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• IGN Free Game of the Month - Heroes Reborn: Enigma

  08-02-2016 23:41
  
  IGN has partnered with Phosphor Games to give gamers Heroes Reborn: Enigma for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad free-of-charge! All copies of this surprising and unique game are available on a first-come, first-serve basis, so be sure to grab your free copy ASAP:iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch: http://www.ign.com/prime/promo/heroes-reborn-enigma-freeHeroes Reborn: Enigma comes from Phosphor Games, makers of top-notch AAA mobile games like Horn and A Dark Meadow. It's a gorgeous action-p
  
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• Street Fighter V’s Flashy Trailer Shows Off Older Returning Cast Members

  08-02-2016 23:07
  Street Fighter V is only one week away, and if you haven’t started building up the callouses on your thumbs, now’s the time. If you haven’t yet gotten motivated to rejoin the fight, perhaps a new trailer will get your blood pumping.
  One of the more interesting things about this look at Street Fighter is how characters have aged. We saw something similar in Mortal Kombat X, but a gray-haired Bison and bearded Dhalsim remind us that even the heartiest of pugilists aren’t a
  
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• Behaviour Interactive Brings Asymmetrical, Procedurally Generated Multiplayer Horror To PC

  08-02-2016 23:07
  Dead by Daylight is a newly announced horror title from developer Behaviour Interactive, a studio known for games like Wet and Naughty Bear. It sounds a lot like Illfonic’s upcoming Friday The 13th game. Both feature teens being maimed and an asymmetrical game of cat and mouse. This developer diary reveals the game and makes a case for how the game will be different when it eventually comes to Steam.In Dead by Daylight, perspective is everything. If you’re one of the four unlucky te
  
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• Rock Band 4 Publisher's CEO and Chairman Have Resigned

  08-02-2016 23:01
  
  Gaming peripherals manufacturer and Rock Band 4 publisher Mad Catz has announced an executive shakeup a day ahead of its earnings call tomorrow.
  Chairman Thomas Brown, President and CEO Darren Richardson, and Senior VP Whitney Peterson have all tendered their resignations from Mad Catz. Mad Catz’ has named director John Nyholt as the new Chairman and CFO Karen McGinnis as the new President and CEO.
  “Looking ahead, we are confident that we have a talented leadership team in place that
  
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• Out This Week: Firewatch, Unravel

  08-02-2016 22:00
  
  With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
  Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
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• Onimusha Discussions Happening at 'High Levels' at Capcom

  08-02-2016 21:19
  
  Yoshinoro Ono has revealed that an Onimusha reboot has been discussed at Capcom.
  Ono told DailyStar he's "spoken internally with people who made Onimusha" with him originally "and talked about how interesting it would be to revisit that series." However, the producer is adamant fans of the series shouldn't get excited at this point, as the company is "not further down the road than the discussion phase."
  With Capcom, Ono has been busy with the impending release of Street Fighter V, and is "
  
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• State of the Industry: Enough with the skeletons

  08-02-2016 20:23
  
  Over 2,000 devs surveyed in GDC's State of the Industry survey answer the vague question: "Is there anything else you'd like to say about the game industry?" As you can imagine, it gets quite heated. ...
  
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• Naruto, Bleach Funko Pops Coming to GameStop for Anime Day

  08-02-2016 20:06
  
  GameStop is gearing up for "Anime Day" with exclusive collectibles and extras for the soon to be released Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4.
  The Anime Day promotion begins on February 20. Besides various discounts the event marks the release of a limited "Kurama Mode" Kurama POP! Vinyl from Naruto, as well as the "Hollow Ichigo" collectible from Bleach.Naruto Kurama Mode PopThe figures will run for $17 and $11 respectively, and are apparently only available at GameStop.
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• 11 VR Games to Keep on Your Radar

  08-02-2016 19:55
  
  2016 is the bonafide year of virtual reality. The Samsung Gear VR launched late last year, Oculus Rift pre-orders are up and running, and HTC Vive and PlayStation VR are hot on their heels. While the first year of any new technology is typically rife with launch issues and growing pains, it’s hard not to get swept up in the excitement.
  It's true VR has a wide range of functions, but its potential for gaming is what has us most hyped. Anyone that’s ever played a game in VR for an exte
  
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• Road to the IGF: Red Hook Studios' Darkest Dungeon

  08-02-2016 19:52
  
  'Developing in Early Access is like working while naked in a transparent cube suspended above Times Square. But Darkest Dungeon is a stronger game for having gone through it.' ...
  
