News::New VR Project True Player Gear Emerges To Take The Spotlight

Watch out, Project Morpheus and Oculus Rift! There's a new headset in town.



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News::With Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocksteady Proves That Video Games Matter

An EGMR writer talks about how Batman: Arkham Knight is a much bigger deal to comic book fans than it may appear, and explains how it proves that video games can matter on a much larger scale.



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News::Phoenix Down 24.1 - Alone in the Dark

Phoenix Down is hosted by Drew Leachman and Matt Quinn. Each segment focuses on an older game the duo decides upon with another member of the ZTGD crew or special guest. They play through and discuss the mechanics and how well it holds up today. It is the ultimate in backlog elimination. It is time to get the stones in this classic survival horror. Hosts: Drew Leachman Matt Quinn Dave Payerle



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News::The Most Underrated Final Fantasy Characters of All Time

IGN: After browsing through IGN's "Most Popular Final Fantasy Characters of All Time" (as voted on by the IGN readers) I couldn't help but think of all of those wonderful characters that didn't make the cut. And not just the ones left out of this survey, but those who are routinely overlooked and forgotten. What follows then is a quick shout out to all of those wonderful Final Fantasy characters that rarely get their due, despite their unconventional flare and unique sophistication.



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News::Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode 2 Audio Logs Locations

This time youll hear more from our favorite Rapture personalities like Andrew Ryan and Frank Fontaine. Theres more backstory to hear as links between Columbia and Rapture are made explicit if youre willing to hunt these collectibles down. Dont go scrounging in the dark, get exact locations with the text tips right here.



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News::New Batman: Arkham Knight screenshots

Seven new screenshots from Rocksteady's third and final Arkham game.



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News::Wildstar Present Their Next Arena: The Slaughterdome

After Walatiki Temple, Wildstar developers introduce us next battleground called The Slaughterdome.



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News::Cloudbuilt: SteamFirst Review

SteamFirst: Cloudbuilt is a fast paced parkourthemup that follows Demi, A young veteran of war in mental rehabilitation, trying to regain control of her own mind by completing a series of challenging trials put fourth by her imagination. As you progress through the stages, more and more of the story is told and more about Demi which leads up to one of four different endings.



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News::Watch Dogs: A Dwindling Interest

Pixel Gate writes: ''During E3 2012, Ubisoft created a lot of buzz with the reveal of Watch Dogs, its newest franchise. Its setting, plot, and concept grabbed the attention of the masses. After all, its concept is extremely pertinent to issues relevant to society today. The demo shown allowed the game to convey its general themes and tones to the audience thanks to its pace and atmosphere, and while the demo focused on the hacking aspect of Watch Dogs, the buzz it generated was immense. Ubisoft, consequently, had people eating out of the palm of their hand.''



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News::GX Gaming Zabius Headset Now Available

This comfortable universal headset system thoroughly brings crystal clear audio from each of its 40mm drivers with explosive bass and pulsing tones to the gaming battlefield on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, PC, and Mac.



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News::Microsoft Reveals Version 2 Of Kinect For Windows

WPC "You usually think Xbox when you think Kinect. However, you should also be thinking PC. Microsoft launched Kinect for the Xbox 360 in late 2010. It later followed up with a version of Kinect for Windows in early 2011. A non-commercial Kinect SDK came shortly after that release of Kinect for Windows. Version 2 of Kinect came out this past fall with the launch of the Xbox One. Naturally a PC version would follow. Today, Microsoft has shared images and details on version 2 of Kinect for Windows."



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News::Square Enix Publisher Weekend Begins on Steam - Ends on March 31

If you missed out on the Humble Stores Square-Enix sale, Steams got another one with some better overall deals. The publisher weekend lasts until March 31, and slashes the prices of some amazing games. Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition and its sequel Invisible War are $1.74, while the Directors Cut of Deus Ex: Human Revolution is $5.



