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UPDATE: August Xbox One Update Adds Automatic Downloads For Digital Purchases
UPDATE: Major Nelson has released a post detailing everything we can expect in the August update for Xbox One: Activity feed updates: We’re adding new ways for you to interact with friends in the activity feed. The interface will change to a single column scrolling list that is longer and includes more content. We’ll add the…
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Random Loot: How to Train Your Dragon 2, Or How To Make A Sequel
Random Loot is a series in which I get to focus on one particular game, movie or even comic, be it relatively old or quite new, and then ramble about it, often going off-course in the process or using it to make a point about something else entirely. This series is far less critical than…
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Microsoft And Sony Considering Early Access Systems For Their Consoles
Both Microsoft and Sony are strongly considering implementing Early Access style systems into their consoles, having been asked by numerous developers to do so. Speaking to Gamesutra Sony’s Adam Boyes had this to say when asked how early the company would consider putting something in the development cycle into the hands of the public: “That’s…
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Did EA Just Say One Of The Dumbest Things Ever?
EA’s Dungeon Keeper remake for mobiles was involved in a shitstorm of criticism from journalists and gamers alike, its pathetic money-grabbing structure being one of the most insulting things to arrive in some time. It was so bad that Dungeon Keeper’s developer Mythic went under. Still, the collective memory of people is very short, no…
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Shovel Knight Review – Insert Some Terrible Pun About Digging It Here
Platforms: PC, WiiU, 3DS Reviewed On: PC Developer: Yacht Club Games Publisher: Yacht Club Games Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No This game was tested using an AMD Radeon HD 7790 graphics card kindly supplied by AMD. Click here for details on that, the Radeon HD 7790 and the test system used for all PC games. Whenever I stumble across a…
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Gearbox Announce Battleborn For Release In 2015
Gearbox have announced their brand new IP titled Battleborn, a first-person shooter for PS4, Xbox One and PC to be released sometime in 2015 The trailer above shows a game featuring a beautiful art-style and some great character designs, but is otherwise pretty boring with music that felt utterly at odds with the on-screen action. Battleborn…
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Sniper Elite III Review – Testicle Surgery With Bullets
Platforms: Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4 and PC Reviewed On: Xbox 360 Developer: Rebellion Publisher: 505 Games Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Yes Having missed the previous two games, but heard from many people that Sniper Elite V2 was actually a title worth playing, I went into Rebellion’s later effort largely blind, having only an understanding…
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection Trailer Released
343 Industries upcoming collection of all the Halo games to date has just gotten a surprise trailer. If you weren’t already aware then the package will contain HD remasters of the first two games, while the two newer titles will be updated to a higher resolution. All four games will retain there multiplayer components along…
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Call of Duty: World At War 2 Box Art Appears, But Is It Real?
Placehold cover art for an Xbox One version of Call of Duty: World at War 2 has appeared on Amazon, potentially hinted that Treyarch and Activision may feel it’s time to go back to World War II. The Call of Duty games have now moved to a three year development cycle, with Sledgehammer Games to…
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Lindsay Lohan Is Suing Rockstar For Using Her Likeness
Having threatened to do so last December Lindsay Lohan is now officially suing Rockstar for using what she claims is her likeness in Grand Theft Auto V. The character of Lacey Jonas appears in a single mission. She’s portrayed as a stereotypical prima-donna, or bitch if you prefer. As the player its your job to…
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