Sunday, December 21, 2014

News::Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Review | VGU

More of the same...With jetpacks! If you want more Borderlands, go nuts. You will love every moment (maybe). If you weren't so hot, this will do nothing for you.



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News::Fork Parkers Holiday Profit Hike Review | Hardcore Gamer

Fork Parkers Holiday Profit Hike is a nice gesture from Devolver Digital a cute little free game to say thanks to all their fans. Dodge Roll Games heart is in the right place here, and Holiday Profit Hike is certainly worth the price of admission, but is it worth your time?



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News::Hotline Miami 2 Hits in Q1 2015, Collector's Edition Comes With Vinyl Soundtrack

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is now set to release in the first quarter of 2015, publisher Devolver Digital has announced.



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News::Claim a free game and give up the right to sue over Assassin's Creed Unity

Those who bought the season pass for Assassin's Creed Unity are off and downloading their free game now, a make-good for Ubisoft shipping broken game that needed four patches in its first month. Game Informer offered a useful reminder that's worth repeating here: You're giving up legal rights by accepting the free game.



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News::The PlayStation Vita Makes A Lovely Little VR Headset

The PlayStation Vita Makes A Lovely Little VR Headset


Ukrainian developer Beatshapers has access to Sony's Project Morpheus PlayStation 4 VR headset and various incarnations of the Oculus Rift, but those weren't enough to sate their virtual reality madness, so they strapped a PlayStation Vita to their heads.


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News::Can You Decipher The Message Hidden In This Star?

Can You Decipher The Message Hidden In This Star?


You can approach this puzzle from two very different angles. Which will you choose?


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News::Civilization: Beyond Earth Review | VGU

Firaxis doesn't exactly reach for the stars with Civilization: Beyond Earth. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Civilization: Beyond Earth needs a hefty dose of otherworldly ideas if it wants to be to live up to its galactic moniker.



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News::Interview with Dan Steer of Back to Basics

Dan Steer, founder of Back to Basics Gaming, speaks to A Pixelated View about Terra Incognita, a game he's currently working. Steer and APV talk about the games current Beta, when we can expect the finished product, and what features will be implemented between the Beta and final product.



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News::FFXIVs Gold Saucer Revealed, Has Remixed Theme, Mini Games, Chocobo Racing and Triple Triad

CraveOnline: "Above is the worlds first look at Final Fantasy XIVs implementation of the long-awaited Gold Saucer, presented during todays Letter from the Producer Live in Japan. Its called Manderville Gold Saucer, and it was founded by one of Eorzeas primals, Godbert Manderville. More importantly, its everything youve expected and more."



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News::Prismata Preview  StarCraft Meets Hearthstone | Power Up Gaming

Amber Colyer writes: "With the end of its Kickstarter campaign quickly approaching, we took the opportunity to take a look at a beta build of the soon-to-be released strategy game, Prismata. Developers Lunarch Studios have been commended for taking the crowdfunding route, which they're quoted as saying they did to avoid mainstream publishers, who would force them to monetize their game. With such a lot of love put into a title, players are usually left with either something great or a flop that only a creator could love. What do the cards say for Prismata?"



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News::The Quarterly Report \ Game of the Year 2014 Podcast

Gary Swaby of The Koalition writes: In our final gaming podcast of 2014 we each discuss our the best and most disappointing games of the past quarter (October December), and we each also select a game were looking forward to in the next quarter and a game we feel like will disappoint. We then run through our Game of the Year category winners and give our personal commentary on how it turned out. Its been an interesting year in gaming, with many upsets and sloppy work from developers. But there were also many hidden gems and unexpected treats. This is the show where we just reflect on the good and the bad of 2014. So join us in our analysis of the 2014 year in gaming.



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News::Dragon Age Inquisition: My Story's Epilogue

Matt from Gamers Sphere says: "In the last episode of this Dragon Age Inquisition series, we defeated Corypheus and saved the world! But what happens after we stop the end of the world? Morrigan steps in to narrate the epilogue to our heroic tale."



