News::Turning The Game Boy Into Art

Ok, Game Boy, you're 25 years old. Let's turn you into awesome things.

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News::The Sandbox: Episode 45, ArcheAge Alpha

This episode of The Sandbox features a recap of sandbox gaming news for the week of April 21, 2014. In addition this episode also features in depth discussion about the ongoing alpha test for the upcoming sandbox MMORPG ArcheAge.



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News::DayZ Standalone Sells 2 Million Units in 6 Months

Rely on Horror: Dean "Rocket" Hall, creator and project lead of DayZ Standalone has announced today on Twitter that the game has sold 2 million units since release. The standalone version of the popular ARMA 2 mod has amassed a considerable amount of sales since its release six months ago.



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News::First Impressions: Chroma Squad| Leviathyn

Behold Studios recently released a demo for their Kickstarter funded game Chroma Squad, a turn-based RPG based on "Super Sentai" TV shows. And here is our first impressions of the demo.



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News::You can play BattleBlock Theater on Steam in two weeks

It's taking longer for The Behemoth to release BattleBlock Theater on Steam than we would've liked but that's business as usual. It'll get here when it gets here, which is not too much further out: the former Xbox Live Arcade exclusive comes to Steam for Windows and Linux on May 15.

New features for the port include Steam Trading, quick weapon swapping, and "fatter cats." More than that, it's an opportunity for a larger group of people to play this super fun co-op game.

And if you were chosen as a beta tester, your copy of BattleBlock is free. Free free. Everyone else will have to pony up $14.99.

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News::Bound By Flames The First Two Hours

Looks like someone got Bound By Flames a bit early for their PS4 as they were streaming the game earlier today. Heres a look at the first two hours of the game.



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News::Battlefield 4 sells 7+ million, only 2% are still playing

Battlefield 4's active player base is dwindling.



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News::New Call of Duty 2014 Video Superpower for Hire

MP1st - Vice and Call of Duty present Superpower for Hire, a short look into the world of Private Military Corporations.



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News::The Best Way To Find Meth Labs: Arrest Everyone

YouTuber Things We Play takes a look at DEA simulator, where you look at a neighborhood and try to figure out which run-down house is hiding a methlab. It's apparently not so easy.

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News::G.Rev's Armored Hunter Gunhound EX Gets an Official English Release

Hardcore Gamer: So this came out of nowhere. Armored Hunter Gunhound was originally a doujin PC game that got an upgrade via G.Rev to PC and PSP, with adjusted level layouts, boss difficulty, and even a couple of new levels. The game itself played like a version of the Genesis classic Assault Suit Leynos/Target Earth, and thats always an influence worth getting interested over. Unfortunately it was also Japan-only, easy to import and not hard to figure out but still with a language barrier locking out the storyline. As of today, at least on PC, that little problem is finally taken care of.



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News::Developer challenges my mom to review Escape Goat 2

GamesBeat's Mike Minotti: Ian Stocker enjoyed my moms review of Dark Souls II so much that he wanted her to play his game, Escape Goat 2.



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News::Japanese people are more proud of Sony than Nintendo

I'm actually shocked either made it so high. Japanese firm Risk Monster took a survey of 1,000 (employed) men and women between 20 and 69 (hehehe) years old to see which Japanese companies its citizenry was most proud of.

Sony placed second, sandwiched between Toyota and Honda, $1.3 billion loses be damned. Honda is better than Toyota and Nissan is better than all three. Come on, Japan.

Nintendo placed seventh, right above Hitachi, makers of the world's best vibrator, the Hitachi Magic Wand. It is frequently described as "the Cadillac of vibrators," but we really need to stop using that cliche, because Cadillacs kind of suck. Until we get a better alternative, I'll stick in a holding pattern and go with "the Citizen Kane of vibrators."

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News::Fetch Quest Fatigue: check out this write-up on The Witcher 3, where CD Projekt Red talks to PC Game

Fetch Quest Fatigue: check out this write-up on The Witcher 3, where CD Projekt Red talks to PC Gamer about quests and how The Witcher 3 is going to try its best to have an open world like Skyrim without all the "unimaginative busywork" that can come with that sort of game.

