Tuesday, October 28, 2014

News::Lineage 2 Alien Invasion Event

NCsoft has announced this years Halloween event for Lineage 2. Wait, its not a Halloween event? Scratch that, Lineage II has announced their Alien Invasion event. Although not billed as a Holiday event, Alien Invasion coincidentally runs right through Halloween and ends on November 12th.



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News::One Of EA's Best Games Is Old, But Also Free

One Of EA's Best Games Is Old, But Also Free


Maybe because it's never got a modern remake, maybe it's because you wore a silly red helmet, but EA's Crusader: No Remorse has never got the love and respect it deserves from a 21st century world. Maybe that'll change now that everybody can play the game for free.


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News::Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor Review | CoinOpTV

Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor is an excellent game. As it stands today, it is solidly my number one candidate for Game of the Year. The game is fun, challenging and will provide hours of entertainment through a variety of game play options and strategies.



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News::Dying Light - Now Coming Exclusively To Current-Gen Platforms, "Old-Gen Couldn't Run The Game"

Techland today announced that Dying Light, the first-person zombie action survival game, will be released for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC, while development on the previously announced Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions has now ceased.



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News::MONG Podcast - 57 - Can the Xbox One Catch Up With The Holiday Price Cut?

On this week's MONG Podcast, the team discussed some of this week's biggest gaming news like the Xbox One holiday price cut, Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire getting a bundle, the Halo 2 Documentary, Dragon Ball Xenoverse's release date, the Call of Duty leak, Telltale's Game of Thrones, Halo 5's potential release date, and a whole lot of Super Smash Bros. announcements!



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News::Spooky Fortress Frightsdays: Cavalcade of Carnage

Happy Ghouls-day!


Welcome to our spooky edition of Team Fotress 2sdays, please leave your limbs at the door, as you'll have no need of them here...muwahahahahahaa.


Anyway, Shadow is here is to talk about all the scares and bone-chilling details for the Halloween edition of Team Fortress 2sdays, take it away Shadow:


Spooky Fortress Frightsdays: Cavalcade of Carnage screenshot


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News::Fed Up With Steam, Devs Unite To Score Extra Greenlight Votes

Fed Up With Steam, Devs Unite To Score Extra Greenlight Votes


Steam Greenlight was originally envisioned as a way for fans to help select which games would make it onto Valve's ridiculously ubiquitous PC gaming storefront. Unfortunately, it's kinda busted sometimes. A group of game creators has decided to take matters into their own hands by gaming the system. Kinda.


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News::Several thousand Hearthstone accounts have been banned after they were caught botting

If you have recently been thinking about joining in the wave of players botting Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft I suggest thinking otherwise, because the Hearthstone website has revealed thatseveral thousand Hearthstone accounts have been banned till 2015 after they were found using these programs.



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News::Star Wars: Battlefront now set for holiday 2015

During an earnings call today, Electronic Arts announced new release windows for a few of its games. Most notably, DICE's Star Wars: Battlefront is now scheduled for holiday 2015.


The game will presumably be out for PC, PS4, and Xbox One before Star Wars Episode VII debuts on December 18, 2015. That "early in-engine footage" from back in June was all right at the time, but jeez, we haven't gotten much of anything since. Need more Battlefront news!


Battlefield Hardline, which was at one point going to arrive this year, has now claimed March 17, 2015 for its launch. And looking further out, the next Battlefield title will release in holiday 2016.


Those may be the official dates, but I suspect many of us won't be picking them up at launch.


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News::No more shirtless streams on Twitch

Have you seen a shirtless dude stream videogames before? I have -- multiple times, in fact! -- and I hardly ever follow live streams. Twitch has updated its rules of conduct and while much of it is common sense, broadcasters will want to familiarize themselves with the new rules.


For instance, back to shirtlessness, "Wearing no clothing or sexually suggestive clothing -- including lingerie, swimsuits, pasties, and undergarments -- is prohibited, as well as any full nude torsos*, which applies to both male and female broadcasters." *Twitch recommends cropping your bod out of the frame if you must be free while streaming.


