the melancholic and downtrodden world of Darkout it quickly brings back memories of similar games like Terraria and Minecraft. You begin as a defenseless being but quickly learn to scavenge, adapt and build in order to survive, adding a sense of progression that only a few games manage to pull off. Darkout presents an interesting but generic sci-fi setting, but its clunky interface and irritating learning curve gives you little motivation to discover what it has to offer, but once you dig in deep you might find something to enjoy. Darkout has a story, but its incredibly basic. You begin the game in a crashed escape pod which you immediately scavenge to built yourself shelter on what seems like a mysterious hostile planet. Whilst playing you can often come across data or audio logs which shine some light on what may have occurred on the planet, emphasizing the dark and oppressive atmosphere that constantly plagues your exploration. T...



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News::Pach-Attack - Pach's Patch Opinions

Michael Pachter gives his take on the rise of day one patches.



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News::Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect 4 Announced?

Ultra Unboxing - In a meeting with Complex, Mass Effect 3 lead writer Mac Walters exposed that the studio wish to develop a title that feels unique enough to stand on its own.



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News::Skara The Blade Remains Alpha Footage Revealed

Earlier this year 8-bit Studios revealed Skara The Blade Remains, a new action videogame currently in development for multiple formats. An ambitious project from the London based studio, the first footage of the videogame has been revealed in an alpha test video showcasing the combat in action.



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News::Broken Sword: The Serpents Curse Episode 1 Review | GameCloud

Bernadette at GameCloud writes: "A point-and-click adventure might not be everybodys first choice in gaming entertainment, and while Im not saying it should be, the genre deserves to be recognised for its longevity, charm, and the way it boldly stands on its own. Broken Sword: The Serpents Curse creates an escape from the real world with enviable locations, hidden sky-pigs and unnerving nods at revelations to come; it deserves the time to experience it in full-preferably before episode two is released. Its only just getting started!"



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News::In-depth Review: Blood Knights - Electronic Theatre

A long time coming, the turbulence suffered by Blood Knights as it journeyed to release has not gone unnoticed. Originally expected to arrive over a year ago financial troubles on behalf of dtp Entertainment, the videogames original publisher, embroiled developer Deck 13 in a long-winded struggle to launch their near-finished title. It fell to would-be heroes Kalypso Media to finally bring Blood Knights to consumers then; sadly just missing the Halloween launch it was so obviously reaching for. However, while timing may be important a good videogame will find an audience no matter when it arrives, and Blood Knights does well enough in this regard to earn a cult following.



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News::Sparkle VITA Review | RGN

DJ Killzown Jones of RGN writes, "Even with the lack of any online multiplayer Sparkle is still a solid and fun puzzle game. You get the complete package when you pay the $6 bucks to purchase the game and that is a good trade off for other puzzle games which are Freemium titles. Sparkle is a solid puzzler with a great price but the lack of multiplayer and extra features hold this back from being up there with great puzzle titles out today. The PlayStation Vita version of Sparkle gets a respectable 6 out of 10, but needs to bring more to the table in the future to really wow the Puzzle genre and dedicated handheld gaming market audience."



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News::SteamOS AMD GPU Test - System Boots Smoothly And Recognizes The GPU But Shows No Video Memory

AMD is not supported by SteamOS for now, but here is a to check what happens when you run SteamOS with an AMD graphics card. The card used in the test is AMD Radeon HD 6950. SteamOS booted up quite normally with the AMD card, and operating system ran smoothly without any lags. However when checking the system specification, SteamOS displayed 0.0 video memory, though it recognized AMD Redeon HD 6950 under the video card.



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News::Final Exam Review | Cheat Happens

When Final Exam just lets go and allows itself to have fun with its cool and challenging gameplay, there's a good amount of fun to be had here, but it's too concerned with rehashing what came before.



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News::Get Into Games: lifting the fog on game technology


The University Of Sunderland’s senior lecturer in video and new media Mike Pinchin.



In the bowels of the University of Sunderland’s Media Centre, tucked behind banks of screens and empty boxes of kit, sits Mike Pinchin, senior lecturer in video and new media. He’s a man with a passion – scratch that – an obsession with new tech and the power of games to enhance learning and reconnect disenfranchised people.


His experimental approach to the new toys he uses to educate students and members of the community is driven by one of the keystone qualities of successful game development – a planet-sized imagination.


Pinchin’s latest initiative has seen him hook up an Oculus Rift to a static bicycle via a £20 arduino circuit board. “It’s got loads of pins to connect it with electronic components,” he explains. “I put a magnet on the bike wheel connected to the board and it acts like an ‘up’ input so when you pedal it pushes forward.” Pinchin further enhanced his makeshift arcade experience with a mechanism for applying the bike’s brakes on inclines to mimic the effects of pedaling uphill. “And you can do all sorts of cool things with temparature sensors,” he adds.


