News::5 Free Games to Play over the Holidays

B-TEN's sponsors describe five free games that can be played in-browser over the holiday season.



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News::Dark Souls 2 Lore In Preparation for Scholar of The First Sin

The Scholar of the First Sin edition of Dark Souls II is expanding to Playstation 4 and Xbox One. This Dark Souls II Lore video primarily covers the rise and fall of the Old Iron King as well as the pursuits of the Knights Sir Alonne, Raime the Black Raven and Velstadt, The Royal Aegis. Many of the characters explored in this video are exclusive to the Dark Souls II DLC Crown Trilogy which will be included as part of the Scholar of the First Sin edition set to release in April of 2015.



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News::Top 10 The Simpsons Games

Jonathan Coutiño (JohnnRckr) from NoobFeed writes: To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the show, we enlist the best Simpsons video games for you to play.



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News::Today's selection of articles from Kotaku's reader-run community: Game of the Week--Dawn of the QTE

News::The Year In eSports

In 2014, eSports and competitive video games were everywhere. Some games and their finals invaded regular sports channels on TV, filled huge stadiums, and the streams pulled hundreds of thousands of viewers. At this point, it doesn't look like the eSports craze will end anytime soon.

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News::Deadspin South Dakota High School Wrestler Names, Ranked | Gizmodo This North Korean Guy Has the Wor

News::Bleach Online Game update patch notes Dec 17

New patch notes for the seriously popular Bleach Online free to play MMO RPG have been released relating to todays planned upgrade as well as details on yet another new server launched to cope with the demand for this jRPG MMO title.



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News::Grand Theft Auto V Story DLC Reportedly in the Works

Back in December, 2013, developer Rockstar Games had revealed Grand Theft Auto V will be getting new downloadable packages in the form of online heists and story missions. For those ready to jump back into the story of Grand Theft Auto V, the news post explained, we have big plans for substantial additions in 2014 continuing Michael, Franklin and Trevors action, mayhem and unexpected adventures in Southern San Andreas.



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News::New Payday 2 Character - Who Is She?

The detailed information about the first Payday 2 female character named Clover has been revealed.



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News::Watch The World First Kill of WoW's Current Hardest Boss

Only 4 guilds were capable of defeating Imperator Mar'gok on the hardest difficulty, the final boss of Warlords of Draenor's newest raid, and the quickest one was the Finnish top guild, Paragon. While that's impressive, their newly released kill video is just as awesome.

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News::Flying Jetskis And Other New GTA V Myths

With the new gen versions of Grand Theft Auto V released and tons of new content added to the game, it was inevitable for the GTA Mythbusters series to return and confirm a bunch of new tricks and funny little exploits.

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News::Why Child of Light is a Game of The Year Nominee

The IGN crew breaks down why they chose the unique RPG as one of 2014's Game of The Year Nominees.



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News::Grisaia Trilogy Visual Novel Crushes $160k Goal in 14hrs

Marcus Estrada writes: "The Grisaia Trilogy is a very unique set of visual novels which began with The Fruit of Grisaia in 2011. The story revolves around Mihama Academy which at first appears to be a typical sort of private school. However, when protagonist Kazami Yuuji arrives he realizes there are only five girls enrolled. This strange aspect is just the start as he befriends each character and learns more about them. Thanks to positive player reaction, the game became a series with sequels The Labyrinth of Grisaia and The Eden of Grisaia. Heck, there are even spin-offs!"



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News::Does Hatred Go Too Far?

Clipping Error asks if controversial game Hatred goes too far. He goes through the different reasonings why it might or might not be going to far, ending on his opinion, asking others to offer theirs.



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News::Techland On Dying Light's Graphical Downgrade Claims: 'Not A Chance'

If anything else, the game looks even better than it did in 2013.



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News::Luke, Stephen And Kirk On What's Wrong With Assassin's Creed Unity

Kotaku - Assassin's Creed Unity is a game as big as it is broken, as divisive as it is lavish. So our three biggest Assassin's Creed fans figured they'd sit down and get to the bottom of this conundrum.



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News::Top 5 Worst Games of 2014 | Bristolian Gamer

counting down the worst games of 2014 and remember it's an opinion if you don't agree that is fine but be mature about the matter.



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News::League of Legends Christmas Game Mode Is Here

League of Legends is once again doing Snowdown, their Christmas-themed changes to League of Legends, the most significant of which is the new game-mode, Legend of the Poro King.



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News::Dragon Age Inquisition: My Story Part 5

Matt from Gamers Sphere says: "In episode 4 of this Dragon Age Inquisition tale, we fought our way out of the Fade, and a good friend sacrificed his life to save ours. Now, we must stay on the offensive to continue to push Corypheus back and keep him weak."



