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• Kirby-themed Cafe Coming to Japan

  07-07-2016 23:49
  
  A Kirby-themed cafe is opening up in Japan this summer.
  Not much information on the cafe has been revealed just yet, but a date on the Kirby Cafe website lists August for the cafe's opening. Further news on what Kirby Cafe will offer will come soon, a tweet from the shop's official account said. Besides that, the Kirby Cafe has only posted a very adorable GIF teasing the cafe's opening.はじめまして！『カービィカフ
  
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• Deadpool makes one chimichanga-licious fan-made Disney Infinity figure

  07-07-2016 23:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  You just can't keep a good idea down. Even with the death of Disney's video game business, Disney In ...
  
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• Pokemon GO Is the Top Grossing App on US App Store

  07-07-2016 22:56
  
  Following Pokemon GO's launch yesterday, Niantic Labs' new free-to-download mobile game is currently the top grossing app on the App Store in the United States.
  According to the "Top Charts" list on Apple's mobile marketplace, the location-based AR game is currently just ahead of Mobile Strike and Spotify Music.List of the current top grossing apps on the US App StoreContinue reading…
  
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• No Man's Sky has gone gold and Hello Games is well chuffed about it

  07-07-2016 22:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Development on No Man's Sky is finally done, as shared on Twitter by Hello Games founder Sean Murray
  
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• Game of Thrones actress says Daenerys and Yara's flirting wasn't scripted

  07-07-2016 22:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  The parting shots of Game of Thrones season 6 saw Daenerys and her assembled armies sailing towards Westeros
  
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• No Man's Sky Has Gone Gold

  07-07-2016 22:22
  
  Development on No Man's Sky has officially wrapped, Hello Games' founder Sean Murray announced.
  After providing a status update on the studio's progress last month, Murray confirmed the game's completion in a post on Twitter, saying, "It's happened. No Man's Sky just went gold. I'm so incredibly proud of this tiny team. 4 years of emotions."
  Following a delay back in May, No Man's Sky is set to release on August 9. Just last month, the studio settled a three-year legal dispute with Sky TV o
  
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• IGN Presents the History of Awesome: 2014

  07-07-2016 22:03
  
  Welcome back to IGN's History of Awesome - a year-long look back at all the coolest and most influential games, movies, TV shows, comic books, toys, and tech that have shaped pop culture, and shaped the lives of an entire generation. Up this week is 2014, the year of Destiny, Hearthstone, and Super Smash Bros. for the 3DS and Wii U.
  Catch up on IGN's History of Awesome:2011 - Dark Souls, Portal 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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• Pokemon Go: Send Us Your Weirdest Screenshots

  07-07-2016 22:01
  
  If you've been playing Pokemon Go, you've probably encountered a few wild Pokemon by now — and if you've been playing with the AR camera on, you might have seen Pokemon in some weird (or just funny) places. We want to see them!
  Go out, be safe, catch some Pokemon, and send us your best screenshots. They might make it into a gallery!
  In the meantime, check out our Pokemon Go wiki for tips on what to do first and more.
  Kallie Plagge is a host of IGN Anime Club and is IGN's resident Pok&eacut
  
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• Destiny's Moments of Triumph are back with shaders, emblems, and a T-shirt

  07-07-2016 21:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bungie is letting Destiny players quantify their greatness once more with a new set of Moments of Triumph
  
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• Let It Die looks pretty rough, but maybe that's the point?

  07-07-2016 20:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  None of Suda51's games have ever been known for their intense polish or marketability
  
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• The Top 10 Dungeon Crawlers of All Time

  07-07-2016 20:00
  
  Players have been diving into dungeons since the very earliest days of video games, slaying dragons, stealing treasure, and descending to ever-darker depths in search of fortune, glory, and fun. Today, we’re counting down the top 10 dungeon crawlers of all time.
  For the purposes of this list, we're defining “dungeon crawler” as a game mostly confined to a multi-floor dungeon area, featuring plentiful loot and favoring combat and exploration over platforming or deep storytelling
  
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• Extras-packed ‘Resident Evil 4’ upgrade coming to Xbox One, PS4 in August

  07-07-2016 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Capcom's popular survival/horror/action game Resident Evil 4 will make its Xbox One and PlayStation 4 debut in August with the launch of a visually upgraded digital release, the publisher has announced.
  
