News::Nab a WildStar Beta Key from Curse for this Weekend's Testing Event: Now open to ALL

Curse is proud to present all users with beta keys for Carbine's highly anticipated MMO, Wildstar! These keys grant you access for this weekend's beta event.



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News::To Leave is one of the neatest games I played during GDC

GDC is full of neat games. There are sentai management sims. Body building cats. Hyper Light Drifter . But one of the neatest games I played during GDC is To Leave, which creative director Estefano Palacios says is the first indie game out of Ecuador. It's definitely the first one coming to PS4 and Vita. (Incidentally, check out the promoted cblog from last year, Gaming in Latin America).

Sony discovered the 12 person team's game as part of its Latin America, Incubation Program and has been "instrumental" in getting it exposure, flying Palacios out to GDC to rep the game, and technology, giving the team dev kits.

Palacios discovered me, hustling to take advantage of his good fortune, while I shambled, eyes glazed over, trying to remember where I was going and where I had been. I'm glad he did, because chatting with him and playing To Leave perked me right up.

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News::Preview- Black Ice: The Game | Indie Games AAA

Pete from Indie Games AAA checks out 'Black Ice: The Game', a cyberpunk RPG hacker with a first-person shooter twist.



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News::Escape Goat 2 Review | TwoDashStash

The fashionable 2D puzzle platformer, from developer Magical Time Bean, Escape Goat 2 did something that not many games have done lately; and thats keeping me interested. With its new refurbished graphics and simple objective, Escape Goat 2 has become one of my favorite games this year.



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News::Child of Light: Opening Hours Hands-On | Gamereactor UK

GR-UK writes: "We've missed turn-based combat that keeps us on our toes, and packaged as it is with a beautiful watercolour world, enchanting soundtrack and that bafflingly large gameplay time (for a digital title, we thought it'd be half the expected ten hours at best), the end of April will see us happily part with the ten or so quid to see this adventure through."



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News::World of Tanks Review at Skewed and Reviewed

Ben at Skewed and reviewed has posted a positive review for the Xbox 360 version of World of Tanks. Despite some concern about the start of the game, he had great things to say about much of the game and the gameplay.



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News::Child of Light is a return to classic JRPG wonder

Last year, the news of Ubisoft making an old-school throwback to the JRPG genre took a number of people by surprise. When Destructoid got the chance to check it out, there was a healthy amount of curiosity around it. Not too many people knew what to make of it, especially considering it was coming from the team that made Far Cry 3, which is a title that seems very far apart from it.



But after spending some time with Child of Light, about three hours to be exact, there might more in common with these two titles than you think. I got the chance to talk with lead writer Jeffrey Yohalem, and saw what passion and a small team working on a unique throwback to JRPG titles managed to come up with.

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News::Irrationals Final Farewell | Bioshock Infinite: Burial At Sea Pt. 2 - BagoGames

"Episode 2 of the Burial at Sea DLC makes the story of Rapture and Columbia come full circle, culminating in a satisfying second part since the cliffhanger in Episode 1. Bioshock fans will find a lot of nods and references to earlier games, making it worth the purchase price."



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News::The Best Titanfall Moments

Critically Sane shares its favorite moments from playing Titanfall, blowing things up, beating up Titans with their own arms, and escaping in style.



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News::Call of Duty: Ghosts Learn To Control FFA Spawns With This Handy Fan-Made Guide

MP1st - Map control can be difficult to achieve on your own when its every man or women for him or herself. But with the help of this in-depth guide, youll get a better idea of key locations to take note of when navigating some of Ghosts more popular multiplayer maps.



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News::The Elder Scrolls Online Infographic Touts Impressive Statistics

GR: Bethesda has released a handy infographic that shares some staggering statistics regarding its recently released MMO, The Elder Scrolls Online.



