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• A mashup of No Man's Sky and Mario was shut down by Nintendo - meet its replacement, DMCA's Sky

  06-09-2016 23:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo is not known for its leniency toward fan projects
  
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• New Gears of War 3 Easter egg discovered 5 years later

  06-09-2016 22:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  What better way to celebrate the upcoming fifth anniversary of Gears of War 3 than by finding one of its undiscovered Easter eggs? Despite hitting Xbox 360 back on September 20, 2011, the shooter still has new secrets to yield, as demonstrated in this video by the Gears of War TacCom community
  
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• Pokemon Sun and Moon are bringing back Pokemon Snap (kind of)

  06-09-2016 21:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  We'll probably never get a Pokemon Snap 2, but Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon will have arguably the next best thing: Poke Finder
  
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• Take A Tour Of NBA 2K17's Arenas

  06-09-2016 21:08
  Another night, another city for the traveling pros of the NBA. But each arena is different, imbuing the game with its own spirit. NBA 2K17 takes this to heart and the development team at Visual Concepts has put a lot of work into getting each arena right.
  The trailer showcases a host of arenas across the league and some of the details that make each one special.
  For more on the game, be sure to check out Bertz's huge NBA 2K17 write-up featuring 89 things to know about the upcoming title.
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• PlayStation VR comes with a free demo disc of 8 games, including Driveclub VR and RIGS

  06-09-2016 20:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  The demo disc will make its triumphant return with PlayStation VR
  
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• PlayStation VR comes with a demo disc for 8 games, including Driveclub VR and RIGS

  06-09-2016 20:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  The demo disc will make its triumphant return with PlayStation VR
  
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• Samuel L. Jackson is a mean ole' bastard in Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children new footage

  06-09-2016 20:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children is a Tim Burton movie, there's certain things you come to expect from his filmmaking style
  
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• Out This Week: Trails of Cold Steel II, Jotun: Valhalla Edition, Ace Attorney 6

  06-09-2016 19:00
  
  With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
  Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
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• Hitman Episode 5 goes to Colorado for some good ol' militia busting on September 27

  06-09-2016 18:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hitman is headed to the Rocky Mountain State on September 27
  
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• Tokyo 42 is like Hotline Miami and Monument Valley had a cyberpunk baby, and it's coming in 2017

  06-09-2016 18:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tokyo 42 is a little hard to describe. I mean, I could throw out a list of (accurate) descriptions s ...
  
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• Don’t miss out: Here is how to watch Sony’s ‘PlayStation Meeting’ on Wednesday

  06-09-2016 18:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sony is expected to unveil two new PlayStation consoles during Wednesday's press event. Here is how to watch it, as well as the other announcements we expect, including PlayStation VR news.
  
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• Don't miss out: Here is how to watch Sony's 'PlayStation Meeting' on September 7

  06-09-2016 18:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sony is expected to unveil two new PlayStation consoles during Wednesday's press event. Here is how to watch it, as well as the other announcements we expect, including PlayStation VR news.
  
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• Hitman Episode 5 Gets a Release Date

  06-09-2016 18:02
  
  Io Interactive has announced that Episode 5 of Hitman will be set in Colorado, and will be released on September 27.
  We knew previously this episode would be set in the USA, and now we know it will take place on a Colorado farm compound which has been converted into a private militia training camp. Plus, Agent 47 will have to take out four targets.
  "Sean Rose, Maya Parvati, Ezra Berg and Penelope Graves are four very different, very dangerous people, each with their own specialist skillset rangi
  
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• What's your favourite movie moment of all time?

  06-09-2016 18:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  It’s more than a slight understatement to say that, over the past century or so, cinema has given us some pretty damn amazing movie moments
  
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• Luke Cage season 1 titles revealed, tells us a smidge about the plot

  06-09-2016 17:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  The wait is nearly over for fans of Marvel's Netflix universe, with Luke Cage set to drop all 13 episodes of season 1 in less than a month
  
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• Behold The Grandeur Of Columbia In BioShock: The Collection

  06-09-2016 17:44
  BioShock: The Collection aptly presents all of the series' content remastered for the current systems, and while the treatment of the first game has gotten most of the attention so far, BioShock: Infinite's Columbia looks quite striking as well.
  A new trailer for The Collection (out September 13 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC) recreates the wonder of players' first steps into Columbia, now looking better than ever.
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• FIFA 17 Demo Release Date Announced

