News::Oculus Reveals 'Crescent Bay' Prototype of the Oculus Rift

VRFocus - Oculus VR has revealed a new prototype version of its upcoming virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD), the Oculus Rift, which it says is on the path to consumer VR and a massive leap from DK2. The announcement was made by CEO Brendan Iribe at the Oculus Connect conference in Hollywood, California.



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News::Oculus CEO On Microsoft's Minecraft Acquisition: "How Ironic"

News::Full List and Description of Badges in NBA 2K15

The NBA 2K15 developer team has released the full list and description of the badges in the game. All of the following only applies to the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One version.



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News::This Is The New Oculus Rift Prototype: Crescent Bay

No, you still can't buy a consumer version of the amazing Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, but it's getting really, really close! Oculus just announced a brand-new prototype at the company's Oculus Connect conference in Los Angeles, and they claim it's a GIANT leap forward.

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News::Dreamflight Demo Released

VRFocus - Earlier in the month VRFocus reported on the launch of a Steam Greenlight campaign for a new surreal virtual reality (VR) experience named Dreamflight. Indie developer Refugio 3D is still trying to get the title approved for sale on Valves digital PC store, but has this week launched a new playable demo for the experience that might help sway some people. The demo is currently available for free over on the official Oculus VR Share Beta on PC.



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News::Wasteland 2 Review | GamersFTW

The final version of the eagerly awaited game Wasteland 2 has been released on Steam. The sequel to the grandfather of the Fallout franchise may just be what fans of post apocalyptic adventure have been waiting for so long after the excellent Fallout: New Vegas. Wasteland 2 is gritty dark and dangerous and will swallow you up for hours of entertaining play. GamersFTW writer Drake is personally a huge fan of post apocalyptic games and the sci fi themes and environments contained therein. Wasteland 2 is a great addition to the legacy of its groundbreaking ancestor and Drake is extremely happy that a game of this depth and narrative sophistication is available to modern audiences.



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News::FIFA 15 Top 10 Passers List

FIFPlay: Here are the Top 10 Passers in EA Sports FIFA 15 with highest PAS value.



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News::Destiny Raid Tips From The First People To Ever Beat It

News::Wasteland 2 Character Creation Dossier Guide

Guide4GameS: The Dossier page is for defining the Ranger's background, look and personal details. These generally have little to no gameplay impact, and are offered primarily to help you define your characters.



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News::Game Nights with Denkiphile: Five Nights at Freddy's

Kevin from Denkiphile: "Whoever thought this would be a good idea is a bad person. Here is the full recording of our staff game night stream, where we played Five Nights of Freddys and got scared a lot. Enjoy."



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News::Boo Bunny Plague: The First 30 Minutes

Take a look at the "Hopping mad" game of Boo Bunny Plague's first 30 minutes



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News::Pre-Order Plaza: Week Of September 21-27, 2014

This week is the biggest week thus far, with some big titles and some great new ideas to help you grow your ever expanding library of games. From a beloved sports game to an indie flight combat game to some scary games, this week has it all and one game for everyone. Lets get down to it!



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News::Capcom Explains the Difference Between Resident Evil and Revelations

News::I Didn't Expect a Game About Busty Bikini-Clad Babes to Play So Well

News::The Evil Within: New Hands On Preview At Skewed and Reviewed

Joseph at Skewed and Reviewed has tried his luck with the pending The Evil Within and loved what he saw. This game converted a non-horror game fan.



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News::The Saturday Morning Stream: Disney Infinity Marvel Super Heroes

What better time to stream a game about playing with toys than a Saturday morning? Be sure to ask your parents if it's okay to come play. Warning — stream will autoplay.

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News::Hatoful Boyfriend Review - Gaming Nexus

From the review: "Hatoful Boyfriend is not the pigeon-dating sim you're looking for: It's more than that. Curb your enthusiasm for branching storylines after playing through the early romance portion of the story. After you cross the point of no return, the game is out of your hands, and you're left with an on-rails storyline progression. Regardless, it will subvert each and every one of your preconceived notions of what Hatoful Boyfriend could even remotely be about."



