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• Ubisoft Won't Necessarily Release Assassin's Creed or Far Cry Games in 2017

  28-09-2016 23:18
  
  When it was confirmed that there will be no Assassin's Creed game in 2016, most assumed that the series would be taking a single year off. This may not end up being the case — and Far Cry may also be going away for longer than expected.
  Speaking to IGN, Ubisoft VP of Editorial, Tommy François explained that both Assassin's Creed and Far Cry were undergoing close scrutiny during development, with a very particular goal in mind:
  "I'll tell you what," François said, "W
  
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• Lincoln Clay Is Ready To Take On The Mafia In New Trailer

  28-09-2016 23:03
  Mafia III's Lincoln Clay must think he's something special if he can defeat the mafia in the game's New Bordeaux, and this new trailer for the game shows just how special he is.
  The trailer features Hayden Blackman, studio head at developer Hangar 18 and the game's director, talking about what makes Lincoln particularly apt to defeat the mafia. From his army training, brutal stealth kills, weaponry, and ways he can move around environments, Lincoln is a force to be reckoned with.
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• Hearthstone: Yogg, Call of the Wild and Shaman Being Nerfed

  28-09-2016 22:19
  
  As announced in an official blog post today, Blizzard will be nerfing seven cards in the upcoming 6.1.3 update for Hearthstone.
  Two of the biggest topics in the Hearthstone community lately have centered around Yogg-Saron and Call of the Wild. Both these cards will be changed.
  "Yogg should be for players who want to have a lot of fun, but maybe not the card you see frequently in high-level tournaments," the blog post says. "We didn't want to nerf it so much that it couldn't still
  
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• Doctor Strange's enemy is actually his friend - Marvel boss Kevin Feige explains

  28-09-2016 22:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Studios is prepping us for its latest foray into a new corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
  
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• Beyond: Watch Dogs 2 Allows For Plenty of Sandbox Mayhem

  28-09-2016 22:00
  
  This week, Brian "Alvin" Altano, Max "Simon" Scoville and Andrew "Theodore" Goldfarb sit down to discuss their time playing Watch Dogs 2, Persona 5 (in Japanese) and just when we're discussing the novel concept of a Firewatch movie, we're interrupted by the delivery of a brand new piece of Playstation-branded gaming hardware. Hm, what it could be?Download Podcast Beyond Episode 461
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• PlayStation Plus Free Games for October Revealed

  28-09-2016 21:02
  
  Sony has unveiled the list of free games PlayStation Plus subscribers can download for free in October.
  Resident Evil HD, a remastered version of the 2002 Resident Evil GameCube remake, headlines the month for PlayStation 4 subscribers, along with Platinum Games' Transformers: Devastation. IGN gave the latest update to Resident Evil an 8.0 when it released last year, saying that despite the game showing its age, "the scares, puzzles, and atmosphere of the creepy corridors of Spencer Mansion are
  
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• Explore Osiris: New Dawn In Early Access & New Trailer

  28-09-2016 20:46
  In Osiris: New Dawn you have to make your way as an explorer who has crashed on a mysterious planet. The game is now in Steam Early Access, and the launch trailer celebrating that availability shows that while you may be a stranger in a strange land, you're far from helpless.
  The trailer highlights just a few of the game's features, from building bio domes and vehicles, to combat against some fearsome natives and traveling off the planet.
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• Naomi Plays World of Warcraft: Legion...Again

  28-09-2016 20:28
  
  I continue my questing in the world of Azeroth. Join myself and Mitchell I we attempt to level up to 103 in World of Warcraft: Legion. Wish me luck!
  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 @ign with #ignplayslive
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• ‘Resident Evil HD,’ ‘Transformers: Devastation’ free with PlayStation Plus in October

  28-09-2016 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sony revealed its October lineup of PlayStation Plus freebies, announcing that service subscribers will be able to download PS4 versions of Resident Evil HD Remaster and Transformers: Devastation free of charge starting next week.
  
