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• Kanye West just announced a video game about his mother going to heaven

  11-02-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kanye West ended his album release party / fashion show in New York with a surprise announcement: that he's working on a video game called Only One about his mother "traveling through the gates of heaven." The game shares its name with a song West released two years ago, speaking from the point of view of his late mother after the birth of his daughter. West showed a short reel of dreamy footage from the game that, true to his word, depicts his mother flying through clouds and traveling on the b
  
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• Xbox One and Windows 10 Cross-Buy a 'Platform Feature'

  11-02-2016 23:09
  
  It appears cross-buy for Xbox One and Windows 10 PC games will be a new feature moving forward.
  Xbox Boss Phil Spencer said cross-buy will be a “platform feature” that’s “good for gamers” on Twitter.@Nahkapukki @MSFTY @Nicodemus9 @DCNationSlade We'll make it a platform feature. We think it's good for gamers.
  — Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) February 11, 2016
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• Someone built a Rocket League pitch in Halo 5 for Xbox One players

  11-02-2016 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  There’s finally a way to play Rocket League on Xbox One. No, the Xbox One version of the game is not out yet, but custom level designer TurbTastic has recreated the game as a multiplayer level in Halo 5: Guardians . The breakout hit of 2015, Rocket League is an odd, but compelling soccer game where teams of up to four players use race cars to push and lob a large ball across the soccer field. The game achieved massive success after launching on PC and PlayStation 4 last July
  
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• Destiny Expansion, Sequel Get Release Windows

  11-02-2016 22:28
  
  Ahead of its quarterly earnings call today, Activision has revealed more on the future of Destiny, which will see a major expansion this year and a sequel next year.
  "Activision Publishing, along with its partners at Bungie, expects to bring a large new expansion to Destiny in 2016 and to release a full game sequel in 2017," the investor note reads. Activision also stated that 25 million players have logged more than 3 billion hours in Destiny.
  Last month, a report asserted that Destin
  
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• A Ton of Game of Thrones: Season 6 Photos Revealed

  11-02-2016 22:11
  
  With the show's return just a couple of months away now, HBO has released 20 new photos from Game of Thrones: Season 6.Check out the gallery below to see new images of Tyrion, Daenerys, Cersei, Jaime, Sansa, Anya, Brienne and many more, several of which will lead to plenty of speculation regarding certain characters - such as the first look at the returning Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) alongside Max Von Sydow (The Exorcist, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) as the Three-Eyed Raven.Game of Thr
  
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• Weekly video game releases: 'Street Fighter V,' 'Rocket League,' 'Fire Emblem Fates'

  11-02-2016 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fighting game giant "Street Fighter V" prepares to make an impact, "Rocket League" roars onto Xbox One after a triumph on PS4 and PC, the very well received "Fire Emblem Fates" arrives in North America, "Project Setsuna" sets out to dazzle, and "Pillars of Eternity" receives a second expansion.
  
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• Super Smash Bros’ DLC characters fight it out in Nintendo’s final trailer

  11-02-2016 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nintendo has released a final DLC trailer showcasing all of the characters added to Super Smash Bros ‘ playable roster over the past year, giving a memorable sendoff to its landmark cross-franchise brawler. The trailer focuses on the seven new combatants introduced in the months after the launch of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. for 3DS , giving returning players an incentive to check out the multiplatform brawler’s greatly expanded character roster. Related:  
  
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• Exclusive Ascendancy Occultist Class Revealed

  11-02-2016 21:01
  Path of Exile, the popular free-to-play action/RPG from Grinding Gear Games, will be getting a brand new expansion next month. The Ascendancy expansion launches on March 4 as the fourth major update, and adds 19 new character classes including the newly announced Occultist. We talked with Grinding Gear about the new features and improvements to the game in Ascendancy, and got some insight into the changes that classes like the Occultist bring to the table.In Path of Exile, each of the core clas
  
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• Activision report could mean game on for Nintendo

  11-02-2016 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The video game industry, which has shifted from hard-core gamers to casual gamers, has become a mainstream form of entertainment. However, the momentum-oriented stocks in this cohort have been pummeled recently, which could pave the way for Nintendo.
  
