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• Dota 2's Dark Rift Update Goes Live Today

  23-08-2016 22:57
  
  The first Dota 2 update since the conclusion of The International 6 goes live today, and with it come a new hero and post-game stats screen.
  Announced at TI6, Vrogros the Underlord is the last hero to be ported over from the original Defense of the Ancients game. Described as a disabler, nuker and support, Underlord massively reduces enemies' damage output and can teleport his team across the map with his ultimate, Dark Rift.
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• Meet the NES clone that runs circles around Nintendo’s official mini NES

  23-08-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nintendo made waves earlier this year when it revealed it would be bringing its first home console back to the market in the form of the NES Classic Edition . Loaded with 30 popular games from the late '80s and early '90s, the official mini NES is perfect for casual fans who want to rediscover the magic of 8-bit gaming. But what about the hardcore enthusiasts? Where's their console? DON'T MISS:  5 best new features in Android 7.0 Nougat Ah, there it is. Introducing the Analog
  
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• Come watch 8 minutes of Resident Evil 4 PS4/Xbox One gameplay

  23-08-2016 22:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil 4 is going to beat Tetris for the most re-released game of all time if Capcom's not careful
  
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• The Witness is coming to Xbox One in September

  23-08-2016 22:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Witness has almost finished enough slidey line puzzles to unlock its Xbox One version
  
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• ReCore Mixes Platforming With Color-Coded Combat

  23-08-2016 22:15
  ReCore is brought to us by Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune and his Comcept team, and by members of the Metroid Prime team at Armature. Mixing Metroid-style exploration with hopping and gunning similar to Mega Man, ReCore blends these elements into a unique experience of its own. Taking place on a hostile planet known as Far Eden after a failed terraforming project, Joule and her robotic companions fight for survival and attempt to save what's left of the human race. 
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• PlayStation Now Service Coming to PC

  23-08-2016 22:02
  
  UPDATE: The European PlayStation Blog announced today that PlayStation Now for PC is now available in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Belgium.
  European players in those countries can download the app from the official PS Now page.
  No release date for PS Now on PC in America has been announced just yet, but the original announcement for the service's new platform said Now would come to the United States "shortly thereafter" the service began rolling out in Europe. Stay tuned fo
  
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• PS4 comes to PC with PlayStation Now and USB wireless controller receiver

  23-08-2016 21:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're the type who plays on PC as well as PS4, you're gonna be pleased with this news: Sony has announced that you'll soon be able to use your DualShock 4 controller with a PC, totally wire-free and official - no more messing with cables or third-party gamepad-mapping software
  
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• Bungie Clarifies Whether Destiny Is Free on Xbox

  23-08-2016 21:47
  
  The base game version of Destiny has appeared as free on the Microsoft Store, but, according to a statement from Bungie, players will not receive the full original game as part of the digital version's price change.
  A statement posted on Bungie's website states that downloading the free version of Destiny will only entitle players to the game's trial mode. To play through the original full adventure, the upcoming Destiny: The Collection must be purchased.
  The statement reads:
  "The original Desti
  
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• Spain’s Philip II Is All About Religious Victory In Civilization VI

  23-08-2016 21:39
  
  When Civilization VI launches in October, it will bring with it a new kind of victory. Religion matters right off the bat, and converting more than 50 percent of the population to your faith will give you a win.
  Spain’s Philip II is a prime candidate for making a run at the religious victory. With bonuses tied to spreading the empire across a number of continents, Spain and Philip are about rapid expansionism.
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• Watch the Fallout 4: Nuka-World DLC gameplay debut stream right here

  23-08-2016 21:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Saying goodbye to Fallout 4 Season Pass DLC may be bitter, but Bethesda's Nuka-World debut stream should be sugary sweet (and more than a little radioactive, depending on the recipe)
  
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• Meet Mafia III’s Irish Mob Boss, Thomas Burke

