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• Game of Thrones season 7 just got its first new role cast

  31-08-2016 23:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Game of Thrones isn't a weekly sitcom with guest characters and celebrity appearances, but it does get the occasional high-profile star for a handful of episodes or a season
  
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• Game of Thrones season 7 just cast its first new "significant" role

  31-08-2016 23:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Game of Thrones isn't a weekly sitcom with guest characters and celebrity appearances, but it does get the occasional high-profile star for a handful of episodes or a season
  
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• Video: Death to three-act structure! Crafting unique game narratives

  31-08-2016 23:02
  
  At GDC 2014, game devs Richard Rouse III and Tom Abernathy detail some of the different structures employed in a variety of storytelling mediums and analyze the unique structural needs of games. ...
  
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• Beautiful New Zelda Art Book Coming In February

  31-08-2016 22:56
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Art and Artifacts, a forthcoming hardcover art book featuring The Legend of Zelda, will become available on February 21, 2017, and is available for pre-order on Amazon right now.
  This marks the second time that publisher Dark Horse Comics has partnered with Nintendo to produce a premium-quality art book of this kind, the first being the well-received Hyrule Historia.
  The 400-page beast sounds like it's packed with more than just mere concept art too. According to the post on
  
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• Get a job: Bungie is hiring a SDET Lead to work on Destiny

  31-08-2016 22:38
  
  Bungie is looking for an engineer to take a lead role as a software development engineer in test (or SDET) on Destiny alongside the rest of the team at Bungie's Bellevue, WA studio. ...
  
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• How to Watch the Call of Duty XP Key Note

  31-08-2016 22:32
  
  Activision is set to unveil a host of new information about this year's Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and much more at the Call of Duty XP 2016 fan event — and IGN has you covered if you can't attend.
  Call of Duty XP runs from September 2 - 4, with a keynote on Friday, September 2 at 10 a.m. PT kicking off the event. The full event will also feature panels about the Call of Duty universe, the Call of Duty World League Championship, the world premiere of Infinite Warfare multiplayer,
  
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• The Battlefield 1 beta (and the rest of EA) is having some bad server issues

  31-08-2016 22:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Battlefield 1 beta has finally gone live for the public, but the servers aren't having it
  
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• Pokemon Go's next big feature could be a buddy system that helps you evolve Pokemon by walking

  31-08-2016 22:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite some stability improvements, new tracking mechanics, and minor text fixes, Pokemon Go is more or less the same game it was when it launched a little over a month ago
  
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• Marvel's New Warriors might be headed to the small screen starring Squirrel Girl

  31-08-2016 22:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  We've heard a fair amount about Squirrel Girl in the last month
  
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• The Turing Test Review

  31-08-2016 22:15
  
  While The Turing Test generally walks an interesting if familiar line, it excels when it introduces some genuinely fresh ideas in its latter half. In the first, The Turing Test is a traditional first-person puzzler in which you navigate a series of rooms in a desolate research facility and solve a bunch of single-serving challenges, all while a questionable AI narrator guides you. It’s devoid of Portal’s incredible humor, but the writing and acting do a good job of posing interesting
  
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• Publisher BulkyPix is being liquidated, allegedly stiffing devs in the process

  31-08-2016 22:14
  
  After filing for bankruptcy earlier this year, longstanding French game developer and publisher BulkyPix appears to be being liquidated -- and some devs are claiming it still owes them money....
  
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• Beyond: There's No PSVR Killer App Yet, But You Can Fly An X-Wing

  31-08-2016 22:00
  
  This week, Max "Jalapeño" Scoville, Brian "Salt & Vinegar" Altano, and Alanah "Mesquite BBQ" Pearce are joined by Ryan "New York Cheddar" McCaffrey to talk about our expectations for Sony's mysterious Playstation event next week in New York City. Plus, we discuss the weird stuff you can do in Playstation VR, from harassing bikini-women, to piloting an X-Wing and shooting down TIE Fighters.
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• VR tech startup Quark VR is working to make the HTC Vive wireless

  31-08-2016 21:23
  
  Virtual reality tech startup Quark VR announced today that it is "extremely close" to debuting a "wireless HTC Vive prototype" that it has been working on for some time with help from Valve personnel....
  
