ESO writes: We tackle your questions about PvP in ESO. Learn more about the Alliance War and what awaits you in Cyrodiil. Over the last few weeks, weve been talking more about Cyrodiil and PvP in The Elder Scrolls Online. As usual, were on the lookout for your questions, and received a big amount from our German fan site ESO-Schatzsucher and the French site JeuxOnline. Read on to find out more about what you can expect when you step onto the battlefield.



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But this isnt about the next generation of video gaming. This is about the next generation of humanity. If youve never played Minecraft, well, it matters little. Youve seen the merchandise, youve heard talk of it. You cant escape it these days. Why is it taking off? Its apparent that a big part of its current success has to do with children



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NADDIC GAMES, the developer of Elsword, just launched an Inviation test of their new game: Closers Online. Around 20 Korean players were invited to test the latest version of Closers Online. Voice acting and the new tutorial system were introduced in this test.



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The Division's first holiday greeting is a Dev Q&A video with some sweet stuff like back pack, food & water, and inventory. In the first 2 minutes, the video talks about the power of Snowdrop engine and then you can take a glance at some concept of backpack. Food and water aren't for your survival but provide buff and can be used to trade in the black market. You will be interested in how the fancy holographic map is generated, watch the video below.



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Matt Buckley: "The two-hour All That Remains episode sets us off on another gripping ride through Telltales version of The Walking Dead. Youll say goodbye to old characters and welcome new ones. Your struggle for survival will take on new and agonizing forms (I wish I could wipe my memory of one such encounter with mans best friend). And with Clementine, you have a brand new character to grow with and shape as you see fit. My interest is piqued, and Im equally anxious and terrified of what may happen next."



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Whenever a new mmorpg is announced, there is one area that players immediately begin squabbling over: PvP. So how important or necessary this feature is to the success or failure of a title? MMO-Play investigates.



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RIFT® and Defiance® now accept Rixty, an online service that allows you to make purchases without the use of a credit card. Rixty is also running a promotion that gives anyone who spends with Rixty a chance to win $250.



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WEBZEN, a global leader in next-generation free-to-play games, unleashes the MYSTIC, a brand new basic class for the dungeon-based MMORPG, Continent of the Ninth Seal (C9).



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Today on Gaming with Killatia we take a look at an interesting indie rpg game from Japan known as 99 Spirits.



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Charlie Fleed announced today the release of the PC demo for its upcoming online strategy turn-based RPG, Hartacon Tactics.



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Supergiant Games announced that their upcoming game Transistor is already in a fully playable alpha state and is set for an early 2014 release.



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by Richard Wordsworth - The greatest secret of the Glorious PC Master Race is that shh - most games on PC and games on consoles are basically the same, whether you're herding it along with a keyboard or a games controller. But the PC modding communities for games like Skyrim are the exception to that rule: talented individuals (or teams) working long hours to create all manner of extra content and gameplay tweaks, while console players must wait like Dickens characters for their next serving of official DLC. The PC is an immeasurably better place to play Skyrim than on console, and its modding community is why.



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Arcade Sushi: Its like Stallone in Judge Dredd, or Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker in Dracula everything else about the entire title effectively works, but its main character just keeps ruining your experience the more and more you see them. Many of us have encountered some form of these 10 Protagonists Who Ruined Great Games in our ventures, but most of the time our love for the overall title may have clouded our judgment of its less-than-stellar star. Sure, maybe putting in 30+ hours into a game might soften your disliking of the character, but there was something there that was just.. off. So lets ignore the supporting cast members who carried it all while we air out 10 Protagonists Who Ruined Great Games!



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Arcade Sushi: "Just because the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are the hot new thing sucking up all the attention in the gaming community doesnt mean their predecessors should be so easily forgotten. Nor will they be with our list of the 10 Greatest Games of the Last Generation. The PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii offered us years of entertainment. In fact, many of the games released during the last generation inspired and informed what well be seeing from developers on next-gen systems. Here then are the games that defined the last seven years, or as we like to call them, the 10 Greatest Games of Last Generation."



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Arkham City doesn't bring anything new, but it's still fun and as much as two previous games..



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VVV: "Just to up the ante, the latest release added a physics cannon, allowing you to obliterate opponents and smash up the scenery with a variety of destructive weapons. Environment destruction was first introduced in Ridge Racer: Unbounded, so it looks as if Next Car Game will develop on the foundation set in their previous project with considerable advancements. Whereas the first video was reminiscent of the classic Destruction Derby games, this could easily pass as a remake of Twisted Metal or Vigilante 8:"



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The massive end of the year sale from GamersGate is a dream and or nightmare come true for any PC gamer. MWEB GameZone helps you to not empty your wallet by giving you the highlights of the GamersGate sale. Remember - buy four games pay for three!



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GamersNexus: "With Christmas creeping just days away, Skyrim's modding community has kicked into the spirit of bringing Rudolph-like mounts, trees, Falmer workshops, gifts, and candy cane weaponry (useful for subduing other shoppers) to the game."