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News::GameCenter CX - Episode 145 - Famicom Detective Club

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News::Lets Play - Call of Duty: Ghosts - Sensitivity Training

The AH crew is back playing Call of Duty: Ghosts! This week they play "Sensitivity Training," as they attempt not to get nauseous.



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News::Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Sells More Than 2.7 Million Copies In Just A Week

Blizzard and Activision announced today that as of the first week of the expansions availability, more than 2.7 million copies have sold-through online and at retailers worldwide.



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News::Terraria Updated On PC And Consoles, Several Changes Included

Terraria has been updated on PC and consoles. The new update includes several changes and fixes.



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

Cloudbuilt is a parkour-based platformer driven by timing and climbs to the top of the leaderboard.



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News::Darknet Developer 'Happy' to Talk Project Morpheus With Sony

VRFocus - E McNeill, the developer behind the upcoming virtual reality (VR) exclusive title Darknet, has confirmed that he would be happy to look into bringing his title to the PlayStation 4s Project Morpheus VR headset. Speaking to VRFocus, McNeill said that, while he hasnt heard from the company since the announcement, hed like to talk with them about it. Currently Darknet is aiming to be a launch title for the Oculus Rift VR headset.



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News::Let's Play - Trials Fusion (BETA)

In this Lets Play, Diego Arlek shows us his absolute lack of skill in the latest entry into the Trials series, Trials Fusion. Please keep in the mind the footage was taken from the BETA version of the game. Trials Fusion will release on Xbox One and PS4 on April 16th and PC on April 24th.



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News::Plague Inc: Evolved Early Access Review | ReviewMango

Plague Inc: Evolved simply radiates personality. Try not to think of this as an Early Access game; try to see it as an already stellar experience with evolving content and plenty of reasons to return.



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News::Amazon Specials: Tomb Raider $39.99 PS4/X1, GTA IV/Max Payne 3 Bundle $9.99, PS4 Cam is Back Again

Amazon has a few deals today. GTA IV/Max Payne 3 Bundle is $9.99 for PC Download. Tomb Raider Definitive Edition PS4 and Xbox One is $39.99, PS4 Camera has been restocked



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News::MachineGames Wolfenstein: The New Order is as surprising as it is bombastic - Edge

Edge : "As we begin our time with the opening three chapters of Wolfenstein: The New Order, the last game wed ever expect to compare it to is The Last Of Us. And almost from the start were dual-wielding machine guns and fending off Nazi-branded robotic quadrupeds no surprises there. Yet while the tone throughout is more Inglourious Basterds than The Pianist, in terms of character development, believable humanity and sheer pathos, MachineGames appears to be squaring up to Naughty Dog. This is even more surprising given that protagonist BJ Blazkowicz, a man whose neck is wider than his already sizeable jaw, has previously acted as little more than a graphene-thin cipher in a series increasingly synonymous with unremarkable and outdated design. But when, during a meal with a Polish couple whose granddaughter he has just rescued, Blazkowicz discovers that its 1960 14 years after the botched operation that landed him in an asylum with a head injury and that the Nazis won t...



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News::Player Runs The Elder Scrolls Online With Oculus Rift

VRFocus - A member of the official Oculus VR forums has managed to get the soon to release The Elder Scrolls Online up and running with the Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset. It was achieved using Tridef3d software on the early access version of the MMO, available for pre-order customers. A makeshift screenshot of the title running in VR can be seen below. The title releases to everyone on 4th April, 2014.



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News::eGamer Podcast 74: Geeky Pundamentalism

Recorded 01 April 2014, this is episode 74 of the eGamer podcast. Topics discussed include inFamous: Second Sons wasted opportunities, TV series finales and how much we love/hate them and the Marvel movie universes next stops. Shownotes are through the link.



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News::Ashen Rift An Interesting New First Person Survival Horror Game

OnlySP: First-person survival horror appears to be gaining traction among independent development, as we continue to see creators approach the gathering crowd to offer their own take on the genre. Most recently, freelance artist Barry Collins is looking to add to the scene with Ashen Rift, a one-man Unity3D project that is currently seeking funding through Kickstarter.



