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Watch Dogs will use new engine, not old Assassin’s Creed tech
Ubisoft’s much-anticipated hack-’em-up Watch Dogs will not be powered by the same engine behind Assassin’s Creed, which in the name of progress, is good news. The confirmation comes via Ubisoft’s...
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Avalanche CEO posts mysterious screenshot; is most likely Just Cause 3
What is Avalanche Studios up to? They’re strongly rumored to be working on a licensed video game adaptation of Mad Max: Fury Road, which is nice and all, but you know… Just Cause 3! Rumors continue to...
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Jason West’s Respawn departure confirmed; family issues cited
Reports yesterday that Call of Duty co-creator and Respawn co-founder Jason West has left the studio have been confirmed. West, who co-founded Respawn following his sacking from Infinity Ward amidst a...
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Resident Evil: Revelations PC will feature ultra-difficult ‘Infernal Mode’;...
If you long for the days when Resident Evil was a legitimate survival horror series, then the forthcoming PC port for Resident Evil: Revelations – originally a 3DS exclusive – is probably the closest...
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New log-in procedure will increase security for Star Wars: The Old Republic
Public service announcement: as of April 2, you’ll no longer be able to log in to Star Wars: The Old Republic with your email address. Instead, you’ll need to send a fax use your display name, which...
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Danish TV station discovers the hard way that Assassin’s Creed isn’t real
Joining the distinguished annals of TV-stations-that-have-mistaken-videogames-with-reality is Denmark’s TV2. The station last week used an image from Assassin’s Creed during a report about Syria,...
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Ron Gilbert leaves Double Fine to plot his next move
Legendary game designer Ron Gilbert has announced his departure from Double Fine Productions, following the release of The Cave. Gibert made the announcement in a blog post earlier today, posting that...
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Xi3 disputes Valve claims of “no involvement” in Project Piston
When a Valve representative claimed yesterday that the company “currently has no involvement” in Xi3′s Project Piston, the news came as a surprise to anyone who followed the device’s unveiling at...
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BioWare announces plans to shut down APAC servers for The Old Republic
BioWare has announced plans to shut down its Asia-Pacific servers for Star Wars: The Old Republic. Players on those servers will be migrated to North American servers, in what SW:TOR Community Manager...
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Battlefield 4 gameplay trailer leaks; appears to be campaign focused
Update: The trailer’s been pulled by EA from YouTube in record time. Check back in soon for our thoughts on Battlefield 4 after seeing the game at GDC tonight. A 30 second gameplay trailer for...
View ArticleTorment: Tides of Numenera in-game footage unveiled; release date delayed
If you can remember the screenshot of Torment: Tidees of Numenera that was doing the rounds yesterday, then this short video will look familiar. It’s the first in-game footage we’ve seen of the...
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Resident Evil: Revelations screenshots much prettier than the 3DS version,...
While it may be hard to muster enthusiasm for a PC port of a 3DS game, these new PC-specific Resident Evil: Revelations screenshots look pretty decent, considering the game’s origins. The...
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Dark Souls mod lets you summon a friend, hassle free
If you’ve ever tried to engage in some jolly Dark Souls cooperation with one of your friends, you’ll know that it’s not very straightforward. Why? Because you’re meant to play with strangers. You’re...
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Raven salutes LucasArts with release of Jedi Knight II source code
It’s sad to see LucasArts officially shuttered, but here’s something very positive to come out of it: Raven Software has released the source code for Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy as a...
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Minecraft hits 10 million sales milestone; will probably get horses soon
Take a deep breath: once a cult sandbox builder, Minecraft has racked up a total of more than 10 million sales across PC, Mac and Linux. Looking at the rather handy Minecraft Stats page, you can see...
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Capcom announces minimum PC requirements for Remember Me
Capcom’s third-person action / memory hacking game Remember Me will release in early June, and if you’ve paid attention to recent trailers you’ll know it looks very pretty. But if you’re keen to hack...
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Robotoki’s The Adventures of Dash fails to meet Kickstarter funding goal
Whimsical 2D platformers are having a tough go of it on Kickstarter lately. Tom Hall’s 2D platform creator Worlds of Wander only managed to raise a quarter of its $400,000 goal, and now Robotoki’s The...
