News::How James Bond Earned The Right To Call The Next Movie Spectre

News::The Attack on Titan Browser Game is as Terrible as the Mobile Game

News::Adventures in Tragic Amiibo Packaging

Nintendo fans are used to a level of quality. A seal of approval, if you will. In the past, "Nintendo" has meant durable hardware and well-made video games. Nintendo means "polished" and "good presentation." Nobody, it seems, has told this to Amiibos.

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News::The Cities XL Franchise Gets Bigger with Cities XXL

From a small and quiet suburban town all the way up to a huge economical powerhouse, players will take control of this journey every step of the way.



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News::Which Game Could Top The Lot In 2015?

IM PLAYIN discuss the games set for a 2015 release, and which ones could be reaching for Game Of The Year.



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News::Relive the glory days of Pandemic with Star Wars: Battlefront II for £2.09 on Steam

Dealspwn: "God, I miss Pandemic. Their games might not have always been technically brilliant, but they were always fun. Even The Saboteur was shonkily brilliant in its own way. Star Wars: Battlefront II, however, was surely Pandemic's finest moment. A superb, anarchic slice of multiplayer Star Wars action, like a third-person Battlefield. But with Jedi and tauntauns."



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News::2015's most anticipated games that aren't sequels, reboots or remakes

Sequels, reboots and remakes are everywhere in the entertainment industry. Often seen as the life blood of it, they're the safer, more dependable ideas easily sold to nervous executives. Some believe them to be the scourge of the entertainment world, slowly sapping away any and all creativity - but that's hyperbolic. Look a little harder there are dozens of films, games or whatever you fancy daring to offer something fresh. Next year is in no short supply of them, so here's a look at IBTimes UK's most anticipated video games of 2015 that aren't sequels, reboots, or remakes.



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News::2015 Video Game Release Schedule

Game Informer writes: "It wasnt even September when readers started asking when wed publish the initial list of 2015 release dates. Our ever-popular and regularly updated roster of launch dates for the new year is here."



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News::This Week in Fighting Games - Morbid Play

Street Fighter V gameplay footage, A new Tekken Character and Harada doing what he does best; Bad Demoman compiles some of the latest news in fighting games.



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News::Steam Auctions - First one on 15 December

Recycle Steam Community items like Trading Cards, backgrounds, and emoticons from your Inventory into Gems and use it to bid on games up for auction. The first auction round ends on 15 Dec @ 3:00pm with a new round ending every 45 minutes until the last auction round ends on 18 Dec @ 6:00pm. At the end of each auction round, the top bidder for each title wins.



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News::Dizzel Exits Early Access, Now Available On Steam, OGPlanet

One Angry Gamer "Ah, Dizzel. Heres a game Ive been writing about off and on for the past several years. In fact, my first article for Dizzel was when it was originally announced back in late 2009. My oh my, how time flies. Well, today OGPlanet has announced that Dizzel is finally complete. The game has graduated from Early Access and is now available on both the Steam Store and through the OGPlanet launcher."



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News::On January 21 Microsoft reveals more about the Windows 10 consumer experience

Microsoft is keeping a steady pulse on Windows 10, releasing bits of news along the way to its official release in mid-2015. Today, Microsoft has announced their January 21 Windows 10 event, which is to take place in Redmond, WA. Although the previous Windows 10 episode focused on the OS general announcement, it was more tightly focused on Windows 10 for enterprise. This time around, the consumer angle is getting the spotlight treatment. Satya Nadella, Terry Myerson, Joe Belfiore, and Phil Spencer will all be on hand for at the event to tell us what is next.



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News::Puzzle Platformer Last Inua Out Now on Steam

Hardcore Gamer: "Launched on iOS earlier this year, Last Inua provided a glimpse into Inuit culture. Developer Glowforth decided to bring the game to both PC and Mac and now its finally available."



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News::The Crew PC 60 fps triple screen playthrough part 2

VVV: "Our comprehensive coverage on The Crew continues in part 2 of Alan's video playthrough of the PC version in glorious 60 fps with a tremendous triple screen setup on the TeamVV test rig. Part two sees him delve deeper into the story (which was incidentally written by former writers of Red Dead Redemption), progressing through missions and discovering the surprisingly sporadic difficulty changes in the challenges."



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News::When Games PR Stunts Went Mad

Back in the early 2000s one company ruled when it came to getting attention. From pigeons trained to ruin Wimbledon to people paid to change their names to Turok, Acclaim was the king of press-baiting PR.

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News::Steam Launches Holiday Auction, Immediately Shut Down After System Exploit

Valve has temporarily shut down their Steam Holiday Auction after a gem duplication glitch allowed many gamers to exploit the system.



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News::Amazon Green Monday Week 2014: GTA V PS4/X1 $50, Half-Price Deals, Digital Sale

Techtorial: Amazon's Green Monday weekly deals for Friday just got better with addition of GTA V for PS4, Xbox One; select titles for consoles and more digital games.



