Category Archives: Genres

Tue, May 21, 2013 | 14:46 BST

Ghost of a Tale Indiegogo campaign a success, surpasses funding goal

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Ghost of a Tale, the PC adventure game from ex-Dreamworks and Universal animator Lionel Gallat, has surpassed its funding goal on IndieGoGo, despite the crowd-funding site going down twice during the fundraising drive. The project initially needed €45,000 for development, but backers provided €48,700 in funding, making it a rousing success. The adorable game where you play a little mouse in a dangerous world, will be released on PC upon completion. A dedicated site and forums are in the works, but until either are up, you ca keep track of the development process through the funding page.

Tue, May 21, 2013 | 14:36 BST

Dragon’s Prophet goes into open beta next weekend

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Dragon’s Prophet will go into open beta next week, and to get you ready for some dragon riding action, SOE has released a new trailer showing the mounts and battle partners in action.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 14:02 BST

Kevin Conroy not starring in Batman: Arkham Origins, but another Arkham game in the works

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Kevin Conroy will not be the voice of the Dark Knight in Batman: Arkham Origins, according to a tweet from the man himself. Apparently, there was some confusion over his inclusion in the game during Dallas Comic Con over the weekend.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 14:26 BST

Tearaway: screens show loads of cuteness, pig skin pre-order bonus, gameplay video

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Sony has released some screenshots of Media Molecule’s Tearaway along with one of the skin your pig mount can don once you pre-order. There’s also some box art posted below alongside some gameplay footage posted earlier by
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. Game’s out on Vita in October.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 13:07 BST

Animal Crossing: New Leaf video shows a glimpse of gameplay

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf has been given the video treatment by YouTube channel Family Gamer TV. The clip shows the team discussing the game’s family-orientated fun and shows a few moments of gameplay as well.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 12:54 BST

Killer is Dead gets huge screen dump: shows bosses, combat & more

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Killer is Dead developer Grasshopper Manufacture has released a huge gallery of new shots for its twisted action game, showing off four bosses, plenty of sword-play some bloke riding a tiger, obviously. The game’s out on PS3 and Xbox 360 in August.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 12:31 BST

Medal of Honor: PS Vita game outed by concept art

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Medal of Honor was getting the PS Vita treatment over at Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City studio Slant Six, according to concept art listed by a former employee.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 12:13 BST

BlazBlue anime series ‘Alter Memory’ announced, starts Autumn

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BlazBlue is being transformed into an anime series called ‘BlazBlue: Alter Memory’. It’ll begin in Autumn, although it’s not yet clear which networks will support it, or if it’ll purely be an online endeavour.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 11:51 BST

Eve Online team “dabbling in mobile”, considering companion apps

Eve Online developer CCP Games has confirmed it is toying with the idea of mobile companion apps for its persistent MMO universe. However, it needs to be sure of how it will all work before proceeding.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 11:15 BST

OUYA: Final Fantasy 3 gameplay footage surfaces online

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Final Fantasy 3 has been captured running on OUYA by IGN. The clip shows the remake’s visuals and gameplay to give you an idea of how the port fares on the Android-powered rig.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 11:07 BST

BioShock: Infinite re-imagined as a reality show – spoilers inside

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BioShock: Infinite does have all the ingredients of a popular daytime reality show, what with all the twists, turns, and flying mechanical birds. Wait, what? Say hello to ‘Keeping up with the Comstocks’, a new live-action parody from YouTuber timtimfed.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 10:43 BST

PlanetSide: original game going free-to-play, SOE confirms

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PlanetSide, the 2003 MMO shooter from Sony Online Entertainment will go free-to-play at some point in the future, according to the company’s president John Smedley.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 10:26 BST

Dawngate: EA’s MOBA shown in first video preview, beta sign-ups start this week

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Dawngate is EA’s answer to the MOBA scene, and developer Waystone Games has gone on camera to talk about the title, and its respect for its predecessors.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 08:51 BST

Call of Duty Ghosts: fans react to early Xbox 720 trailer viewing

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Call of Duty: Ghosts gameplay will be shown at tonight’s Xbox 720 reveal, and Xbox Australia showed the clip to fans early, and recorded their reactions.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 08:41 BST

Black Ops 2: Revolution DLC is free this free-to-play this weekend, new micro-DLC incoming

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 developer Treyarch is lifting the paywall off its Revolution DLC pack this weekend, letting everyone play it for free for a few days. The game is also getting some more micro-DLC skins that will be chosen by fan vote.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 11:13 BST

Resident Evil: Revelations launch trailer shows flashes of gameplay

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Resident Evil: Revelations developer Capcom has released a launch trailer for its HD re-release, full of static and quick shots of beasties. The games out on PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360 today in the States, and on Friday across Europe.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 08:11 BST

GRID 2: new gameplay footage shows Yas Marina circuit

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GRID 2 developer Codemasters has released another new gameplay video from its racer, this time showing off the urban Yas Marina circuit. THe game’s out on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 from May 28 in the States and May 31 across Europe.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 07:48 BST

Deep Silver bringing twin-stick shooter Narco Terror to XBLA and PSN soon

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Deep Silver and unheralded games company Rubicon Organization have a new ground-based co-op twin-stick shooter called Narco Terror that is primed for release this summer/winter (sometime in the next few months, to be clear) to the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. A trailer that explains it all is inside.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 06:53 BST

DOTA takes Steam concurrent player record… from itself

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At some point this past weekend, there were 329,977 Steam users running DOTA 2. That’s a new record for any single game on the Steam platform, beating down the previous record of ~297,000 players gathered in DOTA 2 in early March. The West qualifiers for The International tournament — with a prize pool currently topping $2 million — were this weekend, and folks can watch through the client, so that probably had something to do with it.

Thanks, PC Gamer

Tue, May 21, 2013 | 05:11 BST

Cloud’s horribly impractical sword has been created in the real world

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In Final Fantasy VII, Cloud carries around like a really big sword. It’s as big as he is really, and I’ve often wondered how he could even hold the thing. Now, the guy who made a real-life version of the Minecraft diamond sword built this Buster sword, and it is completely ridiculous. Video inside.

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