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• Respawn looks to buck the 'no campaign' trend with Titanfall 2

  08-02-2016 19:48
  
  Respawn is reportedly trying its hand at a single-player campaign and a TV spin-off for Titanfall 2, according to comments made by lead writer Jesse Stern in an interview with Fortune. ...
  
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• Techniques for procedurally generated worlds in Unity

  08-02-2016 19:04
  This post gets deep into world generation technique: "A heat map defines the temperature of our generated world. The heat map we are going to create will be based on latitude and height." ...
  
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• Firewatch Review

  08-02-2016 19:00
  
  These days I tend to enjoy games that are similar to a good book: a solitary, escapist experience I can get completely lost in without any interruptions from the outside world. Firewatch, then – on the strength of its gripping story, brilliant branching script, wholly convincing voice-acting performances, and stunning art direction – is easily one of my favorite and most memorable game experiences of this decade.
  Firewatch quickly lets you know that it’s not going to pull any e
  
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• Q& A: Serious VR design lurks just beneath Job Simulator's goofy premise

  08-02-2016 18:48
  
  Beneath the humor and disembodied white gloves of Owlchemy Labs' Job Simulator 2050 is a virtual reality game that incorporates some seriously solid VR interaction design fundamentals. ...
  
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• LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Will Expand Movie's Lore

  08-02-2016 18:37
  
  LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens will follow the movie's plot, but will also add exclusive lore to the Star Wars canon. Mike Taylor, the head of design at TT Fusion spoke to Game Informer about the details.
  Taylor said that Disney and Lucasfilm are allowing the team to "create some additional content," including "some levels that take place before the events of The Force Awakens." The game will explore the characters' backstory, which Taylor mentioned is, "...an absolute dream for any fan of St
  
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• Blog: Why are RPGs so hard to classify?

  08-02-2016 18:23
  "I've decided to sit down and rant a bit on why it's so hard to define this genre, and also why it's a genre that sometimes end restricting its games. Some of it will be obvious, but I hope to offer some decent insights."...
  
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• GDC: See how Paradox balances historical accuracy with good game design

  08-02-2016 18:05
  
  Paradox Interactive senior game designer Chris King is going to delve into the tricky balancing act that comes with making games about historical events at GDC 2016. Don't miss it!...
  
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• Daigo 'The Beast' Umehara gets nostalgic on Street Fighter II's 25th anniversary

  08-02-2016 18:02
  
  "Street Fighter II enthralled me just as it did to so many others. If there had been no SF2, I would not have been here today as a pro gamer."...
  
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• Independent VR platform Transport nets $25 million

  08-02-2016 17:58
  California-based virtual reality startup Wevr has received $25 million from investors including HTC and Samsung to further develop its independent VR distribution platform, Transport. ...
  
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• Twitch's top 10 for 2015: League of Legends cracks 1 billion hours watched

  08-02-2016 17:57
  "Four PC games, League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, DotA 2 and Hearthstone, are literally dwarfing the competition on Twitch."...
  
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• Blog: Austin's secret histories

  08-02-2016 16:56
  "I'm fascinated by all the things that lead up to people making up pastimes, toys and time-wasters generally referred to as 'games.' That includes where they live, who they associate with, how they regard themselves and each other."...
  
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• Dark Souls III Bosses Look Appropriately Intimidating In Opening Cinematic

  08-02-2016 16:48
  While From Software’s Souls series is known for being immensely challenging, it’s the bosses that strike terror into the hearts of gamers. These enormous, complex, and devastatingly twisted creations are at the heart of our Souls nightmares and victories.
  Bandai Namco has released the opening cinematic trailer for the upcoming Dark Souls III. Not only does it set the stage, but it gives us an appropriately foreboding look at the creatures that stand in between us and victory.
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• Final Fantasy Tactics designer's crowdfunded RPG, Unsung Story, put on hold

  08-02-2016 16:13
  "For the financial strength of the company we need to focus on a few products in the near term that have the ability to get to a retail release before Unsung Story is able to." ...
  
