News::Video: Let's Play DayZ: Bromance turns to tragedy

EuroGamer - If you've subscribed to our Twitch channel, you may have seen that Ian has been live-streaming the DayZ alpha for several hours a day for the last few days. In the moments



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News::How do Valve's new Steam Machines compare to each other?

GamesRadar - Valve made waves at CES this year when it finally revealed the hardware that will underpin its SteamOS initiative. In a press event at the show, Valve introduced a baker's dozen of shiny new boxes from the likes of Alienware, Origin PC, Digital Storm, and more. Better yet, we got to learn what was inside the machines, as many of the manufacturers came to CES ready to give details.



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News::SpawnFirst Super-Show LiveStream: Broken Age, Estranged, and The Banner Saga

The SpawnFirst Super-Show is live with host James Black. He's playing Estranged, The Banner Saga, and Broken Age.



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News::Bungie Talks Destiny - Januarycast Notes

Bungie has posted their first podcast of 2014 and it is packed with great information about Destiny. If you don't have time to listen to the podcast, check out our notes about investment, progression and competitive multiplayer after the jump.



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News::Enemy Front Marks The Return Of The WW2 Shooter- Published By Namco Bandai.

While, Enemy Front isnt exactly treading new ground seeing as though its another military first person shooter touting pretty realistic graphics.yippe. The only thing that kind of sets it apart from the slew of shooters is that it takes place in World War 2..again. Releasing out for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the spring of this year. The game features close quarters combat; class-driven, cover-based enemy behavior; vehicular bosses; destructible environments; multiple mission types such as sabotage, espionage, assassination and assault; gameplay customization; authentic weaponry as well as exaggerated, over-the-top weapon effects; and faithfully recreated theatres of conflict including France, Norway, Greece and Poland.



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News::Nvidia Now Selling DIY G-Sync Upgrade Kits for Asus VG248QE Monitors

Maximum PC: Nvidia in October of last year unveiled its G-Sync monitor technology intended to reduce stutter, lag, tearing, and other unwanted effects associated with synching a monitor's refresh rate with the GPU. The company's goal is to integrate G-Sync into third-party monitors, though for a limited time, Nvidia is offering a G-Sync DIY upgrade kit that works with (and only with) Asus's 24-inch VG248QE display.



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News::Volume Concept Art

The latest game from 'Thomas Was Alone' developer Mike Bithell, is gaining speed. Oli takes a look at some of the concept art being used in this Robin Hood inspired title.



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News::Blizzard will allow players to buy level 90 boosts in World of Warcraft

Blizzard will be offering a new service for players new to World of Warcraft, or for players that are simply bored of leveling up alts. According to a post on the World of Warcraft blog, players of the popular MMORPG will be able to buy their way to level 90 instantly. This feature will be coming to the games test servers soon...



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News::PC Tech Comparison: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

EuroGamer - After little more than the odd, teasing tweet from Hideo Kojima to show for its vital signs, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance arrives as a competent, if not entirely awe-inspiring port to PC. It's been almost a year since the PS3 and 360 releases, and so expectations are high for the esteemed Platinum Games to deliver more than just a barebones port of its latest hack-and-slash success. However, the lack of previous PC releases from the company over the last generation makes this a daring first attempt at the practise - with a mixture of results that mostly point to the positive.



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News::GameStop ad (1/17 1/19) weekend deals

GameStop is initiating a particular round of offers applying to this weekend only.



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News::Broken Age Soundtrack Available Alongside Game's Launch

Hardcore Gamer: Those who didn't help fund the project will be able to finally start playing on January 28th. The official soundtrack is also set to be made available.



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News::Broken Age (Act 1) Review | Hardcore Gamer

Hardcore Gamer: Its official. We can now count Double Fine among the developers who have stolen from Broken Sword wholesale or half-sale, if you want to be fair and also accurate. With Broken Age Act 1, Tim Schafer has unapologetically copied exactly half of Charles Cecils title, half of his two-part episodic structure (and Id wager hell copy the other half soon enough), and the entire concept of selling a traditional point and click adventure that was funded through Kickstarter. Some might argue that Schafer launched his campaign half a year before Cecil, and that in fact Revolution might not have tried to Kickstart at all if not for Double Fines success, but this is balderdash. Revolution Software went to market a whole two months ago, and since a game only exists once its being sold, all who followed them must be imitators. QED.



