Category Archives: Sandbox

Firefall developer Red 5 Studios has created a parody of PSY’s ‘Gentleman’ music video called ‘Grieferman’. Get your fill of pixelated chicken abuse and dancing Creepers here

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Rockstar has released four new GTA 5 shots showing some more scuba diving, some dirt biking, Trevor in a muscle car, and Franklin breaking into one. Enjoy below. GTA 5 will be released on PS3 and Xbox 360 September 17.

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s co-director Aya Kyogoku has discussed everyone’s favourite shop-keep Tom Nook in a new interview, suggesting that he’s not the evil land baron he appears to be.

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Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios hopes to one one day make a steampunk sandbox game.

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Or possibly tyre treads; but you get the idea. Contraption Makers is a spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from the creators of the original Sierra franchise.

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Harvest Moon: A New Beginning could be heading to Europe following age classification in Germany. The 3DS game hit North America in October and little has been said about a European release until now.

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Six minutes of edited Watch Dogs footage gives us our first proper look at the game in action since trade event demonstrations.

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Minecraft snapshot 13w19a is up, and in it all sorts of neat things are happening: access donkey and mule inventories by sneaking and interacting; stained hardened clay; textures for Charcoal, Coal Block, and Lapis Lazuli; mobs are spawing in groups once more; and other nifty things. PCgamesN has the goods. Go give them a visit.

Watch Dogs has received a new batch of screens, showing off a bike chase, new characters and Aiden Pearce hacking things with his smartphone of doom.

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Starbound developer Chucklefish has released a new set of images into the wild, showing off more of its cosmic sandbox, including a new frozen biome and armour palette swaps.

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Minecraft Xbox 360 developer 4J Studios has confirmed that its 11th title update is rolling out across all territories now. The patch fixes many issues, and you can see them all in the patch notes here.

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Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the first playsets for Disney Infinity, and is available along with The Incredibles and Monsters University in the Starter Pack set. See how Jack Sparrow translates into the expandable sandbox in the trailer through the break.

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The Battle & Beasts Skin Pack was released yesterday for Minecraft Xbox 360, and for 160 MS Points you can become a suit wearing spider, a lion, a cowgirl, and all sorts of other interesting things. Hit up the break for the entire list.

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Delsin Rowe is the new hero of InFamous: Second Son, and his powers are quite different from the electricity-fuelled abilities of Cole McGrath.

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This fresh batch of a dozen Grand Theft Auto 5 screens are full of different ways to get around San Andreas – in cars, underwater, by parachute, on a motorcycle or even run and gun. Okay, that last one is a bit of a stretch; writing headlines isn’t easy, you know.

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Minecraft Xbox 360 Update 11, which contains mainly bug fixes and the like, has gone into certification so it should be released sooner rather than later. The issues getting stomped by 4J Studios include explosion lag, messaging problems, spawn limit issue, and reduced Ghast sound volume. You can view the entire changelog over on OXM. You can also have a look at the Battle & Beasts Skin Pack through here if you haven’t already.

Grand Theft Auto 5 has been whipping gamers up into a soapy lather of hype, speculation and excitement since it was first revealed. VG247′s Dave Cook explains why he’s not bothered…yet.

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GTA 5 shots have been released by Rockstar, and we have them below. Most were released yesterday, but they were watermarked so we didn’t grab them. There’s even one below which Nintendo would severely frown upon. Grand Theft Auto 5 is due on PS3 and Xbox 360 in September.

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Minecraft developer Mojang has released snapshot 13w16a, adding a new game launcher and horses. It’s ‘neigh’ joke man, check it out below the cut.

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Guncraft developer Exato Game Studios has released a trailer for its Minecraft-meets-shooters sandbox game. It shows off some tactical uses for building blocks to obstruct enemies, and build makeshift forts on the hoof.

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