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• Batman Movies Ranked by Their Reviews

  10-02-2017 23:55
  The latest incarnation of the Dark Knight hits theaters this weekend with the well-received The LEGO Batman Movie, but how has Batman's cinematic history fared throughout the years?
  Batman has seen several film incarnations, dating all the way back to the 1966 Batman film up to his current animated and live-action iterations. So how well received was each film upon release? Read on to find out how successful each Batman film was, success in this case being measured by each film's Rotten Tomatoes
  
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• Technomancer and Bound By Flame Developer Announces New Title

  10-02-2017 23:00
  Developer Spiders made their mark with cult titles like Mars: War Logs, its sequel, The Technomancer, and the Witcher-esque Bound By Flame. Their next title is GreedFall, an RPG with an old-timey colonial aesthetic and mysterious fantasy elements.
  The teaser trailer gives us a brief look at a man hunting a non-human woman with a musket and flintlock pistol before being attacked by some sort of wild, or perhaps summoned, beast. The striking art style is a result of the team's inspiration: the Ba
  
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• Mass Effect: Andromeda fans are lusting over new companion Jaal, and BioWare has responded... pretty positively

  10-02-2017 22:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Did you think games like Overwatch had the market on "AAA video game characters people want to have sex with" cornered? Not even close
  
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• Get a job: Telltale Games is hiring a Mobile Producer

  10-02-2017 22:24
  Telltale Games is looking for a Mobile Producer with experience taking free-to-play games from early concept to successful launches for its new mobile game initiative in San Rafael, CA. ...
  
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• What are the defining qualities of a good side-quest?

  10-02-2017 22:15
  
  Game Informer spoke with a handful of developers to discuss the different methods they use to create attractive side-quests and how those quests are plotted out within a game.  ...
  
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• Nebula's still "very pissed off" in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 but she wants to patch things up

  10-02-2017 21:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  I could not be arching my eyebrow any higher. Karen Gillan, who plays Nebula in the Guardians of the ...
  
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• D3 Publisher Serves Up Spicy Earth Defense Force 5 Trailer

  10-02-2017 21:22
  D3 Publisher has released the second official trailer for the upcoming PS4 alien-invasion title.While previous installments have featured legions of monstrous foes, Earth Defense Force 5 promises a new humanoid threat that is sure to up the ante.
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  Earth Defense Force 5 is expected to launch in Japan this year.
  
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• Layoffs hit Activision-owned Infinity Ward, Beenox, and others

  10-02-2017 21:19
  
  A number of companies tied together under Activision Blizzard have fallen victim to a round of layoffs that hit 5 percent of the Activision Publishing workforce....
  
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• Physical video game releases see an increase after a five-year slump

  10-02-2017 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After sinking to a record-low number of boxed releases in 2015, the gaming industry recovered last year with a renewed focus on retail sales and an increased presence on store shelves.
  
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• Devs react to Valve's planned fee-based Steam submission system

  10-02-2017 20:47
  
  It would be an understatement to say that Valve's announcement of plans to replace Steam Greenlight with a fee-based game submission system sparked some passionate responses from game developers. ...
  
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• FTL: Faster Than Light Studio Announces New Game

  10-02-2017 20:30
  Subset Games burst onto the scene with FTL: Faster Than Light, the roguelike space simulator which fulfilled our dreams of being captain of an advanced starship. After knocking it out of the park with FTL, Subset is back with a new title in a whole new genre.
  Into The Breach is a turn-based tactics game, calling to mind the likes of genre classics Final Fantasy Tactics and Front Mission. It's mechs vs subterranean monsters in a battle for control of planet Earth. The narrative features a unique
  
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• New York sues Time Warner over throttled League of Legends speeds

  10-02-2017 20:13
  
  A lawsuit filed by the New York Attorney General is seeking damages from Time Warner Cable over misrepresented internet plans and deliberate bottlenecking of online streaming and gaming speeds. ...
  
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• Watch GDC 2017 speakers try to pitch their talks to you in a minute or less!

  10-02-2017 19:46
  
  They're very fun and personalized pitches for why you (yes you!) should carve out some time in your busy schedule to check out that each talk while you're attending GDC 2017 later this month!...
  
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• Valve to replace Steam Greenlight with a fee-based game submission system

  10-02-2017 19:03
  
  Heads up, devs: Less than five years after launching the service, Valve has decided to close down Steam's Greenlight platform and replace it with 'Steam Direct', a fee-based game submission system. ...
  
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• Activision says Call of Duty is going "back to its roots," which could mean a new WW2 game - yes please!

