News::Camp Fangamer celebrates EarthBound's 25th anniversary for charity

A few years back, the folks at Fangamer and Starmen.net held an EarthBound Bash which raised $23,420 for charity. This year, in celebration of EarthBound's 25th anniversary, they're hosting a similar event known as Camp Fangamer. They've invited 450 people to come and play EarthBound with them, which will be broadcast live from Tucson, Arizona (because Twoson, get it?).

This weekend-long event kicks off at 10am PDT today and runs until 7pm Sunday. You can watch the fun over on the Fangamer Twitch channel, where they will be announcing charity auctions, hosting interviews with cool guests, and showing off interactive events, gameplay, and live music.

And don't forget to donate to the event for a chance to win prizes like Mr. Saturn plushes or even a custom built Mother themed arcade cabinet (dang, that thing looks sweet)! All profits benefit the Speak Your Silence charity organization.

Also, check out these amazing piñatas (plus the arcade cabinet) that they created for the event. I'd love to take a swing at that Pokey piñata!

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News::Recommended Reading: Does Comic-Con have a piracy problem?

Recommended Reading highlights the best long-form writing on technology and more in print and on the web. Some weeks, you'll also find short reviews of books that we think are worth your time. We hope you enjoy the read.

Comic-Con Makes Everyone a Pirate: The 'Problem' of Leaked Trailers
by Susana Polo
Polygon

As you can probably imagine, studio execs weren't too happy that early footage from Deadpool and Suicide Squad leaked online last week. Well, that's what they said, at least. Cellphone video was taken at private events and posted for the world to see. This isn't the first time this has happened to Warner Bros. and yet the company still brings "exclusive" trailers to the supposedly behind-closed-doors events. Does Comic-Con have a piracy problem or are studios counting on leaks to help build hype for highly anticipated films?

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News::Batman: Arkham Knight - PC Update Arrives This August, Will Improve Overall Performance

Warner Bros and Rocksteady announced that the next highly anticipated patch for the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight will release this August

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News::Mirrors Edge Catalyst Wont Be Completely Open World From The Start, Has An Expanding City

X-ONE: Were you hoping Mirror's Edge: Catalyst would feature a completely open world from the get go? You'll be disappointed then, because it's set to feature an "expanding city", senior producer Sara Jansson has told X-ONE.

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News::Age Of Survival, Animal Hunting Game Enters Early Access August 25th

One Angry Gamer "Seattletek has just let the news fly loose that Age of Survival, the upcoming open-world, safari surviving game will launch on Steam Early Access starting August 25th. If you take Rust, remove the zombies from DayZ, add in a lot of similar content from ARK: Survival Evolved and throw in a bunch of animals from a game like Stranded Deep, you'll end up with Age of Survival."

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News::Albion Online Summer Alpha in Full Swing

Albion Onlines Summer Alpha is the most productive alpha yet. To celebrate, Sandbox Interactive have added a new PvP area.

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News::Ninja Theory talks bringing something truthful to PS4 timed-exclusive Hellblade

Ninja Theory is an independent AAA game studio that is famous for delivering compelling narratives, with unique characters all set in a captivating world. They are in the midst of creating a new IP that is a timed console-exclusive for the PS4, and it is called Hellblade.

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News::Anime MMORPG Dragomon Hunter Announced For North America and Europe

Aeria Games have announced a new anime MMORPG which is being localized for the Western audience called Dragomon Hunter.

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News::The Witcher 3 1.07 Patch Includes Changes To Enhanced Witcher Gear

The latest The Witcher 3 patch includes some changes to enhanced Witcher gear that haven't been revealed in the full patch notes

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News::Capcom To Make SFV Announcement At Evo On July 18th

Capcom have just sent us a press release saying that they're going to be making some Street Fighter V announcements at EVO2K15 tomorrow.

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News::If Deus Ex ever does multiplayer, “it would have to be the topic of the game itself”

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News::ICYMI: Hitchhiking robot, 'Doom' within 'Doom' and more

Today on In Case You Missed It: A kid exhibit in New York uses Kinects for an immersive environment experience. A robot is hitchhiking across the U.S. and wants strangers to take it to places like the Grand Canyon for the photo-ops. And game coders hacked up Doom to play another version of Doom inside it.

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News::Upcoming PhysX update introduces state of the art dick physics (Fauxclusive)

Game developers around the world will soon be able to create the most naturalistic penises ever when NVIDIA releases its next update for its popular PhysX SDK.

