Wednesday, March 5, 2014

News::South Park: The Stick of Truth censored - Video shows what people will miss

A new video shows all the cuts in the Europe version of South Park: The Stick of Truth.



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News::BlackSoul backpedals its way into Steam Early Access (and thats worrisome)

BlackSoul: Extended Edition is coming to Early Access... after already releasing as a full product.



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News::Boston tracks come to Rocksmith 2014

Ubisoft is bringing three Boston tracks to Rocksmith 2014 this morning - Hitch A Ride, Dont Look Back and Foreplay/Long Time.



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News::The Pixelitis Podcast Ep. 71 Lil Stephens Sleepy Sojourn

"After the runaway train that was last weeks Pixelitis Podcast, youd think everyone on this weeks show would bring their A-game. Time to prove to the internet masses that were a lively bunch of game enthusiasts with opinions that matter. But apparently if you bring up the Metal Gear Solid series, then one of our own goes the way of Rip Van Winkle. We wont say who, exactly, but I think you can pretty much guess from some rather overt clues Regardless of that Pixelitis Podcast first, this weeks show once again features special guest Jason Poage, along with hosts Andrew Martins, Patrick Kulikowski and Stephen Hilger. So be sure to take some No-Doz and evade the Sandman in preparation for the Pixelitis Podcast. As always, feel free to hit play below. Dont forget to subscribe to us on iTunes and Stitcher Radio." - Pixelitis Staff



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News::South Park The Stick of Truth - As We Play I Expansive

I still find it hard to believe that im holding this game in my hands. I was convinced Stick of Truth would find itself on the top of a heaped bonfire of development hell. It seemed destined to fade into obscurity and remain a pipedream for fans of the show. But its real. Stick of Truth has gone gold and its almost ready to leap off store shelves into your paws. And the best news of all? Its the finest AAA release so far this year. By a fucking landslideI still find it hard to believe that im holding this game in my hands. I was convinced Stick of Truth would find itself on the top of a heaped bonfire of development hell. It seemed destined to fade into obscurity and remain a pipedream for fans of the show. But its real. Stick of Truth has gone gold and its almost ready to leap off store shelves into your paws. And the best news of all? Its the finest AAA release so far this year. By a landslide



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News::Can Video Games Promote Peace?

In an entertainment industry saturated with first-person shooters, games like "Papers, Please" and "1979 Revolution" can help gamers connect with humans around the globe, an important first step toward promoting peace in war-torn regions.



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News::Top 10 Game Sequels Where Bigger WAS Better

PlayStationing writes: "Bigger isn't always better, but in these ten games, it definitely was!"



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News::Arkham Knight available for Pre-order | GGN

The upcoming Batman title is now available to Pre-order via Amazon! Check it out!



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News::[Gamer Attitude] Life Goes On Review

[Gamer Attitude] Melissa Welliver reviews morbidly comical platformer Life Goes On. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. How sweet and honourable it is to die for ones country. And, indeed, for a shiny gold chalice and a title or two. This is the premise behind Infinite Monkeys Entertainments new PC game Life Goes On. A mordily-comical platformer that asks the player to brutally sacrifice noble knights and use their corpses to solve puzzles. Grim? Perhaps. Fun? You betcha.



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News::Football Manager 2014 - Best Selling PC Game For 18th Consecutive Week, Gets Special Discount

SEGA and Sports Interactive announced today that Football Manager 2014 has finally battered the opposition by marking a record-breaking 18th consecutive week at the top of the UK PC games chart.



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News::IncGamers Podcast / Vidcast #155

This week on the IncGamers Podcast / Vidcast - Gabe Newell, Batman, the end of End of Nations, Dark Souls 2 PC release date shenanigans, Thief, South Park and Everquest Landmark.



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News::Titanfall Arcade claims '8-bit is better with a Titan'

Hamza happened upon Titanfall Arcade, an official browser-based mashup of Titanfall and classic Atari games. Wondering why anyone would create such a thing, I couldn't help myself. I clicked.


Asteroids is playable now, with Missile Command and Centipede to follow. At least in the case of this first game, it sort of just ends after a point, encouraging you to share a link on Facebook or Twitter. I did not do that. I'm writing about it here, though, so I guess they won.


I had no real intention of sharing this with you fine people, but I'm not about to let my eardrums die in vain. (You'll want to turn your audio way down low if morbid curiosity gets the best of you too.)