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• Hitman Takes Us Back To Agent 47’s Murderous Beginnings

  08-02-2016 16:05
  In a new trailer for the upcoming Hitman, we learn a bit more about the game’s place in the timeline. We’ve played as a seasoned Agent 47. Now it’s time to learn how the story began.
  The new video shows the assassin doing what he does best. The voiceover features 47’s long-time handler Diana Burnwood and a shadowy ICA leader discussing if the bald agent is too dangerous.
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  The Hitman beta begins first on PlayStation 4. You can jum
  
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• Watch Us Play the Hitman Beta Live

  08-02-2016 15:28
  
  If you haven't got access to the Hitman beta do not fear, because we'll be livestreaming it at 1pm GMT on Friday 12th February.
  The beta, which goes live first on PS4, will be taken apart by IGN's Rory Powers and Gav Murphy, who will shave their heads (possibly) in preparation for their first steps in Agent 47's shoes. The beta's mission is said to be set 20 years in the past, at a top secret ICA recruitment and training facility, and you'll get a glimpse of how Agent 47 was recruited, as well a
  
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• Red Dead Redemption briefly appears on the Xbox One, is quickly pulled

  08-02-2016 15:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Over the weekend, Xbox One owners were surprised to find out that Rockstar Games’ open-world western, Red Dead Redemption, was available to download and play. They were surprised again when the game was pulled and they found they could no longer play online. As it turned out, it hadn’t been Microsoft’s intention to release the game over the weekend. While some users reported that messages from Xbox support said the game would be re-released quickly, Microsoft’s Larry Hryb
  
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• Apple rejects The Binding of Isaac due to depictions of violence towards children

  08-02-2016 15:11
  An iOS port of psychological-horror shooter The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth has been rejected by Apple due to its depiction of violence towards children. ...
  
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• Unravel Review

  08-02-2016 15:00
  
  Unravel is perhaps best thought of as a pastoral platformer, where the terrain itself is of greater significance than how Yarny, its immediately loveable hero, moves through through it. While there are some great physics-based puzzles to solve and plenty of fun mechanics to play around with, Unravel distinguishes itself less as a platformer and more by offering an emotionally ambitious and complex adventure set which plays out against a breathtaking and atmospheric landscape.Every single level o
  
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• Maximizing game YouTube-ability with camera jitter

  08-02-2016 13:01
  "We all want to make games played by YouTubers. That's only reasonable, given the role that YouTube has in game publicity in 2016. But what technical and aesthetic choices can we make to get the most out of their play sessions?" ...
  
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• Win a Limited Edition Naruto Statue and a Copy of Ultimate Ninja Storm 4

  08-02-2016 11:09
  
  If you're a fan of anime, Naruto Shippuden will definitely be on your radar. To celebrate Friday's release of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 we're offering one reader the chance to win an Ultra Collector's Edition Naruto statue, which has sold out in the UK, and a copy of the game on a platform of choice, courtesy of Bandai Namco (@BandaiNamcoUK)The statue is 1/6th in scale, limited edition, and a must have for any collector.To win this prize, you must film yourself describing the
  
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• Why I trust Valve's judgment on seasonal sales

  08-02-2016 10:02
  Defender's Quest developer Lars Doucet on what Valve's getting right: "The games you see on your front page now depend mostly on you. And that's as it should be." ...
  
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• Battalion 1944 Reaches Funding Goal in Less Than 3 Days

  08-02-2016 07:01
  
  UK-based developer Bulkhead Interactive has confirmed that its upcoming World War II multiplayer shooter Battalion 1944 reached its £100,000 Kickstarter funding target in less than three days after being announced.
  “Thank you for backing Battalion 1944,” said Bulkhead Interactive producer Joe Brammer in a statement. “The team you're investing in are ready to build the next big first person shooter. We couldn't have done it without you, the community.”
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