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• Take Control Of An Episode Of The Popular Anime

  16-08-2016 23:39
  
  Set in the year 2112, Psycho-Pass presents a unique vision of a dystopian future where everything about a person’s mental state can be revealed via public scanning technology. This makes it easy to find and track the troublemakers before things get out of hand. A subject’s criminal latency is determined by their hue, or the darkness of the color represented in their scan’s results. The plot of the anime first aired in 2014, and follows a group of criminal investigators using t
  
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• Twitch buys VoIP and game community host Curse

  16-08-2016 23:38
  
  Twitch has picked up the video game-focused VoIP and community services provider that began its life as a host for World of Warcraft mods and add-ons....
  
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• A Titanfall 2 VR mode experiment let players "feel the scale" of its imposing mechs

  16-08-2016 23:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Titanfall 2 will arrive on PS4 and Xbox One on October 28, by which point the three major virtual reality headsets will all be available for purchase
  
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• This Week on PSN: Grow Up, Bound, F1 2016

  16-08-2016 23:06
  
  Every week, Sony drops a bunch of new stuff onto the PlayStation Network. Those with a PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Vita can download these goodies, which include PSN games, movies, themes and more. Take a look at this week's highlights below!
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• ReCore’s Robot Buds Are Not Duds

  16-08-2016 23:01
  
  Leading into E3 2016, we had so many questions about ReCore. Now, after the expo last June and leading into Gamescom, we finally have a few answers. To quickly recap: ReCore is an action-based platforming game with tight jumps and blazingly-fast shootouts that’s coming to Xbox One and PC. It is made by a talent pool of successful game makers: the diverse development team include talent from Halo (Joe Staten), Mega Man (Keiji Inafune), and Metroid Prime (Armature Studios).In it, you play as
  
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• Watch Demons Get Decimated In Variety of Ways

  16-08-2016 22:41
  
  Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse is bringing with it the largest roster of enemy demons in the series to date. To achieve victory when the game launches on September 20, familiarize yourself with the battle tactics using some recently-released footage.
  The trailer (which you can watch below) lays out five steps proven to help players defeat demons in the upcoming RPG. Tricks like striking first will be second nature to experts of the series, but Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse will introduce
  
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• New "Zombies In Spaceland" Mode Will Be Playable Next Month At The Call Of Duty XP Event

  16-08-2016 22:30
  Activision today announced a new co-op mode coming to Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare. "Zombies In Spaceland" adds an eighties-inspired twist to the popular Zombies mode and features a star-studded cast.
  The survival mode drops players into a space-themed amusement park overrun with the living dead. After being transported into a horror movie by director Willard
  Wyler, players assume the role one of four eighties archetypes (the jock, the nerd, the rapper, and the valley girl). Zombies
  
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• Get a job: Be a UI Programmer at Psyonix

  16-08-2016 22:25
  Psyonix, that independent studio responsible for Rocket League, is looking for an experienced UI programmer to join the team working out of its offices in San Diego, California....
  
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• Satoru Iwata’s first Nintendo project found, preserved by historian

  16-08-2016 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Games historian and preservationist Frank Cifaldi has unearthed a treasure trove of pre-release Nintendo Entertainment System games, including what's believed to be the earliest Nintendo project coded by Satoru Iwata.
  
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• The Star Wars Battlefront VR mission will tie into Rogue One, and it's free

  16-08-2016 22:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars Battlefront will be getting a PlayStation VR-compatible mission when the headset launches later this year, and it should be of particular interest to anyone who wants to see Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in theaters
  
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• F2P 'idle clicker' games are making the jump from PC/mobile to consoles

  16-08-2016 22:01
  
  The rising popularity of free-to-play incremental or "idle clicker" games seems to have carried them on to modern consoles, as Hyper Hippo has released its PC/mobile game AdVenture Capitalist on PS4....
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront VR Mission Is Rogue One Themed

  16-08-2016 21:55
  
  EA and Criterion Games announced that the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront VR Mission will be Rogue One: A Star Wars Story themed.
  Criterion producer Pete Lake confirmed the Rogue One connection during EA's Gamescom 2016 livestream, but did not elaborate on how exactly it will play into the upcoming Star Wars film.
  "We've been working really closely with Lucasfilm to make this the perfect tie in to this new movie," Lake said.
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• Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's Zombies mode is an '80s trip with David Hasselhoff and Pee-Wee Herman

  16-08-2016 21:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Call of Duty's Zombies mode has always been the place where the series has stretched out its legs and gotten more than a bit weird
  
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• FIFA 17 Unveils New Ultimate Team Features

