Sunday, December 29, 2013

News::World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Preview | Exilic

Exilic takes a look at a few of the key changes that will hit World of Warcraft in the next expansion, Warlords of Draenor.



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News::Rad Show: Japan World Cup 2

Rad Show is basically like a night light at Stevie Wonder's house. Tonight's show is going to be pretty stupid. I mean on the level of making Ernest P. Worrell proud of the stupidity that the show will contain. Tonight we're going to play a game that you all love, we've visited the third in the series, and now we're going to step back and give Japan World Cup 2 a whirl.


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News::The obligatory Game of the Year article 2013

Its the end of another year, so its time to see what each member of the team at This Is My Joystick thought was the best game they played in 2013. Just how many times will The Last of Us get selected? Will anyone throw in any surprises? You know how to find out!



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News::Journey of a Roach Review | Combo Caster

Journey of a Roach as the name indicates is the story of a cockroach named Jim who lives in a post-apocalyptic world. This is no ordinary cheap, but one the size of a human and insects now dominate the world. Jim's mission is to find the last flower on earth and the result of all the elements is a beautiful tale of how good ideas. Without dialogue in voice or text, the story is told through symbols.



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News::Wii U Gamepad Support Is Coming To PC

A group of talented hackers have successfully engineered the Wii U gamepad for full PC support.



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News::Games Month January 2014

all Games Month January 2014 for PC and ps3 ps4 xbox 360 xbox one Wii U 3DS PSvita and android



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News::Titan eSports takes the Asian Cyber Games 2013

The Asian Cyber Games 2013 have concluded with team Titan eSports beating AMD Mineski Infinity in an upset of a Grand Finals.



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News::Simulation of the year: Arma 3

PCGamer - "A good sim pursues the lofty, unreachable goal of total realism. They shun accessibility in favour of complexity, but in doing so allow devoted and patient players to access marvellously detailed facsimiles of reality, which can inspire great gaming stories and player-driven drama. In the case of our simulation of 2013, it's a beautiful, sprawling and customisable depiction of modern military conflict, Arma 3."



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News::An Awesome New Line of Blizzard T-Shirts

Musterbrand has apparently just partnered with Blizzard to bring us this absolutely incredible line of t-shirts starting heroes from Starcraft, Warcraft and Diablo.



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News::The Best Video Game RPGs Of 2014 And Beyond

[W]hen you start looking at all the incredible games coming out in the next couple years, you begin to realize that there are in fact quite a few great-looking RPGs in the works. Some single-player, some with multi-player elements, and even some pretty neat looking MMOs. Far too many for me to have heard of them all, though Ive kept my eyes on a fair few.



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News::Sunrider Stuffs Visual Novel, Robots, And RPG Into One Game

Sunrider, combines visual novel, a turn-based RPG, gigantic mecha robots, and a plot, all into one game.



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News::House of Horrors - Contagion

Jess proves the fairly well understood suspicion that she's awful at FPS games as the girls take on killing zombies, running from zombies, and eventually joining the ranks of the unholy undead.



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News::Review: Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

As the eldest of three, there have been more than a few occasions in my life where I wished my siblings would just disappear. Whether it was from them breaking my things; disrupting my privacy; or as I grew older, the embarrassment they caused me in front of any girl I brought over to the house, it’s hard not to miss the days where I was, without question, my parents’ favorite kid.


Max: The Curse of Brotherhood uses this simple desire to set up a grand little adventure through a magical world full of mystery and awe. A simple idea for sure, and one that was done over two decades ago in the cult-classic fantasy movie Labyrinth. Nonetheless, it’s a premise that easily strikes a chord with anyone who’s ever had the pleasure (or curse, depending how you look at it) of sharing a life with a sibling.


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News::Matthew's top 5 games of 2013

OmniGamer's Matthew Stolpe lists his top 5 video games of 2013.



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News::Final Design for Call in Mighty No. 9 Revealed

oprainfall writes: "In their latest Kickstarter update, Comcept has revealed the results of the community poll for the final design of Becks partner Call in Mighty No. 9. The design that will now be the official design for Call will be design F, with 43.39% of the vote. Design E took 2nd place with 41.14% of the vote, and Design H was a distant 3rd, with 15.47% of the vote."



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News::Amazon New Years Sale: Tearaway Almost 50% Off, $6.55 Hot Shots Golf, Next Gen Discounts

Tearaway almost 50% off. Hot Shots Golf for Vita $6.55. Wonderful 101 for Wii U almost 50% off. Plenty of Next Gen titles getting discount and more.



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News::Phantasy Star Online 2s Crafting System Does More Than Just Weapons

The crafting options in Phantasy Star Online 2 are rather deep, as revealed in the latest trailer for the game.



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News::Violett Review | GameGrin

Violett is your typical grumpy teenager, who has been dragged to a new shady-looking house in the middle of nowhere, and in the midst of her sulk and angst discovers a whole new, magical world in this unfamiliar home



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News::Game Tangents Podcast 63 Holiday Cheer

Game Tangents goes over more fanboy inducing news this week. Although this week isn't mainly a news-breaking week, we talk about Dead Rising 3 DLC, DICE's issues with Battlefield, Marvel vs Capcom's departure from XBLA and PSN, Jonathan Blow's backlash at Microsoft, and Nintendo's most recent Direct news. We also talk a little bit about our game of the year picks. Join us for a holiday episode full of cheer!



