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• Pitchford: 80% of Gearbox Staff are Working on Battleborn

  23-02-2016 23:48
  
  Of the 300-person staff at Gearbox Studios, approximately 80 percent are working on the upcoming team-based shooter Battleborn.
  This is according to Gearbox head Randy Pitchford, who revealed the statistics to Polygon during a recent podcast interview.
  Pitchford claims the group working on Battleborn is collectively larger than the groups used to develop the previous two major installments in their blockbuster FPS franchise.Continue reading…
  
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• Far Cry Primal Patch Adds Expert Mode

  23-02-2016 23:34
  
  Far Cry Primal received a day one patch alongside launch today, which adds an Expert Mode.
  The patch notes from Ubisoft state that in Expert Mode, Takkar's health is halved compared to hard difficulty. The A.I.'s attack speed is increased by 1/3, enemies aren't shown on the mini-map unless tagged, and they'll will take longer to forget about you when you hide. It also reduces your aim assist, makes several weapons' aim assist box smaller, and reduces your damage.
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• Will virtual reality kill Nintendo’s next-gen console before it even launches?

  23-02-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nintendo faces an interesting dilemma. If it waits too long to release a new console, everyone will just wait to see what Sony and Microsoft do to follow up the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. On the other hand, if Nintendo jumps the gun, it could find itself in the middle of a war with some unexpectedly expensive VR hardware. In other words, Nintendo is going to have to pick its poison with the NX . READ MORE:  HTC’s VR headset will blow your mind – and now you can finally ord
  
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• Obsidian Entertainment Brings The Tabletop Experience to Tablets

  23-02-2016 22:24
  The developers at Obsidian Entertainment are no strangers to adapting successful, lore-filled universes. From KOTOR II to Fallout: New Vegas to even South Park: The Stick of Truth, they’ve consistently delivered new takes on existing and well-loved franchises. Pathfinder is the latest series to get the Obsidian treatment, with a mobile adaption of the deckbuilding Pathfinder Adventure Card Game coming March 29.We recently had some hands-on time with the game and played through its first (
  
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• Here are the Xbox Live Games with Gold titles for March

  23-02-2016 22:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Update: Check out the free Games with Gold titles for March!
  Microsoft is giving away even more free games at a rate of two Xbox One, and two Xbox 360 games per month. That is, as long as you're quick enough to snatch them up while they're available. Xbox's Games with Gold program hands out free downloadable copies of games from the Xbox 360 and Xbox One libraries, but if you miss out, you're not going to see those games for free anytime soon (oh and don't forget: all Xbox 360 Games With Gold ar
  
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• Farming Simulator 17 Announced

  23-02-2016 21:51
  
  Focus Home Interactive has announced that Farming Simulator 17 is heading to PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at the end of this year.
  Giants Software is once again developing the newest installment in the series. "Each time we release a new version togetherwe reach more people, and we look forward to expanding this reach even further in the coming years," said Thomas Frey, vice president of Giants.
  While new features are promised for Farming Simulator 17, Focus and Giants aren't pulling
  
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• Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation Review

  23-02-2016 21:45
  
  Revelation, the excellent third branch in the Fire Emblem Fates story, might be relegated to download-only (unless you own the Special Edition), but it shouldn’t be missed. This entirely unique turn-based tactics campaign is a fantastic trifecta of imaginative battle maps, bountiful and engaging character interactions, and challenging yet accessible combat. Things really take off after a rough start to the story, and great customization and balanced difficulty make it a great investment fo
  
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• Xbox Games with Gold for March Unveiled

  23-02-2016 21:42
  
  Microsoft has officially announced the four games coming to Xbox Games with Gold for March 2016.
  For Xbox One players, you'll get the mysteries of Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, available free for Gold users throughout the month of March.
  Dark Souls-inspired Lords of the Fallen is the second game for Xbox One, and will be a free download for Gold subscribers from March 15 through April 15.
  For Xbox 360 players, Gold members can download the massive real-time strategy game Supreme Comma
  
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• The Most Terrifying Foes in Fiction

