News::Why The Maplestory 2 Gameplay Reveal is a Colossal Letdown

Simon O'Neill of Vgamerz.com talks about his nostalgia and love of the original Maplestory, and how Maplestory 2 is a huge letdown.



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News::Will Core Games Adopt The Apple/Android Model

The Games as a Service Movement, a collection of powerful (they count Sony, Microsoft, Ubisoft, Capcom, EA among their members) loosely organized game companies and corporations would like to take ownership away from players and have players instead pay for games continuously (a lot of us first heard this term in Cliff Bleszinskis famous blog in which he defends pay to win games, which you can read here). Their existence, the fact of the name theyve chosen for themselves is worrisome in-and-of-itself, but, make no mistake, they plan on turning video games into services, thus if they got their way, it would mean an end to game ownership.



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News::Dragon Age: Inquisition - New Screenshots Released

Electronic Arts and Bioware have released a new set of screenshots for Dragon Age: Inquisition.



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News::Ryu, Enemy Of Waterfalls

Chad "Gammon" Walker is an artist who has done all kinds of video game work, from working on actual games to designing box art.

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News::Amazon Free Digital PC Games: 'Don't Move' is Free

Gamerdeals: "Grab Don't Move [Download] for FREE at Amazon! Don't Move is a game about ninjas, failure, ludonarrative dissonance, and player investment manipulation. The game starts simply: move left or right. But as you try -- and as you fail -- to move, you unlock more of the game's mechanisms. With each new element comes new challenges and more rewards! This is one of their featured free PC Digital downloads this weekend!"



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News::Game Gets Two Name Changes Before It's Even Out

How to confuse the hell out of potential fans of an upcoming video game: change its name twice during development.

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News::EB Games Watch Dogs Midnight Launch Locations

EB Games has now listed all of the stores in New Zealand that will be holding midnight launches for Watch Dogs.



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News::See How Much Fun It Is To Make A Video Game, Fast

News::3GEM Review: Fistful of Frags

Justin Gareau from 3GEM writes: "I almost forgot to tell you the best part. ITS FREE. Just hop on steam and enjoy as long or as little as you want from this game. Unless 1.5 gigs are going to ruin your bandwidth limit for the month, there really isnt a reason to avoid giving this game a shot."



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News::Weekend Gaming Hardware Sales - $90 H100i, $3 Fans, $70 Antec 900

GamersNexus: "The weekend's sales round-up features 8GB of 2400MHz RAM for $76, a high-end liquid CPU cooler for $90, some LED case fans for $3, and a mid-tower case for only $70. Keep your eye on our twitter and facebook feeds for sales and news throughout the week."



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News::New Content Patch Unlocks the Mountainous Region of Porthis in Dragon's Prophet for PC

Dragons Prophet content update with exciting new mountain region.



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News::Man Builds Real ED-209, Has Ten Seconds To Impress

Shawn Thorsson, master props builder and costume maker, has outdone himself this time with a life-size, movie-quality replica of RoboCop's ED-209.

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News::Well, At Least The 2DS Continues To Look Nice

As useless as the 2DS is for most people in most circumstances, you've got to hand it to Nintendo when it comes to the system's colour choices.

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News::Check Out the First 25 Minutes of the PS4 Version of Murdered: Soul Suspect

Murdered: Soul Suspect is still a few days from release, but a few gamers already got their hands on a copy of the game, and of course videos are starting to filter through YouTube. Beware of spoilers of the beginning of the game.



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News::Games We Wish We Could Forget

Karl Dodds, Brian O'Donnell, Buddy Acker, and Karam Elahi from SpawnFirst write up about some gaming experiences that they'd rather forget: "As gamers, we generally like to experiment. Whether it be impulse buying a game you know nothing about because you saw it in your local game shop and it caught your eye, or, playing a game critically praised you just cant get along with, weve all experienced these personal duds. So in the same vein as our last feature, I threw this question out to some of the SpawnStaff team: What is a game you wish you could erase from your memory for good?"



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News::The Importance of Music in Video Games

"Last week during a conversation I was having with a friend about the video game industry, an interesting topic came up: Why don´t gamers talk so much about soundtracks? Usually, when two people are talking about a video game, there are always the same three main topics of their conversation: the graphics, the storyline and the gameplay."



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News::The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II Review (Invision Game Community)

The story takes you in the fictional land of Borgovia, where you assume the role of Van Helsings son. He wants to continue his fathers work to defeat the evil. Its a classic good versus evil theme, with a mad scientist and his minions threatening the inhabitants. Of course, you are the only one who can put an end to the mad scientist. Lady Katarina, a ghost with a good sense of humour, is a friend who will follow you on this dark journey.



