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Wasteland 2 gameplay trailer sentenced to 18 minutes in the slammer

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 28, 2013 10:30am PDT

Wasteland 2 is a still away, so if you're hankering for a cruel wasteland but live outside our devastated manufacturing cities (social commentary, you guys), indulge yourself with a new 18-minute gameplay walkthrough for inXile's retro RPG. The video sees a party of Rangers ...

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"The game seems to be coming along fairly nicely. I wonder if they still have the depth to the ..."

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Tropico 5 revealed in first screenshots

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 28, 2013 8:00am PDT

The announcement of Tropico 5 earlier this month may have revealed details on building centuries-spanning dynasties and co-op and all that jazz, but conspicuously absent was any peek at how the game actually looks. So here, check out its shiny all-new art in the first screen...

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"Don't look that much better than Tropico 4, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. T4 doesn't look ..."

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Gun Monkeys giving free keys to lonely players

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 28, 2013 7:00am PDT

Every multiplayer game needs people to play it, but indies especially can have trouble landing a healthy playerbase. Some games have tried kick-starting communities by bunging every player a free copy for a chum, but Gun Monkeys is experimenting with a more-nuanced solution....

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"I've considered this, but never followed through. I would probably need to drink a few Red ..."

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Metro: Last Light coming to Mac and Linux

By Andrew Yoon, Aug 27, 2013 11:30am PDT

One of the prettier PC games this year is heading to Mac and Linux. The OS X version of Metro: Last Light will be available on September 10th and it'll be developed in-house by 4A.

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"Tres Cool. One step closer to total Linux Gaming Domination!!! mwuahahaha."

- squeakychimp see all 3 comments

How The Sims 4 is aiming for more subtle sim behavior

By Steve Watts, Aug 26, 2013 2:30pm PDT

The Sims 4 executive producer Rachel Franklin talks about giving more realistic, subtle touches to sim behavior.

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"Sim behavior written by the guy who wrote SimCity's traffic AI"

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Blizzard: 'makes sense' for World of Warcraft to go free-to-play

By Andrew Yoon, Aug 23, 2013 2:30pm PDT

"For Blizzard it makes sense [to go free-to-play] at some point," lead designer Tom Chilton said.

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""One of the reasons for WoW's ongoing success is its push towards more casual fans." No it's ..."

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The Sims 4 designed for lower-end machines

By Andrew Yoon, Aug 23, 2013 2:00pm PDT

"We're really excited to say that players on lower end machines are going to have a much better experience on The Sims 4 than they did with The Sims 3," producer Ryan Vaughn said.

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"Thats nice and all but the issue rarely is with the base game. Its several years later and half ..."

- baron calamity see all 3 comments

Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse coming to Vita

By Steve Watts, Aug 23, 2013 10:00am PDT

Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse will be coming to Vita, Revolution Software has announced.

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"Or his direct competitor, and edit it so we know it was changed by the Shack."

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Sims 4 won't import Sims 3 content

By Steve Watts, Aug 22, 2013 1:00pm PDT

The Sims 3 families and content won't import to The Sims 4, so you'll have to recreate them to continue living out their weird little lives.

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"I would be more concerned about the store item content people have potentially spent thousands ..."

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Extraterrestrial sandbox exploration adventure Starbound coming to PS4

By Ozzie Mejia, Aug 21, 2013 5:30pm PDT

Extraterrestrial exploration sandbox adventure Starbound is coming to PS4, in addition to PC, Mac, and Linux.

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"Tiy, the artist for Terraria, is the lead on Starbound. He's not a programmer AFAIK."

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Yes, The Elder Scrolls Online has subscription fees

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 21, 2013 7:00am PDT

Ooh, how ovel! The Elder Scrolls Online may be a late-comer in the rush of fantasy MMORPGs but it's boldly sticking to the plans other also-rans have since abandoned, of launching with $15 monthly subscription fees. So I suppose now we know that, the question becomes: how lo...

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"Come onnnn, 15 dollars? I'm really curious to see if this is 49.99 or 59.99. I wonder how ..."

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Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls expansion brings Crusader class and level cap boost

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 21, 2013 4:45am PDT

Following a little tease, Blizzard today announced an expansion pack for Diablo III, named Reaper of Souls. It'll add a new act with new enemies and locations and all that, as well as the Paladin-y-sounding Crusader class and a level cap boost to 70.

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"Agreed but the odds are almost nil as blizzard deluded themselves into thinking the Witch Doctor ..."

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XCOM: Enemy Within expansion announced

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 21, 2013 2:30am PDT

Just as XCOM: Enemy Unknown was a wonderful callback to days of yore, so's its expansion pack. Enemy Within, announced today by 2K, is far more than a mere mission pack, adding add oodles of shiny newness including new enemies, maps, augmentations, abilities, weapons, equipm...

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"The name and trailer reminded me of Apocalypse's Cult of Sirius."

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League of Legends hacked, 120,000 transaction records accessed

By Ozzie Mejia, Aug 20, 2013 6:30pm PDT

Riot's League of Legends is the latest to suffer at the hands of hackers, with 120,000 transaction records from 2011 accessed.

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"Looks like its only North America according to that statement, so other areas should be okay? ..."

- Nehvrook see all 6 comments

The Sims 4 gameplay trailer is emotionally manipulative

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 20, 2013 9:00am PDT

Word may have leaked out early, but EA went ahead with its big The Sims 4 reveal at Gamescom today. We already knew that it's trying to make sims more emotional, but now we have a gameplay trailer demonstrating that, as well as showing off the fancy new character creator, an...

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"WOW, that character creator should be the standard for all games from now on. No more annoying ..."

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