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• Enforce Your Rule In Obsidian's New Fantasy RPG

  22-03-2016 22:40
  Have you ever been curious what Judge Dredd might be like in a dark fantasy setting? Obsidian and Paradox Interactive's upcoming RPG, Tyranny, might just be up your alley then.Set in the land of Tiers after a great war, you play an officer in the army of Kyros, the overlord who's brought devastation to the world. According to Game Director Brian Hines, the concept for the game sprung from a desire to "tell stories based more on human hate and greed than magic. You're not some farmhand who'
  
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• Fallout 4 Survival Mode To Enter Beta on PC Soon

  22-03-2016 22:12
  
  UPDATE: Bethesda has since tweeted a release window, saying "Survival mode overhaul should be in Steam beta next week."
  Fallout 4's overhauled Survival mode will enter Steam beta on PC "soon," according to Bethesda. Although no other specifics were given, we've reached out for an official date and will update if we hear anything back.
  Bethesda provided the release window on Twitter in response to a fan..@aCrazayHomeBoy @Fallout Survival Mode will be going into Steam Beta soon
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• Report: Nintendo will stop making Wii U consoles in 2016

  22-03-2016 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nintendo will stop manufacturing the Wii U by the end of 2016, according to a report from Japanese newspaper Nikkei. According to the report, as translated by Polygon, the console manufacturer has already shut down production of certain Wii U accessories, and will cease production of the console itself later this year. The news would signal the final nail in the coffin for the failed dual-screen device, which Nintendo has already confirmed will be replaced with a new home console, code
  
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• Crytek Explains Its Process For 90 Frames-Per-Second, Photorealistic Virtual Reality

  22-03-2016 21:19
  Crytek has long had a reputation for pushing technical boundaries, and its first virtual reality project is no different. The Climb will take Rift owners around the world to scale gorgeous mountainsides, but Crytek had to adjust its process to make the scenery believable.
  In the video below, members of the team discuss why two-dimensional techniques don’t work well in virtual reality. You’ll also learn a bit about how detailing on virtual hands and gloves can help enhance the sense
  
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• Vote Now: Straw Hat Pirates vs. The Sinister Six

  22-03-2016 21:01
  
  Round 1 of IGN's Super Team Tournament 2016 is officially behind us, and boy was it a doozy. It's clear that love for teams like Foxhound, The Justice League, and The Z Fighters are strong with the IGN audience. But as much as we want to linger on our fallen comrades (rest in peace, Greendale 7), it's time to focus on the matter at hand: Round 2!
  Take a look at bracket as it stands today, and be sure to cast your votes for this round before 5:00 AM PT this Thursday, March 24:Click for a high-res
  
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• Playing The Opening Hours Of Hyper Light Drifter's Mysterious World

  22-03-2016 20:30
  Developer Heart Machine announced the release date this morning for its upcoming Hyper Light Drifter. The game will be available next week, so we've decided to post our extended feature on the game that appeared in our March 2016 issue of the magazine. You will find the fill feature below.
  Hyper Light Drifter has no spoken dialogue or written sto ry. A few lines of text appear during the opening moments to discuss small mechanics, but that’s the last time you see any words. The way
  
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• New Western Trailer Confirms European Release

  22-03-2016 20:13
  Sega has released a new trailer for the upcoming prequel to the fan-favorite Yakuza series. The trailer includes several action scenes from Yakuza 0, and confirms that it will also be getting a European release.Yakuza 0 will tell the story of series protagonists Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima as they were before they hit their stride in the Yakuza syndicate. The two friends fight their way up the hierarchy, doing all sorts of over-the-top things as Yakuza foot soldiers. See for yourself in the tr
  
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• Sony’s PlayStation VR bundles are selling like hotcakes

  22-03-2016 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sony may have just finalized the release date for the Playstation VR headset, but it’s already gearing up to sell the device, with pre-orders opening, and then selling out quickly, at a number of online retailers. It isn’t the most advanced headset on the market, featuring a 5.7-inch OLED display with a 1080p resolution, which is a bit lower than the 2,160 x 1,200 screens found in the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. It makes up for it partially with plug and play simplicity, as well as a m
  
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• The Rise and Fall of StarCraft II as an eSport

  22-03-2016 19:22
  
  When the history books of esports are written, they will refer with reverence to the Roman Empire of gaming that was StarCraft. Released in 1998, the original StarCraft developed an unprecedented following in South Korea, where, for over a decade, complex leagues with ever-burgeoning prize pools increased the game’s profile and popularity. Poised to capitalize on that momentum and usher in a new era of competitive real-time strategy, StarCraft II launched in 2010 to universal critical accl
  
