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• Hints Dropped About 2018 Star Wars Game

  16-07-2016 22:47
  
  The creative director of Visceral's as-yet-untitled 2018 Star Wars game has dropped a few hints about the project she calls, "an original Star Wars story with new characters, new locations, new tech, new creatures, you name it.”
  As part of a panel on EA's Star Wars games, Amy Hennig explained that in studying the Star Wars films, "the first thing that jumped out was that these are always ensemble storiesSo the same is true of our game."Hennig was understandably hazy on details, but her wor
  
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• Amy Hennig's Star Wars game has "new characters, locations, tech, and creatures". Looks a bit Uncharted

  16-07-2016 22:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  While the brief teaser of EA's Amy Hennig helmed Star Wars game actually had a lot of clues hidden in it, we now have word from the senior creative director herself on what shape the game is taking
  
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• 7 Crazy Pokemon Go Stories

  16-07-2016 21:00
  
  Pokemon Go has seen tremendous success since its release last week. And though its rollout around the world has been a slow one, that hasn't stopped the app from reportedly making $14 million in its first few days, causing a rise in Nintendo shares (despite Nintendo only having a stake in The Pokemon Company and not being primarily involved in its development), and renewing interest in the rights for a live-action Pokemon movie.
  But outside of the game itself, and the renewed interest in the Pok
  
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• Rogue One's Scarif is Star Wars Battlefront's fourth expansion

  16-07-2016 20:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars Battlefront has finally outlined its forth expansion which will feature characters and settings from the upcoming Rogue One
  
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• Rogue One DLC Announced for Star Wars Battlefront

  16-07-2016 20:48
  
  Rogue One DLC is coming to Star Wars Battlefront this holiday season.
  It will be the fourth and final DLC planned for the game and will take place on the recently-announced planet of Scarif (that's the tropical and rather idyllic location glimpsed in the trailers for Rogue One).Jyn Erso.Continue reading…
  
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• Chewbacca and Bossk Are Coming to Star Wars Battlefront

  16-07-2016 20:42
  
  Chewbacca and Bossk were today revealed as the playable hero and villain in Battlefront's Death Star DLC, the game's third major expansion, out this September.
  The announcement came during EA's panel, The Minds Behind EA’s Star Wars Games, at Star Wars Celebration 2016.Concept art of Chewie in action aboard the Death Star.Battlefront's Death Star DLC will become the third of four major drops planned for the game. A new teaser trailer for the expansion was also debuted at Cel
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront's Death Star DLC brings Chewie and Bossk to the fight in Fall

  16-07-2016 20:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  In an EA Games panel at Star Wars Celebration, Star Wars Battlefront design director Niklas Fegraeus confirmed Chewie would finally be arriving as a playable hero in the Death Star expansion
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront's Death Star DLC brings Chewie and Bosk to the fight in Fall

  16-07-2016 20:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  In an EA Games panel at Star Wars Celebration, Star Wars Battlefront design director Fegraeus confirmed Chewie would finally be arriving as a playable hero in the Death Star expansion
  
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• Star Wars VR 'Trials on Tatooine' Free for HTC Vive

  16-07-2016 18:31
  
  The Star Wars VR experience Trials on Tatooine will be free for HTC Vive owners from 18th July, 2016.
  The experience has been developed under the guidance of Lucasfilm's chief technology officer, Rob Bredow, and is co-written by Bredow and long-time Star Wars canon-keeper Pablo Hidalgo.
  Trials on Tatooine is a first-person experience set after the events of Return of the Jedi, with players assuming the role of Luke Skywalker's Jedi apprentice. It features some basic lightsaber combat, but is mor
  
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• Rogue One Content Coming to Star Wars: Commander

  16-07-2016 14:30
  
  Mobile game Star Wars: Commander will be introducing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story content, Disney and Lucasfilm announced at the show's Commander-focused panel.
  Additionally, the game will be adding Squad Perks, which give squads temporary boosts, with new levels allowing players to choose from a skill-tree comprised of different perks. The Perks are intended to allow squads to work together while all individually benefitting from their progress.
  An ability to customize bases and troops will als
  
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• Here's how Pokemon Go lets you choose how to evolve your Eevee

  16-07-2016 09:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  It looks like Pokemon Go is hiding more than a few secrets that only fans of the franchise are starting to uncover now
  
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• Here's Where You Can Play Pokemon Go Right Now

  16-07-2016 02:31
  
  It's happening! Pokemon Go is slowly being rolled out worldwide and it's insanely popular! But while many upstart Pokemon trainers are trying to catch them all, many countries are still patiently waiting for the mobile game to be released in their part of the world.
  Curious if Pokemon Go is out where you live? Check out which countries do and do not have access below, and if you don't see yours - don't worry! Keep checking back as we'll be updating this list as more and more countries come onlin
  
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• Ghostbusters The Game Review

  16-07-2016 02:28
  
  If you came here to find out if the new Ghostbusters game was an unambitious, cash-grab tie-in for the recent Ghostbusters film reboot, I can tell you right now: it is. In fact, it’s barely even tied in. This co-op top-down shooter features not one cast member from any version of the franchise and very little connection to the source material at all.
  Ghostbusters puts you in charge of a team of four nameless, B-team ‘busters with no personal motivations, meaningful relationships, or
  
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• Pokemon Go Panel Upgraded to Hall H for SDCC

  16-07-2016 02:03
  
  Niantic Labs' Pokemon Go panel at San Diego Comic-Con has been rescheduled for Sunday, July 24 at 1:45 pm PT.
  The panel — called Re-Imaging Reality: Bringing Games Into the Real World With Ingress and Pokemon Go — was originally scheduled for Thursday, July 21, in a room that holds only 480 people. Hall H, on the other hand, is the largest stage at San Diego Comic-Con, with a capacity of 6,500.
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• Doom's glory kill animations nearly cost the game its chainsaw

  16-07-2016 01:51
  
  Doom's art and game director sit down with Rock Paper Shotgun for an explanation on how they built the glory kill system....
  
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• Rocket League Soundtrack Coming to Vinyl

  16-07-2016 01:22
  
  In celebration of Rocket League's first anniversary, developer Psyonix Studios and retailer iam8bit are bringing the game's soundtrack to vinyl.
  Rocket League: The Vinyl Collection is pressed on three records, and includes Volumes 1 and 2 of Rocket League's official soundtrack. The album is available for pre-order now from iam8bit and will begin shipping in Q4 2016. Those who pre-order Rocket League: The Vinyl Collection will immediately receive a download code for a digital copy of th
  
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• N64 almost got the 64DD disk drive accessory in the US, here's the plastic proof

  16-07-2016 00:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Remember that Sony/Nintendo PlayStation prototype someone discovered in their father's old "junk"? Well, YouTuber MetalJesusRocks seems to have an uncovered a similarly impressive find: a US version of the 64DD accessory for the Nintendo 64
  
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• Next Overwatch Comic Stars New Character Ana

  16-07-2016 00:21
  
  The eighth issue of Blizzard's Overwatch comic - 'Old Soldiers' -  is dropping for free on July 21, and continues the story of new character Ana, introduced in issue 7. Here's your first look at its cover, plus an interior page.
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