Pinchin’s first obsession was with music technology. He worked as a sound engineer in the 1980s and 1990s. “It was not easy to pay the bills, but at the time the internet was just taking off so I spent a lot of time doing websites,” he recalls. “I was using Macromedia’s Director back in the day, which was very primitive compared to the tools now. The day I started using Unity I have not used my music equipment since, a new obsession took over.”


Soon Pinchin was creating 3D environments and mini games, but his brainwave in terms of connecting with communities came as a result of the limitations of early iOS hardware. He was forced to create very foggy environments to counter limited draw distances on his games. And that reminded him of an infamous ditty from the north east of England, Fog On The Tyne, referring to nearby Newcastle’s river.



Pinchin’s 3D model of Newcastle’s famous river.



“I had created a 3D module of Newcastle for Second Life, so I used this as an a starting point to introduce people who have no IT/3D skills to game mechanics. I have done techhie stuff before with community groups, but showing 13- or 14-year-olds some code that turned a background colour red just didn’t speak to them. It suddenly twigged that teaching people through game engines is fun, but spreadsheets and databases are dull.”


The first project he did using the mechanics of play and his 3D environment was with a group of young dads. It took place after gunman Raoul Moat had killed a man and shot a police officer at pointblank range before taking his own life when cornered by police.


“The dads had dropped out of school in their teens and came from a challenged estate. We were in a community centre with barbed wire fences and they did a firstperson shooter. However a student decided to use samples of Raoul Moat from wav files on their phone.”


At least, thought Pinchin, he had connected with the young men, even if he had to modify their output in the interests of taste. He continues to use Unity and game mechanics to educate students from a range of disciplines in the community and at the University of Sunderland. And Pinchin is now seeing plenty of downloads of his own games.


“Probably my favourite project would be the work I have done around the Luder (made famous in the movie Get Carter) car park in Gateshead. It’s a very iconic structure which is great from a 3D modelling perspective, but the brutalist style of architecture makes a great game level. As the carpark was demolished in 2010, it seems strange not to see it on the Newcastle skyline. So it always bring a smile to my face that it lives on in games created by kids that grew up in the shadow of this concrete goliath.”


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News::Tale of Tales Celebrates its 10th Anniversary with Experiments and Prototypes Bundle

In honor of Tale of Tales 10th anniversary (time flies), the Belgian company is offering the Experiments and Prototypes bundle which features 18 titles.



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News::This Week in the Business: $200 Million Pledged for Kickstarter Games

STAT | $200 millionThe total amount of money that's gone towards game projects on the crowdfunding website since the beginning; games account for 22% of all projects.



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News::The Banner Saga Preview | Combo Caster

The Banner Saga is probably coming from the Kickstarter project that most piqued my curiosity. Besides being incredibly beautiful, being developed by Bioware and veterans have a unique theme, has a soundtrack composed by the same composer of another milestone of this generation, Journey. So on one hand we have something beautiful and on the other hand we have the classic Bioware, so just know that beyond beautiful this is an epic game.



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News::A Compilation of 2013 in Gaming

This video was made by the talented Tim who has taken clips from nearly every game out together and edited them together in a way that might just send chills up your spine. Or down your spine.



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News::7 Days to Die Alpha 5 Hotfix Update, Alpha 6 Coming Soon

UltraUnboxing - Yesterday THE FUN PIMPS released an update for the newly released zombie survival game, 7 Days to Die. The update consisted of a few bug fixes for the game and how it runs on dedicated servers. They have also announced an update that will be coming in the near future, Alpha 6.



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News::Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance screens possibly show PC improvements

Following on from yesterdays news that Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will be hitting PCs in early January, Konami have released a set of screens purportedly taken from the PC version.



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News::Amazon Video Game Christmas Week Deals Reloaded

Gamerdeals: "This morning, on top of the lightning deal updates, Amazon refreshed their Holiday video game deals with their 'Last Minute' discounts on PS Vita, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, 3DS, PC and Xbox One games!"



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News::Pixel Pacas | SteamWorld Dig Review

Marcus of Pixel Pacas falls in love with an "endless digger" named SteamWorld Dig. It's likely you will as well!



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News::Blood Knights Review | Invision Game Community

There is no lack of ample cleavage to distract you from the horrific voice acting, if thats enough to justify playing through it.



