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• The Crow remake is still happening, and may star Jason Momoa

  11-08-2016 23:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  The proposed remake of The Crow is one of those movies that's spent years in development hell, losing directors and stars left and right
  
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• Nintendo NX detachable controller rumors get backed up with official patents

  11-08-2016 23:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  When we first heard that Nintendo NX would be a handheld system with detachable controllers, we only had anonymous sources to rely on
  
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• No Man's Sky Explorer's Edition Replica Ship Shown Off

  11-08-2016 23:38
  
  iam8bit has offered up a new, detailed look at the replica ship that comes packed in with the No Man's Sky Explorer's Edition.
  Made for a limited run of 10,000 copies, the $149.99 edition of the game is still available to pre-order, with a new estimated ship date. For a better look at the ship that comes included with the Explorer's Edition, including a look at the ship model before and after it has been hand painted, check out the gallery below.
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• Riot takes aim at League of Legends cheating software in new lawsuit

  11-08-2016 23:31
  
  Riot is suing a group of German hack creators for creating software that lets players cheat at League of Legends and targeting a Riot employee on social media....
  
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• Hawks And Dragons Are Close Allies For Fighters In Team Another World Trailer

  11-08-2016 23:30
  
  Another weekly team trailer for The King of Fighters XIV has been released, this time highlighting the dangerous trio of Team Another World.Nakoruru, Mui Mui, and Love Heart have traveled across dimensions to join the roster of The King of Fighters XIV and bring their unique fighting abilities to the table. A new trailer (seen below) highlights some of their moves.
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  Love Heart is the main character from an SNK Pachinko game series titled Sky Love.
  
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• 3 New Characters Among Gears of War 4 Pre-Order Bonuses

  11-08-2016 23:15
  
  Microsoft has revealed the "Brothers to the End Elite Gear Pack" pre-order bonus for Gears of War 4.
  The pack is part of all editions of Gears of War 4 and "pays homage to some of the most beloved characters" in the Gears franchise.
  Anyone who pre-orders, or who has already pre-ordered, Gears of War 4 will receive three characters, as well as a Gold Wave Lancer and Gold Wave Gnasher.
  The three characters are Tomorrow Anya, Old Man Marcus, and Zombie Dom. Anya is named "after her famous words fol
  
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• More Evidence of NX Detachable Controllers

  11-08-2016 23:14
  
  Nintendo has filed a patent application that supports prior rumors claiming NX will feature detachable controllers.
  The application, which was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (via NeoGAF) back in January and published today, is for a detachable controller add-on that can connect to the side of a portable gaming device.
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• Watch No Man's Sky's weird creatures get a classic Disney introduction

  11-08-2016 22:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Part of the fun in No Man's Sky is discovering the multitude of cute, bizarre, and otherworldly animals inhabiting the plethora of planets in the galaxy
  
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• Get a job: Be a Producer at Cryptic Studios

  11-08-2016 22:13
  The Star Trek Online dev is looking for producers to work closely with programmers and artists at Cryptic's Los Gatos, CA office to make sure everything comes together smoothly. ...
  
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• Pokemon Sun & Moon just revealed the big bads, new critters, and more Alola forms

  11-08-2016 21:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a lot to unpack from the new Pokemon Sun & Moon trailer released today, including the bad guys known as Team Skull, a new Pokemon that shoots its intestines out of its mouth, and Alola forms of Raichu, Marowak, and Meowth
  
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• Battlefield 1 vehicles trailer has a lot to be tank-ful for, it's biplane to see

  11-08-2016 21:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Driving a tank in Battlefield 1 is supposed to make you feel like a terror of ground warfare
  
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• Gambling on eSports under new scrutiny by UK Gambling Commission

  11-08-2016 21:39
  
  The UK's Gambling Commission has published a discussion paper outlining its concerns about unlicensed gambling using virtual game goods with real-money value -- especially on eSports.  ...
  
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• Teaser Website Features Sliding Puzzles Reveal Game Images

  11-08-2016 21:34
  
  Tarsier Studios' survival horror game Hunger has received a name change, and is now titled Little Nightmares.Bandai Namco has entered into a worldwide publishing agreement with the studio, who are best known for developing LittleBigPlanet PS Vita and porting Tearaway over to the PlayStation 4. Little Nightmares is a brand-new IP that follows a little girl named Six as you solve puzzles and navigate her past creepy monsters as seen in past teaser trailers, as well as the new
  
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• Don't Miss: Designing interesting decisions for games

  11-08-2016 20:58
  
  In this classic feature Jon Shafer, who previously led development of Civilization V at Firaxis, explains how it's possible to create a game full of "very interesting and very difficult decisions." ...
  