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News::Top Ten Games of 2014

Kevin of Paranerds writes: "Well that was a crazy year now wasnt it? The new consoles are still grinding their gears trying to get everyone to get them. Nintendo Wii U surprised everyone with their lineup of games and Assassins Creed Unity came out and made Mars Attack! popular again. So now that weve played most of the games of the year which would we rank as the Top Ten? Well, we here at Paranerds.com put our snotty-little-noses together and came up with a list. The more times a game showed up the higher it went: add this with replay value or even long-term effect and it made it on the list. Keep in mind if none of us played a game we cant say if it belongs on the list (so no Destiny or Titanfall). Well my fellow readers, here are the Top Ten Games of 2014."



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News::FFXIV Community Holds Massive Vigil For A Dying Player

FFXIV Community Holds Massive Vigil For A Dying Player


As a Final Fantasy XIV player reportedly lay dying in the hospital, friends and strangers within the game gathered to pay their respects as he passed.


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News::Amazon Video Game Deals Sunday Updates, Games from $1.49

Gamerdeals: "Amazon has just reloaded their Holiday 2014 video game deals this morning with last chance deals, and also added some competitive price matching! Grab cheap video game deals on Sony PS4, Microsoft Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii U, 3DS, DS, PS Vita, and PC/Mac."



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News::Faye King- Jungle Jeopardy, New Point and Click Adventure, To Release in January 2015

Carl Williams writes, "Classic point and click adventure titles are making a slight comeback lately. The team behind Maniac Mansion have their new game, Thimbleweed Park, coming (we have an interview in the editing process right now) and now we see another interesting Point and Click title. Fay King: Jungle Jeopardy we find ourselves tasked with not only surviving a plane crash but also rescuing our only paying passenger. See, Faye King is a pilot for hire that doesnt concern herself with the details of her clients."



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News::Steam sale: Shadow Warrior, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Alien: Isolation

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday. Church, football, monster truck rallies. That's what popular convention says the back-half of the weekend's all about, right? No one thinks there's any room for Steam sales.


That's why you should probably disregard all these videogames that are discounted -- because none of them are simulators of you buying overpriced t-shirts and waiting for Grave Digger to do something totally sweet.


Steam sale: Shadow Warrior, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Alien: Isolation screenshot


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News::Fat Chicken Review - "Points for effort" [NoobFeed]

NoobFeed writes: "Trying something different in a stationary genre like tower defense is never easy, as theres not a lot of places to go before the model is broken. Therefore, Fat Chicken messes less with mechanisms than it does with the plot, with the addition of a psychology touch to the rationale."



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News::Darren Nakamura's personal picks for Game of the Year 2014

This has been an unusual year for me. In previous years, coming up with my favorite games has amounted to listing the ten games I played and then ranking them. In 2014 I took on many more reviews than I have in the past, so now I have some actual trimming to do. For the first time, there are games I enjoyed that did not make the cut.


A more striking aspect I noticed after building my list is that my preferred platform has shifted. Where my favorite games in previous years mostly released on major consoles, this year it is almost all PC and 3DS. Heck, I moved across the country in September, and while my PC was the first thing I set up in the new place, I still have not hooked my Xbox 360 up.


Here are my favorite games of 2014.


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News::Kotaku 'Shop Contest: What's In The Box?

Kotaku 'Shop Contest: What's In The Box?


This is not an expression one wants to see on Christmas morning. What could possibly upset this vaguely Chris Evans-ish model so? That's up to this week's 'Shop contest participants.


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News::Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris Review - TXH

James writes - "For those who remember Laras last digitally exclusive title Guardian of Light, theyll no doubt have a recollection of increasingly frustrating levels that when solved with a friend felt rather rewarding. Now we are set to discover the follow-up adventure for Lara, hoping to find more puzzles and great co-operation than ever before. Will we find that Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris shines like an ancient jewel or could it be more like smoke and mirrors?"



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News::Peter Jackson Working on Potential VR Videogame or Movie

Virtual reality (VR) movies are rapidly growing in popularity just as they are with videogames. While several flimmakers have either released or begun work on 360 degree videos that can be viewed with the likes of the Oculus Rift head-mounted display (HMD), some of the most influential people in the industry are starting to take interest in it. Peter Jackson, the director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and, more recently, The Hobbit trilogy, is the latest Hollywood name to be tied to the technology.



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News::The Talos Principle: World C Walkthrough and Puzzle Guide

Need some help on that pesky puzzle in World C of The Talos Principle, here you are find out and slove the every single puzzle with the help of this guide and walkthrough.



