News::Dying Light Preview (GameWatcher)

From GameWatcher.com: "Once upon a time there was a game called Dead Island. It was made by Techland, those guys behind the excellent Call of Juarez games, and it was an ambitious free-roaming co-operative zombie RPG. Some might say too ambitious, since it was riddled with bugs, not much fun in single-player and a little repetitious in design. After making a swift follow-up in Riptide the licence passed to Deep Silver, who assigned Dead Island 2 to Yager and will be out sometime next year, whereas Techland began crafting their own similar-but-different follow-up which is due in January 2015. I think this is the first time Ive seen a spiritual successor and a sequel to a franchise turn up in the same year."



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News::Outlast Review | For the Criminally Insane - The Game Fanatics

Outlast challenges you to stay alive, record as much as you can and expose the truth at the heart of the story.



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News::RIDE: Triumph Speed Triple Trailer

Here is Milestones Triumph Speed Triple trailer. The Speed Triple has an aggressive presence, and true sportbike performance. A unique combination of high-quality suspension, powerful brakes, light weight, exceptional handling, and plenty of power right where you need it for a perfect sportbike riding experience on the streets.



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News::Hackers Explain Why They Supposedly Took Down PSN and Xbox Live

News::Five Nights at Freddy's Parody Turns The Game Into A JRPG About Sex

News::The Greatest Breakout Stars of 2014

2014 is almost over — but before we say goodbye, let's say "thank you" to the people who made this year way more awesome. Without these beautiful apes, superheroes and robots, we would have been left with a pretty crap year, overall. Here is our complete list of the best breakout stars of 2014.

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News::Call Of Duty Just Got The Most 420 No Scope Mode Ever

News::Eight childhood game obsessions, illustrated

For Matter's New York Review of Video Games, a "weeklong celebration of our most experimental, most alive, least respected art form," the publication asked eight artists to illustrate a single game that dominated their youth, whether it be Final Fantasy VII, Jet Grind Radio, or Alien 8.

If Tim McDonagh's The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time piece above doesn't say it, allow me to: you're going to want to see the rest of the illustrations. Even Minesweeper comes to life!

I'm also fond of Sachin Teng's take on the cool-as-hell Sega Genesis mascot platformer Rocket Knight Adventures. "I always feel five years old when I play it," he writes. "It reminds me of a time when electronics didn't just feel like the future, they felt like magic."

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News::Jane Confronts WWE 2K15's Undertaker in Oxbox Xmas Challenge

Outside Xbox: "On this Oxbox Xmas Challenge, I must defeat The Undertaker in WWE 2K15 with an original character created by Mike and Andy. Behold, Chauncey Milquetoast, the purplest wrestler in sports entertainment!"



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News::Skyrim, Summarized In 25 Seconds

Yup. That's pretty much the entire experience, right there.

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News::WQ 33: How Often Do You Purchase A New Game?

Noah says, "2014 is rapidly coming to an end but our Weekly Question series still has a few more entries to go before its 2015, so lets end it right. Today, I asked the staff, How often do you find that you purchase a new game? Does one last you weeks/months or do you easily get bored with one game and must move on? Do you find one single game suits you at one time or do you need several to jump between?"



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News::Christmas Will Last Longer In GTA Online, Due To Xbox Live, PSN Outages

Rockstar Games has changed its plans and decided to continue to give out Christmas gifts in Grand Theft Auto Online at least a day after Christmas, since so many players were unable to grab them on the 25th.

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News::What Are Your Favorite Made-Up Smash Bros. Mini-Games?

News::GMG day 8 sale: $12 Valkyria, $24 Beyond Earth

We're trying to keep the Winter Sale deal posts all in one place (here). But today's batch of deals from GMG is fairly good and warrants a quick mention. Most of these are all at their lowest ever prices, and for the top recently released titles - a lot cheaper than Steam Winter Sale... At least, for most regions anyways*.

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News::The best 3DS and Wii U games of 2014, as voted by Club Nintendo members

Some 682,000 Club Nintendo members rated their favorite 3DS and Wii U titles of the year on a hundred-point scale as part of an official Nintendo survey, and the results are in:

3DS

• Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire (94/100)


• Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (93/100)


• Shovel Knight (93/100)


• Super Smash Bros. (93/100)


• Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (92/100)


• Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (92/100)


• Fantasy Life (91/100)


• Kirby Triple Deluxe (90/100)


• Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy (89/100)


• Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (89/100)

Wii U

• Bayonetta 2 (95/100)


• Super Smash Bros. (95/100)


• Shovel Knight (94/100)


• Mario Kart 8 (93/100)


• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (91/100)


• Hyrule Warriors (91/100)


• Child of Light (90/100)


• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (89/100)


• Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition (89/100)


• NES Remix 2 (88/100)

While I find myself mostly agreeing with the chosen games, I'd shuffle the order around just a tad; bump up Donkey Kong Country, at least. But I do like the top three picks for each list as is, and it's lovely to hear that people dug Kirby Triple Deluxe given how infrequently it's talked about.

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News::SimCity Purists Are Understandably Upset About The Newest SimCity

The new SimCity game for iOS and Android may have a four-star user-review rating on the iTunes app store, but a glance at those reviews—and some time playing the game—make it clear that this city's got some problems.

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News::Zavvi Sale: Football Manager 2015, The Crew, Far Cry 4 And More, Cheaper Than Steam

GG3 writes: "Christmas time is not just great to acquire presents, theres also usually a cash influx involved. For those reasons, have a look at retailer zavvi, as theyre having a sale with a few great deals on recent titles, a few better than Steam."



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News::Nine Obscure Adventure Games We Wish Had Sequels

Every few years, someone will sound the death knell for adventure games and then some developer will come along and break up the eulogy.

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News::Steam sale: Brothers for $1.49, Banished for $7.99

Few deals have caught my attention during the Steam Holiday Sale. That might just be how it goes down: you build up your library sale after sale until, suddenly, most of the best discounts are for games you already own. At that point, you nab the occasional game when the time is right.

The time is right for Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons ($1.49) and Banished ($7.99). The former is an emotional adventure game played from a third-person view and with two thumbsticks (one for each brother), and the latter is a harsh city-building strategy game about a group of exiled travelers.

Daily deals:

• Anno 2070 ($7.49)


• Company of Heroes 2 ($9.99)


• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ($7.49)


• Kerbal Space Program ($17.99)


• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor ($29.99)


• Risen 3: Titan Lords ($24.99)


• Thief ($7.49)

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News::The 10 Most Notorious Paranormal Hoaxes in History

Some might argue that everything that passes for "paranormal" is a hoax. (There's no fun in that, but insist if you must.) But even the biggest unexplained-phenomenon junkies have to admit when a fraud's a fraud ... as the 10 cases below will attest.

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