Thursday, February 13, 2014

News::Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 News - First Review Is In

Game Informer subscribers were lucky enough to open their mailboxes recently to peer at the mag's latest issue, which contains a brief review that stakes Lords of Shadow 2 right through the heart, declaring it about as "fresh as a whiff of garlic breath.



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News::Steam Machines will not trouble PS4 or Xbox One says developer

With the first wave of Steam Machines having been unveiled at CES 2014 last month, developer Jagex has suggested the PS4 and Xbox One have nothing to fear from the upcoming console rivals.



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News::Shufflepuck Cantina Deluxe Receives Free Oculus Rift Demo

Agharta Studios recently released Shufflepuck Cantina Deluxe has received a free update, now available with a new demo showcasing Oculus Rift headset support. This demo serves as a proof-of-concept prototype for Aghartas plan to create virtual reality adventure videogames, starting with an unannounced project currently in early development.



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News::"Titanfall" is Not "Call of Duty," and That's What Makes it So Great (Complex)

"When Jason West and Vince Zampella left Call of Duty behind them, they also threw away the rule book."



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News::Weekly GameBit Podcast Episode 14 | Deep Fried Bananas

In this edition of the Weekly GameBit Podcast, the life and death of Flappy Bird is discussed, the crew all make their personal picks for Double Fines Amnesia Fortnight, and various culinary contraptions are chastised and/or glorified. We also interview Dren McDonald of The String Arcade (interview at 00:46:23).



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News::This NBA 2K14 Space Jam Mod Is Phenomenal

It's finally happened. A Space Jam mod for NBA 2K14 appeared this week, and yes, it's just as glorious as you're hoping it is. The mod comes by way of YouTuber "MkEliteWorksX" and delightfully mashes up the 1996 film with 2K Sports' acclaimed basketball franchise. You can find details on how to download and install the mod in the video's description.



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News::Kickstarter Weekly: Darkest Dungeon and Hot Dog Heartache

Garrett from the Koalition writes: Welcome back to the 11th Kickstarter Weekly. As always, weve searched Kickstarters website for games with potential. Some of these games bring innovation to a particular genre. Other games may relive a genre's glory days . This week, we have Darkest Dungeon, an RPG that takes into consideration your characters mental well-being. We also have Hot Dog Heartache, which is a game about a hot dog who is just looking for a kitchen to call homeit might also take into consideration the hot dogs mental well-being.



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News::Titanfall Beta Codes Being Distributed and the Beta is Live

Karam Elahi writes: "Hey all. Hopefully by now you guys have received (or will be receiving) your Titanfall beta code. I just received mine for the Xbox One, and cant wait to jump into the fray! The beta is LIVE right now, so pop in that code, clean-up your mech, and get ready for a seriously fun time."



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News::Bound By Flame Gets A New Gameplay Trailer

Focus Home Interactive has released a new trailer for Spiders upcoming action RPG, Bound By Flame.



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News::Hands-on with the 3DS' F2P Steel Diver: Sub Wars

In the middle of last year Nintendo announced it would try out the whole free-to-play scheme with Steel Diver, to the collective sighs of relief from various Nintendo series fans. Now we have details on just how that pricing model is going to work, and it's a bit of an odd one.


I also got to play the new Steel Diver: Sub Wars, which is dramatically different from its 2D predecessor. This time around, it's fully 3D ship warfare with 4 versus 4 multiplayer.


Also, you can download it right now.


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News::Rusty's Real Deal Baseball: Haggle a dog to buy games

Leave it to Nintendo to make "free to play" weird.


This time, thankfully, it's my kind of weird. Rusty's Real Deal Baseball is not a baseball game. Rather, it's a compilation of baseball-themed minigames. There's a hitting minigame, for example. Perched at home with a bat, you eye a pitching machine at the slab. Then it erupts from the ground and you find that it is a man in a suit with a pitching machine for a head that pitches you the balls to hit with his man arms.


Also, there's a dog whose wife left him and you have to haggle with him to buy more minigames with real world money.


I love this game.


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News::Namco Bandai Games Announces Early Access to Black Armor Weapons Pack

Namco Bandai Games America today announced that fans who purchase the Dark Souls II Black Armor Edition or the Dark Souls II Collectors Edition will receive an exclusive voucher* allowing players to unlock early use of weapons contained in the Black Armor Weapons Pack. These items will help players as they begin their journey through the sequel of what critics and gamers call one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences in video game history. Fans will want to secure their early access to the Black Armor Weapons Pack by preordering the Dark Souls II Black Armor or Collectors Editions.