Codenamed “Woody Womb Pecker,” the update is being called a game-changer for developers who want to weird out their hyper-heterosexual male fanbase by casually throwing a penis on screen. The PhysX 9.15 update means programmers will no longer have to work long and hard to create flaccid genitalia with no personality. Now development teams will be able to easily make true to life penises in a variety of different sizes, from the Michael Fassbender to the wet Jude Law.

“We’ve had a team of coders dedicate themselves over the past 12 months to nothing but dick,” explained engineer Michael Brandon. “For them, it’s been breakfast? Dick. Lunch? Dick. Dinner? Dick. They have lived and breathed dick every moment since they started on the project; and thanks to their dedication we can now create an impressive member that will automatically shrink when it’s hit by a slight breeze and grow when an attractive female character walks on screen. It will also grow just for the hell of it, because you know that’s what dicks do. We have no control over these things and now, neither will your game characters.”

Sadly, Brandon says for now the team can only create heterosexual penises as homosexual penises act in ways that science, logic, and religion can’t yet explain.

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News::Saturday's Best Deals: Bike Lock, DIY Security, Free Comics, and More

Here are the best of today’s deals. Get every great deal every day on Kinja Deals, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a deal, join us on Kinja Gear to read about great products, and on Kinja Co-Op to help us find the best.

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News::Humble Weekly Bundle KICKSTARTER Edition has 7 Steam Games for $13

SteamFirst:Humble Weekly Bundle KICKSTARTER Edition has 7 games that originated off KICKSTARTER for $13! Donations go to Doctors Without Borders and The Center for Puppetry Arts. Donate anything to unlock:

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News::Satellite Reign Gameplay 60 Minutes from Complete Build

A 60 minute look at the final build of Satellite Reign, the spiritual successor to the classic cybernetic Syndicate Wars.

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News::Prototype ports run like shit and aren't remastered

After the stealth release of the Prototype Biohazard Bundle for Xbox One and PS4, many were left wondering if the games were remastered, just ports, or what differences -- if any -- there were.

Activision eventually sent out some PR announcing the release of the games with some other details, but was vague about whether or not these were considered remastered instead opting to say "full HD rendering." 

Today reader TehuberOne sent us a conversation he had with Prototype's official Facebook page where he asked if the bundle was "upscaled or rendered at 1080p" to which the Prototype page responded: "This is a 1080p boost, so the game's graphics haven't been remastered. This package is meant to give players who didn't get the chance to play the originals an opportunity to experience them on current-gen consoles."

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News::Capcoms Yoshinori Ono Celebrates Street Fighter IVs Anniversary, Thanks the Community

Today marks the seventh anniversary of the first release of Street Fighter IV, and Capcom's legendary producer Yoshinori Ono issued what sounds a lot like a mission statement.

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News::The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Patch 1.07 is Coming in The Next 24hrs On All Platforms

Marcin Momot confirms that patch 1.07 will be live in 24 hrs on every platform.

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News::Barbara-ian enters Steam Early Access

"Its happened. Studio Owlbears Barbara-ian has entered Early Access, and now you too can throw hot coals in your enemies faces, practice your hammer throw and smash down the houses of little green freaks."

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News::TotalBiscuit takes over GOG to cut prices on his favorite games

YouTuber TotalBiscuit has partnered with GOG.com to provide discounts on over 30 of his favorite games. The weekend sale runs through July 21.

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News::In Case You Missed It Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

A look back at Starbeeze's amazing journey of two brothers and their quest to heal their father.

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News::The Witcher 3 Patch 1.07: Check Out Screenshots of New Inventory Options and Storage Stash

Today CD Projekt RED released patch 1.07 of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on the North American PSN and on Xbox One. Here you can see a few screenshots of the new inventory, and of the storage chest.

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News::Interim patch coming to PC version of Arkham Knight in August

"It aint much, but its something. While there were indications that the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight wouldnt be patched until September at the earliest, a small announcement from Warner Bros. on Steam tells us those who still own the game on PC should see something by August."

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News::World of Tanks on the Moon Again to Commemorate Apollo 13 Anniversary

One small step for man, one giant leap for tank-kind. Wargaming today announced that in celebration of the anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing, Lunar Mode has returned to World of Tanks on Xbox 360 for a limited time. While more than forty years ago man first set foot on the Moon in a bid for discovery, its time to forget all that nonsense and start blasting each other with tanks. Starting July 17 and running through July 20, players who log into the game will receive the exclusive M24 Lunar, a Tier 9 medium tank built exclusively for combat in space. Equipped with a high-tech blaster, this tank is capable of distributing punishment of the laser variety, perfect for eliminating the opposition on unforgiving lunar terrain.