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R2Games (Reality Squared Games) has announced today that the open beta for their upcoming browser-based free-to-play retro-style MMORPG Magic Barrage begins today, December 23rd at 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST). Account registration is already open and available for anyone interested on the official website.



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Wargaming.net has released update 1.1 of the Free-To-Play MMO World of Warplanes Royal Air Force Museum and Wargaming.net unveil Worlds last surviving Dornier DO17 Today Wargaming announced the release of Update 1.1 for its recently launched flight combat MMO action game, World of Warplanes. A substantial amount of new content has been added to the game, including 14 aircraft, two battle arenas, and new epic and tiered achievements



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Firefall is a Sci-fi FPS MMO with an RPG style that was released into Open Beta on the 9th of July 2013. Firefall is impressively the first online PC release developed by Red5 Studios.



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BethBlog: Our newest TES Modding interview features Sarah, a.k.a. Stuporstar from the Official Bethesda Forums. Hailing from Canada, Sarah is a trained jeweler, illustrator, graphic designer, editor, and writer who currently works as a freelance fiction editor and book cover designer. Some of her most popular Morrowind mods include Uviriths Legacy, Books of Vvardenfell, and recently The Tea Mod and Uviriths Legacy (released after the time of this interview) for Morrowind.



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GamingLives bucks the typical end-of-year trend by stepping away from the 'Game Of The Year' and into more 'Seriously, How Did Actually Happen?' territory. "Best Fusion of Childhood Memories With Modern Gaming Saints Row IV... Id like to nominate Saints Row IV for the moment when it plays Stan Bushs The Touch whilst you and the bad guy say: Zinyak: One shall stand, one shall fall. Leader of the Third Street Saints: Why throw away your life so recklessly? All taken from the battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron in the classic Transformers: The Movie (1986 animated, not that Michael Bay crap). I got goosebumps."



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With the release of DOOM in 1993, the gaming industry went into overdrive in coming up with similar games using the first-person perspective. Some games, such as Heretic and Hexen, simply licensed id Softwares game engine. Others choose to build their own 3-D first-person shooters from the ground up. LucasArts Entertainment was one of the latter companies, and Star Wars: Dark Forces was their first stab at the genre.



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It was a fairly slim year for racing games, but even if it hadn't been, the outcome would've likely been the same: Grand Turismo 6 vs. Forza Motorsport 5. Two of the genre's biggest franchises spanning two generations of home consoles. There can only be one...

Here are our nominees for Best Racing Game of 2013:

• Gran Turismo 6


• Race the Sun


• Forza Motorsport 5


• Need for Speed Rivals


• F1 2013


• GRID 2

And the winner is ...

Read more...



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Papers, Please is all about the facts. Without them, there would be disorder, and the Arstotzkan government would surely frown upon that. As an Arstotzkan border control officer its your job to make sure no undesirables step foot on Arstotzkan turf. Every time you shout Next! is a new test, a new opportunity to fail, but ultimately another chance to question your morality. The majority of the people who step in front of you in your tiny sealed cubicle will be your average, run-of-the-mill citizens, simply seeking entry into Arstotzka. But its their stories, and the appearance of a few slightly questionable citizens, which shapes your choices here. Against all the facts that are the backbone to your work, your truly tough decisions will be made in a fog of ambiguity.



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The Leader of a WoW hacker group was fined $8,000 and sentenced to two years in prison. The group is responsible for defrauding and hacking more than 10,000 World of WarCraft accounts.



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VVV: "Project CARS players are in for a treat this Christmas. The latest build of Slightly Mad Studios' sophisticated simulation has been released, adding a new track in the form of Brands Hatch and four new cars to play with: the Ginetta G55 GT3, the classic Mercedes 300SEL 6.8 AMG, the Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 Group A and the Le Mans-winning Sauber C9."



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There's no doubt Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is a great game, but the time for change is now.



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Gamerdeals: "Celebrate the end of 2013 with Origin's End of Year Sale! Discounts site wide of up to 40% on PS3, Xbox 360, PC, and Wii Titles!"



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Gaming brings us together in a number of ways, and the number one way is so we can beat each other up into a digital pulp. Humans are competitive by nature, and gaming can make us become the best fighter, trainer, soldier, assassin and over one another.

Here are our nominees for the Best Competitive Game of 2013:

• Divekick


• Pokemon X and Y


• Battlefield 4


• StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm


• Killzone: Shadow Fall


• Dota 2


• Anarchy Reigns


• BattleBlock Theater


• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

And the winner is...

Read more...



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News on Warhorse Studios upcoming Kingdom Come: Deliverance a Medieval and historically accurate RPG.



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Video games usually have some pretty bad names, but there's only one in 2013 that Hidden Audio Log believes can rule them all.



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A special announcement has been teased for the Batman: Arkham franchise, and it will be revealed in just over a week from today on December 31st, 2013. It is entirely possible that this could be the revelation of story-focused Batman: Arkham Origins downloadable content, or the long-shots: information on the next installment in the series or a PS4/Xbox One version of Batman: Arkham Origins.



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