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News::Goat Simulator - How to Find the Flappy Goat Easter Egg and Mini-Game

Bill Lavoy (Prima Games): Some studios can take years to develop a game. Goat Simulator took Coffee Stain Studios just a couple of weeks. While we're no experts on the process, something tells us that's going to turn out to be a very profitable development cycle.



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News::Sole Survivor Diablo III Episode 1

Who will survive? Sole Survivor is our latest video series where members of the staff play through a game on a harder difficulty to see who can last the longest. This episode starts an expert run in Diablo III with hardcore characters.



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News::Mabinogi Heroes Nexon announces 5 new upcoming characters

Also known as Vindictus in the English market, Nexon today revealed 5 of the upcoming characters for Mabinogi Heroes. These are merely just concept art pieces, and no details were given who will be arriving first.



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News::Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Exclusive Scholar class for Korean server

Earlier today, Blizzard Korea announced a new class exclusive to the Korean server, the Scholar. On his journey to the imperial exams, the sagely Scholar came across the unholy land of Sanctuary, and thus decided to help the Nephalem against the evil threats.



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News::Transformers Universe: Not just robot runescape - Red Bull

How Jagex crafted a whole new Transformers Universe, one bot at a time.



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News::Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today Preview The World Ends With Point-and-Click | Twinfinite

Alex from Twinfinite writes: "Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today seems to be an incredible example of what fun and interesting things that indie developers like Fictiorama Studios have in store. Such a mature point-and-click adventure is both refreshing and intriguing. While it appears to have some minor drawbacks, it is definitely worth checking out thus far."



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News::Review: YAIBA: Ninja Gaiden Z (New Gamer Nation)

The beauty of the Ninja Gaiden series has always been a punishing, memorization-based, highly rewarding system of combat. Players often pulled their hair out, smashed a few controllers and cursed the gods that be, only to get back in and teach that boss a thing or two. This risk and reward system may have excluded some from sticking with the series, but also battle-hardened its fan base and made them even bigger fans of the series. Fast-forward to today, and the series released a spin-off featuring Yaiba, the cyborg-ninja. While this spin-off maintains the hack-and-slash action youve grown accustom to, there are a lot of changes, and even a departure from what made the series great in the first place, which some fans may find difficult to accept.



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News::Quantum Rush - Futuristic Online Racing Inspired By WipeOut - Gets A Steam Greenlight Campaign

GameArt Studio has announced the launch of a Steam Greenlight campaign for its upcoming futuristic online racing title, Quantum Rush.



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News::New SOMA trailer dives deep into the darkness

Friction Games unveils the terrifying setting for its new PS4 horror epic



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News::Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number Hands-On - WorldsFactory

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is bringing back more of the same, but is the sequel little more than a glorified map pack?



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News::SEGA To Block Western IPs From South East Asian Release Of English Phantasy Star Online 2

Voxel Juice reveals that SEGA will ban non South East Asian IPs from downloading or playing its English-language release of Phantasy Star Online 2.



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News::The Video Game Collective #2 Amazon Enters the Living Room with Fire TV

Crave - On this week's The Video Game Collective we discuss Amazon's Fire TV announcement, look back on the releases of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and inFamous: Second Son, and even answer a listener question regarding the Nintendo 3DS' future. Panel: Daniel Bischoff of GameRevolution - @Game_Revolution Alex Osborne of GameRevolution - @alexcosborn Dan Oravasaari of PlayStation LifeStyle - @Foolsjoker



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News::Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Review | Good Game

GG writes: "What I like the most about this game is just how many decisions you're weighing up in your head at all times, it's just so rich in strategy."



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News::Battlefield 4: Naval Strike Review - NowGamer

NowGamer: "Naval Strike is a dazzling piece of downloadable content for a game that still doesnt work properly. One day itll be essential. We hope."