  06-09-2016 17:37
  
  The FIFA 17 demo will be available on September 13.
  This news comes via GameReactor's interview with FIFA 17 lead producer Garreth Reeder from last week. The full game is due for release on September 27 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
  EA Sports has been slowly revealing the highest rated players in the game, and the man on top this year raised a few eyebrows.
  German player Marco Reus is this year's cover star, following a fan vote in which he beat James Rodriguez, Anthony Martial,
  
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• Check out Batman: Return to Arkham's comparison video and new release date of October 18

  06-09-2016 17:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Back in June, remaster collection Batman: Return to Arkham was indefinitely delayed beyond its planned July release date
  
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• Teardown videos surface for the unannounced PlayStation 4 Slim

  06-09-2016 17:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The PlayStation 4 Slim hasn't even been announced yet, but a tech-savvy gamer has already released a teardown video. We expect Sony to officially announce the system at a special event tomorrow.
  
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• Pokémon Sun And Moon Trailer Debuts Camera & The Ultra Beasts

  06-09-2016 16:55
  A new trailer for 3DS titles Pokémon Sun and Moon has been released, revealing the Ultra Beasts, a Pokémon Snap-like camera function, The Aether Foundation, and more.
  Players search the Alola region for Zygarde cells and cores, and meet up with The Aether Foundation – protectors of Pokémon – and their enemies, Team Skull.Your trainer's' Pokédex has a Poké Finder camera, recalling the infamous Pokémon Snap game from Nintendo 64.
  Pok&eacu
  
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• Comparison Video Shows How Batman: Return To Arkham Stacks Up To Originals

  06-09-2016 16:45
  One of the big questions that naturally arises when a company remasters an older game is how it compares to the original. Fortunately for us, Warner anticipated that reaction and has released a side-by-side comparison trailer for its upcoming Batman: Return to Arkham collection. Take a look at this lengthy video to see footage from the original versions of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City running next to their PlayStation 4 and Xbox One counterparts.
  The games have been rebuilt using Unrea
  
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• PS4 gets its own (unofficial) Elite controllers with paddles and swappable sticks

  06-09-2016 16:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  The DualShock 4 remains an excellent input device, but PlayStation fans may feel a little green with envy about Xbox One players and their premium Elite Controller
  
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• Batman: Return to Arkham Gets a New Release Date

  06-09-2016 16:23
  
  Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced Batman: Return to Arkham will be available on October 21.
  The bundle, which contains remastered versions of Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, and all of the DLC for both games, was originally supposed to come out in July, but was delayed for an unknown amount of time.
  There's also a new trailer showing side-by-side footage of the original games next to the remastered versions. The new games will be running on Unreal Engine 4.
  Return to Arkham will b
  
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• Battlefield 1 Beta Could Get New Map

  06-09-2016 16:18
  
  Battlefield 1 developer DICE is asking for new Battlefield 1 Beta map suggestions.
  Word comes by way of Twitter, where a few users have expressed their weariness for the beta's only map, Sinai Desert. The official Battlefield Twitter account has taken notice, replying to a few of the complaints and asking for new map suggestions to be submitted on the Battlefield forums.
  DICE has yet to confirm a new map, but the open beta is set to end this Thursday, September 8. Currently, players ca
  
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• Steven Spielberg is hard at work in these Ready Player One set images and video

  06-09-2016 16:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first set photos from Steven Spielberg's highly anticipated adaptation of Ready Player One popped online last month, and it gave us a great look at the set designers' impressive work in pre-production
  
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• Ark: Survival Evolved Dev Responds to Criticism Over Paid Expansion

  06-09-2016 15:48
  
  ARK: Survival Evolved's community manager Jat has written a response to the recent fan outcry over the Scorched Earth expansion.
  Scorched Earth released last week, and includes a new desert area as well as new tools, creatures, and weapons. Fans were confused about the decision to release a paid expansion for a game which is still in Steam's Early Access program.
  "Everyone at Wildcard wakes up every day thinking about how we can make ARK into a better game today than it was the day before," said
  
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• Pokemon Sun and Moon Getting Pokemon Snap Style Mode