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• Hitman: The Complete First Season gets a January release date

  31-08-2016 21:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  You'll be able to pick up all of the Hitman world tour on a single disc on January 31, 2017
  
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• Don't Miss: How I used EVE Online to predict the Great Recession

  31-08-2016 20:53
  
  In this timeless blog, Ramin Shokrizade describes how, after studying a real estate crisis in EVE Online, "I wondered if excessively low property taxes would do the same thing in real life."...
  
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• Naomi Plays Battlefield 1 Open Beta

  31-08-2016 20:44
  
  Naomi here, I'm actually not going to play because I'm terrible at it. However, our in-house viking king Kyle O'Connor will be joining me to scope it out. So hopefully when I actually play, I'll have learned a thing or two.
  Just so you know, we're going to be livestreaming every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1PM - 3PM PT. We'll focus on new releases and DLC drops, but let us know in the comments what games you'd like to see!
  We'll be answering questions live during the stream, so tweet @i
  
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• British Telecom is taking Valve to court over patent infringement

  31-08-2016 20:28
  
  British Telecom, a multinational communications firm born over 150 years ago as the world's first public telegraph company, has filed a lawsuit against Valve alleging violation of multiple BT patents....
  
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• You're your own worst enemy in Echo, coming to PS4 and Xbox One

  31-08-2016 20:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Echo doesn't have enemies in the traditional sense that most games do
  
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• Uncharted 4's New Multiplayer Map Is Free

  31-08-2016 20:16
  
  Uncharted 4's new multiplayer map, New Devon, will be available today for free, as part of title update version 1.12.
  Naughty Dog announced this on a livestream earlier this morning, before showing off the new map in action.
  When asked by one stream-viewer when the update would be available, Naughty Dog's Scott Lowe said it should be available "by the end of the stream," which means that, depending on when you are reading this, it may already be live. No word yet on any single-player DLC of any
  
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• The Witcher 3 and DLC Expansion Reviews

  31-08-2016 19:51
  
  With the Game of the Year Edition of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt now out, it seems like a good idea to remind folks who didn't already know what we know: The Witcher 3 is freaking amazing. Not only is the base game a beautifully layered, open-world Action-RPG, but its two sizeable expansions are also cut of similarly high-quality cloth.
  In case you missed them, here are our reviews for all three, and our Game of the Year video for The Witcher 3, just in case you were on the fence about diving head-
  
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• PlayStation Plus Free Games for September Revealed

  31-08-2016 19:50
  
  Sony has revealed September's lineup of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers,
  PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 subscribers will be able to download Journey, which originally debuted on the PS3 in 2012 and came to the PS4 in 2015. The Thatgamecompany won IGN's Game of the Year 2012 honor for its initial release, noting that its "concept is an inevitably emotional one, one that sparks happiness, glee, sorrow, sadness and just about everything in between in a brief two hour experience."
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• Report: Nintendo NX will be region-free

  31-08-2016 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Nintendo NX will reportedly be region-free, in stark contrast to virtually every other Nintendo home console. Players wishing to play Japanese 3DS games currently have to purchase another console.
  
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• Star Wars fan-made animation hints at Rogue One plot details

  31-08-2016 19:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  The fun of being a Star Wars fan goes way beyond the movies themselves
  
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• PlayStation Plus members get 'Journey,' 'Badland,' more for free in September

  31-08-2016 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sony has announced September's incoming batch of PlayStation Plus freebies, revealing that service subscribers can expect free copies of the action RPG Lords of the Fallen and indie hit Journey.
  