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• Naughty Dog Talks Pushing The PS4’s Technical Limitations For Drake's Final Outing

  22-03-2016 19:03
  Naughty Dog released the latest episode of its behind-the-scenes look at the making of Uncharted 4 today. In it, the developers discuss how the power of the PS4 allowed them to improve the look and feel of the series for Drake’s final adventure.  
  The developers at Naughty Dog say Uncharted 4 will have vast improvements in texture, attention to detail, and scope compared to the last game in the series. Additionally, as was previously announced, in-game areas will be more open and all
  
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• Everything You Need to Know From GDC 2016

  22-03-2016 19:00
  
  The 2016 Game Developer Conference had more news, gameplay footage, reveals, and surprises than any other GDC in recent memory. It was a busy event, and we've got you covered if you missed any of the exciting announcements. This is the biggest, most exciting stuff you need to know.
  At GDC 2016, Sony finally announced the price and release window for PlayStation VR, which is now available for pre-order. Check out the video below for our most-anticipated PSVR games.
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• Here’s what Daredevil’s intro would look like as an old-school video game

  22-03-2016 18:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At this point, many fans of Marvel’s  Daredevil series on Netflix have already binged their way through all 13 episodes of the recently released second season, and are desperately craving another fix of the gritty superhero drama. Fortunately, the Internet has a way of providing when it comes to these kind of things … in its own, special way, of course. For anyone who has ever wondered what the opening sequence from  Daredevil would look like as an old-school video ga
  
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• Telltale's The Walking Dead Season 3 Is Coming in 2016

  22-03-2016 18:09
  
  The next installment of Telltale's The Walking Dead will land sometime later this year.
  The news comes courtesy of an interview between the developer and Mashable. In the article the studio also leaves some vague clues about how it will tie into the first two seasons.
  Telltale CEO Kevin Bruner says the new series will take an "unexpected" approach to tying together previous stories. He specified that it wouldn't be from "the bag of tricks that we've ever shown anybody before."
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• 100 Games Coming to Atari Vault

  22-03-2016 18:00
  
  Atari Vault, the upcoming classic Atari collection for Steam, will include 100 classic Atari VCS and arcade games. In addition to a large selection of commercial releases, some prototype titles are also included, including Atari 2600 title Save Mary and the VCS port of Tempest.
  The complete list of games includes:3D Tic Tac Toe - 2600Adventure - 2600Air Sea Battle - 2600Asteroids - 2600Asteroids - ArcadeAsteroids Deluxe - ArcadeBackgammon - 2600Basic Math - 2600Basketball - 2600Black Widow - Arc
  
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• World of Warcraft Comes to Face Off

  22-03-2016 17:01
  
  The contestants on Syfy's Face Off are constantly asked to create big, bold and impressive makeup FX, but this week they're going to explore a huge arena as they tackle World of Warcraft.
  IGN has an exclusive clip from Wednesday's new episode, as World of Warcraft's Senior Art Director, Chris Robinson, joins Face Off host McKenzie Westmore to explain the different type of WoW creatures that the contestants will be asked to bring to life - which one of the contestants, Melissa, is particularly ex
  
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• Minecraft: Story Mode Now An Eight-Episode Season, Episode Five Out Next Week

  22-03-2016 17:01
  Telltale is building Minecraft: Story Mode’s first season into something a bit larger. In 2015, the studio teased that the fifth installment would be something different. Today, we’ve learned just how it all fits together.
  The Wither Storm arc wrapped up with episode four. The next installment, Order Up, isn’t the end. It’s just a new beginning.
  It bridges the gap to another three-episode arc that will be rolling out later in 2016. Episodes six through eight will be a pa
  
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• TrackMania Turbo Launch Trailer Goes All Out

  22-03-2016 17:00
  TrackMania Turbo hits stores today, and while the game features four-player splitscreen co-op, hundreds of tracks, and the ability to make hundreds more with a tools editor, but there's only one launch trailer.
  The game just concluded its open beta, and its December released last year was bumped to allow for more time for development, which should hopefully improve the experience.
  TrackMania Turbo is out today for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
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• Minecraft: Story Mode Episode 5 Dated, Also Getting 3 Extra Episodes

  22-03-2016 17:00
  
  Telltale's Minecraft: Story Mode series will receive its fifth episode next Tuesday, March 29. Episode 5 was expected to be the end of the first series, but Telltale has also announced that three more "post-season" episodes will arrive throughout 2016.
  Episode 5, titled "Order Up!" will bridge the gap from Episode 4's concluded Wither Storm story arc to the new content, and sees the series' heroes arrive in an entirely new (and extinction-threatened) world, Sky City. The voice cast will be joine
  