  16-08-2016 21:34
  
  Ultimate Team is a popular destination for FIFA players, and today at Gamescom publisher/developer EA Sports debuted the mode's newest additions.
  FUT Champions is a competitive mode with daily knockout tourneys that qualify players for the weekend league, and from there a climb up the monthly leaderboards.
  Both FUT Champions and the new Squad Building Challenges get you in-game rewards like coins, kits, and packs. Squad Building Challenges are just that – perimeters for forming a team lik
  
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• Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Zombies Mode Revealed

  16-08-2016 21:31
  
  Activision revealed the new zombies mode for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Zombies in Spaceland, during Gamescom 2016.
  The latest take on the franchise's co-op Zombies mode puts players in the shoes of four aspiring actors, all of whom have come to a movie theater for an audition via invitation by director Willard Wyler (voiced by Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens).
  The four find themselves transformed into 80s archetypes — the jock, the nerd, the valley girl, and the rapper &m
  
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• No Man's Sky Review – The Final Verdict

  16-08-2016 21:24
  
  A good game is often said to be more than the sum of its parts – a special, unquantifiable feeling that comes from seeing every mechanic working seamlessly together to create variety and surprises. No Man’s Sky, by contrast, is a huge collection of parts that can’t find that harmony. To its credit a few work brilliantly - specifically the unheard of scale and scope of its procedurally generated sci-fi universe and often striking interplanetary exploration that allows you to hop
  
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• 15 years later, dev releases source code of cancelled Game Boy Color RPG

  16-08-2016 21:03
  
  More than a decade after shutting down, defunct video game studio Affinix Software has briefly returned from the dead to release a ROM and the source code for its cancelled Game Boy Color RPG Infinity....
  
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• 5 Reasons We're Excited for Titanfall 2 Multiplayer

  16-08-2016 21:02
  
  We  recently got to spend a ton of time playing the Titanfall 2 multiplayer technical test that will be coming soon. It’s a snapshot of what the full multiplayer experience is shaping up to be, and from everything we saw, and played, and killed with a big robot, I’m incredibly excited for more.
  You can find a whole bunch of footage below, but before you watch it all, here are my five quick takeaways why we’re excited for Titanfall 2 multiplayer.
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• Paid DLC Possible for No Man's Sky

  16-08-2016 20:41
  
  No Man's Sky will certainly receive plenty of updates moving forward from its release, but creator Sean Murray is now saying he may have been "perhaps naive" in suggesting all those updates would be free.
  New features and new content will be continuously added to the game, including a new patch that will make players "very happy," Murray said, but the creator is no longer ruling out paid DLC. Nothing is a guarantee, at this point, though.
  "Maybe in the futurethere's some reason why we just
  
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• Xbox Game Preview, ID@Xbox titles coming to Windows 10 this year

  16-08-2016 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Microsoft announced that "tons" of independently produced Xbox One games will hit Windows 10 over the next several years as part of its ID@Xbox and Game Preview programs, with many "amazing" titles premiering by the end of 2016.
  
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• New Overwatch Map Revealed

  16-08-2016 20:37
  
  During its Gamescom 2016 live stream today, Blizzard revealed a new Overwatch map called Eichenwalde, slated to launch in September.
  Eichenwalde is an Assault/Escort hybrid map where one team will attempt to lead a battering ram to Eichenwalde Castle, while the opposing team will attempt to defend the keep.
  The Overwatch team added a bit more insight during Blizzard's live stream.
  "The middle part of this map is very vertical," explained Overwatch's Lead System Designer, Aaron Kel
  
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• Don't Miss: The Essential 20 - A Japanese RPG primer for devs

  16-08-2016 20:32
  
  Almost 10 years after this 2008 feature was published, it's still worth reading for some intriguing opinions on the design and influence of some well-known (and some relatively unknown!) JRPGs....
  
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• Star Wars 8 director shares image to commemorate the first day of editing

  16-08-2016 20:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars 8 wrapped filming last month in spectacular fashion, bringing to a close the principal photography portion on one of the most anticipated movies since
  
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• Destiny: Rise of Iron Gamescom trailer is 8 minutes of behind-the-scenes and new gameplay

  16-08-2016 20:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bungie gave us quite a good look at its Destiny expansion Rise of Iron during its Gamescom 2016 livestream today
  
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• Intel is building its own standalone VR headset: Project Alloy

  16-08-2016 20:05
  
  Intel is working on a standalone "merged reality" headset, Project Alloy, that will be compatible with Microsoft's Windows Holographic platform. ...
  