  06-09-2016 15:42
  
  A new trailer for Pokemon Sun and Moon has introduced a raft of new details about the game, including the Poke Finder, a new mode that looks very much like Game Freak has built fan-favourite Pokemon Snap into the new games.
  The Poke Finder allows players to take pictures of wild Pokemon in set locations around Alola, then have those photos rated. The better the rating, the more features are unlocked for the Finder - for instance, the ability to zoom in.
  The trailer also revealed that Sun and Moo
  
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• First Passengers poster reveals a very serious-looking Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt

  06-09-2016 15:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars: Rogue One is not the only film set in a galaxy far, far away this December, and it may not even be the most ambitious
  
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• Journey Is Free on PS Plus Today - Here's Why We Love It

  06-09-2016 15:00
  
  Today, PlayStation Plus subscribers on PS4 get free access to one of IGN's favorite games of the past decade. When developer thatgamecompany originally released Journey in 2012 on PlayStation 3 we first awarded it a 9.0 review score and later crowned it our Game of the Year. If you've never played it for fear its non-combat exploration style of gameplay and short running time might not be your thing, now is the time to give Journey a chance to impress you. Watch our GoTY 2012 vide
  
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• Game of Thrones could be adding Murder She Wrote's Angela Lansbury to its season 7 cast

  06-09-2016 14:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  The cameras are currently rolling on Game of Thrones season 7 - which will only have seven episodes as opposed to the usual ten - and the show is still adding to its star-studded cast
  
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• 5 gifs that make Until Dawn: Rush of Blood on PS VR look bloody terrifying

  06-09-2016 13:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are few genres that are more suited to VR than horror
  
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• The Walking Dead season 7: Negan lays out some ground rules in latest clip

  06-09-2016 13:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  We're a little over a month away from the return of The Walking Dead - and with it, an answer to which character's head will be bloodied with a barbed wire baseball bat - and the latest promo gives us a small hint of how Negan's arrival will change things for the show
  
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• More Devs on Cyberpunk 2077 Than 'The Witcher 3 in its Most Intensive Month'

  06-09-2016 13:21
  
  A lot of people are working on CD Projekt Red's upcoming Cyberpunk 2077, according to responses to questions from investors.
  A translation from one question about the size of the team working on the game was translated on Neogaf (thanks Gamespot).
  "There are currently more game developers working on Cyberpunk 2077 than on The Witcher 3 in its most intensive month," says the translation.
  CD Projekt recently said it has over 100 people working on standalone card game Gwent, but this recent respons
  
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• Check out all 6 Titanfall 2 titans and pick a fave

  06-09-2016 13:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  That up there is a quick introduction to all six of Titanfall 2's titans
  
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• Latest Spider-Man: Homecoming set photos reveal first look at The Shocker

  06-09-2016 13:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  With Michael Keaton's Vulture and Michael Chernus' Tinkerer, Spider-Man: Homecoming is not wanting for villains
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo overtakes Lionel Messi as FIFA 17's best player

  06-09-2016 12:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  In the wake of Portugal’s Euro 2016 triumph, football’s greatest supervillain has once more achieved something bound to leave his rivals green-eyed: Cristiano Ronaldo is the highest rated player in FIFA 17
  
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• See the oddly pretty insides of a PS4 Slim with this teardown video

  06-09-2016 12:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  The PS4 Slim might not have been officially announced but that hasn't stopped it being sold, filmed, played, and now taken to pieces (via Kotaku)
  
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• We Finally Know When the Battlefield 1 Beta Will End

  06-09-2016 11:48
  
  The Battlefield 1 Open Beta will end on Thursday, September 8.
  EA made the announcement on Twitter, alongside an announcement of a patch for the ongoing free game test.
  The patch disables time limits in the beta's Sinai Desert Conquest mode, meaning games will now run indefinitely until one team reaches the full 250 points limit.
  Finally, EA also announced that the beta would begin "simulating extreme launch situations" to test the game's servers, which may result in downtime. It's not clear whe
  
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• Battlefield 1 beta finishes on Thursday, expect some downtime from 'stress testing'

  06-09-2016 11:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Not tried out the Battlefield 1 beta yet? You've still got time
  
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• The UK now has a gaming quiz show called Go 8 Bit and everyone loved it

  06-09-2016 00:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Videogames and TV are traditionally a... shit combination. To use a technical term. UK channel Dave ...
  
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