News::The Addicting and Fast-Growing Visual Novel Bandwagon Is Here

2015 is here, and visual novels are on the rise. With ever-increasing popularity on Kickstarter and Steam, are they the next big thing?



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News::6 Games You Didnt Know You Could Spend Your Whole Life Playing

Here are some of top games that have no problem claiming hundreds of your hours.



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News::New Tier 7 Boss Characters In Futuristic Racer Quantum Rush: Champions

GameArt Studios today announced that their futuristic PC racer Quantum Rush: Champions has received an update which features three new tier 7 villians. They go by the names of Red Hydros, Krodil and Lord Carbonton in order to face these foes you must fight your way through the three campaigns to tier 7.



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News::Farming Simulator 15 Video Review (PC) - SA Gamer

SA Gamer review Farming Simulator 15 (PC) for all you virtual farmers out there. Tend to your fields, and feed your live stock as you are in for one hell of a roller coaster ride.



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News::Telltale's Game of Thrones Episode 2 Gets PEGI Rating Ahead Of Imminent Release

The second episode in Telltale's Game of Thrones series has been rated by the Pan European Game Information ahead of it's expected January release date, indicating it may soon be available for purchase.



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News::CrossCode Demo Preview -RydekSan

CrossCode is an upcoming Retro Inspired 2D Action RPG and its a game that should be on the watch list for RPG and indie gamers. Heck everyone should have CrossCode on their watch list.



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News::Guild Wars 2: Upcoming Tournaments for PvP

Are you a fan of Guild Wars 2? Are you interested in Player verses Player arenas? Well then this might interest you.



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News::Total War: WARHAMMER Accidentally Announced

News::Rebel Galaxy sets its sights on Xbox One and MAC

Neil writes "You may have already heard about Rebel Galaxy and its 2015 release on various formats. Well good news, because Xbox One and MAC have now been added to the launch list.



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News::Best Fatalities in Mortal Kombat X

Bryan Dawson (Prima Games): While the gameplay is there, it's the raw violence that put Mortal Kombat on the map. The fatalities in the first game made the news in many areas and resulted in the infamous Blood Code for the Sega Genesis version of the game, and the sweat-fill censorship of the Super Nintendo port. With the new generation of console hardware comes more detailed games. Character models are far more elaborate than they've ever been and environments are detailed and expansive. When it comes to the new Mortal Kombat, that also means the fatalities get an all-new level of violence and realism. The game doesn't hit store shelves until April, but we've already seen a good number of the new finishing moves. Join us as we take a look at some of the best.



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News::Beneath Floes Is A Hauntingly Beautiful Tale

Marcus Estrada writes: "Twine is a great, free interactive fiction engine which is allowing many people to create stories easily. Developer Bravemule is one such team who utilized Twine to create Beneath Floes. This story is focused around Inuit history and traditions. Unlike some Twine tales, this one also includes color imagery alongside text. If you're at all interested in what this game has to offer then you can check it out right now because Beneath Floes is free! With that in mind you might now be wondering why a Kickstarter campaign exists for this game."



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News::In 1997, Lucasarts Tried To Copy Diablo

News::Build castles and blow them up with a trebuchet in Medieval Engineers

Keen Software has built a million-person-strong audience for Space Engineers , but I've stayed away from the work-in-progress construction sandbox game so far. Steam Early Access often has that effect on me. The studio's next project, Medieval Engineers , will tap into the same desire to build and break cool stuff, but in a setting that seems quaint by comparison. Quaint can be good.

Inspired by real-world medieval technology, the game "strives to follow the laws of physics and history and doesn't use any technologies that were not available in the 5th to 15th centuries."

Players can build cities, castles, and mechanical devices -- and, what's this? -- "perform landscaping and underground mining," too. Don't underestimate the importance of curb appeal.

"We didn't want to only keep creating space games," says founder and CEO Marek Rosa. "Instead we wanted to have a game where players can interact with life and nature. By creating a second engineering game, we are also leveraging our existing technology and experience."

When Medieval Engineers arrives on Steam Early Access, it'll launch with Creative Mode and an early prototype of Survival Mode. Like Space Engineers, I think I'll wait until this is fully cooked.