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• ‘Journey,’ ‘Lords of the Fallen’ among PlayStation Plus freebies in September

  31-08-2016 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sony has announced September's incoming batch of PlayStation Plus freebies, revealing that service subscribers can expect free copies of the action RPG Lords of the Fallen and indie hit Journey.
  
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• Now's the time to submit talks for the Game Career Seminar at GDC 2017!

  31-08-2016 19:28
  
  Game industry professionals, take note: GDC 2017 officials are now accepting Game Career Seminar talk submissions through Friday, September 23rd. ...
  
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• Blog: The battle between planning and iteration

  31-08-2016 19:00
  
  Planning and iteration represent two different approaches to creation, not just in games, but in every creative field. But which is better for our medium? This post digs into these issues. ...
  
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• Resident Evil 7 is going to "reestablish roots" and scale back on cameos, says Leon voice actor

  31-08-2016 18:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Don't go into Resident Evil 7 expecting to see familiar faces if what voice actor Matt Mercer says is accurate
  
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• Titanfall 2’s single player could be the best thing you play all year. Here’s why

  31-08-2016 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  When it comes to multiplayer Titanfall 2 has earned its credentials - there's no doubting that mix of fast jet packing humans and giant stompy robots works
  
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• PSA: One week left to register early for VRDC at a discounted rate!

  31-08-2016 18:20
  
  Early registration for the first-ever standalone Virtual Reality Developers Conference ends September 7th at 11:59 PM Pacific, so organizers are encouraging attendees to register now at a discount. ...
  
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• Here's everything we know about the PlayStation Meeting

  31-08-2016 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony's hosting an intentionally nondescript PlayStation Meeting on September 7, but we already have a pretty good idea of what the event will cover - including PlayStation VR, the hardware upgrading PS4 Neo (aka PS4K), and PS4 Slim
  
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• EVE Online going free-to-play in search of new players

  31-08-2016 18:00
  CCP's galactic MMO, EVE Online, will be ditching its subscription model and going free-to-play in an attempt to welcome more players into its giant universe-sized sandbox. ...
  
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• Rocksteady dishes on how Batman Arkham VR explores the "world's greatest detective" angle

  31-08-2016 17:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Batman: Arkham VR has made big impressions with us, and might just end up being the PlayStation VR's killer app
  
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• Blog: A media analysis of Gamescom 2016

  31-08-2016 17:49
  
  ICO Partners consultant Thomas Bidaux looks at how this year's Gamescom conference fared in the media....
  
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• Warner Bros wants a Harry Potter and the Cursed Child movie with Daniel Radcliffe

  31-08-2016 17:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling was quick to say that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child -...
  
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• Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection will include DLC, short films, and run at 1080p/30fps

  31-08-2016 17:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  A promotional image for Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection has popped up on French games site Gameblog (which, despite the orange plus sign, naming scheme, and similar font styling, have no relation to us here at GamesRadar), adding more fuel to a fire that Ubisoft refuses to acknowledge is burning
  
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• Unity 5.5 revamps particle and line rendering systems

  31-08-2016 17:07
  
  The Unity 5.5 beta has been released into the wild, and brings with it significant changes to the engine's particle and line rendering systems....
  
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• Add Star Wars' Rey and Han Solo to your POP! Vinyl collection for free

  31-08-2016 17:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  In case you hadn't noticed, we're Star Wars mad on GR+ and our sister magazine, Total Film, is exactly the same, so to celebrate its 250th issue, we're giving away a pair of Rey and Han Solo POP! Vinyl figures
  
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• Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Telltale vets net $5M to fuel VR development

  31-08-2016 17:01
  
  Steel Wool Studios, a virtual reality outfit founded by former Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Telltale veterans, has raised $5 million in Series A funding from HTC.  ...
  