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News::The Elder Scrolls Online Review - Gaming Respawn

Will Akers writes: Im going to be brave and say you know what to expect with Elder Scrolls; even if youve never delved into MMO territory, it stays true to most of your expectations whilst adding those gizmos to boot. If you wanted to be able to play this traditionally single-player undertaking with some chums, create a 8 foot Xena warrior princess or simply go around spreading Chinese whispers between Mudcrabs the game world is your oyster scholar, but in the end nothing beats store credit does it?

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News::Kickstarter Took a Bite Out of Anime Expo 2015

Marcus Estrada writes: "Ive been attending Anime Expo since 2003 and have loved each and every event. Along with getting bigger, moving to different venues, and drawing ever-increasing crowds of fans, the convention has also seen an increase in video game-related content. Sure, games might not be anime, but theres a huge crossover between both forms of media. The weirdest thing to me was that Anime Expo 2015 in particular was party to multiple massive Kickstarter announcements for video games."

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News::Courier of the Crypts Preview | NoobFeed

NoobFeed Editor Artemis writes: "Courier of the Crypts lights up the darkness of Early Access."

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News::The Creative Assembly Explains Differences Between "In-Engine Cinematic" & "Gameplay" Trailers

The Creative Assembly has just released a in-engine cinematic trailer for Total War: WARHAMMER. In order to avoid any backlash from the community, the team decided to shed some light on what it considers a in-engine cinematic trailer and explain the differences between it and a gameplay trailer.

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News::Project CARS PC Update 2.5 Releases Today, Changelog Revealed

Slightly Mad Studios announced today the release of a new update for the PC version of Project CARS.

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News::New Xbox Features on Xbox One and Windows 10

Microsoft is always trying to unite all of their users across their operating system and taking advantage of usage of similar OS on console and PC. With Windows 10 release approaching, Microsoft have updated their Xbox One app to allow users of the app to stream their games on their PCs alongside other features that are new available for usage.

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News::Skyflower May be Good Someday, but its Still too Early Right Now | Hardcore Gamer

A roguelike bullet hell dungeon crawl sounds like the best kind of gaming available. A randomized world with plenty of enemies dropping occasional powerups while covering the level in deadly firepower, requiring brute force, strategy, careful consideration of whatever abilities youve managed to find in this specific run and a bit of luck to to keep the tide of battle flowing in your favor should make for an enjoyably replayable experience. To be fair to Skyflower, the basic gameplay is in place for this to happen, but even by Early Access standards theres no excuse for releasing a game this unfinished.

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News::Kojima and Konami: 10 Theories Of How The Fallout Began

The Kojima/Konami scandal commenced on April 1st, when people poking around Konamis website realised Kojimas name had been omitted from its site. A cheeky April Fools? Maybe so, but the internet was soon awash with rumours that Kojima and Konami had fallen out. Over the last few months we have seen the saga develop, and most recently, Kojimas name, A Hideo Kojima Game has been removed from the MGS V cover, and rumoured that Kojima Productions has broken apart or to be re-branded. It will be more than likely that the situation will be revealed either just before, or just after the release of The Phantom Pain. Lets take a look at some logical and some, well mostly, outlandish theories.

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News::Atlus and Vanillaware Tease New "HD" Game, Possibly for Home Consoles

The last time Atlus and Vanillaware joined forces we got the excellent 2D RPG that is Dragons Crown. The two Japanese titans will be collaborating once again.

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News::From Rags to Riches in Queen At Arms - Cliqist

Serena Nelson writes: "In Queen At Arms you play as a young soldier named Marcus Cordale. You signed up for the Ortheran army to fight for king and country. The major problem with this? Marcus is female. While there are apparently women in the military service hers (his?) true identity must be kept a secret, something we find out very early on when Marcus' brother Nicholas is surprised by her sudden appearance on the battlefield. If anything, this game is about war, honor, and finding out just who you are in the greater scheme of things."

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News::Holy Potatoes A Weapon Shop - Making Weapons to Sell to RPG Heroes

Nick tries his hand at managing an RPG weapon shop staffed by potatoes. Yeah

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News::'Battleborn' Interview with Publishing Producer Chris Thomas

Gearboxs new IP Battleborn was playable at E3 2015. The team behind the Borderlands franchise is branching out into a new universe and story while keeping things familiar.

