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Shovel Knight digs up a March 31 release date

By Ozzie Mejia, Jan 22, 2014 4:30pm PST

Shovel Knight is digging into a March 31 release on PC, Wii U, and 3DS and has unearthed a brand new trailer.

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"Titanfall, inFamous: Second Son, probably other shit I'm forgetting."

- Vincent Grayson see all 8 comments

The Elder Scrolls Online receives M rating

By Alex Martinet, Jan 22, 2014 3:30pm PST

Bethesda has announced today that Elder Scrolls Online was given an M rating by Entertainment Software Rating Board.

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"Looks cool, so I think I'll wait until this goes "free2play". "

- The Average Hero see all 22 comments

Open-world RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance launches Kickstarter

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 22, 2014 8:30am PST

When Warhorse Studios announced its realistic medieval open-world RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance in December, it seemed to still have trouble securing a publisher. So blow that! The studio founded by folks including the creator of Mafia today launched a Kickstarter so it can ...

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"Watching this trailer just makes me fucking pissed that the days of new IPs are gone. 2007 was ..."

- nwillard see all 14 comments

StarCraft 2 patch 2.1 makes custom maps and mod tools free

By Ozzie Mejia, Jan 21, 2014 2:45pm PST

StarCraft II has received a major update, with patch 2.1 offering Arcade mode, custom games, all three SC2 races, and a gaggle of mod tools to Starter Edition owners for free.

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"You're probably right. Lobby traffic has dropped a lot faster than after the original launch. ..."

- daggot see all 14 comments

Hearthstone open beta begins

By Ozzie Mejia, Jan 21, 2014 2:05pm PST

Blizzard has finally opened the doors on Hearthstone's open beta. You can stop asking your friends for beta codes now.

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"It is confusing/harder at first in some of the tutorials because you don't get many basic cards ..."

- yoshimi20 see all 15 comments

Best of 2013: #3 - Gone Home

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 21, 2014 1:35pm PST

Gone Home is remarkable in just how unremarkable it is. It's not avant-garde or experimental. With a first-person perspective and fully explorable 3D world, it feels instantly familiar, but chooses to use these to tell a simple story. Which is great. It may seem obvious enou...

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"I enjoyed Gone Home, but its not avant-garde at all.... heck its not even original in its idea ..."

- GPUX see all 57 comments

Best of 2013: #5 - BioShock Infinite

By Ozzie Mejia, Jan 20, 2014 11:30am PST

BioShock Infinite is #5 in our Best of 2013.

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"It was ok. Gameplay seemed sort of dated. It was the same click the 'use' key to pick up ..."

- Ocelot see all 4 comments

Best of 2013: #6 - Dota 2

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 20, 2014 11:00am PST

Dota 2 is brilliant, but an absolute pig and a game I cannot recommend you play. You should, because it's the best game. But you won't like it, so don't. But honestly, do.

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"Couldn't have put it better. Its a horrible, horrible, wonderful, engrossing game."

- Zatric see all 3 comments

Best of 2013: #7 - Proteus

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 17, 2014 2:00pm PST

Proteus is #7 in our Best of 2013.

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"It also had the best music this year as far as I'm concerned. Beautiful game for both the eyes ..."

- Vorlonesque see all 4 comments

Blizzard hopes to balance Hearthstone with counters, not nerfs

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 17, 2014 10:40am PST

Blizzard dropped a few choice nerfs in Hearthstone's beta test yesterday, killing several unpleasant decks, but this isn't how it plans to balance the virtual collectible card game in the long term. Ultimately, Blizzard wants to stop single cards or decks becoming dominant b...

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"Yeah, if you have less creatures out they are getting more than the +1 hp and the hp sticks ..."

- rodneystubbs see all 61 comments

Blizzard considering selling insta-90 upgrades

By Steve Watts, Jan 17, 2014 8:00am PST

World of Warcraft's upcoming Draenor expansion includes an instant boost to level 90, and Blizzard has said it has plans to test the ability to purchase those instant-boosts directly.

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"Sounds fine to me. Haven't played in years, but this might tempt me."

- Miller_TYM see all 60 comments

Broken Age has hidden 'Retro Mode'

By Steve Watts, Jan 17, 2014 6:00am PST

Broken Age has a hidden "Retro Mode" setting that puts a pixelated filter over the scene.

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Concursion seamlessly blends five gaming genres together

By Ozzie Mejia, Jan 16, 2014 11:00am PST

Concursion takes platforming, space combat, hack-and-slash action, aerial exploration, and Pac-Man-style mazes and blends them all together to make a single gaming experience. They all mix together a lot more seamlessly than you might think. Check out the trailer and see for...

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"We are truly in the golden age of video games. A few years ago everybody was claiming that there ..."

- ChowYunMatt see all 4 comments

Octodad 2 squishes onto PC on January 30

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 16, 2014 6:30am PST

"Loving father. Caring husband. Secret Octopus." A tagline which might never be bested. Short, funny, and a perfect explanation of what drives Octodad: Dadliest Catch. The joy and tragedy of these three aspects combining are on display in a new trailer, released today to cel...

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"I keep seeing this pop up on the news sites, but have heard no one talk about playing it. The ..."

- Sephiras see all 5 comments

World of Warcraft granting free character migration for one week

By Ozzie Mejia, Jan 15, 2014 4:25pm PST

World of Warcraft users experiencing high queue times will soon be able to migrate their characters to a new low-population server for free for a one-week period.

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"I think the implication is that only character transfers are free. Blizzard does allow you to ..."

- ABombStratics see all 4 comments