News::Five LEGO Adaptations Id Like To See

Justin Ross from Pixel Gate writes: Im not going to joke around with any of you. Those damn Lego video-games have been pretty killer lately, especially the Lord Of The Rings one. It brought some things to my attention as well as causing me to throw my hands at my keyboard to write this piece on some things that I think deserve the Lego video-game treatment. Hopefully some of you can agree with me, and hopefully you guys have some neat ideas of your own.



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News::Amazing Star Citizen Video Shows the Vanduul Scythe and the Beauty of Physically Based Rendering

Cloud Imperium Games is working hard in updating the engine of the game and the earlier models shown more than a year ago, and one of those is the Vanduul Scythe.



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News::5 Reasons Why Hearthstone Smokes Magic the Gathering

Blizzard's Hearthstone challenges Magic the Gathering in many key points. Most of which are hard to ignore.



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News::Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag Freedom Cry Review - JumpToGamer

While gamers were sailing the high seas and foiling nefarious plots in the main campaign of Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag, one man trained to become an assassin. Edward Kenways former quartermaster, Adewale, disappears at a certain point in the game, and were left wondering where he went. Adewale began his training with the Assassins, thus forming the basis for the games story-driven DLC, Freedom Cry.



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News::Quest of Dungeons Review | The Indie Mine

Quest of Dungeons provides a solid retro-style gaming experience but some combat and story shortcomings prevent it from living up to its full potential.



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News::Watch Over Half an Hour of Exclusive Titanfall Gameplay Footage

Hardcore Gamer: We've put together five videos that show off the different modes of the beta.



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News::[Continue Play] Review - FTL: Faster Than Light

Continue Play's Alex Harrison takes a belated look at Subset Games' FTL: Faster Than Light and declares it to be well worth the time of anyone that fancies themselves as a wannabe Jean-Luc Picard or General Palpatine.



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News::'TES: Online's PvP - "At the moment, it is a very good start." | Analog Addiction

Analog Addiction: "So two weeks ago I played the PvE section which you can check here, but over the last weekend of the second The Elder Scrolls Online beta, ZeniMax opened up the PvP section for players to experience. It is an aspect of MMORPGs that can make or break the game, so a lot of players will be very critical and magnify its problems. However, I cant see much wrong with it at the moment besides a few minor problems that can be fixed."



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News::Ethan: Meteor Hunter - As We Play I Expansive

Its a strange beast, Ethan: Meteor Hunter. Self-funded and self-published by its developer, Seaven Studio, it landed on the PC and PS3 back in October of 2013, but released on Steam (the version reviewed) on the 7th of February. It was met with extremely poor sales because thats what happens when you release a small indie game so soon after the release of a Grand Theft Auto title and the developers have been trying to beef up the games figures ever since. Being given the thumbs up by Steam Greenlight will no doubt help reinforce that interest.



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News::Serena Review - Zombies Ate My Games

In a game that needs a strong story due to its lightweight gameplay there is a dull and cliché story instead. Though not exactly a masterpiece its still worth putting a little bit of time in to just for the voice acting and way in which the story is told. Hell, its free and takes up to an hour to complete, so go for it.



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News::Don't Forget About This Goat Game

The internet is hyped about the announcement that Goat Simulator will indeed become a real game, and in fact so am I. I plan on buying it as soon as I can. However, lets not forget that there is already a pretty neat goat game already out there for you to play! Granted its not a realistic looking goat, but youre still playing as a goat and thats what matters. This poor little goat has been imprisoned by witchcraft, so you must play as him to help him escape! Get the name? You get to experience amazing goat agility, beat things up with your awesome goat horns, and you even get to do it all with the help of a magical mouse.



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News::Make War, Not Love Sega Valentines Day Steam Sale

Sega presents the heavyweight bout they said could never happen, as two giants of the strategy game genre throw it down for a dirty Valentines weekend battle exclusively on Steam! Relics Company of Heroes 2 and Creative Assemblys Total War: Rome II players will face off in the Make War Not Love promotion, with the winning community earning their chosen game some brand-new free DLC for five days.



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News::Six Relationship Problems You Won't See Outside of Video Games

GameDynamo - "Im sure youll all agree with me when I say that romantic relationships are hard. Theres so much that can go wrong when you open yourself up to another person: maybe you dont talk enough. Maybe you take your partner for granted, or you dont set boundaries, or maybe youre just terrible at communicating. One way or another, your character flaws will become roadblocks in your relationship."



