News::Watch Dogs to have 110 minutes of Cinematics

According to the lead cinematic director Kun Chang, there is 110 minutes of cinematics in the upcoming game Watch Dogs.



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News::TitanFall Hands On Impressions at Skewed and Reviewed

Skewed and Reviewed have posted an article going over their impressions of TitanFall after their hands on time with the beta over the weekend. The article points out the many features of the game as well as the various gameplay modes and the impressions each one gave as well as the various customization options.



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News::Twitch Plays Pokemon viewed over 7.5M times so far

So that whole Twitch Plays Pokemon thing? It's been viewed over 7.5 million times already. At present there's 75,000 concurrent users watching, and "the total number of unique Twitch members who have participated via chat is more than quadruple that amount," according to this Twitch blog update.

In case you missed it, a Twitch channel has been setup so your commands via the chat input controls what's happening in Pokemon Red/Blue. That's 75,000 people going absolutely nowhere right now because they're stuck in that one room with the directional pads (see the screenshot). Still, it's pretty nuts.

There's a Google Doc chronicling all of the major events that have taken place so far. Plus a ton of memes have popped up for those of you that really are into this whole thing. My favorite is this Twitch channel that's applying the chat input for the Pokemon stream to this game of Tetris .

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News::Climbing The Nexus: Right In The Elo Tree

In League of Legends, Solo Queue and climbing the elo tree is a tiring thing, am I right? It really can make or break your day. Win or lose, all we really want from Solo Queue is a damn good game and a lot of the time thats really hard to find. Well I guess we also want to win in Solo Queue as well, to get up our precious little elo rank to make ourselves feel better about League of Legends and reaffirm ourselves as pros.



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News::'Titanfall' Is The First 'Must-Have' Game For Xbox One

For the past three months, there simply hasnt been much of a reason to use Microsofts new video game console.



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News::Rust needs more players like this guy

[Editor's Note: There's a visible dong in this video's thumbnail because you start out as a naked dude in Rust, so, yeah. I've embedded it below. Consider this your NSFW warning.]

As far as I'm concerned, this is the perfect example of players making their own fun in Rust.

When first getting started in this brutal multiplayer sandbox game, everyone is a threat. It's terrifying. And if you happen to have a friend on the same server, figuring out how to get to them without either of you dying is an ordeal. Not something I'd want to do again.

Here's that exact experience, made enjoyable by a player who has taken it upon himself to serve as a tour guide. And what a tour guide he is.

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News::Valve's Gabe Newell Responds On VAC Reports; "We do not care what porn sites you visit"

DSOGaming writes: "Well, that was quite a surprise. Yesterday, a rumor surfaced claiming that Valves Anti Cheat system was collecting your browser history. A lot of people feared that Valve was spying on them, something that is obviously how should I put it ridiculous. Valves Gabe Newell felt the need to talk about this whole thing and made it crystal clear that they are not getting your browser history and that the company does not care what porn sites you visit."



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News::La Mulana 2 Kickstarter Rewards Players With Free Demo

Twinfinite writes, "Backers of the La Mulana 2 Kickstarter rejoice! Playism's pledged goal of $200,000 for the follow-up to the cult classic La Mulana has recently hit and exceeded the mark. Congratulations all around to them, and here's hoping the game turns out to be a hit."



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News::Titanfall Check Out These Ogre and Stryder Titan Beta Gameplay Videos

Did you know there is more than one type of Titan in the Titanfall Xbox One and PC beta? While quite rare, there are Burn Cards in the beta that allow you to call in one of the two additional Titans Respawn Entertainment first introduced last December, the Ogre and the Stryder.



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News::Pop-up adventure Tengami is out this week for iOS

It's been a bit of a wait for Tengami, that adventure game presented in the style of a Japanese pop-up book, hasn't it?

Developer Nyamyam can take a breather this week, if only for a moment -- the game hits the App Store on Thursday, February 20. It's a universal app priced at $4.99/£2.99 and requires iOS 7. You'll need either an iPhone 4, iPad 2, fifth-gen iPod, or newer device to play.

Some of us are waiting for the PC, Mac, and Wii U versions of Tengami. Those releases are still scheduled for later this summer. Also, I had somehow forgotten David Wise was responsible for the soundtrack here which, yeah, I'm not sure how that's even possible. Silly me.

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News::Preview: Titanfall | Stevivor

Stevivor's Steve Wright writes, "I'll be honest: I missed out on Titanfall because of a two-hour wait at E3, and I wasnt that fussed. "I thought of the game as a merely a bro-shooter Call of Duty clone, made by most of the team that made Activisions shooter the beast it is today. Oh, with mechs. "I was so wrong."



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News::Are you too old for video games?

