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• Get a job: Sony seeks a Senior Manager of Game Design

  04-08-2016 23:42
  If you have years of game design experience, especially with F2P and micro-transactions, heads up: Sony is looking for someone like you to take a senior role at its San Diego studio....
  
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• XCOM 2 PS4 and Xbox One versions delayed by three weeks

  04-08-2016 23:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite all the early talk of focus and emphasis on XCOM 2 being a PC game, it would seem developer Firaxis is finally ready to move XCOM 2 onto PS4 and Xbox One
  
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• Watch First Quake Champions Gameplay

  04-08-2016 23:37
  
  Today at QuakeCon, id Software Studio Director Tim Willits revealed the first ever gameplay trailer for Quake Champions, following its initial reveal at E3 2016.
  See Quake Champions in action below.
  Quake Champions enters beta in 2017 and will feature 12 characters.
  According to id Software, the arena-style FPS will feel faithful to the original, with a focus on "blazing-fast action" (running at 120hz and with unlocked framerates), "explosive rocket jumps," and "an arsenal of powerful and unique
  
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• Overwatch helps drive record-breaking revenues for Activision Blizzard

  04-08-2016 23:21
  
  Overwatch seems to be doing the business for Activision Blizzard, as the company cited it as one of the leading successes in a Wall Street-beating second-quarter earnings report. ...
  
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• Bethesda Reveals The Monsters of Talos I In First Gameplay Trailer

  04-08-2016 23:08
  
  At Bethesda's Quakecon 2016 conference the company showed the first gameplay trailer for Prey, Arkane's upcoming first-person shooter.
  In the trailer (which you can find below), protagonist Morgan narrates over shots of him strolling through an apartment, riding a lift in space, and fighting an outbreak of monsters on Talos I.
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  Prey is scheduled to release in 2017 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. You can watch the first reveal trailer for the game h
  
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• Grand Theft Auto V remains a powerhouse in Take-Two's earnings

  04-08-2016 23:05
  
  Despite launching over three years ago, Grand Theft Auto V continues to be one of Take-Two's top-earning games in its 2017 first-quarter results. ...
  
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• Doom: Unto the Evil Now Available

  04-08-2016 22:51
  
  Doom's first DLC, Unto the Evil, is out now on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
  Unto the Evil was first announced at E3 2016. The expansion brings with it three new multiplayer maps (Cataclysm, Offering, and Ritual), a new weapon and item (the UAC EMG Pistol and the Kinetic Mine), a new player-controlled demon called the Harvester, new robotic armor sets, more customization options like new patterns and colors, new taunts, and new hack modules.
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• Rogue One's final cut is handed over to the guy who did the reshoots

  04-08-2016 22:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Reshoots on Star Wars: Rogue One became a hot topic earlier this summer, when rumors circulated that Disney execs were unhappy with test screening responses
  
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• Zynga reports 2Q loss

  04-08-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  On a per-share basis, the San Francisco-based company said it had a loss of 1 cent. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were less than 1 cent on a per-share basis. The average estimate of ...
  
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• Zynga forecasts bookings largely below estimates; shares slump

  04-08-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Anya George Tharakan (Reuters) - "FarmVille" creator Zynga Inc forecast current-quarter bookings largely below estimates, sending its shares down as much as 12 percent in extended trading on Thursday. The company forecast third-quarter bookings in the range of $180 million-$190 million, largely below the average analyst estimate of $188 million expected by research firm FactSet StreetAccount. Bookings, an important metric indicating future revenue, include the sales of virtual goods such as c
  
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• Elder Scrolls Legends Open Beta Starts Today on PC

  04-08-2016 22:44
  
  At QuakeCon today, Bethesda announced that free-to-play card game The Elder Scrolls Legends is now in open beta on PC.
  As confirmed on the game's Twitter, the beta is now available for download on Bethesda's official site.Today's news marks the end of the closed beta period for the game that began in April. The Elder Scrolls Legends is expected to release later this year for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android.
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• Doom's first multiplayer DLC, Unto the Evil, is almost upon you

  04-08-2016 22:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Doom's multiplayer just grew a new pair of legs, and is aiming to trample you to death with them
  
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• New Prey Gameplay Trailer Revealed

  04-08-2016 22:43
  
  This morning at QuakeCon 2016, Bethesda and Arkane Studios revealed the first look at gameplay for the upcoming Prey game. The footage of the first-person sci-fi action-adventure game is set in 2034, and features a narrator named Morgan. He recounts a recurring dream where a dark presence is looking down on him. This is all set to establishing shots of gorgeous environments. Check it out below.
  The trailer then cuts to a series of combat shots set on a space-station against shadowy figures that
  
