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• Listen To An Exclusive Track From The Upcoming Rhythm RPG's Soundtrack In This Teaser

  30-03-2016 23:45
  Kasedo Games and Puuba announced The Metronomicon today, a rhythm RPG in the vein of Final Fantasy: Theatrhythm. The game will feature a fully-licensed soundtrack with songs from Mindless Self Indulgence lead singer Jimmy Urine, Shiny Toy Guns, and other hit chiptune, indie, and electronic artists.Players will switch between four concurrent hero-specific songs during battles, activating abilities that are powered up through rhythmic button presses.  Characters in the player’s eight-p
  
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• DICE Discusses The Narrative, Architecture In Developer Diary

  30-03-2016 22:51
  The latest dev diary for Mirror's Edge Catalyst has been released, and it goes over the new narrative direction and open-world city design for the game.In the video below, the DICE team talks about how it fleshed out Faith's backstory, portrayed the different factions, and tackled the specific architectural design of the city of Glass. The video is interspersed with clips of important cutscenes and city vistas from the game.
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• Beyond: Why Grand Theft Auto in Japan Doesn't Work

  30-03-2016 22:45
  
  This week, it's Max "Blade Runner" Scoville, Brian "My Cousin Vinny" Altano, Marty "Scent of a Woman" Sliva, and Alanah "Fury Road" Pearce, and we're talking about the future of Call of Duty, and just how futuristic that future should be, GTA 6 and the possibility of a Grand Theft Auto in another country, and why people are/aren't pre-ordering a Playstation V.
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• Killer Instinct Season 3 introduces Windows 10, Xbox One cross-platform play

  30-03-2016 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Microsoft has rolled out its latest content update for Double Helix’s one-on-one fighter Killer Instinct , introducing cross-platform play between the game’s Xbox One edition and a newly released Windows 10 port. The Windows 10 version of Killer Instinct is free to download from the Windows Store, and includes all features and characters previously seen in its Xbox One counterpart. In addition to offering cross-platform play, the Windows 10 version of Killer Instinct allows veteran X
  
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• Far Cry Primal Getting Free Survival Mode

  30-03-2016 22:30
  
  Ubisoft is bringing a free survival mode to Far Cry Primal on April 12.
  The game's survival mode will feature optional permadeath and a stamina gauge for Takkar, meaning he'll grow weaker and need rest from time to time. In addition, the minimap is turned off.
  "The idea of doing this mode actually started from the team, saying they wanted to create this mode based on feedback they got from the community,” Far Cry Primal director Thomas Simon said on the UbiBlog. “The keystone of that
  
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• Shadow of the Beast Release Date Revealed

  30-03-2016 22:14
  
  Heavy Spectrum Entertainment Labs' Shadow of the Beast will release in North America on May 17.
  According to Matt Birch, CEO and founder of Heavy Spectrum, the team has reached a "critical point" in the game's development. Heavy Spectrum has made "significant changes" over the past few months. The team is "targeting 60 frames per second," and fine-tuning the Shadow of the Beast's combat system to focus on "optimal response times."Aarbron in Shadow of the BeastContinue reading…
  
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• Take A Look At The Colorful Criminal Underworld In This Announcement Trailer

  30-03-2016 21:20
  Publisher Mode 7 announced Tokyo 42 today. The isometric action game blends the open-world action of classic Grand Theft Auto titles with the blend-in stealth and crowd simulation found in Assassin’s Creed multiplayer.
  Developed by the brand-new studio SMAC Games, Tokyo 42 casts players as a freelance assassin taking hit contracts in a vibrant futuristic cityscape. A multiplayer arena mode pits players against one another in a deadly game of cat and mouse, swapping skins to blend in with
  
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• PlayStation Plus Free April Games Revealed