16BitKings - My favourite hobby has always been something that I have kept quite private, partially in fear that I would be judged by others but also because I thought I might grow out of it. Social pressures are not uncommon for anybody of any age, but it seems to me that there is definitely a stigma surrounding those that choose to spend their time with a video game. It is as I have grown older and continued to enjoy playing games that I have started to become aware of the growing pressure by society to grow up and move on. But why is there this pressure? And where does it come from?



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News::Report: Titanfall beta not working for OptusNet ASDL, Cable subscribers in Australia

Stevivor -- "Reports from a number of Whirlpool users insist that OptusNet ASDL and Cable users in Australia are unable to take part in the current Titanfall beta."



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News::Spiderduck Plays: Octodad: Dadliest Catch Episode 3

Maybe the supermarket and gift shop weren't exciting enough. This time, Mike is spending some alone time with his wife and bonding with his child! Dad time. Also with 100% more rage!



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News::Elder Scrolls Online Character Creation Guide Classes

Camelot Post Writes: So youve chosen your race, whats next? Check out the next installment of our Elder Scrolls Online character creation guide as we take an in-depth look at the classes and race combination possibilities in ESO.



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News::How to Easily Kill Titans in Titanfall

VgamerZ writes: "For a game titled Titan FALL, you would expect it to be very easy to kill a titan in the game. However, its actually a real challenge to do so and I guess that a guide on how to easily take out a titan in Titanfall would come in handy. So leave the game for a few seconds and check out all the details on how to easily kill titans in Titanfall."



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News::World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor: The Character Sets of Level 90 Boost Leaked

2P writes: Previously, we reported that Blizzard has been started to test out the free Level 90 Boost on World of Warcraft PTR (Public Test Realms). The players who pre-purchase the Warloads of Draenor expansion will be able to boost a character to Level 90 for free, with a set of item level 483 greens. Today, the character set for Level 90 Boost character was leaked by players.



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News::Titanfall: Alpha to Zulu

The Late Night Gamer: If youve even been pretending to pay attention to the gaming scene then youve probably heard about Titanfall. The game is what happens when a fast-paced FPS takes a wrong turn at Albuquerque and ends up in the middle of a giant fighting robot convention. Ill talk about the game more in a later article, but today Im just going to talk about something awesome that a reader sent me earlier.



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News::Skywind - Morrowind Mod For Skyrim - Northern Ashlands Environment Showcased

The team behind Skywind a mod that aims to bring Morrowind to Skyrims engine has released a new video, showcasing the almost finished Northern Ashlands environment.



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News::Debate Club: Jazzpunk Review

Skip ahead about 20 minutes past the 90s wrestling talk and you might get to todays topic. Jazzpunk, is the new comedy adventure game that aims to shotgun joke after joke in to your face. Being the comedy experts that they are, theMulticast crew puts this game up for debate. They already took down Broken Age, will Jazzpunk suffer the same fate?



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News::Front Towards Gamer -- Hawken Review (PC)

Early Access review! Fantastic, what Hawken could be without the feedback issues and little nagging issues you can't help but notice



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News::Review: Edge | oprainfall

oprainfall's Will Whitehurst writes: "EDGE can be described as Marble Madness with a cubeno plot, all puzzles. Players guide a colorful cube through a monochromatic, isometric maze and get to the goal. Seems easy enough, yes, but theres more to it than that."



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News::Opinion: Titanfall Beta Impressions | TwoDashStash

Unless youve been living under a rock that was secluded from all of society and had sound canceling magical cement poured over it, you at one point or another have heard of Titanfall, from Respawn Entertainment.



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News::Half Life 3 Still Up On Blocks?

Half Life fans have been waiting for years for news about Half Life 3, and some are running out of patience. Some are really wondering just what the hold-up is. Valve hasnt said anything official, but this doesnt stop the gossip. They talk a lot about the potential reasons for this epic delay.



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News::Secrets of Rætikon Pixel Judge review

PJ: "Broken Rules puts you in the wingspan of an unlikely protagonist - a bird. In the Vienna based developers fourth game you are burdened with glorious plumage and tasked with gathering various shiny collectibles throughout several colourful levels, all set in the Alps. Its quite a simple premise but Secrets of Rætikon has a great deal to offer."



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News::Tainted Olive: Chapter 1 review | JiG

Chapter 1 itself is on the short side, and don't expect to finish with more answers than questions, but the series shows a lot of promise, and later this year we'll see if it can continue the momentum.



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News::No Australian-based servers at launch for Titanfall

Dtoid reader Dont Taze Me Bro reached out to me recently to bring to attention the current situation regarding Titanfall's performance for users trying to play in Australia. As it turns out, those that have been playing in the beta have discovered that they are connecting to servers based in East Asia or South East Asia, as there are no local servers at present.