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• First Prey gameplay trailer warns, "someone has to die"

  04-08-2016 22:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cinematic trailers are all well and good, but let's face it: when a game is announced, what we really want is in-game footage
  
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• Platinum's Inaba got his start as a modder -- and still owes his parents a house

  04-08-2016 21:43
  
  "I kept asking them for a computer. 'I want to make games, I want to make games, I want to make games,'" Atsushi Inaba tells Kotaku. "But I kept my promise of becoming a game creator."...
  
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• Pokemon Go Companies Sued Over Trespassing Issues

  04-08-2016 21:39
  
  A lawsuit has been filed against Nintendo, Niantic Labs and the Pokemon Company, after a number of individuals trespassed on a the property of a man from New Jersey.
  According to Polygon, the lawsuit states that "at least five individuals knocked on plaintiff’s door and asked for access to plaintiff’s backyard in order to 'catch' Pokémon that the game had placed in plaintiff’s residence in West Orange, New Jersey — without plaintiff’s permission."
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• Heavy Rain predecessor Indigo Prophecy comes to PS4 on August 9

  04-08-2016 21:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nowadays, Quantic Dream is an established studio with big-time games like Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, and the upcoming Detroit: Become Human under its belt
  
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• New In-Game Cinematic Shows Lt. Reyes Taking Command of The Retribution

  04-08-2016 21:25
  
  Infinity Ward's latest trailer for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare takes place entirely in-game. After Captain Alder is killed in action, Lt. Nick Reyes must take command of the UNSA ship Retribution. You can watch the full cinematic below.
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  Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is expected to launch on November 4 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. If you'd to learn more about how taking the helm of the Retribution or Reyes' crew, be sure to check out our Call
  
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• Movement Totally Transforms Doom VR

  04-08-2016 21:10
  
  Back in June at E3 2016, we got a chance to play an early build of a virtual reality Doom demo for the HTC Vive, and while it was technically impressive, it left two of our people with mixed feelings. Here at QuakeCon 2016 though, Bethesda has upped the ante, bringing a very similar demo with one important tweak: the ability to teleport around the featured environments freely. Not only did it make for a more enjoyable experience, but it made the idea of a full-sized Doom game in VR feel like muc
  
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• Don't Miss: David Cage's classic postmortem of Indigo Prophecy

  04-08-2016 20:39
  
  With Quantic Dream's Indigo Prophecy now coming to PS4, it's a good time to take a look back at this feature-length postmortem of the game's development by designer and writer David Cage....
  
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• Meet The Trio Of Mercenaries

  04-08-2016 20:33
  
  Atlas has revealed the latest team coming to The King Of Fighters XIV. A new trailer introduces Team Ikari Warriors and its members, Ralf Jones, Clark
  Still, and Leona Heidern.
  The team, a mercenary group, is tasked with collecting intel on the character Antonov and other "undesirables" in the game. Ralf "The One Man Army" Jones leads this trio and focuses on deadly mercenary fighting techniques. His support, Still and Heidern, have different fighting styles, with
  
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• New Video Explores The Historically Inspired Weapons Players Will Utilize

  04-08-2016 20:25
  
  EA has released a video showcasing the some of the weapons available in Battlefield 1 as part of a new gameplay video series leading up to the game's October launch. 
  In the video, we get a look at not only some of the weapons in action, but how the developers researched their use during WWI before implementing them in Battlefield 1. However, DICE is not going for complete historical accuracy. Vehicle and weapon animator Christofer Brandtieng states,  "We're not recreating the old, th
  
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• Is Pokemon Go Even Legal?

  04-08-2016 20:23
  
  Pokemon Go has taken over the world, raking in tons of money for both The Pokemon Company and local businesses. But its location-based play has raised many questions about the safety and legality of a game that asks large groups to perform specific actions in public spaces.
  What happens when a Gym is placed on top of someone’s front yard? When a lure is dropped in the center of a quiet neighborhood? When someone unwittingly injures themselves on private property? One lawsuit has
  
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• Suicide Squad cut a bunch of the Joker's scenes according to Jared Leto

  04-08-2016 20:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Based on the amount of trailers and TV spots for Suicide Squad highlighting the Clown Prince of Crime, it's understandable that most folks might think 'oh hey look, another movie where The Joker's the bad guy!' They're not wrong
  