  10-02-2017 18:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Not a fan of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare? Well, you're not alone
  
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• Alt.Ctrl.GDC Showcase: Henning Steinbock's Close the Leaks

  10-02-2017 18:53
  
  Close the Leaks (to prevent imminent death) is a four player arcade game that is controlled by stopping the air flowing out of hoses. ...
  
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• Learn effective storytelling animation techniques for VR today at 3PM EST

  10-02-2017 18:39
  
  If you're working on a virtual reality game, you can get some animation tips for your game's characters from veterans of Telltale games and Pixar today at 3PM EST. ...
  
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• Blog: Design and monetization analysis of Fire Emblem Heroes

  10-02-2017 18:26
  
  Former Nintendo game director and programmer Motoi Okamoto provides a detailed look at the game design and monetisation techniques behind the company's latest mobile effort, Fire Emblem Heroes....
  
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• GTA Parent Company Has 'Licensed a Couple of Titles' for Movie Adaptations

  10-02-2017 18:12
  Some of Take-Two Interactive's most popular franchises might soon be turned into movies, according to a new report.
  MCV reports that the company has licensed some of its IP for potential film adaptations. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said the company will not be using any of its own money to fund these film and TV projects. Take-Two is instead more interested in having creative control over the final products through licensing deals.
  Zelnick also mentioned just how unsuccessful most video game m
  
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• Take a look at this Batman v Superman VFX reel and ask yourself if ANY of that movie was real

  10-02-2017 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  It’s been nearly a year since Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice hit theaters, and the movie is still as divisive as ever
  
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• Mass Effect: Andromeda director explains how it breaks away from traditions dating back to KOTOR

  10-02-2017 17:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mass Effect: Andromeda is a fresh start for BioWare's space saga - both literally and figuratively
  
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• Mads Mikkelsen talks about meeting Kojima and becoming part of Death Stranding

  10-02-2017 17:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  We've already seen Hideo Kojima and Mads Mikkelsen having a good time out on the town in Tokyo, but now it's time to get down to Death Stranding business
  
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• IGN UK Podcast #370: Nioh and the Birth of Boss Key-word Countdown

  10-02-2017 17:49
  
  Rory's been cutting a trail of blood and brains through 1600s Japan in Nioh, and wants to tell you all about it. Dale and Alysia have been avoiding becoming a pile or blood and brains in the Resident Evil 7 Bedroom DLC, and Alysia would rather forget about it. Everyone's been watching the superbowl trailers, and everyone wants to shout about it.
  There's all that this week, and we witness the first steps of Keyword Countdown's twin, slightly nerdier brother: Boss Key-word Countdown. Have a listen
  
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• Logan star Hugh Jackman has just dropped some big Professor X info for the film (SPOILERS)

  10-02-2017 17:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  It was clear from the first trailer that Logan wouldn’t be another run-of-the-mill X-Men movie
  
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• Star Trek: Bridge Crew Will Feature U.S.S. Enterprise Bridge

  10-02-2017 17:00
  
  Star Trek: Bridge Crew, the upcoming VR game from developer Red Storm Entertainment, will allow fans to play as the beloved U.S.S. Enterprise bridge from Star Trek: The Original Series, Ubisoft has announced.
  Additionally, Ubisoft revealed the game's new release date. Star Trek: Bridge Crew was originally slated to launch last November, but was delayed to March 2017 shortly thereafter. Now, Bridge Crew is scheduled to launch for PlayStation VR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift in just a f
  
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• Valve Developing Three New Full-Length VR Games

  10-02-2017 16:39
  Valve is currently at work on three "full games" for VR, according to company founder Gabe Newell.
  According to Gamasutra, Newell discussed Valve's plans for virtual reality at a press briefing in Seattle, during which he explained why Valve entered the hardware space with HTC Vive. "So one of the questions you might ask us is 'Why in the world are we making hardware?' So right now, we're building 3 VR games. And what we can do now is to be designing hardware at the same time that we're designin
  
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• Valve Isn't Interested in Developing for Consoles Right Now

  10-02-2017 15:39
  Don't expect to see Valve-developed games come to consoles anytime soon, as company founder Gabe Newell has come forward to express the company's lack of interest in developing for restrictive platforms.
  Speaking at a media roundtable event at the studio's offices (via Eurogamer) Newell said, "We get really frustrated working in walled gardens."
  While the company released several games for consoles last generation, including Portal 2 and The Orange Box, Valve has so far shown no public
  
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• Horizon: Zero Dawn Map Leaks, Is Enormous

  10-02-2017 15:17
  
  The full map for Guerrilla Games' upcoming open-world action game Horizon: Zero Dawn has reportedly leaked, showcasing the game's massive open world.
  Warning: Possible Horizon: Zero Dawn spoilers below.
  Check out the image below, which surfaced on NeoGAF, to get a look at the game's bustling biomes and what appears to three major areas: Sunfall, Meridian and Mother's Heart.
  Horizon: Zero Dawn releases exclusively for PlayStation 4 on February 28 in North America and on March 1 in the UK.
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• Ghost in the Shell blasts onto the cover of Total Film magazine - on sale now!

