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• Developer Diary Puts Game Development Tools In The Hands Of The Player

  19-07-2016 23:33
  Dreams is an upcoming sandbox game by Media Molecule (LittleBigPlanet series) that puts interesting creative tools in the hands of players. By controlling an imp, you create in-game items and possess characters as you travel from dream to dream though gateways. Or you can make dreams from scratch that are entirely your own. A new developer diary from Media Molecule (using alpha-quality gameplay) takes a lengthy look into how Dreams is shaping up, showing what players can do in this virtual work
  
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• ‘Remastered version of ‘Dead Rising’ in the works for PS4, Xbox One, PC

  19-07-2016 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A remastered versions of the 2006 survival horror game Dead Rising will soon hit the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms as part of an upcoming series revival, publisher Capcom confirmed this week.
  
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• Overwatch's Newest Hero Ana Available on PC

  19-07-2016 22:42
  
  The next member of Overwatch, support-sniper Ana, is cleared for duty and currently available on the PC version, though there's no word on when she will appear on consoles.
  The newest addition to Overwatch is one of the establishment's oldest members, having fought alongside Soldier: 76, Mercy, and Torbjörn. She now joins the fight once more, alongside her daughter Pharah, as a sniper who heals allies and damages enemies with her bullets, buffs friends and debuffs enemies with Biotic grenad
  
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• Here's how Pokemon Go battles actually work

  19-07-2016 22:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Go's battle system feels pretty hectic at first
  
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• Alien: Covenant wraps filming, reveals new image of Katherine Waterston looking very Ripley-esque

  19-07-2016 22:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  That's a wrap on Alien: Covenant. Ridley Scott's Prometheus sequel/Alien prequel finished shooting t ...
  
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• Pokemon Sun and Moon get six new Pokemon, and yes, they're all weird

  19-07-2016 21:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Good news if you're getting tired of catching all those 20-year-old monsters in Pokemon Go: Pokemon Sun and Moon will have a bizarre bounty of new creatures to capture
  
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• Inside, Limbo Studio Co-Founder Departs Studio

  19-07-2016 21:23
  
  Co-founder of Playdead Studios Dino Patti is departing the development studio for other ventures, he announced on Twitter today.
  Patti revealed he will be leaving the developer of the recently recently Inside on his Twitter account, where Patti announced that he's "leaving to seek new challenges."via Dino Patti's Twitter AccountContinue reading…
  
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• J.R. Smith's Shirtless Summer Quest Is The 8-Bit Video Game We Desperately Wish Was Real

  19-07-2016 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ever since the final buzzer sounded in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, it’s been a non-stop party for J.R. Smith. The one common theme every time Smith seems to pop up in the news this summer is that he is practically never wearing a shirt. It’s gotten so bad that even President Obama has implored him to cover his torso.
  
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• How Pokemon Go Made Me Care About Pokemon

  19-07-2016 21:03
  
  This week I’ve only had to step outside to encounter college students, high schoolers, young adults, parents with their children, people of every race and creed hunting and catching Pokemon. I watched it happening in rural wine country and the streets of the big city, on the beach, at the zoo, in theme parks and at parties and in forests, in almost every place people’s day to day lives took them. Strangers talking, laughing with delight, cursing with frustration when the app crashes.
  
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• Topics Included In New Video Series Aim To Please Hardcore Fans

  19-07-2016 20:46
  With the launch of Titanfall 2 only a few months away, Respawn Entertainment is slowly pulling back the curtain on the sequel to their mech-based FPS. Drew McCoy, the game's producer, has released a video that is the first in a series offering a deep look at the thought processes behind Titanfall 2.McCoy mentions that the development process of Titanfall 2 is nearing its end, and that these videos will share the lessons the team has learned as well as new information on the game's servers, matc
  
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• Check Out A New Trailer For The Game