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• Alien: Covenant creature design revealed, Danny McBride confirms role as the ship's pilot

  07-07-2016 19:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Back when the Prometheus sequel was, well, a Prometheus sequel, Ridley Scott said it wouldn't feature any xenomorphs in an attempt to separate the franchise from the Alien series
  
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• Wait, which games will Xbox Play Anywhere actually include?

  07-07-2016 19:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox Play Anywhere sounded like a big change when Microsoft announced it at the Xbox E3 2016 media briefing: giving away free PC versions for first-party Xbox One games (and vice versa) and letting players keep their progress and achievements regardless of platform
  
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• Salandit Brings A Unique New Ability To The Alola Region

  07-07-2016 19:03
  Pokémon Sun and Moon are headed to the 3DS later this year, and bringing a vast array of new monsters to collect and battle with them. Today, Salandit has been revealed, along with a brand new ability.
  This lizard is designed to look like a bandit, with some kind of mask covering its face. Salandit is the first fire and poison type Pokémon, but its ability is even more fascinating. Corrosion lets Salandit afflict any enemy Pokémon with poison, even steel and poison types wh
  
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• Hitman Has a New App, and His 6th Elusive Target Has a Twin

  07-07-2016 18:43
  
  Io Interactive has released the Hitman Companion, a free mobile app for iOS and Android which will help you keep up to date with all the live Hitman content.
  All the details on the Elusive Targets, as well as the Escalation and Featured contracts will be updated here.
  In addition, Hitman's sixth elusive target has been revealed, and it has a slight twist to it.
  The Elusive Targets are missions where you have one objective, and if you fail it, you can never attempt it again. The next target will
  
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• Evolve will be free to play on PS4 and Xbox One after beta testing on PC

  07-07-2016 18:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Remember Evolve? The 4v1 monster-hunting game drew a lot of attention and excitement before its release in February 2015, but went relatively quiet soon thereafter
  
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• Activision - Call of Duty: Roman Wars 'Was Not Seriously Considered'

  07-07-2016 17:57
  
  The Roman-themed Call of Duty game revealed this week was never likely to be made, according to Activision.
  "The game concept was proposed by a former employee while working at the studio," said an Activision spokesperson in a statement to IGN, "but was not seriously considered nor requested to move to prototype.”
  Apparently proposed by Skylanders studio Vicarious Visions, the concept centred around both first- and third-person gameplay, and would have had players taking on various mi
  
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• Pokemon Sun and Moon get a toxic salamander that sounds like a pain to fight

  07-07-2016 17:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  While the rest of the world is busy fishing for Pokemon in their toilets, the Alola region from the upcoming Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon is getting a new inhabitant
  
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• July's Free Ubisoft Game Revealed

  07-07-2016 16:44
  
  To celebrate Ubisoft's 30th anniversary, the company is giving away free PC games every month until December.
  Currently, you can grab Prince of Persia: Sands of Time free of charge. This month's game will be the original Splinter Cell, and it'll be available from July 13.
  All you have to do is register at the Ubisoft Club using your Uplay account, download the game, and it'll be yours to keep forever.
  Only one game will be free at a time though, so make sure you check back every month to ge
  
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• GTA Online Cunning Stunts update lets you boost over buildings in patriotic hamster tubes

  07-07-2016 16:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA Online's next update will shoot through a hovering tube and do a 720-degree flip over the Maze Bank skyscraper as it utterly demolishes whatever semblance of real-life physics it once had
  
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• Disney's Beauty and the Beast gets a beautiful first poster

  07-07-2016 16:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Back in May we got a fleeting first look at Disney's live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast in a short teaser
  
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• F1 2016 Goes Full Throttle With 22-Car Multiplayer & New Career Details