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News::Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PC) Review | Saving Content

Excerpt: "The game is an Ultimate Edition of sorts, seen with the recent PC release of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. As it includes all DLC such as: Blade Wolf, Jetstream, and VR Missions. It also includes pre-order DLC and costumes for Raiden: White Armor, Inferno Armor, Commando Armor, Raidens MGS4 body, and even the Cyborg Ninja using the in-game currency, BP (Battle Points). Graphics are sharper, the game still runs at 60fps (seemingly locked, and unless theres a hack, wont go above this framerate). There are some new options to allow for more cuts when slicing up enemies. The end result is a prettier game, but the textures in many areas do not look good both in motion, or up-close. But this can be easily overlooked."



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News::The trademark for Star Wars 1313 has been abandoned, according to the mark's filing with the U.S.

News::Titanfall Direct Feed Alpha Gameplay Video Shows Weapons, Options and a Lot of Action

A new video from the alpha of Titanfall has surfaced, giving a great overview on the weapons and equipment options of soldiers and titans, and a lot of action.



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News::This Gentleman is Rather Upset He Was Not Invited to Titanfall's Beta

Kotaku - What happens when you don't get a beta key for Titanfall? Well, you pack a lipper, grab the camera and go to YouTube to sound your barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. (Audio definitely NSFW. Use headphones.)



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News::Epic Games is Hiring for Fortnite, and Possibly New IP

Colton Stuery reports: "Epic Games are hard at work on their next big blockbuster, Fortnite, according to several job listings that have been posted to LinkedIn. The jobs include UX Designer, Concept Artist, and Producer, all for their main office in Cary, North Carolina. The Concept Artist and Producer job descriptions both mention Epics upcoming game Fortnite, but, interestingly enough, the UX Designer description is the only job lacking a specific game to focus on, possibly implying a new IP is in the works."



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News::Nidhogg Review | Hardcore Gamer

Hardcore Gamer: Nidhogg might have just hit Steam, but it has already been around the block a few times, snapping up awards at trade shows over the years. Some gamers were able to play it months and even years before it arrived on everyones favorite digital distributor. Now that its out, players can finally see what the fuss was all about and if the the drawn out hype was worth it.



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News::The 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2014

Paste Magazine's game editors look at the ten games they're most excited about for 2014.



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News::Titanfall Gets Rated by ESRB: Mentions Violence, Gore, Bodies Blown Apart and Titan Punching

Today the ESRB rated the upcoming shooter Titanfall, that will be released soon for PC, Xbox One and Xbox 360. Of course the title was rated mature, with quite a bit of info on the level of violence you can expect.



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News::Slapped Together Rambo Game Trailer is Hilariously Awful

Hardcore Gamer: Rambo: The Video Game is an upcoming game based on the first three movies, which were based on the three books, which surprisingly enough were based on the breakfast cereal Captain Crunch. A trailer was released for the game today meant to show off multiple gameplay segments, and I have to think at least three people are getting fired. This is a coordinated effort of mistakes from someone at the company warning us not to buy this game. Think of all the things that a trailer can do to get you excited for a game. Then watch instead what this trailer put together and remember that they are probably trying to actually sell you on buying this. Maybe. Im not even sure of that anymore.



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News::Stick It To The Man! PS3 Review | RGN

Jon of RGN writes, "Stick It To The Man! is an interesting platformer / puzzle game in which players take on a main character Ray, who after a mysterious head injury can now read minds. Everything opens up with a subliminal dream sequence which may be taken as a metaphor preluding to later events as players get the character to awaken himself from the dream and discover a parasite of some sort within the brain."



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News::Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PC) Review | We Got This Covered

We Got This Covered's review for the PC edition of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.



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News::Alien: Isolation and Creative Assemblys bid to save big budget survival horror

EDGE - Survival horror is a genre in decline, though that deterioration has been slowed in recent years by independent developers and the likes of Outlast and Amnesia. Creative Assemblys Alien: Isolation mirrors those independent horror games in many ways, and the studio is adamant theres room for a megabudget survival horror game in the absence of competition from the genres former big names.



