News::The Best Fourth of July Deals

Celebrate Independence Day in style with a new price low on the Xbox One, a great deal on a powerful, future-proofed router, Pepsi with real sugar, and lots more.

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News::MAGFEST 8.5 is now a thing, brings con back to its roots

I'm only a newcomer to MAGFest having attended for the past few years, but I keep hearing the same thing from people who have been there since the beginning -- it's gotten big -- really big. That isn't to say it isn't fun in the slightest, but some of the people who worked on the original event are offering up a new, mid-year convention that will not replace MAGFest proper.

It's called MAGFest 8.5, and it's intended to be a smaller, more intimate event. It'll take place from September 12th-14th at the Hilton Mark Center in Alexandria, VA, and it's limited to 2,000 people. MAGFest 13 will still take place from January 23rd to the 26th (2015) in National Harbor Maryland.

MAGFest 8.5 [MAGFest.org]

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News::Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: World End Economica Episode One Is

News::15 Video Game Characters That Made All The Effort To Troll You

A catalog of some of the best trolls the game industry has given us.



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News::Tropico 5 Review (PC) | Calmdowntom

"I have had a long time to review Tropico 5 from Haemimont Games. It is the successor to the popular city/island builder series Tropico and it has a lot more on offer than previous iterations including multiplayer, increased graphics and added in-game features. Will Haemimonts added features be enough to bring fans back to buying what could possibly be the same game?" says Calmdowntom



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News::Kingdom Under Fire II PS4 Has Exclusive Character; NA Release In Early 2015

Kingdom Under Fire II will feature Kendall, the main character of the previous game, exclusively in the PS4 version. Also,the game's North American release is expected for early 2015, with beta tests coming some time in September/October.



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News::The Cloud Chamber Interview - Part One: What is it?

James Bowden: "Cloud Chamber is an intriguing upcoming MMO from Investigate North. The game itself is an attempt to blend modern styled social connections with a big mystery, asking players to actively discuss and compare thoughts about all manner of materials, such as found footage style vignettes and photographs, which you find within the digital database that is Cloud Chamber. I recently had a chance to have a long and insightful discussion with Cloud Chambers Director, Christian Fonnesbech, and discovered that, well, hes a chap that likes to talk. A lot, which is always great. So without further ado, heres the first of many parts of this interview, with this first section focusing on the origins of Cloud Chambers creation, the focus of the idea, and the spark that defines how the game works."



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News::For $3400, This Arcade Had Better Be Pretty

The R-Kaid-R has a very practical purpose. It's a portable emulator machine with an arcade stick, meaning you can play loads of your favourite classic games the way they were supposed to be played, anywhere you want.

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News::Touhou Retrospective Part 13: Double Dealing Character

Game Tangents | Double Dealing Character is the last of the official Touhou video games. Another bullet hell shooter, Double Dealing Character introduces an interesting risk vs. reward item collection mechanic. Although this may be the last official Touhou game, this is not the last title in the franchise since there exist many fan-made efforts. The Touhou Retrospective continues!



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News::Homefront: The Revolution exclusive: Discussing open-world, co-op, and more

Examiner: With Homefront: The Revolution, Crytek wants to create the free-roam experience that they envisioned. The first step to accomplish this was acquiring the rights to the IP which gave the developer complete control over the franchise. Next, the team decided to build the game only for the Xbox One, PS4, and PC so that they can focus entirely on the new hardware without being held back by last-gen limitations. Discussing how the titles different systems will come together, Homefront: The Revolution Lead Designer Adam Duckett recently spoke in-depth about the game in an exclusive interview with Examiner.



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News::Wildstar Review | Quarter To Three

"Wildstar, which has very little sense of identity, which has very little pull, which feels like a collection of features, which has a subscription fee, was a relic as soon as it was released. And Im afraid one of the most trenchant facts about it is one of the worst things you could say about any MMO: its going to be easy to stop playing."



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News::eSport's Desk Exclusive Interview: Southern Barbarians wins the ESL Nation's Cup

After a gruelling tournament and lengthy three month gap before the finals, the MWEB GameZone eSports Desk welcomes Battlefield 4 ESL Nations Cup champions, the Southern Barbarians for a brief interview.



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News::Maxis talks about the importance of community in The Sims 4

games chats to Maxis VP and general manager Rachel Franklin, senior producer Lyndsay Pearson and producer Ryan Vaughn about the evolution of The Sims.



