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• The Sexy Brutale Is Dishonored Meets Groundhog Day

  25-08-2016 23:58
  
  You wake up in a strange mansion. You don’t know why or how you got there, but a pocket watch you’re holding tells you that it’s noon. A sudden announcement lets you know that a show is starting at 7:00 in the mansion’s theatre. This is the beginning of The Sexy Brutale, and you’ll get to know it well as you experience it over and over and over again.
  See, The Sexy Brutale takes place over the course of 12 in-game hours in a Groundhog Day-style loop. You’re at
  
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• Doctor Strange has scenes written by the creator of Rick & Morty, which is pretty fitting, actually

  25-08-2016 23:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Doctor Strange is a dimension-hopping man capable of challenging your concept of reality
  
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• The Division DLC's delayed so Ubisoft can focus on fixing the core game

  25-08-2016 23:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ubisoft is hitting pause on The Division's DLC release schedule and turning its attention to the core game instead
  
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• Mystery Thriller Virginia Gets a Release Date

  25-08-2016 23:26
  
  Virginia, a detective drama inspired by supernatural 90s TV like The X-Files and Twin Peaks, is headed to PC, Mac, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on September 22, 2016.
  Set in 1992, Virginia drops you in the role of recent FBI graduate Agent Anne Tarver, who, alongside her partner Special Agent Maria Halperin, is assigned to investigate the rural town of Kingdom, Virginia after a young boy goes missing.
  The people of Burgess County are "unaccustomed to uninvited scrutiny," according to developer Va
  
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• Looks like Duke Nukem 3D is getting another re-release or remake

  25-08-2016 22:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gearbox is up to something new-ish with Duke Nukem
  
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• New Footage Shows Off Retro Look, Explosions

  25-08-2016 22:36
  
  Rebellion Developments, creators of the Sniper Elite series, have released a new trailer for Battlezone, a launch title for the PlayStation VR.
  Battlezone was originally a first-person tank game released by Atari for arcades in 1980. Rebellion looks to take a lot of inspiration from that original title, replicating its first-person perspective and sharp, angular aesthetic.
  You can watch the new trailer, which outlines some of the features of the new title, below. Battlezone is expected to relea
  
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• GameStop quarterly revenue misses on weak video game sales

  25-08-2016 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  GameStop's second quarter net sales fell to $1.63 billion from $1.76 billion, missing the analysts' average estimate of $1.72 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Video game sales were impacted by a lack of new titles to offset strong title launches in the year-ago quarter, such as "Batman: Arkham Knight" and "Elder Scrolls Online", the company said on Thursday. Sales from the new video game hardware business fell about 33 percent to $216.4 million for the second quarter ended July 30.
  
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• Avengers: Infinity War director shoots down rumors of an X-Men crossover

  25-08-2016 22:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  As far as we know, Avengers: Infinity War will include every major character from the MCU as Earth's Mightiest Heroes face their biggest opponent yet - Thanos
  
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• More Monsters And Legendary Characters Coming To World Of Final Fantasy

  25-08-2016 22:25
  
  World of Final Fantasy is an adorable take on the franchise that gives players a chance to interact with classic characters and monsters. More familiar faces have been revealed, including Boko, Terra, Bartz, and Gilgamesh.
  The upcoming spinoff includes a number of legendary monsters (called mirages), including Mega Mirage Bahamut and Bismarck. Players will travel to a number of Final Fantasy worlds, encountering characters like Quacho Queen and miscreants like Final Fantasy VI’s Ultros.
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• Nintendo strengthens its supply chain with purchase of console distributor Jesnet

  25-08-2016 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nintendo has just purchased Jesnet, one of the largest video game distributors in Japan. It almost exclusively distributes Nintendo product, and the purchase will help vertically integrate Nintendo's supply chain.
  
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• The Division DLC Delayed

  25-08-2016 21:26
  
  Survival, the second expansion pack for Tom Clancy's The Division, has been delayed.
  The original plan was to release the DLC in September. According to a news update from Ubisoft on the game's website, Survival "is now postponed to a later date this year." The update to the release schedule now means the third DLC, titled Last Stand, will be released in early 2017 rather than at the end of 2016.
  The blog post explains that the developer's "priority should now be on improving the core
  
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• Verdun brings World War I to the PlayStation 4, trenchfoot not included

  25-08-2016 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Verdun, the highly rated World War I shooter on Steam, is headed to the PS4 next week, just before Battlefield 1’s own visit to the Great War and the killing fields of early twentieth century Europe.
  