  07-07-2016 16:19
  Codemasters has proven itself in the F1 gameplay department, but the developer's handling of the franchise and license in previous iterations hasn't been so complete in other areas. F1 2016 hopes to take a big step forward for the series with its inclusion of more depth on and off the track.
  A big part of this is the return of the career mode. Here you'll hire an agent, sign for a team, and work with a team engineer. These elements aren't strictly new to the franchise, but the fact that they're
  
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• Star Wars Celebration's Rogue One panel will be livestreamed

  07-07-2016 15:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars Celebration 2016 in London is a hot ticket for fans of the 39 year old franchise; Not only will there be celebrity appearances from the likes of Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher in addition to a screening of the first two episodes of Star Wars Rebels' third season, there will also be multiple panels with filmmakers during the event
  
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• 3 More Amiibo Revealed for Monster Hunter Stories

  07-07-2016 15:12
  
  A second wave of Monster Hunter Stories amiibo have been revealed, but for the moment they're Japan-only.
  Coming on December 8 in Japan, the new wave features Cheval riding a Rathian, Ayuria with a Barioth, and Dan and a Qurupeco. That’s a person plus a monster for anyone who doesn’t speak Monster Hunter. As Perfectly Nintendo reports, the riders can be removed from the monsters and replaced on other monsters to create your own riding combo.Continue reading…
  
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• New GTA Online Expansion's Release Date Announced

  07-07-2016 15:09
  
  Rockstar has revealed the next expansion for GTA Online, Cunning Stunts and set a release date of Tuesday, July 12.
  The expansion turns swathes of the game's multiplayer world into a fantasy racing game akin to Trackmania, complete with boosts, loop-the-loops, enormous stunt jumps and, seemingly, massive bowling skittles to smash over. You can watch the reveal trailer below:
  New Stunt Races will add the aforementioned surreal elements to the landscape, and each one will be matched to a specific
  
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• Nintendo shares VR-for-children safety fears at shareholder meeting

  07-07-2016 14:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Like a host of technology companies, Nintendo is actively exploring the potential of virtual reality. However, it wants to make sure that whatever device it launches won't have any ill effects on kids.
  
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• New Pokemon Salandit Revealed

  07-07-2016 14:01
  
  The Pokemon Company has released footage of Salandit, a new monster appearing in the upcoming Pokemon Sun and Moon.
  Salandit's described as a Toxic Lizard, and is a poison- and fire-type whose ability, Corrosion, allows it to poison all Pokemon types, regardless of their usual immunities. Here's a trailer:
  The Pokemon Company website has this to say about Salandit:
  "Salandit emits toxic gas, together with flames, from the base of its tail. This poisonous gas has a sweet smell, and anyone who unk
  
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• Evolve Re-Launched as a Free-to-Play Game

  07-07-2016 14:01
  
  As of this morning, Evolve is relaunching with a new free-to-play business model.
  Entitled Evolve: Stage 2, this new version of Evolve completely replaces the existing one. Legacy Evolve owners will have instant access to any and all content they’ve previously purchased right from the start, as well as additional rewards for their loyalty down the line. New players will have immediate access to a weekly revolving door of Hunters and Monsters, with plenty of ways to unlock characters of the
  
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• New Transformers 5 set video and images tease explosive action

  07-07-2016 13:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Filming is currently underway on Transformers: The Last Knight, the fifth movie in Paramount's profitable franchise
  
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• Pikmin 4 Fell Down "List of Priorities" But Is Still in Development

  07-07-2016 13:31
  
  Last year, Shigeru Miyamoto announced that Pikmin 4 was "very close to completion", but we've heard very little about it since then. Now we have good news and slightly less-than-heartening news.
  “We’re working on ." said Miyamoto to Game Rant at E3 this year. "So, you know, when we’re in development we have to create a list of priorities and it has been hard to kind of fit that into that list, but we’re hopefully starting to see that on the list now.”
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• Daisy Ridley is keeping her Star Wars 8 hairstyle under wraps

  07-07-2016 13:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  The level of secrecy on the new Star Wars movies has been pretty strict
  
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• GTA 5 has a new ultra-pretty mod that'll make you feel like you've upgraded your eyes

  07-07-2016 13:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  No that's not a shot from Forza, it's GTA 5,, honest
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Now Available on Android

