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A Murder Mystery Where You’re Already Dead
Yes, you’re dead, and you’re trying to figure out the identity of your killer. You’re a murder victim in an adventure game that looks just like Earthbound Why Am I Dead At Sea is the follow-up to the very similar Why Am I Dead, which was uploaded to Newgrounds in 2012 November. You’re a murder…
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MMO-racer The Crew will be a few weeks late, arriving on December 2 instead of November 11, Ubisoft announced in a blog post. Good news is that this means there will be another closed beta test, which Ubisoft says they’re planning to carry out in November, this time on the PS4 and the Xbox One.
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This is a Skyrim screenshot. It’s from DSOGaming’s latest roundup of ENBSeries-modded Skyrim shots, proving, once again, that Skyrim can be the planet’s prettiest game to take photos of—provided you take the time set up those mods, and have the (beastly) rig to support all that eye candy. Look below for more. Skyrim Screenshot Roundup…
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Want to know more about all those graphics options PC games have? PC Gamer has posted a comprehensive multi-page guide which explains everything from anti-aliasing types to anisotropic filtering and texture quality, with plenty of example images and even some benchmark statistics. Head over here to check it out
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The GameCube’s Secrets, Revealed
Hidden intro screens. Controllers that don’t exist. Dolphins. The GameCube has quite the collection of secrets and easter eggs. Did You Know Gaming’s latest video takes a look at the venerable Nintendo GameCube, which turns thirteen years old this year. And, like pretty much every other game system, it’s far from just a receptacle for…
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Entries are open for Planet Minecraft’s next big contest, “Industrial Revolution.” Like last time, the task is to build something magnificent on Planet’s Minecraft’s map (shown in the trailer above). The contest runs the whole month, so expect a lot of cool Minecraft machines and factories to pop up during that time.
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23 Video Game Locations, Re-Imagined in Glorious HD
Provided, some of the games showcased here already are (or in the case of, for example, Skyrim, can be) in glorious HD. Still, it’s a new perspective on something old and familiar, and that’s always welcome This isn’t the first Video Game Locations video—we’ve seenthe first one last year, from the same guy, Tim Hijlkema.…
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Minecraft Map is Basically 36 Square Kilometers of Primal Beauty
If you’ve never played survival Minecraft on a hand-crafted map, you might want to give it a try now. Because this map is pretty damn impressive. It’s a 6000 by 6000 block map that depicts an archipelago consisting of two islands: one cold and snowy, and one warm and uh, desert-y. The two biggest landmarks,…
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call: The TAY Review • AKB0048 is a Lot Better Than You’ll Give It Credit For • Game of The Week—An Incredible Little Pile of Secrets [Castlevania: Symphony of the Night] TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
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It Took 6 Years To Finish This Retro FPS
Joining the ranks of the modern retro-style shooters we’ve been seeing so many of lately—a great trend, I might add—is Wrack, the colorful, arcade-esque FPS for PC that’s been under development for six years. Wrack is singleplayer-only, and it promises “unlimited content” through user-made maps and mods on the Steam Workshop (though of course, the…
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Good news and bad news, Skullgirls fans: the 2D fighting game’s third DLC character, the Egyptian-inspired sorta-blood-mage Eliza, is out now on PC and PS3, free for the next three months. The game’s Vita and PS4 versions, however, have been postponed to early 2015. Look above for a taste of Eliza’s fighting style.
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Dex’s Review: Genesis of Aquarion & Aquarion EVOL • Protonstorm’s Music Awards for Summer 2014 Anime • Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1: The TAY Review • Assassin’s Creed IV: An Individual Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
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Watch Minecraft Worlds Generate Before Your Very Eyes
The Customized world type was one of the new features introduced by the big 1.8 Minecraft update earlier this month. It has a lot of settings you can tinker with to generate exactly the kind of map you want, provided you know what they all do. If you don’t, then this video might help. In…
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: HaNaYaMaTa: The Ani-TAY Review • Goodbye Turn-based Final Fantasies • Invaders of the Rokujyouma!?: Rockmandash’s Ani-TAY Review • A Shoutout to SmartGlass and Second Screen Functionality TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
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‘Minecraft 2‘ Runs On—What Else—Microsoft Excel
It’s a platform exclusive, yes, but in return, the game features greatly improved navigation, simplified crafting, and the one thing that’s been missing from Minecraft all along: expense and efficiency reports This tongue-in-cheek “exclusive sneak peek” at ” Minecraft 2” comes courtesy of letsplayer SethBling, who’s made the spreadsheet accessible to all here. But not…
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: NAtURAL DOCtRINE: The TAY Review • Games of Summer 2014 – Epilogue: At Summer’s End • Settling the Dust in Destiny: A Guardian’s End? • Ao Haru Ride: Rockmandash’s Ani-TAY Review • Gamer-Teacher: “Trigger Words” for Gamer Distraction TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them…
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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Sabagebu!: The Ani-TAY Review • Rockmandash Rambles: Fate/Zero Revisited • Destiny’s Torturous Nightfall Strikes Are Totally Worth It • Game of The Week—Is It Still “Stylish Action?” [Devil May Cry] • Smash 101: The Merciless MEGA MAN! TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
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