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• Gamescom Demo Shows Off Spell Creation And Combat

  25-08-2016 21:00
  In Tyranny, the world has turned upside down. Evil has conquered good, and you're one of the baddies. During Gamescom, we got a better look at one of Tyranny's dungeons, and its spell creation system.
  Tyranny is an isometric RPG from Obsidian, similar to the likes of Baldur's Gate and Pillars of Eternity. Set in a magical land following a devastating war, you play as an officer to the evil overlord Kyros. While evil reigns in Tyranny, certain story choices you make affect the world around you.
  
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• Final Character Vignette Introduces The Mentors

  25-08-2016 20:59
  
  The final trailer in the six-part series of character vignette trailers for Mafia III introduces the people who've mentored Lincoln Clay over the years.Father James Ballard was Lincoln's adoptive father and guidince presence in his early years. John Donovan is a CIA agent who served with Lincoln in Vietnam. The trailer (available below) ties these characters to Clay's past.
  You can also watch the rest of the character trailers for The Marcanos, Vito Scaletta, Thomas Burke, Cassandra, and L
  
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• Join Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, And Felicia Day In Con Man: The Game Out Today

  25-08-2016 20:57
  
  Stars like Nathan Fillion, Joss Whedon, Alan Tudyk, and Felicia Day are uniting once again, but this time in a mobile video game.Con Man: The Game is based off the Comic Con-HQ show featuring Alan Tudyk as Wray Nerely, a man who starred in the beloved sci-fi show that ended too soon (an obvious spoof off Firefly), and now he tours the con circuit. Tudyk and Fillion ran a successful crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to create the series, asking for $425,000. The campaign ended up rece
  
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• 16 Rare Pokemon World Championships Toys and Merch

  25-08-2016 20:56
  
  The Pokemon World Championships took place over the weekend, and a Poke Center was set up in San Francisco's Marriott hotel, featuring event-exclusive Pokemon merchandise.
  Here are some of our favorite items from the store, including some non-exclusive but very cute Pokemon plush. Click right to see them all:
  A bag was given to players taking part in the tournament, too, which included some items that were only given to competitors. Check out the video at the top of the page for our unboxing!
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• Black Ops 3's final DLC has four maps and a conclusion to the 8-year Zombies saga

  25-08-2016 20:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  On September 6, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 on PS4 gets Salvation, its final DLC pack; and with it comes Revelations, the final chapter in the Zombies saga - or at least, the Origins timeline
  
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• 6 Ways Minecraft Changes in VR

  25-08-2016 20:18
  
  The Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition beta is now available on Oculus Rift, and it brings a handful of surprising changes to Minecraft’s well-loved gameplay.
  Since Minecraft on Oculus puts you virtually into the game, the size of individual mobs is surprisingly intimidating. I hadn’t even noticed that Zombies were taller than players until I had to look up at one of them who was sticking his big, blocky arms through my front door, making that creepy groaning sound under his breath. 
  
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• Blair Witch extended trailer makes the woods a claustrophobic nightmare

  25-08-2016 20:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  A month back the world learned of a secret Blair Witch sequel due to arrive in theaters this September
  
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• Play this Stranger Things adventure game adaptation and pray for an official version

  25-08-2016 19:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stranger Things on Netflix has taken pop culture by storm, with plenty of discussions, memes, and speculation sprouting up around it
  
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• Overwatch Made the Internet (and Me) Lose Its Mind Last Night

  25-08-2016 18:57
  
  I had decided on a nice evening to myself. I bought a semi-expensive steak from one of the supermarket shelves that’s harder to reach. I spent more than £5 on wine. Between turning the potatoes and warming a skillet, I would casually check the results of the fermenting internet conspiracy I had been monitoring all day. I went home. At 1am, I watched a Discord chat community of thousands tear itself apart in search of prime numbers, base64 sequences and datamoshed imagery. It was fant
  
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• Start your PlayStation VR pre-release hype wagon rolling with this making-of video

  25-08-2016 18:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  PlayStation VR's October 13 release date is getting awfully close and Sony's decided to take these last few weeks of our non-virtual existence to talk about how the whole thing came together
  
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• Exhibition: 100 years of AP presidential campaign photos

  25-08-2016 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Presidential campaign photography captured by The Associated Press over the past century will be on display at Virginia's Longwood University this fall.
  