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News::Solus Unreal Engine 4 Survival Game Set on an Extraterrestrial Planet

OnlySP: Space. For some, it is the final frontier. For others, its cold and terrifying and very very lonely. For Teotl Studios the developers behind The Ball and Unmechanical space is the backdrop for their upcoming survival exploration game Solus. We recently talked with the creator and driving force of Solus, Sjoerd De Jong, at Teotl about life and death a long way from home.



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News::Skyrim Secrets Revealed In Mysterious Dev Comic

Paul O Shea writes. Despite its two year vintage, Skyrim is still one of the most talked about games on discussion boards. A combination of the games free-form character creation and intensely interesting universe have made it a genuine hit, and one of the only non-Nintendo, non-GTA titles on the list of top sellers. Fans of the Elder Scrolls series may be in for a shock today, after the release of a new comic detailing answers to some of Tamriels most enduring mysteries. The comic, which is called C0DA, is available for download here. Former Bethesda developer Michael Kirkbride released the piece today at 2 PM GMT. Dense in its language and delayed in its art, the work promises to answer some of the most interesting mysteries in the universe. The comic, which is without images for the time being, is 64 pages in length.



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News::Humble Bundle: Indie Cade Bundle Saves Gamers $56

SteamFirst: Today Humble Bundle launched their latest weekly sale titled Indie Cade. This bundle includes six titles if you pay $6 or more and if you only want to pay a buck, you can get yourself three games. Below are the titles included in the bundle with the current prices that they are going for on Steam. Doing this allows you to see how much money you save yourself buying the bundle.



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News::New Call of Duty: Ghosts Patch Adds FOV Slider

Infinity Ward has released a new update for the PC version of Call of Duty: Ghosts that adds a FOV slider.



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News::Unrequited love: Videogame couples that never were

_{[Dtoid community blogger bbain laments lost love. Want to see your own blog appear on our front page? Go write something! --Mr Andy Dixon]}

Hello everyone! Valentine's Day is today, and in the spirit of the holiday, I thought it might be fun to take a look at some of my favorite unrequited video game romances! These are instances where the game heavily hints at one character's attraction to the other, but neither character ever admits their feelings for one another. Their futures are left up to interpretation by the player, but I always hoped that these characters would end up together, even though it may have seemed very unlikely.

Also, if you think of any of your own examples, share your thoughts in the comments! Happy Valentine's Day!

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News::Guise of the Wolf developer goes after TotalBiscuit

Just as Deep Silvers Queen of PR states on Twitter urging indie developers not to do their own PR, drama swirls between TotalBiscuit, a popular online critic, and Fun Creators, the developer behind Guise of the Wolf, who have taken down his WTF Is of their game.



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News::A free-to-play model was considered for Evolve

Back when Turtle Rock Studios was working on Evolve for publisher THQ, the studio considered making the multiplayer title free to play, senior producer Mike Boccieri told Polygon. Of course, that path wasn't taken -- the game will be a full $59.99 at launch.

"That is not going to change down the track, well, we never say never about almost anything," he said. "But that's not anything that we have in the immediate horizon." 2K believes Evolve will "shine brightest as a triple-A title," according to Boccieri, which I think is accurate and falls in line with the publisher's catalog.

It doesn't take much effort to see how the game could be designed around a free-to-play scheme, but that's not to say it would have been a good idea. F2P can work, as evidenced by Team Fortress 2, Path of Exile, and Dota 2. So long as what we're getting is a full game's worth of content, I think it's for the best that Turtle Rock stuck with a traditional pricing model.

Turtle Rock isn't entirely over its past flirtations with free-to-play for Evolve [Polygon]

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News::Hauppauge HD PVR Rocket Review | SpawnFirst

From the article: Check out SlasherJPC as he reviews the Hauppauge HD PVR Rocket video game recorder for the PlayStation and Xbox brand consoles, as well as the PC.



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News::​'A Game You Can Play Forever'

News::MarineKing gives up League of Legends, returns to playing Starcraft 2

It was a little bit of a shock when, back in October of last year, one of South Koreas most accomplished Starcraft pros announced that he was switching to League of Legends. But MarineKing, who won two consecutive MLG championships playing Starcraft back in 2012, apparently hasnt taken well to League, as after just a few months of play with Primes League of Legends team he has announced hes going back to Starcraft 2.



