Sunday, February 9, 2014

News::Amazon Video Game Deals of the Week: February 9th Edition

Gamerdeals: "Amazon Video Game Deals of the Week! 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!"



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News::Dawn of the Plow Review | Gamezebo

Tom Christiansen reviews Dawn of the Plow for Gamezebo.



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News::This Month's RPG Releases - Shop Watch February 2014

RPGLand tells of this month's titles of note for role-playing fans, saying, "Really, February starts off the year for RPGs much better than January." Watch out especially for Bravely Default, Tales of Symphonia Chronicles, and Fable Anniversary.



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News::Exploring Drangleic The Opening Hours of Dark Souls 2 | Start Replay

We sent Matt to the Bandai Namco offices to play three hours of Dark Souls 2. Question is, was he impressed with what he saw? Check out this detailed analysis from not only a huge Dark Souls fan, but also an extremely skilled Dark Souls professional.



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News::Dark Souls Review - Shrewd Gamer

If you play games you have probably heard of Dark Souls. You know, intriguing, atmospheric and devilishly hard, its the type of game that people like to admire from afar and not take the risk of losing their sanity (and a couple of controllers along the way) to it. However if you do decide to take those first tentative steps into From Softwares masterpiece, you will find a world of wonder, danger and death so much death.



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News::It's OK, You Can Still Buy Flappy Bird (For $1500)

News::Hearthstone deck building guide for newbies

GiA writes: With the Season 3 beta well underway, Ive decided to take a crack at playing Hearthstone. I had the awful experience of not winning a single match on the first day, to the point where I asked myself if I should just stick to playing Flappy Bird and wave the white flag of surrender. But I chose to keep playing. After some careful thought, a wee bit of soul-searching and tons of matches against other people, I ended up creating this five-step Hearthstone deck-building guide to help other newbies like myself make a proper competitive deck. Keep in mind that this is not a definitive guide on Heartstone deck building. The aim here is to help you in your early Hearthstone matches.



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News::New Gameplay Screenshots From ESO Stress Test Showcase

The most anticipated and largest scale MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online was formally available this week. Thanks to the release of a great big batch of invitations, a large number of players won the opportunities to participate in this stress test. A lot of tester had showed off in-game screenshots online and shared them with friends. If you have yet to play ESO, why not take a look at these screenshots below to have a first impression to this upcoming MMO? Enjoy.



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News::Echo Prime Review | WGTC

We Got This Covered wrote: Sci-fi entertainment properties have a tendency to borrow from one another (be it by design or entirely by accident), and Echo Prime is a game that takes no shame in borrowing. Its simple plot, seen-before setting, and mildly sapless art style are a clear amalgamation of anything and everything youd expect to find in your run-of-the-mill sci-fi caper. Despite this, Echo Prime finds a way to not only bring reasonably original ideas to the table, but actually lift two whole thirds of an existing games title: Metroid Prime Echoes. Since this is clearly a subliminal twist of predestined fate, I propose a new idea a grand collaboration between Nintendo and the fine folks at Robot Entertainment. It will be beautiful, and when its finally done, it will be called Metroid Prime Echoes: Echo Prime. Nintendo, Robot you guys can thank me later.



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News::Putin Becomes "Gay Friendly" Figure Skater In Protest Game

News::Why Watch_Dogs Could Be Assassin's Creed In Disguise

Paraded as a unique blend of GTAs high-octane driving simulator and the stealthy trappings of Assassins Creed, Watch_Dogs both surprised and impressed as a new IP with old-school tricks upon its debut. Its only right, then, that Watch_Dogs has steadily garnered theories on par with its own conspiracy-fueled narrative.



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News::Titanfall, The Next Big Competitive Title?

Titanfall, The Next Big Competitive Title? Titanfall has had a lot of hype since 2013, it is believed that this title has the potential to be the next big competitive game. Due to its developer team background: Respawn Entertainment, who had worked on previous Call Of Duty titles, the community are hyped and hope to see a new competitive title. What is your thoughts? I believe that it has potential, however it is only released on PC and Xbox platforms. This could cause a lot of problems as there is a huge market for those who have a Playstation platform, this would cut sales compared to Call Of Duty, but does this even matter?