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News::Your PC Must Be This Beefy to Play Wolfenstein: The New Order

When Nazis take over the world, Xbox 360s all around the weep in agony. Wolfenstein: The New Order will ship with a hefty four discs for Microsoft's last-gen game console. You're going to need a decent chunk of space on PC and PlayStation hardware, too.

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News::Wake the Dreamer strikes a peculiar balance between waking life and nightmares

Hate your job? Live in a tiny apartment? Looking for love? You might have more in common with indie game Wake the Dreamer's protagonist than you think.

In the peculiar upcoming iOS and Android release, you're tasked with creating a character who lives in an apartment housed on your mobile device. Creator Ali Sakhapour likens the game to a real-time sim a la Tamagotchi, where you're able to help your character grow, find a job, find a mate, and generally guide him through life. But when night breaks, like we all do, he dreams. That's where things get trippy.

There's an interesting duality to Wake the Dreamer where daytime covers the mundane reality of waking life, and night time is a completely different beast. Your character's dreams affect decisions made in the real world, down to his relationships and the "dangers" that end up coming around in every day life. You're tasked with making important choices in both realms, while simultaneously investigating a strange being known as Sand and why it's so interested in your poor little worker drone.

Wake the Dreamer will be hitting Kickstarter shortly, but in the meantime check out the announcement trailer above and take a look at the official Facebook page here.

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News::ZeniMax seeking compensation over the Oculus Rift

id Software parent company ZeniMax Media has sent a "formal notice of its legal rights" to Oculus VR and Facebook over intellectual property worked on by chief technology officer John Carmack while he was still at id that ZeniMax claims contributed to the rise of the Oculus Rift. It is seeking compensation, reports The Wall Street Journal, and sources say it has been since August 2012.

In a statement, ZeniMax wrote: "The proprietary technology and know-how Mr. Carmack developed when he was a ZeniMax employee, and used by Oculus, are owned by ZeniMax. Well before the Facebook transaction was announced, [Oculus founder Palmer Luckey] acknowledged in writing ZeniMax's legal ownership of this intellectual property. It was further agreed that Mr. Luckey would not disclose this technology to third persons without approval. Oculus has used and exploited ZeniMax's technology and intellectual property without authorization, compensation or credit to ZeniMax. ZeniMax and Oculus previously attempted to reach an agreement whereby ZeniMax would be compensated for its intellectual property through equity ownership in Oculus but were unable to reach a satisfactory resolution. ZeniMax believes it is necessary to address these matters now and will take the necessary action to protect its interests."

"It's unfortunate, but when there's this type of transaction, people come out of the woodwork with ridiculous and absurd claims," said an Oculus representative. "We intend to vigorously defend Oculus and its investors to the fullest extent."

On Twitter, Carmack wrote: "No work I have ever done has been patented. ZeniMax owns the code that I wrote, but they don't own VR."

Oculus, Facebook Face Challenge to Rights Over 'Rift' [The Wall Street Journal]

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News::Axiom Verge is the Metroid game we've been wanting for years

A bunch of games we like were confirmed for PlayStation systems yesterday at a Sony indie event and the two that I'm most dying to get my hands on are Jamestown Plus (the original is possibly my favorite shmup) and Axiom Verge, which just looks crazy good and has for a long time. It's so nice to see it return to the spotlight looking better than ever.

For years, this has been a part-time project for creator Tom Happ but Sony's Pub Fund has allowed him to go full force ahead. Axiom Verge is now on for early 2015 for PS4 and PS Vita (with Cross-Buy), followed by a PC release a few months later. I quite like his description: "...[it's] inspired by such classics as Rygar, Contra, Bionic Commando, Blaster Master, and, of course, Metroid. But it also gives you power over glitches like those found in classic games, allowing you to scramble enemies, corrupt environments, and enter hidden areas."