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• Windows 10 Game Preview Coming Soon

  16-08-2016 20:00
  
  Microsoft announced today at Gamescom 2016 that its Game Preview program, which is currently available for Xbox One owners, is coming to Windows 10 later this year.
  According to Director of ID@Xbox Chris Charla's announcement on Xbox Wire, Rockfish's upcoming title Everspace will be the first game that PC players will be able to buy and preview as a work-in-progress.
  Through Game Preview on Windows 10, players will be able to aid in the development process of various in-progress PC games to "hel
  
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• New Trailer Released Alongside Open Beta Arrival

  16-08-2016 19:53
  
  Paragon enters open beta today, allowing anyone to play Epic Games' multiplayer online battle arena title.
  The open beta is supported on both PC and PlayStation 4. Along with the open beta news comes a trailer (which you can watch below) featuring new gameplay and cinematic footage.
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  The Paragon Essentials Edition has been available for retail purchase since June, and in that same month Epic Games announced the open beta would be com
  
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• Destiny: Rise of Iron hands you the keys to the Crucible with private matches

  16-08-2016 19:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Destiny expansion Rise of Iron will add two much-requested features to the game's PvP when it launches September 20: private matches and clans
  
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• The first Arrival trailer has Amy Adams saving the world from alien invasion

  16-08-2016 19:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  If recent movies are anything to go by, if aliens come to Earth it'll be to make humans extinct (this year alone has given us the likes of Independence Day: Resurgence, The 5th Wave, and 10 Cloverfield Lane)
  
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• Gamescom Launch Trailer Reveals New Titans And Pre-Order Bonuses

  16-08-2016 19:37
  
  Fans of the Attack on Titan anime who have been waiting for the second season will be surprised to learn the game's plot will extend past the end of the show's first season. New details and a trailer regarding the game's story were released at Gamescom.Players who pre-order before the game's August 30 release date will receive a number of in-game costumes for Eren, Levi, and Mikasa. Check out the latest trailer below for a look at the enormous Armored Titan and ape-like Beast Titan you'll be ab
  
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• Destiny Getting Private PvP Matches

  16-08-2016 19:33
  
  During a Destiny livestream as part of Gamescom 2016, Bungie revealed that Destiny will be getting private player vs. player matches on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
  The announcement came at the start of the Destiny stream, which included new information about the upcoming Destiny: Rise of Iron expansion coming next month. Though private matches will debut alongside Rise of Iron, Bungie will make the private PvP functionality available for all PS4 and Xbox One players.
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• Xbox One S FIFA 17 Bundle Revealed

  16-08-2016 19:26
  
  Today at Gamescom 2016, Microsoft announced that a new FIFA 17 Xbox One S bundle will be available on September 22.
  According to Xbox Wire, the console bundle includes a digital copy of FIFA 17, as well as three Ultimate Team Loan Legends and one month of EA Access. A 500GB version will be available for $300 USD, while a 1TB option that also includes an Ultimate Team Rare Player Pack will be priced at $350 USD.Xbox One S FIFA 17 bundle, via Xbox WireContinue reading…
  
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• 'Battlefield 1,' 'Sea of Thieves,' PlayStation VR, 'Destiny' to be among Gamescom's bigger names

  16-08-2016 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nintendo's holding back for a new console announcement, PlayStation's expected to make Paris Games Week its main European platform, and Microsoft's opting for a Fan Fest, but there's still plenty to look out for at Gamescom 2016, August 18-21. The expansion should be on display in PlayStation's section of the show floor, where "Titanfall 2," "Gran Turismo Sport," and a clutch of titles for PlayStation VR will also be in evidence, as well as "Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare," "Horizon Zero Dawn,"
  
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• New Melee Character Colbjorn Uses Brute Strength Over Magic

  16-08-2016 19:17
  
  Developer Defiant revealed a new companion available for its upcoming action RPG, Hand Of Fate 2. Colbjorn, will specialize in melee combat, with an emphasis on heavy attacks.
  Colbjorn uses club-like short swords to knock enemies back with his brute strength. He will also grant the player an extra die roll in the game's tabletop minigames. The new character will make his debut at this year's PAX West. The expo takes place between September 2-5 in Seattle, WA.
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• Blog: Building a massively multiplayer online game of Whack-A-Mole

  16-08-2016 19:14
  
  The story of how one dev built an MMO version of Whack-A-Mole with a server-less architecture. More than 20 people can compete at the same time on a big dashboard -- by playing on their phones....
  
