News::Spacebase DF-9: another Double Fine mess

Dealspwn writes: "Now that the smoke has cleared enough to see the situation for what it is, we're going to get involved. Or more specifically, explain why Double Fine deserves to be hauled over the coals. No, this is not going to be a critique of the Early Access business model. We (along with every other pundit on the internet) have already weighed in, but the simple fact is that there's nothing wrong with Alpha Funding in and of itself... so long as the specific game is actually suitable!"



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News::NBA 2K15 unveils Momentous Trailer

GoodGameBro writes, "Today 2K Sports released their latest trailer in promotion of NBA 2K15, titled the Momentous trailer. In the trailer, gameplay footage is used to show off improved graphics, player likenesses, and animations as well as the excitement of the in-arena atmosphere from fan reactions. At the very end of the trailer, after the pre-order information as an Easter egg of sorts, there are a few images which seem to tease new information regarding the MyPark mode in NBA 2K15."



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News::Creative Assembly unveil Total War: Attila, 'family trees and complete destruction'

The next instalment to the grand series of Total War is Attilla, and with it we're thrown into the dawn of the Dark Ages. The Roman Empire is on its last legs and barbaric hordes revel in chaos. A terrifying force gathers behind one known as Attila the Hun. Creative offer us the chance to lead this 'herald of destruction' or to try and revive the ailing Roman Empire.



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News::Gods Will Be Watching Review: Sadness Simulator - Pixels For Breakfast

Pixels For Breakfast writes: You break into an imperial science lab with a team of highly trained mercenaries, with the objective of stealing a bio-weapon. You take three hostages, while one of your crew members talks down an impending raid from the security forces. Your other colleague is hacking into the mainframe to steal the required data, and you need to make sure that everyone is keeping abreast of the situation. You dont pay the hostages enough attention, so one tries to flee and you shoot them in the back. Now the other hostages are scared, shaking, crying. The security forces are getting ready to breach the room and take you down. This is the opening scene of Gods Will Be Watching, an intense and morally questionable scenario in what becomes a sea of life-or-death situations hidden under the guise of a point and click adventure game. You click areas to move your character, you open dialogue tree options when interacting with others, yet that is where the similarities en...



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News::Official Nintendo Super Smash Bros. tournament begins on October 4

The North American release for the 3DS version of Super Smash Bros. is just a week away, and Nintendo is celebrating its highly competitive fighting game with a tournament. The initial rounds will be held at 15 GameStop locations around the United States and at the Nintendo World store in New York on October 4, one day after the title's release.

Each first round tournament will seat 64 entrants, and the winner of each will earn a trip to New York City for the final round on October 11. The final round will be broadcast on Nintendo's Twitch. After traveling to New York and beating the other 15 people who did the same, what does the winner get? A trophy and a robe. Also, the self satisfaction of victory?

The full list of first round tournaments is below. Each tournament is first-come, first-entered, and officially begins at 11:00 AM local time.

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News::Deadspin ESPN Suspends Bill Simmons Three Weeks Over Goodell Criticism | Gawker Trigger-Happy Cop Wi

News::Here's a deep dive into Dragon Age: Inquisition, via a panel at this week's Eurogamer Expo.

Here's a deep dive into Dragon Age: Inquisition , via a panel at this week's Eurogamer Expo. The 30-minute presentation—which starts at 10:43 in the video below—offers up some insights as to the artistic goals of the game and how you'll be able to switch things up in combat.

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News::The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - 'Traveling Monster Hunter' Trailer Released

CD Projekt RED has released a new trailer for its upcoming RPG, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.



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News::OlliOlli 2 announced for PS4 and Vita, coming in 2015

OlliOlli 2: Welcome to Olliwood is coming to PS4 and Vita, Roll7 announced today.

The follow-up to this year's stellar skating game is rolling with a new look, multiplayer, a deeper combo system, and a more powerful level editor. Look out for it in 2015.

OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood Coming to PS4, Vita in 2015 [PlayStation Blog]

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News::Preview: This War of Mine [Gameranx]

Patrick Kulikowski takes a close look at 11 Bit Studios' 2.5D survival adventure game This War of Mine.



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News::Sleeping Dogs: Old vs Definitive Edition Screenshot Comparison

Check out a screenshot comparison between Sleeping Dogs old and Definitive Edition.



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News::The Evil Within has Gone Gold

Bethblog : "Putting out a game on five platforms (PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, and PS4) across multiple regions is no easy feat, but were excited to announce The Evil Within has officially Gone Gold! Congrats to everyone at Tango Gameworks and everyone else that was involved in the process of making the game your hard work has helped create a survival horror game that we believe people will be talking about for a long time. If youve been cowering under your covers up until now, The Evil Within arrives on Tuesday, October 14th in Europe and North America, October 16th for New Zealand and Australia, and October 23rd for Japan."



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News::Forza Horizon 2 Is As Close To Living Your Car Fantasy As You'll Get

News::Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: Sabagebu!

News::Frikkin' sick!

News::Review: Cannon Brawl (PC) | G3AR

G3AR: "Cannon Brawl is a marvellous, mayhem enriched mix of the strategy and artillery genres. You may find yourself losing hours of your day (or night) to this little pack of dynamite without even realizing it."



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News::ChristCenteredGamer Asus GL551J-DH71 review

This laptop is equipped with 3 USB 3.0 ports, a mini DisplayPort 1.2 and a HDMI 1.4 port. An Ethernet jack and a single audio plug are available as well. Standard features include a DVDRW drive (why no Blu-Ray?), 16GB 1600MHz DDR3L RAM and an Intel Core i7-4710HQ CPU. The cpu's normal speed is 2.50GHZ with a turbo boost of 3.5GHz



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News::Destiny's Bravest Dancer

It's no secret that we're huge fans of the dancing in Destiny here at Kotaku. But this montage takes the alien cake.

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News::How Outlast Helps Gamers Understand Sexual Abuse

Joe from Awesome Games writes: 'Its no secret that Outlast is a pretty terrifying game. A first-person survival horror title developed and published by Red Barrels for PC and later PS4 and Xbox One, horror fans were left salivating at the prospect of playing as freelance investigative journalist Miles Upsher, who receives an anonymous tip from a source identified only as a whistleblower. The leak tells of inhumane experiments committed at Mount Massive Asylum, a remote psychiatric hospital situated deep in the mountains of Lake County, Colorado and owned by the Murkoff Corporation. Upon entering the asylum, Miles is horrified to discover the mutilated corpses of the staff, including a dying SWAT officer who warns him to get out while he still can.'



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News::Arma 3 - Second Premium DLC Releases November 4th

Bohemia Interactive today announced the official release date for Arma 3s second premium DLC, Arma 3 Helicopters.



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News::Video Takes Counter-Strike to Team Fortress 2 Levels of Silliness

Inspired by an already existing crazy Counter-Strike: Global Offensive game mode called Chicken Defusal, a Source Filmmaker group called Deviant Pictures created one of the best CS:GO machinima of recent memory.

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News::Mod Turns StarCraft II Into A Cute Cartoon

Some of you might recognize the cute StarCraft characters from the Carbot Animation series. They're unmistakable. After all the episodes on YouTube, the creator of the series is now working on an actual working map for the game, with his characters and animations replacing everything.

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News::SNOWs fourth milestone is now live on Steam via Early Access, includes Oculus DK2 support

Amber writes: "Swedish developer Poppermost has announced that the fourth milestone of their open-world skiing game, SNOW, is now available on Steam via Early Access. This is the biggest advancement in the games development yet, and will be the last update prior to the upcoming launch of the Closed Beta."



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News::Preview: Tri is a geometric adventure | GameCrate

GameCrate: "Tri from Rat King Entertainment drops you into a riveting world filled with puzzles and dazzling level design. It also poses its own unique and captivating art style that creates an atmospheric and thought-provoking fantasy world thats a joy to get lost in as the game progresses further."



