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• New Power Rangers poster gives us a look at the Zords - yup, that's a giant saber-toothed tiger

  09-12-2016 23:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  As someone who grew up during the heyday of the original Power Rangers TV show, I was sure a gritty reboot movie version couldn't possibly appeal to me
  
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• Check out every possible angle of Nintendo Switch from its live debut on The Tonight Show

  09-12-2016 23:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo Switch had its live TV debut on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon earlier this week, which means it's time to start geeking out over its every detail
  
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• Time to Talk About The Last of Us 2 & Final Fantasy 15

  09-12-2016 22:29
  
  Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. This week we're discussing The Last of Us 2, PS4 sales, Final Fantasy 15, and more. Watch the video above or download the podcast below.
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• Best of 2016: Building truly cooperative play in Overcooked

  09-12-2016 22:27
  "With Overcooked, we wanted to make a game which was much more focused on how a team works together rather than simply adding more players to a single player experience."...
  
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• Get a job: Demiurge Studios is hiring a UX Design Lead for Mobile

  09-12-2016 22:20
  
  Demiurge Studios is looking for a UX Design Lead to conceive, specify, implement, and tune user experiences in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
  
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• 10 stunning fan tributes to classic racing games, created in Forza Horizon 3

  09-12-2016 22:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Racing game fans, I'm about to break your heart a little
  
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• IGN's 2016 Holiday Reading List

  09-12-2016 22:03
  
  Some material from this article is sourced from combined, previously published IGN features, updated with new information and recommendations.  
  Holiday break is fast approaching. If you're looking for a good book to read while curling up near a roaring fire and sipping some delicious cocoa, check out this great collection of novels, essays, quizzes, and Game history. These thought-provoking page-turners are guaranteed to entertain and educate.Continue reading…
  
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• Oculus, HTC, and others form global association to advance VR platform

  09-12-2016 21:51
  
  "We're still very much in the early stages of VR, so it's critical that industry leaders work together to create and share ideas on how we can safely build this industry," said Facebook's Jordan McCollum. ...
  
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• Doom Free Update Brings Bots, New Multiplayer Mode

  09-12-2016 21:24
  
  Doom's next free update is out today and brings bots, a new multiplayer mode, and extends the level cap, Bethesda has announced.
  Multiplayer bots, a feature many players have been requesting since Doom's beta, will be available in both Team Deathmatch and Deathmatch modes, according to Bethesda.
  Free Update 5 will also include Infernal Run, a new competitive multiplayer mode where "teams fight for control of the (eye) ball, which must be carried or thrown into the opponent’s
  
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• Don't Miss: The tricky design problem of Soma's memorable monsters

  09-12-2016 20:30
  
  Mechanical and strict, or random and fuzzy? Frictional Games creative director Thomas Grip shares his approach to creating the unique monsters of existential nightmare, Soma. ...
  
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• Listen: 5 hip hop tracks that lean on video games

  09-12-2016 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kanye West's producer Pete Rock has posted a studio tour video that included a list of a dozen solid Nintendo Wii games -- tracklist, sample list, or holiday wishlist, we don't yet know, but many are presuming it relates to Kanye's upcoming album "Turbo Grafx 16." Below, listen to five tracks from other rappers that are heavy on the video game references. Especially well known for his work as part of Gorillaz and Deltron 3030, Del's tracks have featured on numerous video game soundtracks (especi
  
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• French regulators fine Ubisoft execs 1.27 million euros for insider trading

  09-12-2016 19:48
  
  Five Ubisoft executives are facing combined fines of € 1.27 million following initial accusations last month that the group participated in insider trading. ...
  
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• Blog: A look back on the 16-bit console wars

  09-12-2016 19:31
  
  Console Wars' Blake Harris discusses the difference between Sega and Nintendo, whether Michael Jackson's music is in Sonic 3, and the challenges of being a subsidiary to a Japanese gaming company. ...
  
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• Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Wants to Be Approachable Yet Complex

  09-12-2016 19:30
  
  Back in 2011, I bought a copy of Marvel vs. Capcom 3, with the aspiration of mastering its systems. Unfortunately as someone who has no real fighting game experience and is inherently lazy, I found it a pretty intimidating experience. In fact, I can still see it on my shelf now as I write this, quietly judging me. So when Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite says it wants to be accessible, I appreciate the olive branch.
  I also realise that, for some, a word like ‘accessibility’ has other stro
  
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• Persona 5: 80 Hours in and Still Finding Surprises

  09-12-2016 19:26
  
  Have you ever seen a movie on mute in the background at a bar or restaurant? You can see what characters are doing, you know when someone gets punched or kicked or shot, but you don’t know what they’re saying. The plot is unfolding right in front of you, but you have none of the context or explanations behind it.
  After putting more than 80 hours into Persona 5 in Japanese, that pretty much sums up my experience.
  Enough of the menus are in English that I’ve been able to stumble
  
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• New Assassin's Creed movie trailer introduces the Apple of Eden and even more stabbing

  09-12-2016 19:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Normally I'd put some introductory text before a trailer, but not this time
  
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• Star Wars 8 rumor says Snoke appears on-set as a massive, intricate puppet

  09-12-2016 18:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Supreme Leader Snoke appeared only as a huge CGI hologram in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but a new rumor indicates that he'll have a more physical presence in Star Wars 8
  
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• Game devs react to Final Fantasy XV today at 3:15 PM EST

  09-12-2016 18:41
  
  We're talking to four game developers from across the industry to hear their thoughts on what Final Fantasy XV has to offer to the development community....
  
