News::Tropico 5 Review | The Game Scouts

Tin Salamunic: Tropico prides itself in turning the most honorable leader into a monstrous dictator. My first few hours of leadership were build on trust and peace. Yet despite my good intentions, I ended up bankrupt with half the island warring and my allies turning against me. While playing an honest leader is certainly possible, Tropicos satirical approach to politics encourages dirty play in order to truly succeed. Then again, considering how foul most politicians are in real life, Tropico may be far more realistic than it appears at first glance. Since its original release in 2001, Tropicos niche has been its tongue-in-cheek presentation of the banana republics and Tropico 5 no different. The games humor is still undeniably charming while the mature gameplay offers a complex, immersive and challenging experience. Tropico 5 may not be a massive franchise overhaul, but Haemimont Games has improved nearly every area that made the series successful in the first place. For anyo...



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News::Kickstarter Weekly: Warlocks, Stash and Data Hacker: Reboot

Garrett from The Koalition writes: What Ive learned, or rather remembered, about the RPG genre is that its versatile, and there are many projects on Kickstarter that showcase such versatility. Ill admit that I had originally planned to pick three RPGs that took place within a Western fantasy setting, but I found myself sidetracked by these three projects and their different takes the genre. Warlocks is a frantic sidecrolling RPG with some of the coolest moves Ive ever seen, Stash is an MMO with turn-based mechanics, and Data Hack: Reboot is a narratively ambitious RPG whose ideas have since expanded beyond the original planned trilogy. Hopefully this issue of the Kickstarter Weekly has something for every RPG fan.



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News::Boo Bunny Plague Review | Hardcore Gamer

Games that use humor should be respected. With the AAA game industry so dead-set on being dramatic, seeing the indie scene embrace the goofier side is a glimmer of hope. Humor has a place in games and developers should be honored for trying to be funny. However, being funny is no substitute for being good. If a game is going to be wacky and never itself seriously, it still needs to have substance to back it up. Enter Boo Bunny Plague, a game that puts every bit of its effort into trying to be funny, while sapping any life and enjoyment out of actually playing it. What a wreck.



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News::The Sims 4 "Doesn't dissapoint but lacks features" | Pure|News

The Sims franchise are back, with unpredictable AI, Multi Task, Better Build Mode and much more.. However it lacks features from the previous games.



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News::10 Infuriating Video Game Bosses That Made You Lower The Difficulty

WC: Against these 10 bosses, its pop-quiz time but you dont even have a pencil. Maybe those ultra-hardcore-advanced-placement courses werent such a good idea? (Note: Some of these entries are final bosses; read their slight spoilers at your own risk.)



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News::Death To Spies 3 - Stealth Action Hitman meets Splinter Cell - Kickstarter Launches Tomorrow

DSOGaming writes: "Haggard Games informed us today about the launch of a Kickstarter campaign on September 9th for the third part of its legendary game series Death to Spies."



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News::PCGMedia - Dead Rising 3 PC Review

Ive been a huge Dead Rising fan since the first Xbox game. It was actually one of the few single-player games I didnt mind spectating unlike the Resident Evil series. What voodoo magic does Dead Rising have over the classic survival horror franchise? Lets explore!



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News::Sebastian's Holiday Season Preview

With the winter season games bonanza almost upon us, Sebastian Young at Zero1Gaming discusses the biggest upcoming games on his wish list.



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News::Quick Look: Lethal League

Finally. A League game that Jeff and Dan can get behind.



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News::Top 10 First Person Shooter Game Soundtracks | Viitcha

Graphics and gameplay are fine and dandy, but what about music as well? In this video, Gggmanlives takes a look at some of the best soundtracks to ever grace our ears in FPS games.



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News::5 Killers of Modern Survival Horror

Ryan from Awesome Games writes: 'For me, survival horror gaming has always been a family affair oddly enough. I can vividly remember cowering behind my older brother as he guided the polygonal Harry Mason deeper and deeper into the rolling fog and depravity of a little known town called Silent Hill. To me, the chilling images of abandoned wheelchairs in decrepit hospitals, deserted streets and eerie fairgrounds are strangely fond and familiar. It is for these reasons that, like most fans of the franchise, Im always left feeling somewhat washed out by the more recent offerings (cue the likes of Silent Hill Downpour and Resident Evil 6).'



