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Prison Architect, the very good prison building and management sim, will be out on Xbox 360, Xbox One and PS4 in spring. Priced at 30$, the console versions will add a Prison Warden mode where you manage pre-built prisons, and the World of Wardens network, used for sharing custom maps.
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Co-op Half-Life Comes to Steam on Friday
Sven Co-op, the now 17-year-old Half-Life co-op mod, is getting its standalone Steam release on the 22nd—this Friday. It’ll launch as a free download with several maps, including the original Half-Life campaign, reworked for the mod’s newest version. First announced in summer 2013, this Steam release also marks the arrival of the 5.0 version of…
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The next expansion for Paradox’s city builder, Cities: Skylines, is called Snowfall Announced today, the addon will introduce a weather system and a temperature mechanic to the game, along with a couple new public transportation options, like trams. Snowfall will be out on PC “later this year.”
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Microsoft and Mojang Announce Minecraft: Education Edition
Launching this summer, Minecraft: Education Edition will be an “expanded” version of Minecraft for classrooms, distributed to educational institutions worldwide. Based on the already existing MinecraftEdu program—a modded version of Minecraft, used for teaching, which Microsoft has acquired—this new edition wants to help things along by launching a community site that, as the announcement from…
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Éomer, Son of Éomund, You Sure Look HD
It’s one thing to draw or paint a character you like, and another to model them in high definition—as Nimlot26’s version of Éomer (his version of the Karl Urban version of Éomer) shows. Nimlot26, AKA Georgian Avasilcutei, a character/environment artist from Romania, first posted about his Éomer project on the Polycount forums in June, with…
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Per the latest announcement on the game’s official Twitter, Ubisoft’s The Division will run its closed beta between January 28-31 on Xbox One and January 29-31 on PC and PS4. If you’re interested, head over here to sign up for the waiting list or to use a beta code, if you’ve got one.
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Exploring the Train From Mario Party 8 in Minecraft is Pretty Fun
Allll aboard Shy Guy’s Perplex Express. It’s a bit blockier than usual but there’s plenty of sights to see. This faithful (with a few alterations) Minecraft recreation of the Perplex Express comes courtesy of Nathan_Oneday of WalschaertsBuilds. It’s a scale recreation, under construction since early December. There’s some secrets to find since, as the creator…
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BioShock’s Floating City of Columbia, Translated to Fallout 4
Is it exactly like the Columbia from BioShock Infinite? Nope—but that Columbia never had to survive nuclear annihilation and 300 years’ worth of wear and tear. So it’s still rather well off, considering. Built by Girlplaysgame (via Eurogamer), the settlement manages to look like a post-apocalyptic Columbia thanks to a variety of mods, including GPG’s…
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Today’s Feat of Minecraft Engineering: A Working Submarine
Admittedly it looks and moves more like a worm (it’s even partly made of slime blocks), but hey, it’s underwater and it keeps you dry. A bit proof of concept-y, but it’s a Minecraft submarine. Designed by Minecrafter Alex_you, the sub is constructed out of slime and redstone blocks and glass, with glowstone for lighting…
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Pyramid Head’s Giant Blade is Unwieldy, but Devastating in Real Life
No household item stands a chance against the Great Knife, even if it takes a while to swing, or angrily poke with. Man at Arms, purveyor of real-life pop culture melee weapons, chose the iconic Silent Hill villain’s iconic weapon—the variant that “looks like a giant Rambo knife,” as they put it—as their next project.…
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EA’s throwing a Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 multiplayer beta event starting next Thursday, on January 14. The beta, which ends on January 18, will be freely available on PS4 and Xbox One. Check out the GW2 beta page for more info, and eventual download links, if your interest’s piqued.
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Pikachu Amiibo Learned Surf!
Behold, a cool as heck tribute to Pokémon Yellow in the form of a custom Surf Pikachu amiibo. The little 2-inch statue was made by BlvdNight, owner of a custom amiibo shop on Etsy. Situated on a standard Pikachu amiibo base, the Surf Pikachu was 3D printed in color, using BlvdNight’s own hand-made digital model,…
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Okami’s Wolf-Heroine Shines Heavenly Light on your Desk
Note that only the exclusive version of this figure has the heavenly lights. For the normal version you’ll need a desk lamp or something. But hey, Ammy! Ammy’s getting the First 4 Figures treatment this year with this 1/4 scale, 17.5 inches long Okami statue. As it is par for the course for F4F, it…
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Some Surreal Minecraft Art To Go With Your Morning Coffee
Nothing like a burning church inside a giant truck. “Carry The Impossible,” as it’s called, was crafted over a period of six hours by PlanetMinecrafter MrBatou. It really is a big art installation, even if the very pretty renders don’t show it. But you can totally see it if you take a look in-game. See?…
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After Skyrim, Macho Man Randy Savage Conquers Fallout 4
And you thought normal Deathclaws were dangerous. This Fallout 4 mod, a collaboration between the creator of that infamous Skyrim mod, Fancypants, and fellow modder AronaxAE, turns the Commonwealth’s Deathclaws into Macho Claws, to a hilarious and/or terrifying effect. In practice, it’s Macho Dragons for Fallout 4, with a reskinned Deathclaw model and the familiar…
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