  07-07-2016 12:31
  
  Final Fantasy VII is now available on Android devices for £13 / $16.
  It's a big game, and will take over 4GB of free space on your device, and you'll need 2GB of memory to run it. Plus, make sure your device is at least running Android 4.3 or above before you download.
  An interesting thing to mention about the mobile version is that you can turn off random encounters. If you want to know how to max your stats in the iOS version, IGN has just the video for you.
  The classic RPG came out
  
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• Square Enix shows off its own take on Pokemon Go in this beautiful video

  07-07-2016 11:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  It can't be easy for Square Enix. After Hitman Go, Deus Ex Go and Lara Croft Go on mobile, it's had...
  
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• A Creative Marathon - A Developer's Journey to Create 100 Games in 5 Years

  07-07-2016 09:56
  
  James Earl Cox III, a student in USC's Interactive Media & Games division, set an ambitious goal for himself: over the next five years, he would develop one hundred games. ...
  
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• Women Players Coming to Don Bradman Cricket

  07-07-2016 03:37
  
  Don Bradman Cricket 17 will feature women when it's released in December 2017, developer Big Ant Studios announced today.
  This is the first time ever that women players and teams will be playable in Don Bradman Cricket. The game—which is known for its character creation options—will give those interested in creating playable women the same level of customization as it does for men."In cricket, the growth of the women's game worldwide has been exciting to watch," Big Ant Studios CEO R
  
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• Unlocked: The Call of Duty That Wasn't + Inside Spoilercast

  07-07-2016 01:30
  
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  On this week's Xbox show, we discuss the recently unearthed Call of Duty prototype called Call of Duty: Roman Wars. Would it have worked? Could it have worked? Also: Red Dead Redemption finally arrives on Xbox One, Xbox Avatars get more detailed and more inclusive, our thoughts on the BioShock Collection, and at the end of the show is our eagerly anticipated Inside spoilercast.
  Oh, and Unlocked now has its own snazzy new homepage! Bookmark this: go.ign.
  
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• Hit the road with the latest Game Career Guide design challenge

  07-07-2016 01:30
  
  Summer's here, and now's the chance to flex your game design muscles with inspiration from your favorite summer road trips....
  
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• The Division: Underground Review

  07-07-2016 01:26
  
  Both for better and for worse, The Division: Underground would probably be the best way to show a curious, uninitiated player the hazy mix of fun and tedium that typifies Ubisoft’s massive third-person shooter. After all, The Division has always been at its best when the bullets are flying and your team is the only thing standing between you and the swirling chaos of explosions and gunfire, and Underground delivers that in concentrated shots without the long, pointless slogs through empty
  
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• BoxBoxBoy! Review

  07-07-2016 01:08
  
  BoxBoxBoy! will sneak up on you. With rudimentary platforming and one box-building mechanic, you’ll feel like a master only six levels in. Six worlds in, you’ll be scratching your head in a room full of lasers, pits, and spiked conveyor belts wondering how you’ll possibly make it through alive. It’s a pleasant surprise of a platformer that succeeds on a clear mechanic, clever obstacles, a satisfying difficulty curve, and a dash of charm to hold the edges together.
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• Source code for Lucasfilm Games' '80s MMO Habitat released

  07-07-2016 00:41
  
  After years of effort, the source code of the first graphical MMO from Lucasfilm Games has been restored and uploaded on Github....
  
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• This guy built a room-sized computer for fun, but its only as powerful as a Super Nintendo

  07-07-2016 00:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  James Newman, a software engineer from the U.K., recently completed work on a five-year project spent turning an entire room of his house into an enormous 1,000 lbs, 16-bit computer he calls the “megaprocessor.” And it's absolutely awesome.
  
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• Meet the Megaprocessor: a room-sized computer with the processing power of a Super Nintendo

  07-07-2016 00:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  James Newman, a software engineer from the U.K., recently completed work on a five-year project spent turning an entire room of his house into an enormous 1,000 lbs, 16-bit computer he calls the “megaprocessor.” And it's absolutely awesome.
  
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