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News::Skylander: Swap Force and Call of Duty: Ghosts Continue Sales Dominance

Activision has released a press releases which claims continued sales domination for Skyland: Swap Force and Call of Duty: Ghosts especially amongst the Playstation 4 and Xbox One systems.



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News::Teotl Studios Reveals Its "Survival" "Sci-fi" and "Discovery" Unreal Engine 4-powered Game, Solus

Teotl Studios has revealed its new survival sci-fi discovery game that will be powered by Unreal Engine 4 and will be called Solus.



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News::Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag - How to Destroy Multiple Ships

Bryan Dawson (Prima Games): Naval combat is one of the biggest gameplay aspects of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. Whether you need loot to upgrade the Jackdaw, you're trying to expand your territory, or you just want to level a few AI ships, you're going to be partaking in a lot of naval combat. It's not uncommon to find multiple ships in close proximity, meaning you'll have to deal with all of those ships at once, even if you only want the cargo from a single ship. So let's cover a few basic tips on how best to deal with engaging multiple ships at once.



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News::Rust Guide: How to Survive in the Game

Unigamesity writes: "Open world, no rules, pure survival. This is the trend of PC games and I am sure were going to see bigger and better. It was all started by DayZ, a game thats kind of stagnating right now, and its all taken to the next level by Rust. But with crafting involved and wild animals and the same unpredictable players how do you survive in Rust?"



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News::A Brand New SaGa Game in the Works

At One Night Re:Birth Again concert, Akitoshi Kawazu announced that theyre working on a brand new entry! They didnt reveal any specific information on the game or its release platforms but well be hearing more later this year.



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News::Hidden Audio Log Podcast - Episode 31

Isaac Wagner: "Over the short break we took from podcastin', we played a hell of a lot of videos games. Before that we get into some of the more interesting news stuff like...the new Titanfall Xbox One controller...but then it's video game city, baby! Some of the big stuff includes the likes of: Peggle 2, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Halo: Spartan Assault, Metal Gear Rising, Mars: War Logs, Unearthed, The Walking Dead Seasons 2 - Episode 1, Takedown Red Sabre, The Banner Saga, and much more!"



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News::EA Might Have Restricted Titanfall Alpha Handed out with Titanfall Pre-orders

Karam Elahi writes: "On Twitter, @NeoZatan asked Vince Zampella a pretty logical question about the Titanfall Alpha. He asked on why the game wasnt given out to anyone who pre-ordered the game. Zampella actually agreed with the statement, implying that if it were up to him, he would have offered it along with pre-orders. Such is the confidence that Zampella has about his and Respawns mind-child."



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News::ShopTo Podcast Episode 11

ShopTo: It's time for the ShopTo Podcast Episode 11. We're back after the Xmas break and had plenty to talk about, including Forza Horizon 2 rumours, Titanfall and console sales numbers. We also took time to discuss what games would make the most bizarre movies, what Nintendo should do next and some other topics too.



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News::The best stuff on Destructoid this week [1/18]

Selamat pagi, homies!

We post a lot of articles here at Destructoid. The endless, ouroboros news cycle has us burning the snake at both ends, which will ultimately push big news, thoughtful original pieces, and all sorts of other great content off of the front page.

Every Saturday, I'm going to bring you a sort of "best of the week." The stories you might have missed. The stories you should be reading.

This was last week's. Let's begin anew.

Read more...



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News::Grand Theft Auto Online Has an Unofficial 'Combat Photographer'

News::New NBA 2K14 Roster Reflects Rondo's Return and New Signings

The latest NBA 2K14 roster from 2K Sports is now available for download, featuring team rotations accurate as of January 18th, 2014. Rajon Rondo, who tore the ACL in his knee a year ago, returned to action and can now be used in the Boston Celtics roster.



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News::Thief: Criminal Screenshots Whats New?

Square Enix has released new Thief screenshots two days ago. This content entitled as Criminal Screenshots features a series of different environments and characters, but was this announcement another ordinary teasing act or is there something new this time? Apparently, the release of this screenshot pack had just one purpose the assurance that Thief will deliver spectacular visuals with realistic effects



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News::GOMO Review | RGN

Matt of RGN writes, "Gomo is an indie point and click adventure game by Fishcow Studios starring a silent stuffed animal character named Gomo on a journey to rescue his dog Dingo from aliens. It is available on Steam, GamersGate, Gog.COM and Desura and can be played on both Windows and Mac with Linux support planned. The game is controlled purely by mouse. You can play a demo of the game via the games website but to play the full story and its mini-games, you must purchase the game."



