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• Blog: The math of idle games - Part II

  16-12-2016 23:20
  
  Part II of a 3-part, in-depth series on the math of idle games, this time looking at alternative growth models and generator relevancy. ...
  
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• Dreams Beta Delayed to 2017

  16-12-2016 23:03
  
  Media Molecule has announced that the Dreams beta has been delayed to 2017.
  The beta was originally announced at Sony's Paris Games Week keynote in 2015 and was supposed to come out sometime in 2016. In a statement on the company's website, Media Molecule explained that it didn't expect to be taken aback by how ambitious Dreams has gotten. By delaying the beta, the developer promises to use the time to stick to its original vision of the game.
  In its blog post, Media Molecule said it's stay
  
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• Overwatch players are (chocolate) chipping in to deliver a payload of cookies to Blizzard - how sweet

  16-12-2016 22:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Here's a bit of holiday cheer for you as we head into the last weekend before Christmas: A man by the name Christopher Culley has called on his fellow Overwatch players to help pay for a delivery of cookies, to be sent to Blizzard HQ as thanks for all their hard work on the game
  
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• Battlefield 1's "They Shall Not Pass" DLC gets a concept art teaser

  16-12-2016 22:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first teaser for Battlefield 1's They Shall Not Pass DLC has arrived, and it's not exactly a "sacre bleu!" worthy moment, but it's still nice to see
  
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• Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founder’s Edition Review

  16-12-2016 22:45
  
  Editor's Note: IGN is going to be reviewing a lot more GPUs, gaming mice, keyboards, and other hardware in 2017. We're kicking off our renewed tech coverage with deep dives into some of 2016's heavyweights. Hit up the comments below for more details, and to give your feedback. We want it.
  When Nvidia announced its all-new GPUs based on its Pascal architecture, the GTX 1080 ($600 - $700 on Amazon) stole all the headlines with its flagship specs, but its less-expensive baby brother­­
  
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• Get a job: Wargaming Sydney is hiring a Software Engineer

  16-12-2016 22:36
  
  Wargaming Sydney is seeking an experienced Software Engineer with good knowledge of low-level systems programming to work on the company's PC engine in Sydney, Austrailia. ...
  
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• BAMTech forges $300M deal for League of Legends streaming rights

  16-12-2016 22:25
  
  The deal will grant BAMTech exclusive streaming and monetization rights for competitive League of Legends eSports events. ...
  
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• See The Tactical Gameplay In Action

  16-12-2016 21:46
  Dynasty Warriors: Godseekers launches next month as a digital release on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. With the release date looming, Koei Tecmo released a new trailer today showing off the gameplay. Godseekers features tactical gameplay unlike the action fare the Dynasty Warriors games are best known for; but don't worry, it still has tons of cool special moves that make you pack a punch against enemies. 
  This entry follows Zhao Yun and his friend Lei Bin, who help a young girl name
  
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• Want a Nintendo NES Classic Mini? Be prepared to pay way more than $60

  16-12-2016 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Also today: Samsung wraps up their Note 7 investigation, clamps down on Galaxy S8 leaks, and we review some obscure science fiction movie that opens today called "Rogue One" or some such.
  
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• "FIXED: A weird NPC face" - this Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection patch note is the best

  16-12-2016 21:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've been playing Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection on Xbox One or PS4, you might have noticed a new update applied to your game
  
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• Today only: The lowest price ever on an Xbox One S console bundle

  16-12-2016 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  You’ve probably heard by now that both Microsoft and Sony have cut prices for the Xbox One S and PS4 bundles by $50 for Christmas. For $249.99, the lowest price for a brand new console, you usually get a 500GB console of your choice and a free game of the season. But if you thought that $249 is a great deal for a brand new console, then prepare to have your mind blown. Today only, you’ll be able to snag a brand new Xbox One S console for just $229.99, or $70 off the regular price. Th
  
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• Why Jagex maintains two legacy versions of RuneScape

  16-12-2016 20:39
  
  The RuneScape of 2016 is quite a different game from what it was when it first released in 2001, but developer Jagex hasn't abandoned players that prefer the classic game to its modern counterpart....
  