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News::System Shock 2 Now Has An (Unofficial) Sequel

Classic PC RPG System Shock 2, without which there would be no BioShock series, was released in 1999. It never got an official sequel, but that hasn't stopped fans from putting one together.

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News::Radio Destructoid got me pregnant

_{Radio Destructoid is our official community-focused podcast! Join hosts Mr Andy Dixon (Community Manager), Bill Platt (Community Playdate Manager), Conor Elsea (US Community Monster), Kyle MacGregor (Associate Editor), and Occams Electric Toothbrush (Community Blogs Manager) as we talk about our favorite Dtoid community highlights!}

Have you been listening to Radio Destructoid lately? If not, shame on you! SHAME! We've added two new permanent co-hosts (Bill and Occams), featured some awesome community guests (Hyper Lemon Buster Cannon and Mr. November), discussed our favorite community blogs, meet-ups, and general highlights from in and around the Dtoid community, and more!. And that's just the last three episodes!

Sound like your cup o' tea? Give us a listen:

• Episode 051: Mewling Cabbage Children


• Episode 052: Worst Episode Ever! (ft. Hyper Lemon Buster Cannon)


• Episode 053: Talkin' Nintendo! (ft. Mr. November)

Enjoy! Oh, and we're recording a new episode this Saturday, so stay tuned for another listener question contest!

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News::Xbox gets Call of Duty's star-studded Exo Zombies DLC first on January 27

Zombies again. It's what people know, I guess. Comforting, familiar zombies.

With Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare 's first DLC pack, Havoc ($15 standalone, or included in the $50 season pass), the undead will don exoskeletons to stand out from past games and yeah, they know how to boost-jump. That's something. Also something is the celebrity cast, which consists of John Malkovich, Rose McGowan, Jon Bernthal, and "the incredible Bill Paxton."

Besides Exo Zombies, Havoc includes four multiplayer maps -- "Core," "Urban," "Sideshow," and "Drift" -- as well as the AE4 directed energy assault rifle and the AE4 Widowmaker custom variant.

It's coming to Xbox One and Xbox 360 on January 27, "with other platforms to follow."

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News::A Scary Choose Your Own Adventure, Now Playable On...Twitter

"They're here. Oh God! They've found you!" And so it begins. You have two choices: run, or hide.

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News::Evil is a Matter of Opportunity in Monsters

Monsters tells a story of the sickening evil that can exist in the most ordinary person.



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News::Fans Will Get A Real Kick Out Of LEGO Batman 3's Arrow DLC

Once upon a time there were two best friends named Oliver Queen and Slade Wilson. Trapped on an increasingly undeserted island, the two formed a bond that would last a lifetime-ish. At least the eight minutes it takes to complete LEGO Batman 3's downloadable Arrow adventure.

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News::Fans Are Bringing Counter-Strike's Most Popular Maps To Halo

Halo and Counter-Strike both have guns, but otherwise they couldn't be more different. And while I really hope someone focuses on upping Halo's chicken count soon, for now a couple classic Counter-Strike haunts will have to do.

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News::Grand Theft Auto V Is Delayed, and Thats a Good Thing

Grand Theft Auto V was delayed until March. And that's a good thing.



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News::My Evolving Concerns With Evolve's Collector's Editions

SheAttack: Erica of SheAttack discusses Evolve's Collector's Editions and why her concerns with the game are growing.



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News::Troy Baker: Metal Gear Solid V "May Be the Biggest Game I've Ever Seen;" Compares it Against Skyrim

Actor extraordinaire Troy Baker plays Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and he commented in an interview that the game is very, very big.



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News::When games break, the developer isn't usually encouraging it, but rules are made to be broken, right

When games break, the developer isn't usually encouraging it, but rules are made to be broken, right? Such is the case with Vlambeer's Nuclear Throne. In the pursuit of madness, developer Rami Ismail kept sending increasingly broken versions of the game to YouTuber STAR_. The results were messy, hilarious, and full of explosions.

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News::Low Budget TV Shows That Are Better Than Most Huge Blockbuster Series

News::Star Wars Comics Are Getting Better

Thirty some-odd years ago, Marvel Comics started putting out a Star Wars series that aimed to tell the continuing adventures of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Leia Organa after the Rebel Alliance blew up the Death Star. Tomorrow, they're doing the same thing. A lot has changed since Marvel last published anything Force-related, most of it for the better.

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