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• Doctor Strange's new backwards trailer has more secrets when you reverse it

  05-10-2016 23:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest trailer for Doctor Strange gives you a taste of the cognitive dissonance the good doctor must experience the first time he sees the world is not as it had seemed
  
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• Gears of War 4 Includes In-Game Rewards for Playing Previous Gears Games

  05-10-2016 23:08
  
  Developer The Coalition has revealed that having played any of the previous Gears of War games will unlock in-game "Legacy Rewards" for Gears of War 4.
  For those who currently subscribe to Xbox's Gold program, or are a silver member and have logged into their Gamertags at least once in the past year, and have played any of the four previous Gears games, those players will receive the "First Wave" legacy emblem, available in the game's customization menu.
  Additionally, eligible Legacy player
  
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• Why Bloodstained Was Delayed to 2018

  05-10-2016 22:40
  
  At the start of September, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, a new Metroidvania game funded through Kickstarter last year, was delayed to 2018. Director Koji Igarashi, most famously known for his work as the creator of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, said he needed additional developer support in order to complete the game and reach his quality standards. Earlier today, Iga announced that he's partnering with 505 Games. The publisher is the newest partner in the saga to creat
  
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• Weekly video game releases: 'Skylanders: Imaginators,' 'Gears of War 4,' 'Dragon Quest Builders,' 'WWE 2K17,' PSVR

  05-10-2016 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Arriving the week of October 10, "Skylanders: Imaginators" lets players build their own heroes, "100ft Robot Golf" offers a ridiculous, towering alternative to manicured greens, "Gears of War 4" sets out on another rough and tough adventure, "Dragon Quest Builders" clambers over "Minecraft," and "WWE 2K17" offers new features and old features -- and PlayStation launches its virtual reality headset.
  
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• Beyond Good & Evil 2's in pre-production, but why are the funny animals super serious now?

  05-10-2016 22:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Beyond Good & Evil 2 is officially in pre-production
  
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• Sony: PSVR Is 'Step One in a Very Long Journey'

  05-10-2016 22:08
  
  Future versions of PlayStation VR are almost certainly on the horizon, as SIE Worldwide Studios chairman Shawn Layden strongly suggested that Sony is already working on improved versions of its upcoming VR headset.
  When asked whether or not PlayStation fans can expect future iterations of PSVR, Layden told IGN, "we are constantly iterating and innovating our hardware almost the minute thatdelivered the first," citing Sony's 21-year history of continually improving the PlayStation platform.
  "When
  
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• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Gets a Publisher

  05-10-2016 22:00
  
  505 Games has signed on to publish Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, producer Koji Igarashi announced today in an update on the game's Kickstarter page.
  Speaking in an announcement video, Igarashi explained 505 and its "vast marketing power" will be working with his small team to bring Bloodstained to more players. 505 has also published games such as Abzu, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and Payday 2.
  Developed by Inti Creates, Bloodstained is a 2.5D action adventure game, directed and produced
  
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• Talking Sword Art Online and Games We Never Want to Be Trapped In

  05-10-2016 21:30
  
  This week on IGN Anime Club, Stephen Akana from Bandai Namco joins Miranda, Mike, and Meghan to talk about Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization. The group also shares which fantasy worlds they never, ever (ever!) want to be trapped in, and which shows do the whole "stuck in a video game" trope right.
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• New color-swapped Nintendo 2DS units hit retail in November

  05-10-2016 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nintendo is introducing new color schemes for its Nintendo 2DS family of handheld gaming consoles, revealing that units featuring blue and red faceplate designs are due to launch stateside in time for the holiday season.
  