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• Final Fantasy XV Holiday DLC Coming This Month

  16-12-2016 19:49
  
  To celebrate the holiday season, Square Enix will release a free game update and DLC for Final Fantasy XV next week, on December 22.
  The free update, which will be available to everyone, adds a "New Game Plus" option, allowing those who have already finished the main story to replay the game with all of their data carried over.
  In addition, a new photo frame feature is being added, allowing players to select from an array of different frames that can be used to display photos taken by Prompto du
  
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• Blog: The luck and loss behind loot boxes

  16-12-2016 19:31
  
  The trend of using loot boxes in F2P or monetized games has grown lately, but is this the lesser of the F2P evils or just the same song and dance as before?...
  
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• Assassin's Creed Ezio Collection Update Will Remove Weird Face

  16-12-2016 19:21
  
  Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection patch 1.02 will remove the randomly generated, bug-eyed NPC seen in the Assassin's Creed 2 remaster.
  "FIXED - A weird NPC face appears in Assassin's Creed 2 Sequence 1, Memory 1." the 1.02 patch notes say, via Eurogamer. The patch, which released yesterday for Xbox One and PS4, also fixes an issue where background music gets cut after synchronizing a view point in Assassin's Creed 2.Ezio Collection patch notes (image via Eurogamer)Continue reading&helli
  
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• Gamasutra's Best of 2016: Kris Graft's top 10 games

  16-12-2016 19:10
  
  Wow, I liked video games a lot in 2016. ...
  
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• Nintendo Switch Preview Tour Announced

  16-12-2016 18:56
  
  Ahead of Nintendo Switch's launch this coming March, Nintendo will tour across North America to provide the public with an opportunity to go hands-on with the console.
  The preview tour will begin on January 13 in New York and conclude on March 5 in Los Angeles. Attendees will have the opportunity to play a number of select launch titles in an array of different settings, showcasing the variety of ways one can play Nintendo Switch.
  Check out the schedule below to see each of the participatin
  
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• Catch The Perfect Wave In New Surfing Game

  16-12-2016 18:51
  A new surfing game was announced from UK developer Climax Studios called Surf World Series. You can catch the perfect wave when the game hits on Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC in 2017.
  The arcade-style surfing game lets take control of waves and nail tricks, such as kickflips and cutbacks. With five different destinations, you visit key surfing hot spots, such as Hawaii and Portugal. The game includes 45 single player challenges, but you can also take your board online, competing against 15 ot
  
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• We're chatting about the top 10 developers of 2016 today at 3PM EST

  16-12-2016 18:36
  
  We invite you, our dear Gamasutra readers, to tell us why we're right or wrong about our top 10 developers of 2016 (though mostly we'd like you to tell us why we're right). ...
  
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• Street Fighter 5 to Reportedly Soon Shame Rage Quitters

  16-12-2016 18:27
  
  If a reported leak is any indication, Capcom has plans to soon publicly shame those who repeatedly rage quit while playing Street Fighter V.
  According to a post on Reddit, a new test branch for the Steam version of Capcom's fighter went live yesterday, and it wasn't initially password protected. Several screenshots were captured and posted to NeoGAF before a password was added.Street Fighter V penalties for rage quitters, via NeoGAFContinue reading…
  
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• The cut Deadpool joke Ryan Reynolds liked most is… pretty tame, actually (at least comparatively)

  16-12-2016 18:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's a fact of making a movie that not everything filmed will make it into the final product
  
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• Attend GDC and see how Blizzard scripts Overwatch's weapons and powers

  16-12-2016 18:04
  
  Dan Reed is a senior software engineer at Blizzard, and he'll be giving GDC attendees a behind-the-scenes look at Overwatch in his talk on "Networking Scripted Weapons and Abilities in 'Overwatch'." ...
  
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• A free Final Fantasy 15 update helps fill your holiday photos with handsome boys

  16-12-2016 18:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Why torture the family with an extended photography session when you could all gather around the TV screen to pick out your favorite, festive shots of Final Fantasy 15's winsome heroes instead? Square Enix has revealed the plans for its free and paid holiday DLC, and they include some seasonally appropriate photo frames for Prompto's snapshots, you see
  
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• Nintendo Switch set for a North American preview tour next year

  16-12-2016 17:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Nintendo Switch will be visiting select North American cities in early 2017, giving eager fans a chance to check out the upcoming console before launch. The demonstrations will be completely free.
  
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• You might guess the UK's favorite Star Wars character, but I bet you won't guess its least favorite

  16-12-2016 17:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  With Star Wars: Rogue One in theaters now, UK data analysis site YouGov decided to have a little fun and get Brits' thoughts on the saga
  
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• Former Konami Europe president is heading up Kojima Productions

  16-12-2016 16:53
  
  In a move that seems to have gone unnoticed, Shinji Hirano, the former president of Konami Europe has been appointed president of Kojima Productions....
  