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News::Far Cry 4 Review - Comin' Down The Mountain | TGF

Its not a perfect experience, nor is it a new one, but its still enjoyable nonetheless.



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News::Fallout 4 Possible Concern: The Unfortunate Trend of Broken Games

Gamingbolt:"So heres a scary thought. Fallout 4 what if it comes to light and we all rush to our local retailers or our preferred online marketplace and put in our pre-orders for the game, only to have it revealed to use that it requires a massive day one patch."



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News::Warframe Operation Eyes of Blight

Operation Eyes of Blight comes to Warframe, a message from the Lotus reads - "Vay Hek is making his move. We have just detected a Balor Fomorian traveling on an interception course with Vesper Relay. The beast moves slowly but if we allow it to get within firing range, it will surely obliterate our new Relay. We need to destroy it before that happens"



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News::Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain Files Found In Ground Zeroes, Possibly Hints To Plot

With Metal Gear Solid 5 being as big as it is, thats to say positively monolithic, its no surprise that fans are willing to crawl through eye wateringly large amounts of information to find even the slightest bit of unannounced content. Potential spoilers ahead.



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News::Lets talk video game reviews

"Here at Game Crusaders we love great video games. We appreciate the fact that either a small or large team of passionate people spent their time, talent, and effort to put together a title thats made for people to enjoy. So how can we rate such a piece of art? Good question."



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News::Ubisofts dastardly trick The free game comes with a legal catch

The Eccentric Gamer Writes: "Ubisoft offered an apology by giving owners of Unitys Season Pass a free game. At first I thought, wow that is at least something, until I realized that it is yet another dastardly trick by Ubisoft. The free game is definitely not out of the kindness of their hearts or even to simply apologize for a terrible game. Here is how the free game comes with a rather impactful legal catch and why it is important to know."



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News::Hundreds of Final Fantasy XIV Players Gather Across Servers in Moving Farewell to a Dying Gamer

Some say that gamers, and MMORPG players in particular, are detached and alienated from the real world: Yet, when the most feared real world event comes, MMORPG gamers seldom fail to show their compassion, community spirit and love.



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News::HonestGamers Indie Review // KAMUI

Gary Hartley Writes: KAMUI is a seamless journey stitching each of the six stages to each other, offering a rare glimpse of chartable progress from cloud-covered sky, through depths of earth into the outer reaches of the planet to take on an orbiting weapons platform. Its a real labour of love that not only does credit to its esteemed source material but manages to out-perform it. Its more forgiving, more fluid, more concise



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News::The Underdog Award: Most Overlooked Game of 2014

Dealspwn: "There were plenty of quality games to choose from this year, but also a few that, for whatever reason, perhaps didn't quite get the love they deserved. Perhaps they were barely marketed titles that dropped with little fanfare, or smaller curios that failed to garner much attention, perhaps they were overshadowed by bigger, louder titles, or were written off early due to faults and failures before eventually coming good."



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News::Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Review | VGU

In the future, there will be jetpacks. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare doubles down with Kevin Spacey and a few steps towards actual improvement. Good and occasionally great, but not amazing. Every enjoyed a Call of Duty Title? Get it.



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News::Review: Far Cry 4 | Geeks Under Grace

Those familiar with the Far Cry series will get exactly what they have come to love about the franchise in this fourth installments more expansive world.



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News::Walmart Has the PlayStation 4 for $329 Today

Walmart Has the PlayStation 4 for $329 Today


Walmart has essentially matched the cheapest Black Friday price we saw on the PS4 today for all of you Christmas shopping procrastinators. $329 gets you the bare console with free in-store pickup at your local store.


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News::5-year-old girl discussing Leia's slave outfit with her dad is pure gold

5-year-old girl discussing Leia's slave outfit with her dad is pure gold


Adam Buxton recorded a conversation with his 5-year-old daughter discussing her thoughts on Princess Leia's famous slave outfit. She is hilarious by herself but when he got The Brothers McLeod to animate her words, it all turned into pure comedic gold. One of the cutest things I've watched this year.


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News::You're Running Out of Time to Score These Christmas SONOS Deals

You're Running Out of Time to Score These Christmas SONOS Deals


This once-a-year SONOS promotion expires on December 27, but if you want some new speakers in time for Christmas, here's a friendly reminder to order soon. Check out the post below for all the details. [Amazon]


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