News::Wu-Tang and Crash Bandicoot, together at...last?

Wu-Tang and Crash Bandicoot, together at...last? This mashup of Gravel Pit v Crash Bandicoot: Warped is just fantastic.

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News::One Dude Sings Halo Theme In A Church, Moves Grown Men To Tears

I can't remember the last time there was a greater disconnect between what I was looking at and what I was hearing.

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News::Aliens, Trolls and Dragons Reveals Giant Spider in New Gameplay

VRFocus - Despite being in the name, Aliens, Trolls and Dragons arent the only enemies that players will face in the upcoming virtual reality (VR) compatible action title from indie developer Kubold. The experience, which casts players as a soldier stranded on an alien planet that mixes fantasy and sci-fi themes, will include a range of beasts to fight. One such creature is a giant spider, which the developer has recently revealed in a new gameplay video that can be seen below.



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News::Swtor-mined: 2.9 PTS Patch #2

Here is the latest Datamining from Star Wars: The old Republic public test servers.



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News::Studio Ghibli Is Not Dead Yet

News::Awesome School Teaches Through LARPing

There is a school in Denmark that teaches through Live-Action Role-Play. Or, LARPing. Amazing.

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News::So, You Can Now Buy Badass Motherboards?

Here's a motherboard for people who buy internal PC components based on their looks.

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News::7 Video Games That Tried, And Succeeded, To Make You Cry Man Tears

We tend to associate video games with frenetic action, be it old-school quarter-munchers like Space Invaders or the more intense first-person shooters of today. Yet, with all of the noticeable evolution in game mechanics and presentation, weve also started to see more and more examples of something that most people would never consider a possibility in games back in the 70s: Genuine emotion.



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News::SKARA: The Blade Remains Preview - VGU

SKARA: The Blade Remains is a versus fighting game with the added element of online multiplayer. It is still in the very early stages of development.



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News::Infinity Runner Review | Dunham Gaming

Once Wales Interactive has released Master Reboot for PC and Consoles, their library seem to have exploded with more multi-platform games. Gravity Badgers, for instance, managed to arrive on mobiles, before it got big on systems like the Nintendo Wii U. And now we turn to Infinity Runner, their next one which came out on PC, Mac and Linux. Its another endless runner of dodging obstacles and surviving long stretches of levels, only this time its played with a keyboard and mouse. But does it work on such platform like a computer? Possibly. Those unfamiliar with endless runners like Temple Run and Jetpack Joyride, which are usually found on mobiles, should learn that this game is pretty simple to play. The main character would constantly run through a straight line, leaving the player to turn the camera around or press buttons, in order to take turns, make jumps and slides, and evade hazards. The character will die if he falls into a pit, walks into a wall, or made any other mistake,...



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News::The Last Door Review | Entertainium

"The Last Door treads in the footsteps of Lovecraft well, being a well-realized adaptation filled with creeping horror, dark abandoned houses and untold secrets. Whilst the actual adventure game underneath the presentation it is so-so, the atmosphere created through the excellent soundtrack and the minimalistic graphics is commendable."



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News::I love pre-ordering games

_{[Dtoid community blogger The Scholarly Gamer answered the recent call for submissions with this bit of blasphemy ;) Want to see your own words on the front page? Go write something! --Mr Andy Dixon]}

Yeah, you heard me. I'm not even going to try and beat around the bush here, start this off with some drawn-out reasoning or excuse to justify the title of this article, nope. I frigging love pre-ordering games. Not only that, but I love pre-ordering games from EB Games (our Canadian version of GameStop). At this moment in time, right now, I have around 9-10 games pre-ordered at EB Games, on top of the four I pre-ordered through the Futureshop E3 promotion. A problem? Maybe, but here's my justification.

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News::I Don't Want To Walk To Everything I Can See In A Game

There's this thing that developers of open world games have been fond of saying a lot lately: If you can see it, you can travel to it. It's meant to be an awe-inspiring statement about how rich and full the world is, but every time I hear it I roll my eyes.

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News::Whippersnappers and gaming, or why you should be involved as a parent

_{[Sometimes great community blogs come from Dtoid staff, and this piece by Brittany Vincent is no exception. Want to see your own words on the front page? Go write something! --Mr Andy Dixon]}

As unfortunate as it was that I didn't receive my first PlayStation until two years after its initial release date, the waiting allowed for the scrutiny of certain releases. For example, I had been marking it down to purchase PaRappa the Rapper, and was looking forward to purchasing Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete. The anticipation killed, but I had an idea of the library I was wanting to build in my mind. By the time I had received these games and the PlayStation was nearing its final years, my father came home one day with a sequel to a title that I had never gotten to play: Parasite Eve II.

"This just came out today," he'd informed me, unwrapping it and looking it over. My nine-year-old eyes immediately scoped out the Mature rating on the cover, and my heart sank. Prior to the PlayStation age, I had been allowed to play most any game I had asked to, having logged countless hours in Doom and Rise of the Triad. However, as the years passed it seemed my parents were trying harder and harder (to no avail) to shelter me from as many adult themes as they could. With the advent of the original Parasite Eve and its sexual references, I had been asked to choose a different present for birthdays prior.