Titanfall Arcade claims '8-bit is better with a Titan' screenshot






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News::Steam gets Onlive, Sony gets Gaikai, and Microsoft gets left behind

With major gaming platforms like the PS4 and the PC planning to have a streaming service available in the near future, We have to wonder, "What about Microsoft?"



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News::New Screenshots Released for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Patch 2.2

Hardcore Gamer: New screenshots were released today from Patch 2.2 of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, also known as "Through the Maelstrom". They highlight the updates to the main story and characters including the continuing story of Hidibrand and the introduction of Gilgamesh and Yugiri.



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News::Notch Working On Twitch Based Prototype Called BallKickers

Minecraft creator Marcus "Notch" Persson is currently prototyping BallKickers, which is playable through Twitch chat.



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News::Games of Ultimate Awesome:Final Fantasy VII

The "Games of Ultimate Awesome" week continues on Takuchat.com. Today's game is Final Fantasy 7.



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News::Top Ten reasons why you should not buy South Park: The Stick of Truth for your kids

Nerd Reactor gives their top ten reasons why parents should not be buying South Park: The Stick of Truth for their kids.



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News::The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 2: A House Divided Review | Analog Addiction

Analog Addiction writes: "A House Divided is the best gaming experience I have played this year, and perhaps one of the best experiences Telltale has ever delivered. It weaves a brilliant narrative that continues to surprise. as it provides some of the most unforgettable, drama filled moments of the series."



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News::The Powerpuff Girls return in Defenders of Townsville


Powerpuff Girls: Defenders of Townsville is heading to Steam for Windows, Mac, and Linux on March 14, 2014. Huh? Where did this come from?


Radiangames, a developer known for its line of Xbox Live indie games, was in need of contract work last summer and pitched ideas to various companies, including Cartoon Network.


"It turned out that Cartoon Network would have a Powerpuff Girls special TV episode coming out in January, and [one of the pitches, a "Metroidvania+Defender game"] would be a great fit," wrote Radiangames. "Just had to give it a little dose of Gunstar Heroes-esque mixed melee+shooting action to arrive at the final gameplay combination."


Wild! The aforementioned special, The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed, featured a new art style (and Ringo Starr, amazingly enough). The art direction has been replicated in Defenders of Townsville, as shown in this trailer, however there's an option for "classic" visuals.


Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice! [Radiangames]


The Powerpuff Girls return in Defenders of Townsville screenshot


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News::A Vita game I can't stop playing: If you've got a Vita, check out Surge Deluxe, a highly enjoyable (

News::War of the Vikings release date confirmed

Fatshark and Paradox Interactive have confirmed that War of the Vikings will come out of Early Access in April.



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News::Fan Video Highlights The Sounds of Battlefield 4

MP1s - By now, youve probably seen your fair share of Battlefield-related YouTube videos showing off the games striking scenery and gorgeous and backdrops, usually titled something along the lines of The Beauty of Battlefield. But what about the sounds of Battlefield?



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News::World of Tanks Team Talks New Physics in Latest Dev Diary

The latest developer diary talks about physics for the World of Tanks.



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News::Tower of Guns Review: Home of the Rocket-Launching Shotgun [Greenlit Gaming]

Alex of Greenlit Gaming writes: "I remember when Tower of Guns was first announced. I remember it so clearly because I was literally right there. I was sitting in a seat in an auditorium at PAX East, when the games developer Joe walked up to the mic and introduced the game to us. He rolled the trailer and in came the heavy-metal guitar riff and off we went, through the Tower of Guns. I was impressed then, and Im even more impressed now that Ive finally got my mittens on the finished game."



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News::Assassins Creed IV: Freedom Cry Review | Metal Arcade

Metal Arcade: Jason Bakker writes: As a fan of the franchise that hasnt yet played Black Flag (its on my shelf still wrapped my gaming backlog is getting out of hand), I was excited to see that Ubisoft was releasing the Assassins Creed IV: Freedom Cry story DLC as a standalone purchase, as they did with last years Blood Dragon. Once again the company proves that it is not averse to taking risks, as Freedom Cry tells the harrowing tale of a man named Adewale fighting to save his brothers from the clutches of slavery.



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News::SteamFirst: Moving Infinity Wars First Impressions

SteamFirst: The banner waifs in the wind as explosions rock the background with dirt sprays and sparks. My selected warrior gracefully bounces into action like a dancer taking center stage. An evil sorceress flips through her book of lies as her perfectly rounded breasts taunt me with unequaled symmetry anduh oh my. Uh, where was I? Oh, Infinity Wars, right. This animated trading card game may not displace any industry staples, but it is on the right track for setting a new standard in online card games.



