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• Yakuza Will Never Come to Mobile

  17-09-2016 21:30
  
  Toshihiro Nagoshi, creator of the Yakuza series, has ruled out a smartphone version of Sega’s high-concept action franchise, saying that his games are designed with the living room in mind.
  “The Yakuza games are designed to be played on a TV at home,” he told IGN Japan, likening the experience of playing on a big TV to watching a movie in the theater instead of on DVD.
  “Sometimes people ask us to make games for smartphone, and I’m sure we could make a phone version
  
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• New Destiny ARG Infects Players With Buffs

  17-09-2016 21:22
  
  Bungie has launched an alternate reality game ahead of Destiny's Rise of Iron expansion next week.
  The ARG is called Owl Sector, and it's infecting players in game with stat-boosting buffs. The infections can be tracked on the Owl Sector section of the Bungie website.
  There are five different infections in all: Brilliance 3.2, Glory 2.1, Splendor 2.6, Magnificence 2.0, and Fortitude 3.1. According to the Owl Sector mega-thread on the Destiny sub-reddit, players can becom
  
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• Overwatch: A World Fans Built

  17-09-2016 19:00
  
  In May of 2016, a Tumblr user called radtone posted a picture they had drawn of Overwatch’s D.Va in chibi style, an aesthetic favoured by anime fans born from the Japanese word meaning  “short or small person”. In June 2nd, radtone followed up with a small comic depicting D.Va as the tiny ravenous progeny of Soldier 76. Aggressively cute, this new interpretation of the character started to gain traction elsewhere on Tumblr, with artists giving her a Dorito and Dew addictio
  
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• How Tech Limitations Shaped the Yakuza Series

  17-09-2016 18:30
  
  Toshihiro Nagoshi, creator of the Yakuza series, has said he believes that existing cutting-edge gaming technology could allow developers to do almost anything — if not for the prohibitive cost.
  “With things like VR and sensor technology, we at Sega look into all of the new announcements and check out new tech, and to be honest, if you could just ignore the cost, there is almost nothing we can’t do now,” he told IGN Japan.
  “But of course, that’s not going to w
  
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• First Metal Gear Survive gameplay looks like The Walking Dead meets Fallout 4 (?!)

  17-09-2016 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Brace yourselves, here's 15 minutes of Metal Gear Survive gameplay from the Tokyo Game Show
  
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• Three Things That Makes Tales Of Berseria Feel New And Exciting

  17-09-2016 11:33
  Tales of Berseria marks a lot of firsts for the series. It
  stars the franchise's first solo female protagonist, and is the first entry
  built with the PS4 in mind. I recently went hands-on with the game at a Bandai
  Namco Event and spoke to its producer, Yasuhiro Fukaya, to get more insight into
  what this entry offers. Here are my biggest takeaways.The Revamped Combat Introduces More OptionsGone are the days of regular attacks and artes being
  separate in this action/RPG. Now you can assign artes
  
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• Three Things That Make Tales Of Berseria Feel New And Exciting

  17-09-2016 11:33
  Tales of Berseria marks a lot of firsts for the series. It
  stars the franchise's first solo female protagonist, and is the first entry
  built with the PS4 in mind. I recently went hands-on with the game at a Bandai
  Namco Event and spoke to its producer, Yasuhiro Fukaya, to get more insight into
  what this entry offers. Here are my biggest takeaways.The Revamped Combat Introduces More OptionsGone are the days of regular attacks and artes being
  separate in this action/RPG. Now you can assign artes
  
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• Nioh May Be Like Dark Souls, But It's Fun In Its Own Right

  17-09-2016 09:56
  To say Nioh has had a long development history is an understatement; it's nearing a decade now with various teams from Omega Force to Team Ninja touching the the project. Team Ninja stayed on the game after entirely rebooting its first attempt. Director Fumihiko Yasuda says Team Ninja's original vision was too "Ninja Gaiden" and not enough like an action/RPG. Since then, the game has been revamped with the genre in mind, and Team Ninja took inspiration from Dark Souls to create a challenging-ye
  
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• Star Wars Battlefront Death Star DLC Release Date Revealed

  17-09-2016 02:22
  
  Star Wars Battlefront's Death Star DLC expansion will be available for season pass holders beginning September 20.
  Along with the release date's reveal, EA has also released a new gameplay trailer, highlighting the DLC, including its new Battle Station mode.
  Battle Station, as previously detailed, is a three-part battle mode that features a battle around and in the iconic Death Star. Players will engage in a space battle before fighting within the Death Star itself. The third leg of the mode tas
  
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• Latest chapter in Rogue One's hilarious toy animation series is full of easter eggs

  17-09-2016 00:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  If for some reason you've yet to see any of the Go Rogue series, I urge you: stop what you're doing and go watch chapter one and chapter two
  
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• New Trailer Shows Frank West Dealing Damage To Hordes Of Zombies

  17-09-2016 00:50
  Dead Rising 4 releases this holiday season, and the game will similarly feature a Christmas setting. In a trailer released today, we see protagonist Frank West brutally rip apart zombies with an array of weapons at his disposal. 
  It also has a humorous tone throughout, which begins with Frank taking selfies with mindless zombies before unleashing havoc. Taking place in Willamette Mall, we see Christmas decorations adorned on the walls while blood splatters everywhere.
  (Please visit the sit
  
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