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• Here They Lie trailer will make you never want to take the subway again

  28-09-2016 19:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's almost October, and all the things that go bump in the night are itching to scare the pants off you
  
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• ‘Rise of the Tomb Raider’ PlayStation virtual reality-exclusive content revealed

  28-09-2016 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Publisher Square Enix announced a collection of PlayStation VR-exclusive content bundled with the upcoming PS4 version of 'Rise of the Tomb Raider' that allows players to freely explore series star Lara Croft's childhood home from a first-person perspective.
  
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• The Lion King is getting a live-action adaptation directed by Jon Favreau

  28-09-2016 19:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are few things Disney loves more than a live-action adaptation of one of their animated classics; Cinderella, Pete's Dragon, and The Jungle Book have all  gotten the treatment recently, and Beauty in the Beast is on its way next year
  
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• D'awww! John Wick's dog is the real star of these new sequel images

  28-09-2016 19:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  The end of John Wick is glorious. Oh yes, spoilers ahoy for John Wick! But I'm assuming that if you' ...
  
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• 'Sundered' and five more Lovecraft-inspired video games

  28-09-2016 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Sundered" continues its studio's tradition with luxurious hand-drawn art (youtu.be/bgdtkaXN8_0), but instead of the Norse mythology of "Jotun," and while channeling the repeat explorability of the Metroidvania genre for its 2017 release for PlayStation 4, PC, Mac and Linux, Thunder Lotus Games looks to the works of H.P. Lovecraft for inspiration -- just like these five otherworldly games that came before. The great and terrible Lovecraftian deity Cthulhu is shorn of his maddening powers (thanks
  
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• PlayStation Experience 2016 will let you try out the PS4 Pro for yourself

  28-09-2016 18:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  The PS4 Pro is coming to Anaheim, CA as part of PlayStation Experience 2016, the annual convention that celebrates all things PlayStation
  
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• Wasteland 3 Announced

  28-09-2016 18:10
  
  Wasteland 2 developer InXile Games has announced a sequel to the 2014 RPG, Wasteland 3, and the developer is using Fig to raise funds for the game.
  The campaign will launch on Fig on October 5 with a total goal of $2.75 million and a planned release on Windows, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Check out some first-look screenshots of the game below:
  Wasteland 3 will take place in the frozen tundra of Colorado, where players take on the role of the only survivor of the Ranger squad Team N
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077, the next game from The Witcher 3 makers, is going for "seamless multiplayer"

  28-09-2016 18:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  The next game from the creators of The Witcher 3 will have "seamless multiplayer" and  "a huge living city", according to Polish grant applications
  
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• No Man's Sky Marketing Being Investigated By UK Advertising Authority

  28-09-2016 17:28
  
  The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has begun an investigation into whether marketing for No Man's Sky has misled consumers.
  Confirming the news to Eurogamer, the watchdog said it had received "several complaints", centering on the game's Steam listing and its use of screenshots that complainants say misrepresent the final game.
  Both screenshots and videos allegedly show creature and ship behaviour, user interfaces, structures, combat and more that does not appear in the game being sold. A
  
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• Here's why Doctor Strange's sorcerers haven't intervened in the MCU until now

  28-09-2016 17:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the recurring criticisms of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is why heroes don't help each other out more often
  
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• No Man's Sky is under investigation by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority

  28-09-2016 17:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you felt misled or deceived by No Man's Sky's marketing campaign, you're not alone
  
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• Tickets now available for Sony's PlayStation Experience 2016

  28-09-2016 17:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sony has confirmed the dates and venue for this year's PlayStation Experience event, where fans will be able to go hands-on with new hardware like PlayStation VR and the PlayStation 4 Pro.
  
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• Sony announces dates and venue for PlayStation Experience 2016 event

  28-09-2016 17:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sony has confirmed the dates and venue for this year's PlayStation Experience event, where fans will be able to go hands-on with new hardware like PlayStation VR and the PlayStation 4 Pro.
  