  19-07-2016 20:11
  Gravity Rush 2 will release on December 2, Sony announced today. Also announced was an anime, titled Gravity Rush The Animation ~ Overture ~, which will release before the game.For anyone who pre-orders the game on the PlayStation Store on or after August 2 will receive 10 PSN avatars immediately. As for the anime, no specific release date has been given yet, but it will bridge Gravity Rush and Gravity Rush 2. It is being produced by Studio Khara, best known for Rebuild of Evange
  
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• League Expansion Coming To NBA 2K17

  19-07-2016 19:52
  The NBA may be dragging its feet on expanding the league, but Visual Concepts isn't. Today the developer of the popular NBA 2K series announced a new feature allowing users to bring additional cities and teams into the competition.Both the MyLeague and MyGM modes in NBA 2K17 introduce league expansion for up to 36 teams, six past the number of teams that currently exist. You can bring back classic teams, add Euroleague teams to the fold, or build new teams from scratch. The options for team cre
  
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• Nintendo more valuable than rival Sony thanks to popularity of ‘Pokémon Go’

  19-07-2016 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nintendo's stock market value has seen a significant boost since the successful mobile launch of Pokémon Go, with share prices effectively more than doubling and the company becoming more valuable than rival console manufacturer Sony.
  
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• New Star Trek Beyond trailer shows off the Enterprise crew as witty action heroes

  19-07-2016 19:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  It looked like we had the final trailer for Star Trek Beyond a few weeks back, but apparently that was a warm-up
  
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• Gravity Rush 2 gets a December release date and a topsy turvy trailer

  19-07-2016 19:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Put on your finest gravity-control-top bustier and get ready to fall with style once more: Gravity Rush 2 is coming to PS4 on December 2 in the US and UK
  
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• Pokemon Go Rumored to Launch in Japan With Sponsored Partner

  19-07-2016 19:12
  
  Pokemon Go is expected to introduce sponsored locations to the augmented reality game—the first is rumored to launch as soon as tomorrow in Japan.
  McDonald's will be the first sponsored location in Pokemon Go, according Tech Crunch. It's being rumored that the application will launch tomorrow in Japan—despite earlier reports saying Japanese Pokemon Go servers were not powerful enough—with 3,000 McDonald's locations across Japan set as Pokemon gyms.
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• Dark Horse Explores More World of Warcraft History

  19-07-2016 19:00
  
  Dark Horse Comics will be delving deeper into the history of Azeroth in 2017. Today they announced a sequel to their best-selling book World of Warcraft Chronicle, due for release in 2017.World of Warcraft Chronicle Vol. 2 will continue to explore the history and makeup of this rich fantasy universe. Vol. 1 focused on the birth of the Warcraft universe and the ancient wars that shaped it thousands of years before the rise of the Alliance and the Horde. Presumably, Vol. 2 will move further down t
  
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• SFX Hot Topic: Ghostbusters

  19-07-2016 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been the most talked about film of the summer, the movie that sent social media into a meltdown - now it's finally in cinemas and we want to hear what you make of the female-fronted Ghostbusters reboot!So strap on your proton packs and give us your opinions on this controversial new take on the '80s classic
  
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• NHL 17 Trailer Showcases EASHL Customization, Progression, Class Updates

  19-07-2016 18:32
  After a year's hiatus, the 6v6 competitive EASHL returned in NHL 16 with a new focus on balanced play. The ornamentation around the mode was Spartan to say the least, but it provided a good foundation for the future. NHL 17 takes the next step toward making this a destination mode, with new player classes, deep player/team customization, a new progression system, and several anti-griefing measures to keep the play civil.We've already touched on many of these changes in our huge E3 preview, but
  
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• Telltale's Minecraft Episode 7 Release Date Announced

  19-07-2016 18:26
  
  Telltale Games has announced the seventh episode in its Minecraft series will be available beginning July 26.
  Episode 7 is called Access Denied, and will feature Jesse and friends in a land controlled by PAMA, a "thinking machine" which wants to control everyone to achieve optimal efficiency.
  PAMA's creator, Harper, will be voiced by Community's Yvette Nicole Brown.
  Access Denied is part of the $15 Adventure Pass, which includes access to Episodes 6, 7, and 8. Alternatively, players can pick up
  