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News::And Yet It Moves Review - 42 Level One

Ross from 42 Level One reviews And yet It Moves.



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News::Titanfall Beta Review: Fear the Titan | Gameskinny

The Beta lives up to the hype and players should definitely get their copies of Titanfall pre-ordered as soon as possible. It's going to be a hit!



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News::Have Gamers Gotten Better or Does A.I. Simply Suck in Modern Games?

Has impressive and difficult AI programming taken a back seat to other factors of video game development? What was the last truly difficult AI you faced in a game? We dive into whether or not lack of quality AI is an issue or not in todays gaming landscape.



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News::South Park: The Stick of Truth Intro to Kupa Keep Gameplay

onPause writes: Today Ubisoft released a whole 13 minutes of gameplay for the upcoming South Park: The Stick of Truth featuring the intro and the New Kid, his coming foretold by sacred and ancient prophecy, makes his arrival in South Park in this new gameplay video for the game that will launch on March 4th



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News::Deadspin Should Olympic Athletes Have Sex Before Competition?

News::Review: Double Dragon: Neon

Beat-’em-ups are quite the strange genre to me. I grew playing many of them: Simpsons, X-Men, and Turtles in Time in the arcades were my jam. In fact, I’d say they are still my jam. That said, it’s easy to recognize their faults, which are really faults of the genre as a whole, even if those faults seem to melt away when playing with some buddies. Lining up attacks can be a chore and they’re generally painfully simplistic when it comes to actual gameplay.

Double Dragon: Neon is a carefully crafted love-letter to a genre and a time period. It is an '80s beat-'em-up through and through, but with one caveat: it has some of the best gameplay to ever grace the genre.

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News::The Xbox One February system update begins rolling out today, according to Major Nelson.

News::Best of My Love Twinfinite Staffs Valentine Crushes

Look around on the Internet today (actually dont), and its easy to see that a lot of people are pretty cynical about Valentines Day. Yes, it may be a big commercialized non-holiday, but that doesnt mean you cant just eat some candy and have fun. Around the Twinfinite office, for example, we have a special ritual that we do; I give our writers an assignment to write about, and they do it so I dont get mad at them. Doesnt that sound like FUN?



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News::Titanfall Beta Live Stream Event

Prima Games and Respawn will host a 6-hour live stream event on TwitchTV from 11:00AM 5:00PM Pacific on Friday, Feb 14. Get ready for amazing gaming and some epic giveaways! Watch the Titanfall pros from Prima and developers from Respawn as they take on anyone in the stream brave enough to step up.



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News::Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Wishes You A Happy Valentines Day

JPS Writes: "When you think of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, probably one of the last things you would associate it with is Valentines Day. However, Konami has decided to celebrate the day of love with a special message courtesy of Dracula."



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News::Candy Crush Saga vs. Albert Ransom - Fight

Help Albert Ransom show King what it is like to get sued.



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News::Attack On Gamings Best Top 2013 Characters To Be With For Valentines Day

"Valentines Day is the time of year where all of the people go out and secure dates so as to not feel lonely and/or to get some easy sex. This is, of course, unless you already have a partner, in which case, you will be leveraging gifts and being awesome to have fun with your significant other. For us gamers though, its usually a perfectly good day to play games, as either alone with the thoughts of all the video game characters you want to be banging; or, as a gaming couple with your girl/boyfriend with a copy of Super Smash Bros." - Attack ON Gaming



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News::Rust Will Come To Consoles But PC Always A Priority

Everything has been also systems go at Facepunch Studios recently following the success of their survival MMO Rust but today Founder Garry Newman took a few minutes to address concerns surrounding a potential port to consoles



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News::5 Reasons to Fall in Love with the Titanfall Beta

From the article: "Out with only a couple of multiplayer maps, a handful of pilot and titan upgrades, and a level cap of 14, the beta is a blast, almost criminally so. Pilots against AI, pilots against titans, titans against pilots, titans against titans, AI against titans,the plethora of combat situations are numerous, and each more fun and exciting than the last. After playing the beta last night, SlasherJPC gives us his 5 reasons why you will fall in love with the Titanfall beta. Check them out below and let us know if you agree with him!"