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News::The Legacy of Dark Souls A Shining Light in a Dark Time

Sean Halliday of Pixel Gate writes: ''Dark Souls 2 is one of 2014s biggest releases despite it only being released on last-generation systemsand for good reason. The first Dark Souls introduced a whole new generation of people to the old-school unforgiving style of gameplay that was once the norm in videogames. No hand-holding, no cheap means to victory, no shortcuts, just challenge and death. Plenty of death.''



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News::Angvik Review | Ghost Volta

Spencer of Ghost Volta: "Angvik is a bit of an oddity. Its absolutely a platformer, but it manages to harbor the soul of an RPG without many of the features that could come alongside the role playing genre. Its story even feels ripped out of a medieval RPG, placing you into the shoes of the son of a father forced out of his castle by a barbarian lord. Naturally, in true RPG fashion, youll choose the class of your father at the beginning, which will decide what items get passed onto you, with each class possessing a vastly different playstyle."



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News::The Walking Dead Season 2: Episode 2 - A House Divided Review | Entertainium

"True to its name, A House Divided features some of the most divisive moments in any of the series episodes yet." - Eduardo Reboucas, Entertainium.org



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News::Kojima would like MGS V: The Phantom Pain on PC

You know who else would appreciate seeing more Metal Gear Solid games on PC? Me. And a bunch of you too, I'm willing to bet. The more opportunities for people to play it, the better.


Speaking to GameSpot about MGS V: The Phantom Pain, designer Hideo Kojima said "PC, that's my original background. I originally created PC games. A long time ago I didn't want to rely on platforms to release games, so if people want it, I cannot make a formal announcement, but that is definitely something that I would like to do."


Konami recently held a press event for the Ground Zeroes, as you might've noticed over here with Max's coverage of the lead-in game today. Kojima also spoke with IGN about The Phantom Pain's length compared to the prequel, expressing concern that some players will complain about the former game being "too big to clear." If it's not too short, it's too long, apparently.


He said The Phantom Pain will be "more than 200x bigger than Ground Zeroes." I'm not sure what he's basing that stat on, specifically, but Kojima added "we'll have a lot of missions in there."


Kojima wants a PC version of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain [GameSpot]

Kojima Worried The Phantom Pain Is 'Too Big' to Finish [IGN]


Kojima would like MGS V: The Phantom Pain on PC screenshot






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News::Ashen Rift: A man and his dog - New first person survival horror - gets a Kickstarter campaign

DSOGaming writes: "Barry Collins has informed us about the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for his upcoming first person survival horror title that will be powered by Unity 3D, Ashen Rift: A man and his dog."



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News::Thief Gold HD Mod

Thief mod brings original into the world of HD. Adds HD textures for all original missions New vegetation Nnew water and lava textures New torch and fire flames New Fog FX (Applies only to the following missions Escape!, Strange Bedfellows, Into The Maw of Chaos) New Bugbeast HD skin New Burrick HD skin Zombie HD skin New t2skies skies



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News::The Elder Scrolls Online beta impressions (with screens)

One of the biggest draws of the upcoming Elder Scrolls Online is the possibility of taking the core and foundation of the beloved series and placing it in a living, breathing, populated world. Can a game with all the restrictions inherent in an MMORPG provide such an experience?



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News::Witches' Legacy: Hunter and the Hunted Walkthrough

"Our Witches' Legacy: Hunter and the Hunted Walkthrough is an essential guide to saving Lynn from this new threat of witch hunters bent on her destruction. Rely on our detailed custom marked screenshots, our step-by-step instructions, and our simple and easy-to-understand puzzle solutions to track Lynn down and convince this ancient order that they are about to make a huge mistake if they think they are going to harm your daughter." -CGG



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News::ReVeN Beta Coming in a Couple of Months, Says Producer

Get your "Metroid" fix sooner than later! Varia Games announces that ReVeN will be getting a beta very soon.



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News::Tropico 5 to release in Early Summer 2014

Excerpt: "Tropico 5 will be available for PC, Xbox 360, Mac and Linux in early summer with a version for the PlayStation 4 platform following later this year."