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News::Kickstarter of the Week Ashen Rift: A Man and His Dog | GIZORAMA

Liam Lambert, GIZORAMA - "Kickstarter isnt exactly littered with first person games; 3-D modelling can be more expensive and technically demanding than its 2-D counterpart, and outside of a few gems like Gone Home and Proteus, the first person market is all but dominated by AAA developers and publishers. But how does a survival-horror FPS inspired by exploration games like Dear Esther and Journey sound? If you answered: Great in a non-sarcastic fashion, I (and presumably Barry Collins) like the cut of your jib. Ashen Rift: A Man and His Dog is such a game a low ammo, atmospheric , horror FPS about a man and his canine companion fighting to survive in a dying world."



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News::Loadout Shows That Free-to-Play Can Still Work

Ive checked out a lot of free-to-play (or F2P if you like acronyms) games over the last year or two. At first the idea seemed kind of insane: download a game without paying a cent and play it for as long as you like, only spending money if you want to unlock extra costumes, items, or weapon parts. It wasnt until I spent more time with some of the most popular games from the beginning of the F2P explosion that the catch of the business model became clear.



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News::Youll fight more than deadly creatures in post-apocalyptic shooter Still Alive

In multiplayer game Still Alive, the post-apocalyptic creatures arent the only danger. Developer Binji Games needs $45,000 on Kickstarter to make its 2D, third-person, multiplayer shooter set after a catastrophic event that brought with it a breed of terrible monsters and dangerous people. The goal is to find an antidote while fighting off other players and monsters. In the day, your goal is to collect supplies, and at night, the dangerous Nexolyths come out. The game supports 10 players, and can be played as team versus team or a free-for-all. And you can differentiate your character with clothing, and weapons crafted from materials found in the map.



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News::'Alien: Isolation' exclusive: One foe you certainly know, but more you don't

Jonathan Court, Senior Producer at Creative Assembly, made it known that players won't be facing just the titular Alien in the upcoming survival horror title Alien Isolation. In our Examiner.com exclusive interview, Court hinted that players aren't the only ones on the Sevastopol trying to survive and evade the Alien



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News::Batman Arkham Knight: Is The Batmobile A Gimmick? (NowGamer)

NowGamer: "Is the Batmobile as big a deal as Rocksteady says or is it a gimmick? We've had a chance to see Batman: Arkham Knight in action, so let us shed a little light on that question."



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News::11 Video Game Reboots/Revitalisations We Need

Much like films, reboots and revitalisations of video games are very hit and miss. For every XCOM: Enemy Unknown we have a Golden Axe: Beast Rider, yet despite this there are always a few which deserve a new lease on life. With news of Star Wars: Battlefront and Homeworld finally getting the attention they have long needed, WUWO Magazine has put together a few others which deserve the same attention.



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News::The Golf Club Preview (with Gameplay Videos) | NoobFeed

Daav from NoobFeed takes to the course in The Golf Club. This independent venture from old EA Sports developers is looking great for the new line of consoles and PC. With procedural generation and easy controls, it also plays well. Some gameplay streams are included.



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News::Wanna start your Friday feeling depressed?

In My Girl you play as Thomas J in a coming-of-age story that's... well, I'm sure you've seen the 1991 movie. In this game you are Macaulay Culkin's character. So you know what happens.

Spoiler: It's bummertime. Even the MIDI version of the song "My Girl" adds to the bummer vibe.

You can play My Girl right here.

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News::VelKoz League of Legends Champion Review

VelKoz the Eye of the Void is the most recently released champion for League of Legends. VelKoz is an ability power based champion that relies heavily on keeping distance between himself and his enemies. VelKoz is lacking in escape abilities but all of his spells have considerable range to them so this shouldnt be as much of an issue as long as you keep up your map awareness.



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News::Age of Wonders 3 Review | IncGamers

The much loved strategy series returns. Have Triumph Studios created another classic, or meddled too much with the Age of Wonders template? IncGamers' David Reid is here to explain.



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News::Will Jason Todd Make His Next-Gen Debut In Batman: Arkham Knight? | International Digital Times

Yes, "Arkham Knight" is a name that Dark Knight fans haven't heard before, but is it still possible that a familiar face will go toe-to-toe with the Caped Crusader in Batman: Arkham Knight?