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• Total War: Warhammer Shows Off Its Turn-Based Tabletop Roots

  11-02-2016 20:48
  Everything we’ve seen of Total War: Warhammer so far has been about the real-time strategy battles. Today we get a good look at the campaign, as Creative Assembly takes us through part of the Orc’s quest to dominate the Old World.
  In between the real-time battles, you’ll move troops around the map, conquer settlements, build structures, and upgrade your forces. In the video below, you’ll see how that works, and how Total War: Warhammer connects to the tabletop experience
  
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• If You Played The Division Beta, Odds Are You're a Traitor

  11-02-2016 20:37
  
  Ubisoft has revealed a bevy of statistics from The Division, and it seems like the overwhelming majority of players can't be trusted.
  The infographic's more general stats include nearly 300 million kills, and more than 621 million total minutes played. That is to say just over 10 million hours split between all players during the 120-hour closed beta.The Division BetaMore interesting, however, are the "Dark Zone" numbers.
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• New Ratchet and Clank Movie Poster Kicks Some Asteroid

  11-02-2016 20:14
  
  Ahead of its theatrical debut this April, a new poster for Ratchet & Clank: The Movie has been unveiled.
  As fans of Insomniac Games' beloved PlayStation franchise might expect, the promotional art delivers a clever little double entendre. See it below.Ratchet & Clank: The Movie releases April 29, 2016 and boasts an all-star voice cast, including Paul Giamatti as Chairman Drek, John Goodman as Grimroth and Sylvester Stallone as Victor.
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• The Witness, Firewatch, and Coping With Depression

  11-02-2016 19:00
  
  Many video games encourage isolation. They’ve long been an emotional safety net for me, in addition to my favorite hobby. Sudden depression occasionally corrupts my mood, and the only thing that seems useful, practical, and healthy is to hide. This is difficult when working an office job and living with my significant other. Thankfully, wonderful and supportive people around me understand my occasional need need for space.
  In one of these states of self-imposed isolation, I completed the t
  
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• Ubisoft 'Re-Examining the Assassin's Creed Franchise'

  11-02-2016 18:30
  
  Ubisoft confirmed that it would not release a new Assassin's Creed game in 2016, and it's because the publisher is "re-examining" the franchise.
  "This year, we also are stepping back and re-examining the Assassin’s Creed franchise," an article on UbiBlog explains.
  It continues, "Since the release of Assassin’s Creed Unity, we’ve learned a lot based on your feedback. We’ve also updated our development processes and recommitted to making Assassin’s Creed a premier ope
  
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• Quantum Break is coming to PC the same day as Xbox One

  11-02-2016 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Several high-profile Xbox exclusives have released on PC over the past few years, including launch games like Dead Rising 3 and even  Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare . But it looks like the “Xbox-exclusive” window is about to be completely eliminated, as one of the console’s most anticipated games,  Quantum Break , will be releasing the same day on PC. “Xbox wants to empower gamers to play the games they want with the people they want on the devices they want
  
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• Watch Dogs Sequel Confirmed for Release in the Next Year

  11-02-2016 18:21
  
  Ubisoft has confirmed the follow-up to Watch Dogs will be releasing before the end of its 2017 fiscal year.
  Since the company reports its annual results in April, the sequel will be coming out sometime before, as Ubisoft mentioned in its earnings release today in the lead-up to its call with investors.
  "Ubisoft will launch a very high-quality line-up," it stated in its release, mentioning "the next installment of Watch Dogs" along with a "new high-potential AAA brand with strong digita
  
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• Firewatch and the Addictiveness of Lonely Video Games

  11-02-2016 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Solitude, it turns out, can be addictive. So I learned playing the new hit indie game Firewatch, where all the action amounts to you, the player, being alone in the woods. You’re a lookout assigned to a summer posting in the Shoshone National Forest of Wyoming in 1989, meaning your job consists of nothing more than wandering around, clearing brush, and calling in any fires you might spot. Most video games equip you with tools and weapons, complex missions, and action sequences. All Firewat
  
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• Tesla's stock accelerates; Mylan sinks on $7.2B deal; Zynga gets crushed

  11-02-2016 17:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Time for your daily dose of trending tickers, the stocks you're following based on your Yahoo Finance ticker searches.
  