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News::Default Playable Male, Female Characters of Scifi post-apocalyptic RPG After Reset illustrated

Black Cloud Studios have released a few images portraying the default playable male and female characters as well as the character creation process in After Reset, their scifi post-apocalyptic RPG boasting a nonlinear story with lots of branching and varied endings.



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News::Hearthstone is the worst game you'll keep playing

A quick bit about how negative feelings towards Hearthstone's randomness and f2p quirks are blinded by its addictiveness.



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News::Top 10 Most Metal Games

Listen...with your eyes! These are the games that shredded our ears, melted our faces and behaved inappropriately like heavy metal should.



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News::What does Dungeon Keeper's creator think of EA's roundly panned mobile version?

News::7 kinds of players on the first day of Dota 2s Year Beast event

Games in Asia: "Yesterday was the first day of the Year Beast event and players were able to take part in this New Bloom Festival game mode for 24 hours. And so, from personal experience, accounts from friends, and posts from the /r/dota2 subreddit, here are seven different kinds of players on the first day of the Year Beast event. Which one are you?"



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News::Whispers in the Dark Ep. 62: You Don't Call Smashmouth Garbage, SON

Rely on Horror: On this robotic episode of the Whispers in the Dark podcast the crew talks a whole lot about the Robocop remake, Tara Reid at SeaWorld, Silent Hills 15th anniversary, Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes short runtime, and first person indie horror games.



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News::UnEpic Review | Z-Giochi

Daniel was just an average guy. He was a great videogame player, a big fan of sci-fi movies and a novice RPG player. In the midst of an RPG, he was teleported to a castle. At first, Daniel believed that he was having a massive hallucination. Eager to keep playing within the RPG to create his own adventure, he decides to go along for te ride until his delirium comes to an end.



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News::Jazzpunk Review - Made For Gaming

Evan writes: "It doesnt happen often, but it's an absolute delight when a game comes along that embraces it's whack job, screwball aesthetic and conceit but doesn't merely rely on the shock value from that alone. Jazzpunk oozes genuine humor, in both the sharp, silly writing and the bonkers events that almost never relent. "



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News::[PakGamers Podcast Season 02 Episode 03]: "It Cant be for Nothing"

A Gaming podcast show from Pakistan (mostly in English). Episode 3 is out now [PakGamers Podcast Season 02 Episode 03]: "It Cant be for Nothing" We discuss Virtual Reality, MGS: Ground Zeros, Infamous Second Son, TitanFall, Your Questions and more.



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News::How to Play the All-Star Games in NBA 2K14 PC

Edited official 2K roster for players who want to play the All-Star games in NBA 2K14 PC. After loading this roster, the East and West All-Stars will be unlocked in quick game/play now mode and appear as regular teams.



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News::Elder Scrolls Online Game Play Footage Video - New February 2014

ESOHut Writes: "ESOHut has been given the privilege of exploring the world of Tamriel within the Elder Scrolls Online early and the developers are letting us share a small fraction of our findings with everyone in our community! Thats right, this video and the rest that follow will be completely fresh new videos and footage, unseen and released anywhere else in the world."



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News::You Can Speedrun Just About Anything Even Typing of the Dead

Who knew letting people die is actually a faster way to finish the game?



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News::New Silverstone Circuit released for rFactor 2

Image Space Incorporated released a new version of their laserscanned Silverstone Circuit which is now available for download. The former air strip on the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border is the home of the British Formula One Grand Prix. In this rFactor version you can now race this Grand Prix layout as well as the International layout. The smaller National track will be added in a future release.



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News::KillHouse Games releases Door Kickers Alpha 8

KillHouse Games has released their latest build, Alpha 8, for their top down real time tactical game Door Kickers. Read this article to see the changes!



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News::Checkpoint Reached #29

This week the Checkpoint Games staff talk about a few games in the first segment which is derailed at the end with ton some movie and television talk. In the second segment in honour of the recent release of Outlast they have a lengthy discussion about horror games and what they would like to see come next.



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News::Top 5 Most Overrated Games Of The Last Decade

VideoGameDebate: "My top 5 series continues with a word in gaming that always comes under scrutiny. Overrated is usually a term used when a series or particular game is popular which is not to your own personal taste. Ive tried to separate my own thoughts and feelings and look at the facts when choosing this list. Did a game sell in its droves but was universally slated? Did people jump on a bandwagon? Was the game really just a steaming pile of crap? I asked myself these questions when choosing these games. Of course youre free to be offended if one of your faves makes this list, I still love you."