"As someone who lives on the East Coast (Sydney) that means 135 - 170 ms [ping]," Donttazemebro told me. "Not ideal, but still playable ... We're used to being screwed over my MMOs, but a fast action paced shooter is a different matter. A higher latency does matter."

Respawn community manager Abbie Heppe was asked direct by another Australian-based player, and she stated that Microsoft "is building servers there now." Multiple threads have been started regarding the issue in Respawn's forums, and this specific thread has been created to consolidate everything regarding Australian players. That will be the best place to voice your concerns.

While it's a shame there won't be local servers at launch, they are on the way at least, though no specific time frame was given as to when exactly.

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News::Dementium II HD Review | VGU

Dementium: The Ward was quite possibly the first survival horror game to come to the DS, and even with its flaws it was a niche success. Later, Dementium II came in 2010 and took the good bits from the first game, improved on them and established a strong cult following. Playing a horror game on the go is something which was never experienced before the Dementium series and following the success of the series, it has been re-released with upgraded visuals in Dementium II HD for PC.



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News::Soul Reaver Needs To Make A Return But How?

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is one of those games that is an excellent candidate for a reboot or a remake. How would the 15-year old game translate to into the modern day?



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News::Planetside 2: Operation, The Devs Should Add This (Map Edition)

This article explores some things the developers of Planetside 2 could add to the map to make the game more fulfilling.



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News::Loadout Review | GIZORAMA

GIZORAMA - Its sometimes easy to forget that the Free-to-Play pricing model was once a promising way for developers to make a ton of money, whilst still providing quality free content. Travesties like the recent Dungeon Keeper reboot have adopted the far more sinister Farmville-esque pricing model wherein players pay real cash to avoid waiting for something to happen in-game. In fact, the few games that arent abusing the F2P model are shooters - Blacklight: Retribution and Team Fortress 2 being some of the more successful examples. In many respects, Edge of Realitys new Free-to-Play MMO shooter Loadout unapologetically rips pages from Team Fortress 2s gospel of free, chaotic, gun-porn carnage. Thats not to say Loadout is a cynical aping of Valves popular shooter, rather, it is a fresh and frantic take on the MMO shooter that breathes new life into the familiar.



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News::PSHomeGazette Review's the DCUO: War of Light DLC

AAMCSYSTEMS, our resident DCUO Expert, reviews the latest DLC pack, War of Light.



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News::Line of Defense Tactics: Tactical Advantage Review | Hardcore Gamer

Line of Defense Tactics looks like a mobile game, controls like a mobile game, and has all the gameplay depth of the most mindless time wasting mobile games.



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News::Total War: Rome 2s Beasts of War DLC includes bee catapults

Fancy launching bees, snakes and scorpions across the ancient world? Total War: Rome 2 can sort you out, for a price.



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News::Halo: Spartan Assault Review - PixlBit

PixlBit | "As a huge Halo fanboy, Im happy to take any non-Master Chief content the good brand managers at Microsoft are willing to toss out there. After getting fairly hooked on the Halo novels, and finding that the universe created to support a space marine shooter was actually pretty interesting, Ive often pined for actual games that use this setting in completely new ways. Halo 3: ODST was a fantastic side-step and Halo Wars reportedly made a great effort at a console RTS, but the latest attempt to get Halo characters not wearing green body armor on your Xbox, Halo: Spartan Assault, smacks of an easy cash grab. "



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News::FIFA 15 Career Mode wish list

The things Sportra wants to see changed for FIFA 15s Career modes.



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News::If You Only Buy One Game In March, Make It South Park: The Stick of Truth

Vgamerz writes: "Obsidian Entertainments South Park: The Stick of Truth has been languishing in development hell since late 2011. What with THQs bancruptcy, Ubisofts James Bond-esque approach to providing a release date (do you expect me to talk?) and such, we were beginning to think wed never see it. But its here."



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News::Gawker Zimmerman Regrets How Hard Life Is Since He Killed Unarmed Black Kid | Jalopnik How Can A Bro

News::5 Games You Want This Week (Feb. 16th 22nd): DK! Donkey Kong Is Here!

Rambo, Donkey Kong and a sequel to Earth Defense Force 2017 in an eclectic week for games.



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News::The Wolf Among Us Episode 1 Review (Invision Game Community)

The Wolf Among Us is a game developed and published by Telltale Games, best known for their The Walking Dead game and upcoming Tales From the Borderlands. Following in their episodic graphic adventure games, Wolf follows the same type of gameplay to be expected from Telltale. The game is primarily set in the world of Fables, Story characters from fairy tales of folklore, mostly Grimms Fairy Tales. Time to get to Howling with this Review!