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• 9 times the Ghostbusters outtake reel made us want to be best friends with Kate McKinnon

  05-10-2016 20:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Some kind soul has posted quite possibly the best bit of the Ghostbusters Blu-ray: a 9 minute outtake reel
  
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• Beyond Good and Evil Is Free On PC This Month

  05-10-2016 20:01
  
  In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Ubisoft announced today that subscribers to its Ubisoft Club program will be able to play Beyond Good & Evil on PC for free this month.
  Originally released in 2003, Beyond Good & Evil is a criticailly well-received action platformer from the mind of Rayman creator Michel Ansel. It follows an investigative reporter, Jade, as she attempts to expose a government conspiracy threatening her home planet, Hyliss.
  Beyond Good & Evil will be available f
  
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• Flow, Flower Soundtracks to Be Released on Vinyl

  05-10-2016 20:00
  
  The soundtracks to thatgamecompany's two games before Journey, flOw and Flower, will be released on vinyl via iam8bit, the online retailer announced today.
  Pre-orders will open tomorrow at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET for both vinyl offerings on iam8bit's official website. The flOw vinyl, featuring Journey composer Austin Wintory's score, will cost $25 and feature album art by Filip Hodas.
  The Flower vinyl, featuring Vincent Diamante's score, will cost $35 and also have art by Hodas. Both soundtracks ha
  
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• Voodoo Vince Returning In 2017

  05-10-2016 19:54
  
  Voodoo Vince: Remastered has been revealed to be in production for Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs.
  Some of you are squealing right now, and many more of you are Googling "Voodoo Vince." Let me save you the trouble: it was a fun, charming puzzle-platformer released exclusively on the original Xbox in 2003. Its quirky setting and unique-at-the-time mechanics helped it build a small following, but it was subsequently lost to time.
  According to the press release, and the very brief teaser trailer, Vood
  
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• Here's how Gears of War 4 rewards you for playing the previous games

  05-10-2016 18:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gears of War 4 will decorate series veterans with a unique emblem and give them an extra helping of loot to boot
  
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• Hardware Review: PlayStation VR

  05-10-2016 18:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  See what critics are saying about the latest arrival in the VR gaming scene, Sony's PlayStation VR headset. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic
  
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• Mafia 3: Everything You Need to Know

  05-10-2016 18:08
  
  The Mafia 3 journey from rumor to release has been a four-year trek of speculation, expectation, and new beginnings. With the anticipated next chapter in the open-world crime adventure hitting PS4, Xbox One, and PC on October 7, now's the perfect time to look back on its history, from hints and teases to imminent release.
  Below is a compilation of Mafia 3 news, IGN in-depth coverage, trailers, and gameplay that's slowly trickled out over the last four years.
  Here's everything you need to kn
  
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• Watch Dogs 2 Adds Fun to Every Facet of the Game

  05-10-2016 17:59
  
  After a really effective reveal just before E3 and the surprise news that it would be released just a few months later, I had one single hope for Watch Dogs 2 — that it would take the solid framework built by the original and confidently add meat to the bones, much like Assassin’s Creed 2 did for that series. Well, after spending over five hours getting into all sorts of trouble across the entirety of Watch Dogs 2’s depiction of the Bay Area, I’m happy to report that it s
  
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• Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection's games will be sold individually starting in November

  05-10-2016 17:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony will break the ancient seal on Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection in November, letting the PS4 remasters of the PS3 trilogy run free across PlayStation Network independent of their siblings
  
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• Try the First 30 Minutes of ReCore for Free Today

  05-10-2016 17:13
  
  Xbox One and Windows 10 users can now play the first 30 minutes of Armature Studios' new action-adventure game, ReCore.
  In a post on Xbox Wire, ReCore senior creative director Joseph Staten announced the launch of a free trial version today, which gives players the chance to meet the game's protagonist Joule and her Corebot sidekick named Mack.
  After completing the first 30 minutes of Joule and Mack's adventure, players will be able to carry over their progress and Achievements ea
  
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• Wasteland 3 Gets A Gameplay Trailer And Details About What's New

  05-10-2016 17:01
  Wasteland 3 opens its Fig crowdfunding campaign today, and with it comes a showcase of its gameplay as well as a far less-serious video about what's new in the sequel.
  You can check out the gameplay trailer below which shows off the new Colorado setting, improved visuals, and the new dialogue system, borrowed from Torment: Tides of Numenera.
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  Some other new additions for Wasteland 3 include synchronous and asynchronous multiplayer, vehicles, a revamped
  
