News::BF: Hardline will release with 51 weapons and 28 gadgets, First beta details on Weds and more

More details about Battlefield : Hardline has been revealed today during a Q&A session by the game Executive Producer Steve Papoutsis on Twitter.



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News::The Battlefield 4 Easter Egg Hunt Continues, Is The Paracel Storm Monster Real?

MP1st - The seemingly never ending hunt for undiscovered and ever elusive easter eggs in Battlefield 4 marches on as new breakthroughs are made within the unyielding Battlefield community. In other words, were still looking for a giant Kraken on Paracel Storm.



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News::Top five of the best survival-horror games releasing in 2015

The top five of the best survival-horror games releasing in 2015 that you should look forward to buying.



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News::Is anyone else totally into Outlander?

Is anyone else totally into Outlander? It's a bit sappy, but it also has time travel, and historical accuracy, and beautiful women and men, and great writing and cinematography and music (by Battlestar Galactica composer Bear McCreary!). Watch the new trailer here.

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News::5 Games Begging for VR Support

A list of 5 games we all know and love that should be blessed by virtual reality support.



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News::Particulars Review | GameGrin

There are few games that mix science in with gaming, fewer still that do so successfully. Particulars is a puzzle game that doesnt quite manage it. In a nutshell you control a particle in a simulated universe, solving puzzles with positive and negative atoms. The game comes from a place of real particle physics, and is happy for you to pause at any moment and tell you more about them. Each object has a little blurb about it and all of the particles have an explanation of how they interact with other particles.



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News::Amazing PlanetSide 2 PS4 Clan video

Welcome To The Fallen Society Wanna Join a PlanetSide 2 PS4 Outfit.



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News::Ten Times One Player Beat Two in Professional Smash Bros.

I've been spending a lot of time with the new Super Smash Bros. games on Wii U and 3DS lately, but actually playing doesn't get me nearly as hyped as this compilation of pros succeeding against the odds.

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News::Smite championship sitting on $2.6 million prize pool

One reason to start paying attention to Smite is that the prize pool for their first world championship, which is taking place this weekend, is already the third largest in eSport history, at a whopping $2.6 million.



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News::Not One Of These 23 Crossfire Europe Images On Steam Is A Screenshot

GG3 writes: "A decade after the gaming community officially got fed up by illustrations that bear no info about gameplay, games like Crossfire Europe are still full believers of the deceitful marketing tactic."



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News::Hearthstones RNG pushes the wrong skill

The Warcraft universe has become an inviting tabletop environment and an absolute rainbow of cards, and Hearthstone has caught fire for it, having already found a substantial competitive and eSports foothold and talked some twenty million players into staying at its warm inn. However, Hearthstone also seems to have a bit of a gambling problem.



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News::Best Strategy/Simulation Game of 2014

gamrReview's Brent Galietti: "Strategy and Simulation games suck us into their worlds by putting our minds to work. We predict all the possible moves we can make and how the enemy can respond. Or we try to make our dreams come true in a virtual world that is tailor made to reward us for expressing our freedom. Whichever way they do it, these games keep our brains in the game, and that's true of this year's nominees."



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News::Top 5 Most Disappointing Games of 2014

2014 was filled with a lot of positive and negative experiences. Some titles that received similar critical acclaim failed to live up to what was promised.



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News::Neoseeker's Game of the Year 2014 Nominee Spotlight: Destiny

NC: Perhaps the most contentious entry for us this year is Activision and Bungie's Destiny. Love it or hate it, this is perhaps the biggest game of 2014, and the hype prior to its September launch was bordering on unreal. Here was an ambitious open world shooter from the creators of Halo, one that took place in an entirely new sci-fi universe and seemed to promise many, many good things.



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News::Cartoon violence and more detailed in Dragon Ball Xenoverse

The ESRB has released some details on the cartoon violence and other content in Dragon Ball Xenoverse.



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News::The Greatest 5 Visual Novels of 2014 Try Something New and Awesome

2014 was a fantastic year for visual novels. Here are the best of the best; break into the wonderful, diverse world rife with tears, suspense, and romance.



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News::Be A Potato Blacksmith And Tell Cloud His Buster Sword Is Too Big

Ever wanted to tell Cloud from Final Fantasy VII that his Buster Sword is too big? Well, in Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! youll be able to do just that.



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News::Fry Ad 1/9 - 1/15

Take a look at the latest Fry weekly ad.



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News::​How Destiny Players Fixed One Of The Game's Biggest Problems

As much as I love it, Destiny is riddled with flaws, many of which Bungie doesn't seem all that interested in addressing. Most of them—like how you still lose ammo when you die—are things players can't do anything about. But the game's lack of matchmaking for its most challenging missions—one of its most glaring problems, depending who you ask—has proved to be something players can address and, by working together, fix.

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News::Nintendo Will No Longer Sell Consoles or Games in Brazil

Nintendo is pulling out of Brazil. The company announced yesterday that it will no longer distribute products there due to the country's high tariffs on electronics, despite its "many passionate fans" that live there.