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News::Just The Tip: Sunless Sea - Pixels for Breakfast

Pixels for Breakfast writes: When I first set sail into the depths of Sunless Sea, I was confused. I spent an hour shooting a video that didnt make much sense, in a game world that was intriguing, but didnt make much sense either. I took the night to retire to my quarters, and then I started afresh. Suddenly I understood what Sunless Sea was all about, so I hope you enjoy this interesting Just The Tip.



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News::Sad, Beautiful Photos Of Video Games

Photographer Pavel Vesnakov is trying something cool: a blending of screenshots and real-world photography techniques to create images that are very different to what you'd normally see coming out of a game.

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News::Talking about Paradigm, Mutants and Evil Sloths with Jacob Janerka

William Kirk at GameCloud Australia writes: "Its always great to discover an exciting new game thats being developed locally, but Paradigm isnt just your run-of-the-mill indie title. Up till this point, its been a one man project fueled by a love for all those strange 90s adventure games that made many of our childhoods so disturbingly magical. Having just launched a Kickstarter, Perth-developer Jacob Janerka is now ready to show his game to the world, and to hopefully raise the funds needed to finish it. Recently, we got the opportunity to play the alpha demo and to catch up with Jacob to tell us more about Paradigm:"



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News::NBA 2K15 Screenshot ft. Ricky Rubio

Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio posted an NBA 2K15 screenshot of himself on Twitter. Check it out!



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News::Ziggurat Early Access Preview | Twinfinite

Twinfinite writes "Roguelikes are becoming a little like reality TV shows these days. Every time Steam is opened, the eyes are bombarded by newly released or Early Access procedurally-generated games without checkpoints, where death means starting from the beginning. Turn away for a second and theres suddenly two more. Standing out in this crowd is always going to be difficult. The team at Milkstone Studios seem to be on the right path though with their roguelike sorcery-shooting first person game, Ziggurat."



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News::Resident Evil 5, Dead Rising 2 and Off The Record coming to Steamworks

Capcom : "if you're a fan of smashing zombies (and/or zombie-like Majini) on your PC, then we've got some good news for ya - RE5, Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record are all coming to Steamworks early next year. With the global popularity of the Steamworks platform, weve seen high demand from fans to bring these highly requested titles to this platform. Moving to Steamworks will allow more fans across the world to enjoy these games.



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News::Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor sequel? 'There's a ton of stories yet to be told'

Kevin Stephens, who is the head of Monolith Productions, spoke exclusively with Examiner.com about where Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor's ending leaves players and if there's possibilities for a sequel.



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News::Review: The Golf Club (New Gamer Nation)

Golf may not be the most physically demanding sport, but its certainly one of the most technical. From swing path, body movement, and core control, even one small mistake can mean the difference between a perfectly placed ball on the green or an accidental bath in the lake. Though EA Sports PGA Tour series has been the most realistic experience, it still features elements that arent exactly authentic to the game. Now were introduced to The Golf Club, a brand new golf simulation game that relies on the feel of your swing and golf instincts without any flashy meters or indicators. Unfortunately, the decision to remove most golf game tropes ends up being a trap that developer HB Studios cant quite wedge itself out of.



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News::Image of the Batman: Arkham Knight Limited Edition

Promotional image of Batman: Arkham Knight Limited Edition.



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News::Gamer Mondays: Collectible Card Shame

"Against anything anyone could have possibly predicted this time last year, collectible card games are the new hotness in the video game space. As with anything else, some are much better than others, but one things for sure -- I cant get enough of the damn things." - Joe Garcia, Stealthy Box



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News::Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 01

The Koalition's Tony Polanco writes: "For many years, our Throwdown podcast has ended with us answering questions submitted by the fans. As time went on, we got more and more questions. Since the question portion of the show was as long, and sometimes longer than the main part of it, we decided to create this podcast where those questions constituted the entire show. Well primarily handle video game related questions since that is what our core audience is here for but we handle any and all pop culture and tech related questions as well. If it falls within the geek realm then well answer those questions here. Well also be asking a question each week for the fans to answer. Well read back the responses on the following episode."