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News::Watch Dogs 10% Off at Target, Even More with Xbox Live or PlayStation Plus

Karam Elahi reports: "Savvy videogame shoppers usually go to any length to find a good deal on an upcoming game, especially when its a new release. Considering that Watch Dogs will be upon us in a couple of days, weve take to the net to look for a decent deal for Ubisofts highly anticipated blockbuster."



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News::Wolfenstein: The New Order - Review | Gamerspective

Gamerspective's Tony gives his take on the latest entry in the Wolfenstein series.



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News::Phantasy Star Online 2 Asiasoft launching English server this week

Just to point out to eager gamers and fans of the series, the first English server and version outside of Japan for Phantasy Star Online 2 will begin its early access and official launch this week. All players who activated their accounts during beta are eligible for early access.



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News::ChristCenteredGamer Rube Works Review

Rube Works provides eighteen levels/scenarios where you have a task to complete and numerous gadgets and animals to make it happen. Each gadget has several hints to help you place them in the proper order or location. To earn all three prunes per level, you must use all of the objects provided.



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News::The Week In Games: Canine Consideration

Nothing really important is coming out this week. You should all just go outside and play. Maybe build a go-kart, or visit a dog park.

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News::A fan group wants to create the Mega Man Legends 3 Prototype in Unity

When Capcom fails, fans unite. That seems to be the mantra for the past few years after Capcom has fumbled the Mega Man franchise, leading to a number of fan created artwork, games, and music. The latest in the bunch is a Mega Man Legends 3 project, lead by team JisakuDASH3, which has the end goal of creating the Prototype version of Legends 3 in Unity.

For those who aren't aware, there was a playable version of the game before it was canceled (albeit a demo, basically), that was going to be released to fans -- before the project was completely trashed. The team is using these assets to create this demo. There's a lot of fanfare at the start (that's not actually representative of the project), so go ahead and click to 4:30 on the video's timeline if you want to see gameplay.

DASH3 [YouTube via Rockman Corner]

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News::Microtransactions + Virtual Currencies + Children = Fraud

Most casinos pump oxygen into their halls while offering free drinks to their patrons in an effort to keep gamblers both tipsy and alert, the ideal mental state for gambling or rather losing money. Pay to win games employs a similar sleight of hand in the way they price and implement virtual currencies that is every bit as lucrative and manipulative.



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News::VR Horror Title Sofia Gets New Images

VRFocus - Indie developer Mad Games has released a new set of images for its upcoming debut virtual reality (VR) horror experience, Sofia. The images, which can be seen below, are compiled from a range of recent Facebook updates on the title, which is set to feature full support for the Oculus Rift VR headset. They offer a closer look at the videogames environments taken from the titular taken of Sofia.



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News::Review: Wolfenstein: The New Order | VGTODAY

"Wolfenstein 3D changed video games forever. While the market at the time was dominated by 2D platformers and games with cartoon-like visuals, Wolfenstein 3D was the first game to ever place you in a first-person perspective as you shot your way out of a fictional castle full of Nazi enemies. The end result was a revolution, sparking a whole new genre of video games that remains popular to this day. Creating a direct sequel to this classic, twenty-two years later no less, is a considerable undertaking, yet Wolfenstein: The New Order proves to be a mostly worthy successor to its venerable prequel."



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News::Weekly Deals for Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart, GameStop and Toys R Us for May 25th

The Weekly Deals for Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart, GameStop and Toys R Us are now live.



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News::Toys R Us Ad 5/25 - 5/31

Take a look at the latest Toys R Us ad.



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News::Transistor Review - iLLGaming

From the makers of Bastion comes Transistor, a beautiful narrative driven game with unique mechanics. iLLGaming Editor Ajay Verma writes about his experience with the game, and whether you should pick it up or not.



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News::Ubisoft Details The Different Factions In Watch Dogs

Invisible Gamer's Gabe Gurwin writes: "Yesterday on the UbiBlog, Communications Specialist Anne Lewis detailed the various factions that Aiden Pearce will encounter in Watch Dogs, with information directly from the game's writer, Kevin Shortt."



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News::Watch Dogs: 5 Reasons Why This Games Hacking Cant Convince Anyone (with GIFs)

Watch Dogs is almost out for the amusement of most gamers. However, not everything is perfect about this game. Check out why Watch dogs hacking system cant convince anyone at all.



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News::Here's what a rampage and car chase look like in 'Watch Dogs'

Watch Dogs has been promoted as an action game with a serious story about surveillance, privacy and technology. But beneath all of that, it's an open-world game.