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• Paper Mario: Color Splash Review

  05-10-2016 17:00
  
  Paper Mario takes a step in the right direction with the great-looking Color Splash, which continues the series’ trend of moving away from its RPG roots in favor of new gimmicks -- this time paint instead of stickers -- that add a unique twist to its turn-based combat. The gameplay has some much needed sprucing up after the ambitious but poorly executed Sticker Star on the 3DS, but the paper-thin story lacks the depth and resonance of some of Paper Mario’s earlier games, causing it t
  
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• Installing Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Modern Warfare Remastered needs 130GB of your HDD

  05-10-2016 16:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered are both full-sized games despite being sold together, and they're going to feel like it on your storage device
  
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• Join IGN For Our Gears Of War 4 London Launch Event

  05-10-2016 16:03
  
  You've remained vigilant and unyielding in your pursuit of the enemies of the coalition. You've sworn to defend and maintain the order of life as it was proclaimed by the Allfathers in the Octus Canon. Now you must come celebrate with IGN.
  On Thursday 13 October we're holding an event at our IGN London HQ to mark the release of Gears of War 4.
  If you come along, you and a friend will be able to play the game from within our humble abode, with the opportunity to win a copy to take home with you.
  
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• Every single PlayStation VR launch title, ranked

  05-10-2016 15:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When PlayStation VR launches in the middle of October, there will be more than 20 games available for the platform. Although I'll have had a chance to play a chunk of them before launch, I won't have time to cover each and every game individually on the site. So instead, I've decided to put together a continually updated ranking of every launch game that I play based on how much I enjoy it. DON'T MISS:  PlayStation VR review As I get my hands on more games, I'll upd
  
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• VP Debate: Kaine Wins on Offense, Pence Wins on Tone

  05-10-2016 14:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Last night’s vice presidential debate, which was expected to be about as exciting as a meal of mashed potatoes and rice, turned out to be much spicier than anybody expected, but in the end, it was mostly empty calories. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, the running mate of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, running with Republican Donald Trump, faced off in a 90-minute event at Longwood University in Farmville, VA last night marked by interruptions, cross-
  
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• Wayward Sky Review

  05-10-2016 14:00
  
  Wayward Sky is a surprising proof of concept for the potential of VR-based storytelling outside of a first person perspective. I felt like I was floating inside a beautiful diorama come to life, which allowed me to take scenes in as a whole rather than from one limited perspective. This drew me into Wayward Sky’s warm-hearted tale in a surprisingly commanding way, despite the straightforward simplicity of its puzzles and dialogue.
  Right off the bat, Wayward Sky’s’ pastel colors
  
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• Until Dawn: Rush of Blood Review

  05-10-2016 14:00
  
  For a game with the words “rush” and “blood” in its title, this on-rails VR arcade shooter is sadly lacking in thrills. Based tangentially on characters and imagery from the 2015 interactive horror story from which it draws its name, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood fails to deliver anything new or remarkably exciting as a virtual reality experience, an arcade-style first-person shooter, or an Until Dawn spinoff. And yet, despite its relative blandness, there's something invitin
  
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• Superhypercube Review

  05-10-2016 14:00
  
  When I’m not playing Superhypercube, I’m wishing I were playing Superhypercube. It’s a deep, beautiful, and superbly crafted arcade puzzle experience. It puts us through a nerve-wracking gauntlet of close scrapes peppered with opportunities to demonstrate a transcendent mastery that made me feel like a video game god.
  The PlayStation VR is used to marvelous, subtle effect. Your perspective is fixed from behind the ever-advancing cube cluster, but you’re constantly peeking
  
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• PlayStation VR's Launch Games Reviewed