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News::Heroic Kickstarter Wants To Build A 13-Foot Star Destroyer

LEGO builder Thomas Benedikt has big dreams. He wants to build a LEGO version of a Super Star Destroyer. And yes, there's an official model of an SSD already available, but it's only 4-feet long. Thomas wants to build one over three times larger.

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News::DLC: A Game is the Only Destiny for Some Players (Satire)

The Deliberate Lies Column, or DLC for short, is a Tabloid style news column where we don't break news, but make it up. Everything that is written within the DLC section is fake and should be read for entertainment purposes only.



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News::Are Smaller MMO Content Updates Better than Giant Expansions?

The three most important words when it comes to mmorpg games is content, content, and content. Some prefer giant expansions that add loads of new content, while others prefer smaller updates that are less ambitious. The question seems to be which of the methods is better for the game and the players? Are smaller mmo content updates better than giant expansions?



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News::Andrew Wilson of EA: 'We never want to be worst US company again'

The Guardian: The giant video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA) is not universally loved if you play games or talk about them on the internet, you may have noticed. Despite releasing some of the most successful games of the last 20 years (Fifa, Battlefield, Need For Speed, Mass Effect) the company has plenty of detractors. Why?



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News::Resident Evil: Revelations 2 will star some familiar names

The original Resident Evil: Revelations did an excellent job of creating a horror experience akin to the series original games. It has recently been leaked that the title will get a sequel on the new generation systems



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News::Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Discounted On GameStop

Diablo III: Reaper Of Souls, the new expansion released earlier last year for Diablo III, is now available for a reduced price in GameStop stores.



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News::League of Legends More Popular Than Dota 2: Top 20 Games on Twitch for August 2014

8CN: Twitch.TV recently released a report regarding the top 20 most popular games on the service for the month of August. The month saw some interesting changes for Twitch, including being purchased by Amazon, and more relevantly some titles being replaced by others in terms of popularity. Read on for the full list.



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News::Can You Run It Tests Whether Your PC Can Run That Game

News::ZVR Apocalypse Demo Released

VRFocus - Indie developer Lucid VR is currently hard at work trying to raise funds for its Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign for the upcoming virtual reality (VR) compatible shooter, ZVR Apocalypse. The developer hopes to raise $30,000 AUD before 28th September 2014 to fund the titles production and perhaps even a unique arcade-style booth for the title, should it reach later stretch goals. Part of the studios efforts to raise funding include the release of a new demo for the experience, which can now be downloaded.



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News::Albino Lullaby Heading to Boston Festival of Indie Games

VRFocus - Upcoming virtual reality (VR) compatible horror title Albino Lullaby is currently running a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign looking for $25,000 USD. Indie developer Ape Law is hoping to use the funds raised to help market the title, including bringing it to industry events for public and press to experience. However the team has confirmed that it will be attending one such event ahead of reaching its Kickstart base goal. Albino Lullaby will be at the upcoming Boston Festival of Indie Games on 13th September 2014.



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News::VR Park Launches Steam Greenlight Campaign

VRFocus - Many of the virtual reality (VR) compatible experiences that hit Valves Steam Greenlight system at the moment simply note that they include support for the Oculus Rift VR head-mounted display (HMD). Its rare, then, to see a VR dedicated title hit the platform, considering that a consumer version of the device is yet to even be revealed let alone released. That fact hasnt stopped an indie developer going by the name of Xing Fu Hu Dong from launching VR Park on the service.



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News::FIFA 15 PC Requirements Revealed - 64bit Only, Requires Quad-Core CPU, Recommends 8GB RAM

Electronic Arts has revealed the PC system requirements for FIFA 15.



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News::Super Lemonade Factory Leaves a Sour Taste, Needs More Sugar (Review) |Twinfinite

Super Lemonade Factory tries to deliver charm throughout its repetitive, frustrating gameplay.



