Latest and Breaking Gaming News and Top Stories - July 4
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Today in The Flare Path… I gloss over the fact that I’ve spent most of the past week sprawled on a dusty kilim waiting for the likes of DaPerforator, \\\Your_Wurst_Nightmare///, and BeatrixPotshotter to poke their heads above...
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Xbox One users sensed an apocalypse when they found the system's online store charging $5/£4 for demos of EA games FIFA 14 and EA Sports UFC this morning. However, according to an EA Australia representative, panic stations needn't...
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Sales of the new Oculus Rift DK2 model have been suspended in China following "extreme" reselling, an Oculus representative has explained on Reddit . Pre-orders in the region have been cancelled, too. Read more...
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“I should really catch up on The Wolf Among Us,” I tell myself roughly once a week. “I really like that fairly tale noir world, but I’m way behind on episodes.” Now, though, I’m wondering if I shouldn&...
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Today of all days, America needs you to sign up and do your duty. By which we mean sign up to try the Evolve alpha, which this Euro reporter sadly notes is limited to North America. Personal grievances aside, here's what you need to do f...
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There are universal markers for the restrooms. There is also a universal sign for when you really, really need to take a leak. Sometimes, Thailand gets both in toilet signs. Read more...
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You may or may not have heard, but CD Projekt has partnered with Fuero Games to make a Witcher MOBA. A mobile Witcher MOBA. It’s called Witcher: Battle Arena, so you won’t confuse it with Witcher: Hockey Arena or Witcher: Are...
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To coin Sony's term, Squids Odyssey is the first 3DS and Wii U "cross-buy" game, but it's only supported by Nintendo of Europe. Over in Europe, customers who buy the underwater RPG on 3DS can download the previously released Wii U versio...
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This is the R-Kaid-R , a gorgeous handmade portable gaming system that can emulate a variety of platforms including PS1, Game Boy, SNES and Sega Master System. Read more...
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So, you like Pokémon ? Are you looking to learn how to draw or to improve your drawing? Well, Pokémon Art Academy can help you with that—as long as you're drawing on the 3DS anyway. Read more...
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That headline might be confusing for some of you, so allow me to elaborate: Rob Pardo’s been one of Blizzard’s top designers for 17 years, making him – among many other things – one of Diablo‘s many daddies....
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Blade Symphony is about the fantasy of being a swordsman and all that comes with it: honour, skill and etiquette. If you’re responsive to those ideas to even a small degree, it is a fighting game with tremendous depth and promise. It’s a...
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After a 45 year-old man surnamed Guo was pulled over in Hubei, China, it was discovered he was was driving without a license. He was, however, driving with his feet. Read more...
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You know in manga and anime, how sometimes characters corner their love interests by putting their arm on the wall? That's called "kabe don" (壁ドン). Its recent appearance in an instant noodle commercial is bewildering some people ...
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There are many ways to go about legitimizing a sport. Cleaning up your broadcast, treating players well and ensuring they have good post-pro-career options, maybe referring to players by real names instead of handles like “Balls,&#...
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Fans of Japanese pop group AKB48 will be subjected to airport-style security should they attend the group's upcoming handshaking event. Read more...
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Here’s what I know about The Deer God: it’s a platformer made in Unity in which you play as a hunter who has been turned into a deer. It’s 3D but mimicking pixel art, which gives it a neat, voxel-y style. It has co-op. ...
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Production Company Tool wanted a slick virtual reality demo to take to the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival. So they recreated the town of South Park, and now you can visit too. Read more...
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He kills hundreds of people in his Assassin's Creed games. Depending on your playstyle, that tally might actually be in the thousands . But even with a knife in your neck, know that Ezio wishes you nothing but the very best in the afterl...
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The art you're seeing here is the work of Michal Fus, a concept artist who works with EA in the UK. Read more...
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There's a new Bomberman clone on the Wii U's eShop called Bombing Bastards. I'm still giggling that Nintendo, of all companies, is cool with a game being sold on its store with a name like that. Read more...
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Source: N4G
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Hardcore Gamer: Gameplay based on audio cues is possible thanks to binaural audio. Binaural audio works best with headphones and emulates the type of directional sound we're used to in real life. For example, if Sarah is on your right an...