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News::Game Buzz | Episode 63 - Sonic Boom

Dealspwn writes: This week on Game Buzz we discuss SEGA's latest adventure for their spiky hedgehog in the transmedia Sonic Boom, we ask if the lack of multiplayer in The Order: 1886 really matters, we have a chat about Amazon's acquisition of Double Helix, and we have a jolly good moan about EA and Mythic's Dungeon Keeper reboot when it comes to Loser of the Week.



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News::Game Review: The Wolf Among Us Episode 2 Smoke and Mirrors | GeekedOutNation

The Wolf Among Us, by Telltale games, released its first episode in October 2013 and after a long wait, the second episode has finally arrived. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the series, it follows the story of Sheriff Bigby Wolf, Aka. The Big Bad Wolf of legend.



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News::What the Hell is The Witness? An Interview With Jonathan Blow

Gamnesia: "In a very basic sense, "[The Witness] uses the panels in a very versatile way that enables us to get around a lot of the problems that traditionally happen in this kind of adventure game." As Blow explains, there are "some common problems" that often arise in the various forms of "games where you wander around a world and solve a bunch of puzzles.""



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News::The Elder Scrolls Online Beta Preview | Explosion

Explosion writes: " The Elder Scrolls Online is the most anticipated and largest scale MMORPG since Star Wars: The Old Republic was released in 2011. With the worlds of Skyrim, Morrowind, and Daggerfall already available in a single player format with varying forms of technical achievement, The Elder Scrolls Online seeks to make all of Tamriel available to playersfrom Hammerfell to the Black Marshes. It is a devilishly ambitious undertaking, and developer Zenimax Onlinenot Bethesda Game Studios, who have been responsible for all previous Elder Scroll outings provided its first taste last weekend of a mixed product that both exceeds expectations while failing to scratch that same itch the Elder Scrolls games have long been known for."



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News::PEAK offers iRacers a chance to drive a real Stock Car

VVV: "iRacing has partnered with automobile fluids-manufacturer Peak to offer iRacers a chance to race in a real-life Stock Car. The unique opportunity comes courtesy of iRacings virtual PEAK Stock Car Dreams National Series, a special 12 week online racing series open to new and current iRacing members which runs from 1/27/2014 through 4/21/2014. Here, the successful champion will be awarded a seat in the real-life 2014 PEAK Stock Car Dream Challenge contest at Charlotte Motor Speedway in June. The winner of this three day test will then be awarded an opportunity at a PEAK sponsored ride in a K&N race."



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News::Loadout Review | We Got This Covered

Loadout is an over-the-top arena shooter that delivers an impressive arsenal of firepower for you to lay waste upon your enemies. Its a simple concept, but its one that Edge of Reality has managed to construct as a solid beginning for their venture into the realm of free-to-play. The only question that remains is whether or not Loadouts gory and comedic violence is enough to keep you coming back for more.



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News::MXGP Motocross Bobryshev gameplay video shows track deformation and first-person view

VVV: "Delivering on their promise, Milestone has released a new gameplay video for MXGP - The Official Motocross Videogame featuring Evgeny Bobryshev at Valkenswaard, which was showcased in the last batch of screenshots. The video acts as a demonstration of two key features: Track Soil Deformation and First-Person View."



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News::Telltale: The Sixth Form of Storytelling

UM writes: "The way I see it, there are five traditional ways to tell a story in modern media. 1. Film 2. Television 3. Books 4. Comics 5. Video Games And as youll note, we cover all of them here to some extent on Unreality. I suppose you could add in things like stage plays, but you get the idea. But recently, Ive found theres a sixth, very small category starting to emerge. Ill call it Telltale."



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News::Spiderduck Plays: Octodad: Dadliest Catch Episode 1

Is this what fatherhood is like? Maybe if you are an Octopus! Spiderduck's Mike "JrBeard" Hewitt is just beginning to learn what life is like for an Octopus on dry land trying to be the best father he can!



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News::This Weeks New Releases 2/9 2/15; Lightning Returns, TLOU DLC

JPS Writes: "This weeks group of new releases continue the trend of consistent releases after the lull over the holidays, including a quite full Tuesday this week. On Tuesday, we get a good number of choices, such as Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Danganronpa, Trigger Happy Havoc, and Toukiden. We have a couple new releases for old games with a Far Cry collection of games as well as a single release, plus a Silver Box edition of The Witcher 2. We also have the highly anticipated The Last of Us DLC coming at the end of the week as a Valentines gift to gamers."