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• Werewolves Within Review

  16-12-2016 16:35
  
  Werewolves Within takes the popular party game ‘Werewolf’ (or Mafia) and transforms it into one of the only remarkably welcoming, social VR experiences available. It’s a successful "port" of an already very tactical and thought-provoking game of deception, but being hosted in a virtual world offers unparalleled accessibility. Unfortunately, it also comes with some very inhibiting technical issues that mar it considerably.
  Werewolf, the social game that Werewolves Within seeks t
  
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• Try Nintendo Switch at the hands-on tour in these 6 North American cities

  16-12-2016 16:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Good news! Those Nintendo Switch hands-on preview events that Nintendo has been teasing for a while will be partially open to the public
  
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• Nintendo shares fall despite Super Mario Run's instant success

  16-12-2016 16:29
  
  Super Mario Run has flown to the top of the App Store grossing charts, but that hasn't stopped Nintendo's shares stumbling on the Tokyo Stock Exchange....
  
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• Win 10 copies of Jasper Fforde's The Last Dragonslayer to give away

  16-12-2016 15:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Here be dragons!On Christmas Day Sky One brings us a spectacular adaptation of bestselling novelist Jasper Fforde's The Last Dragonslayer, the first book in his Dragonslayer trilogy
  
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• Blog: How we got the voice of the Witcher in our indie game trailer

  16-12-2016 15:50
  
  This is a story of our new trailer which started with pencil sketches and ended with having Doug Cockle, the voice of Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher series, in it one day before our deadline....
  
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• Super Mario Run Is #1 in Top Grossing on the App Store

  16-12-2016 15:37
  
  With Super Mario Run now out for iOS, the platformer is having a successful launch.
  Nintendo’s first-ever Mario game for mobile is currently the top grossing app in the US App Store, beating Mobile Strike, Pokemon GO, and Netflix. Though there’s no information yet on exactly how many times Super Mario Run has been downloaded, its initial success should be an encouraging sign for Nintendo.The US App Store.The company has high ambitions for its auto-running platformer, as it hopes it c
  
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• Starbreeze acquires Indian art production firm for $8.5 million

  16-12-2016 15:32
  
  Payday 2 developer-publisher Starbreeze has splashed out $8.5 million to pick up a 90.5 percent stake in Indian art production company, Dhruva Interactive.  ...
  
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• Ark Park comes to PlayStation in virtual reality

  16-12-2016 13:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PlayStation is introducing the virtual reality experience "Ark Park" to Playstation VR next year.
  
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• Here's every Star Wars: Rogue One trailer shot that didn't make it into the movie

  16-12-2016 13:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  By now, you’ve probably seen Star Wars: Rogue One and thought it has everything you could wish for in a Star Wars movie
  
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• Destiny: Xur weapons, gear, and location, December 16 - 18. Zhalo Supercell!

  16-12-2016 13:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xur, Destiny’s weekend Exotic trader, grand champion sushi sculptor, and wanted felon in three different quadrants – for gross acts of illegal jazz – is back
  
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• Game of Thrones season 7 will see no hope for Cersei's redemption, says Lena Headey - it would "ruin it"

  16-12-2016 13:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you’re wondered if Game of Thrones season 7 might see Jaime teach Cersei about the wickedness of her ways, sadly not
  
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• Blog: Are you designing a game, or throwing one together?

  16-12-2016 13:04
  
  Many aspiring designers, and some who ought to know better, design by trial and error, rather than by using an efficient method related to engineering and science. I try to explain why....
  
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• Game of Thrones season 7 set photos reveal what Sam and Gilly have been up to

  16-12-2016 12:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  As filming wraps on the Game of Thrones season 7 locations in Cáceres, Spain, eagle-eyed fans have spotted John Bradley (Samwell Tarley) and Hannah Murray (Gilly) on set
  
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• The first Star Wars 8 trailer is on its way - here's when to expect it

  16-12-2016 12:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars: Rogue One has just hit theaters but that hasn’t stopped Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy talking about when we’re going to see a Star Wars 8 trailer
  
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• Nintendo is already selling a lot of NES Classic Editions

  16-12-2016 10:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nintendo appears to have a real hit on its hands with its recently launched Classic Edition console. Data published this week suggests it's already sold 200,000 units in the U.S. alone, a figure that'd surely be higher if it'd been able to keep up with demand.
  