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News::Band Stars - Top 12 Tips, Tricks and Cheats

WP - "Band Stars started off on Facebook and Google+, and is now one of the most popular games on the iOS and Android platforms! Your goal is to start a band, write all kinds of songs, and then build your band from a local nobody to a global sensation gradually. You'll record songs, manage and upgrade your band members, and even upgrade your instruments."



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News::Best Sound Design of 2013

Can you hear that? Hidden Audio Log is announcing the gold medalist for best sound design in a video game!



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News::Teslagrad Review | GIZORAMA

GIZORAMA - If theres one trend which has been about as prevalent as muscle bound white men with guns this console generation, its been children and/or small adults traversing dangerous 2-D worlds with a twist! LIMBO, Braid, and FEZ are the most notable examples of this trend, and with the release of Rain Games debut title Teslagrad we dont seem to have seen the last of it. Dont take me for a cynic; these are some of my favourite games of the past seven years, and as such Im always excited to get my hands on whatever looks to be the next great indie puzzle platformer. If Teslagrad is proof of anything, its that said genre is still brimming with creative energy, artistic vision and clever design.



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News::World of Warplanes Review | Destructoid

Free-to-play is still a bad word these days with a lot of gamers. But it doesn't have to be. Titles like Path of Exile have shown that providing a model where most of the content is free, but the cosmetic upgrades are paid, can facilitate an environment that not only respects their players, but influences them to want to spend money.



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News::Bully 2: Could Rockstar Be Sending Us Back To Bullworth Academy?

The new Trademark they filed gives us hope.



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News::Strike Vector looking for recruits as it jets toward January open beta

We usually get a little metal with our mayhem whenever a new Strike Vector trailer surfaces, and the latest video doesnt disappoint. The indie, ship-based shooter has released some new footage to go along with a call to arms for any pilots eager to try out the game in an open beta set to start in early January.



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News::Best Ending of 2013 (Spoilers)

Hidden Audio Log's Game of the Year Awards continue ever forward as it decides what the best ending of 2013 was.



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News::Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Platinums Vision For PC Gaming

What does the release of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Platinum Games focus on PC production mean for the future of gaming?



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News::Half Life 3: What Source 2 Engine Could Bring To Gameplay

Valve has been really quiet on Half Life 3. Despite that, fans know that the third sequel is in development and is well on the way. The decade long delay for its release could be due to the game developer being really busy in developing a new Source engine.



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News::Top Five Worst Games of 2013

Josh from Bag of Games writes "This years wealth of phenomenal titles undeniably left gamers with an ever-increasing back log of great experiences to consume well after 2014s inevitable arrival, with highly anticipated releases like The Last of Us, Grand Theft Auto V, Bioshock Infinite, Injustice: Gods Among Us, and Tomb Raider pushing our current-gen consoles to the absolute limit before their next-gen counterparts predictably steal our undivided attention. But amongst the hidden gems, undiscovered masterpieces, and underappreciated sleeper hits populating our chosen systems lies the infamous bargain bin scrapers, games so unbelievably horrendous and downright disappointing that they completely shatter the expectations of gamers and the respectability of interactive entertainment as a whole. From ugly cash-grabbing movie tie-ins to poorly-crafted original experiences, the Bag of Games team has painfully journeyed through this years most atrocious titles; emerging bruised, batter...



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News::Review: The Walking Dead - Season 2, Ep. 1 - All That Remains | Save/Continue

Zachary at Save/Continue says, "Following the incredible success of season 1 of Telltale Games The Walking Dead, plus the palette-whetting gap-bridger 400 Days, we are now presented with the holiday treat of the opening episode of the 2012 Game of the Years sophomore season. In a nutshell and spoiler-free, we see Clementine battling the odds and surviving in a dying world. Its got zombies, its got drama, and its got a scared little girl. Solid effort, Telltale."



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News::Orteil Brings in the Holidays with a CookieYum

It isnt Christmas unless cookies are involved and the developers at Orteil are bringing them in piping hot. The browser-based cookie baking game, Cookie Clicker, has been updated for Christmas.



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News::Tengami Trailer Teaches You How to Play a Pop-Up Book Game

Say hello to Tengami, a beautiful and unique interactive games coming to iOS, Wii U via the eShop and PC. The captivating game is a point-and-click adventure with an art style inspired by Japanese paper art.



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News::Infinity Ward Provides A List of Upcoming Improvements for Ghosts

Call of Duty fans received a great sign from Infinity Ward today in the general discussions section of the Call of Duty forums. One of the developers who goes by the name of teanah has provided us with a detailed list of upcoming improvements that Ghosts players can expect in the near future. Well give you an inside look at key features that they plan on adding or updating.



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