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News::Start Replay The Walking Dead Season 2 EP 1 Review

The Walking Dead returns with its anticipated season 2. After the events of season 1, how is Clementine holding up? Also, do TellTale keep up the quality seen before?



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News::Nidhogg review | CheatMasters

avoiderdragon: Most fighting games are about hitting the other guy until his life is all gone, which is the established norm that could use some tweaking. Adding some mobility though makes it more dynamic and unpredictable, which is what has been done to this game. With more room to run around and a different goal from just killing your opponent while having infinite llives, this game was designed for tons of multiplayer fun.



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News::SUPER SMASH WARS 2: The Empire Smashes Back Is The Coolest Thing You'll See This Weekend

DSOGaming writes: "April Pesa has informed us about an incredible mashup created by James Farr between the Star Wars franchise and Nintendos characters. "



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News::Metal Gear Rising Revengeance PC Review | RGN

Garet of RGN writes, "Metal Gear Rising Revengeance first appeared on consoles over a year ago, but has finally arrived for PC. It now plays in 60 FPS and 1080P, that is if your rig can handle that. Although, I do highly recommended playing this game with a controller instead of a keyboard and mouse because the way the control mechanics work, it is difficult to play with keys. This is definitely a great game, but it does still have some of the flaws that the console versions have. With that said, it is still an amazing game to freshen things up for the PC gaming community."



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News::Gunman Clive Review | RGN

DJ Killzown Jones of RGN writes, "Gunman Clive is a 2D Side-Scrolling Shooter from Hörberg Productions. Clive is a Cowboy in 18XX that is tasked to save Mayor Johnsons daughter and the old west from the criminals that have taken over the land. Gunman Clives 16 levels are all in a unique hand drawn/sketch that is different from anything else on the market. The player uses the arrow keys to move and the Z key to jump and the x key to shoot . The Outlaws that face Clive come in small waves but are separated by a bevy of platforming elements such as ladders, boxes, moving platforms, trap doors and more."



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News::ChristCenteredGamer Broken Age review

Broken Age is one of the most successful Kickstarters to date with over 3.3 million raised from their $400K goal. ChristCenteredGamer was one of the proud backers and gained access to the beta of which this review is based on.



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News::New Screenshots, Concept Art issued for Starpoint Gemini II

Little Green Men Games upcoming space action-simulation incorporating RPG elements gets a bunch of new images, consisting of screenshots as well as artwork from Starpoint Gemini II.



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News::25 Games That Will Push Graphical Boundaries In 2014

"The following list of upcoming games for 2014 is just for those of you folk who stop playing the game for a bit and go nuts over how ravishing those dust particles floating about in the sunlight streaming through the tiny crack in the dark room look while your character takes brutal blows from an Ogres cudgel, or how amazingly intricate the huge fissure on the mountain 700 feet away from you looks while youre falling down to your death."



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News::Let's Play: Broken Age Act 1

Posted by Colm Ahern The Kickstarter that made Kickstarter famous within gaming circles has finally come to fruition. Well, half of it, anyway. Originally known to the masses as Double Fine Adventure, Broken Age Act 1 is done and coming to Steam on January 28.



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News::Bound by Flame gets a ton of concept art illustrating characters and environments

Spiders Studios have issued a ton of concept artwork from Bound by Flame, their combat RPG being developed for the PC, Xbox 360, PS3 and PS4, in which players step into the boots of a mercenary with a flame demon inside.



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News::The Banner Saga Review - SelectButton

SelectButton: "Humans and Varls bring a caravan on a journey, that will have them face The Dredge and brigands. The Banner Saga is an an epic story of hope and survival."



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News::Dark Souls II to become a Teen game?

Dark Souls II has been given a Teen rating. What does this mean for the sequel?



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News::Elder scrolls online closed BETA impressions

Elder scrolls online is one of the most eagerly anticipated massive online games of 2014, so how is it shaping up three months from release?



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