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New ‘Bayonetta 2′ trailer revealed, original ‘Bayonetta’ to come with sequel

At Nintendo’s 2014 E3 digital event Platinum Games showed off a new Bayonetta 2 gameplay trailer, and announced that the original Bayonetta will be included with every copy of Bayonetta 2 when it...

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Pac-Man Playable in New ‘Super Smash Bros.’

At a developer roundtable at E3 2014, Nintendo announced Pac-Man will be joining the cast of Super Smash Bros. as a playable character. With a host of Nintendo greats as well as Sonic, Mega Man, and...

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‘Dragonball: Xenoverse’ announced for PS4, Xbox One, last-gen

Bandai Namco announced Wednesday that the next entry into the Dragonball fighting franchise, Dragonball: Xenoverse, would be coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and previous-gen consoles. The publisher...

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Bungie Details Exclusive ‘Destiny’ Content for PS3 and PS4

The Hawkmoon hand cannon. In a post on PlayStation Blog, Bungie and Activision have detailed what exclusive content PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 players will be getting in Destiny. Players on Sony...

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“Strain” flick heralds new ‘WildStar’ content

Carbine Studios dropped a new WildStar flick on fans of their new scifi-western MMO Wednesday, and it looks like things are about to get ugly on the planet Nexus. “Strain” is the first ‘content...

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‘Dead Rising 3′ Coming to PC on September 5

Capcom announced Friday that Dead Rising 3, previously an Xbox One exclusive, will be getting a PC release on September 5 through Steam. The PC version of the game will feature improved textures, along...

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Escape Dead Island’s Newest Mystery

The Dead Island series is a franchise known more for fast-paced zombie hacking action than it is for horror and survival. Escape: Dead Island, a new game from Swedish developer Fatshark and producer...

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New ‘Sunset Overdrive’ Trailer Details Co-Op Mode

Insomniac Games released a new trailer for their upcoming Xbox One-exclusive, third-person action game Sunset Overdrive, offering a first look at the game’s eight player cooperative mode. Called Chaos...

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‘Super Time Force’ Coming to PC

Capybara Games announced Wednesday that Super Time Force, their side-scrolling action platformer, is coming to PC via Steam, having previously been an exclusive to Xbox 360 and Xbox One. The game,...

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‘Civilization: Beyond Earth’ to Launch on October 24th

2K and Firaxis Games announced Thursday that Sid Meiers’s Civilization: Beyond Earth, the new space-themed entry in the popular strategy series, is due for release on October 24th for Windows PC....

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‘The Wolf Among Us’ Season Finale Rolling Out July 8

Telltale Games announced Thursday that Episode 5 of The Wolf Among Us – the final episode of the season – is coming next week, starting July 8th. Titled “Cry Wolf,” the episode picks up where Episode...

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Ubisoft Quebec to Head Up New ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Title

Ubisoft announced on Wednesday that their Quebec-based studio will be taking the lead on development of a new Assassin’s Creed game. The publisher previously invested $28 million in Ubisoft Quebec, $4...

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Rooster Teeth Developing ‘RWBY’ Game

Rooster Teeth Productions revealed Friday that they are branching out into video game development, starting with a title based on their popular animated web series RWBY. The production company made...

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343 reveals new details for ‘Halo: Master Chief Collection’ at RTX 2014

343 Industries was on-hand at Rooster Teeth Expo 2014 to not only show off the Halo: The Master Chief Collection on the show floor, but to also unveil some new information regarding Halo 2 Anniversary...

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New ‘Destiny’ Beta details, Collector’s Editions revealed

It’s Bungie Day, and to celebrate the developer has unveiled Destiny‘s various Collector’s Editions along with a new trailer for the upcoming beta. The beta will begin on July 17 for PlayStation 3 and...

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10 Top Indie Games Coming To PlayStation 4

When the PlayStation 4 was announced on Feb. 20, 2013 in front of a packed New York theater, the gaming world collectively let out a roar of approval. Now more than a year on from the announcement we...

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‘Battleborn’ revealed as new shooter MOBA from Gearbox

Gearbox Software released details and a very pretty trailer for their new IP Tuesday, a first-person hybrid action shooter called Battleborn. The team behind Battleborn described it as an “intense...

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‘Titanfall': Frontier’s Edge DLC announced

After having a presence at RTX 2014 last weekend, Respawn Entertainment has finally announced the second piece of downloadable content for Titanfall. Titled Frontier’s Edge, the pack will contain three...

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‘Alien: Isolation’ Pre-Order DLC Features Original Movie Cast

Sega and Creative Assembly have announced pre-order exclusive add-on content for Alien: Isolation, allowing players to revisit the events of Ridley Scott’s original film – with all of the cast...

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‘WildStar’ mounts offered to fight hackers

Developers of the scifi-western MMO WildStar announced Wednesday people who sign up for another layer of security on their accounts will get a free mount. Carbine Studios said starting July 10, players...

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Fighting game tournament roundup: CEO 2014 ‘Ultra Street Fighter IV’ Top 8

Tensions were high on the weekend of June 29, with Community Effort Orlando 2014 (CEO) being the last stop on the Capcom Pro Tour schedule before EVO 2014 on July 11. Not only is CEO a last chance for...