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News::Titanfall Beta codes will start arriving on Feb 14th and will continue through Feb 17th

From Feb 14 to Feb 17 the Beta Codes



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News::Warlords Raiding Mode comes with patch 6.0 of Siege of Orgrimmar!

Ion Hazzikostas a.k.a The Watcher, confirmed in tweeter that Warlord riding style will be included in patch 6.0...



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News::Most Anticipated 2014 Racing Games

Worlds Factory takes a look at some of the most anticipated racing games releasing during 2014



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News::No Titanfall on PS4 is a BIG deal. Deal with it

Gameondaily discusses Titanfall's absence on the PlayStation 4 and the insecurity it's limited exclusivity has caused for some gamers.



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News::Democracy 3: Social Engineering review | Leviathyn

Democracy 3: Social Engineering is a DLC which looks insubstantial from the surface, but look closer and youll find that the content it adds opens up a variety of new playstyles. If youre a politics buff, youll love this game. If youre not, and you dont have a crippling fear of graphs, then you might learn to.



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News::Concerning the recent Watch Dogs delay

GameZone: Stop me if youve heard this before: Watch Dogs has been delayed. Once the first example of what was possible on next-generation hardware, Ubisofts open-world action adventure is now slated to release six months after the launches of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. As for the Wii U version, well, thats another story all together.



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News::Koopalings playable for the first time in Mario Kart 8


The Koopalings will join the otherwise familiar roster of racers in Mario Kart 8 , Nintendo announced today as a part of its livestream presentation. You'll get your first chance to go behind the wheel with Bowser's seven notorious minions when the title releases for Wii U on May 30.


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News::Yoshi's New Island looks a bit better in this trailer


Yoshi's New Island is looking much better in this new trailer from today's Nintendo Direct presentation than it did in prior videos (though that's not saying a whole lot). This time around, we get to see new mechanics like metal giant eggs which allow Yoshi to sink underwater, a hyper dash move, and wings that let Yoshi hover even more than normal.


I'm still put off by the music and the transformation sections -- they just plain don't look, well, fun -- but I have warmed up to the art style after seeing the game in 3D.


Yoshi's New Island looks a bit better in this trailer screenshot






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News::NES Remix 2 Mods Original Super Mario Bros. To Make Luigi The Star

News::Maxwell GTX 750 Full Details Leaked 28nm In All Its Glory

WCCF: The mother of all leaks regarding the Maxwell GTX 750 is finally here. We have everything from PCB Shots, to pictures to tech specs.



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News::Zampella on Titanfall: How we changed the Military Shooter

onPause writes: At a recent preview event for the upcoming First Person Shooter Titanfall which is developed by Respawn Entertainment, lead by ex-Infinity Ward head Vince Zampella, the studio CEO spoke about why the newly formed studio stuck with the military shooter and how it changed it for the better, hopefully.



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News::UK Weekly Chart Week Ending 2/1/2014

PS4 20,655 (+18%) XOne 9,307 (+4%) 3DS 6,085 (-16%) X360 4,562 (-3%) PS3 3,079 (-4%) Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (PS4) 20,837 Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (XOne) 8,944



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News::League of Legends For Dummies Part 1

The Late Night Gamer: If youre into E-sports, or even video games in general, then youve probably heard of League of Legends. If youre interested in getting into the game but arent quite sure how to get started, then this guide is for you.



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News::Cloudbuilt New Screenshots

Take to the skies and carve your own path through the mysterious floating ruins high above the clouds using quick wits and even quicker reflexes. Use your rocket-powered exoskeleton and manipulate the laws of physics to avoid fatal hazards, dodge hostile robots and reach not just the finish line of each stage, but the top of the worldwide leaderboards too.



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News::Pokemon Battle Trozei will launch on March 20th


It's been a while since we've seen a Pokemon Trozei puzzle game, but Pokemon Battle Trozei is on the way to the 3DS with a March 20th release date.


Nintendo didn't give much information about the puzzle title in today's Nintendo Direct, but they did mention that it would include "over 700" Pokemon, all the way up to the current generation of X & Y.


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News::VelKoz: League of Legends New Champion Spotlight!