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• Check Out Over 30 Minutes of Worlds Adrift's Sky Pirate Action

  11-08-2016 20:51
  
  Worlds Adrift is an ambitious expansive game that opens the door to an never-ending sky of islands waiting to be explored and plundered. Player are invited to craft their own adventures and stories with a robust and imaginative airship-building system and persistent physics based world where every crashed airship holds a tale, and loot waiting to be plundered.
  Recently, we sat down with developers from Bossa Studios to take a look at their ever-expanding world in a four-part video series you can
  
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• Are paid apps dead? There's only 1 among the US 50 top-grossing, and it's Minecraft

  11-08-2016 20:31
  Even when you narrow down to focus only on the 50 top-grossing mobile games in the US, Minecraft: Pocket Edition is the only premium entry -- the rest are free-to-play games. ...
  
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• The new Star Trek TV show just dropped info on *everything*

  11-08-2016 20:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  If the first teaser for the Star Trek TV series left you gagging for more details, then this huge batch of intel that just arrived should satisfy your Trek thirst
  
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• Another Halo Wars 2 Beta Coming in Early 2017

  11-08-2016 20:08
  
  343 Industries and Creative Assembly have announced that another beta for Halo Wars 2 will be held sometime early next year. The beta will be available for both Windows 10 and Xbox One users.
  The team behind Microsoft's upcoming strategy sequel also detailed several changes and improvements that are being made to the game—in addition to the prior beta's connectivity issues, which have already been remedied for the final release.
  General enhancements, included improved stability, pacing and
  
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• WISER is a new pro speakers bureau for women in games and tech

  11-08-2016 19:51
  
  The Open Gaming Alliance has partnered with Unity to open a dedicated women's speaker bureau in an effort to support more women speaking about the areas of their expertise at industry events....
  
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• Authentic World War I Inspiration For Planes And Tanks Discussed

  11-08-2016 19:49
  
  The latest update in Battlefield 1's gameplay video series features the vehicles of World War I. Interviews with developers and designers reveal how the models were made to feel like their real-life counterparts.Previous trailers discussed the various weapons in the game. Air combat and armored warfare will play a major role in each multiplayer match, so a lot of thought was given to the functions and design of each fighter plane and bomber. Get a sense of how each these vehicles were desi
  
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• "The Made Man" Is Back, But With A New Family

  11-08-2016 19:45
  
  In the most recent Mafia III trailer, Vito Scaletta, the protagonist of Mafia II, is front and center. Exiled by the Italian Mafia, Scaletta joins protagonist Lincoln Clay's bloody revenge path in an effort to get his own vengeance on those who wronged him.
  The trailer, seen below, highlights the idea of family – a common theme of Mafia games. Scaletta, betrayed by those he once called friends, joins Clay's family, joining in on the revenge and violence they are wreaking across the city o
  
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• New Screenshots And Trailer Released Ahead Of Demo

  11-08-2016 19:41
  
  After confirmation earlier this year that Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice would be headed to the West in the fall with a digital-only release, fans of the dramatic courtroom series can look forward to playing the game on their 3DS come September 8.Spirit of Justice features series star Phoenix Wright, as well as returning characters from Dual Destinies Apollo Justice and Athena Cykes. Each character has their own skill, including the ability to detect a subject's mood and
  
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• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 6 Release Date Announced

  11-08-2016 18:59
  
  Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney — Spirit of Justice will release for the Nintendo 3DS on September 8 for $29.99, Capcom announced today.
  The sixth game in the Ace Attorney franchise will be available digitally via the Nintendo eShop, and for those interested in trying the game out beforehand, a demo will be available to download beginning August 25.
  Alongside the release date announcement, Capcom debuted a new trailer, focusing on the game's cast of characters and their abilities.
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• No Man's Sky boxes have stickers concealing multiplayer features and it's a bit awkward

  11-08-2016 18:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  The No Man's Sky multiplayer situation was weird enough before people started peeling off their box stickers
  
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• Blog: Boosting player participation using the 'ethical avatar'

  11-08-2016 18:50
  
  "When a game rises above a certain degree of abstraction, into the arena of realism, an Ethical Avatar will improve it. This article explains how to employ an EA," ...
  