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• Composer Reveals the Original Ending of Halo 2

  22-03-2016 17:00
  
  Halo 2 has gone down in gaming history for having one of the biggest cliffhanger endings in a single-player campaign, resulting in the iconic scene of Master Chief delivering the powerful line “Sir. Finishing this fight.”
  In a recent interview with IGN Unfiltered airing later this week, however, composer Marty O’Donnell revealed this was not the original ending planned for Halo 2.
  According to O’Donnell, the original ending of Halo 2 had a much cleaner resolution, ending
  
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• Hyper Light Drifter Announces Release Date With New Trailer

  22-03-2016 16:40
  Hyper Light Drifter's long development cycle is coming to an end, and the game now has a release date – and a new trailer – for its PC and Mac versions.
  The game comes out on March 31, and the trailer notes that the console versions will be out by the end of the year.
  For more on the game, and developer Heart Machine's take on its difficulty, check out this previous preview.
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• Smite Enters Open Beta on PS4

  22-03-2016 16:38
  
  Smite has entered open beta on PlayStation 4.
  That means anyone with a PS4 and an Internet connection can download the popular MOBA for free and take it for a test spin.
  As this week is also the second anniversary of Smite, developer Hi-Rez has a few promotions lined up, with a new event each day up until March 28. At the moment, the Ultimate God Pack – which contains access to all current and future gods – is available for 50 percent off the asking price.
  If you’re wondering w
  
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• DriveClub Studio Closed Down by Sony

  22-03-2016 16:37
  
  Sony has confirmed the closure of Evolution Studios, creators of MotorStorm and DriveClub.
  Last year the developer was hit with layoffs that affected 55 people. Now GamesIndustry.biz reports Sony has made the decision to make the rest of the staff redundant.
  "Where possible we will try to reallocate people onto other projects," says Sony's statement. "If appropriate opportunities are not possible within the company, we will assist staff in any way we can, including speaking with local employers
  
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• Yakuza 0 Western Release Window Announced

  22-03-2016 15:34
  
  Yakuza 0 is coming to North America and Europe in early 2017, Sega has announced.
  Yakuza 0 was first announced for a western release at PSX 2015. There was some confusion over whether it would be coming to Europe too, but Sega has now confirmed this is the case.
  The Yakuza prequel came out in Japan last year on PS3 and PS4, however Sega is only localizing the PS4 version for release next year. A physical edition will be released in addition to the digital one, and Sega is targeting a simult
  
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• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3's Nuk3town Map Now Free

  22-03-2016 15:32
  
  The previously pre-order exclusive Nuk3town map for Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 has now become freely available to all players on Xbox One, PS4 and PC, alongside a new personalization pack of Nuk3town-themed in-game cosmetics.
  The updated version of the Black Ops' series perennially popular close-quarters multiplayer map will be added to map rotation across a number of playlists, and a Nuk3town-only playlist will be available for the next week, according to an Activision blog post.
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• Choose Whether to Kill Gary Busey or Gary Cole in Hitman

  22-03-2016 15:25
  
  The Hitman developers have asked fans to choose between Gary Busey and Gary Cole.
  But this isn't a popularity contest, as whoever "wins" the vote will become a target in an upcoming Hitman contract this summer. In the video below, the two actors each give very convincing arguments as to why they deserve to die.
  Head over to ChooseYourHit.com to make your decision. Either #KillBusey or #KillCole.
  Io Interactive and Square Enix have stepped up the Hitman marketing game this time around, with
  
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• Nintendo's first smartphone game attracts over one million users

  22-03-2016 09:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nintendo said on Tuesday its first smartphone game attracted more than one million users three days after release -- good news for the Japanese game giant that was long reluctant to stray from its console-only policy. Last week Nintendo released "Miitomo" -- a free-to-play and interactive game which allows users to create "Mii" avatars -- as it tries to compete better with rivals. The number of users for the game, rolled out in Japan last Thursday, surpassed the one million mark on Saturday, a s
  
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• Teens react to playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 on the original PlayStation

  22-03-2016 00:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  We're just days away from the first mass market virtual reality headsets shipping to customers, but even with the future of gaming right around the corner, it's still fun to look back at the games that defined the hobby decades ago. That's exactly what the Fine Bros. have been doing with their React series on YouTube, and the latest game to be put through the ringer is Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 . DON'T MISS:  Tesla explains how you can reserve a Model 3, the first affordable Tesla The g
  
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