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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is standalone; features Michael Biehn
Ubisoft’s left-of-field Far Cry 3 expansion Blood Dragon will be standalone, which means you won’t need to have purchased a copy of Far Cry 3 to play it. The news comes via a listing on the Xbox...
View ArticleFar Cry 3: Blood Dragon gameplay video emerges – 15 minutes of retro sci-fi...
Here’s a generous 15 minute video of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. It hasn’t come through official Ubisoft channels, but it’s unmistakably Red Dragon because it confirms a lot of what we’ve gleaned from...
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Bethesda will be “announcing new stuff” later in 2013
Bethesda Vice President Peter Hines has confirmed the publisher will announce new games later in 2013, and by new games he doesn’t mean Dishonored DLC. Speaking to OXM, Hines specified that the...
View ArticleFirst in-game Project Eternity footage shows 2D dynamic elements
Obsidian has released the first in-game footage for Project Eternity, demonstrating how the engine will feature dynamic elements such as lighting, weather, water and wind in a 2D engine. Those...
View ArticleBlack Ops 2 ‘Mob of the Dead’ trailer shows zombies in Alcatraz
If you’ve ever dreamed of playing a zombie survival shooter set on Alcatraz (and who hasn’t!) then this Black Ops 2 DLC is probably going to appeal to you. ‘Mob of the Dead’ – which comes bundled with...
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Legend of Grimrock 2: first screenshot shows pleasant outdoor environs
When it released last year, Legend of Grimrock was a loving throwback to a simpler age: back when dungeons were proper bloody dungeons. Back when dungeons were dark, repetitive, difficult to navigate...
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Nordic Games snaps up Darksiders and Red Faction IPs at THQ auction
A low profile Swedish publisher has snapped up most of what remained of THQ’s IP portfolio overnight, including the Darksiders and Red Faction IPs. Auctioned off in lots, Nordic Games can now lay...
View ArticleWatch the debut in-game video for The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot
We already offered our early impressions of The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot earlier this month, but now you have the opportunity to see the game in action thanks to a new gameplay trailer. The Diablo /...
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SimCity patch 2.0 introduces new round of annoying (but hilarious) bugs
Out with the old, in with the new: players are reporting that the new SimCity patch has introduced a fresh batch of errors, including one that overloads sewerage systems. The EA forums and Reddit are...
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The Witcher 3 will abandon QTEs; DRM still off the cards
Two very contentious little abbreviations – QTE and DRM – will have no bearing on The Witcher 3. That’s according to CD Projekt RED project lead Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, who confirmed with Forbes that...
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition is coming this June
The inevitable bumper edition of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been scheduled for a June 7 release. The Legendary Edition bundles the core game with the Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn DLC. It...
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Counter-Strike GO ‘Operation Payback’ supports top-voted community maps
Following rumors back in March that Valve had something special up its sleeves for user-made maps, comes the official unveiling of ‘Operation Payback‘. The service, which costs a flat $5.99 fee,...
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Minecraft creator Notch unveils ‘Drop’, a psychedelic type ‘em up
Despite pulling out of the 2013 Ludum Dare competition, Notch delivered a new game at the weekend in the form of ‘Drop‘ – a free-to-play browser game inspired by Super Hexagon, Fez and part of the...
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Australian readers: Win a copy of Might & Magic: Heroes VI Complete Edition
To celebrate the imminent May 2 release of the Might & Magic Heroes VI Shades of Darkness expansion, we’re giving away five copies of the Might & Magic Heroes VI Complete Edition to our...
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Call of Duty: Ghosts website teaser goes live; looks ghostly
While Call of Duty: Ghosts has been rumored for months now (culminating in Tesco’s mistakenly published item description), we still don’t know much about the game. Activision is tipped to reveal the...
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Gearbox and Sega to defend against claims of Aliens: Colonial Marines false...
All manner of outrage followed the launch of Aliens: Colonial Marines. Not only was the finished product pretty average, but it paled in comparison to early demo footage. Many felt they’d been rorted....