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News::Dragon Ball Xenoverse Confirmed for PC/Steam

Bandai Bamco has announced the game has been confirmed for PC.



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News::The 7 Towers Rebranded as Slain, Coming Early Next Year

Carl Williams writes, "The 7 Towers is a 2D side scrolling action adventure set in a gothic landscape. That is the gist of The 7 Towers. Recently Wolfbrew Games announced that they will be rebranding 7 Towers to Slain, a much more fitting name for the game- just look at the recently released trailer for proof of that."



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News::Top 7 Fixes for Wasteland 2 Crashes, Errors, Freezes, Launcher, Save Bug, Nvidia, Low FPS, FOV

With Wasteland 2 now launched on Steam, here are a few fixes you should know when encountering crashes, errors bugs, save issues, poor framerates, among others.



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News::NYVGCC: Battleborn Interview from Gearbox and 2K

John Azzilonna: We had a great opportunity to meet up with some of the key talent behind Gearbox Software's new 'Hero-Shooter' Battleborn. Learning about the characters and lore from Creative Director, Randy Varnell and lead writer Aaron Linde, we showcase some of the games co-operative gameplay.



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News::Bedlam Updated with New Arcade Modes

Hardcore Gamer: In Bedlam, players are treated to a trek through FPS history.



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News::The Bin: Brink

Hardcore Gamer: Some games arent worth the $60 release price. Or half as much, for that matter. How many times have you bought a game and told yourself that if its terrible, it was only five bucks? This brings us to the Bargain Bin realm of gaming, a second glance at games far enough down that they dont see light. Guilty pleasures are a blast so long as no ones watching.



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News::Exclusive Interview and Video: Bacon Man Sizzles at Boston FIG!

SheAttack staff writer Gabby Nuovo gets to try out upcoming indie game Bacon Man and talk to Neal Laurenza of Skymap Games about the new title at this month's Boston Festival of Indie Games. If you're interested in platformers like Rayman Origins, check out the interview and video!



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News::Snake's New Best Friend Is A Wolf Named DD

Snake has a new best friend in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. And thus was Call of Duty Dog completely forgotten.

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News::This Week In The Business: Down With The Popular Kids

QUOTE | "As an industry person, I hope they drop like a fly. It's better when the industry gets shaken up." - Unity CEO David Helgason, joking about Supercell's Clash of Clans, though he was making a serious point about wanting to see more variety.

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News::TGS '14 - Feeling Fine with Mighty No. 9 | gamrReview Preview

gamrReview's Xavier Griffiths: "Mighty No. 9 is a passion project of Keiji Inafune, famed developer of the Mega Man series. This fan-supported project raised nearly $4 million dollars by the time its Kickstarter campaign ended in October 2013. I finally had a chance to play this anticipated indie game on the Xbox One at Microsofts booth at the Tokyo Game Show."



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News::VR Adventure G.R.E.C Launches Pre-Release Version

VRFocus - While plenty of developers have revealed intriguing experiences, demos and exploration titles for virtual reality (VR), its always exciting to see more fleshed out videogames revealed for the technology. Indie developer Iron Cloud, a two-man student team, has recently revealed what looks to be a more traditional videogame for the Oculus Rift head-mounted display (HMD) in G.R.E.C, an adventure title that has recently launched a pre-release version.



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News::Private Eye Demo Released

VRFocus - Its taken just under a month longer than anticipated but the promised demo for upcoming virtual reality (VR) compatible adventure title Private Eye has finally launched today. As the titles Twitter account reveals, developer Jake Slack has experienced a few issues in getting the sample ready for release, but it can now be played either either the first or second development kit (DK1 and DK2) for the Oculus Rift head-mounted display (HMD).



