News::The Top Games of the 7th Generation of Video Games

A huge feature in which each member of the Gamer Horizon crew list off their top games of the generation, followed by a final list made up of the best games from each of their lists.



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News::Best Fighter of 2013

gamrReview's Brent Galietti: "Fighting game enthusiasts have been taking each other on in big tournaments long before the terms "MOBA" and "eSports" came about and have been around since the days when arcades were a global phenomenon. This year was a bit quieter than last year, but the genre still produced some great titles."



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News::New Square Enix teaser site gives Jan. 8 date

Gloops! Gloops! What a great name. They say it's a combination of global and loop. I like to keep it simple -- it rhymes with poop and sounds funny.

Destiny-viii.jp is a new teaser page posted today. This co-production between mobile game publisher gloops and Square Enix is coming January 8, 2014. It's probably a mobile thing, right? Any ideas? Does the URL give you any clues?

Read more...



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News::The Mysterious Cities of Gold: Secret Paths Review | Z-Giochi

Faithful to the story-line and art style of the famous Mysterious Cities of Gold anime cartoon, Secret Paths lets you dig deep in this wonderful cross-media universe. You get to play with all the main characters, and each hero has his own set of qualities that you will need to use smartly when approaching the different challenges.



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News::How would you grade the 2013 Gaming Year?

Critically Sane's staff each takes a swing at grading 2013 in gaming.



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News::Ballpoint Universe: Infinite Review Perpetual Picturesque Pleasure | Twinfinite

Chaz at Twinfinite writes, Ballpoint Universe by Arachnid Games is an intriguing title in its own right; with art done entirely in ballpoint pen and good old-fashioned arcade action wrapped in some RPG-style story, theres a lot that this great little game has to offer. Throw in the extras offered with the Steam Greenlight-released Ballpoint Universe: Infinite, and youve got hours of endless doodle mayhem and fun.



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News::So Long 2013 Bring On 2014

The Die4Games team choose our highlights from 2013 and what we are looking forward to playing in 2014.



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News::Games Like League of Legends (LoL)

League of Legends is a free to play multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Check Our list of MOBA games like League of Legends (LoL) which offers similar gameplay.



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News::AMD Bundles Battlefield 4 With Kaveri APU

HardwarePal : AMD will now be bundling their upcoming APU Kaveri with the fps game Battlefield 4. AMD is already running a similar bundle with their latest generation R9 series GPUs, but now it will be further expanded with their upcoming APUs.



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News::Early Access Impressions: Dungeon of the Endless

The alpha release of this perma-death, dungeon defence game shows uniqueness and promise for the future



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News::The Novelist: Stealth and Healing- Kill Streak Media Review

The Novelist is a wonderful game. It takes stealth, and allows you to help and nourish, instead of assassinating and killing. The story is heartwarming, and you can't help but get caught up with the family and their dilemma. It can get very emotional.



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News::Five Great Games You Probably Didn't Play in 2013

GodisaGeek: "With all the AAA releases this year and, of course, the launch of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, its been a difficult 12 months for smaller games but there have been some absolute gems, particularly in the indie vein. Heres a quick round-up of five games released this year that we feel you really should have played, but probably overlooked. Add them to your pile of shame, and sort it out."



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News::Horizon Preview | Geekenstein

"Gaming treads come and go, but it looks like some might be sticking. While we say goodbye to the Year of Luigi, I cant help but smile and remember the Year of the Bow before it. With my sequestered love for bows followed by my undying love for men in green, I cant help but look forward to the surprises 2014 has in store for me. If the current trend is any indication, it looks like 2014 is shaping up to be the Year of Space thanks to Entropy, Planetary Annihilation, and an upcoming turn-based space strategy game from L3O Interactive and Iceberg Interactive. It seems like 2014 might fulfill all of our exploring, expanding, exploiting and exterminating (4X) needs. Horizon is a turn-based empire builder of astronomical proportions that feels like its straight out of the 90s." - Dustin Triplett of Geekenstein



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News::ArcheAge RU Last chance to enter CBT on January 3rd

If you wanted to take part in the Russian Closed Beta and you missed your first chance fear not because Mail.ru will reopen the service on January 3, 2014 at 12:00 Moscow time. This second wave of Early Access will end in the same day at 21:00 MSK.



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News::This Is What Deus Ex: Human Revolution Could Look Like In CRYENGINE

DSOGaming writes: "CRYENGINE modder .gametime. has created the following scene; a scene based on Grypharts concept art for Deus Ex: Human Revolution."