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News::Readers Gambit | Dragon Age: Inquisition (Review)

Readers Gambit takes a look at Dragon Age: Inquisition. Arguably one of the longest RPGs we have ever played and one of the best RPGs last year.



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News::The Humble Bundle Is Offering up to 75% Discount on Saints Row Titles

A huge Saints Row sale has launched this weekend as the Humble Bundle Store and Deep Silver are teaming up for it which will offer 75 percent discount on the games in the series as well has 50 percent off on DLC packs and season pass.



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News::Leap Motion 3D Jam Winners Announced

VRFocus - In 2014 Leap Motion launched a videogame development competition in the Leap Motion 3D Jam. Developers from across the globe were tasked with creating experiences that used the company's hand-tracking controller which was, in many cases, fitted to the front of the Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD). The jam saw well over 100 entrants, 20 of which were selected as finalists last December for judging. Today Leap Motion has announced the three winners of the competition, all of which are VR compatible.



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News::Games of the Year: Morgans Top Six

Morgan Writes: 2014 was not gamings best year on any front. Several large games I had built up excitement for, ended up slipping through the cracks, by either a general sense of meh, or by the game being fundamentally broken. It happened a lot. But there were also some amazing surprisesgames that I had no awareness of beforehand and no real expectations forthat floored me. My list this year features a lot of games that I couldnt have predicted loving a year ago, and very few that I could have.



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News::Games of the Year: Shanghais Top Six

Editors Note: This year were taking a different approach to naming Front Towards Gamers Game of the Year. Instead of partaking in heated debates and fiery arguments on what deserves top billing, well take a cue from the Greeks. Each staff member prepares their Top Six, or top two, games of the year and from it we decipher (democratically) our game of the year. No, no attempts at what an individual imagines what earned the right to don the crown, just their opinion list of 2014 games that left them proud to play now and in the future. By the amount of hours put in, emotionally devastated they were afterwards, the reasoning and positioning derives from the writer. Enjoy.



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News::Games of the Year: Derricks Top Six

Derrek Writes: By no means was 2014 a perfect year for gaming. Many of the big releases fell short of expectations and the year ended with a barrage of broken games released to the public. Some games victim to high expectations, some of lacked density, what remains are a few games in 2014 I think everyone should obtain. You may disagree with my top six, and thats okay. Your preferences are probably different than mine, but hopefully you understand my reasons.



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News::Games of the Year: Brandons Top Six

Brandon Writes: 2014 will pretty much be remembered by high-profile games being delayed, triple-A games having more bugs than the Amazon combined, and gamers being split into two classifications: Gamergaters and Social Justice Warriors. However, this year was pretty spectacular as far as games are concerned. With some new experiences and a new take on an old classic, this year brought the game industry to a whole level of innovation and I cant wait to see what 2015 will have in store.



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News::Games of the Year: Scotts Top Two

Scott Writes: 2014 was a year with so many games that came out, but I found it difficult to field a list of six games that I played that launched this year. I had purchased games like Assassins Creed Unity and Halo: The Master Chief Collection, but they sat on my console waiting for the day the major issues with them would resolved. After everything was said and done, there was one game that consumed way too much of my life.



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News::Games of the Year: Quinns Top Six

Editors Note: This year were taking a different approach to naming Front Towards Gamers Game of the Year. Instead of partaking in heated debates and fiery arguments on what deserves top billing, well take a cue from the Greeks. Each staff member prepares their Top Six, or top two, games of the year and from it we decipher (democratically) our game of the year. No, no attempts at what an individual imagines what earned the right to don the crown, just their opinion list of 2014 games that left them proud to play now and in the future. By the amount of hours put in, emotionally devastated they were afterwards, the reasoning and positioning derives from the writer. Enjoy.



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News::Games of the Year: Elles Top Six

Elle Writes: Its been a good year in gaming, despite a few less-than-perfect releases of a few unmentionable titles. Pokemon saw a very much anticipated re-release of its Ruby and Sapphire versions, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Bungies Destiny game saw very good numbers, and PS4s flagship game, Infamous: Second Son, was an awesome experience. However, my own personal top six includes none of those. My top six, mentioned below, hold a soft spot in my heart for many different reasons. Also, keep in mind, as a PC gamer, a lot of my favorites will certainly not match up with crowd favorites. But let me explain:



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News::Games of the Year: Marks Top Six

This year were taking a different approach to naming Front Towards Gamers Game of the Year. Instead of partaking in heated debates and fiery arguments on what deserves top billing, well take a cue from the Greeks. Each staff member prepares their Top Six, or top two, games of the year and from it we decipher (democratically) our game of the year. No, no attempts at what an individual imagines what earned the right to don the crown, just their opinion list of 2014 games that left them proud to play now and in the future. By the amount of hours put in, emotionally devastated they were afterwards, the reasoning and positioning derives from the writer. Enjoy.