VelKoz: League of Legends New Champion Spotlight! Riot Games announces magic flying void monster Vel'koz as its next champion!



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News::Curve Studios Announces New Puzzle Game MouseCraft with Teaser Trailer

Curve Studios has released a trailer for their newly announced title MouseCraft, a brand-new indie puzzle game for PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4 and PC.



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News::Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar Developer Featurette #1

To celebrate the launch of Early Access, Kasedo has released a brand new Developer Featurette video for the game: giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at the development of the game and the thought process behind making it part of Steam Early Access.



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News::Dark Souls II Preview | VGU

During the London tube strike, Will from VGU got to sit down at Namco Bandai UK HQ to play the opening hours of Dark Souls II. The bell tolls, but is it for thee?



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News::Tips for Playing Threes, the New Mobile Game Everyone's Talking About

News::Project Cars is bringing high fidelity racing to next gen


Project Cars comes from Need for Speed: Shift developer Slightly Mad. It's their first shot at their crowd powered "World of Mass Development" portal that attempts to leap frog traditional publishing costs. It's been "crowd funding" for years, before the Kickstarter boom And it looks damn good. And it's coming to PS4, Xbox One, PC, and even Wii U. And it supports 4K and, best of all, the Oculus Rift. I've been excited for a while to try a racer with the Rift.


I'm a bit surprised at how many big new racing games are coming out. It's one thing for new Burnouts and Need for Speeds, but Drive Club (belatedly) butting against Gran Turismo 6, Next Car Game making 1M on Early Access, and Project Cars developer Slightly Mad, in a slightly mad move, is also working on a free-to-play online racing MMO, World of Speed .


Good time to be a racing fan.


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News::Possible locations for future Assassins Creed titles

Adnan Riaz decides that it is time to pick his three locations that he would love to see as the setting of future Assassin's Creed instalments.



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News::DualShockers ShockCast Ep. 161 Mr. Ogg

David Rodriguez writes, "The New York Videogame Critics Circle Awards were held this week, and DualShockers was in attendance, along with our very own Jorge Jimenez, who is a member of the circle and was a presenter at the awards. That being said, we spoke about the awards and our reactions to them. We also got into some discussion regarding Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII and the franchise as a whole, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, and some non-video game topics, along with the recent news. And yes, theres a story about Grand Theft Auto Vs Steven Ogg in this episode."



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News::Arma 3's Zeus DLC introduces a new role: Game Master


Taking a cue from Dungeons & Dragons, the free Zeus DLC planned for Arma 3 in Q2 2014 will give players the opportunity to become GMs across existing game modes and a new one called Zeus Game Master. It's here that they have the real freedom to dictate objectives, spawn units, and more. And since this is Arma , the Zeus system will be open to modders.


"The best thing about Arma 3 Zeus is how naturally it fits within the game," said design lead Karel Moricky. "Dynamic combat, massive islands, and editing features -- it was all there. But now we've added an interface which gives players full control over the multiplayer experience."


This DLC is something which sounds intriguing in the unexpected context of a game like Arma III but also slightly terrifying -- I'd surely stick with being a mere pawn in the grand scheme of things. For a certain type of player, though, the role of GM will be a blast.


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News::Twinfinite - The Lickening Hands-On Impressions - 15 Minutes Of Fame

Ricky from Twinfinite writes; "Yeah, The Lickening is pretty much just Snake but with multiplayer and saliva dueling. But, if the build we previewed is any indication, perhaps that's not such a bad thing."



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News::Divinity: Original Sin Video Preview Part 1 I The Koalition

Asad Quadri of The Koalition writes: This video is part 1 of a series which takes a look at the alpha build of the upcoming turn-based strategy and role-playing game Divinity: Original Sin. This is part 1 of the preview where we look at exploring big, open environments, interacting with other characters and of course, the combat system.



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News::17 Amazing Final Fantasy VII Facts To Celebrate Its 17th Birthday

Final Fantasy Union: "For us older fans of the series, it's almost unbelievable that nearly 20 years stand between us and the initial release of Final Fantasy VII. I know that it makes me feel old, and it only gets worse every year! In honor of its 17th birthday, here are 17 facts about Final Fantasy VII that you may or may not have already known."