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News::Skara Dev: Unreal Engine 4 Allows Astonishing Visuals, Is Fast And Agile

"We've just published a new interview with Cesar Ortega about Skara, the Unreal Engine 4 powered online action game funded on Kickstarter."



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News::End of the Line Update Hits Killing Floor

Hardcore Gamer: Fans of Killing Floor are no stranger to Tripwire Interactive's seasonal updates. Their Summer update went live this week and features a handful of free and paid DLC content.



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News::More goodies coming with your Dota 2 Compendium

IncGamers reports that today's Dota 2 patch has added another bunch of treasure chests to the store, in addition to granting each Compendium owner a gem that will "awaken" when the tournament ends, granting a bit of internet prestige as well as a new emoticon.



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News::Tales From The Borderlands Preview | GamingLives

GamingLives takes a look at the upcoming episodic adventure from Telltale Games - Tales From The Borderlands. "In short, Tales From The Borderlands might be Telltales riskiest outing yet. Its a single-player linear narrative-driven experience set in universe populated by co-op, action-heavy games where the order of the day is to have the coolest and most powerful guns possible. Yet, despite all this, it seems to work. It looks the business, I laughed more in the first half-hour than I did during most of Borderlands, and theres plenty of mileage in the Big Fish storytelling format, if early impressions are anything to go by. Consider me cautiously optimistic, but I think they might nail this."



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News::Valiant Hearts: The Great War review | Videogamepeople

Videogamepeople.com says "Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a superb and moving game which although it shows you the horrors of war, it gives you a sense of friendship, honour and inspiration. The story is quite compelling and with its gameplay makes the game a brilliant concept and inspiration for other games to be developed using the same ideology. A true game that makes you part of the story and feel for the people and events during the game, apart from its fantastic artistic point."



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News::Declare Independence from Slow Wi-Fi with This Discounted AC Router

The deals don't stop just because it's a holiday, and today's best is this powerful 802.11 AC router from ASUS, on sale today for $40 off.

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News::In GTA Online, Today Is Basically 'America, F*** Yeah' Day

In many places in the United States today, the Independence Day holiday will be marked by solemn speeches and somber remembrances about what it means to be American. Not in Los Santos. Folks in GTA Online have already started driving monster trucks, shooting guns and firing off their fireworks. Looks like fun!

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News::The Internet's Most "Terrible" Cosplay Is Still the Most Amusing

News::Rocksmith 2014 welcomes Billy Talent into the fold

The latest Rocksmith 2014 downloadable content comes about via the unmistakable Billy Talent.



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News::GRID Autosport Review | Worlds Factory

"GRID Autosport is finally available and it should make most racing fans happy. Learn why in our review!"



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News::FarSpace Studios Unveils Hyphen Available Now

FarSpace Studios announced today that their new arcade puzzle game Hyphen is available for purchase now. According to the trailer for Hyphen, it looks like the game could be slightly difficult.



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News::9 Ways Hearthstone Captures the Card Game Spirit

A feature based review that looks at the nine specific features of Heathstone that makes its so enjoyable to play



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News::Four Features that give Skyborn Wings - and Three that keep it Grounded

A feature based review of Skyborn covering seven of its key features that make the game so enjoyable to play.



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News::EA dates Battlefield 4 DLC, then pulls the listing

As everyone knows Battlefield 4 Premium members get access to DLC two weeks early, and in their attempt to promote a 20% off sale of the service, they seemingly jumped the gun by announcing the Dragon's Teeth add-on date of July 15th by way of Twitter.

I say "jumped the gun" because the date was promptly removed and followed up by a generic "two weeks early" message. MP1st managed to capture the original tweet before it was removed. So if you're still playing Battlefield 4, expect the new DLC this month.

Report – Battlefield 4 Dragon’s Teeth Launches July 15, Premium Now 20% Off On Origin [MP1st]

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News::You Can Now Buy 3D-Printed Figurines Of League of Legends Pros

Pretty surprising way to promote an eSports team, but here they are: Team Dignitas' North American League of Legends team got unique 3D-printed figurines, and they are all available for $40 each.

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News::Today, We Remember the Most "American" Game Ever Made

Every Fourth of July, I like to reflect on the most American game ever made—so American, in fact, that it could only be made in Japan. I'm speaking of Metal Wolf Chaos—a game which opens with the President of the United States exploding out of the oval office in a mecha suit, sporting more guns than the NRA's wet dreams.

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