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News::Titanic: Honor and Glory Switches Engine, Will Be Now Powered By Unreal Engine 4

Four Funnels Entertainment has announced that Titanic: Honor and Glory a game that amazed everyone with its glorious visuals will be no longer powered by Cryteks CRYENGINE. Instead, the team has switched to Epics latest next-gen engine, the Unreal Engine 4.



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News::Black Desert Pre-beta Interview with the Producer Kim Daeil

The second closed beta of Black Desert is coming very soon in mid-April, and Black Desert's producer Kim Daeil has answered a lot of questions in a pre-beta interview with GameMeca. They will introduce new features of castle siege, more mini-games, new collaboration gameplay (translated from Korean), new adventure node functions and more. Check out the details below.



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News::Shadowrun Online Coming to Steam Early Access

Shadowrun Online, the turn-based MMO successfully funded on Kickstarter, is coming to Steam Early Access on March 31st. A prequel to the first Shadowrun Online campaign, Lockdown (also an upcoming tabletop RPG book), this introductory offering will focus on the core mechanics of combat.



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News::GameStop Has Given Up On Cloud Gaming For Now

While cloud gaming continues to be on the rise, GameStop has decided to cancel their Spawn Labs cloud gaming service for now. There is no word on when exactly they will attempt to bring it back.



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News::Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Review (Strategy Informer)

From Strategyinformer.com: "The Reaper of Souls expansion has heralded much change in the Diablo III landscape and before it even arrived it swung its scythe at the old ways of loot drops, gear stats and even plunged the auction house into oblivion. It was no quiet entrance to be sure, as already it had a profound effect before actually delivering anything exclusively tied to it.".



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News::CRYENGINE - New Video Shows Realtime Fluid/Water Simulation

YouTubes member 18T220 has released a new video, showcasing realtime Fluid/Water simulation in CRYENGINE.



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News::10 Classic Games Playable in a Browser Right Now

The internet. A place to research, a place to glean information and get news the moment it breaks, a place to watch any visual media you can think of. Instead though, were just going to leave you with these 10 links to classic games and you can forget all the other stuff and lose your lunch hour and other free time to all the nostalgia. All of it.



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News::Oculus Rift Selling 'Just Fine' After Facebook Buyout, Company Claims

VRFocus - Oculus VR has claimed that sales of its second developer kit (DK2) for the Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset are doingjust fine following news of Facebooks $2 billion USD acquisition of the outfit. The statement was made by the companys Community Manager on the official Oculus Rift forums in response to claims the device would flop after the sale of the company, which was announced earlier this week.



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News::Heroes of the Storm - Technical Alpha Gameplay

HardwareZone: We were given some hands-on time with Blizzard's exciting new online team brawler: Heroes of the Storm. Here's a snippet of gameplay from the Technical Alpha preview event!



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News::Grand Theft Auto IV - Death Race Car Invades Liberty City

DSOGaming writes: "Our reader Jonathan Gustafsson has informed us about a new mod for GTA IV that brings the car from Death Race to it."



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News::Arkham Knight interview confirms that Scarecrow is main villain

Speaking in an interview, Marketing Producer Dax Ginn from Rocksteady confirmed that Scarecrow is the main villain in Batman: Arkham Knight, with the fear-obsessed bad guy assembling a dream team of criminals to take down the Dark Knight. Misdirection? Maybe, but Rocksteady are right that Scarecrow is one of the more effective Batman villains, his obsession with fear neatly cutting to the core of Bruce Wayne's character. Still, I wouldn't put it past the British developers to throw some curveballs our way.



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News::Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls is Now Available, If You Cared

Written by James Farr - "So I was one the many that anxiously awaited the release of Diablo 3. With the coming release of such an iconic franchise many people doubted any game could have lived up to the expectations, and unfortunately they were right. Now after almost 2 years Blizzard has released an expansion to their genre defining game titled Reaper of Souls."