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News::How Battlefield 4 won my heart over Call of Duty: Ghosts

GameZone's Matt Liebl writes, "Back in November, I posed the question "Has Battlefield finally beaten Call of Duty?" Admittedly, it may have been a bit premature, as both games were relatively new at the time, but it's a question that seems to arise every year. It's not necessarily always Battlefield versus CoD, but usually whatever the year's challenger is. For some reason, it seems the industry is eager to see Activision's odds-defying shooting lose its crown. But while the same question is asked every year, it's usually the same answer: Call of Duty remains the top dog."



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News::Farmington Tales 2: Winter Crop - Review | AACG

With a little bit of each genre, Farmington Tales 2 should have enough to satisfy all types of players.



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News::ChristCenteredGamer Drox Operative: Invasion of the Ancients review

All in all, the expansion does provide a bit of a freshener to the basic Drox Operative game. If you enjoyed the original, you will likely enjoy the new features and quests. The new Scavenger race is a joy to play. However, if youre more of a story-driven roleplayer, or didnt find Drox Operative to be that entertaining, then youll probably want to pass on the expansion.



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News::Velocity Ultra Review | Hardcore Gamer

Hardcore Gamer: The shootem up genre (or shmup) is just about as old video games themselves. As video games have evolved, the genre has fluctuated in popularity and recognition, but it has never gone away. With so many classic shmups available on pretty much every system capable of playing video games, new games typically need something unique to set them apart from all the others in the genre. Velocity, originally released on Playstation Network and now making its way to Steam under the title Velocity Ultra, is a very basic vertical scrolling space shooter with a handful of fairly original gameplay and design elements.



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News::Pixel Apocalypse Plays: Battlefield 4 Rogue Transmission

Welcome to Pixel Apocalypses new video series aptly titled Pixel Apocalypse Plays. The premise is very simple. I play a game while capturing video from said playing while giving my thoughts on the game itself, life, love, politics, the festering ambiguity of todays youth,whatever pops into my head really. So sit back and enjoy the irrelevance my friends, as Pixel Apocalypse plays Battlefield 4 Rogue Transmission!



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News::Jeff Vogel: On Becoming a Game Designer: So You Want to Work in Video Games: Hardcore Droid

Since Pong was invented in the 1970s (which was, according to Wikipedia, in the previous millennium), Jeff Vogel has been obsessed with video games. Jeff was a nerdy kid. Vogel played them throughout his childhood. As soon as he learned to program in BASIC, he began to write games. Of course, in the beginning, they were terrible, but he was blessed with persistence and perfecting any craft takes time. He'd write a game, throw it away, then wrote another. At the time, it was just a hobby. Making it a real career never occurred to him. He followed other paths.



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News::How the Biggest Kickstarter in Games History is Bringing Torment Back

Torment: Tides of Numenera was the fastest and highest grossing games Kickstarter. Paste talked to Inxile over several months about the sequel to Planescape: Torment.



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News::High-Res Artwork of Bane, Electrocutioner from Batman Arkham Origins

Here we have a couple of new images today depicting familiar enemies the Caped Crusader faces in his recent videogame outing; Bane and Electrocutioner are but two of the interesting opponents players must defeat in Batman: Arkham Origins.



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News::Perfect World Entertainment MMOs Coming To Console

Perfect World Entertainment, a leading publisher of free-to-play online MMO games, today announced the forming of a brand new department aimed at taking PWE's biggest MMO games to both current and next-generation consoles.



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News::Nasa takes gaming tech into space

Technologies made for videogames could be implemented aboard the International Space Station.



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News::Project CARS - New Stunning Screenshots

Slightly Mad Studios has released a new set of screenshots for its upcoming racer, Project CARS.



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News::Jo Sang Hi Promotes World of Tanks at G-STAR 2013 Video Game Expo

Korean model Jo Sang Hi showed up at the G-STAR 2013 video game expo in a sexy military outfit for the promotion of World of Tanks. Here is a gallery.



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News::Chinas game market took in $13 billion in 2013, PC games generate way more than mobile

Games in Asia: Ever wonder what Chinas video game market is worth? About 83.17 billion RMB ($13 billion), according to Chinas GPC, a committee that tracks and oversees the games industry, and gaming site 17173. Thats the total amount the industry brought in in revenues this year, and it represents nearly 40 percent year-on-year growth. Chinas games industry is growing like a weed, and heres the chart to prove it:



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News::Battlefield 4 Connectivity And Netcode Issues On All Platforms

Dice has released a lot of patches for Battlefield 4 but it's still far from perfect. The latest patch released on 20 Dec brings back lag, lag spikes, frame drops and a bug that is causing crashes on the xbox 360. Dice is currently monitoring these issues to find a solution.



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News::Gamer Chatter Podcast - Episode: 47 The Big Year End Show

Edward and Tim kick off the big end of the year show! There will not be a show for the next two weeks due to the holidays and for Edward and Tim to have a nice little break and enjoy some family and game time. The community question is: What was your top 5 games this year? A lot of great answers were given. Tim announces the winner to the Gran Turismo 6 contest, the two boys go over their best gaming moments of the week and of course go off track and talk other things! So please enjoy the show and we will see you all next year!