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• Prologue Video Introduces New Characters And Setting

  25-08-2016 18:27
  
  Capcom has released a new, eight-minute prologue video for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice. The animated video introduces the kingdom of Khura'in, details the events leading up to Spirit of Justice, and offers some dramatic courtroom action.
  Along with the prologue video (available below), a demo featuring the game's first courtroom battle is now available on the Nintendo 3DS eShop.
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• Rogue One with Jar Jar Binks as Jyn Erso will make your day so much better (or worse)

  25-08-2016 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Remember those Rogue One reshoots that we reported about earlier this year? You know, the ones that were said to be giving extra screen time to an important character cameo? Well, I think we just got a sneak peek at the results
  
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• Even The Walking Dead's Negan didn't know who he had killed

  25-08-2016 18:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Who has Negan killed in The Walking Dead? It's a question that's hounded viewers since the season 6 premiere back in April, and one I've tried to answer using cold, hard facts and a large dollop of speculation
  
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• Exclusive Magnificent Seven clip goes behind the scenes with Ethan Hawke

  25-08-2016 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Magnificent Seven is riding ever closer, complete with stetson and the angry cowboy eyebrows of a stellar A list cast
  
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• Be afraid. Be very afraid with the first issue of Horrorville - on sale now

  25-08-2016 17:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Calling all horror fans! The first issue of our new quarterly magazine, Horrorville, is on sale now
  
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• Get some Fallout 4: Nuka-World action early with a Fallout Shelter update and park "safety" video

  25-08-2016 17:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout 4's Nuka-World wouldn't be a proper theme park without a set of goggle-eyed mascots, and now you can recruit them for your very own Vault in Fallout Shelter
  
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• Splatoon’s Creators Pick Sides: Callie or Marie?

  25-08-2016 17:40
  
  “It felt like it has been a while since we created a brand new franchise,” Splatoon producer Hisashi Nogami told IGN of Splatoon, Nintendo’s competitive multiplayer shooter released back in May 2015. The game’s final Splatfest competition may be over, but Nintendo hasn’t forgotten the fans who helped its new IP succeed. “We’re really happy with the response to Splatoon and with the amount of fans who are supporting it.” Since launch, Splatoon has s
  
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• Reminder: the Battlefield 1 open beta starts August 31 and DICE won't say when it ends

  25-08-2016 17:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Remember how, a little over a week ago, EA and DICE revealed that the Battlefield 1 open beta would begin on August 31? Did you notice the conspicuously-absent end date in that report? Well, that's no coincidence
  
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• Unsurprisingly, William Shatner sounds like he'd be up for a Star Trek: Discovery cameo

  25-08-2016 17:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  While the late Leonard Nimoy appeared in both of J
  
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• Xbox boss says remaking GoldenEye 007 "has always been a rights issue", not a code issue

  25-08-2016 16:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  It sounds like the quiet death of that GoldenEye 007 remake wasn't due to quality concerns
  
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• Fallout Shelter Update Adds Nuka-World Characters

  25-08-2016 16:48
  
  Bottle and Cappy—Fallout 4's Nuka-World mascots—have made their way over to Fallout Shelter in the game's 1.7 update. They've arrived with a quest, and once you complete it, they'll "visit your vault bearing gifts," according to the patch notes.
  Tapping on Bottle and Cappy when they visit will earn players rewards. Additionally, if there's a quest you don't feel like doing, the new update allows you to skip them. Speaking of quests, there are a bunch of new ones, including weekly and
  
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• Allow The Game's Creator To Walk You Through His Game

  25-08-2016 16:00
  
  The Church in the Darkness is an upcoming game that examines ideas surrounding cult ideology from Richard Rouse III, whose known predominantly for his work on The Suffering. A new video for the game has Rouse walking you through the game's ins and outs.
  You can check out the video below, which shows some of the game's "action-infiltration" gameplay. In the game, you are tasked with working your way into a 1970s radical group to learn the fate of your nephew, who has not messaged your family in
  
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• Dear Esther Coming to Console Next Month

  25-08-2016 15:57
  
  Dear Esther will arrive on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 20, developer The Chinese Room and publisher Curve Digital announced today. It'll cost $10.
  The spooky narrative-driven exploration game's next-generation edition, called Dear Esther: Landmark Edition, is tweaked to "finesse the experience on consoles," with graphic and gameplay adjustments. Developers Jessica Curry, Dan Pinchbeck, and Rob Briscoe will also provide the director's commentary mode for Dear Esther, giving interested
  
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• Thor: Ragnarok's Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston take Mjölnir to a Children's Hospital

  25-08-2016 15:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just as Spider-Man: Homecoming stars Tom Holland and Jacob Batalon recently visited a children's hospital in Atlanta, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston - who are currently filming Thor: Ragnarok - took some time out of their schedules to visit Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Australia in their casual character looks earlier this week, and they even brought Thor's magical hammer Mjolnir with them
  
