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New Unreal Engine Video Has A Nice Beat You Can Dance To
Today Epic released an Unreal Engine video showing off features game developers will be excited about in 2017, like sequencer cinematic tools and automatic level-of-detail generation. If you are not a developer, feel free to just dance. Just in time for the Game Developers Conference, the video demonstrates (using an assortment of Epic titles) tools…
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Microsoft Unveils $10 Monthly Gaming Subscription Service For Xbox One [Update]
Coming this spring to the Xbox One, the Xbox Game Pass will give console owners access to over 100 Xbox One and backwards compatible games for $9.99 a month. The Xbox Game Pass is not a streaming service, like PlayStation Now, but a game download subscription along the lines of EA Access. Subscribers who pay…
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New Website Makes It Easier To See New Games On Steam
With so many games coming out on Steam each week and the service’s fondness for focusing on “popular” and “recommended” new releases, it’s easier for smaller games to fall through the cracks.What’s On Steam is a website that gives every new game on Steam equal treatment. Launched earlier this month by the folks at indie…
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Not All Switch Games Will Support TV Mode
Not all Nintendo Switch games are going to take advantage of the console’s dual TV/portable nature. Released last year for iOS and Android, rhythm game Voez is now a Japanese Switch launch title, and it requires a touch screen to play. Does this mean we’re in for a flood of tablet ports? The latest game…
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The State Of Toys In 2017
The New York Toy Fair is a showcase for the latest and greatest playthings hitting store shelves in the coming year, but it’s also a good indicator of where the toy market is heading. In 2017, that’s directly to the inexpensive collectibles aisle. Much of my Toy Fair coverage centered on the basics. Action figures,…
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Twitch Starts Selling The Games Streamers Play This Spring
Millions of people watch games being played on Twitch. This spring, they’ll be able to purchase the games they watch directly from the streaming site, with a portion of the revenue going to the on-screen talent. Detailed in a blog post over at Twitch.tv, the new game sales program will allow stream viewers to click…
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Here’s The Official Trailer For Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War
As revealed by Targetover the weekend, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is getting a sequel on August 22 called Shadow of War. Now that the cat’s out of the bag, here’s nearly two and a half minutes of standard Middle-Earth cinematics, with the promise of gameplay on March 8. As expected, players will be wielding a…
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The Elder Scrolls Online Has A Botting Problem
Players of The Elder Scrolls Online have found a cheap way to level up their characters, and they don’t even have to be at the keyboard to do it. In the image above we see a group of The Elder Scrolls Online characters whose players are away from the keyboard, doing battle with absolutely nothing.…
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Getting Started In Anarchy Online After A Decade Away
Norwegian developer Funcom has been making waves lately withConan Exiles, but for me they’ll always the studio behind science fiction MMO Anarchy Online. The 16-year-old game finally hit Steam this week, so I hopped back in to create my first new character in a long, long time. I first played Anarchy Online during its infamously…
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Celebrate Pokémon Day With These New Gallery Figures
February 27 is Pokémon Day, commemorating the 1996 release date of the first two Pokémon games in Japan. The Pokémon Company is marking the occasion with the release of the first four entries in its premium Gallery Figures line, showing off fan-favorite pocket monsters performing their signature moves. Obviously crafted for collectors, the Gallery Figures come…
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Lego City Undercover Launches April 4 With Co-Op Mode
The updated version of the Wii U’s Lego launch title is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC on April 4, and this time you don’t have to go it alone. Though the feature was leaked in a Best Buy listing for the game last month, it’s nice to have official confirmation…
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Night In The Woods‘ Rhythm Game Is On Point
The dialogue, the animation, the music—so far I am loving everything about Night in the Woods, but as a rhythm game fan there’s one sequence that’s particularly near and dear to my heart. Let’s rock out. Night in the Woods, Infinite Fall’s animated adventure game, tells the story of Mae Borowski, a cool cat who…
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CulturePeople Are Racing To See How Fast They Can Get Banned From Club Penguin
Kid-friendly browser game Club Penguin is famed for rapidly banning the use of foul language. Now that the game only has a little over a month to live, players have turned getting banned into a speedrunning challenge, with a current record time under 40 seconds. Getting banned for profanity in Club Penguin isn’t normally much…
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Lightseekers Could Be The Next Big Thing In Game Connected Toys
Lightseekers isn’t another toys-to-life game. It’s got gorgeous articulated figures that talk, vibrate and evolve, powered by a mini-computer. They play in a Diablo-esque mobile adventure and are augmented by a massive standalone trading card game. It’s very impressive, but are people going to buy it? Don’t even say “toys-to-life” around a member of PlayFusion,…
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You Will Believe A Mario Can Fly
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s $50 or so worth of remote controlled flying Mario, also available in Yoshi. It’s always nice to see a familiar face while scouring the outskirts of the New York Toy Fair. I found Mario here at the Carrera booth, hanging in out in…
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Culture2017 Is The Year Playmobile Escapes The Shadow Of The Lego Aisle
Invented by German Inventor Hans Beck in 1974, Playmobil has been a toy store mainstay for decades, yet it’s never reached the height of popularity enjoyed by the likes of Lego. That could change this year, as Playmobil gets into the licensing game with Ghostbusters and How To Train Your Dragon Even if you don’t…
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Wonder Woman Had A Very Good Toy Fair
One of the highlights of last year’s Batman V. Superman, Gal Godot’s Amazonian warrior has her own movie in June, Justice League in November and a whole slew of toys, statues and collectibles shown at the 2017 New York Toy Fair to fill the space between. Wonder Woman is one of DC’s central figures, and…
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My Favorite Images From Toy Fair 2017 Day Three
I’ve escaped from New York’s Javits Convention Center, but not before snapping some final shots of the wonders on display at the 2017 New York Toy Fair. Check out new stuff from Mass Effect Andromeda, Borderlands 2, Overwatch, Kingdom Hearts and whatever else caught my eye. Channeling Josephine Baker, DC Collectibles’ Vixen Bombshell statue is…
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Look What Mega Bloks Is Doing To Pokémon
Announced last week in advance of the 2017 New York Toy Fair, Mega Brands has added Pokémon to its Mega Construx line, with sets coming this fall. I got a chance to snap some of them during Mattel’s Toy Fair event, and they aren’t too shabby. They’ve got basic Pokémon in plastic balls, which are…
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