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• GTA Online gets 6 more Cunning Stunt tracks and 3 new vehicles

  19-07-2016 18:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA Online's Cunning Stunts expansion, which went live last week, got an update of its own today with a bunch of new tracks and a trio of additional vehicles
  
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• Batman: The Telltale Series Episode 1 Gets a Release Date

  19-07-2016 17:35
  
  Batman: The Telltale Series' first episode has a release date - August 2 - and there's a world premiere gameplay trailer to go alongside it.
  The episode, "Realm of Shadows" will be released on PC, Mac, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3, Android and iOS. Here's a trailer:
  There are no details on pricing for the individual episode or a Season Pass at time of writing.
  A physical version of the game - which will include the first episode and automatically download further installments - will be rele
  
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• Six New Pokémon Revealed For Sun & Moon

  19-07-2016 17:26
  A new trailer was released this morning showcasing six new Pokémon for Sun & Moon, combat gameplay with the newbies, and a couple other new mechanics.
  Below you will find some details on the new pocket monsters, and in the trailer you will find details about some new online multiplayer options, as well as hyper training, which will allow you to level individual strengths for the first time in the series.
  Pokémon Sun & Moon releases November 18 for 3DS.
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• Get To Know Lincoln Clay In New Mafia III Trailer

  19-07-2016 17:09
  Mafia III brings the open-world action to New Bordeaux, a New Orleans-inspired city that's home to a variety of criminal enterprises. Today, 2K Games and Hangar 13 have released a new trailer for the game, which introduces us to Lincoln Clay, the game's protagonist.There aren't any major reveals in the clip, but it's a decent reminder of Clay's background. There are five more of these weekly mini features planned, and we're expecting to learn more about some of the lesser-known characters from
  
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• Watch Batman - The Telltale Series' first gameplay trailer and check out the August release date

  19-07-2016 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Batman - The Telltale Series begins on August 2, Telltale Games and Warner Bros
  
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• Rock Band 4 Adds New, Intentionally Cheesy Campaign

  19-07-2016 17:00
  
  When Rock Band 4 released last year, developer Harmonix Music Systems promised it would be a long-tail platform that would continue to evolve over time, without the need for a Rock Band 5. And while the company has already delivered a few updates that have added new features, Rock Band Rivals (out in October) is the first paid expansion pack adding significant new contact in the form of two new modes: Rockudrama and Rivals.
  The former is a new campaign mode for 1-4 players that bookends your ban
  
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• Get Your First Look At Batman: The Telltale Series In Episode One Trailer

  19-07-2016 17:00
  Telltale is taking on another big license with its adaptation of Batman. The studio is shaping its own story with Batman: The Telltale Series, not adapting an existing storyline that players are familiar with. That doesn't mean you won't be seeing a recognizable roster of characters, however. A trailer for the game's first episode has just released, and you'll notice more than a few well-known faces from the Dark Knight's past.
  The studio showed off the first half hour of gameplay from the epis
  
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• New Expansion Adds Two Big Modes To Rock Band 4

  19-07-2016 16:59
  Prior to the launch of Rock Band 4, Harmonix
  announced its strategy would be to release title and content updates as
  post-launch support. The studio has kept true to its promise, releasing free
  updates like the punishing Brutal mode, as well as requested features like
  Playlists in addition to the franchise's trademark weekly DLC. As the game
  approaches its one-year anniversary, Harmonix has announced its plans to kick
  off year two of Rock Band 4 with an expansion called Rock Band Rivals.Rock Ba
  
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• A Star Wars anthology movie for the Knights of Ren "would be pretty cool", says JJ Abrams

  19-07-2016 16:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  While the Star Wars story JJ Abrams helped kick-off in The Force Awakens will continue in Episode 8 and beyond, Lucasfilm is also busying itself with anthology films that will expand the Star Wars universe
  
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• A Star Wars anthology movie for Kylo Ren "would be pretty cool", says JJ Abrams