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• No Man's Sky: Everything You Need to Know

  04-08-2016 20:05
  
  No Man’s Sky has been shrouded in mystery from the beginning. With the much-anticipated survival adventure almost here — August 9 on PlayStation 4 and August 12 on PC — we thought it was the perfect time to look back on the history of this captivating interstellar exploration game, from its worldwide reveal announcement to its imminent release.
  Below is a compilation of all the No Man's Sky news, IGN First coverage, trailers, and gameplay that has been released over the la
  
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• Make time for all the great VR-focused talks at GDC Europe this month

  04-08-2016 20:04
  
  Heads up, VR enthusiasts: GDC Europe officials want to quickly let you know about some of the great VR-focused expert sessions that will be taking place at the event in Cologne, Germany....
  
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• Valve follows through on plan to make SteamVR tracking tech freely available

  04-08-2016 20:01
  
  After promising it at GDC last year, Valve announced today that it's offering royalty-free licensing of the tech (now branded as SteamVR Tracking) to interested third-party hardware manufacturers. ...
  
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• Pokémon, Zelda, and Mario may land on Nintendo NX within 6 months of release

  04-08-2016 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest rumor surrounding the Nintendo NX is that the company will release a new Mario, Pokémon, and Zelda game within the console's first six months. The company is also working with publishers on third-party content to be released during that timeframe.
  
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• Nintendo aims to crank out triple-A titles for NX console during its first six months

  04-08-2016 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest rumor surrounding the Nintendo NX is that the company will release a new Mario, Pokémon, and Zelda game within the console's first six months. The company is also working with publishers on third-party content to be released during that timeframe.
  
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• New No Man's Sky trailer is a veritable hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

  04-08-2016 19:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  No Man's Sky is a bit of a mystery at the moment. We know that you can fly around a procedurally-gen ...
  
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• The Head Of The Irish Syndicate Will Help You Take Down The Mob

  04-08-2016 19:00
  
  Hangar 13 has released a new trailer for Mafia III profiling Thomas Burke, "The Anarchist." Burke joins Lincoln Clay, Cassandra, and Mafia II protagonist Vito Scaletta on their mission to take revenge on the Italian mafia. You can find out more about Burke in the trailer below.
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  Learn more about Lincoln Clay’s story by clicking on our cover hub, where you can watch Hangar 13 break down the gameplay of Mafia III, and see how Burke will tie int
  
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• 94% of Pokemon Go players think the missing tracker is vital to the experience

  04-08-2016 18:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's pretty conclusive: you want to hunt Pokemon, not just find them lying about the place
  
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• The Fall Part 2: Unbound will tie up the first game's loose threads three years later / in early 2017

  04-08-2016 18:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been two long years since Over The Moon Games' The Fall launched on PC and Wii U (one year since it arrive on Xbox One and PS4), but finally, players will finally have a resolution to the game's cliffhanger ending
  
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• The Fall Part 2: Unbound will tie up the first game's loose threads three years later

  04-08-2016 18:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been two long years since Over The Moon Games' The Fall launched on PC and Wii U (one year since it arrive on Xbox One and PS4), but finally, players will finally have a resolution to the game's cliffhanger ending
  
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• Google, Microsoft lead GDC Europe's smart lineup of sponsored sessions

  04-08-2016 18:50
  Passes for GDC Europe 2016 are still available, and as the show draws nigh organizers highlight some great sponsored sessions from Microsoft, Google and more. ...
  
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• Quadrilateral Cowboy dev on indie essentials and fluid game design

  04-08-2016 17:56
  
  "I think the sweet spot is in making the thing you want to make, and having more than enough resources and skills to execute it." ...
  
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• Nintendo NX launch window to feature Mario, Zelda and Pokemon games

  04-08-2016 17:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Who would have thought that a console might actually need games to succeed? Although Nintendo managed to overcome the odds with the Wii, there was no Wii Sports to keep the Wii U afloat. And so it sank, further and further every year, to the point where some gamers have probably forgotten the console exists. Nintendo isn't going to let the NX suffer the same fate. DON'T MISS:  Leaked video shows a real iPhone 7 in action for the first time ever Sources tell  MCV that Nintendo will
  
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• Blog: The relationship between monetization and player behavior

  04-08-2016 17:13
  
  Seasun Inc's director of product development, Mantin Lu, offers some thoughts on the relationship between monetisation and player behaviour. ...
  