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News::Final Fantasy VII remake 'would take a lot to happen'

I always feel the odd fan out for never having wanted a Final Fantasy VII remake. The technical hurdles alone were always obvious while other people listlessly dreamed up VII's world recreated in full 3D, which would dramatically alter it. Its director, Yoshinori Kitase, has already said a potential remake would take three or four times longer to develop than Final Fantasy XIII. Former Square boss Yoichi Wada said it won't be remade until its bested.

Eurogamer asked Kitase about the oft-discussed remake. "If you simply ask me if I personally would like to do that, yes I would. Definitely. There's no lie about it," Kitase said. "But you must believe me when I say it would take a lot to happen."

Budget and staff availability aside, Kitase seems alternatively hesitant, or at least nervous about the prospect. "Even if I casually say I would like to do that, because it would be a huge project I would have to motivate myself to the level that I really am prepared to take on this huge responsibility," he said. "But should I ever take it on, it would have to be the biggest project I've done. My life work. So I would have to be as highly motivated as that to end up with something I'm very happy with. It's a huge thing for me."

Gosh. It almost sounds like quite the weighty albatross around his neck. Leave Kitase alone, you guys! Final Fantasy VII does not need to be remade. Bushido Blade does.

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News::This PS+ commercial is super neat, but makes me sad

How are yous guys enjoying your "next gen mulitplayer," eh?

Buzzwords aside, it's nice to see Sony talking multiplayer with this PlayStation Plus TV spot. Of course, it would be nicer if it was expressly couch co-op, which is something consoles need to remember they used to be very good at doing.

Actually, "next gen multiplayer" might mean exactly the opposite -- online multiplayer. Which would make sense for them to vaguely include in the commercial and trump up given that the PS4 requires a paid PS+ subscription for multiplayer. Sneaky. But the couch (co-op) will rise again, damn it!

At least the commercial is fun. I wonder how much it cost to make. More money than I could spend in a lifetime, I'm sure.

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News::Respawn Explain How Bots Work In Titanfall And Why They Exist

Respawn have provided a little more insight into exactly what purpose the AI-controlled bots in Titanfall serve, and explain the differences between them.



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News::Arma 3 Zeus DLC Gameplay Revealed

The Arma 3 Development team had an official livestream this Saturday that showed off the new features and tools introduced in the Zeus DLC. Announced this past Thursday by Bohemia Interactive, the new and free DLC is not the standard DLC you might expect to find in other FPS games, like map packs or gun packs, but Arma 3 itself isn't necessarily like many other FPS games either.



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News::Top 5 Titanfall Plays of the Week and Star Wars Battlefront Take Notes Please

Star Wars HQ reports: Check out the Top 5 Titanfall Plays from this week. This is a new weekly series which highlights your plays. You can submit your plays to submit@starwarshq.com Titanfall is a new game from Respawn Entertainment, who previously worked on Call of Duty 4. By looking at the plays, any gamer can see just how much fun this game is. It has a constant rotation of action from pilots to mechs, giving players a unique perspective on the battlefield at all times. In fact, Star Wars Battlefront could take inspiration from Titanfall's reward system. Being rewarded Jedi or Sith in the same fashion could bring something incredibly fresh to the FPS market and Battlefront in general. Should Star Wars Battlefront look to games like Titanfall for inspiration? Or would you like to see the same formula as seen in the original games?



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News::IncGamers Plays Banished Part 2

IncGamers' Paul Younger returns to Shining Rock's settlement builder to see if he can keep everybody properly fed and sheltered.



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News::New Screenshots Released for The Lego Movie Video Game

Warner Bros. has released a second helping of screenshots for The Lego Movie video game, which released last week for nearly every gaming platform on the planet. Players will take control of Emmet, the unlikely hero of the film, and will have over 90 powers to choose from courtesy of the expansive cast of Lego characters.



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News::First Screenshot Of The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 2 Released

Angie Santiago writes: "Fans of The Walking Dead by Telltale Games get a little snippet of whats to come in season 2 episode 2 of the game with this screenshot. Clementine is sneaking up on a walker to try to bludgeon him to death, but it shows Luke running up behind her with his arm outstretched. From the screenshot, hes either trying to save her from something (possibly a walker off-screen we cant see), or hes trying to stop her for an unknown reason."



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News::The Miraculous Progress of 'Twitch Plays Pokémon'

News::Not all bootleg Pokémon games are terrible

There are so many popular YouTube creators that I just plain cannot connect with as a viewer, try as I might, but JonTron isn't one of them. Oh how he makes me laugh. I'm happy to see him making videos again and this latest one concerning bootleg Pokémon games is a new favorite.

I had heard about Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal and its utterly hilarious translation before, but many of the others were new to me. I'm still chuckling over the intense, out-of-place music in Pocket Monster. And "abomination." What is that thing?!

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