News::This Mario Kart 8 shirt is for Japanese Club Nintendo members only

Just look at this awesome shirt that members of the Japanese Club Nintendo are getting. Meanwhile, I'm stuck wishing I had enough coins for the things I wanted. It's available today for those lucky enough to live in Japan for 600 poins, but it's available for 500 if you happen to register Mario Kart 8 . Just look how stylish it is. Stylin' and profilin'. I'm jealous.

Oh, and I don't recommend moseying off to go look at the other Club Nintendo rewards on the Japanese site. You're just going to make yourself sad.

Mario Kart 8 T-shirt [NintendoTweet]

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News::Mighty NO. 9 work in progress gameplay video released

Comcept has released today a work in progress gameplay video of Mighty NO.9 and it looks pretty awesome,Mighty NO.9 was crowdfunded successfully in late September 2013 and is due for release on April 2015.This game is in development for ten platforms, including Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita.Stay tuned to consoledaily for future updates.



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News::Gas Guzzlers Extreme: Full Metal Frenzy DLC Review | Metal Arcade

Metal Arcade: Jason Bakker writes: Gamepires Gas Guzzlers Extreme is a car combat/ racing game imagine Twisted Metal mixed with a kart racer that released late last year. Now Gamepires is giving fans of the series a new DLC expansion for the game, dubbed Full Metal Frenzy. With new maps, cars, game modes, and power ups, this DLC pack adds a solid amount of content to the base game for about five dollars.



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News::Watch_Dogs Review: Its Grand Theft Auto with hacking but thats okay | Canada

If youve been hoping Ubisoft Montreals timely open world epic, Watch_Dogs, would define next-gen gaming, then youll be very disappointed with the game.



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News::Wolfenstein: The New Order Review - The Refined Geek

Wolfenstein: The New Order is a well polished evolution of the Wolfenstein series, combining the classic FPS game style with modern elements that results in a very solid experience.



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News::17-Minute Metal Epic Covers 40 Years Of Video Game History

The conclusion of three years of work, this is FamilyJules7x taking us on one hell of a musical journey, as he thrashes out metal versions of the theme songs to most of gaming's greatest games.

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News::That New "Mega Man" Game Is Looking Good

News::Project Spark 5x Xp and Credits; Tease Big E3 Announcement

Team Dakota offers a bonus XP community meeting this weekend in Project Spark.



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News::Watch Dogs: Next Gen Vs. Current Gen Graphics Comparison

See how the Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PC versions of Watch Dogs stack up against one another.



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News::Watch_Dogs Review | GameLuster

The city is your playground.



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News::Gamester Gear Cruiser PC200 Review - Stealthy Box

"We recently received another headset for the PlayStation 4 to review and this time, unlike the more expensive Turtle Beach PX4 set, this one is a more budget-conscious headset known as the Cruiser PC200. Prior to receiving this headset, we had never heard of the Gamester Gear brand, but we was curious to learn more. From looking around online, the products GG produces have been given generally positive reviews, so our expectations and anticipation of the Cruiser PC200 was somewhat higher than it should have been prior to receiving the headset." - David Wales, Stealthy Box



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News::The Patch #54

The Patch Discusses Goat Minecraft



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News::GameEnthus Podcast ep185: The Last Draggin' or The Button

This week Richard(@RichardNaik) from GameCritics and Scarfinger(@Scarfinger) from GeeksGoneRaw join Mike(@Assaultsuit), Tiny(@Tiny415) and Aaron (@Ind1fference) to talk about: X-men Days of Future Past, Godzilla, Belle, 50 Cents Pitch, Maya Angelou(R.I.P), Reading Rainbow, You Lose! Podcast, GameCritics.com, GeeksGoneRaw.com, Transistor, Dark Souls, NBA 2k14, Plague Inc, Wolfenstein The New Order, Watch_Dogs, The Wolf Among Us, The Walking Dead Season 2, Always Sometimes Monsters, Jet Car Stunts, Heavy Bullets, Monochroma, Child of Light, Sir You Are Being Hunted, Sonic Racing Transformed, Unreal, J.S. Joust, Idiocracy, Kindergarten Cop, Juno, Junior, Cloverfield, Haze, Half-life, Game Dev Story, League of Legends, Team Fortress 2 and more.



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News::Wolfenstein Shows How Not To Handle Sexual Content In Video Games

Rich Drummond of Gaming Tech United writes: "Sex is something that is ever-present in our everyday lives. From advertising, to movies and even our video games, sex and sexual content is all around us. Even though these sorts of things are all everywhere we look, there are ways to go about it that show some sort of taste and class. The problem in Wolfenstein: The New Order? It lacks both of those."