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• Justice League's Aquaman is the Wolverine of the DC universe, says James Wan

  16-08-2016 19:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Given the fact that he is the King of a mythical island with an ability to talk to undersea creatures, Aquaman is one of the more challenging heroes to adapt to screen
  
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• See More Of Brotherhood, Kingsglaive, And Final Fantasy XV With Three New Trailers

  16-08-2016 18:57
  
  Square Enix has released new trailers for three of its Final Fantasy XV-related projects: Final Fantasy XV, Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV, and Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV..
  The new 60-minute trailer for Final Fantasy XV dives deep into the game's systems, revealing some of the new monsters, quests, equipment, and magic systems. Most notably, it showcases the game's "Wait Mode," which allows players to pause the game's battles to target enemies and command teammates. You can watch the full gam
  
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• Titanfall 2 Multiplayer Technical Test Detailed

  16-08-2016 18:36
  
  Titanfall 2's open multiplayer technical test will kick off this weekend, Respawn Entertainment and Electronic Arts announced today at Gamescom.
  The test will take place during the remaining two weekends in August, starting this Friday, August 19, and will be available for both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players.
  Those who participate in the technical test during the first week will be able to play two different multiplayer modes, including a 5v5 mode called Bounty Hunt that pits a team of Pilot
  
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• NHL 17 Showcases World Cup Of Hockey Mode In New Trailer

  16-08-2016 18:18
  
  The NHL is still on the fence about its elite hockey players taking time off during the season to compete in the next Winter Olympics, but Gary Bettman is still into waving national flags on the ice.The league is demonstrating its commitment to patriotism in the upcoming World Cup of Hockey, which starts on September 17 and runs through the first of October. This tournament pits the biggest hockey countries in the world against one another (Canada, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Czech Republic, and U
  
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• Titanfall 2's open beta will be on PS4 and Xbox One for the next two weekends

  16-08-2016 18:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's been whispers of a Titanfall 2 beta for a while but now an 'open multiplayer technical test' has been officially confirmed for this weekend and next on PS4 and Xbox One
  
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• Pennywise is all smiles in new image from the It remake

  16-08-2016 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Last month brought us a first look at Pennywise, the creepy clown at the heart of Andres Muschietti's It reboot
  
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• 35 new WWE 2K17 roster names leaked, including Becky Lynch, AJ Styles and Dudley Boyz

  16-08-2016 17:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Power to the super-sleuths of caws.ws – the independent wrestling community has once more drop ...
  
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• Tequila Works, Cavalier Game Studios Announce The Sexy Brutale In Macabre Trailer

  16-08-2016 17:26
  
  Tequila Works has announced a new game, which is being developed in collaboration with Cavalier Game Studios. In The Sexy Brutale, players relive a notorious night at a mansion, in which guests at a ball were murdered by the staff.
  You play an elderly priest named Lafcadio Boone, who is trapped in an endlessly looping day. Boone has to spy on the nine guests to learn how to keep them from meeting their untimely deaths – possibly at the hands of the Marquis, a mysterious figure that has co
  
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• The Witcher 3: Complete Edition won't let you carry over your standard edition save

  16-08-2016 17:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Witcher 3: Complete Edition looks like a great version of a great game - every piece of DLC, including the Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine expansions, all wrapped up in one discount package? Who could say no? Well, if you've already put in any serious amount of time into Geralt's final adventure, you might want to hold off, as the Complete Edition will not support save transfers
  
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• Final Fantasy 15: A Fan and a Newbie Play the First 4 Hours

  16-08-2016 17:00
  
  Here's how Final Fantasy XV (or at least the version we’ve played) opens. Alongside the splash screens for developers, publishers and engines, a simple statement of intent, white-on-black:
  “A Final Fantasy for fans and first-timers.”
  It’s a fascinating little statement, at once an admission that this royal line of RPGs has started to suffer from a little too much aristocratic inbreeding (you need only look at the withered disc-children of the misguided Fabula Nova Crystal
  
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• Gendry in Game of Thrones season 7? "Watch this space" says Joe Dempsie

  16-08-2016 16:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gendry recently came third in GR+'s list of Game of Thrones characters we need back in season 7 – and actor Joe Dempsie has expressed his desire to fulfil that wish in a new interview
  
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• Programming principles from the early days of id Software

  16-08-2016 16:38
  
  At GDC Europe in Cologne, Germany today, Romero ran down some of the key programming principles that id Software adhered to in the influential studio's early years. ...
  
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• Mafia 3 Gamescom trailer shows there's no honor among thieves

  16-08-2016 16:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  You know, I've never really understood the whole mafioso mentality
  
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• Death and consequences in game design

  16-08-2016 16:26
  
  Indie devs were brought together by the IGDA Switzerland chapter to talk about death and consequence in game design. What emerged were varied perspectives that reflected the complex nature of death. ...
  
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• Xbox Game Preview initiative heading to Windows 10 PCs

  16-08-2016 16:06
  
  The first game to make use of Game Preview on PC will be Rockfish Games' space shooter, Everspace -- though there's no word on when the game will actually enter the program. ...
  
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