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News::The Atlanta Hawks New logo leaked through a video game ?

Could NBA 2K14 be responsible for the leak of the Atlanta Hawks new (alternative) logo ? Indeed, on the Hawks Home court we can see a logo that is not the one currently used in the Philips Arena. See below soem pictures of the current logo and of the one you can find in the game.



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News::Defining Moments: A Dinner Date With Kaidan

Im glad were taking the time to do this. I could use a sanity check. Major Kaidan Alenko, Alliance Marine and Commander Shepards oldest friend and crew member sits across from him, looking at the menu and deciding what to order. Life has been pretty crazy lately for the crew of the Normandy. Its good to have a meal with an old friend, a sworn battle-brother.



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News::HonestGamers Indie Review // War of the Human Tanks

Gary Hartley says: "War is hell. Except, perhaps, for when its drowning in chibi disposable soldiers. Even then, its still kind of hellish."



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News::Review: Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD - NWTV

Meanwhile, there are already several Assassin's Creed games released. For the compact console from Sony, the PlayStation Vita, there is also a development. Assassin's Creed III: Liberation was released in 2012 for the PS Vita in 2014 and is now equipped with an HD jacket for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.



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News::Jagged Alliance: Back in Action is Set to Invade Linux and Mac on Valentines Day

According to publisher Kalypso Media, Jagged Alliance: Back in Action will release February 14th for Linux and Mac, making this military-themed strategy game a great Valentines Day gift.



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News::How to Host Your Own Minecraft Server

ClickHowTo: "the actual purpose of this article is to show you how to host you own Minecraft server"



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News::Postal 2 1413 adds Steam Cloud for all platforms and more

Majorly controversial title, Postal 2, has received a major update. The update, which launched today, adds Steam Cloud for all platforms. It also adds further vocal variety, new zipper functionality, ammo cap increases, collision fixes and achievement adjustments. Saved games from update 1412 will be compatible with 1413, but the devs recomend that if you experience crashes, you start with a new save and delete the bad save file.The full rather huge changelog, can be seen below



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News::South Park: Stick Of Truth's Achievements Reward Interesting Gameplay

South Park: The Stick of Truths Achievements have now materialised online. Good news for the flatulence lovers out there then as nine of the achievements are related to farting on evil enemies, your friends or on loveable animals. That and pooping yourself.



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News::Arkham Origins "No Plans On Releasing Another Patch" DLC To Take Priority

Arkham Origins "no plans on releasing another patch" DLC to take priority.



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News::Charlie's Chocolate Factory Recreated In CRYENGINE

DSOGaming writes: "Crydev member FunMeatPie has recreated Willy Wonkas Chocolate Room from the original book and film in CRYENGINE. FunMeatPie claims that he chose the 1971 film as inspiration as it is a childhood classic, and a chance to create something unique within the world of games."



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News::Digital High 1886 No Multiplayer, Metal Gear Length Problems, and More

Entertainment Fuse: Another week, another Digital High but with a new guest host, as well as apparently Vincents new friend, Josh. Aaron, Vincent, and Josh discuss, at great length, multiple topics while having too much fun. Find out their opinions regarding such topics as the Sonic Boom announcement, The Order: 1866 does no multiplayer hurt it, is Metal Gear too short, and much more.



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News::The Lickening - Finally, a Saliva-Based Dueling Game

Twinfinite writes, "We know you've always wanted to make out with a bear. Thanks to developer OnlySlightly, now you can in The Lickening, the first saliva-based dueling game."



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News::Recap - North American LCS: Week 4, Day 1

Nate's back on the North American LCS scene with the start of Week 4's action. Catch his summaries here.



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News::Unlikely: Sledgehammers Call of Duty game will be 3rd person

onPause writes: When Sledgehammer Games and Activison announced that the studio that helped make Modern Warfare 3 happen would be joining the Call of Duty annual game rotation, I thought immediately that their 3rd person concept and franchise spin off would be shelved or completely dead.



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News::FIFA 14 Ultimate Team Guide best French/Ligue 1 team for less than 20k coins

With an average rating of 82, this team is no slouch.



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