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News::Dead Rising 3 Performance Guide

Nicolae Andrei from in2gpu.com wrote: "Since the Xbox One ship is going down faster than a boat made of Swiss cheese, publishers are now embracing the old time friend: the PC; exactly the one they were cursing not a few months back. So Dead Rising 3 makes its appearance on the PC with the standard quality of port: capped at 30 fps, forced mouse acceleration and crappy performance overall; and all this just for the price of 49,99 euros. Lets start with the basic lacking features:"



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News::Godus Review - It's About Time | Grab It

"Time. Rarely is there enough of it to allow us to do and achieve all the things we wish to. In fact, I would go so far as to say that it is our most precious commodity, valuing it above even health and wealth. For what good is health without the time to enjoy being healthy? And what good are riches without the time to spend big? Its thoughts such as these that caused me to fall out of love with Godus, the new god game developer by 22cans - headed by industry icon Peter Molyneux. It was a brief love affair, lasting only two weeks. At first I tried the its not you its me breakup tactic, but realised I was just lying to myself. It was the timers that eventually got the better of me." - Grab It "



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News::VERY IMPORTANT: DuckTales theme recreated with real ducks

"Slow news day, huh?" someone typed into the comments bar, mouse hovering over the submit button. "What does this have even have to do with videogames?" another was seconds away from chiming in. Many more followed suit, each and every giving pause to reconsider their contribution to the cutest thing on the Internet that day.

One by one they all realized that the video they just watched was too adorable to sully with negativity. Each with a slight grin, they fell right in line by holding down the backspace key. They knew it's important to pick your fights on the Internet, and who can fight when baby ducks are involved?

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News::Fire Emblem Music Videos Are A Damn Good Time

Yup. That's Fire Emblem's Marth. Dancing to Kesha's Tik Tok.

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News::The DuckTales Theme Song With Real Ducks Is Just Too Much

DuckTales. Real ducks. I think I speak for everyone when I say, "[collapses into cutestolgia overload coma]." And/or "woo-ooo."

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News::Guy Trades In 203 Copies Of Controversial Old Sega Game

This isn't something you see every day. Earlier this week, a man walked into a used game store in Albuquerque, New Mexico and sold a bunch of old Sega stuff. Among it was a box that contained 203 copies of Night Trap, one of the most infamous home console games ever released.

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News::How Statistics Have Ruined the Battlefield Series

Gastón, from Twinfinite, states his opinion on why stats aren't helping the Battlefield experience.



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News::Review: The Walking Dead: Season Two - My Clementine I DualShockers

Clementine's story grew darker and the world around her more terrifying in the second season of Telltale's The Walking Dead, and DualShockers reviews the entire story following the conclusion of The Walking Dead: Season Two.



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News::GTAV PS4 Now Showing $49.99 Price On PSN

GTAV PS4 just got priced on the USA PlayStation Store at $49.99. Hopefully Rockstar will confirm this for every new platform.



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News::Weekly Launchpad. What Kickstarters Launched Aug 31 - Sep 6?

Greg Micek writes: "Every week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter campaigns that launched in the previous week. This isn't to say that all of these projects are worth your hard earned cash, but with any luck having all of them in one place will make it easier to educate yourself on the projects you'd like to back, and which ones to run from. This week there were 34 to choose from, lets check 'em out!"



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News::The Stories Behind League of Legends' Biggest Championship

League of Legends' World Championship series—featuring the absurdly popular MOBA's best players—is about to kick off. Major matches will be held all around, you know, the world, culminating in what will easily be one of the biggest eSports events ever. Still don't care? Then watch this video.

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News::Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition Review | WGTC

Chaz from We Got This Covered wrote: The Dead Rising franchise has a special hold on me. The original was the game that convinced me to buy an Xbox 360, while Dead Rising 3 made the decision to grab an Xbox One all that much easier. Demolishing literal hordes of zombies with weaponry suited for a mad scientist is just one of those simple pleasures in life. That being said, I was ecstatic to hear that Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition was going to get a PC port, and one that would be able to truly harness my PCs power as opposed to being a simple recreation. Sadly, only one of those things actually happened.



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News::Five Games: Destiny And Everything Else You Need To Play This Week

The highest-profile game of the year hits as the fall gaming season kicks off in earnest.



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News::Battlefield 4 Final Stand image leaked, looks futuristic

The first image of Battlefield 4 Final Stand has leaked, and looks very futuristic.



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News::Get your 'Genshi' Kyogre or Groudon Pokémon accessories from Hori

Hori is releasing these super cool Kyogre and Groudon Pokémon accessories for your 3DS or 3DS XL. You can get a TPU cover, hard pouch or a 24-card case. You can pre-order yours now and they'll ship December 5.

In other news, Pokémon accessories are some of the best kind. What are your favorite Pokémon-branded cases, covers, or pouches?

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