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News::Make It A (Virtual) Reality: Total War

After a discussion on the VRFocus Twitter account about old TV show Time Commanders, Kevin considers the possibilites of Total War in VR... but isn't optimistic.

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News::Guild Wars 2 Adventures Aim to Provide Continuous Exciting Content

Adventures aim to shake up Guild Wars 2's open world content in Heart of Thorns.

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News::Major Zero VA: Reason For Hayter's Replacement as Snake is Ludicrous and Insane

Jim Piddock says it's "apples and oranges" at the end of the day though.

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News::Star Citizen Critic Fights Back, Accuses Dev Of Libel And False Light

Industry veteran Derek Smart points out that Cloud Imperium Games chose to attack him personally instead of answering his questions.

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News::ArcheAge US is Closing in on Korean Development Cycle

ArcheAge is closing the gap between the Western and Korean versions of the game with update 2.0 on the way very soon.

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News::How Tacoma's ghosts of the past will help you in the present

While it wasnt a horror game, the utter abandonment of the house in Gone Home made every turn around every corner feel like an imminent encounter with the supernatural. It was only in the material possessions of that house's residents that any sign of life was even evident. Take that format and throw it out into the cold isolation of space and you have the recipe for an even eerier experience. But on board the space station where Fullbright's upcoming game Tacoma takes place, it seems we wont be completely alone.

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News::INK, Pixelated Version Of Splatoon Could Come To Xbox One

One Angry Gamer "Color splashing all manners of the RGB spectrum across the screen using paint-guns and assuming the role of squid-kids turned out to be a million-copy-seller for Nintendo's Splatoon. Zach Bell and Alejandro Hitti will be attempting to bring a similar kind of competitive, action-painting game to the storefront of Steam this summer when they release the game INK; it's is similar to Splatoon but pixelated. What's more is that they mention that an Xbox One version could be possible since they are enrolled developers in the ID@Xbox program."

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News::Watch All of the Fallout 4 Gameplay Footage Here

EB: "Bethesda have recently compiled and released the Fallout 4 gameplay footage that was originally featured during the studios E3 showcase."

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News::Spectra Review | NoobFeed

NoobFeed Editor Artemis writes: Spectra is a bright, colorful nostalgia-driven game that fully embraces its genre and the music spectacularly well.

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News::EVO charging $12 for 60fps live streams

As you are probably aware, the largest fighting game tournament in the world, EVO 2015, has started and fans are watching the activities on their various Twitch streams. EVO is now only allowing 30 frames per second and high quality on Twitch for free and charging $12 for source quality at 60fps.

While this $12 subscription does grant you access to multiple streams for various games, is it worth it? Considering a lot of fighting games are rendered at 60fps, this means the action will look quite different than intended without a fee. Fans on the Super Smash Bros. subreddit seem to be upset about it -- are you? For just $3 more you could have a month of content from HBO Now, which seems like a better value than a few hours of content on one weekend to me.

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News::How to annoy enemies and team mates alike: A Heroes of the Storm guide for Murky

Confused by Murlocs? Curious about exploding fish? Ever wanted to equally annoy enemies as well as team mates? Then look no further! Murky may be the Heroes of the Storm Hero for you! This in-depth guide will teach you Murky's basic, give talent advice, and instruct on the fine art of fish tossing. Murloc bite insurance not included.

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News::The Framerate Police Causes Developer To List 30fps Lock As Game Feature

One Angry Gamer "The Framerate Police is a new curator on Steam that has quickly gained a lot of attention both negative and positive but at the end of the day it's simply a community tool used to help consumers gauge what the frame-rate is for a PC game. The group hasn't been received entirely with open arms and kindness by all developers. However, in one case after a rather nasty kerfuffle with the community a studio decided that instead of blocking The Framerate Police, they would accede by listing their 30fps hard-lock as a feature for the game."

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News::A.M. Joy Jørgensen on Wingdaria Destiny

Marcus Estrada writes: "The game stars a man by the name of Evan. When he lived on the streets people harassed him due to his blindness. This was before Princess Aria saved him from a troubled life and gave him a home in her castle. After years of living together, theyve become quite close. Unfortunately, the time has finally come for Aria to fulfill her duties as a royal and marry a Prince for political reasons."

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