  19-07-2016 16:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  While the Star Wars story JJ Abrams helped kick-off in The Force Awakens will continue in Episode 8 and beyond, Lucasfilm is also busying itself with anthology films that will expand the Star Wars universe
  
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• Six New Pokemon Revealed for Sun and Moon

  19-07-2016 15:29
  
  The Pokemon Company has released a trailer featuring six more new Pokemon coming with Sun and Moon later this year.
  Wimpod is a Bug and Water-type that can automatically flee upon taking damage, Bounsweet is a Grass-type, Comfey is a Fairy-type, and Mudsdale is a Ground type that can gain defense after being attacked. Mimikyu is the Ghost- and Fairy-type that disguises itself as a hand-drawn Pikachu to get affection, and Bewear is a Normal and Fighting-type.
  The new trailer also introduces
  
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• Rise of the Tomb Raider is coming to PS4 in October with a brand new zombie-fighting story chapter

  19-07-2016 15:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Well isn't this just like it was planned all along
  
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• Tomb Raider's New Modes Feel Like Dark Souls, Gone Home

  19-07-2016 15:00
  
  The year-long wait PS4 owners have had to endure for Rise of the Tomb Raider is finally nearing its end. On October 11, the game will hit Sony's console in the form of the 20 Year Celebration edition. This includes all of the previously-released DLC, plus a trio of brand new modes that all seem super cool.
  We got a chance to visit Crystal Dynamics and spend a day with the game on PlayStation 4. Here’s what we thought.
  Marty Sliva: While Endurance Mode certainly isn’t anything ne
  
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• Rise of the Tomb Raider PS4 Release Date Announced

  19-07-2016 14:59
  
  Square Enix has announced that Rise of the Tomb Raider will come to PlayStation 4 on October 11.
  Rise of the Tomb Raider will arrive on PS4 in a new 20 Year Celebration edition, which includes the full game and all content from the Rise of the Tomb Raider Season Pass, which means Baba Yaga: Temple of the Witch, Cold Darkness Awakened, and all DLC outfits, weapons, and Expedition Cards. An art book will also be included for anyone who pre-orders.Continue reading…
  
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• Grandia 3 Listed for PlayStation 4 by ESRB

  19-07-2016 14:47
  
  Another classic PlayStation 2 JRPG may soon be coming to PS4, if a new listing for Grandia III by the ESRB is any indication.
  The Entertainment Software Rating Board has rated (via Gematsu) Grandia III for Sony's current-gen console, suggesting the Square Enix role-playing game will soon join PlayStation 4's growing catalog of downloadable PS2 games.
  Grandia III was developed by Game Arts and launched for PlayStation 2 back in February of 2006. For our thoughts on the Square-published role-
  
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• 2 Free Trials Coming for Star Wars Battlefront's Latest DLC

  19-07-2016 14:28
  
  The Live Events calendar for Star Wars Battlefront now includes two free trial periods for the Bespin DLC.
  The first one begins on August 19 and runs through to August 21. The second will be longer, running from September 12 to September 18. Do note that you'll actually need the base game in order to play, and an Xbox Live Gold or PlayStation Plus account if you're on console.
  The calendar also includes a new Hutt Contract beginning today, and another one coming on August 30.
  In addition, there'
  
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• New Suicide Squad trailer is all about the team's puppet master Amanda Waller

  19-07-2016 14:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  In addition to a host of TV spots, we've gotten a half dozen trailers for Suicide Squad
  
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• 'Pokemon Go' more than doubles Nintendo's stock price

  19-07-2016 14:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) — For Nintendo, "Pokemon Go" just keeps on giving.
  