  23-02-2016 21:05
  
  We all have certain fears lurking in our subconscious. Giant spiders, the dark, ...clowns. One of the great things about movies, TV and video games is that they allow us to encounter these fears without actually coming into any danger.
  Still, you may be safe and sound cuddled up on your couch, but that doesn't stop these foes and enemies from giving us a serious case of the heebie-jeebies. 13 IGN Editors below share the 13 creatures and villains they're a little too afraid of.
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• Axiom Verge Is Still Headed To Vita As Dev Details Road To Completion

  23-02-2016 20:59
  It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that porting a game is a simple process. Especially as the prevalence of PlayStation 4 and Vita simultaneous releases with cross-buy and cross-save has grown, we often don’t consider that there are challenges in delivering the whole package.
  We quite enjoyed Axiom Verge when it was released last year (our review), and many of us have been eagerly awaiting the Vita port. Unlike some unfortunate late-stage cancelations, Axiom Verge is still
  
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• Explore Ruins And Settlements On A Dystopian Mars In This Trailer

  23-02-2016 20:37
  Publisher Focus Home Interactive released a new trailer for the sci-fi action RPG The Technomancer. It features a close look at some of the remaining settlements and exotic lifeforms on the ravaged surface of Mars in the distant future.The Technomancer, developed by the French studio Spiders, takes place hundreds of years after the colonization of Mars. A catastrophic event has all but destroyed life on the planet, leaving only a few satellite settlements standing. 
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• Assemble A Squad Of Mercenaries In Tactical RPG Grand Kingdom

  23-02-2016 20:01
  Four nations struggle to fight for riches in NIS America’s newest strategy RPG. ...(read more)
  
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• First Full Screenshots Revealed For Styx: Shards Of Darkness

  23-02-2016 19:50
  Styx: Master of Shadows is getting a sequel from Cyanide Studio, Styx: Shards of Darkness, and some early screenshots have been revealed.
  The goblin assassin Styx will resume his role as the main character in Shards of Darkness, exploring a variety of lands throughout the game. These include the City of Thieves, built from the remains of shipwrecks, and the Elven city of Korangar, hidden high in the mountains. You can see them in high-res in the gallery below.
  The new environments in the game a
  
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• Square Enix celebrates Hitman GO's launch on PlayStation and Steam with a hand-crafted diorama

  23-02-2016 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hitman GO has been available on mobile for almost two years, and its minimalist art style and strategic gameplay garnered quite a bit more praise than the last “real” Hitman game, Absolution . If you’ve been waiting for a chance to play the game on a bigger screen, then Square Enix has some good news for you: Hitman GO is out now on PlayStation 4, Vita, and Steam. If you purchase Hitman GO , either on Steam or on PSN with a PlayStation Plus account, you’ll also get a 20%
  
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• Get the original Doom and Doom II free by pre-ordering the Xbox One version of Doom

  23-02-2016 15:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Doom isn’t out for a few more months yet, but if you just can’t wait, what better way to kill some time than by blasting your way through the pixelated demons in the original versions of the game? That’s assuming you’re playing on the Xbox One, and you’ve pre-ordered the game. As initially hinted at by a listing in the Australian Xbox One Store, both the original Doom and Doom II will be available for free to those who pre-order the new Doom , IGN has now confi
  
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• New Class Revealed for Blade & Soul

  23-02-2016 14:17
  
  NCSoft has revealed the next class coming to Blade & Soul: the Warlock.
  The Warlock will be coming on March 2 along with the Unchained update. It will be a ranged class "with great power but considerable fragility."
  Its iconic aspect is the ability to summon a Thrall to the field which lasts for a short time but is able to engage enemies, thus protecting the Warlock. The new class' main damage dealing abilities are Dragoncall and Wingstorm, and its combos are designed to either reduce or res
  
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• Warpath Mode Revealed for Doom Multiplayer

  23-02-2016 14:15
  
  Bethesda and id have revealed Warpath mode for Doom.
  Warpath is a take on a normal King of the Hill mode, except the capture-point moves around the map in a circle along a marked path. At the same time, a demon rune circles the path on the opposite side of the map.
  Grabbing the rune turns you into an extremely powerful demon, but won't get you the points you need to win, so you'll have to choose which objective to go for. Bethesda says that the moving objectives will force players to move just a
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront Update Adds New Map, New Mission