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• Impressive mod turns the Xbox One S into a laptop

  11-08-2016 18:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If you need to keep up with your Xbox One games while you're on the move, the portable "Xbook One S" created by Eddie Zarick is definitely the way to go — as long as you've got $1,495 to spare.
  
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• A modder transformed the Xbox One S into a laptop-like portable system

  11-08-2016 18:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If you need to keep up with your Xbox One games while you're on the move, the portable "Xbook One S" created by Eddie Zarick is definitely the way to go — as long as you've got $1,495 to spare.
  
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• Devs, submit your great ideas for a GDC 2017 Design talk

  11-08-2016 18:11
  Hey game designers, GDC officials are seeking great submissions of intriguing Design talks for the GDC 2017 Main Conference, from now through August 18th....
  
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• That Men in Black/Jump Street crossover may not be happening after all, says Jonah Hill

  11-08-2016 18:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Earlier this year it looked like that improbable crossover between the 21 Jump Street and Men in Black franchises was actually becoming a reality when Sony announced the title at CinemaCon
  
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• Vikings: Wolves of Midgard – A Modern-Day Gauntlet?

  11-08-2016 18:00
  
  I've always had a soft spot for slaying monsters with a controller in hand and a friend by my side. From Wizards of Wor on the Atari, to the original Gauntlet in arcades, to the Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance series on PlayStation 2, I've grown from simple hack-and-slash adventures to deep action-RPGs with extensive customization and juggling multiple combat skills.
  And now, Vikings – Wolves of Midgard enters the fray. It puts you in the sturdy boots of a viking (either the stronger male war
  
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• Titanfall 2 Single Player Campaign Is Surprising

  11-08-2016 18:00
  
  It’s easy to forget just how good a game Respawn Entertainment gave us with Titanfall. Its now-regularly imitated movement was fluid, freeing, and incredibly satisfying. Its dramatic sense of scale was unique in that size never really equated to power. Fighting a titan as a pilot was exhilarating, and terrifying, but actually feasible. To Respawn’s great credit, it squared tiny, nimble pilots against hulking, robotic superweapons, and if you had a basic grasp of the strengths and wea
  
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• Blog: Why video game review scores are useless

  11-08-2016 17:52
  
  "Trying to quantify game reviewing has always been a pointless process, and today's post looks at why." ...
  
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• Microsoft acquires streaming platform Beam to make Xbox Live 'more social'

  11-08-2016 17:43
  Microsoft has acquired Seattle-based streaming service Beam for an undisclosed fee, with a view to integrating the platform into its Xbox family. ...
  
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• Witcher 3: Game of the Year Edition Release Date Announced

  11-08-2016 17:31
  
  The much-requested, then rumored, then confirmed Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition now has a release date of August 30 for PC, Xbox One and PS4, and is available for pre-order on Amazon.
  Comprising the main game, both major expansions, every piece of free DLC and all updates, it's a hefty package, one that CD Projekt Red thinks will offer you at least 150 hours of gameplay to get through.
  It's worth your time - we gave the main game a 9.3 review, and both the Hearts of St
  
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• The Witcher 3: Complete Edition will package the base game and every DLC for $50 on August 30

  11-08-2016 17:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you were holding off on getting The Witcher 3 until a promised Game of the Year-style edition came along, you might want to get your wallet ready
  
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• Here's the PS4 and PlayStation VR lineup for Gamescom

  11-08-2016 17:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gamescom is Gamescoming next week, and that means live demos for industry professionals and the public alike
  
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• Some Versions of No Man's Sky Have Online Logo Covered Up

  11-08-2016 17:03
  
  Limited Edition versions of No Man’s Sky in Europe come with a sticker covering the original PEGI rating and a logo denoting online play.
  According to PCGamesN, multiple sources - including retailers in the UK and the Netherlands - have confirmed the existence of the sticker. That’s as well as further corroborating posts on Reddit and Imgur.
  The Limited Edition box ships with an incorrect PEGI rating of 12, as well as logos to inform players the game contains violence and online
  
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• Former RedLynx boss appointed CEO of Alan Wake dev, Remedy

  11-08-2016 16:51
  Former RedLynx boss Tero Virtala has been appointed CEO of Alan Wake and Quantum Break developer, Remedy Entertainment....
  