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News::The Walking Dead : A House Divided Review | GamesFiends

"From a timid character that followed Lee around, to a scared girl alone and fighting for her life and now, as this story progresses we get to see a strong young woman start to emerge. I fail to recall any videogame that has provided such a meaningful and well implemented progression of a character heck Im struggling to think of any media that has handled this transition so well and with such delicacy.", Zeth Ward, GamesFiends.



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News::PC Exclusive Star Citizen To Receive State-of-the-Art Facial Animation From The Studio Behind Ryse

GearNuke: "Ryse: Son of Rome is always regarded as having one of the best facial animation in a video game. It seems like the studio who helped create this facial animation is going to work with Chris Roberts to bring "State-of-the-Art" facial animation to Star Citizen, the crowd-funded space trading and combat simulator."



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News::Under the Radar: Eden Star Taking Back Pharus

This week in Under the Radar, we take a look at Eden Star, a survival-creation game, being developed by Flix Interactive.



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News::The Titanfall season pass isn't exactly revolutionary stuff

Alright, everyone -- let's play a game. I'm going to tell you what's included in the recently confirmed Titanfall Season Pass, and you act elated about what a totally sweet deal it is. Ready? Let's do this.


Titanfall's Pass offers three map packs for the price of $24.99 instead of buying them individually for $29.99. Pay attention to what platform you want the content on though, as it's only good for one system. There we go. That's it; we did it.


You'll have to excuse me if my enthusiasm doesn't quite seem genuine. I've made my thoughts on season passes pretty clear in the past.


Season Pass & Digital Deluxe [Titanfall]


The Titanfall season pass isn't exactly revolutionary stuff screenshot






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News::The Xbox One's Controller Now Has "Increased Sensitivity"

News::'South Park: The Stick of Truth' and its RPG system explained

South Park: The Stick of Truth has an enormous amount of depth to it and that really comes into focus when you look at the amount of RPG and customizable elements there are in the game.



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News::4 things to remember when beginning 'South Park: The Stick of Truth'

So you've just begun the cool game that is South Park: The Stick of Truth, and you are excited about having chosen your character class of either a Mage, Thief, Fighter or Jew. Now, it's time to go explore the wonderful city of South Park that you have come to know, but didn't actually know it had an order to it, right? Wrong.



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News::Stop before you start, it's South Park: The Stick of Truth, what did you expect?

Let's just get it out of the way right now that anything produced by Matt Stone and Trey Parker is going to be funny, take aim at controversial subjects in a practical, yet profound way, and will no doubt have something that makes part of you that looks at a joke in South Park: The Stick of Truth and says, "too far?"



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News::Developer Releases Eiffel Tower VR Demo

A developer by the name of Dithernet has released a small work-in-progress demo that allows users to tour the base of the Eiffel Tower in virtual reality (VR). Simply named Tower Eiffel, the project in its current form is free to download via the Oculus VR Share Beta. It can be used with the Oculus Rift VR headset.



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News::Batman: Arkham Knight Story Details Discussing Some Concerns In Depth

T1 - Today's reveal of the Batman Arkham Knight story will excite bat-fans, but it is noticeably not without its flaws, and comes without key Arkham game writer Paul Dini leading the charge. Here we look at the finer points of the story reveal, and discuss why we have some (but are not completely filled with) trepidation for the outcome.



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News::NASA, Kerbal Space Program Announce Collaboration At SXSW

Ricky from Twinfinite writes; "Kerbal Space Program and NASA have announced a plan to let players have control of an actual future NASA mission inside the game in a special upcoming update."



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News::Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Review [MonsterVine]

MonsterVine: "A few years ago developer MercurySteam came out and delivered a sort of reboot of the Castlevania franchise which was met with some mixed reception from the hardcore fans of the series. I quite enjoyed it. With Lords of Shadow 2 they somehow fumble with the solid footing they had established with their previous title and deliver a game that improves quite a bit in the combat department but falters everywhere else."



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News::Infested Planet Review | Leviathyn

Infested Planet takes all the fun parts of large scale alien warfare and distills them into a tight and tense squad-based strategy game.



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News::South Park: The Stick of Truth Review - GamesReviews

From GamesReviews: "There have been a lot of South Park games over the last two decades and theyve all be leading up to The Stick of Truth. Never before has there been a game that so accurately captures the show, both in construction, visuals and attitude. Its been a long time since we were fighting killer turkeys with snowballs, or answering questions with Chef, but those of us whove been burned before definitely need to take a second look."



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