  23-02-2016 14:13
  
  Star Wars Battlefront's large February update has begun rolling out on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One.
  First of all, the Jakku DLC content is being patched into the game, so you no longer need to download it separately from the store. Furthermore you can delete the existing download from your hard drive.
  A new map called Twilight on Hoth has been added, and is available on the Walker Assault, Supremacy, Turning Point, Blast, Fighter Squadron, Drop Zone, and Heroes vs. Villains game types.
  A new
  
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• Walking Dead video games get new life from Michonne spin-off

  23-02-2016 14:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While the series wasn't the studio's first attempt merge a TV-like narrative structure with an interactive game, it was by far the most successful. It turns out all the game needed was a great new character. If you’ve watched the show or read the comic, you don’t need an introduction to Michonne.
  
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• Pre-order Doom on Xbox One and Get the First Two Games Free

  23-02-2016 11:47
  
  If you pre-order DOOM on Xbox One, you’ll be gifted free copies of the original DOOM and DOOM II.
  Both DOOM and DOOM II are available on Xbox One as backward-compatible titles. Codes for the games are expected to arrive in the buyer’s Xbox Message Center within 7-10 days, and are redeemable on the Xbox website.
  Pre-ordering DOOM also nets you the Demon Multiplayer Pack, which contains a unique Demon-themed armour set – with three skin variations – six Hack Modules, six me
  
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• The imposter's guide to taking feedback

  23-02-2016 10:01
  Putting your unfinished work in the hands of a stranger can make you feel incredibly vulnerable. But running and digesting playtests is a skill that dramatically increases your usefulness as a designer....
  
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• The Walking Dead: Michonne - Episode 1 Review

  23-02-2016 09:01
  
  The story of The Walking Dead: Michonne’s first episode doesn’t stand out, but its main character definitely does. Like previous Telltale Walking Dead series, Michonne’s first episode highlights the horrors of both walkers and people. This time around, however, the focus is almost entirely on Michonne herself, and while that works well, my confidence in the larger story’s long-term potential suffers as a result. Despite plot shortfalls, though, this is a tense, well-paced
  
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• Fallout 4 Getting PC Mod Support in April, Console to Follow

  23-02-2016 07:15
  
  Fallout 4 will get official PC mod support sometime in April, Bethesda's Todd Howard recently announced.
  In an interview with Game Informer, Howard said the company is aiming to release mod support between the first and second DLC packs. Mod support for Xbox One will come the month after, and for PlayStation 4, a month after that. The intent is to get the support fully running on PC before moving on to consoles.
  Howard also discussed Fallout 4's upcoming DLC, of which three updates were recently
  
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• A look behind the scenes of Portal

  23-02-2016 01:22
  
  A new video shows Portal's evolution -- across many early builds -- from the student game Narbacular Drop to the polished Valve hit it ultimately became....
  
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• The free-wheeling development of the disastrous E.T. for Atari 2600

  23-02-2016 01:10
  
  "It's awesome to be credited with single-handedly bringing down a billion-dollar industry with eight kilobytes of code. But the truth is a little more complex." - Howard Scott Warshaw, developer of E.T. for the Atari 2600...
  
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• Video: Civilization IV lead Soren Johnson on how board games matter

  23-02-2016 00:45
  
  Mohawk Games' Soren Johnson explains the defining trait of board games is not, in fact, their actual physical components, but the transparency necessitated by their physical design....
  
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• Get a job: Glu Mobile seeks a Graphics Engineer

  23-02-2016 00:16
  
  The publisher best known for Kim Kardashian Hollywood is searching for a graphics engineer with a deep understanding of graphics technologies for mobile game development. ...
  
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• Don't miss: A classic Pokémon interview on the series' origins and design

  23-02-2016 00:01
  The series' longtime director, Junichi Masuda, is joined by Pokémon Platinum director Takeshi Kawachimaru, and speaks about the origins of the franchise up through its DS incarnations. ...
  
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