The hope is to bring about feelings of our earliest memories of games, back when they seemed to be "magically limitless," says Happ. "It might be that a game only had a set number of areas and tight constraints on what you could do, but for all you knew, the world continued past the edges of the screen, if only you could figure out how to get there."

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News::Secrets of Raetikon Review | Hardcore Gamer

Good looks and smooth movement mechanics cant cover for a shallow game. On almost every level, Secrets of Raetikon is a disappointment. It bumbles through design basics and actively hamstrings itself with pointless irritation. Worst of all, its just not very interesting. Once you get past the pretty pictures, theres nothing to drive you forward. For a game driven by exploration, thats absolutely fatal.



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News::Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes Preview | GameRevolution

"The Toy Box mode in Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes has been altered with the addition of structured play. A new brush system allows easy creation of cities, race tracks, dungeons, and other widespread structures. New builder characters will help players build up worlds in the Toy Box automatically, though everything they create will be fully editable. Interiors are also added to Toy Box mode, enabling further customization of elaborate structures, both inside and out, filling them with props and decorations. New tower defense levels include Asgard from Thor." ~ Mike Henriquez, GameRevolution



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News::Next-Gen Call of Duty Video Hidden in the Teaser Site Shows the Game's Theme: "Superpower for Hire"

Earlier today DualShockers uncovered three clues about the theme of the next generation Call of Duty game to be released by Activision this year, but another clue has now appeared on the official teaser site, in the form of another clickable dot.



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News::5 Ideas For Mass Effect 4 We'd Love To See Happen

Maybe the only confirmed detail we have about Mass Effect 4's story is that it won't star Commander Shepard. Beyond that, we don't have a clue how BioWare will continue the series. They've got an entire galaxy and millions of years of history to draw on for the next game. Here are a few different ideas that BioWare could use for Mass Effect 4 and beyond. None of them are perfect but each could make a great RPG.



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News::Watch A Mariachi Band Perform Zelda Music At A Wedding

Geek nuptials can be wonderful when they're done right. And what better way to celebrate a marriage than with a mariachi band playing Zelda music?

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News::American Tanks And Dynamite Have Trashed Minecraft Denmark

If you missed the news, two people at the Danish Geodata Agency recreated a one-to-one model of Denmark in Minecraft. It was a pleasant story that got a lot of attention. And then the vandals showed up and trashed the place.

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News::SteamFirst Review: Yet Another Zombie Defense

SteamFirst: This game is an indie title, that features third person action shooting. The graphics on this game are sub-par. However, it does not take away from the game play. The features of this game are very limited and there isnt much to do, but this game will offer you at least a few hours of enjoyment. Overall, the game offers a linear non-story based action game worthy of killing a few hours of your time.



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News::SteamFirst Impressions: Unclaimed World

SteamFirst: Unclaimed World is a sci-fi colony management game, still in its early development stages.



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News::Cloud Imperium Games Chooses Simplygon to Speed Development of Highly Anticipated Star Citizen

Simplygon, and Cloud Imperium, the company created by game industry legend Chris Roberts to bring his next generation of great games to market, today announced that Simplygon is being used to optimize Cloud Imperium's first game for players on all platforms. With more than 437,000 total backers via the Star Citizen site (http://ift.tt/Vfj0uN) and the leading crowdfunding site, Kickstarter, and nearly $43 million in total funding to date, gamers are anxiously awaiting Star Citizen and have high expectations for the pioneering space sim.



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News::CCP Games Taps the Power of Highwinds Game Delivery Network for EVE Online

Highwinds today announced that its Game Delivery Network is being used for the delivery of EVE Online. EVEs creator, CCP Games, began working with Highwinds two years ago.



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News::Three Games The Single Players Should Look Out For In May

OnlySP: The coming of May means the onset of school and college finals, as well as bad puns about a certain NSync song. To ease the stress of finals and life in general, the month of May also means the release of some highly-anticipated single-player video games (as determined by OnlySP staff). So, without further ado, here are the three top single-player games set to release this month of May:



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News::Superman Isn't Too Happy With The Lego Movie's Ending

You don't just sideline the Man of Steel, guys…

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