Wednesday, April 30, 2014

News::We Are Doomed Review | Hardcore Gamer

It's hard to go wrong with a good twin-stick shooter. Run around an arena with an overpowered gun, shoot lots of baddies, survive to do it again until the war of attrition blows through your life stock. We Are Doomed follows this pattern to a T, but does it in a perfectly-paced arcade challenge that imprints its own unique style on the well-used formula.



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News::Coke's Arcade Machine Accepts Plastic Bottles Instead of Quarters

Coke's Arcade Machine Accepts Plastic Bottles Instead of Quarters


Sometimes all that's needed to encourage people to recycle is a little incentive. That's why pop cans and beer bottles have deposits, and why Coca-Cola built an arcade machine that runs on empty plastic soda bottles instead of quarters.


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News::"I definitely came out as a gamer first."


"I definitely came out as a gamer first." A new, crowdfunded documentary called Gaming in Color gives insight into the lives of LGBTQ gamers and developers. You can pay what you want (with the minimum being a dollar) to stream or download the film here.


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News::The Best Online Golf Games

Golf is an activity that is challenging, relaxing, and addictive, but unfortunately time, finances, and distance often stand in the way of enjoying the pleasures of the course. Fortunately, free online golf games exist in abundance to help satisfy the craving, and these games are addictive in their own right. The intricacies of strategy and skill are well-translated into a virtual experience in many games; others offer a more casual approach. Whether playing the full 18 holes of real, famous golf courses or focusing on angles in a whimsical miniature golf games, I find the range of options to play golf online endlessly entertaining and challenging.



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News::Craglorn Arrives On Elder Scrolls Online PTS Server

Zenimax Online Studios continue their preparations ahead of the first content update for The Elder Scrolls Online with the Public Test Server release of the highly anticipated Craglorn update



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News::Checking in with Among the Sleep | Hardcore Gamer

HG: It's been some time since I've left a demo as impressed as I was with Among the Sleep. A fresh new take on the horror genre, it's funny how a simple change in perspective can turn what is quickly becoming a tired trend of similar, both mechanically and in terms of theme, horror games and turn them on their head. Starting as an interesting idea hoping to get its footing via Kickstarter, said Kickstarter ended up being a success and now, through Steam, a demo is available. The demo, much like the Kickstarter that birthed it, seems to be a success itself and should give peace of mind to those who backed the game all those months ago.



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News::Everything you need to know about Mario Kart 8 in one video


If you've seen Steven's update on Mario Kart 8 , heard about the new Wii U system bundle, and learned about Nintendo's free-game promotion already, you're up to speed.


But there's more Mario Kart where that came from. Lots more. Nintendo released a surprise Direct presentation this morning specifically for the new game, setting the stage before it launches on May 30. My favorite part? The slow-mo mustache physics at the eight-minute mark.


Everything you need to know about Mario Kart 8 in one video screenshot






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News::Watch Sony's New Zombie MMO In Action

News::Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes swooping in to save the day this fall


Sick of playing around with Disney characters and looking to add a little more oomph to your Disney Infinity repertoire? You're in luck. Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes is launching for current-gen and last-gen systems this fall.


During an event held in Los Angeles today, Disney announced the next installment for the Infinity franchise, whose story will be penned by the prolific Brian Michael Bendis. Bendis promises that his own brand of upcoming Marvel stories will "blow your mind." But if my mind is blown, how could I ever enjoy playing around with my Loki and Thor figures? That would be difficult.


Marvel Super Heroes will feature six characters: Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, Iron Man, Hulk, and Hawkeye, for your Avengers role-playing pleasure. A Disney Infinity 2.0 starter pack will include three characters, and the one featured at the Disney event included Thor, Black Widow, and Iron Man. According to Marvel's official announcement, more than 20 new interactive figures will be released for the new Infinity universe this fall. The trailer indicates these figures could include Loki, Spider-Man, MODOK, and more.