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News::The Best Gaming Duos Of 2013

Certain characters bring out the best in one another. Video games offer even more unique circumstances for duos to capitalize on each others' strengths and weaknesses. Beyond just story riffs, a pair's assets can also extend to gameplay.



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News::Game Over: The Losers of 2013

You charge too little and you charge too much for your games - and you want to own our living rooms? Here are the stumbles of the past 12 months



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News::Game On: The Winners of 2013

GIB - "It's easy to knock those that had a poor run in 2013, as mistakes stick out more prominently than successes. So while we've already covered those we've labelled the losers of the year, its important to balance that with some positivity."



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News::New Troops Join Frontlines In War Thunder

The critically-acclaimed action MMOTPS/MMOFPS hybrid, War Thunder, is all set to welcome new troops today with the next batch of invites sent out for the recently launched ground forces closed beta



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News::Best Upcoming Indie Game of 2013 Players Choice

The Iranian indie game E.T. Armies Has Won The Best Indie Game of The Year! 2013 is almost over and the indie of the year has been decided by your choice. E.T. Armies (Extraterrestrial Armies) is a first person shooter game in a unique science fiction world, designed to show Persian historical themes and rich environments. The main story of E.T. Armies is....



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News::Velocity Ultra Review [Capsule Computers]

Jamie Laike Tsui of Capsule Computers writes: "Velocity Ultra is a shoot em up puzzler by Curve Studios (Stealth Inc.) and FuturLab (Coconut Dodge). Players will fly a Quarp Jet capable of teleporting around in space as they rescue stranded crew members, fight their way through dangerous enemies, and solve devious puzzles. The game is currently comprised of fifty levels."



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News::The Edge awards 2013: best game

For all the hype surrounding a new generation of consoles, 2013 demonstrated that mastery over the form is more significant than the number of particles pushed onto screens. The vast world of Los Santos layered glistening beauty upon gruelling grit, while The Last Of Us cut through an overcrowded genre with a refined script and unflinching creative vision. Both are standouts of a year in which big-budget games pushed at the limits of size and polish, but were otherwise content to refine genres rather than reinvent them. Again, the indie scene picked up the slack, daring to tell stories of emotional hardship and the nature of choice. But even it seemed focused on the promise of consoles to come, with a number of games slipping to 2014.



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News::Consoles Doomed to Pay High Digital Prices Forever?

Dealspwn writes: For years, PSN and XBLA gamers have been enviously staring at the generous offerings PC gamers can gorge themselves on via sites like Steam, GOG and Green Man Gaming. The ever-increasing number of sites sees regular price war over these digital titles, leaving PC gamers the clear winners for cheap games. For console gamers, its been a very different story as PlayStation and Xbox gamers have been left with one first-party option for a digital game store on their console. With only one option available, this has of course meant that there is no need for competitive prices or discounts bar the odd sale. So when I heard Amazon.co.uk had opened a beta site selling full PSN titles, I dared to hope that this could lead to games going for a little bit cheaper than the bloated prices we see every time we log onto PSN.



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News::"Joie de jeux" - Are games as fun as they used to be?

In an age of Achievement hunters and Trophy whores, its easy to say that video games as an entertainment medium have lost their luster. Its much harder to back up that claim, but the question remains: have we lost sight of what makes video games fun?



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News::Amazon Video Game Deals for the Week: 12/29 Edition

Gamerdeals: "This morning, Amazon refreshed their Year End video game deals of the week with sales and discounts on PS Vita, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, 3DS, PC and Xbox One games! Here is the rundown of their top video game deal promotions!"



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News::IncGamers Podcast #146 2013 Review

PODCAST In this end of 2013 podcast special, the IncGamers team look back on the games, technology and PC developments of the year.



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News::Review: Leviathan Episode 2: Clues of the Past | oprainfall

oprainfall's Crystal Baltimore writes: "In Episode 2, we learn a few secrets, meet some more townspeople and find out a bit more about our past. Just as last time, lets dive right in, and see what happens to Oliver through these events. We will learn a bit more about the people in his world and some of the fascinating themes the game brings to light in this episode."



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News::Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows - Review | AACG

Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows is a creative and involving, fun and beautiful in every way.



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News::Top 10 Video Game Controversies

Sometimes theyre serious, sometimes theyre stupid and sometimes theyre misleading, but they all got people talking. Today were counting down one of the highest voted topics from our suggestions page, namely all those video games that caused an uproar with parents, politicians and the media. From sexual content to graphic violence, these games had everyone rethinking who should be allowed to play. Join WatchMojo.com, as we count down the Top 10 Video Game Controversies.



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News::Hidden Audio Log Podcast - 2013 Awards Edition

In this special edition of the podcast, we figure out our Game of the Year 2013 Award categories from Best Art Style all the way to Most Anticipated Game of 2014. Get a fun behind-the-scenes look at the conversations that led to the winners of all of these categories.