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• 'I keep making games because people keep playing games' - Shigeru Miyamoto

  09-12-2016 18:17
  
  As the game industry, technology, and player behavior evolve, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto understands the importance of keeping up with the times. ...
  
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• Meet Logan's Zander Rice, mad scientist and creator of Wolverine clone, X-23

  09-12-2016 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's not just old age and a mutant-hating mercenary nipping at Hugh Jackman's heels in the upcoming Logan - there's also a mad scientist to contend with
  
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• Attend GDC 2017 for expert tips on nailing the art direction of your indie game

  09-12-2016 18:03
  
  In his GDC 2017 talk on "Fast, Cheap and Flashy: An Indie Art Direction Adventure", Chickadee Games' art director Adam DeGrandis will share important lessons learned in his career as a game artist. ...
  
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• Death Stranding's E3 Trailer Wasn't Running on Horizon Zero Dawn Engine

  09-12-2016 18:00
  
  Hideo Kojima has confirmed the Death Stranding trailer shown during last week's The Game Awards show was indeed running on a PS4.
  Speaking to IGN, Kojima revealed "The Death Stranding trailer we showed at TGA was running in real time and in 4K on PS4 Pro."
  While this new teaser was on a PS4, Kojima clarified that the previously-shown E3 announcement trailer was created before Kojima Productions settled on Guerilla Games' Decima engine for Death Stranding, meaning the E3 video was not runnin
  
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• Destiny franchise is now a three-studio effort

  09-12-2016 17:19
  
  Activision-owned Vicarious Visions will be assisting with development of online shooter franchise Destiny, the studio announced this week in a Facebook post....
  
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• Blog: Using rollback tech to create a responsive online experience

  09-12-2016 17:18
  
  An in-depth look into how Inversus uses rollback networking technology to create a responsive and robust online experience that is hard to distinguish from its local-multiplayer counterpart. ...
  
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• Hidden P.T. files are unearthing what Silent Hills could have been

  09-12-2016 17:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  P.T. will always be an unanswered questions: what could Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro done wit ...
  
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• Super Mario Run needs an internet connection to play, because piracy

  09-12-2016 17:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Well, here's one thing you probably won't see in any ads for the upcoming Super Mario Run for iOS: it requires an always-on internet connection to play
  
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• Watch War for the Planet of the Apes' first trailer and 6 gifs of amazing ape action

  09-12-2016 17:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  War for the Planet of the Apes finally has its first official trailer
  
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• Eve Online dev CCP Games is on the selling block, says new report

  09-12-2016 16:44
  
  Citing "people with knowledge of the matter," Bloomberg reported Friday that Iceland's CCP Games, best known for Eve Online, is exploring the possibility of selling off the company....
  
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• Win Outcast Season 1 on Blu-ray

  09-12-2016 16:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  How do you top The Walking Dead? Tricky… but Robert Kirkman, creator of the original comic, has had a jolly good stab at it with his latest horror series Outcast, which this year followed his zombie saga’s path from the printed page to the small screen
  
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• Holiday gift guide 2016: PlayStation 4

  09-12-2016 16:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With the end-of-year holidays upon us, you may be wondering what to buy for the PlayStation 4 fan in your life. Here's our list of the year's top console exclusives and a couple of extras...
  
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• Blog: Steep, Watch Dogs 2, and the GTA with no guns

  09-12-2016 15:40
  
  How do you go about making a fun open-world game that doesn't have combat at its core? We want to tell more diverse stories to reach new audiences, and the key for that may lie in systems design....
  
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• Destiny: Xur weapons, gear, and location, December 9 - 11. Red Death!

  09-12-2016 15:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xur, Destiny’s weekend Exotic trader, erotic needlepoint enthusiast, and carver of many a fine, eldritch totemic seashell, is back
  
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• Zack Synder's Batman V Superman/Star Wars mash up might be the superhero film people need

  09-12-2016 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Batman V Superman director Zack Snyder is a huge Star Wars fan (I mean, who isn't?)
  
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• Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman-Star Wars mash up might be the superhero movie we need

  09-12-2016 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice director Zack Snyder is a huge Star Wars fan (I mean, who isn't?)
  