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• How Quantum Break’s Live Action Show Actually Works

  11-02-2016 17:17
  
  Remedy Entertainment has revealed exactly how in-game actions will affect Quantum Break’s live action episodes, and vice versa.
  Watch our video preview above to find out why Quantum Break is a shooter with brains.
  Quantum Break is Remedy’s Xbox One and Windows 10 third-person story-shooter featuring time manipulation, famous faces and four, 22-minute “TV show” episodes, woven throughout its game play.
  “The game is Jack’s story, the origin story of a superhero,
  
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• Alan Wake Now Backwards Compatible on Xbox One

  11-02-2016 17:14
  
  Xbox One's next wave of backwards compatible games have arrived. Starting today, Alan Wake's American Nightmare, LEGO Batman, Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space, and Trials HD are available to play.
  If you already own these games, either physically or digitally, you won't have to re-buy them. Also your Xbox 360 saves, add-ons, and achievements will carry over. If you don't own these games, but still want to try them out on Xbox One, you can purchase each title from the Xbox 360 store.
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• Knights and Bikes Confirmed for PlayStation 4

  11-02-2016 17:09
  
  Developer Foam Sword has confirmed that its first game Knights and Bikes will be coming to PlayStation 4.
  Foam Sword, made up of former developers on games like LittleBigPlanet and Ratchet and Clank, first announced Knights and Bikes last week.
  Today, Rex Crowle and Moo Yu took to the PS Blog to announce that the game will be coming to Sony's platform. They are also currently running a Kickstarter campaign, and they hope to raise £100,000.
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• Left For Dead In Conan Exiles

  11-02-2016 17:03
  Left for dead at the beginning of the game, it's up to your character to survive and conquer the wasteland in Funcom's open-world title Conan Exiles. A new developer diary for the title gives an overview of the title and teases the brutal combat the property is known for.
  The developers talk about your larger purpose in the game, how it begins, and some visual techniques being used to enrich the world, as well as give you a glimpse of some of the different non-desert environments in the title.
  
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• Blade and Soul Gets New Content, Passes 2 Million Players

  11-02-2016 16:39
  
  NCSoft has released the first content update for Blade & Soul today, and announced the game now has over two million players in the US and Europe since launch.
  The new update is called Rising Waters, and features three new pieces of max-level PvE content you can access once you've defeated Vice Admiral Poharan.
  In Bloodshade Harbor the six or four player Heroic dungeon, and its 24-player variant Nightshade Harbor, you'll be facing off against Blackram pirates and Admiral Hae Mujin.
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• Need for Speed PC Unlocks Framerate, Coming March

  11-02-2016 16:30
  
  Need for Speed is coming to PC March 15. Member's of EA's Origin service can play Need for Speed on PC beginning March 10.
  Several improvements over the console versions are coming to the PC release, including graphical improvements like an unlocked framerate and available 4K resolution.
  Besides graphical improvements, Need for Speed on PC will also see the addition of manual transmissions, something EA says the Need for Speed community often discussed. Adding further to the realism on PC, EA is
  
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• 2K Releases Lots of Troubleshooting Tips for XCOM 2

  11-02-2016 16:04
  
  XCOM 2 has apparently had a few performance issues since its launch last week, and Firaxis and 2K are trying to address that.
  "We are aware some players have experienced performance issues while playing XCOM 2, and we are looking into them and gathering more information from users," says Dave Hinkle, Firaxis Community Manager on the 2K forums.
  The thread goes on to list off a number of known issues, and how you can work around them.
  If you are having general performance issues, you are advised t
  