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News::Games of the Year: Rhyss Top Six

Rhys Writes: Let me be perfectly blunt: 2014 was a stale year for video games. As in, super-duper stale. Despite lots of fun sequels I never got to (Dark Souls II) and indies I loved (This War of Mine, Doorkickers), a year of botched releases from the likes of Ubisoft, Microsoft, and Activision have really soured the whole year. Basically, 2014 became the year of revisiting my backlog. I dont regret it for that, either.



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News::Games of the Year: Roberts Top Six

Robert writes: This industry can be tough. Yes, when Im not smoking the finest Cuban-seed cigars and calling off the latest GranCabrio Maserati delivery from EA, Im stuck fine-tuning the craft of regurgitating press releases and colluding with industry professionals. Tis a hard career to lead. Oh, right, I wrote what my Top Six games of the year are, have a look. Or dont, no matter, this Microsoft-endorsed Ferrari F430 Spider wont drive itself! Ta-ta!



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News::Game of Thrones Episode 1: Iron From Ice Review | Gaming Enthusiast

Telltale + G.R.R. Martin's A Song Of Ice and Fire universe = great success? Let's find out.



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News::Dying Light A Hands-on Preview for the Upcoming Title (NuzCo)

The release of Dying Light is now just around the corner and many gamers are sure excited for the title. After getting hands-on time with the title it can be said that the game still hasnt left the mind. There was a certain cleanness to the game back then that we can only expect has carried over to how polished it will turn out in its upcoming release.



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News::CES 2015: Mad Catz Presents L.Y.N.X

Mad Catz, as a third party gaming peripheral provider has always enjoyed one upping the traditional gaming industry with outrageous peripherals, some of which work better than the real thing. They have not disappointed this year, actually, though they have certainly raised the price margin. This year they have introduced a hybrid controller that actually transforms. Thats right guys and gals, it actually changes into different shapes to fit different tastes and play styles.



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News::Life is Strange Developer Diary, PC Specs Revealed

DONTNOD Entertainment has released their first Life is Strange developer diary titled, A New Beginning today.



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News::Grow Up in the Watercolor World of Beeswing

Beeswing's watercolor world tells a story of life as a child growing up in rural Scotland.



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News::Buddy Acker's Best Games of 2014

Buddy Acker names his favorite games from 2014.



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News::How I realized My Dragon Age: Inquisition Character is Gay

News::Charity Speedrunner Has Mastered One of My Favorite Games Ever

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars was the first role-playing game I ever played, and it took me years to beat it when I was a kid. Then this guy did it in under three hours.

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News::Spiderduck First Look: WarHammer Quest

Trevor from the Spiderduck Network plays WarHammer Quest in this video feature.



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News::SWTOR Performance Status Update

As promised, Bioware is releasing more details on the ability delay and server lag players are experiencing since 3.0



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News::SWTOR Jan 13 Scheduled Maintenance for 3.0.2

SWTOR is having a 4 hr maintenance on Jan 13 from 3 AM PST to 7 AM PST to deploy patch 3.0.2



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News::In-Win S-Frame Gaming Case an $800 Masterpiece, Single-Piece Hand-Shaped Aluminum

GamersNexus: "Boutique case manufacturer In-Win brought home yet another CES Innovation Award at this year's show. This time, the companys award-winning case carries the moniker "S-Frame," an $800 piece of metalworked art befitting of a showroom."



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News::Upcoming Heroes of the Storm Update Brings Ranked Play and More

January 13's Heroes of the Storm update brings ranked play, drafts, punishment for rage quitters, and more to the game.



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News::Kidz Gear Headset review - ChristCenteredGamer

The main feature for kids that really stands out, other than their size, is the ability to volume limit them. They have a volume slider, but it's not just that. While that is certainly useful, they also sell a volume limit cable that you plug in between the audio source and the headphone cable. This approximately 5 cable does a great job of cutting out about 20% of the audio volume, with no noticeable loss in quality.



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News::Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Review | RealGamerNewz

Jermain reviews Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions for RGN: "Dimensions touts a variety of game modes for the player to sink their teeth into, with its adventure mode being the meatiest of the bunch. Consisting of 50 levels, youre tasked with reaching a target score in the games three star ranking system. Each level features a different game mode objective some classic modes like Deadline and Evolved, as well some new one, including Checkpoint and Titan. The Titan game mode has players face off against, enormous sized versions of the games enemies. Destroying them requires you to whittle away at them, until they revert back to their normal size. It is one of the more fun modes to play."



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News::Thimbleweed Park Creators Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick Interview

Carl Williams writes, "Thimbleweed Park is a new Point and Click title from the team of Gary Winnick and Ron Gilbert. You may know this team from their game catalog which includes Secret of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion, just to name a couple. The interview is after the jump."



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News::Kalimba Review A Colourful Yet Punishing Platformer Experience | COG

From the developers of Max: The Curse of Brotherhood, Kalimba is a colourful platform game that requires pinpoint controls and is punishing to the core. Its not the best platform game on the market but its right up there.



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