Another rule decries self-destructive behavior. "In theory, playing video games is one of the safest activities one can possibly engage in. Don't ruin this by harming yourself physically, drinking excessively or endangering yourself in any way while broadcasting."


No more Mario Party drinking games? I suspect those would be all right, but it's unclear how strict Twitch moderators will be. Not too worried, myself.


Twitch Rules of Conduct [Twitch]


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News::Release Windows for Battlefield 5 and Star Wars: Battlefront Revealed

During its financial investors conference call for Q2 2015 Electronic Arts just announced the release windows for the next mainline Battlefield and for Star Wars: Battlefront.



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News::RIVE Shows Early Potential for Greatness (Preview) | Twinfinite

Chaz at Twinfinite writes, It was a brief and complicated fling I had with the RIVE demo by Two Tribes. Firstly, I wasnt aware that it was a demo I was expecting rather a lot more game to it, and a lot more to analyze. What I can say, though, is what little there was of Two Tribes self-described metal wrecking, robot-hacking shooter was pretty great. I really, really wish thered been more, since a 15-minute demo doesnt really give a very good glimpse into any game, but Ill do my best to extrapolate on the experience thus far.



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News::Assassin's Creed Unity Phantom Blade replica released in U.S.

The Assassin's Creed Unity Phantom Blade replica, which comes with exclusive DLC for the videogame, is now available in the U.S.



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News::Original Gamer Review - Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Original Gamer: "If Batman: Arkham Asylum placed Rocksteady Studios in gods shrine, then I can say with utmost confidence that its Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor that is a shining example for a great future thats ahead for Monolith Productions. Shadow of Mordor has surprised the heck out of me more than any game this year, and I think you should go out to your nearest GameStop or Wal-Mart to grab a copy."



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News::Expect EA to release Star Wars: Battlefront late next year--the publisher just announced that DICE's

Expect EA to release Star Wars: Battlefront late next year—the publisher just announced that DICE's Star Wars game will be out in "holiday 2015." Battlefield 5 (yes, 5!) will be out holiday of 2016, EA said.


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News::Blizzard Bans Thousands Of Bots From Hearthstone

Blizzard Bans Thousands Of Bots From Hearthstone


If you are a robot, and you play Hearthstone, I've got bad news for you: you're probably banned. (Also, thanks for reading Kotaku. Please consider keeping us employed when you enslave humanity.)


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News::Gawker Actress Details Years of Alleged Rape and Manipulation by Bill Cosby | io9 Did A Pope And An

News::Star Wars Battlefront to release holiday 2015

Star Wars Battlefront will release during holiday 2015, EA has confirmed.



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News::Marvel’s Phase 3 Movies Will Be Its Riskiest, Most Important Ones Yet

News::X-Wing, Tie Fighter Are FINALLY Getting Re-Releases [Update: Out Now]

X-Wing, Tie Fighter Are FINALLY Getting Re-Releases [Update: Out Now]


Jeez, it only took decades, but two of the finest space combat games - not to mention best Star Wars games - of all time are about to get a re-release.


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News::How A Dark Time-Traveling Fantasy Game Became the Original Fallout

How A Dark Time-Traveling Fantasy Game Became the Original Fallout


The end of the world was both darker and more humorous than anyone could have imagined, and in the original Fallout, released for the PC in 1997, gamers got to experience the apocalyptic future firsthand. The iconic, "War, war never changes," introduction set the somber mood, which came about, strangely enough, during an episode of The Simpsons. Tim Cain, lead programmer and producer of Fallout, explained over an email interview, "My assistant producer, Fred Hatch, brought me the opening narration lines for the next day's VO session with Ron Perlman. They had just been finalized that day, and Fred thought they weren't very good. I read them and had similar concerns, so," during commercial breaks, "I wrote an alternative opening narration. I thought about how war was a constant in human history and how the weapons of war changed, but the reasons for war and the goals of war did not." He asked Hatch to "record both sets of lines the next day, and we would decide later which one we liked more."


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