  30-03-2016 20:53
  
  Sony has revealed the next six free games coming to PlayStation Plus.
  PS4 users will get access to multiplayer shooter Dead Star and survival-horror FPS Zombi. On PlayStation 3, Sony is offering I Am Alive and Savage Moon.
  Lastly, PlayStation Vita owners will get to play A Virus Named Tom and Shutshimi.
  Broforce and Galak-Z on PS4, Super Stardust HD and The Last Guy on PS3, and Flame Over and Reality Fighters on PS Vita will all be leaving the Instant
  
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• Ubisoft’s Zombi free with PlayStation Plus in April

  30-03-2016 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sony’s PlayStation Plus service will give subscribers access to free downloadable copies of Ubisoft’s first-person survival horror game Zombi and the team-based space shooter Dead Star for the PlayStation 4 starting in April. Next month’s PlayStation Plus lineup will also deliver free copies of I Am Alive and Savage Moon for the PlayStation 3, along with a pair of indie-developed freebies for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation TV. Related:  Ubisoft’s ZombiU is comi
  
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• Final Fantasy 15 Release Date, Demo Details Leaked

  30-03-2016 20:17
  
  UPDATE: The release date has now been confirmed as official.
  Final Fantasy XV is set to release September 30, according to a leak today.
  In a since-removed video from GameSpot, the release date was outed along with news that a new demo for the game will launch today. A screenshot from the video was posted to NeoGAF and the video has since been set to "private." In addition to the date, the video reports that Final Fantasy XV's new demo will show off the game's "final visuals and combat system" a
  
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• Microsoft flaunts new Xbox tricks, including tighter integration with Windows 10

  30-03-2016 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Xbox head Phil Spencer took to the stage during Microsoft’s Build 2016 keynote address to hype up the latest developments in Windows and Xbox gaming. As expected, the presentation centered around the Universal Windows Platform, Microsoft’s recently-announced initiative to unify Windows 10 and Xbox One for developers, and how easy it is to turn any Xbox into a dev unit. The change is being pitched as a way to empower developers, with Forza creators Turn 10 Studios leading of
  
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• Naughty Dog Begins To Say Goodbye To Nathan Drake And Uncharted

  30-03-2016 17:20
  In the latest look behind the scenes of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Naughty Dog staff members start to get emotional. Their time with Nathan Drake is coming to an end, and the team reflects on what the Uncharted series has meant to them.
  You'll also hear from a number of the actors involved, including Nolan North, Emily Rose, and Richard McGonagle. As you might expect, lots of the people involved get a little choked up.
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• Video Game Hall of Fame reveals 2016 finalists

  30-03-2016 17:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Classics old and new in "Minecraft," "Final Fantasy," "The Legend of Zelda" and "Pokémon Red" have been selected for the National Museum of Play's 15-title Video Game Hall of Fame shortlist for this year. With its inductees to be announced on May 5, 15 games in all are up for consideration by the judging panel at the Strong National Museum of Play in New York, USA. Many are well known, games of youth for generation after generation: "The Oregon Trail" was not only about pioneers -- the 19
  
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• Homefront's Intriguing Story Masks Formulaic Gameplay

  30-03-2016 17:00
  
  If there's one thing that Homefront: The Revolution is good at, it's delivering timely and relevant narrative themes. So many of the major forces impacting Western society today are positioned front and centre: computer hacking, clandestine surveillance, illegal conquest, economic collapse, terrorism, an overreliance on technology... it's all here and it's all used to tell a story of America conquered.The streets of Philadelphia burn.Continue reading…
  
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• Homefront: The Revolution Trailer Is Full Of Inspirational Quotes And Explosions

  30-03-2016 17:00
  You know you're in an occupied America, because there are lots of quotes from textbook patriots. Words from Thomas Paine, John F. Kennedy, and others are scrawled on the otherwise pristine walls of North Korea-controlled Philadelphia.
  Of course, Homefront: The Revolution is a video game, which means the occupation is only the beginning. The bullets, bombs, and blood are part of your role in kicking the invaders out.
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• Quantum Break's New Time-Travel Trailer Will Make You 2 Minutes Older