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Ed from Twinfinite writes: You may know of video game developer From Software from the hit Demon/Dark Souls series of games. But did you know that From Software was also responsible for creating one of the most patriotic games ever made?...
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Marcus Estrada writes: "Back in August 13, 7 Days to Die was successfully funded on Kickstarter to the tune of over $500,000. The game was defined as a sort of survival FPS with crafting, zombies, and a sandbox world. This mishmash of ge...
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Nintendo247 Author writes - Like most Americans, The fourth of July is a very special Holiday for us at N247. We get the day off from work, and we get to spend it with family and friends. Although we dont spend the whole day inside playi...
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The latest game in the series to see a significant upgrade is Final Fantasy III, which has seen this in the past with Nintendo portable systems and more recently with iOS and Android. So if you are familiar with any of these, it is now a...
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Middle of Nowhere Gaming does a "Question of the Week" each week where each editor answers their opinion on it. This week's is "Are current gen remakes of the previous gens games worth the cost?" Find out what they had to say here and an...
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If you dont think your PSN username or Xbox gamertag are very appropriate to be used as the name of your Destiny guardian, you may be out of luck.
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Ubisoft released some DLC for Watch_Dogs, entitled Access Granted. This DLC includes new weapons, skill-tree perks, outfits, and three new missions.
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The two strongest of the Hidden Leaf have shown up in brand new screenshots. Together they form the strongest pair of allies with their team ultimate, and the strongest enemies.
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Source: Kotaku
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Nintendo247 Author writes - For those of us who were patiently waiting for McDonalds to release these ultra cool Happy Meal toys, the wait is finally over! Our local McDonalds has started to release the Happy Meals, which includes 1 of 8...
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[photo by Riccardo Cellere, all rights reserved] At the most recent Game Developers Conference, BioWare Montreal’s Manveer Heir delivered an impassioned keynote about inclusivity and the lack of representation in games. We spoke to...
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It even comes with a free Xbox Live Gold voucher.
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Over $750,000 being offered in prizes.
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It's tough - as it should be, given the amount of competition - making any kind of money off streaming service Twitch. Unless, that is, your tip jar is paid a visit by a mysterious figure known only as "Amhai". Read more...
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Publisher Bethesda has outlined the special events schedule for QuakeCon 2014, the annual Dallas, Texas LAN tournament and public videogame convention that it inherited when it acquired id Software five years ago. The highlights of the s...
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The PS4's performance in Japan probably has something to do with it.
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Try saying that name in one breath.
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The morning Inbox enjoys the comedy genius of Nintendo's investors meeting, as one reader imagines the horror of another Resident Evil movie.
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From a positive Console War to a new Assassin's Creed game in development, these are the biggest gaming news stories for our "short" week of June 30th. Plus, win a $60 Gamestop gift card.
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Shovel Knight is brimming with cheat codes - more than 300 collected in this Google Doc so far - but the most adorable, childishly hilarious code unlocks Butt Mode, a cheat that replaces recurring nouns in the game with the word "butt." ...
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Telltale Games' explosive new video game adaptation of Bill Willingham's Fables, The Wolf Among Us, will soon be concluding its first season come next week with the finale episode titled Cry Wolf. Available for free to those who have alr...
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2K Games and Firaxis have set an October 24th date for Civilization: Beyond Earth on PC, the forthcoming new entry into the strategy series that shoots for the stars. A couple of new videos have also been released, offering an eight minu...
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This would be very exciting news, I am sure, if most of you actually knew what The Witcher Adventure Game is.
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17 years at any one developer is, quite literally, an era. But all good things come to an end and Rob Pardo, the chief creative officer at Blizzard, has publicly announced his departure from the developer in a post on... Read more →
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[Update] Reports are saying that, after not having been paid full wages, the staff at Crytek UK has filed grievance letters and left work. Kotaku, citing multiple sources, is reporting that over 100 Crytek UK employees have left and are ...
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It’s coming, people. You’ll only have to wait until October – October 24, to be exact. Our spiritual sequel to Alpha Centauri, the game many of you have waited a decade or more for, will finally be on your hot little ha...
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Turtle Rock to host limited test in July offering a "taste of 4v1". Developer Turtle Rock is now accepting applications to participate in an Evolve closed alpha this month. Click here to read the full article
