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• Polybius Is A PlayStation VR Exclusive

  08-10-2016 21:58
  This one needs a bit of context. Polybius was originally, allegedly an arcade game back in the 1980s. I say "allegedly" because it's hard to verify the arcade cabinet's existence. If the machine was real, it apparently induced nausea and headaches in anyone who played it. It's an urban legend.
  While that is still the case, we will soon have to distinguish between Polybius the legend and Polybius the real-life game. Jeff Minter, known for his work on making several Tempest-like games including S
  
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• Miguel Is Looking For Revenge

  08-10-2016 18:47
  During a livestream of this week's Barcelona Games World event, Bandai Namco announced the latest character to join Tekken 7's roster: Miguel.
  Miguel is looking to avenge the death of his sister, who was seemingly murdered at her wedding. You can watch Miguel show off some of his moves, eat an apple, and trash-talk his opponents in the video below.
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• Dragon Quest Builders Review

  08-10-2016 06:38
  
  Like so many before it, the Dragon Quest series has taken a detour into the realm of Minecraft-style collecting and crafting – no points are given if you predicted that turn of events. Mucho points, however, if you called that it would execute the premise so seamlessly, and embrace its own signature traits while delivering a single-player RPG adventure that alludes to the Dragon Quest classics. To be clear, unlike Minecraft and others in the building and crafting frame, this is a solo purs
  
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• Mafia 3 Review in Progress

  08-10-2016 02:40
  
  After spending about 15 hours with Mafia 3, the thing that’s surprised me the most is how smart, mature, and well written the story has been. Lincoln Clay’s story could’ve unfolded as a cliche tale of revenge, but developer Hangar 13 dove past the superficial level to deliver a story rife with social commentary on post-Vietnam America and filled it with three-dimensional characters who I’ve grown to either genuinely care about or genuinely want to see dead.
  In between the
  
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• Gears of War 4 Scored by Game of Thrones Composer

  08-10-2016 01:12
  
  Microsoft and developer The Coalition have renowned composer Ramin Djawadi scoring the soundtrack for Gears of War 4,
  according to Variety.
  Djawadi is best known for his work on Game of Thrones and, more recently, Westworld.
  The soundtrack combines the composer’s composition “with the sounds of the iconic Lancers, Gnashers and voices of the franchise.”
  You can listen Djawadi’s take on a video game score today on Microsoft’s Groove streaming service. The Gears of War
  
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• 'We are coasting on novelty': Carmack advises VR devs to build better mobile VR apps

  08-10-2016 01:01
  
  "We need to start judging ourselves," Carmack noted in his Connect keynote today. "Can you do something in VR that has the same value, or more value, than what these other [non-VR] things have done?" ...
  
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• A peek into the complicated creation of realistic eyeballs in video games

  08-10-2016 00:34
  
  If the eyes are a window into one's soul, video game characters are a bit…soulless. A recent article on Fastco Design delves into the challenge of rendering a perfectly realistic eyeball. ...
  
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• Official Gameplay Trailer Appears

  08-10-2016 00:00
  It was a surprise to see footage from a new Mighty Morphin Power Rangers game emerge from New York Comic-Con yesterday ahead of any official announcement from publisher Bandai Namco. Now that it's official, Bandai Namco released an official trailer, which you can see below.
  The game sets the Rangers up against Rita Repulsa in a modern spin on the classic four-player arcade beat-em-up format. See footage of Zords and fights against gigantic screen-filling monsters, as well as hear the classic th
  
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