  30-03-2016 16:13
  Remedy Entertainment has released a new trailer for Quantum Break in advance of its release next week. Since a large chunk of the game's story is being told through an in-game television show, it makes a certain degree of sense that the clip is a chunk of live-action setup for the larger narrative.
  The video shows William Joyce (Dominic Monaghan) and his first documented experiment with his time-travel device. What happens next sets up a chain reaction that involves his brother, Jack (Shawn Ash
  
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• Watching paint dry: the video game spoof that snuck onto Steam

  30-03-2016 13:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Teenage tech expert Ruby Nealon managed to sneak his virtually nonexistent game, "Watch Paint Dry," onto one of the world's biggest gaming platforms, Steam. To help with that, there's a crowdsourcing admissions program called Steam Greenlight, a user-voted system designed to surface the more popular potential Steam store titles.
  
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• 'Leaked' Mass Effect: Andromeda Survey Hints at New Info

  30-03-2016 13:19
  
  New details about Mass Effect Andromeda may have been leaked online.
  Before we get into it, this story comes from a screenshot on NeoGAF, so a large pinch of salt is recommended. Also, if the info turns out to be true, consider this your possible spoiler warning.
  Here’s what the EA marketing survey says:
  “Mass Effect: Andromeda takes players to the Andromeda galaxy, far beyond the Milky Way, where players will lead the fight for a new home in hostile territory – where WE are th
  
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• Entity interpolation in Unity 5 networking

  30-03-2016 13:00
  "We will talk about entity interpolation in general, then we will take our single existing script and break it into smaller scripts. This would hopefully prevent our code from turning into an unreadable and unmaintainable mess."...
  
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• American McGee's Spicy Horse Studio Suffers Job Losses

  30-03-2016 12:44
  
  American McGee’s Shanghai-based studio, Spicy Horse, has reduced its staff to a core team.
  According to McGee, the plan moving forwards will be to move away from the free-to-play model the company has focused on in recent years. In a comment on
  In a comment on NeoGAF, McGee said the following:
  “Just wanted to let everyone know Spicy Horse did reduce staff earlier this week, but a core team will remain in the studio and we'll be announcing new projects soon.
  “The remaining team
  
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• Blog: Why ditching mobile for PC may have saved our game

  30-03-2016 10:07
  "The difference in responses from mobile and PC publishers was pretty stark. Nearly every publisher in the PC space we wrote to, wrote back. Some said no, some said maybe, some said yes; but they all wrote back."...
  
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• How The Church in the Darkness turns real events into a dynamic story

  30-03-2016 10:06
  
  We found out how Richard Rouse III's The Church in the Darkness uses a chapter from history--1970s cult communities--and a little randomness to drive a dynamic narrative. ...
  
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• The Bold New Age of Space Simulators

  30-03-2016 05:14
  
  It feels a smidge strange to describe Star Citizen as niche. The long-gestating rebirth of the Chris Roberts-style space simulator crossed the $100 million mark late last year. That “mark” is crowdfunded dollars, too, meaning there’s $100+ million of demand from a PC-exclusive audience eager to return to the stars with Roberts at the helm.
  If you sit Hello Games’ similarly themed indie title next to Star Citizen, it somehow feels more ambitious than Roberts’ offerin
  
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• American McGee's Spicy Horse studio downsizes in pivot away from F2P

  30-03-2016 02:35
  
  The independent Shanghai-based studio has shrunk down to a core team, though its iconoclastic founder promises new projects are in the works....
  
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• Pre-orders are now open for the $400 PlayStation VR Core Bundle

  30-03-2016 00:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If you’re a PlayStation 4 gamer, the wait for “Project Morpheus,” aka PlayStation VR, is nearly over, as the headset finally arrives by October 31, 2016. Customers eager to shell out their hard earned cash for the device can do so now by pre-ordering it from Walmart, GameStop, BBest Buyest Buy, Target, and Amazon. The “Core Bundle” will set you back $400 whereas the “Launch Bundle” will cost extra at a meatier $500. Sony opened up pre-orders for the
  
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