  23-08-2016 19:53
  
  Mafia III has a diverse cast of characters, each with their own, violent motivations. Today, we’re introduced to Thomas Burke, who is out for revenge against the Marcano Crime family.
  Burke became a target for the Marranos, which resulted in his leg being crippled and his son murdered. He finds himself in an alliance with Lincoln Clay under one condition: Burke gets to kill the man who attacked him.
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• Dark Souls 3 DLC Ashes of Ariandel adds new weapons, magic, and a PvP arena on October 25

  23-08-2016 19:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Come October 25, it'll be time to light the bonfires again and experience the first Dark Souls 3 DLC, Ashes of Ariandel
  
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• Here's everything we know about PS4 Slim, and an unboxing video

  23-08-2016 19:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony still hasn't officially announced a new PS4 Slim model, but we already know a whole lot about it
  
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• Sony accidentally revealed its PlayStation Now cloud gaming service is coming to PC

  23-08-2016 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sony might not have any surprises left for its upcoming PlayStation Meeting by the time September 7th rolls around. Over the weekend, someone got their hands on the unannounced PS4 Slim . Hours later, video footage of a new DualShock 4 controller began making the rounds. And now it appears that Sony itself has accidentally spoiled another announcement on the PlayStation Blog . DON'T MISS:  5 best new features in Android 7.0 Nougat Yesterday, Joel Smith, Art Director for the P
  
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• New Thor: Ragnarok set photos have Anthony Hopkins rocking a hobo look

  23-08-2016 18:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  At the end of Thor: The Dark World it was revealed that Tom Hiddleston's Loki is impersonating Sir Anthony Hopkins' Odin on the throne of Asgard, leaving us all to wonder what happened to the real protector of the nine realms
  
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• You’re not a true Microsoft fan until you own the ‘Xbox Onesie’

  23-08-2016 18:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Yes, Microsoft has designed a pair of pajamas that feature Xbox controller pockets and custom gamertags. No, we're not quite sure why, but it's hard to deny the result is pretty stylish.
  
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• The ‘Xbox Onesie’ is the ultimate outfit for Microsoft’s biggest fans

  23-08-2016 18:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Yes, Microsoft has designed a pair of pajamas that feature Xbox controller pockets and custom gamertags. No, we're not quite sure why, but it's hard to deny the result is pretty stylish.
  
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• Sony may be tweaking the Dualshock 4 controller for its latest PlayStation consoles

  23-08-2016 18:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As information about Sony's hardware plans continues to leak, we now know how the Dual Shock 4 bundled with the upcoming slim version of the PlayStation 4 varies from the original design.
  
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• Leak suggests the PlayStation 4 Slim will introduce an updated controller, too

  23-08-2016 18:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As information about Sony's hardware plans continues to leak, we now know how the Dual Shock 4 bundled with the upcoming slim version of the PlayStation 4 varies from the original design.
  
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• The Witness Announced for Xbox One

  23-08-2016 18:00
  
  The Witness is coming to Xbox One, creator Jonathan Blow has exclusively revealed to IGN.
  Blow and his team at Thekla Inc. are aiming for a September 13, 2016 release date. An iOS version is also still in the works.According to Blow, the Xbox One version of The Witness will not differ from its PC or PlayStation 4 versions.
  “There are some technical differences, but it’s basically the same game,” Blow told IGN, dismissing the idea of platform-exclusive content for The Witness.
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• This awesome gaming controller turns your iPhone into a Nintendo DS

  23-08-2016 17:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If you want to play hardcore games with killer graphics and complex stories that take week to work your way through, you'll probably want a dedicated video game console or a pricey gaming PC. But if you're a casual gamer who prefers to just have some relaxing fun, you already own the perfect console — you just might not know it. Apple's iPhone is an ideal gaming machine because there are so many great developers out there making games for it. You've got every conceivable genre covered, and
  
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• Pokemon Go will have a real pokeball to throw if this Kickstarter has its way

  23-08-2016 17:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Go may be the closest we ever come to living out the fantasy of being actual Pokemon trainers, but it's still missing what one might consider a vital element: throwing a pokeball
  
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• Dark Souls 3 DLC Details Are Leaking Everywhere