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News::[IndieGameMag] Cannon Brawl Review

[Luke Siuty, IndieGameMag]Whats your APM when you play Starcraft? The interesting metric, action-per-minute, which indicates how quickly one can control units in a typical real-time-strategy game, is making a grand appearance in indie title Cannon Brawl, developed by Turtle Sandbox. Coming out of Steam Early Access, the title is a one-on-one mix of strategy and action set to story-book-like graphics. Far from a typically complex PC RTS, Cannon Brawl is accessible from the get-go while hitting all the required strategy game paradigms on the way.



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News::A Closer Look at Titanfalls Third Downloadable Map Pack | Xbox Wire

Good news, Titanfall fans! Full details on the third downloadable map pack IMC Rising are now available, and your pilots and Titans will have three very different maps to choose from. Developer Respawn Entertainment may have saved the best for last with these. Check out where youll be blowing each other up next!



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News::Sniper Elite 3 Gets Free DLC, and Save Churchill Part 3

Twinfinite: "Rebellion has released a plethora of new DLC for Sniper Elite 3. Save Churchill Part 3: Confrontation is available now on Steam for $6.99. The final chapter in the Save Churchill campaign comes to a close, in what Rebellion is calling the largest environment ever seen in the series."



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News::Cannon Brawl Is an Absolute Blast (Review) |Twinfinite

Cannon Brawl is a fast paced, real time strategy game that will keep you on your toes and keep you smiling.



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News::Returning to Shadowrun to Fall in Love Again with Dragonfall - Director's Cut | Hardcore Gamer

If you somehow missed playing Harebrained Schemes' narrative-heavy, tactical-RPG Shadowrun Returns, or its expansion Dragonfall, well, then...shame on you. Also, now's your chance to right that wrong.



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News::Toxikk Alpha Trailer Full of Gameplay

The team at Reakktor Studios released a new trailer for their shooter Toxikk, filled with alpha gameplay.



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News::Swatting: A Gamers Revenge Gone Too Far

John Wyma, GIZORAMA - "Though the media portrays the archetypal gamer as some lonely schmuck living in his mothers basement while barely interacting with the outside world, I would argue that the virtual community as a whole is actually rather quite social. With multiplayer games, marketplaces, forums, and live streaming, controller jockeys develop fruitful connections through the virtual universe, and its typically beneficial. The more friends you have, the more games youre invited to, while the more viewers who follow you, the more you rake in through advertisements. Yes, the gaming world is far from lonely, but as in every sample population, youre bound to have a few outliers, a few crazies."



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News::Oculus Release Dedicated App for Oculus Connect

VRFocus - One of the most anticipated events on the virtual reality (VR) calender, Oculus Connect, is finally here. Registration for the developer conference, which takes place over the next two days in Hollywood, California, opened just a few hours ago, with developers just starting to get passes and network before the first sessions kick off of the day. Those that are heading to the event might want to take note of a new app Oculus VR has launched that's entirely dedicated to the event.



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News::SteamWorld Dig Review | Game Podunk

GP: "SteamWorld Dig was one of the biggest surprises of 2013 when it initially debuted on the 3DS eShop before subsequently getting an HD version on Steam and later PS4 and Vita. Not that the eShop doesn't have its share of great games, but this was a game from a small Swedish developer that had the ambition, charm, and polish of a triple-A developed title. Now that it's finally arrived for the Wii U audience, how does it hold up one year after its initial release? Grab your cowboy hat and pickaxe, because we're about to find out!"



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News::GoD Factory: Wingmen Review [Capsule Computers]

Jamie Laike Tsui of Capsule Computers writes: "GoD Factory: Wingmen is an arcade flight sim. Two teams of four pilots will do attempt to destroy the enemy carrier while simultaneously attempting to defend their own. The game features an extensive ship customization system and four unique races."



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News::New Releases Decide Your Reasons

Gamer Headlines - New releases are coming and you have many aspects to consider when deciding what game to purchase and what not to purchase. Decide your reasons with a simple list of questions developed to categorize your decisions and begin a community discussion.