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• Heroes of the Storm Director Moves Onto New Blizzard Project

  09-12-2016 13:50
  
  Dustin Browder, game director on Heroes of the Storm, has left development of the MOBA to join an unannounced project at Blizzard.
  Announced on the Battle.net forum, Browder explained that he was leaving the team, and had already begun transitioning his responsibilities to former technical director Alan Dabiri.
  "We sometimes get exciting chances to work on other projects," Browder explained. "I’m going to take one of those chances to try something new at Blizzard."
  Browder's part of someth
  
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• Star Wars: Rogue One director on reshoots: "We never came up for air until about a week ago"

  09-12-2016 12:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars: Rogue One may look like the finished product now (just look at the trailers!), but the movie had to undergo extensive reshoots – a process which, according to director Gareth Edwards, meant the crew “never really came up for air until about a week ago
  
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• Star Wars: Rogue One cast and crew talk reshoots: “We never came up for air until about a week ago”

  09-12-2016 12:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars: Rogue One may look like the finished product now (just look at the trailers!), but the movie had to undergo extensive reshoots – a process which, according to director Gareth Edwards, meant the crew “never really came up for air until about a week ago
  
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• Bungie and Skylanders devs Vicarious Visions are getting together to 'expand the Destiny universe'

  09-12-2016 12:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Destiny 2 anyone? There have been plenty of rumours floating around about Destiny's sequel, one of which was that Skylanders developer Vicarious Visions would be helping Bungie out
  
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• Super Mario Run Requires an Internet Connection to Play

  09-12-2016 11:34
  
  Mario's mobile device debut can only be played with an internet connection - ruling out playing it on many modes of transport.
  Speaking to Mashable, Shigeru Miyamoto explained that the decision was made for security reasons, helping Nintendo combat the risk of piracy. All three of the game's modes, Toad Rally, Kingdom Builder and the single-player World Tour campaign will require an active connection to access.
  "We wanted to be able to leverage that network connection with all three of them
  
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• Spider-Man: Homecoming will feature even more Stark “bells and whistles” on Spidey’s suit

  09-12-2016 11:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  By now, you’ve probably seen the Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer (watch it below if you’ve somehow missed it) and have tried to pick apart every possible Easter Egg and each detail of Spidey’s costume, right down to the stitching
  
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• Blog: How environment layout affects difficulty

  09-12-2016 10:05
  
  A look at how the arrangement of geometry for an environment influences and affects the difficulty of a combat encounter by effecting enemy behaviour....
  
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• The Spider-Man: Homecoming UK trailer features some alternate footage

  09-12-2016 06:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Update: December 10, 2016
  The first Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer landed this week but apparently, that wasn't enough of a treat for fans
  
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• Watch the Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer and you will believe a spider can fly

  09-12-2016 05:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can
  
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• Watch the first Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer and believe spiders can fly

  09-12-2016 05:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can
  
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• Season of Heaven Announced as a Nintendo Switch Exclusive

  09-12-2016 02:35
  
  A new game joins the short list of announced games for Nintendo Switch, as independent French developer Any Arts Production has unveiled a Seasons of Heaven.Seasons of Heaven is a Switch exclusive game being made using Unreal Engine 4, according to French website Gameblog. The game is based on a French novel of the same name written by Nico Augusto.
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• Hands On With Resident Evil 7: BioHazard Collector's Edition

  09-12-2016 01:50
  
  The Resident Evil 7: BioHazard Collector's Edition releases next month, but we got our hands on it this week to bring you an unboxing video, and some detailed photos.
  Check out the gallery below, which includes every component of the edition - click right to see them all:
  It was made by Project TriForce, and includes:Resident Evil 7: BioHazard Base GameExclusive Metal CaseAn embossed envelope including an exclusive lithographA creepy noteFully articulated dummy finger 4GB USB DriveVHS tape box
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• Best of 2016: Unprecedented raw footage of Japan's game industry

  09-12-2016 01:05
  
  This collection of videos from John Szczepaniak's recent documentary shine a light on the forgotten history of Japanese game development, proving to be one our most popular posts of the year. ...
  
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• Heroes of the Storm director steps down to 'try something new' at Blizzard

  09-12-2016 01:02
  
  Former Starcraft II director Dustin Browder announced today that he's giving up his spot as game director on Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm MOBA to "try something new" elsewhere in the company....
  
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• Vive Studios is HTC's new first-party VR game dev division

  09-12-2016 00:31
  
  HTC is best known in the game industry for producing (in concert with Valve) the HTC Vive, and now the company is digging in with the launch of its own first-party VR dev division: Vive Studios....
  
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• The 5 Most Annoying Heroes in Dota 2

  09-12-2016 00:21
  
  Because Dota’s meta is always shifting, the most powerful and overplayed heroes can change on any given patch. Not that long ago, Sniper was ruining our fun with ease in every game.
  However, some heroes are, by design, always annoying to deal with. Most of them are rare in pro games, so if you’re checking out Dota for the first time during the upcoming Boston Major, you might not even know they exist.
  You deserve to be grumpy like the rest of us, so without further ado, these are the
  
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