In addition to the bushel of new characters, the world of Disney Infinity 2.0 has been expanded as well, increasing levels to 20 and adding on a new skill tree. Toy Box mode will also see improvements, including the ability to create interiors and features players can use to outfit their Toy Boxes.


If you're worried about hanging on to your progress in the original Disney Infinity, all your characters, Toy Box saves, and power discs will be backwards compatible with Disney Infinity 2.0 -- even the base. No reason to Hulk smash, unless of course you're that excited. Look for the Marvel gang to show up this fall, and prepare to squee. Even if you prefer DC (like me), they're just so cute.


Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes swooping in to save the day this fall screenshot






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News::Child of Light: The Kotaku Review

Child of Light: The Kotaku Review


What can men do against such reckless beauty, such wanton loveliness? How can a game so obviously gorgeous, so well-constructed, still tilt uneasily forward and stumble? And if a game reaches so hungrily for greatness that it trips over itself, is it enough that it reached at all?


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News::Daylight Gets NVIDIA Tech Trailer

New Daylight trailer features the NVIDIA tech.



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News::Valve abandons Dota 3

In 2010, Valve simultaneously has consigned a pair of trademarks for its Defense to the Ancients, a known mode for Warcraft III. One of these, Dota 2 has become the hero brawler which is played daily by 700,000 people. The other, Dota 3, it never materialized.



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News::Child of Light Review | Den of Geek US

Gorgeous platforming and a smart JRPG battle system form the solid groundwork of this whimsical fairytale.



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News::How A Dumb Gaming Rumor Spreads

How A Dumb Gaming Rumor Spreads


Let's take a quick trip into the strange world of video game rumors—and see how easy it is for misinformation to spread across the web.


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News::Here's a new creeptacular trailer for Murdered: Soul Suspects, the game that's like L.A.

News::Here's what the GameSpy shutdown means for Rockstar's games

Rockstar is preparing for the GameSpy Technology service closure on May 31 and while Grand Theft Auto V will remain completely unaffected, many of the company's other titles will lose stat-tracking features like leaderboards and, in some cases, online multiplayer.


For games like Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto IV, the shutdown will mean the end of Social Club support, but multiplayer thankfully isn't going anywhere. Others, such as Max Payne 3 for Mac and the PS3 version of Midnight Club Los Angeles aren't so lucky.


See the full title-by-title breakdown at the support link below.


Effect of GameSpy Closure on Past Rockstar Titles [Rockstar]


Here's what the GameSpy shutdown means for Rockstar's games screenshot






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News::Pokémon Google Maps Rewards Players Who Catch 'Em All

News::child of Light Walkthrough

The Child of Light Walkthrough will provide you with tips on completing your own playthrough.



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News::May game releases

The last month of the spring 2014 promises to be very interesting and eventful, because in May lots of projects, anticipated for a long time by many gamers of all over the world, will be released. Thats why today we have tried to gather for you only the most interesting May game releases, and we hope that even if you arent a fan of all these projects, the launch of which will take place the next month, you will find in this list at least one game for you. So read the full article in order to get to know which games will be released in May.



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News::Hearthstone Lay Your Cards Out, Review from @IM_PLAYIN

Taken from IM PLAYIN "To start, Ill state some of my previous Blizzard history I did play World of Warcraft for many years back in the day. However, by always changing my character, I was never the highest level among my peers but I definitely saw more of the classes than most. I was also a huge fan of the Warcraft RTS games which introduced me to the franchise and I still hold them up as probably the best RTS games I have played and are definitely my favorite games in the genre. Why am I telling you this? Well if you were unaware, Hearthstone uses the same lore as that of Warcraft and while having knowledge of the characters is in no way essential, it can help to make the game that little bit more special and memorable, especially if you have played both the RTS and MMO, like me."