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• Physical Edition of Hitman Release Date Announced

  31-08-2016 16:49
  
  Io Interactive has announced the physical edition of Hitman will be arriving on January 31, 2017. It will cost $60 / £50 / €60 on console, and $50 / £40 / €50 on PC.
  The disc will come under the name Hitman: The Complete First Season, and will feature all the locations from Season 1: Prologue, France, Italy, Morocco, Thailand, USA, and Japan.
  As well as the locations, it'll feature all the challenges, opportunities, and Escalation Contracts that have been created by th
  
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• Stranger Things season 2 confirmed: new teaser, characters, location, and James Cameron influences

  31-08-2016 16:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  In news that shouldn't surprise anyone, Stranger Things has just been renewed for a second season which is set to debut on Netflix next year
  
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• EVE Online Going Free-to-Play After 13 Years

  31-08-2016 16:10
  
  Historic space-faring MMO, EVE Online will become a free-to-play game this November, following 13 years as a subscription-only service.
  After its next expansion, the game will split players into two types, Alpha and Omega clones. Existing subscribers who continue to pay will make up the Omega type, able to use the entire breadth of the game's skills, ships and items.
  Alpha clones will be non-paying players, who can play indefinitely but will have restricted access to skills. The skills they do h
  
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• H1Z1: King of the Kill development 'paused' on consoles

  31-08-2016 15:59
  
  Daybreak has paused development on the console versions of H1Z1: King of the Kill to focus on prepping the PC version for launch on September 30....
  
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• Blog: Analyzing Doom's fluid level design

  31-08-2016 15:51
  
  A quick look at how the Doom level, The Necropolis, uses lighting and composition to create flow. ...
  
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• System Shock 3 Enters Development, Gets Excellent Dev Team

  31-08-2016 15:24
  
  OtherSide Entertainment has announced that development of System Shock 3 has now begun, and revealed the development team set to work on System Shock 3, including the people behind the original System Shock games, Thief II, and Deus Ex.
  At the helm of the team is Warren Spector, who helped create the original System Shock. Spector’s accomplishments are many, having worked on Thief: The Dark Project, Deus Ex, Epic Mickey, as well as a sea of other RPG titles.
  Joining Spector is design direc
  
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• Assetto Corsa PS4/Xbox One Review

  31-08-2016 14:54
  
  Assetto Corsa is a truly triumphant driving simulation. On consoles there’s nothing quite like it, and the fidelity of its incredibly convincing handling really needs to be felt to be believed. Is it the best driving simulator on consoles? Yes; Assetto Corsa is absolutely in a class of its own when it comes to its unflinchingly lifelike physics.
  But is it the best racing simulator for consoles, ever? No. Not by some margin. Assetto Corsa features a decent mix of cars (ranging from classic
  
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• Star Wars' Mark Hamill hints at Luke Skywalker's Episode 9 return

  31-08-2016 14:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  We've got a couple more years of Star Wars films to enjoy (hopefully) before we get to 2019's Episode 9 including Rogue One, the Han Solo spin-off, and Star Wars 8
  
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• MGS 5 Definitive Edition reopens the 'where's the ending' debate and Konami respond

  31-08-2016 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Yesterday Konami announced a Metal Gear Solid 5 Definitive Edition bundling all the released content into one package
  
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• Game of Thrones asks "Who would you vote for?" with political campaigns

  31-08-2016 13:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Game of Thrones inches ever closer to its endgame, four potential rulers of Westeros have emerged; Cersei Lannister (who currently sits on the Iron Throne), Jon Snow, Littlefinger, and Daenerys Targaryen
  
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• Battlefield 1 Open Beta Now Available for All

  31-08-2016 12:39
  
  After a day of exclusive access for those in the Battlefield Insider program, the Battlefield 1 open beta is now available to download free on PS4, Xbox One and PC via Origin.
  Featuring the Sinai Desert map (horses! An armored train! Miles of sand!), the beta offers the ever-present Conquest mode, and the first taste of Battlefield 1's take on Rush mode.
  PS4 owners won't require a PS Plus subscription to play, but Xbox One-rs will need a Gold account.
  Progress in the beta won't be saved, althoug
  
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