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• Overwatch PS4 Bug Causes Players to Lose Progress and Items

  19-07-2016 13:45
  
  A bug on the PS4 version of Overwatch appears to be causing players to lose significant progress in the game, including the loss of in-game currency paid for with real-world money.
  IGN has been contacted by players who have reported losing levels, competitive ranks, skins, loot boxes and the Credits, the in-game currency. Similar reports have emerged on Reddit and the Overwatch forums.
  Last week, Blizzard said that the root cause for this problem had been fixed, and asked affected players to sup
  
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• Doctor Strange is back in the Sanctum Sanctorum in new poster

  19-07-2016 13:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Doctor Strange is a little over three months away from its cinematic debut, and slowly but surely Marvel are beginning to step up their marketing campaign
  
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• The Walking Dead: Morgan is ready for action in new season 7 image

  19-07-2016 12:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  At least one major character in The Walking Dead will meet their end in the season 7 premiere but one of the few people whose head is not currently on the chopping block is Lennie James' Morgan, and Entertainment Weekly have debuted a new image of the staff-wielding pacifist in action
  
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• Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 and Off The Record are all lurching onto PS4

  19-07-2016 12:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  You know, there just aren't enough zombie games out there
  
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• Fake movie posters we wish were real (including Bryan Cranston in a Stan Lee movie)

  19-07-2016 12:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  We've all got a dream movie in us somewhere - a crazy mix of perfect casting and concept that, to us, would be box office gold and an eternal classic
  
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• Fake movie posters we wish were real

  19-07-2016 12:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  We've all got a dream movie in us somewhere - a crazy mix of perfect casting and concept that, to us, would be box office gold and an eternal classic
  
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• Gravity Rush 2 Release Date Announced

  19-07-2016 09:05
  
  Sony has announced that Gravity Rush 2 will come to PlayStation 4 on December 2, 2016 in North America and the UK, and November 30 in Europe.
  The news comes via the PlayStation Blog (and the European PS Blog) along with a new trailer, which shows off new gameplay featuring Kat, Raven, Syd, and new character Angel.
  “The first new face to join the expansive world of Gravity Rush 2 is the mysterious guardian angel, who shows up to help Kat when she’s in a bind, quickly dispensing of a g
  
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• Nintendo's market cap doubles to $42 billion since Pokemon GO launch

  19-07-2016 08:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Japan's Nintendo Co soared another 14 percent on Tuesday, more than doubling the firm's market capitalization to 4.5 trillion yen ($42.5 billion) in just seven sessions since the mobile game Pokemon GO was launched in the United States. The phenomenal success of Pokemon GO - now available in 35 countries, the majority in Europe, and most recently in Canada - has triggered massive buying in Nintendo shares, surprising even some seasoned market players.
  
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• Nintendo worth more than Sony after Pokemon rally

  19-07-2016 06:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nintendo on Tuesday shot past Sony in market value after the videogame giant's stock more than doubled since the release of the wildly popular Pokemon Go game. The Pokemon franchise creator surged nearly 11 percent to end the morning at 30,780 yen ($290), up more than 100 percent from its July 6 close. On Friday, Nintendo set a record for the most shares ever traded daily in Japan.
  
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• Nintendo shares up more than 10 percent in early trade

  19-07-2016 02:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Shares of Japan's Nintendo Co soared 10 percent in early trade on Tuesday, buoyed by the ongoing popularity of its Pokemon GO mobile game. On Friday, Nintendo's shares closed up 9.8 percent and its trading volume hit a record for an individual stock on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
  
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• Activision Needs To Stop Making Bad Licensed Games

  19-07-2016 01:59
  
  It’s well past time for Activision to join the rest of the major game publishers and stop its cynical practice of publishing low-effort movie and TV tie-in games that prey on unsuspecting and uninformed gamers.
  Hell hath no fury like a fan scorned, and by routinely publishing bad low-budget games based on beloved movie and TV franchises with enthusiastic fanbases, Activision has earned a lot of it. So far in 2016 alone, it has published the terrible Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in
  
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• Kerbal Space Program PS4 Review

  19-07-2016 01:52
  
  Kerbal Space Program is the most fun I've ever had failing. And man oh man, did I fail – over and over again. It's part of Kerbal's experimental nature. By the time I finally built a rocket that achieved successful orbit I had failed so many times that in almost any other game I would have given up completely. But that's where the genius of Kerbal really is: hard work pays off, and once I was able to determine the cause of my failures, be it staging woes or my nose pitching violently at 10
  
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