  23-08-2016 17:03
  
  The first downloadable content pack for Dark Souls III will be coming this October.
  According to Esuteru (via Siliconera), it will release on October 26. However a Tweet from the official PlayStation account (which has now been deleted) lists the date as October 25. This could simply be a case of different dates in different regions or on different platforms, so IGN will update you when we know more.PlayStation's now-deleted tweet.Continue reading…
  
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• 6 Things We Learned About Stranger Things: Season 2

  23-08-2016 16:42
  
  We recently spoke to Matt and Ross Duffer – the brilliant brothers behind Netflix phenomenon Stranger Things – and while chatting about Season 1 we also tried to get some information on Season 2, which hasn’t yet been officially green-lit but which the Duffers are nervertheless busy working on.
  So the following is what they were prepared to reveal about the follow-up, which they’ve already stated will take place in 1984, a year after the events of Season 1. Just beware of
  
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• Pokemon Go Update Adds Feature for Seeing Hidden Stats

  23-08-2016 15:33
  
  After finally getting faces, Pokemon Go's Team Leaders now actually have something to do with the addition of a "Pokémon Appraisal" feature.
  Alongside minor fixes, Android version 0.35.0 and iOS version 1.5.0 of the mobile sensation adds a feature useful for those aiming to intensively train their best Pokemon.
  Pokemon Appraisal sees your chosen Team's leader hinting at (but, crucially, not explicitly showing) the potential attack and defense of a chosen monster, letting players know whic
  
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• Avengers: Infinity War directors hint at a new "beginning" for the MCU

  23-08-2016 14:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  For a while now the Russo Brothers have teased that Avengers: Infinity War will be the culmination of everything that's happened in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since its inception in 2008, and while the two-part film will bring an ending of sorts to the MCU it will also mark a new beginning:"I can’t get into too much detail about who we’re introducing", Anthony Russo told IGN, "but these movies are in some ways going to be an end to certain things, and in some ways, they’re g
  
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• This official Xbox Onesie may or may not actually be a thing

  23-08-2016 13:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  [Checks calendar] And it's definitely not April? Oookay then
  
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• The Internet Thinks Mads Mikkelsen is in Death Stranding

  23-08-2016 13:36
  
  Hideo Kojima's no stranger to a celebrity cast, and so it is that we may be seeing Hannibal and Casino Royale actor Mads Mikkelsen show up in the mysterious Death Stranding. But this is no regular announcement...
  The clues begin with a tweet from Kojima, featuring what appears to be simply an actor in a motion capture rig:Adjusting. pic.twitter.com/tC8zdjrh9o
  — HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) August 21, 2016
  But NeoGAF user Sn4ke_911 saw more to it than that. Somehow, he stumbled acro
  
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• Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams has read the script for season 7 and she is HYPED

  23-08-2016 13:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kit Harington recently predicted that Game of Thrones would be getting "very bleak" in its final seasons, and now his co-star and fellow Stark child Maisie Williams - whom, unlike Harington, has read the script for season 7 - has taken to Twitter to further tease what's in store for the series' final episodes
  
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• A new Pokemon Go update means Team Leaders help check your Pokemon's stats

  23-08-2016 13:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Okay, so still no Pokemon Go tracker update but the latest patch does add one interesting new feature: the ability for Team Leaders to check your creature's stats
  
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• Wait, is Mads Mikkelsen appearing in Death Stranding?

  23-08-2016 12:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  File this under 'rumour, but oh wow it's a cool one so please let it be true' - several things are pointing to Hannibal and Rogue One actor Mads Mikkelsen appearing in Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding
  
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• The PlayStation 4 slim has a redesigned controller with a new view of the lightbar

  23-08-2016 12:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  It can't be easy to be Sony this week. Not only was a new PlayStation 4 Slim discovered on Gumtree,...
  