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• Nintendo has sold almost 200,000 NES Classic Edition consoles in the U.S. alone

  16-12-2016 10:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nintendo appears to have a real hit on its hands with its recently launched Classic Edition console. Data published this week suggests it's already sold 200,000 units in the U.S. alone, a figure that'd surely be higher if it'd been able to keep up with demand.
  
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• Origin Stories: Devs recount their first game design experiences

  16-12-2016 10:06
  
  When were you first bitten by the game design bug? Was it a mod level? A playground game? A cool Mario level scribbled in crayon? We asked 19 developers to share their origin stories with us....
  
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• Nintendo shares dumped after Super Mario game release

  16-12-2016 05:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nintendo shares dived almost five percent Friday, hours after the release of its latest mobile phone game and despite it topping download charts in several countries. Coming on the heels of the Pokemon Go craze this summer, the game was released for iPhone only in about 150 countries on Thursday, a key test for Nintendo's fledgling foray into mobile gaming. Shares in DeNA, Nintendo's co-developer on the game, plunged 7.07 percent to 2,848 yen.
  
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• Nintendo’s Switch console will be less powerful than the old PS4

  16-12-2016 03:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nintendo is one of the popular gaming companies in town right now. There’s Pokemon Go that Nintendo is a part of, there’s Super Mario Run on the iPhone, and the brand new “old” NES Classic is one of the hottest Christmas gifts this year. On top of that, Nintendo already unveiled its next-gen console, the interesting Switch hybrid meant to compete against the PS4 and the Xbox One in a way Sony and Microsoft may not have seen coming. A new report detailing the har
  
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• Download ‘Lost Odyssey’ free on Xbox One for a limited time

  16-12-2016 02:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This week, the Xbox One Backward Compatibility catalog surpassed 300 games. Ever since the Xbox One launched, gamers had been pleading with Microsoft to allow them to play their Xbox 360 games on the new console, and at E3 2015, the company granted their wish . A year and a half later, a huge chunk of the Xbox 360 library has made its way to the Xbox One, and to celebrate, Microsoft is giving away Lost Odyssey . Lost Odyssey launched as an Xbox 360 exclusive in 2008. It was the second project fr
  
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• Let it Die Review

  16-12-2016 01:53
  
  Let It Die is essentially Dark Souls reimagined as a free-to-play roguelike, with a monetization scheme that sounds incredibly predatory on paper. And yet, for many hours at least, it never really threatens to empty your wallet. It's got clunky combat and a nebulous sense of progression, but it initially showers you with premium currency and wraps it all in a enticingly weird and violent package. The appeal wears off in time, but in its chaotic first dozen or so hours it achieves something like
  
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• NES Classic Sold Nearly 200,000 Units in the US Alone

  16-12-2016 01:42
  
  At least 196,000 lucky people bought the NES Classic in the United States since it released earlier this month.
  November was a good month for Nintendo, with sales of its 3DS line up 59 percent over last November, representing the consoles "sixth straight month of year-on-year growth," in the US, according to NPD.
  In a statement from Nintendo, it said sales of the new Pokemon games helped increase software sales for 3DS by an astonishing "350 percent year-on-year."
  The NPD Group said Nintend
  
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• Call of Duty Bests Battlefield for November's Top Sales Spot

  16-12-2016 00:46
  
  According to The NPD Group, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare was the top-selling game for November 2016.
  Nipping at Call of Duty's heels was Battlefield 1, which dropped down one place from last month, where it was the best-selling game for October 2016.
  Pokemon Sun and Moon had strong showings, especially considering digital sales for the 3DS games weren't included in NPD's numbers. According to the release, Sun and Moon had the strongest launch of any Pokemon game in the franchise's history, bea
  
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• Why old-school Nintendo games will never hit the iPhone

  16-12-2016 00:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After years of steadfastly refusing to admit that iOS was a gaming platform worthy of its time and energy, Nintendo finally realized that there was far more to gain by embracing iOS as opposed to shunning it. Earlier today, the fruits of Nintendo's long overdue realization hit the App Store in the form of a new endless runner game  titled  Super Mario Run . Now that we're living in a world where Nintendo's famed characters are allowed to exist on iOS, it's only natural to wonder if any
  
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