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News::Review: Watch_Dogs | Stevivor

Stevivor, "Its hard not to compare Watch Dogs to Grand Theft Auto V; as the latter was one of the biggest titles of last year and also set in an open world, you can draw parallels straight away. Grand Theft Auto V does a lot of fantastic things that really build the world and the characters within it, which is something I dont think Watch Dogs does nearly as well."



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News::[ABG] The Last Phoenix - Beautiful Aerial Combat Adventure Game

The Last Phoenix is a beautiful aerial combat adventure game where you control the last remaining Fire-bird who awakens to find the world rotting away. With the once vibrant world covered in ash and frost, you must master your abilities and fight against the decay, restoring the balance between life and death. Exploring the world of The Last Phoenix is a joy, it really is a ridiculously beautiful place, a wonderfully crafted, vast decaying cityscape full of mystery. As the phoenix flies through the environment, frost and ash are cleared away and vegetation regrows in real time, purifying the land permanently. It features a Metroidvania style of exploration and discovery, and aerial combat against carrion and crows, with a variety of fire and light based attacks at your disposal.



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News::If Only Nintendo Made Wii U Controllers This Nice

News::Rumor: Clips emerge showing Project Beast in action

Project Beast is the rumored PlayStation 4 project by From Software, the developers behind Dark Souls . Some images were supposedly leaked not too long ago, and now NeoGAF has found four short gameplay clips.

Is this actually legit? We won't know for sure until E3 in a couple of weeks, but here are the clips for you to enjoy. Real or not, these are some great animations at least.

What would you want out of Project Beast if it turns out to be real?

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News::New Red Dead and BioShock Games Confirmed

Twinfinite writes, "Did you hear that? Its a shriek of glee from all those fans of BioShock and Red Dead Redemption at the news that publisher Take Two has new games for both series in development."



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News::Kick some ass on June 3 in the EA Sports UFC demo

As Stroke 9 once inquired, how many people want to kick some ass? If your answer is a resounding "I do! I do!," you have anger issues. Also, you might enjoy knowing that there's an imminent demo for EA Sports UFC.

The bone-breaking, blood-spewing simulator's demo doesn't feature the storied Bruce Lee, but rather Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson, who are apparently on the verge of a rematch. The demo's coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 -- two platforms that made Dale thoroughly impressed by how realistic the game looks.

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News::Rumored 'Project Beast' Clips Sure Look Incredible

Early this month, rumors about something called "Project Beast" started floating across the web. A number of screenshots, posted on 4chan and compiled in this NeoGAF thread, allegedly showed off an upcoming PS4 game developed by From Software, the studio behind Dark Souls.

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News::It's Link, Just Not As You Know Him

Sketch Dailies is a website/exercise where every single day, artists from around the world - many of them top professionals - get together and contribute drawings based on a theme. Yesterday's theme was "Link".

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News::Watch Dogs: Ubisoft Cracked The Code.

Tashaun Brown of Ourcade Games writes: "Some of you might expect me to start rambling on and on about how Watch Dogs isnt the game everyone wanted it to be. You might expect me to spend a few paragraphs trying to explain why its not the greatest open world game ever. You might even expect me to say I dont like it and its overrated. I hate to let you down, but my focus is elsewhere. My intention was never to belittle Watch Dogs. Im not interested in bad games. It doesnt help me as a gamer when there arent good games to play. What I am interested in, is what the games actually mean. And Watch Dogs means a hell of a lot in my humble opinion."



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News::Epic's new Unreal Tournament is starting to come together

Earlier this month, Epic Games announced -- and started development on -- a new Unreal Tournament in collaboration with fans and Unreal Engine 4 developers. The team still has a ton of work ahead of it, obviously, but here's a brief look at the game in an early playable state.

Enough systems were implemented for a basic deathmatch, albeit full of placeholders. Yup, looks like Unreal Tournament. It'll be neat to come back to this footage once the game is released.

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News::Guilty Gear Xrd Sign is coming west on PS3/PS4

We've written plenty about Guilty Gear Xrd Sign, which launched in Japanese arcades in February. Now we have official confirmation, via IGN, that the faux 2D fighter will be localized and published by Aksys in North America this fall. Availability in other territories, including Europe, is still up in the air.

Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN Officially Coming West for PS3 and PS4 [IGN]

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News::This week's Humble Bundle teaches you how to make games

Fancy yourself the type to make videogames? A lot of people would like to, but aren't sure where to begin. Well, with this week's Humble Bundle, you can snag up to $370 worth of game-creating software, making it a great jumping off point.