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• Quantum Break is coming to Windows 10, PC version free with Xbox One preorder

  11-02-2016 15:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Quantum Break, the biggest exclusive announced at the Xbox One reveal in 2013, is no longer an Xbox One exclusive. Today developer Remedy Entertainment and publisher Microsoft Studios announced the third-person shooter and episode television show hybrid will be released on April 5th for both Xbox One and Windows 10. Preordering a digital copy of the console version unlocks a free copy for Windows 10, along with a Xbox One backwards-compatible download of Remedy's most recent shooter for Xbox 360
  
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• Quantum Break Is Coming to PC

  11-02-2016 15:01
  
  Quantum Break has been confirmed for Windows 10 PCs, while the contents of its Xbox One bundle have also been revealed.
  A listing on the Brazil Advisory Rating Board had previously hinted at a PC version being in the works, but now we have official confirmation that both Windows 10 and Xbox One versions will arrive simultaneously on April 5. Pricing for the PC version is yet to be confirmed and there’s no word on whether a non-Windows 10 version will be forthcoming.
  Furthermore,&
  
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• Quantum Break Is a Shooter With Brains

  11-02-2016 15:01
  
  There really aren’t very many games about time travel. Sure, there are a lot of games that feature time travel as a tool or plot device, but there aren’t many that explore its implications, attempt to dissect the nature of it or highlight the science on which it might be based. That’s odd, because time travel is a fascinating subject that’s rich in theoretical conundrums, like “If I travel back in time to re-eat the delicious sandwich I just had for lunch, will I fe
  
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• 'Rocket League' confirms Xbox One debut

  11-02-2016 12:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The breakaway cars and soccer hybrid is due to land on Xbox One on February 17, complete with a couple of extras made just for Xbox. First launching in July 2015 on PlayStation 4 and Windows PC, "Rocket League" was an immediate success on both computer and console. "Rocket League" become one of the year's must-plays.
  
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• Here's Exactly When You Can Play The Beta And Other Details

  11-02-2016 04:05
  Homefront: The Revolution's beta begins tomorrow, and Dambuster Studios has offered some details about it, including exactly when it will start.
  The beta is closed, so you will need a code to get in. Here's where you can apply. It's only available on Xbox One and begins Thursday, February 11 at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST, 7 p.m. GMT, 8 p.m. CET) and goes until Sunday, February 14, midnight PST (Monday 3 a.m. EST, 8 a.m. GMT, 9 a.m. CET).
  The beta will be testing out three missions in Resistance mo
  
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• More Time Periods We Want to Play Far Cry In

  11-02-2016 02:05
  
  Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. This week we're discussing Far Cry Primal, Titanfall 2, Oculus Rift, and more. Watch the video above or download the podcast below.
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• Titanfall 2 Toys Arriving Alongside Game in 2016

  11-02-2016 00:43
  
  Update: When asked for more details regarding Titanfall 2's release date, an EA representative told IGN, “MacFarlane Toys will be releasing toys inspired by Titanfall in Winter of 2016. We have yet to provide a release date for the next Titanfall experience from Respawn.”
  McFarlane Toys is creating figures for Titanfall 2, which will arrive alongside Respawn's game in Winter 2016.
  A promotional image on the McFarlane Toys website specifies that a series of 7-inch figures ar
  
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• Dominion Mode Is Disappearing From League of Legends

  11-02-2016 00:40
  
  More than four years after introducing Dominion mode, Riot Games is removing the game type from League of Legends.
  "Fewer than 0.5% of players actively play Dominion and we’re aware some number of even that small population is still bots," reads an announcement from Riot. The post specifies that alternate match types "work better in short cycles rather than as standalone queues."
  League of Legends has a history of short-term events. The winter-themed Snowdown League of Legends event brough
  
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