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• New Overwatch Animated Short Coming Next Week

  11-08-2016 16:45
  
  Blizzard will reveal its fifth Overwatch animated short, "The Last Bastion" next Thursday, August 18.
  Announced as part of the developer's plans for Gamescom, the short will be broadcast on the developer's stage and livestream from 9am PT/12pm ET/5pm UK/2am AU
  "'The Last Bastion' tells the origin story of the inquisitive transforming robot, Bastion", reads Blizzard's announcement. "In this episode, we follow the forgotten battle automaton as it unexpectedly reactivates after laying dormant
  
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• New Mafia 3 trailer is a tour of New Bordeaux, which is apparently just the worst

  11-08-2016 16:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although Mafia 3's New Bordeaux is loosely based on New Orleans, it is in fact a fictional city with fictional history
  
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• No Man's Sky has a super-easy item duping exploit right now

  11-08-2016 16:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you had a way to duplicate your rare resources in No Man's Sky, you'd literally have a shortcut to the center of the Universe
  
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• Transformers: The Last Knight image reveals Megatron's new weaponry

  11-08-2016 16:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  In the final act of Transfomers: Age of Extinction Optimus Prime wielded a powerful Cybertronian sword - which he'll be using again in Transformers: The Last Knight - and now it looks like Megatron will also be fighting with some new weaponry next year
  
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• Warhammer 40K: Inquisitor Gets Bloody With Trailer Focused On Gory Combat

  11-08-2016 16:20
  
  The Warhammer 40K universe is one of perpetual conflict. Humans have spread throughout the galaxy, and thousands of them die every day for the glory of the Imperium, defending mankind from Xenos and Chaos.
  Warhammer 40K: Inquisitor - Martyr tackles the franchise as an action-RPG. Players step into the role of an inquisitor (and not a space marine for once), tackling Orks, Chaos forces, and other threats to mankind.
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• Get Your First Look at Pokemon Sun & Moon's Team Skull

  11-08-2016 16:04
  
  The latest Pokémon Sun & Moon trailer gives us our first look at Team Skull members.
  The video shows us two of the generic Team Skull (this game's Team Rocket equivalent) grunts, Team Skull’s “Big Sister” in charge of smacking about disobeying grunts, Plumeria, and the team’s big bad, leader Guzma.
  Also revealed were three new Alolan-form Pokémon in Raichu, Meowth, and Marowak. Raichu is now an Electric/Psychic type, while Meowth is Dark, and Marowak is
  
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• More New Pokémon And Team Skull Revealed For Sun And Moon

  11-08-2016 15:51
  
  The Alola region is home to strange and wonderful new Pokémon. It’s also the territory of a new band of villains: Team Skull.
  The new Pokémon include Wishiwashi, what can turn into a school of Wishiwashi fish at later levels. There’s also Pyukumuku, the puking fish, that smacks you with its innards.
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  This trailer also introduces the “Straight Outta Hot Topic” Team Skull. So edgy!
  There are also new Alola variants fo
  
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• Blog: Creating the slang of ChronoBlade's multiverse

  11-08-2016 15:47
  
  "Fictional languages, or conlangs have been a feature of many great works of worldbuilding. Canargy, a language I created for ChronoBlade serves as a how-to for creating an argot." ...
  
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• Former PlayStation exclusive Rime gets new publisher

  11-08-2016 15:44
  
  Cel-shaded adventure title and former PlayStation exclusive, Rime, has resurfaced with a new publisher and tentative release date....
  
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• Motorsport Manager Is a Different Kind of Racing Simulator

  11-08-2016 15:14
  
  When it comes to sports management simulations there’s football, and then there’s everything else. In 1982 British publisher Addictive Games released Football Manager, a text-based football management simulation that singlehandedly established a new genre of video games. Premier Manager, Championship Manager, and SEGA’s own Football Manager would all reap success following in its wake.
  While there’s no shortage of management sims built around other sports – baseball
  
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• Explore Mafia III’s Seedy Underbelly In First Of New Bordeaux Video Series

  11-08-2016 15:06
  
  The Mafia series is moving down south to the fictional city of New Bordeaux. On the surface, it seems like a nice enough town. Dig a little deeper though, and you’ll find it has a rotten core.
  In the first of a series of videos focused on the city, we learn a bit about its different districts. Each has its own character and its own problems.
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  You can read more about Mafia III in our coverage from the November 2015 issue. It will be out on October
  
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• Star Wars: The Force Awakens will have all new deleted scenes in 4-disc Blu-Ray

  11-08-2016 15:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars: The Force Awakens arrived on Blu-Ray stands back in April, and while that release had plenty of extras there was always a strong likelihood that more content would be coming in future home entertainment re-releases
  
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