If you decide to leap at this opportunity, RPG Maker and a whole lot of DLC will be your tools. The top-tier level includes everything and comes packaged for a minimum payment of $12. There are also a few games thrown in, but who has time to play those when you'll be well on your way to being a famous videogame developer?

Humble Weekly Bundle RPG Maker [Humble Bundle]

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News::Outlasts Whistleblower DLC Review: The B-Sides Of Horror | Leviathyn

The DLC for the brilliant first person horror game Outlast has released: Whistleblower delves into the backstory of Mount Massive asylum, but with no new fun past what we've seen already.



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News::Wolfenstein The New Order Review - GamesReviews

From GamesReviews: "Wolfenstein The New Order is a surprising showcase of powerful, alternate history storytelling. This latest entry in the revered shooter series, which is credited by many for creating the genre, still contains the classic gunplay intact, for better or worse, while having its exceptional presentation at the center of attention. Developer MachineGames, which is made up of past Starbreeze Studios members well known for their work on the excellent Riddick titles and 2007s The Darkness, was able to concoct a thoughtful and well-written story, which is arguably a first for the series. The studio members are savvy when it comes to single-player focused shooters with strong narratives, just take a look at their portfolios, and this unrestrained knowledge and love for the genre is felt throughout The New Orders roughly 12-hour run time. "



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News::Touhou Retrospective Supplement: Character Guide 2

Game Tangents | Keeping track of all of the strange and colorful characters of the Touhou universe can prove to be a daunting and overwhelming task. In Part 2 of the Touhou Retrospective Supplement, Ross continues giving us brief character profiles of the myriad characters found in the games, fan works, and anime.



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News::Former PlayStation boss Jack Tretton will break down all E3 pressers

Jack Tretton might not be presenting on one of E3's largest stages anymore, but that doesn't mean he can stay away from the show. The former President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America will be lending an analytical eye regarding his thoughts on the press conferences. Not just PlayStation's presser, mind you -- all of them.

As reported by Kotaku, Tretton will serve as a "special correspondent" to Geoff Keighley on Spike TV's June 9 coverage of E3. The two will pair up to provide commentary and thoughts after Microsoft's, EA's, Ubisoft's, and Sony's big shows. Other panelists are expected to join the duo throughout the duration of the 11-hour coverage.

It's certainly interesting that Spike was able to secure someone with such stature as Tretton. This should be a real treat if he actually gives his honest opinion of his former company and its competition.

Ex-PlayStation Chief Jack Tretton To Analyze All Of E3 2014's Big Shows [Kotaku]

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News::Anomaly Defenders Review: Out-of-this-world Fun | Gamers Sphere

Jacqueline from Gamers Sphere reviews 11 bit studios' newest installment in the Anomaly series, Anomaly Defenders.



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News::Wolfenstein, As Told By Steam Reviews

News::The World's Oldest Video Game Publication Is Closing

It's been announced that publisher Future has plans to close a number of its video game sites, among them CVG. Games websites open and close all the time, and people losing their jobs is always a sad thing, but this one hits particularly hard because of CVG's long history. A history longer than any other games publication on the planet.

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News::Arma 3 sales cross 1 million

We're always talking about DayZ sales -- now over 2 million -- but the game that made DayZ possible, Arma, is quietly doing well in its own right for developer Bohemia. Arma 3 has just crossed one million sold.

Bohemia boss Marek Spanel announced the milestone on Twitter and provided a visual roadmap for the next two years of Arma 3. It includes a major expansion and helicopter and marksmen DLC.

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News::Call of Duty: Ghosts Invasion lets you play as a mariachi

I really enjoy the Call of Duty series, but jeez was Ghosts a letdown. While many a hater will like to say every game in the series is more of the same, it was painfully true of Ghosts. That said, the new DLC pack really shows Infinity Ward stepping its creativity up a few notches.

The upcoming Invasion map pack will include an additional episode for Extinction mode along with four wonderfully flavored maps. There's Pharaoh, themed after ancient Egyptian burial sites; Departed, a Mexican town adorned with Day of the Dead decorations; Mutiny, for those wanting to shoot it out on a ghost pirate ship; and a remake of Modern Warfare 2's Favela. The new maps all look to come with matching killstreaks, so you can run around like Antonio Banderas in Desperado.

Call of Duty: Ghosts Invasion will release as on June 3, 2014 for Xbox systems first, with a PlayStation and PC release at a later date.

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