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Candies is an ASCII browser game about questing and candy
Fancy a browser game that lets you accumulate candy for nix, build lollipop farms, taunt ASCII merchants and embark on quests in peaceful forests? That actually sounds perfect, doesn’t it. Well that’s...
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Gearbox writes off Aliens false advertising lawsuit as “frivolous litigation”
In the face of false advertising claims, both Gearbox and SEGA are keeping their cool. Following news earlier this week that a Californian law firm will file a class action lawsuit claiming the...
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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon creative director wants to make a sequel
This time last year you’d never have guessed that news of Far Cry 3 would leak via the one and only Michael Biehn. But y’know, this is the future. Anything can happen. Speaking on Major Nelson Radio...
View ArticleFulfill your decapitation fantasies with Disunion for Oculus Rift
Ever wondered what it’d be like to be decapitated by a guillotine? At least three people have, because they’ve created a decapitation simulator for the Oculus Rift. Don’t worry about flying, or riding...
View ArticleWatch 15 minutes of Half-Life 2 on the Oculus Rift
We reported last week that Half-Life 2 now has official, Valve-implemented Oculus Rift support, but let’s face it: do you have Oculus Rift? The odds are against it (and if you do have one, invite me...
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Road Rash-inspired Road Redemption secures Kickstarter funding
Road Redemption, the Road Rash inspired racer by New Orleans’ Darkseas Games, has reached its Kickstarter goal. It hit its base target of $160,000 only two days before deadline and, as is increasingly...
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Download NVIDIA’s new uncanny valley-thwarting face rendering demo
Getting faces across the uncanny valley is one of the loftier challenges facing modern day graphics folk, but they’re slowly getting there. Shirking the age old tradition of using wrinkly old men in...
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EA to discontinue Online Pass program thanks to consumer feedback
It’s safe to say that Online Passes are unanimously despised. Designed to stymy the value of secondhand games, the uptake of the initiative by major publishers has been met with scorn by consumers. So...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn trailer shows colourful in-game footage
With Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn set for an August 27 release, it’s time for those who haven’t partaken in one of the MMORPG’s closed betas to see a bit of the world they’ll soon be frolicking...
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Blizzard’s Titan MMO is being overhauled; won’t see light of day until 2016
Blizzard’s long-in-production MMO won’t be here for a while. Codenamed ‘Titan’, the game first came to light via job listings in 2007 and then, in 2010, Blizzard officially acknowledged it. But...
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Fez II cancelled, Phil Fish to “take the money and run”
The recently announced sequel to the newly-available-on-PC indie hit Fez has been cancelled. Unveiled only last month, the game is now officially on ice, if the words of its famously combative...
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Left 4 Dead 3 and Source Engine 2 reportedly referenced in Valve changelog
If a photo of an internal Valve changelog list is anything to go by, we’ll have a third installment of Left 4 Dead before we hear anything about that other Valve game with shooting from a first-person...
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Dishonored: Game of the Year Edition listed on Aussie Classification website
If you’re one of those thrifty folk who wait until Bethesda release their DLC-bundled ‘Game of the Year’ editions, then you’re probably a) champing at the bit to play Dishonored, because it’s really...
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New Project Eternity screenshot stays true to concept art
Few game genres do dramatic irony better than the isometric RPG. Case in point: look at those oblivious masked foes on the right side of that wooden door above: they don’t know they’re about to get...
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Dead Island Epidemic is a free-to-play MOBA
Kill zombies. Survive. Loot. Complete fetch quests. That’s the core gameplay loop in Dead Island, a series that hasn’t really proven itself yet but manages to sell really well anyway. As a result of...
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King of Fighters XIII finally confirmed for Steam release
King of Fighters XIII for Steam is basically just developing itself, isn’t it? Evidence that the PC port exists has been banging about since late 2012, but no one from SNK Playmore has deigned to...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy XIV gameplay video shows character customisation; is colourful
The beta for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn launches on Saturday, and the whet our appetites Square Enix has released a lengthy video showing the rebooted MMO’s colourful over world, as well as its...
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