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Super Smash Bros. Unveils a Multitude of New Characters

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3D already features a hefty roster of fighters. Today, a whole new batch of characters were introduced to the fray. While the familiar Captain Falcon was shown off,...

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Ubisoft Debuts Two Trailers for ‘Assassin’s Creed: Unity’

Riding the hype after E3, Ubisoft released two trailers Monday for the upcoming Assassin’s Creed: Unity, one of which features new in-game footage. These new trailers come soon after the announcement...

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New artful indie MOBA ‘Gigantic’ announced

Remember last week when Gearbox drew big headlines with their let’s-not-call-it-a-MOBA Battleborn? Indie studio Motiga jumped into the same sandbox Tuesday by announcing a hero-based battle arena...

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Telltale announces ‘Walking Dead Season 2′ Episode 4 release dates

Today, Telltale Games officially announced the staggered release dates for ‘Amid the Ruins’ the fourth episode of the popular Walking Dead game. After a few images teasing the new episode last week,...

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Evo 2014 ‘Ultra Street Fighter IV’ top 8 recap

Predicting the outcome of a tournament as big as the Evolution Championship Series is nigh improbable. With over two thousand entrants in the field, this year’s iteration of Evo saw a roster of players...

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Four Ways for WildStar to Improve

With solid combat, new mechanics not seen in the genre before, unique art style, and humor all its own, it’s easy to see why people are in love with Carbine’s new MMO, WildStar. Despite Carbine being...

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Review: Mega Coin Squad

Digging for Gold Release Date: August 12, 2014 Genre: Arcade, Platformer Platform: PC Developer: Big Pixel Studios Publisher: Adult Swim Games ESRB E for Everyone MSRP: $14.99 Adult Swim Games has...

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Review: Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright

No Objections Here Release Date: August 29, 2014 Genre: Puzzle Platform: Nintendo 3DS Developer: Level 5 Publisher: Capcom ESRB T for Teen MSRP: $29.99 When two of Nintendo’s most popular niche series...

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Review: Hyrule Warriors

The Legend Lives On. Release Date: September 26, 2014 Genre: Action, Hack-and-Slash Platform: Wii U Developer: Tecmo Koei Games Publisher: Nintendo ESRB T for Teen MSRP: $59.99 I recently wrote about...

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Hyrule Warriors Character Guide

The one to Hyrule them all Now that Hyrule Warriors is out worldwide, you are probably eager to get hacking and slashing at endless mobs of monsters. True to Dynasty Warriors fashion, the games boasts...

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How ‘Shadow of Mordor’ taught me to respect my enemy, even in Middle-Earth

At the outset of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, the framework of  a basic revenge tale appears to be in place. A destroyed family, a faceless and evil army of interlopers, and a murderous man of...

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Review: A City Sleeps

I can hear you sing it to me in my sleep. Release Date: October 16, 2014 Genre: Shoot Em Up, Bullet Hell Platform: PC, OSX Developer: Harmonix Publisher: Harmonix ESRB E for Everyone MSRP: $14.99 In...

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Review: Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Pre-sequel, post-boredom.   RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 14, 2014 GENRE: FIRST-PERSON SHOOTER, RPG PLATFORM: XBOX 360, PLAYSTATION 3, PC DEVELOPER: 2K AUSTRALIA, GEARBOX SOFTWARE PUBLISHER: 2K GAMES ESRB M...

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Review: Bayonetta 2

Pure as Platinum.   Release Date: October 24, 2014 Genre: Action, Hack-n-Slash Platform: Wii U Developer: Platinum Games Publisher: Nintendo ESRB Mature MSRP: $59.99 There are some occasions in gaming...

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Opinion: Sunset Overdrive puts fun back in the hands of players

The recently released Xbox One exclusive Sunset Overdrive could not have been released before 2014. Characters spout references to huge shows like Breaking Bad and Doctor Who, and the entire game’s...

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Opinion: Nostalgia should not sell ‘next-gen’ consoles

If you somehow missed the news, thousands of fans’ prayers were recently answered when Nintendo confirmed Majora’s Mask will be available on the 3DS in the spring of 2015. Players have been desperately...

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Review: Lords of the Fallen

Not so Dark Release Date: October 28, 2014 Genre: Action RPG Platform: PC, Xbox One, PS4 Developer: Deck 13 Interactive/CI Games Publisher: Bandai Namco ESRB M for Mature MSRP: $39.99 I love From...

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Review: Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire

There’s No Place Like Hoenn. Release Date: November 21, 2014 Genre: RPG Platform: 3DS Developer: GameFreak Publisher: Nintendo ESRB E MSRP: $39.99 We now live in a world where Pokemon is a series that...

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Opinion: ‘Street Fighter V’ reveal shows Capcom harnessing its greatest...

This past weekend’s PlayStation Experience keynote address in Las Vegas has revealed the first official trailer for Street Fighter V, a PlayStation 4 and Windows PC exclusive. The trailer comes after a...

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