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News::TeamVVV Weekly Racing Video Game News Vidcast: One in a MIllion

VVV: "In this week's Weekly Racing Video Game News round-up, DriveClub takes pole position with a series of new extended full race gameplay videos that leave us gawping at its gorgeous graphics. It's come a very long way since its debut at E3, and should only look better in its final release this October. The devil's in the detail: not only do the cars look exquisite, but Evolution has gone to considerable effort to model the environments with just as much care."



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News::SumoBoy: An Indie Adventure Against Bullying | GearNuke

GearNuke: "Over the years, video games have introduced us to a number of amazing characters that have made a home in our hearts. Characters so interesting and lovable that I need not even mention their names for you to realize who I am talking about. Well, heres another character entering the world of video games pretty soon. And I think youll like him."



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News::Watch Dogs Multiplayer Gameplay Blowout Shows Off All Online Modes

GameVerb writes: Open World Games and Silentc0re team up for a special Watch Dogs multiplayer blowout, showcasing all the online modes from the game.



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News::Sweezy Gunner (SteamFirst Review)- Im The Boss

SteamFirst: When first starting Windybeards Sweezy Gunner, I was a bit worried. I honestly thought to myself, Oh no. What did I get myself into? I need to learn to be a bit more patient because what I got myself into was an addicting blend of twin-stick style shooting and the original Legend of Zelda.



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News::A Kickstarter to watch: The Universim

Ahh Kickstarter, what a wonderful and brilliant concept, crowd sourced funding for projects publishers would laugh out of the boardroom for not being "marketable" or other such nonsense.



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News::Transistor Review - STN

STN: Transistor is truly at its best when youre in combat with your fully upgraded arsenal, but even when you get the stage where thats viable the games penalty for failure is all too quick to strip you of it. While the games world is beautiful and enigmatic, traversing it is a relatively thankless experience and gets less exciting as it goes on. The story seems arbitrary, or in the very least poorly executed. But despite all of that, there are moments in Transistor that will scratch the itch of any RPG fan and satisfy those wanting a very cool and stylish audio-visual experience.



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News::Max-Out Everything for $686: Overclocking Gaming PC Build

GamersNexus: "In this budget AMD gaming PC build & tutorial, we assemble a ~$700 PC with the ability to play most modern games on maximum settings at 1080 resolutions. We've spec'd out this system for entry-level overclocking, so if you're interested in pumping more power out of the system while keeping costs down, this is a fantastic entry point to system tweaking."



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News::Wolfenstein: The New Order All 3 Recordings Location Guide

Find all 3 recording to unlock the full song of the Wolfenstein: The New Order in the pause menu. In you can find these recording in 3 different chapters. These recordings will appear as LP music case objects lying around with yellow glow around it.



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News::Upcoming MMORPGs to Look Out for in 2014

A look at the best MMOs that are coming out in 2014. From sci-fi titles with a new twist on MMO mechanics to not-so-massive MMOs and beyond take a peek at some of the most anticipated MMORPGs releasing this year.



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News::Ten Reasons Why You Are Wrong about 'Assassin's Creed'

Jim tackles ten of the most common arguments against Assassin's Creed's existence.



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News::Touhou Retrospective Part 6: Imperishable Night

Game Tangents | The moon has been stolen and its up to the girls of the Touhou universe to retrieve it before its too late! Putting plot absurdity aside, Imperishable Night does a few things differently in the Touhou bullet hell shooter franchise like allowing the switching of characters within levels; and it is a better game for it. In Part 6 of the Touhou Retrospective, Ross shares with us his favorite Touhou title. (Imperishable Night)



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News::Watch Dogs on PC: Low vs Ultra Settings

Gamers Sphere reports: Digital Storm has shared a comparison video showcasing Watch Dogs' Low and Ultra settings on PC.



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News::Star Citizen Weekly Roundup: 19th - 24th May | Games Fiends

Its the first of Games Fiends news roundup of whats been taking place in the constantly evolving development titles, Star Citizen and Squadron 42. Main headlines this week: Star Citizen hits $44 million and unlocks the Stellar Cartography room for hangars The first semi-finalist from The Next Great Starship is chosen. The ship specifications page is updated again, this time to better reflect cargo hold capacities. Arena Commander Dog Fighting Module weekly update confirms no change to the rollout of the module next Thursday 29th May.



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News::Strategy Zombie Simulation Rebuild: Gangs of Deadsville Claws onto Steam Early Access

City-building strategy set in the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse.



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News::The Noob Guide: How to Check if your PC can run Watch Dogs

There seem to be a multitude of posts all over the web, asking the question: "Do you think my PC can run Watch Dogs?" Really, it's a simple process.



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