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• Game of Thrones' Kit Harington says "it’s going to get very dark before it gets better"

  23-08-2016 11:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although there was a requisite amount of dark moments and character deaths (R
  
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• Final Fantasy 15 Might Make Me Love Final Fantasy Again

  23-08-2016 08:59
  
  During the opening hours of Final Fantasy XIII, I put the controller down and vowed never to play another Final Fantasy again. I’d loved every installment since VII, and at 26, I suddenly felt too old, too tired, to embark on what would surely be another 100-hour-plus adventure in another world with an angst-ridden story and, in this instance, an unexpected linearity that made my first few hours feel like something akin to being shoved down a really boring slide.
  But Final Fantasy XV is so
  
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• Here's What South Park's Fractured but Whole Smells Like

  23-08-2016 08:33
  
  How bad could it be? Such was the question I asked myself as the Ubisoft representative handed me a controller, slipped one of the publisher’s proprietary Nosulus Rift headsets snugly over my face and appraised me with an ominously mischievous smirk. I was at a Ubisoft showcase on the eve of Gamescom 2016, and I was about to play a fifteen minute demo of South Park: The Fractured but Whole. The same demo had previously been shown to IGN two months prior at E3, but this was the first time i
  
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• Super Nintendo Turns 25: Inside Its Uphill Battle for U.S. Domination

  23-08-2016 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Super Nintendo launched 25 years ago on Aug. 23, 1991 — and wasn't quite the instant success Nintendo expected.
  
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• Nintendo Sells Majority Stake in Seattle Mariners for $660 Million

  23-08-2016 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Japanese video game giant had owned a controlling stake in the Major League Baseball team since 1992, when its then-president invested in the struggling franchise.
  
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• Xbox's onesie is for the discerning gamer who demands pure comfort

  23-08-2016 03:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If you're knee deep into a FIFA sesh or your palms are sweaty from too much Call of Duty, you'd at least want the rest of your body to be comfy, right? Now there is a piece of clothing that aims to be the gold class in comfort for gamers: The Xbox Onesie, which has just been revealed in Australia. SEE ALSO: Sony will reveal the PlayStation 4 slim in September, report says Image: xbox While it has all the essential ingredients of a onesie such as a hood and sleek all-body design that you can wrig
  
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• The NPD Group Release Its Official Top Sales List for July

  23-08-2016 03:07
  
  The top-selling game for the month of July was Grand Theft Auto V.
  The top-selling console for July, as reported last week, was Nintendo's 3DS family of systems, helped along by both the release of Monster Hunter: Generations and renewed interest in Pokemon thanks to Pokemon Go.
  Microsoft issued its own statement at the start of the month congratulating itself for taking the top-spot in console sales. However, a Microsoft representative told us the Xbox One was July's "best-selling gen eight con
  
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• Event[0] Release Date Announced

  23-08-2016 01:43
  
  Narrative-driven space adventure Event will be released September 14 on PC and Mac through Steam and the Humble Store.
  The release date announcement was accompanied by five new screenshots, showing off the game's setting, an uninhabited spacecraft called Nautilus, as well as a look at the sense of humor of your sole companion, a lonely AI named Kaizen.
  Developed by Ocelot Society, the game tasks players with speaking to Kaizen while exploring the spacecraft and solving hacking puzzles throughout
  
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• 11 Biggest Stories From Gamescom 2016

  23-08-2016 01:38
  
  A lot of news came out of this year's Gamescom: delays, gameplay reveals, new game announcements, and more. But what were the top stories of the show?
  Below, we've compiled 11 of the most popular news and videos from Gamescom 2016, as determined by IGN traffic.
  Check it out, and don't forget to let us know what your favorite story was from Gamescom down in the comments!Overwatch got two new reveals during Gamescom last week. A new map called Eichenwalde was revealed, slated to launch i
  
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• Divinity: Original Sin 2 Coming To Early Access, Complete With Excellent PVP Mode

  23-08-2016 00:15
  
  You might recall that way back in June 2014, we quite enjoyed a little RPG called Divinity: Original Sin. It earned a 9 from us, thanks engaging interactions with the environment and cool spell and effect interactions.
  Its sequel is coming up on us quickly, with plans to arrive in early access in less than a month. The first build will include the first part of the campaign, but Larian is also including something pretty cool.
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