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News::The SuperPhillip Central Best of 2013 Awards - Night Two

SuperPhillip Central writes, "Hello guys and gals. It's night number two of SuperPhillip Central's five night Best of 2013 Awards. We've already gone over the best soundtrack, the best presentation, and more, but if you missed out, just check out this link. For everyone who is caught up, tonight we "give out" four more awards to four more deserving nominees. Tonight we have Best New IP, Most Unexpected Surprise, Most Innovative, and Most Disappointing. We have a lot of games being represented here on our awards ceremony, so hunker down and get ready. (As a side note: Feel free to wear a dapper tuxedo or fancy dress, depending on your preference! You know, just to make the ceremony seem nicer than it actually is.)"



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News::The Wolf Among Us Review - Made For Gaming

Evan writes: " Fables belong essentially to the oral tradition; they survive by being remembered and then retold in one's own words. They can terrify, reassure, bring unease or a message of hope. Telltale Games episodic adventure The Wolf Among Us manages to play like a modern day fable, retelling the tale of Bigby with words all your own."



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News::Twenty developers you don't know, but should

Between consoles, PC, mobile and everything in between, there are so many games released today that it's impossible to keep up with everything that's coming out and it's even harder to keep up with the studios behind them. Even with a gaming public that's grown accustomed to following big developers like Valve and small studios like Double Fine, countless other studios slide under the radar. In the interest of sifting a signal from the noise, the Joystiq crew has selected 20 developers that deserve your attention. These studios are making games you should play, and their future work should be highly anticipated.



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News::The Mims: Beginning, Interesting Indiegogo Game In-Development

Ultra Unboxing - An excellent sincere scream can be just what a game requires. Mims Beginning wouldnt be half as lovely if the alien race you regulate didnt have such brilliant screams. They shriek when theyre on fire, when theyre terrified, when theyre tired. Theyre screamers and I like them for it.



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News::Guns and swords star in new Van Helsing II Concept Art

NeocoreGames keeps up its regular barrage of media with these brand new pieces of concept art illustrating some of the vast array of weapons payers can wield in their upcoming action-RPG The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II.



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News::Nerd-dom Weekly Rap-up #34 (NWR)

Well ladies and gentlemen this will be the last NWR..... for 2013 that is. You didn't think you could get ride of me that easy did you? So this week I cover the normal stuff but I have a special treat for you of epic proportion. So be sure to sit back and enjoy the show. Oh yeah do forget to this was all brought to you from Powerleveled.com so like, subscribe and comment lots of comments.



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News::Need for Speed: Rivals Review | GameGrin

A welcome alteration from the series previous all-too-familiar line of games. Rivals blends the open-world driving enjoyment with high-adrenaline, high-speed racing with challenging mission sets and battles for supremacy.



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News::League of Legends Cosplay Collection [12.25]

MMOsite: League of Legends weekly champions cosplay is here with you again. This week we present you Katarina in page one, Nidalee and Akali in page two as well as Annie in page three. Which do you think is the best one?



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News::'Master Spy' Is Attempting To Infiltrate Steam

Super intense, stealth-based platformer, 'Master Spy' is set to deliver a classic twitch-based platforming experience full of mystery, backstabbing, and murder!



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News::Was 2013 a Good Year for Video Games?

2013 has been a big year for video games, with a lot of major releases and a bunch of 3DS games and generation 8 finally starting, but was 2013 a good year?



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News::Abducted Probes Episodic Horror

A new episodic horror-adventure for the iOS, PC, Mac, Linux has just been released. Check out the launch trailer.



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News::Gaming for Good Raised Over $10 Million for Save the Children

Tis the season for giving and boy did you guys give, to the tune of $10,070,602. As of this week Gaming for Good, the charity organization overseen by Bachir Boumaaza (Athene) raised the funds for global youth advocacy group Save the Children.



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News::I Got Gameplay Ep 55 - X-Mas Game Grumps

Episode 55 of the I Got Gameplay podcast is now online. In this episode, Michael Burhan, Miguel Leon, Travis Goss, Xander Skullion, Zack Latour, Jeff Croop, and Braeden Mayhew discuss their favorite Christmas games and gaming moments, the Nostalgia Critic, and the Angry Video Game Nerd.



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News::Legacy of Kain: Nosgoth Weapons and Character Art

Square Enix and Psyonixs third-person multiplayer combat game receives a fresh batch of artwork today, showing off some of the human characters and the varied weaponry at their disposal in their conflict against the powerful vampires.



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News::ChristCenteredGamer The Walking Dead Season 2 review

The story so far is good and we look forward to the remaining episodes. Any fan of the TV show or previous game will enjoy this entry. If you do decide to check this game out, make sure that children are not around with the graphic imagery and extremely foul language.



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News::Hearthstone Heroes: Is Hearthstone Pay To Win?

For those of you who opted into the Hearthstone closed beta before the 16th December, congratulations! Why? You should have somewhere in your emails an invitation to the Hearthstone beta. If you havent checked your email yet then do and remember to check your junk mail as the invitation could be in there.



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