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News::Digital High The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Free to Play Games

Entertainment Fuse: In this episode the two hosts sit down and discuss free to play games. Which are fun, which have good business models, and which feel like bad money-grabs. Timeline - Smite: 17:05 - Path of Exile: 33:09 - Villagers and Heroes: 57:04 - Dungeon Land: 1:11:12 - Dungeon Party: 1:16:35 - The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot: 1:32:44 - Loadout: 1:37:16 - Warframe: 1:46:12



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News::Appropriately Dark Screens From The Canceled World Of Darkness MMO

Appropriately Dark Screens From The Canceled World Of Darkness MMO


We didn't get to see much of CCP's World of Darkness vampire MMO before it was officially canceled earlier this month. Now that early testers are no longer worried about breaking embargo, we're still not seeing much. Damn these are some dark screenshots.


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News::Dragon Age 3: Inquisition is Content Complete, Going Alpha

Gameranx: "Dragon Age: Inquisition is content complete and is well on its way to becoming Alpha."



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News::Dota 3 Trademark Quietly Abandoned by Valve

After retaining ownership for several years, Valve has abandoned the Dota 3 trademark.



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News::Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Review (God is a Geek)

Posted by Adam Cook Imagine the perfect storm of video game dislikes. Pretend you have never played World of Warcraft (and thus know nothing about the characters), and that you vehemently dislike free-to-play, but that youre also not even particularly interested in card games. Because thats me, you see. So how exactly is it that a game combining all of those things exists and is one of the best games released so far this year?



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News::Li Li Gets Introduced in Heroes of the Storm

Blizzard has released a new trailer today featuring the character Li Li in Heroes of the Storm.



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News::Lords Of The Fallen Preview | TheGameJar

Sean Cleaver: "Lords of the Fallen has already had its share of comparisons, and its easy to see why. Being treated to a demonstration of a level following the anti-hero Harkyn, the new game from Deck 13/CI Games could easily be accused of ripping off other franchises like Dark Souls, Darksiders and the like. Even the executive producer Tomasz Gop was formerly involved in The Witcher series. So its something they freely recognise but want to distance themselves from."



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News::The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Walkthrough

Guide4GameS: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 takes place outside the events of the 2nd film in a unique story where Spider-Man discovers a larger threat to NYC that has turned the underworld upside down. Villains from the film and classic Marvel characters come together in a twisted web of adrenaline-fueled, web-slinging action.



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News::The Walking Dead: Season Two Review | Good Game

With a reputation of fine storytelling to uphold, Telltale Games are back with the second season of The Walking Dead - an episodic graphic adventure that is absolutely stunning.



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News::FIFA Ultimate Team Team of the Week (TOTW) April 30th

Each week EA Sports creates a FIFA Ultimate Team Team of the Week (TOTW) based on players in the real world that are in form for that week. Take a look at the team that will be available for one week from 30th April at 6pm.



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News::Child Of Light Review | Gamester 81

On this episode of 3killabytes, Jay and Kat review Child of Light.



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News::Techland pushing Hellraid to PS4 and Xbox One


Techland's first-person skeleton-smasher Hellraid has returned after a delay with news that it will now release for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 instead of last-generation consoles. It's being moved to Dying Light 's Chrome Engine 6 and isn't coming until 2015, so the move makes sense.


One aspect of the re-reveal I'm less into is that Techland plans to put Hellraid on Steam Early Access this autumn before the full PC release happens next year. I don't know how I feel about a studio like this going that route, to be frank. Feels odd.


The game does look like a stupidly good time, though, particularly with co-op. Techland says this new-and-improved Hellraid has been overhauled -- it's not just a visual upgrade -- and I'm hoping it will now be able to not only meet but exceed expectations. Skeletons.


Techland pushing Hellraid to PS4 and Xbox One screenshot






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News::A Link Between Snakes: check out this awesome artwork that applies the powers from A Link Between Wo


A Link Between Snakes: check out this awesome artwork that applies the powers from A Link Between Worlds to Metal Gear Solid—it's by Asif Siddiky and it'll be displayed in anaglyphic 3D at the Comics vs Games 3D Gallery in Toronto. (Via Tiny Cartridge)


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