  05-10-2016 14:00
  
  The PlayStation VR may not technically be its own console, but Sony has mustered an impressive lineup of VR exclusives (and a few that just support it) to accompany its launch on October 13. Below you'll find all the games we've reviewed so far, ranked from best to worst, plus what's yet to come. And of course, make sure to check out our in-depth review of the PlayStation VR headset itself.
  Superhypercube is simple, but thankfully the comprehensible premise doesn't confuse simplicity with shallo
  
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• PlayStation VR review: Virtual reality’s last, best shot at going mainstream

  05-10-2016 14:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  I'd nearly soured on virtual reality altogether before PlayStation VR arrived. It wasn't that I didn't enjoy VR gaming — I just didn't see a future in it. The amount of money you have to spend on the necessary equipment to use an Oculus Rift or an HTC Vive is ludicrous. And even if you can afford a head-mounted display (HMD), you basically have to dedicate an entire room of your home to the hardware. Although the PlayStation VR doesn't solve all of these problems, it's a far
  
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• PlayStation VR Review

  05-10-2016 14:00
  
  The word “incredible” gets thrown around a lot, but virtual reality actually earns that praise: you literally won’t believe how well it works until you see it for yourself. The software side of things has been slow to catch up to the potential of VR headsets, but the technology itself is mindblowing because of the way it lets us interact with virtual worlds like we’re actually there – something that’d only been dreamed of until the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive cam
  
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• Job Simulator PlayStation VR Review

  05-10-2016 14:00
  
  One of the greatest things about virtual reality is the way it invites you to reach out and touch objects that aren’t really there, and gives you the ability to do impossible things with them. Job Simulator is an excellent demonstration of that potential, putting you in mundane situations and letting you have cartoony fun with them.
  In four different colorful recreations of menial job scenarios, you’re given things to do: Eat a doughnut. Make soup. Fix a car. Ring up customers.
  
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• Harmonix Music VR Review

  05-10-2016 14:00
  
  I expected a lot better from the folks that invented Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Harmonix Music VR is a collection of four music-themed VR experiences, none of which are all that interesting or entertaining. It wouldn’t be worth five dollars, much less $25. 
  The Easel is Harmonix Music VR’s most interesting element, probably because it lets you scratch your own creative itch. It lets you draw with the Move controllers in 3D space with dozens of tools and styles and then manipulat
  
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• Battlezone VR Review In Progress

  05-10-2016 14:00
  
  Editor’s Note: Battlezone VR’s main attraction is its multiplayer, but we’d like to evaluate that once retail servers are live to get a more realistic sense of what your experience might be like. In the meantime, here are our thoughts on Battlezone’s single-player campaign mode.
  Of all the games available at launch for the PlayStation VR, Battlezone VR best represents the blueprint for how traditional games will most likely look in virtual reality. The trick of making us
  
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• Batman: Arkham VR Review

  05-10-2016 14:00
  
  Did I feel like Batman when I put on the mask and played Batman: Arkham VR? Well, partly. Thanks to using the PlayStation Move controllers to interact with the environment I felt more like a detective searching for clues, but having my hands pass through other characters without them noticing left the physical side of being the Dark Knight conspicuously absent.
  I will keep this short, because this game is first and foremost a story and I wouldn't want to ruin its surprises – you only get o
  
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• Pence's 'that Mexican thing' comment gets online attention

  05-10-2016 13:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some Mexican-Americans are taking issue with Republican Mike Pence brushing off GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's comments on Mexican immigrants as "that Mexican thing." Pence chided Democrat ...
  
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• Pence takes tougher line than Trump on Russia at contentious VP debate

  05-10-2016 12:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ginger Gibson and Alana Wise FARMVILLE, Va. (Reuters) - U.S. Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "small and bullying leader" on Tuesday and condemned his actions in Syria, taking a harder line than Donald Trump at a contentious debate with Democratic rival Tim Kaine. Pence's denunciation of Putin for his interference in the Syrian civil war and support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was a departure from the frequent praise of Putin b
  
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• Pence, Kaine exchange sharp jabs in vice-presidential debate

  05-10-2016 08:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vice-presidential candidates Tim Kaine and Mike Pence sparred for 90 minutes in their first and only debate of the campaign on Tuesday from Farmville, Va.
  