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News::Watch Dogs' Map Size VS Grand Theft Auto V

GameVerb writes: Take a special look at the Watch Dogs map size as compared to one of the most popular open world games, Grand Theft Auto V. How important is map size to you?



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News::VoidExpanse available now on PC

PC gamers can enjoy a new intergalatic sandbox experience with AtomicTorch Studio's VoidExpanse which is now in Alpha stage on PC.



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News::B-TEN Plays Goat Simulator Episode 1

B-TEN.com Editor-in-Chief Gabe Carey debuts the first of (hopefully) many episodes pertaining to the worlds greatest goat sim, appropriately named Goat Simulator.



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News::$740 Mid-Range Gaming PC Build for EverQuest Next: Landmark - April, 2014

GamersNexus: "The first bit of related content, as is usually the case for us, is a mid-range gaming PC build that's spec'd for EverQuest Next: Landmark at near-max (high) settings. You could certainly build a cheaper AMD system (keep eyes open for that), but this one will get you running EQNL at high (or thereabouts) settings and still provide room for high graphics output with more demanding titles. If you're interested in Titanfall, you'll be happy to hear that this machine will also easily run Titanfall on max settings, as we benchmarked over here."



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News::Release Date for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

The release date for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is set for 7th of October 2014. The game will come available for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC.



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News::Phantasy Star Online 2 English (Asiasoft) to feature full Japanese voices; Sgcafe giving beta keys

MMO publisher Asiasoft, who is publishing Phantasy Star Online 2 English in six Southeast Asian countries this year, has confirmed with SGCafe that the English localised version will feature full Japanese voice-overs which should be a sigh of relief for many fans. On top of that, Asiasoft has also announced recently that a closed beta for the Asian English version of Phantasy Star Online 2 will take place next week, from April 10 to 13. SGCafe will be giving out several hundred keys for the closed beta test tomorrow (April 3, 2014 Singapore/Japan/Asia timezones), on a first-come, first-served basis.



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News::The Witcher 3: Two Areas Are Over 52 Square Miles by Themselves; 3.5 Times Larger than Skyrim's Map

CD Projekt Red and Umbra Software held a presentation titled Solving Visibility and Streaming in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with Umbra 3 at the Game Developers Conference, and it included a very interesting detail on the size of the game's map.



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News::Always Nintendo Interviews Rain Games

Always Nintendo got the chance to interview Rain Games, creators of indie game, Teslagrad. If you're into puzzler's, you'll definitely want to check this interview out!



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News::Ski Safari Developer Takes on Hearthstone with Hand of Fate

Developer Defiant Development is taking on Blizzard's card/strategy blockbuster Hearthstone with a dynamic title of its own called Hand of Fate. Grab It Magazine has the details.



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News::Ridley Scott attached to a Halo live-action project

There's a Halo movie in the works. Yes, another one.

This one is sees Ridley Scott as executive producer, with Battlestar Galactica director Sergio Mimica-Gezzan on board as well. The series is expect to follow the same format as what Machinima did with Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn , but this will be following a surgically-enhanced super soldier that's not Master Chief.

We'll be learning more about whatever this is at E3. And this is totally different than whatever it is that Steven Spielberg is working on too.

I am ALL for anything Halo, but the more we hear about stuff like this, the more I fear we're not actually going to get Halo 5 this year. Instead it's just filler until the next entry in the series finally arrives. I hope I'm totally wrong.

Ridley Scott's New ‘Halo’ Digital Project Recruits ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Director [The Wrap]

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News::The making of Lords of the Fallen, a Dark Souls for next-gen

An interview with CI Games' creative director, and why the game's bosses may prove even tougher than those of the Dark Souls series.



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News::Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) Early Access Burdened with Errors

All isn't well in the world of Elder Scrolls Online. Countless players with early access are having troubles playing the game. Between the actual launcher not working and login issues occurring just 2 days before the official launch it's hard to believe this game will supposedly have a smooth launch day.



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