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• Overwatch's Zarya Joins Heroes of the Storm

  28-09-2016 17:03
  
  Aleksandra Zaryanova, better known as Zarya from Overwatch, has made her way into the roster of Heroes of the Storm.
  Blizzard's MOBA, which contains a variety of characters from all of its franchises, has a new patch, which brings in Zarya as well as a new map called Warhead Junction.
  Zarya's basic abilities include launching a particle grenade, gaining a personal shield, and granting an ally a brief shield, much like in Overwatch.
  Her heroic abilities are similar too, with one launching a bomb
  
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• Destiny 2 rumors say it will be "a completely different game" and come out on PC

  28-09-2016 16:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Destiny 2 will be "a completely different game" from the original Destiny, if multiple anonymous sources are right
  
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• Final Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them poster has wands at the ready

  28-09-2016 16:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  UPDATE (28/9/2016):The final poster for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has been revealed
  
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• WWE 2K17 video preview: new ladder matches, in-ring promos, and Bayley vs Becky Lynch!

  28-09-2016 16:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Last week, GR+ got to have a four-hour extended play of WWE 2K17 – and record a load of video footage into the bargain
  
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• Future Gears of War Games Won't Necessarily Be Shooters

  28-09-2016 15:52
  
  Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer and creative director of The Coalition, Chuck Osieja have teased that a future Gears of War game could be a different genre from the existing ones.
  According to Gamespot, the two attended Xbox Fanfest and were asked the question: "If Gears of War could expand into any other gaming genre, what would it be?"
  Phil Spencer told Osieja to be careful about his reply (which some suggest could mean we may be seeing something other than a third person shooter in the future). Os
  
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• Final Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them trailer will give Harry Potter fans goosebumps

  28-09-2016 15:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ready your Butterbeer, folks. A final trailer has landed for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find The ...
  
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• Spider-Man: Homecoming set video hints at return of Iron Man

  28-09-2016 15:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  We'll be getting a little more of the mentor-mentee relationship between Tom Holland's Peter Parker and Robert Downey Jr
  
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• Deathstroke actor prepares for role with comics and... funko pops?

  28-09-2016 14:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  A few weeks ago it was revealed that Joe Manganiello had signed on to play Deathstroke in Ben Affleck's solo Batman movie, and the Magic Mike actor is wasting no time getting familiar with his role
  
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• Spider-Man's Tom Holland challenges Star-Lord to a dance off saying "It's on!"

  28-09-2016 14:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Guardians of the Galaxy featured two separate scenes featuring Chris Pratt, AKA Star-Lord, throwing some shapes – and in a direct (and genuinely funny) response to the ending of that film, new Spider-Man Tom Holland has challenged the Guardians leader to a dance off
  
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• 6 things we learned from the Battlefield 1 single-player campaign trailer

  28-09-2016 13:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  We finally know what to expect from Battlefield 1's globe trotting campaign thanks to the new single-player trailer
  
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• Doctor Strange's supporting cast get their own mind-bending posters

  28-09-2016 13:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  No sooner had the new Doctor Strange trailer landed, than a whole host of new posters made an appearance as well
  
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• Game of Thrones' Tormund teases a season 7 meeting with a fan favourite

  28-09-2016 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Two of the many Game of Thrones' season six highlights were Kristofer Hivju's Tormund Giantsbane - whose flirty looks to Brienne birthed many a meme - and Bella Ramsey's Lyanna Mormont, whose resting bitch face puts all other resting bitch faces to shame
  
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• EA on FIFA 17 stats: "If Messi were playing in the Irish league, his attributes would drop”

  28-09-2016 12:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  With FIFA 17 out now in the North America and tomorrow across the globe, EA has shared some genuinely fascinating information on how attributes for the game as are decided – including the admission that Lionel Messi’s abilities would be reduced if he joined a lesser league than Spain’s top flight
  
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• Destiny's mind bending raid puzzle has already been solved and has an Exotic reward

  28-09-2016 12:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  See that up there? That's Outbreak Prime. Destiny: Rise of Iron's Exotic reward for undertaking the...
  