"I guess I won't get to play it, then." My father thumbed through the game manual, and shrugged. I'll never forget how he gently removed the disc from its jewel case, and handed me the disc.

"This one is supposed to incorporate RPG elements," he said with a smile. In that moment I knew I would be trusted with any game I chose to play, because I had proven myself responsible and level-headed.

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News::Kicked Episode 7: Epanalepsis, The Hole Story and Fire With Fire

Kicked is the show exploring the wacky, wild and wonderful world of Kickstarter, and bringing you the projects that caught our eye. Featured this week: Epanalepsis The Hole Story Fire with Fire



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News::The Walking Dead S2 E4: Amid the Ruins Review | Codec Moments

Roger from Codec Moments writes: "The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 4: Amid the Ruins lands with us, and weve played both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita versions to bring you our verdict of the mostly excellent Telltale Games series. Warning: This will contain spoilers from previous episodes of The Walking Dead Season 1, as well as very minor spoils for this current episode."



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News::Study Proves Game Transfer Phenomena

So a study has appeared on Gamespot claiming a new phenomena! Apparently there is something new out there called Game Transfer Phenomenon. Game Transfer Phenomenon is when gamers manifest themselves in visual and auditory responses for a long period of time aka gaming.



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News::South Park: The Stick of Truth price cut in half

The price for South Park: The Stick of Truth got cut in half.



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News::The Majora's Mask Fan Remake Is Still Moving Forward

News::The Crew makes me want a modern version of Cruisin USA

GameZone's Jake Valentine: "I shouldnt have stronger feelings for a good-not-great 90s arcade game than I do for a 2014 open world racer releasing on relatively new consoles."



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News::Best Buy Weekly Deals for August 3rd

Best Buy's weekly deals for August 3 to August 9 are now live.



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News::H1Z1 Will Have Female Characters Added To Early Access

SOE's lead character director Matt Broome reveals that females will be in H1Z1 and also describes what sort of attire they will have as well as the general theme of how females will be portrayed in the game.



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News::Call of Duty: Ghosts Nemesis DLC Dynasty Map Preview

Activision and Infinity Ward have released a preview of multiplayer map Dynasty for Call of Duty: Ghosts DLC Nemesis coming August 5th.



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News::Wayward Manor Review | Gamersbliss

Gamesbliss Writes: "Wayward Manor, developed by the Odd Gentlemen and written by Neil Gaiman, has all the makings of a great game... Sadly Wayward Manor is led astray by game ending glitches, boring repetitive gameplay, uninspired puzzles, and surprisingly bland graphics and sound."



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News::If Mirror's Edges Faith had a dating site profile

Faith is looking for love on GamesBeat dating site for video game characters.



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News::What Call of Duty Advanced Warfare Needs To Keep The Series Relevant

I was not a huge fan of Ghosts. I really liked Black Ops 2, but it still wasnt great. The more I see of Advanced Warfare, the more Im interested. Call of Duty AW is shaping up to be the best COD yet. The Exo-suit looks really cool, and will add more to the gameplay. The weapons look awesome and unique. We still havent seen the multiplayer, but its reveal is coming at Gamescom. The story actually looks interesting this time around, and Kevin Spacey.



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News::Kano in Mortal Kombat X Leaked; New Playable Character to be Revealed

Junkie Monkeys: Some screenshots were recently leaked for Kanos appearance on the Mortal Kombat X roster. A certain user also claims that a new playable character will be revealed soon.



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News::China Joy 2014 in Pictures

Smart Shanghai: China Joy is Shanghai's annual "digital entertainment expo," and until this year it was quite ghetto. Like, melty-makeup fantasy models, sweaty, mouth-breathing photographers, and cos-play kids crashing an internet cafe high on neon and construction dust. Some of these elements persist, but after China's lift of a 14-year ban on home video game consoles last year, Microsoft and Sony are throwing down major loot and everyone else has stepped their game up too. Sadly, China Joy is just not that bat-shit crazy of an experience anymore, but gamers, cos-players, and curious types will find a lot to like here if they can handle the crowds.



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News::Five Minutes Of Evolve's Alpha Gameplay Leaked, and it Looks Monstrous (in a Good Way)

Evolves alpha is in full swing, and obviously it was only a matter of time before someone leaked some gameplay footage of Turtle Rock Studios 4 vs 1 shooter.



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News::Obludia vs. The Binding of Isaac

Drydwen from 3rd-strike writes: "A game developer once told me that you cannot design a game without being inspired by other similar games and this truly shows in this comparison. Obludia clearly shows that the basic concept of the game is similar to The Binding of Isaac, as it is to many other games, however I do not feel like it is an exact clone of Edmund McMillens game."



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News::This Is The Zelda Monopoly Game Board, Out Next Month

Announced back in April with few deets, finally we now know what the Legend of Zelda version of the popular-amongst-old-people board game Monopoly looks like.

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