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• Leaked Ghost in the Shell images show Scarlett Johansson and Section 9 in costume

  25-08-2016 14:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  We've only gotten a single production still from the upcoming movie adaptation of Ghost in the Shell (which finished principal photography back in June), but some new photos (via Kotaku) have given us a fresh look at Scarlett Johansson's Major Kusanagi and the other members of the elite counter-terrorist unit known as Section 9 in costume
  
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• Mortal Kombat XL Might Be Coming to PC After All

  25-08-2016 14:20
  
  After a few months of believing Mortal Kombat XL is a console exclusive, it looks like it's coming to PC as well.
  A Tweet from Mortal Kombat co-creator and NetherRealm creative director Ed Boon over the weekend had a "cryptic" message inside, which isn't too difficult to work out.Maybe we should Karry eXtra Long People who Care? pic.twitter.com/rvq6spBojz
  — Ed Boon (@noobde) August 22, 2016
  The capital letters in the tweet read "MKXL PC," and there's a nice close-up shot of a computer-y co
  
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• Watch London burn in the Museum of London's incredible Great Fire 1666 Minecraft map

  25-08-2016 13:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Some people just want to watch the world burn. Other people want to learn about history via the medi ...
  
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• Iron Spider and Red Hulk were almost in Captain America: Civil War

  25-08-2016 13:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Among many other things, Captain America: Civil War is an impressive juggling act; It featured a ton of super-powered heroes - some of whom we hadn't even met yet - and gave them all a valid reason to fight one another
  
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• VR is "on the radar" for Battlefield 1 dev Dice

  25-08-2016 12:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  A game studio is thinking about VR, who knew? Still, it's nice to hear Battlefield 1's design director Lars Gustavsson talk about the tech with such a good take on what the future holds and how to deal with it
  
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• Sony introduces 2-step verification to keep your PSN account safer

  25-08-2016 12:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's taken a while but Sony has finally introduced a 2-step verification option for your PSN account and it's simple to set up
  
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• Respawn Makes Titanfall 2 Changes After First Technical Test

  25-08-2016 12:02
  
  Respawn has responded to player feedback following the first weekend of the Titanfall 2 tech test, vowing to change several key elements of gameplay.
  In a lengthy blog post, multiplayer game designer Steven DeRose explains in detail why certain changes were made for the second game, and how player worries about them will be addressed.
  The post is absolutely worth a read (if only because seeing a designer explain their designs is always interesting), but a list of the key changes being made is be
  
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• Unlocked: Forza Horizon 3 Developer Interview

  25-08-2016 02:32
  
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  In between raving about Disneyland and arguing about pizza, we celebrate The Witness's imminent arrival on Xbox One, lament Below's latest delay, discuss the top-selling games for July, and best of all, interview Forza Horizon 3 creative director Ralph Fulton!
  Oh, and Unlocked now has its own snazzy new homepage! Bookmark this: go.ign.com/unlocked
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• No Man's Sky PC Players Dropped by 90% in Two Weeks

  25-08-2016 01:49
  
  The No Man's Sky user-base has dropped significantly on PC since its launch two weeks ago.
  According to SteamSpy's statistics, there were a little above 20,000 players in No Man's Sky's PC world this week, down from approximately 212,000 at launch. Take note that these numbers aren't the total number of users playing No Man's Sky on PC, rather, the number of users playing simultaneously. 
  While player drop-off is by no means unusual for a new release game with major hype behind it, suc
  
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• Watch Every Fallout Game's Debut Trailer

  25-08-2016 01:00
  
  There is nothing quite like exploring the post-apocalyptic wasteland in the Fallout series. And with each new installment, we get to venture out across new regions of the United States in the dystopian, alternate future.
  That leads to anticipation and hype for a new Fallout game. While we know the SPECIAL system and Power Armor are givens, there is always speculation about the next place we get to wander through. As such, the reveal trailer for Fallout becomes something truly special.
  For exampl
  
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• Battlefield 1 Premium Pass Announced

  25-08-2016 00:22
  
  EA and DICE have revealed what players can expect in Battlefield 1's season pass, which is available for purchase separately from the game.
  The Battlefield 1 Premium Pass, which will cost $50, will include four major expansions packs, the first of which, titled They Shall Not Pass, will be available in March 2017. The new DLC packs will allow players to take on the roles of new armies introduced into the game — They Shall Not Pass will make the French army playable, while a later expansion
  
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• The next Halo 5 DLC enables level creation on PC while bringing new maps and REQs to Xbox One

  25-08-2016 00:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Almost a year later, Halo 5: Guardians is still going strong with new maps, REQs, and features on the way
  
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