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News::Planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~ Review [Capsule Computers]

Travis Bruno of Capsule Computers writes: "Despite this, there remained one company, Key, that has always had a reputation for creating great stories but none of this Keys products were ever officially released in English. That is until Sekai Project announced that they were working with Key to release an official English version of Planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~ on Steam. Now that this older visual novel has been released, is it a worth picking up?"



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News::Choice of the Deathless Review: Legally Undead: Hardcore Games

Hardcore Games - If a game is going to serve as a throwback to a classic (and arguably obsolete) genre, it helps to have a strong personality. This could not be truer of text adventures, a genre that was spawned from the technical limitations of its era. Having to use ones imagination in place of graphics in a video game seems like a foreign concept today, and demands a lot from the player. This means that a text adventure is dependent almost entirely on the strength of its writing, since that is all there is to incentivize players to experience it. Choice of the Deathless recognizes this and provides a unique experience through clever writing and complex dilemmas, with a bit of humor thrown in for good measure.



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News::Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution Review - TXH

James writes - "Naruto Uzumaki is back once again in Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution. Will it be a bigger hit than a Tailed Beast Bomb? Or will it feel like they are all out of chakra and need to take a break?"



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News::RIP: Journalistic Integrity- Dead Due to PR Collusion

News anchors and gaming journalists take it one step further, after working in the industry for a while, they reveal the sometimes tenuous relationship games journalists have with the sometimes loved (often dreaded) PR reps- Ubisoft, EA in particular. The difficult dance between representing the economic interests of your product and trying to determine who the most proficient are at delivering the message YOU want to send!



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News::A Bad Year for Games

"I dont mean to be hyperbolic with the title of the article, in many ways 2014 has been a great year for games. Especially if your games are titled Shovel Knight or Divinity: Original Sin. But see, thats kind of the problem I have with this year. Aside from the two indie darlings of the summer like them or not, its dumb to say that both games havent enjoy ravenous success and been highly regarded by critics and fans alike. If you dont like them thats fine, but even I, who thought Divinity was just good God forbid have to admit the impressive success both titles have garnered. You might be able to shove the Januarys release of the Banner Saga into this conversation. I, personally, loved the game and it seems to have developed a following, but I dont think its been quite as well received as the aforementioned games."



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News::First footage from United Front Games Triad Wars

United Front Games has posted the first footage from Triad Wars, their upcoming PC online third-person action game set in the same universe as Sleeping Dogs.



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News::Top 10 GOGcom Shooters On Weekend Sale

This is a list of recommended shooters on sale this weekend on GOGcom



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News::TGS '14 - Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Shares the Scares | gamrReview Preview

gamrReview's Xavier Griffiths: "...As Moira I used the crowbar to open a locked door and walked through only to find a mutant creature running quickly towards us. I was both terrified and relieved when the demo ended there abruptly. The Resident Evil: Revelations 2 demo was a fun, unsettling return to the series more traditional survival horror gameplay roots."



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News::Cubic Castles Review: The Building Blocks of a Decent Game: Hardcore Games

Hardcore Games - Lets just address the elephant in the room right now. Yes Cubic Castles shares a lot of similarities with the popular game Minecraft. You play an adorable blank canvas of a character whose only task is to go out in the world and build. Thats the only goal, which may not seem like much. However, its what the game encourages you to do with the freedom to build whatever you want that makes the game unique.



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News::Everyone wins if Square Enix helps Steam become a JRPG destination

From the article, "Square Enix is bringing Final Fantasy XIII to Steam. We all have mixed feelings about this. The other day, Final Fantasy IV also hit Steam. We have less mixed feelings, with a touch of apathy because that freakin game is on like, everything. But thats not all. Trails in the Sky debuted on Steam recently, and Mind Zero is also coming to the platform by way of Steam Greenlight. These are just a few examples of what could be an especially productive new trend."



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