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News::Sparta War of Empires New champion units coming soon

The Academics have made an exciting discovery, and will soon be sharing it with you. Two new Champion Units will be unveiled in the near future, and they are unlike any of the units known to you thus far. These special units will only be available for a limited time, so keep a watchful eye on the Market and seize of this opportunity while you can!



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News::Satellite Reign - Spiritual Successor To Syndicate Wars - Now Available On Steam Early Access

5 Lives Studios has just announced that its spiritual successor to Syndicate Wars, Satellite Reign, is now available on Steam Early Access.



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News::Top 5 Gaming Crimes of 2014

"Were giving each of our writers a chance to contribute a GOTY article in their own style. Heres Jons list of offenders. (It goes without saying that Jons opinions are not necessarily those of CalmDownToms)." says CalmDownTom



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News::And the top three selling amiibo figures are...

Ah, the amiibo saga. It's been a wild ride that not even Mr. Toad would go on. But as we continue through this tough journey together, Nintendo has sent word over that they are doing very well, and are "approximately equal" to the sales for Super Smash Bros. Wii U.

But the most interesting bit out of the statement was the reveal of the top three selling amiibo. Ready? It's Link, Mario, and Pikachu -- in that order.

I can easily see why Link is the top pick, because he's the only amiibo that works with three games at launch. Pikachu also makes perfect sense, and the selling power of Mario is still real, apparently. My personal favorite figure is Mario in terms of quality, as the fireball effect looks really good in person, so it makes sense.

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News::NBA 2K15 Review - TXH

James writes - "Now up to the sixteenth instalment in the NBA 2K series developed by Visual Concepts, NBA 2K15 hopes to build upon the previous years offering. Can it slam dunk its way into basketball fans hearts?"



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News::I Am Bread Gets New Features, Video Update Series

Hardcore Gamer: I Am Bread recently debuted on Early Access and developers Bossa Studios have been giving their bizarre little creation the attention it deserves.



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News::Far Cry 4 Review | GameGrin

Far Cry 4 is everything offered in Far Cry 3 and more, with crisper graphics, a more volatile villain in Pagan Min and of course Honey Badgers, youll struggle to find a more enjoyable game to sink your hours into.



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News::MWEB GameZone Review | Warlords of Draenor - Losing my WoWginity

MWEB GameZone writes: "Entering the portal to Draenor as a first timer was an eerie experience to say the least. With all homework done, defending Azeroth against the invasion of the Iron Horde was no easy task. It was difficult, relieving and breath taking, as all first times should be."



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News::Gravity Europe SAS and IDC/Games announce exclusive co-publishing agreement

Companies Gravity Europe SAS and IDC/Games(Nvias Group) announce today the signing of an exclusive co-publishing agreement to take free to play MMROPG Ragnarök Online to players in the Spanish market. Players can sign up at http://ift.tt/1wmuWKD.



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News::BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend Hits Steam Early Adopters Save 10%

2D fighters are slowly trickling out on PC, and the second BlazBlue game has now joined that group. Fans of Arc System Workss Guilty Gear or Persona Arena games can now enjoy this entry in the BlazBlue series.



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News::10 Awesome Games that Narrowly Missed Our GOTY 2014 List

GamesRadar - It's always tough trying to whittle down year's worth of great games down to a reasonably sized list, and our recent meetings to determine Game of the Year 2014 were no different. Hopes were dashed, personal darlings were ridiculed, and one or two tables might've been flipped in the debates for which 25 games should make the final cut. But just because you don't see a particular game on the list, doesn't mean we didn't love it. It's just that, like an intriguing subplot when your quest log is full of them, there simply wasn't enough room.



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News::December Kickstarter Picks

gamrReview's Jared Katz highlights some of the best Kickstarter game projects looking for funding this December.



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News::Cullen is the Dragon Age Inquisition fanfiction favorite

Technology Tell writes, "You can tell a lot about peoples thoughts on game characters by checking through fanfiction. Pairings offer a lot of insight and can answer questions about who people love the most. When it comes to Dragon Age Inquisition fanfiction, theres a clear star. The people love Cullen."



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News::Stardock Releases Third Galactic Civilizations III Update

Galactic Civilizations IIIs new update brings new race, animations, and tweaks to the game of interstellar domination.



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News::An Open-World Game with Questionable Photography

News::Skyrim Statue Isn't Evil, Just Misunderstood

It's not that Malacath, the patron Daedra of Elder Scrolls' orc race, is a bad guy. He's just into solving problems with violence. And he's watching out for ogres and the ogrim because they're outcasts. That's a good guy thing to do, right? I'm sure those skulls are just there for decoration, nothing else.