  10-02-2017 14:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  The brand new issue of Total Film magazine is on sale now, featuring an exclusive new look at Scarlett Johansson in sci-fi anime remake Ghost In The Shell
  
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• Quick, the Halo Wars 2 1TB Xbox One S bundle has dropped to £259.99 in the UK

  10-02-2017 13:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Looking forward to Halo Wars 2 but don't have a Xbox One to play it on? Or maybe you've already got an Xbox One but are ready to trade out the behemoth original for something a bit more streamlined? You might want to check out a new bundle offered by Microsoft, coming February 17
  
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• Destiny: Xur weapons, gear, and location, February 10 - 12. Hawkmoon!

  10-02-2017 13:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xur, Destiny’s travelling weekend Exotic trainer, balloon flight enthusiast, and strong believer in the restorative power of just putting your feet up and eating a big, shitload of cheese from time to time, is back
  
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• New Breath of the Wild Screens Confirm Returning Character

  10-02-2017 13:12
  
  Fans thought they'd spotted him previously, and now it's confirmed - Beedle the merchant will be returning to the series in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
  Revealed by GameInformer as part of a batch of new screenshots, the character - who first appeared in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - now carries a gigantic, beetle-shaped backpack.
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• UK Daily Deals: Horizon: Zero Dawn, For Honor, Bruce Lee Master Collection [Blu-ray]

  10-02-2017 13:06
  
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• The Black Widow movie "should be done" says Scarlett Johansson

  10-02-2017 13:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nearly every Avenger – and non-Avenger – has gotten a Marvel standalone movie at this point but Black Widow, there from the very beginning, hasn’t had a solo outing as of yet – despite being well-suited for it
  
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• 15 copies of The Burning World by Isaac Marion to be won

  10-02-2017 12:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Isaac Marion wowed us with his 2011 novel Warm Bodies, a zombie tale with an unexpectedly emotional edge (Hollywood pounced on it, naturally, bringing us the movie version in 2013)
  
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• Stranger Things season 2 images show off Eleven's new hair and promises "we'll learn where she came from"

  10-02-2017 12:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  You may have gone over the Stranger Things season 2 trailer with a fine toothcomb (I know I certainly did) but we’re still guessing at this point
  
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• Thimbleweed Park Is Secretly an Open-World Point ‘n’ Click

  10-02-2017 09:01
  “Whenever I see coverage for the game, the opening paragraph always has the words ‘a throwback adventure game’, and it always makes me kind of bristle. That's not really what this is." Wait. Oops. I’ve just done it again. Ah well, Ron Gilbert – father of the modern adventure game and Thimbleweed Park co-creator – seems to love a meta reference, so I hope he’ll forgive me that one.
  He has a point, though. Everything you’ve read about Thimbleweed Par
  
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• ‘Grand Theft Auto 4’ and both expansions now playable on Xbox One

  10-02-2017 02:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As of today, Grand Theft Auto IV and both of its expansions are backward compatible with the Xbox One. Microsoft adds to its list of backward compatible games each and every month, but it's not often that a game as popular as Grand Theft Auto IV  makes its way on to that list (partly because there are few, if any, games as popular as the latest two entries in the Grand Theft Auto franchise). According to Rockstar Games , both Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Libe
  
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• The Most Important Nintendo Switch Game Is...

  10-02-2017 01:59
  Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN's weekly video game talk show. This week we're discussing the Nintendo Switch, Zelda, Nioh, and more. Watch the video above or download the podcast below.
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• Logan is different from most superhero movies - take this black-and-white boat-selling clip, for instance

  10-02-2017 01:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Logan differs from other X-Men and superhero movies in a lot of ways - it's more violent than most and carries an R rating, and the focus seems to be on personal drama instead of over-the-top action
  
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• NBA to launch video game league

  10-02-2017 00:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The NBA is teaming up with Take Two Interactive to launch a professional video game league based on the game publisher's NBA 2K series. The new eSports league will be the biggest collaboration to date between traditional and digital sports, with components mimicking the actual NBA such as a player combine, draft, regular-season games and playoffs starting in 2018. The founding teams will be composed of five professional eSports players who will compete as user-created avatars, with the teams bac
  
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