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News::I am Bread Preview: Toasty | Technology Tell

Technology Tell says, "I am Bread is no joke. It may seem like one, with its QWOP controls. Plus, it is from Bossa Studios, creator of Surgeon Simulator 2013 . No, this is a strangely compelling, strategic kind of game. There will be laughs along the way, but youll also be in for quite the challenge."



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News::Shovel Knight will be available on PlayStation platforms early next year

Warp Zoned writes: "In a new update to their Kickstarter backers, Yacht Club Games has revealed that Shovel Knight will be released for the PS3, PS4, and Vita in early 2015."



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News::Tomodachi Life Matches Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Grand Theft Auto V Sales in Germany

Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto ...Tomodachi Life?



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News::Lords of the Fallen's Ancient Labyrinth DLC dated for January

Lords of the Fallen's first expansion pack Ancient Labyrinth will release in January 2015, City Interactive has announced.



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News::Gravity Core Passes Steam Greenlight Campaign

VRFocus - Virtual reality (VR) and space simulation videogames have gone hand-in-hand during this earlier stage in the formers life. While developers struggle to work out how to replicate movement and more, space flight titles simply immerse you in a cockpit and give you the chance to explore universes and more. Gravity Core from Gravity Games isnt like most of these other experiences, offering a strict, anti-casual videogame. This week sees the title pass a Steam Greenlight campaign, approaching it for sale on Valves digital PC store come release.



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News::SWTOR Gree event is coming back but no ETA

The Gree event will be making a return but not anytime soon since it needs to be updated for Level 60.



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News::Top Open World/Sandbox Video Games of 2015

All those who will wander these upcoming games may get lost...but it'll be a blast.



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News::Is Far Cry 5 game in works?

Far Cry 4 was released only a month ago, but it seems that the series creators - Ubisoft company - have already begun to develop the next instalment in this amazing and a bit crazy franchise.



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News::Dead Or Alive 5: Last Round New Trailer Showcases Extra Female Characters

A new trailer is now available for Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, showcasing the three female characters who have been originally released for the arcade version of the game.



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News::Cuboid hedgehogs are the cutest hedgehogs.

News::Valve Is Now Preventing Users From Gifting Steam Games Across Countries

Steam region locks game gifting.



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News::Evolve launches open beta for Xbox One on January 15th

The first quarter of 2015 looks to be an exciting period for games. But one such title is looking to keep players satiated all the way till its release. After a successful closed alpha period, Evolve is gearing up for another round of public play testing with the upcoming Open Beta set for January 15. For anyone who missed out on the closed alpha, now's your chance to get in on the action.



Set for release on the Xbox One, the open beta will allow anyone with an Xbox Live Gold account to dive into the game's core features. In Hunt mode, players can choose from two different monsters (Goliath and Kraken) and eight hunters from across the four classes. Moreover, the new Evacuation mode will open up on the 17th, which will give players a taste of the dynamic multiplayer campaign.

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News::Magicka 2 Preview (GameWatcher)

Magicka established a distinct formula when it came out back in 2011, and the sequel isnt looking to stray too far from it. Thats probably sensible. The original spell-slinger was a sleeper hit for developer Arrowhead, with a tasty blend of elemental chaos, quirky humour and surprisingly effective monetisation in the form of robe and staff DLC packs. All thats present and correct in Magicka 2, which feels like a refinement rather than a dramatic change of pace.



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News::Russian Economic Troubles Lead To Steam Region Lock, Apple App Store Pullout

While the Russian president claims the economy will recover in two years, game companies aren't waiting.



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News::Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris Review | GameCloud Australia

Phill Woods at GameCloud Australia Writes: "Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris is a fun, richly detailed, arcade adventure game thats well worth the 25-ish dollar price of admission. What it lacks in original storytelling, it more than makes up for with beautifully wrought environments and fun, if not overly challenging gameplay. Its emphasis on co-op does kind of let down the single player experience, with the game only fully coming to life once a partner joins. Enemies and puzzles dynamically scale depending on the amount of people in your party; with the challenge ratcheting up accordingly. Furthermore, like most loot-based dungeon crawlers, Temple of Osiris offers an extremely intensive post-game experience; with various challenges and modifiers for every level. If youre looking for something fun to kill some time with your friends, or simply enjoy games with high replay value, this is a title you should consider looking into."



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News::Report: A New JoJo Fighting Game is Coming to PS4

News::Nvidia Releases GeForce 347.09 Beta Driver

Standard warning always applies to pre-release software and drivers -- if you'e running a mission critical rig or otherwise need to minimize the risk of buggy behavior, then stay away. Savvy? For everyone else, especially those who want to live on the cutting edge, be advised that Nvidia just made its GeForce Game Ready driver, release 347.09, available to download in beta form.