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News::Final Borderlands 2 Headhunter DLC Announced

Sharon from Twinfinite writes, "Today, 2K Games announced Sir Hammerlock Versus the Son of Crawmerax, the fifth and final chapter of the Borderlands 2 Headhunter DLC series."



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News::Chamber of Game Solo: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

Leviathyn says: "The realm of the 3D-plane has arguably been a point Castlevania die-hards have been squabbling over for sometime. Previous incarnations, Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness, were fun games in their own right, but with what both lacked the Lords of Shadow series has picked-up. Yes, its bumbling madness is beyond crazy at some points, but Lords of Shadow contains the best free-form combat and visuals the franchise has ever known. Lords of Shadow 2 drops on February 25th and with what we show you in the video, you can rest assured that MercurySteams final chapter wont be a boring one."



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News::Grimind Now Available on Steam

Grimind is a 2D, physics based, adventure, platform game in horror/creepy theme. Grimind casts you into forgotten caves and ancient crypts, without memories. While being there you have to demonstrate great manual skills to pass obstacles and solve non trivial puzzles to get out of scary environment and additionally discover what are you doing there alone but is it certain that you are there alone?



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News::Nordic Games to release Darksiders, Red Faction compilations

Darksiders and Red Faction publisher Nordic Games which took control of the brands after THQs collapse has announced that both franchises will receive compilations on PC, PS3 and Xbox One next month.



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News::'The Blackwell Epiphany' Slated for April Launch

Hardcore Gamer: The series is finally coming to an end with The Blackwell Epiphany. Today it was revealed that The Blackwell Epiphany will be out in April.



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News::Battlefield 4: Second Assault Releases On February 18th

DICE and Electronic Arts announced today the release date for Battlefield 4: Second Assault.



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News::Top franchises we want to see as LEGO games

Insert View writes, "The LEGO Group has a long and successful history of licensing our favorite pop culture franchises and recreating them in LEGO form, brick by brick. Just releasing a couple of sets isnt enough nowadays, as LEGO has expanded well beyond its colorful building tools. The developers at TT Games have created a successful line of video games based on the LEGO franchise and its array of licenses, and while Harry Potter and Marvel/DC superheroes are grand and all, the recent release of The LEGO Movie and its video game counterpart got us thinking about what top franchises wed really like to see in minifigure form on our consoles."



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News::Shadow or Mordor - A Preview

BronzePanic of the SleepingGeeks takes a look at the upcoming Shadow of Mordor game.



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News::Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft | Pure|News

Pure|News gets the chance to finally review Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft,a new free to play card game inspired by the universe of Warcraft.



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News::Titanfall Beta Modes, Tips for Attrition, Hardpoint Domination, and Last Titan Standing

GR - We got our invites for the Titanfall closed beta today and discovered new details about each of the game modes available to beta testers on Xbox One and PC. Here's what we know so far.



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News::Borderlands 2's final Headhunter DLC goes to the beach

Whew. After releasing in the second half of 2012, Borderlands 2 has had an exceptionally long tail of downloadable content support, keeping the role-playing shooter relevant for many for more than a year and a half. After releasing the four originally planned story DLC packs, Gearbox switched gears (as it were) to creating much smaller downloadables in the Headhunter packs. All of that will finally be coming to an end on April 15, with the fifth and final piece of Headhunter content: Sir Hammerlock Versus the Son on Crawmerax .


Similarly to how the last main DLC, Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep , was bigger than any of the others, publisher 2K boasts that Son of Crawmerax will be the largest of the Headhunter packs, which might alleviate one of the most common complaints about titles in the series: their short lengths relative to the earlier downloadable packs. If it goes well, it might also help to redeem Sir Hammerlock, who has the dishonor of having his name on what is widely considered to be the weakest of the original DLCs.


Veterans of the original Borderlands might remember Crawmerax as the series' first raid boss, hidden away in the Secret Armory of General Knoxx , and providing players with a challenge on a level yet unseen. For this final Headhunter pack, the Son of Crawmerax wants revenge on Lilith, Mordecai, and Brick, for having killed his father countless times.


Where the other Headhunter packs have focused on some holiday for their settings, Son of Crawmerax is a bit baffling. Releasing in April, it could have been Easter-themed, but unless we see some moai heads on that island (see what I did there?), it doesn't look like that will come up. Perhaps, since it releasing precisely on Tax Day, the Vault Hunters are all visiting the remote Wam Bam Island to seek tax shelter?


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