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News::Planetside 2: In the Limelight...PhirePhrey

PhirePhrey is one of 3 outfit leaders in the Planetside 2 division of the A Different Kind of Gaming [ADK] multi-gaming community. Shes a casual gamer who just looks to enjoy the game.



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News::Steam's Discovery Update proving successful for indie developers

GameZone: "Steam's latest update, the Discovery Update, brought a bunch of new features to Steam. One of these new features puts a spotlight on games that you should've heard about, but have yet to. This recommendation rotator is personalized for each user and offers up 12 games that you could be interested in. Of course you have the option on what to include in the rotator; Early Access, unreleased, or operating system specific games. In short, Steam is offering indie game devs the advertisement they need. The following question is, will it work?"



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News::Taking A Look At - Saints Row: Gat Out Of Hell Developer Walkthrough

Clipping Error goes through the developer walkthrough for Gat Out Of Hell, highlighting the new features, as well as any features that look like they would be fun for players when they get their hands on the game next year.



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News::Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition - PS4/Xbox 360 gameplay comparison video

How much better does Sleeping Dogs look on PS4? VideoGamer.com compares it to the original Xbox 360 version.



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News::To celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of popular Japanese racing series Initial D, LEGO enthusi

To celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of popular Japanese racing series Initial D, LEGO enthusiast Denil Oh created quite a unique set on LEGO Ideas. It's an awesome miniature replica of the iconic Toyota Trueno, the main character Takumi Fujiwara, and his family's tofu shop.

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News::ATBs Top 25 Female Characters: (17) Jill Valentine

ATB: Its true that once the wheels of justice begin to turn, nothing can stop them. Nothing. This is our list of the top 25 female characters of all-time.Were counting down one by one until we reach the best of the best on Sept. 30.



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News::Final Fantasy VII: Open Worlds and Shining Systems

AGM: I got out of Midgar and took a metaphorical breath of fresh air. Finally! The open world lay before me and I was going to explore it. And explore it I have. Compared to the last time I posted I'm having so much more fun with Final Fantasy VII. I love the feel of an open world to explore in a JRPG. It's a different feeling from an open world game from the west like GTA, Assassin's Creed, or Skyrim. It's more abstracted and not as detailed, but it has it's unique charm.



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News::Final Fantasy VII Initial Impressions: Midgar

AGM: I'm currently about 8 hours into my playthrough of Final Fantasy VII and my feelings are mixed. This is the third time I've played this game, and it will be the second time I've played it all the way to the end. The last time I played was over ten years ago on the original Playstation. This time I'm playing that same version, but through the PS1 classic option on my Playstation Vita. I still have memories of all the major characters and plot points, but the nitty gritty details are slowly coming back to me as I play. My first reaction with the intro sequence was, "Wow! Here we go!" I love the very beginning of the game where Cloud leaps off a train and charges directly into a raid on a Mako reactor. What a way to start! Get the player engaged with no downtime or preamble. This is done extremely well. My second reaction, after the Mako reactor raid, was one of surprised frustration.



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News::College Students Float on Bags of Potato Chips

Don't you hate how bags of potato chips are really bags of air? Some college students decided to do something about that. And best of all, they're going to sail a potato chip raft across a river.

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News::We Asked Japanese Gamers If They're Buying the New 3DS

News::'Tilt Brush' Lets You Create Beautiful VR Paintings with Depth Using the Oculus Rift

Road to VR A previously unknown virtual reality software title, Tilt Brush, went home with the Proto Award for Best GUI (graphical user interface) thanks to its innovative virtual reality interface. The software uses a gaze-based interface that allows users to paint in 3D and even use the Oculus Rift DK2s positional tracking for brush input. I spoke with Patrick Hackett from Skillman & Hackett, the VR studio responsible for Tilt Brush, to learn more.