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• Pokemon Go's battery saver mode is coming back to iOS soon, weep no more for your dying phone

  04-08-2016 16:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  While plenty of Pokemon Go players were upset about update 0
  
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• Every Harry Potter spell from the film in one alphabetised supercut

  04-08-2016 16:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  I don't even want to think about how much work this must have been
  
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• Torment: Tides Of Numenera Coming To PlayStation 4, Xbox One

  04-08-2016 16:29
  Following the success of Wasteland 2 on consoles, InXile is readying its next game for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Torment: Tides of Numenera will be headed from mouse-and-keyboard to controller at the same time next year.
  InXile is working with Techland on the console releases. They will be shown for the first time at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany later this month.
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  Torment: Tides of Numenera was originally slated for a December 2014 release during its
  
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• The Wrong Characters Keep Appearing in Overwatch's One-Character Mode

  04-08-2016 16:17
  
  Overwatch dropped Lucioball - a Rocket League-indebted new game mode - as part of its Summer Games seasonal event on Tuesday. Because this is the internet, people have already worked out how to use characters other than Lucio in Lucioball.
  Numerous videos have popped up since release, showing practically every other character in the game taking part in the new sport, most of whom go onto break the rules by straight up murdering their opponents. Lucio might have had his offensive moves turned off
  
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• Blog: Programmer experience& #8202; and why UX matters everywhere

  04-08-2016 16:09
  
  Programmer Bruno Mikoski's explains how Unity developers can pave the way towards an ultimate end-user UX....
  
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• Sony cancels PlayStation original series, Powers

  04-08-2016 16:08
  
  After two seasons and 20 episodes, Sony has pulled the plug on its experimental 'PlayStation originals' venture....
  
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• Full No Man's Sky Soundtrack Now Streaming

  04-08-2016 15:37
  
  The first part of 65daysofstatic's soundtrack album of music from and inspired by No Man's Sky, Music for an Infinite Universe is available to stream now.
  The ten tracks available to stream are more traditional 65DOS tracks, inspired by writing for the game. Missing from the stream are the album's six soundscapes, drawn directly from the procedural soundtrack the game creates as you play.
  Here's the stream, released alongside  The Independent:
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• Mario and Pokémon to boost Nintendo's NX console: report

  04-08-2016 15:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nintendo is intending to give sales of its next console a strong start with support from the Mario and Pokémon franchises, according to a new report. "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" is already expected to help launch the new console, dubbed the NX, when it arrives in 2017. A March 2017 date has been announced by Japanese console manufacturer Nintendo, which coincides with the release of "Breath of the Wild" both on NX and the current Wii U console, and the company is to reveal t
  
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• Sudden Strike 4 Announced, Helmed By New Developer

  04-08-2016 15:31
  
  Kalypso has announced Sudden Strike 4, a new entry in the military real-time strategy series. Developer Kite Games, made of several ex-members of the now-defunct Stormregion
  Studios (Codename: Panzers), has taken over development of the series from Fireglow Games. The game features over twenty missions across three campaigns, multiplayer, and Steam Workshop support.You can watch the first teaser trailer below.
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  Sudden Strike 4 is currently up on Steam for pre-order for
  
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• New Developer Kite Games Brings Back The Long-Dormant Series

  04-08-2016 15:31
  
  Kalypso has announced Sudden Strike 4, a new entry in the military real-time strategy series. Developer Kite Games, made of several ex-members of the now-defunct Stormregion
  Studios (Codename: Panzers), has taken over development of the series from Fireglow Games.The game features over twenty missions across three campaigns, multiplayer, and Steam Workshop support. You can watch the first teaser trailer below.
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  Sudden Strike 4 is currently up on St
  
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• Sean Bean to Voice Civilization 6 Tech Tree

  04-08-2016 15:06
  
  Not only did Sean Bean voice the Civilization VI E3 trailer, he's also taken on the mantle of tech tree narrator.
  According to PC Gamer, the actor will be voicing the historical quotations which appear when you research new technologies in the game.
  Sean Bean takes over from Morgan Sheppard, who performed the same role in Civ 5. Before Sheppard, Leonard Nimoy voiced the tech tree in Civ 4.
  Bean has done voice acting for a couple of video games video games before, most recently as the narrator in
  
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• Blog: Deconstructing 'secret of the forest' from Chrono Trigger

  04-08-2016 15:05
  
  Composer Jason Yu offers a comprehensive breakdown of Chrono Trigger track 'secret of the forest'. ...
  
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