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• Sunset Overdrive Dev Says PC Release is Up to Microsoft

  28-09-2016 12:24
  
  Insomniac Games has confirmed that while it would like to bring Sunset Overdrive to PC, the decision to do so lies with Microsoft.
  Responding to fan queries yesterday, a studio representative on the official Insomniac Games twitter account said: "we'd love for it to come to PC, though it's up to Xbox on that one".@Heldengeist @MegapiemanPHD @Xbox @XboxP3 we'd love for it to come to PC, though it's up to Xbox on that one.
  — Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) September 26, 2016
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• Battlefield 1 Story Won't Be One Singular Campaign

  28-09-2016 12:22
  
  Battlefield 1's newly-revealed single player mode will take the form of an anthology of short stories, rather than the expected single character arc.
  Announced on the Battlefield blog, DICE explained that the game will feature multiple "War Stories: personal stories focusing on different protagonists with unique backgrounds and skills."
  We've seen many, or even all of those protagonists in yesterday's single-player trailer (above), including the young soldier, Danny Edwards assigned to a British
  
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• The Avengers get a name drop in the new Doctor Strange trailer

  28-09-2016 11:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel has released a new trailer for its upcoming addition to the MCU, Doctor Strange, and a certain world-saving team got a mention
  
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• Most awkward interview ever? WWE manager Paul Heyman gives our man a verbal smackdown

  28-09-2016 11:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  A few weeks ago, GamesRadar+ was offered an interview with wrestling mastermind (and Brock Lesnar advocate) Paul Heyman to talk WWE 2K17 – and naturally, I accepted the gig with glee
  
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• Pick Your Most Memorable Gears of War Moments

  28-09-2016 04:40
  
  Gears of War 4 hits stores on October 11 and continues the epic saga of humanity's fight for survival against overwhelming odds. Before we find out what's in store for JD Fenix and his friends however, we thought it might be fun to celebrate some of the most memorable moments from the series so far. And not just that - we want you guys to vote to decide the top 5. Simply choose at least three of your favourite moments on the voting form at the bottom of the page, and we'll tally the votes and cu
  
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• Destiny: Rise of Iron Review

  28-09-2016 02:27
  
  In a lot of ways, Destiny: Rise of Iron is more of the same. When it does the Destiny formula well, it’s polished with challenging combat and plenty for a veteran Guardian to do. A lot of the time, though, it falls into the same trap Destiny’s always been susceptible to and turns into a seemingly endless, repetitive grind. It often feels empty, even with a challenging and satisfying raid dangling as a big incentive.
  The new two-or-so-hour campaign is emblematic of how Rise of Iron as
  
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• Rumor: Destiny 2 Also Releasing for PC

  28-09-2016 01:59
  
  Bungie's sequel to Destiny, which is slated to release in 2017, is also reportedly coming to PC.
  NeoGAF user benny_a, who allegedly has a source at Activision, said the news about a PC version was revealed during an internal presentation at the publisher today, and went on to note that Vicarious Visions is also helping out with Destiny 2.
  This lines up with what Kotaku has reportedly heard from its sources. In addition to a PC version and the added help of Vicarious Visions, the o
  
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• Deus Ex Mankind Divided: System Rift Review

  28-09-2016 01:25
  
  System Rift takes characters and places from different parts of the Deus Ex universe and connects them in a neat, interesting way. It even hints at some potentially ambitious new directions for the series to explore. But while it’s substantially larger in size than the first episodic add-on, Desperate Measures, it doesn’t provide enough space for the new connections it makes to truly breathe and develope.
  System Rift starts in a new hub area within Prague, and continues on into a sup
  
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• Video game publisher thanks pirates for their interest, offers them a discount

  28-09-2016 00:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Video game piracy is a major concern for publishers and developers alike. While musicians can still hope that fans who steal their albums will spend money on merchandise or tickets for live shows, the opportunity for profit is lost when someone steals a game. That's why game makers have to be very careful about the way they interact with pirates, because raking them over the coals never helps. But you know what they say when the odds are stacked against you and there's no viable solution on the
  
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• Sony confirms PSX 2016 Date, Location

  28-09-2016 00:19
  
  Update: Sony has officially announced the details for the 2016 PlayStation Experience, confirming the earlier leak by the official registration website.
  The show will begin on December 3 at 10 a.m. PT with the PlayStation Showcase, while the Capcom Cup is also returning to the event this year, in which players will compete to be crowned the Street Fighter V world champion. The full PSX show runs through December 4 and will take place in Anaheim, California at the Anaheim Convention Center.
  
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