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News::Titanfall's Beta Signups "Huge;" Multiple Problems Already Solved, But Microsoft's Server Struggle

The Titanfall beta is well underway and according to Respawn Entertainment Co-Founder Vince Zampella the initiative is being definitely successful with a "huge" scale of Signups.



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News::SteamWorld Dig hits PS4, PS Vita in March

I can't say enough good things about SteamWorld Dig, a platformer centered around mining that first launched on the 3DS eShop. It's since come to Steam in high definition, and that expanded version was excellent. Now, Image & Form has its sights set on PlayStation Network.

SteamWorld Dig will be out on PlayStation 4 and PS Vita in March for $9.99/€8.99. While I think the latter system will be the way to go here, the game does support Cross-Buy (pay once for both versions) so that's not even going to be an issue.

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News::Live show: We're playing the Titanfall beta!

The Titanfall beta is out in the wild, so we're doing a special live show leading up to today's episode of Mash Tactics. I'll be playing through the beta in all the multiplayer modes alongside with co-host Phil.

If you've managed to get in the beta yourself, then join us! We'll be playing through the beta on the Xbox One, and we may have an extra Titanfall beta code to give out at some point during the stream too. Join us starting at 2PM Pacific today on Dtoid.TV.

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News::Evolve, Is One Game To Keep Your Eye On

The Left for Dead Creators have a new project, called Evolve



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News::Titanfall killstreak gameplay video - COD meets Crysis meets MechWarrior

A video and some quick impressions from the Xbox One version of Titanfall which is currently running its Beta phase.



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News::Titanfall's Rise to Glory | Hardcore Gamer

Even in its limited beta form, it's clear that Titanfall is poised to stand high atop the FPS mountain for the next generation.



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News::LocoCycle Review (360) | TechRaptor

One of the most mixed reviewed Xbox One launched titles is finally coming down to the Xbox 360. Will it be a better fit here than the Xbox One? Lets take a look and find out.



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News::Vertical Slice Demos Provide a Clear-Cut Advantage

Hardcore Gamer: In game development terms, a vertical slice, is a gameplay segment of finished or near-finished quality that showcases all the planned features of a game to potential investors. At the start of a project, these are a massive sink for time and effort, since they essentially involve doing all the hard parts of finishing a game to complete one 10-minute section. Generally, theyre seen as a bad practice. However, toward the end of development, its a lot easier to pull assets together for a vertical slice. Of course, if youre shopping your game around to publishers at that stage, youre probably in a lot of trouble, but a standalone vertical slice can also serve as a strong alternative to a traditional demo.



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News::Otaku Dome: From PC To Playstation: The Top 10 PC Games That Should Be Ported

Otaku Dome: PC games getting ported over to consoles is becoming a growing trend in the gaming industry, so Otaku Dome decided to take a look at the top 10 PC games we think should be ported to the Playstation 4.



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News::Standby for Titanfall: Six Old FPS Habits You Need to Break to Succeed

Xbox Wire: The first person shooter has been the dominant videogame genre for more than a decade, and it's safe to say we've gotten comfortable with certain conventions. Since Titanfall introduces squads of patrolling AI, incredibly mobile Pilots, and massive Titans, some of those instincts may work against you. So for those of us who've been playing Xbox shooters since the original Halo, here are some habits you're going to need to break if you want to succeed at Titanfall, directly from the people who made it.



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News::A Valentines Day Appropriate Shauna Vayne Cosplay

AllThatsEpic: League of Legends who gamers have cleverly abbreviated to LoL, has been in circuit for just a little over four years. Since, Riot Games free-to-play MOBA has only increased in popularity. As some might think the MOBA has become an addiction for some gamers participating in tournaments and the like, while others use it as a way to pass the time. Whether youre going up against bots or competing in League of Legends PvP mode the end game is clear: kick some opponent butt.



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News::Battlefield 4 Funny Moments - SRAW - Road Kills - LAV Fail - Cruise Missile

Here is our first Battlefield 4 funny gameplay moments with the Dutch Battlefield 4 Clan Next Revolution. We are trying to make comedy gaming videos that'll make you laugh! Stay tuned for more upcoming videos.



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News::Thuway: Dev Claims Titanfall Could Easily Run @1080P on PS4

Ahsan Rasheed (thuway) just reported that a developer friend of his reckons Titanfall could run at 1080P@60FPS on PS4.



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