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News::xPeke announces the first three members of Origen

A few weeks ago xPeke announced he was making a new team called Origen but he still did not announce who the members are. Earlier today, he finally cut the silence as he announced that former TSM member Maurice Amazing Stückenschneider, Alfonso mithy Aguirre and Jesper Zvanillan Svenningsen aka Niels will be joining his newly formed team. He said that he 100% knew who he wanted for his team but he couldnt announce it yet.



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News::GTA V Spreads Holiday Cheer with Mines and Homing Rockets

A new update is bringing Christmas goodies to Los Santos and its surroundings, and yes, those goodies include explosives.

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News::The Talos Principle is for Cleverclog Brainboxes

GodisaGeek: "Colm has been spending some time with The Talos Principle and Adams been asking some questions. Its a simple formula."



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News::AC Unity's Patch Shows What's Wrong With Today's Games

Whether youre a fan the Assassins Creed series or not, youll know that Ubisoft released Assassins Creed Unity in an almost-unfinished state, and have since released a number of patches to restore it. The latest fix came in the form of a 6.7GB (40GB for Xbox One owners, though thats confirmed as a bug even their patches need patches). This latest trend, of releasing broken games with promises of later fixes, is one that shouldnt exist, but does. And it is becoming far too common.



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News::Assassin's Creed Unity Patch Introduces More Issues

Ubisoft recently rolled out a massive update for Assassins Creed Unity, the purpose of which was to fix frame rate and stability issues. While the patch did indeed fix some issues, users are reporting that it introduced a host of new problems, ultimately doing more harm than good.



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News::What Final Fantasy is, According to its Creator

From the mouth – or rather, the keyboard – of Hironobu Sakaguchi.

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News::PS4/PC Exclusive Street Fighter V Development Just 20% Complete says Capcom's Yoshinori Ono

At PlayStation Experience event, Capcom stunned the gaming community with an announcement at Street Fighter V is going console exclusive to PlayStation 4. Immediately after the announcement debate on release window started making round on internet: whether Street Fighter V will be coming in 2015 or not? According to Amazon's listing, Street Fighter V is coming in 2016.



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News::Enhanced Version of PC Cult Classic Suddenly Pops Up on Steam

News::Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Review | PCgamer

PCgamer writes:"At the southern tip of Cuba, along a rocky, wind-battered coastline, lies Camp Omega. Here, prisoners of war are beaten, tortured, and brutally interrogated, all in the name of protecting the interests of the United States of America. Sound familiar? Its no accident that this grim place draws close parallels with Guantanamo Bay. Despite its obvious fetishism for weapons and the military, the MGS series has always been anti-war, and this is writer/director Hideo Kojimas most provocative statement yet."



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News::Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Ported from Oculus to Morpheus in a couple of days Sony

VRFocus - While there were plenty of announcements to be made at this months PlayStation Experience fan event in Las Vegas, Nevada, few related to the Project Morpheus virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD) for PlayStation 4. However one big announcement that Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) VP of Publisher and Developer Relations Adam Boyes did make was that Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes had been ported from PC, where it supports the Oculus Rift PC HMD, to PlayStation 4 with Project Morpheus integration. According to Boyes, that port only took a couple of days to carry out.



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News::He's Like a Monster Hunter in the Wild West - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Creators Speak

NDTV Gadgets spoke to Marcin Momot, Community Coordinator with Witcher creators CD Projekt RED on what to expect from the companys next big game.



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News::Dead Island: Epidemic PC Benchmark Analysis

HardwarePal: Todays benchmark is based on Dead Island: Epidemic. As an AMD Gaming Evolved title its been showing up for quite a while when installing the Catalyst Software. I decided to take a deeper look now that its gotten into its open beta phase.



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News::I Spent Hours Chasing Ghosts in Drift Stage

Earlier this week I found a pre-alpha demo for Drift Stage in my inbox. It's a reminder of just how much life something different can breathe into a stale genre. Drift Stage is shaping up to be the coolest racing game to come around in ages, and it's no coincidence.

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News::Get your first taste at playing Dying Light

MWEB GameZone writes: "Dying Light's interactive trailer gives us a glimpse of what we can expect of the game. The parkour you'll experience in the interactive video is really thrilling, and gives you a good taste of what it will be like in the game. You will also get your first glimpse at the different enemies you'll face as well as a proper look at the landscape. The interactive video also gives players a peek inside the different zones, factions and missions of Dying Light. Are you ready for your dance with death?"



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