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News::Watch Dogs on Wii U will not have any DLC

After months of waiting, after delay upon delay, Ubisoft will be giving Wii U owners nothing to be excited about when they pick up their version of Watch Dogs in November. According to the official Twitter account for the game, none of the DLC or extras will make it into the Wii U edition. Not at launch, and not after.

Due to all the waiting it would have been a nice gesture to Wii U-only fans to pack-in the add-ons for them, but of course, that's asking too much. I'll never forget that one fateful E3 when Ubisoft went up on stage and praised the Wii U, promising tons of support for it. Now they've basically left it in a gutter.

At the end of the day it's Nintendo's responsibility to drum up support and sales for their own console. But it's a two-way street, and Ubisoft's swift abandonment of the Wii U sent a strong message to other third parties. It's a shame.

Watch Dogs [Twitter]

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News::NBA 2K15 Player Ratings: 51-75

NBA 2K15 is just over a week away from launching, and we are now down to just the last 50 players in the NBA. @K Sports has released rating for 51-75.



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News::Get advice from the pros in NBA 2K15

NBA 2K15 is set to release on October 7, but the people over at 2K Sports continue to roll out the goodies. Check out the new MyCareer trailer.



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News::Fenix Rage Released on Steam

Fenix Rage, the new release from Costa Rican developer Green Lava Studios (Jakes Stoy, Dream Tale, Bonfire Trail), has been released on Steam today.



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News::Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition Gets New Trailer

Square Enix has released a new trailer for the Definitive Edition of Sleeping Dogs, detailing the new graphical features added to it.



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News::Zero1gaming: Heavy Bullets Review

Zero1gaming's JBH reviews the solo-developed FPS roguelike, Heavy Bullets.



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News::Euclideon Releases New Video, Showing Off Solidscan - New Tech Included In Unlimited Detail Engine

Euclideon has released a new video, showing off a new tech that is being supported in its 'Unlimited Detail' engine and is called Solidscan.



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News::Facepunch Studios Acquires Before

Facepunch Studios behind Rust and Garry's Mod have acquired an indie title in development, Before.



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News::World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor system requirements revealed

The most played MMORPG game World of Warcraft fifth expansion Warlords of Draenor system requirements are out now. Can you run it?



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News::Nvidia GeForce 344.14 WHQL Drivers Add Support for GTX 980 and 970 Maxwell Cards

Maximum PC: So, you've gone out and acquired one or two of Nvidia's new Maxwell-based GeForce GTX 980 or GTX 970 graphics cards, is that right? As our benchmarks show, you'll be happy with your purchase, and you may even see better results than we did when applying the latest WHQL-certified drivers. No need to wait -- Nvidia's GeForce 344.14 WHQL drivers are now to available to download and install.



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News::Trove Closed Beta Approaches

Trion Worlds upcoming voxel-based MMORPG game, Trove, is all set and ready to impress with tomorrow's Closed Beta event following a hugely successful Alpha testing period



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News::ATBs Top 25 Female Characters: (23) TaliZorah

ATB: After time adrift among open stars, along tides of light and through shoals of dust, I will return to where I began. This is our list of the top 25 female characters of all-time. Today, we begin counting one by one until we reach the best of the best on Sept. 30.



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News::ATBs Top 25 Female Characters: (25) Liara TSoni

ATB: "This is our list of the top 25 female characters of all-time. Today, we begin counting one by one until we reach the best of the best on Sept. 30."



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News::ATBs Top 25 Female Characters: (22) Chell

ATB: This next test is very dangerous. To help you remain tranquil in the face of almost certain death, smooth jazz will be deployed, in three, two, one. This is our list of the top 25 female characters of all-time. Were counting down one by one until we reach the best of the best on Sept. 30.



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News::Here's the Original Plot for Deus Ex 3

No, not Human Revolution, the original Warren Spector version that never got made. There were in fact 6 options being brainstormed, including an augmented spec ops soldier who realises he's the bad guy, and another involving rescuing a girl from a cult, which sounds very familiar.

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