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• Pence takes harder line than Trump on Russia at contentious VP debate

  05-10-2016 06:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ginger Gibson and Alana Wise FARMVILLE, Va. (Reuters) - Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "small and bullying leader" on Tuesday and condemned his actions in Syria, taking a harder line than Donald Trump at a contentious debate with Democratic rival Tim Kaine. Pence's denunciation of Putin for his interference in the Syrian civil war and support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was a departure from the frequent praise of Putin by Tru
  
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• Kaine attacks, Pence fights back in vigorous VP debate

  05-10-2016 05:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Democrat Tim Kaine aggressively challenged Republican Mike Pence over a long list of Donald Trump's controversial positions and statements Tuesday night, drawing a vigorous defense of Trump's tax history. But Pence sidestepped criticism of Trump's demeaning comments about women, his public doubting of Barack Obama's citizenship and broader questions about his temperament.
  
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• Debate Takeaways: Kaine challenges Pence to defend Trump

  05-10-2016 05:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine repeatedly challenged Mike Pence during Tuesday's vice presidential debate, attempting to tie the Indiana governor to some of Donald Trump's most controversial statements about women, immigrants and foreign policy. Trump's running mate maintained a folksy, soft-spoken demeanor, even as he mounted an uneven defense of the New York billionaire.
  
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• Trump live tweeted the vice presidential debate, because it didn't contain enough of him

  05-10-2016 04:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As the two vice presidential candidates met in Farmville, Virginia, for the one and only debate between the aspiring second-in-commands, one person felt like their voice needed to be heard.  That person was Donald Trump. The Republican nominee announced on Tuesday afternoon that he would be live-tweeting the debate between his running mate Mike Pence and Hillary Clinton's running mate, Tim Kaine. SEE ALSO: Trump scored the debate's most retweeted tweet with a 2012 climate theory But before
  
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• Democrat Kaine takes aim at Trump in vice presidential debate with Republican Pence

  05-10-2016 04:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ginger Gibson and Alana Wise FARMVILLE, Va. (Reuters) - Democrat Tim Kaine tried to make the vice presidential debate all about Donald Trump on Tuesday, calling the Republican presidential nominee a danger to U.S. national security and someone who denigrates women and minorities and appears to pay little in federal taxes. The debate between Kaine, the No. 2 to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and his Republican rival, Mike Pence, was the only such encounter between the vice pr
  
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• Watch the vice presidential debate with Tim Kaine and Mike Pence

  05-10-2016 02:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vice presidential candidates Tim Kaine and Mike Pence will face off Tuesday, Oct. 4 at Longwood University in Farmville, Va.
  
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• The Latest: Updates from the vice presidential debate

  05-10-2016 02:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the vice presidential debate Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine (all times local):
  
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• How to watch the vice presidential debate with Tim Kaine and Mike Pence

  05-10-2016 02:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vice presidential candidates Tim Kaine and Mike Pence will face off Tuesday, Oct. 4 at Longwood University in Farmville, Va.
  
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• Mike Pence, Tim Kaine arrive at debate site

  05-10-2016 02:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine have arrived at the site of the first and only vice presidential debate. The candidates will face off just past 9 p.m. at Longwood University in Farmville, ...
  
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• Kerbal Space Program studio Squad is losing a pack of devs

  05-10-2016 01:08
  
  A group of eight Kerbal Space Program devs published a goodbye note on Reddit today announcing that they're leaving the project -- and its developer, Squad -- to work on other projects....
  
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• Nioh director makes a case for designing difficult games

  05-10-2016 00:19
  
  Team Ninja's Fumihiko Yasuda sheds light on how he and his team are tuning the design of their upcoming game Nioh -- and how they balance game difficulty in general -- in a new Eurogamer interview....
  
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