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News::Diablo 3's Senior Character Artists Redesigns the Amazon

Last week, games.on.net sat down with Diablo 3s senior character artist, Paul Warzecha. He was expecting an interview, but instead he ended up helping them with some redesigns of Diablos iconic classes.



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News::Watch_Dogs Creative Director Explains Lack of Shadows in Latest Trailer, Confirms QR Code Puzzles

Watch_Dogs creative director Jonathan Morin addressed concerns about some graphical flaws spotted in the latest trailer, and confirmed the presence of QR code puzzles.



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News::World of Warcraft-Themed Weddings Sure Look Fun

News::Today on Reddit: German South Park: The Stick of Truth Swastikas Barred

GG3 picks up more interesting tidbits while wasting time on Reddit. In a recent gaming thread, a German user posted how censorship has affected the German version of South Park: The Stick of Truth. It's exactly as crude as expected.



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News::Oculus Rift-Enabled "World of Diving" Gets New Screenshots, First Playable Build Available

Vertigo Games has released some new screenshots for World of Diving. In addition, the company announced that the games Stage 0 build is now available.



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News::From Ultima Online To Titanfall, A Review Of The Online Games

It was 1974; before the Internet existed as such in the prestigious MIT university began to develop the first online game in history Mazewar. Multiplayer title where roamed a maze with the goal of eliminating the other players.



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News::The Problem With Thief Reviews

Sean Halliday of Pixel Gate writes: ''The recent release of Thief has brought with it some of the most varied and odd reviews of a video game in recent times. The reception was been truly mixed. Actually, to be more precise, its all over the place, with some critics claiming the game is an utter mess while others heap on the praise. Naturally it begs the question: how much did each reviewer play the game, and were they aware of what kind of game Thief would be beforehand.''



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News::Playing through Asgard in Marvel Heroes

Your mighty hero has finally defeated Doctor Doom in Marvel Heroes, so where do you go from there? Well fortunately there's a whole new chapter to adventure in as your superhero gets to travel to the home of the mighty Thor, Asgard!



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News::The Madoka Magica PSP Game is Getting a Fan Translation

News::Leadhope brings Kingdom Under Fire II in the Philippines

The global publisher Leadhope International Inc., has chosen the Philippines with its healthy market of 500,000 active players daily as the pioneering market to launch, creating new jobs for the youth.



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News::Amazon Deals of The Day Friday

A few deals for today. Spy Hunter's price has been further reduced for the Vita, Transformers game is having a big sale, Disney Infinity for the Wii U is $20 off and more



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News::Towerfall Ascension review | Gamereactor UK

GR-UK writes: "Overall TowerFall Ascension is very easy to recommend. This new version includes new content, a co-op campaign, unlockable characters and new arenas to play in. There's single player distractions if you need them, but at the heart of it sits a fantastic local multiplayer shooter. While it's true that there's no online component, it doesn't matter as it's an experience best served locally, with combatants sat together in the same room. There's no way of knowing for sure, but we reckon the experience wouldn't translate as well to the online space, and as such we didn't mind its omission."



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News::Cancelled Oculus Rift Minecraft would have been free, says Notch

Markus "Notch" Persson was one of the most vocal critics of the recent Facebook acquisition of Oculus VR, recently stating that he'd cancelled a proposed Oculus Rift version of Minecraft after news of the buyout emerged. After Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey played down the cancellation, suggesting Notch hadn't done much work on the project anyway, the developer responded by claiming the planned version would have been a free version designed to promote the VR concept.



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News::Montas Preview (Strategy Informer)

From Strategyinformer.com: "Coming from design studio Organic Humans, Montas is a first-person horror survival game with an emphasis on exploration and atmosphere. The game is currently available on Steam's Early Access and features full Oculus Rift support. It promises an immersive and mysterious, albeit rather more abstract, experience".



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News::LEGO Minifigures Online - Pirate World Video Released

LEGO Minifigures Online is currently being developed by Funcom, and leading up to Open Beta this summer



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