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News::Zombie Survival With A Twist Last Of Humanity

We've reached a point in MMO gaming where it's the turn of the survival MMO to dominate and with the likes of DayZ, Nether and 7 Days To Die on offer, there's no shortage of choice. However, another online zombie survival game is in the works, Last of Humanity.



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News::Battlefield 4 - Taking on vehicles as an engineer!

So you have decided to run with the engineer kit and unsure how to efficiently engage the enemy ground vehicles? Then this is these are the Battlefield 4 tips for you.



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News::Four reasons as to why Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is underrated

Poor old Chineseroom. After the release of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, the small indie developer got a whole lotta flack from the gaming community. Some said the games lack of tangible mechanics (actually, the only extant mechanics were tangible ones) meant that it wasnt a game. Others claimed the lack of scares and jumps merely meant it was a bad game, whilst the silent minority plodded through, enthralled by the nuance The Chinese Room are becoming known for.



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News::25 videogames heading to the movies

During the past ten years, we've seen a lot of experiences of others successful largely tried to bring months video games to the world of cinema, working on a range of films, some adapted quote from video games, and others saw a twist in the story, whether it is for better or worst, it is also did not intercede for the success of the artwork in the end.



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News::Latest Battlefield 4 Premium-Only Double XP Event Postponed

Those who shelled out the extra cash to pick up the Premium membership for Battlefield 4 are in for a bit of a bad news. The Premium Double XP event that was initially set to go live on December 29 has apparently been postponed until a later date, according to a message that appears on the Battlelog. It reads the following: THE END OF DECEMBER 2XP EVENT FOR PREMIUM MEMBERS HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL BE RUN AT A LATER DATE. STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.



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News::Tomb Raider "GOTY" Edition Spotted In Steam's Registry

DSOGaming writes: "Spotted by our reader Peleau dareka, Tomb Raider GOTY can be found in Steams registry and as we all know, Steams registry rarely lies."



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News::The Future of Resident Evil

A collection of news regarding the Resident Evil Franchise and a prediction of what Resident Evil's future title (presumably 7) will be like.



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News::iLLGaming Awards - Best Platform Specific Games of 2013

iLLGaming picks out the best games of 2013 on the PS3, PC, Xbox 360 and Android/iOS.



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News::"DooM the mercenaries" Mod 92% Complete, New Footage Unveiled

DSOGaming writes: "Our reader 'Cristian Fabian Munoz Isla' has shared with us a new video for his 'DooM the mercenaries' mod. As Cristian told us, this mod is 92% complete."



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News::Worst PC Game Launches of 2013

IncGamers relives the most incompetent, heartbreaking and downright contemptible PC launches of the year. Plus, your chance to vote on the worst game.



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News::Amazon New Years Eve Special

Amazon has a over a handful of specials for all consoles along with games.



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News::Top Ten Games of 2013

This is it people! Hidden Audio Log's Top Ten Games of 2013. It turns out that there were some pretty OK games that came out this year.



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News::Battlefield 4 The Land Of Broken Games And Broken Promises

Dylan Z of iGR writes: "Just sit right back and youll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful game. That released on October 29th, aboard PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. No, this isnt Gilligans Island, but it sure as hell is a shipwreck."



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News::CalmDownToms GOTY Awards 2013

"Ok, enough messing around. Heres the final CDT Top 10 Games of the Year, as chosen by the CDT writing team. Its a collaborative effort, and in this, the last article of 2013, we give you a list we all worked hard on!" Says CalmDownTom



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News::Christine Love Announces Newest Visual Novel

Hardcore Gamer: Visual novels are a genre of games that have finally started to work their way into the lives of Western gamers.



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News::Five games to tide you over until Mass Effect 4

GamingTrend.com editor Sean Lama suggests five games to occupy your time while you wait for the next title in the beloved Mass Effect series.



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News::UK Charts Reveals the Most Sold Game for Christmas

UK video game charts presented the most wanted games of the last 2013 week, introducing top 10 sales.



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News::The Worst and Most Disappointing Games of 2013

BT writes: "2013 was a brilliant year. We enjoyed tons of great games, met a bunch of interesting new people, and just generally received a bounty of diverse creativity. Unfortunately, there were more than a few missteps as well."



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News::Heroine's Quest Released For Free

Hardcore Gamer: The game features multiple character classes, each with their own unique side quests, 32 voice acted characters with animated portraits, over a hundred hand-painted backgrounds, thousands of sprite animations, and plenty of optional quests with alternative solutions for replayability.



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News::Patrick's top 5 games of 2013

Patrick Carr from OmniGamer lists his top five games of 2013.



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