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News::The Old City: Leviathan review - PCGamesN

PCGamesN: "The Old City: Leviathan is an post-apocalyptic first-person mystery, but in the same way that Symposium is a booze-up or Thus Spoke Zarathustra is about Zarathustra. Surface deep, its a slow, disquieting exploration of an industrial complex, absent all interactions but the ability to open doors. Chipping away at the rusty pipes and crumbling mortar, however, reveals something more intriguing. Through corridors and dreams the game slowly spins its story, a mystery thats never spelled out. Its a detective yarn without a case, without a crime; witnesses are journals and torn pages, clues are found in the ramblings of dead philosophers. Its obtuse, pompous and mostly just bewildering, but damn is it a fascinating puzzle."



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News::VR Meditative Experience Celestial Chants Released

VRFocus - Virtual reality (VR) developers have leapt on the chance to create calm, soothing experiences for head-mounted displays (HMD). nDreams is currently planning one such experience in Perfect Beach for Samsung's Gear VR, while Cubicle Ninja continues to work on expanding the promising Oculus Rift title, Guided Meditation. This week sees the reveal of another such experience in Celestial Chants, which Oculus Rift owners can sample now.



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News::JuJu Review - Gamespot

Gamespot: "If you really like the Super Mario Bros. games but for one reason or another would never dream of investing in the hardware required to play them, you might want to take a look at Juju. It's a platformer that carries you through four vibrant worlds, forcing you to bop and bash a bunch of cute enemies while riding on the backs of dinosaurs, collecting trinkets, and finding hidden bonus areas, much like Mario might."



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News::Yamato 2199's Movie Feels like a Second Season Pilot

News::The Biggest Pokémon Center in Japan Opens

Best part? It's called Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo. Fitting, because today saw mega lines.

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News::Humble Weekly Iceberg Interactive Bundle Released

This weeks Humble Bundle focuses on the works of Iceberg Interactive.



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News::The Patch #82

The Patch Discusses Playstation Experience



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News::Facebook's 2014 Games of the Year

Everyone knows someone that plays video games on Facebook. Social games have perhaps introduced more people to the world of gaming than all the AAA games combined. Facebook released their top games of 2014, with Cookie Jam taking the crown of Game of the Year. Facebook's top mobile games include the strategy game, Star Wars: Commando and their Hall of Fame include the classic, Zynga Poker.



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News::Far Cry 4 review: a fun but hollow romp-- Haogamers

Far Cry 4 may be good, but let's not forget that it is a lazy copy of the previous title in the serious.



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News::Preorder 'Dying Light' sooner, get more stuff

For those on the fence toward Techlands upcoming zombie smasher, the developer has revealed a new campaign to tip you on to those bloody yet greener pastures. Techland is rewarding Dying Light preorders, both preexisting and those leading to the games release, with access to some rare in-game weapons and gear.



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News::Potential does not equal quality The Crew Review - Gamingtrend

GT: "The Crew has been an interesting case throughout the lifespan of its development. To begin with, everyone positioned it ads one of the biggest racing games to release on the future generation of consoles. Then after a few delays and some lackluster footage being released, many began to forget about it altogether. That is, up until the most recent beta came out, one that split the video game community as it was shown both love and hate for a variety of reasons. Typically, games that go through this lifespan ending up disappointing al parties involved, could The Crew break that trend?"



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News::Review: The Crew Is Old Need For Speed With Friends | EGMR

EGMR writes: "Remember 2005's Need for Speed: Most Wanted? It was a game that populated many of our shelves set the bar for free-roaming racing games so high that even later Need for Speed games failed to replicate its success and reception. The Crew feels a lot like that -- which is both a good and a bad thing."



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News::No review embargo for Dying Light. Why is that even news?

With a recent number of top-flight games having come under restrictive review embargoes, a fan of the forthcoming Dying Light asked that games developer if it would have an embargo, as well. Why should that question even be asked?



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News::Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution Gets Update to Fix Balance and Game Mode Issues

New tweaks and balancing updates make their way to Naruto Shippden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution.



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News::Elite: Dangerous Gamma 2.01 is available now

Hot on the heels of Gamma 2.0, is a fresh 2.01 update containing various tweaks and fixes for the ongoing Elite: Dangerous pre-release process.



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News::The Crew Review - Godisageek

Godisageek: "Ubisoft have had a busy 2014, havent they? 2014 feels like the year in which all of Ubisofts development arms have pushed out a game, covering the full spectrum of genres. The Crew is Ubisofts ambitious effort to take a slice of the racing pie dominated by developers like Turn 10, Codemasters and Evolution. Racing games in 2014 cannot constrain themselves to a handful of cars and a smattering of tracks gamers expect more: they want sprawling worlds with a dizzying number of things to achieve. The Crew is the ambitious creation of Ivory Tower (they of Test Drive Unlimited fame), a developer with some experience of the open world racer scene."



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News::Techland Offering Unique Pre-Order Program for Dying Light

Techland wants to thank gamers for their support with Dying Light, so it is offering a different kind of pre-order program to reward early adopters. Rather than just offering one pre-order bonus, Techland has decided to award players with top-tier weapons via dockets, which will be added to each week after you make a purchase. Essentially, the earlier you pre-order, the more weapons you can get on Dying Lights official launch date.



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