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Robo Recall Is Epic’s First Full VR Game, And It’s Free
Here’s our first look at Robo Recall, a virtual reality robot shooter built for Oculus Touch that Epic Games will be releasing for free in early 2017. It’s pretty shiny. Announced today at Oculus Connect 3, Robo Recall is the spiritual successor to the Bullet Train demo Epic released at last year’s Oculus showcase. The…
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Have A Coke And A Powerful Custom Gaming PC
Maingear presents the much more attractive alternative to spilling soda on your keyboard. The boutique system builder is partnering with major brands to create one-of-a-kind branded systems, and their first one is all sorts of ridiculous. It’s not Coke, but between the custom-made Coke bottle reservoir and cola-colored coolant it’s close enough to make me…
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Aww, Voodoo Vince Is Getting An HD Remaster
2003 puzzle platformer Voodoo Vince is a game that deserved better than original Xbox exclusivity. Creator Clayton Kauzlaric agrees, so his independent studio is releasing an HD remaster for Xbox One and Windows next year. Between its colorful New Orleans setting and the concept of a living voodoo doll that hurts himself to hurt his…
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BioWare Action RPG Jade Empire Now Available On iOS
A wondrous combination of martial arts action and BioWare storytelling, Jade Empire is a classic action RPG that could really use a sequel. Perhaps today’s release of Jade Empire: Special Edition on iOS is a step in that direction. Or not. Aspyr Media, the folks behind the iOS version of Star Wars: Knights of the…
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Lego Star Wars‘ Lame Explanation Of How Poe Survived Crashing On Jakku
Crash-landing on Jakku after escaping The Finalizer, rebellious Stormtrooper FN-2187 fears his newfound Resistance friend dead. But Poe Dameron survived to fight another day, and the latest Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens DLC explains how. It’s pretty dumb. There was much hyping of the special missions in Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens and…
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SteelSeries’ New Gaming Headsets Are Nothing Fancy, And That’s Great
I don’t know about a “complete overhaul of traditional gaming designs and headset technologies” as touted in the PR for SteelSeries’ new Arctis line of game-centric headwear, but they sound great, mic well and are incredibly comfortable. Plus they look good on professional DOTA 2 player Suma1l, so there’s that. No glaring lights, no honking…
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Culture
DC Super Hero Girls Sets Make The Most Of Lego’s Friends Line
Lego’s girl-focused Friends line, which replaces the traditional minifigures with something closer to tiny plastic dolls, can rub certain collectors the wrong way. Making the tiny plastic dolls DC Comics characters, as Lego is doing with six new DC Super Hero Girls sets, certainly helps. I’m a big fan of the DC Super Hero Girls…
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World Of Warcraft: Legion Post-Expansion Ennui Sets In
The cycle is the same whenever a massively multiplayer online role-playing game gets a healthy dose of expansion content: weeks of glorious excitement followed by a slow descent into lassitude. It’s all a matter of when it hits. For me and World of Warcraft’s Legion expansion, that’s right about now. It’s sort of like finding…
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Rare Xbox Achievements Getting A New Look And Sound
Rolling out to Xbox Preview members this week alongside Xbox Arena, looking for group posts and group messaging is a whole new sound and icon to accompany rare achievements. Give it a listen. The melodic Xbox achievement knock is an iconic gaming sound, and it’ll still be there for run-of-the-mill achievements. But special, rare achievements…
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Mission Impossible Is The Best New Addition To Lego Dimensions
Disguised as a foreign dignitary, top IMF agent Ethan Hunt slips into the embassy party completely unnoticed, his friends Mr. T, Finn, Abby Yates and Harry Potter trailing close behind him. This is so dumb. It’s perfect. Of all the new content that recently launched in the first wave of season two content for Lego…
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Modern Warfare Remastered Requires Infinite Warfare To Run
A lot of Call of Duty fans are more excited over the remastered version of the original Modern Warfare than Infinite Warfare’s future shenanigans, but they can’t have one without the other. Either a full digital purchase of Infinite Warfare or the physical disc is required for the remaster to run. Modern Warfare Remastered is…
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Seanbaby’s Math-Based Strategy Card Game Is Getting A Sequel
Two years ago Sean “Seanbaby” Reiley and friends released Calculords, a digital collectible card game powered by math. It was the best thing. Now they’re back with Calculords 2: Rise of the Shadow Nerd, which is supposedly like Calculords, only better in every way. I’m in. The original Calculords was a breath of fresh math…
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Skylanders Imaginators Players Can 3D Print Their Custom Characters
The latest installment of Activision’s toys-to-life series series allows players to create their own Skylanders characters. Thanks to a mobile app launching alongside the game later this month, they’ll also be able to make 3D printed figures, playable trading cards and t-shirts featuring their creations. My first question after being introduced to Skylanders Imaginators’ extensive…
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Culture
Keep Your Eyes Peeled For These Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Retailer Exclusives
Think yourRogue One: A Star Wars Story toy shopping adventure is over? Have you been to Kohl’s yet? How about Walgreens? Entertainment Earth? Here are six sets of retailer-exclusive Hasbro Star Wars toys to add to your shopping list. The shorter versions of Hasbro’s premium Star Wars Black line of figures are so much better than…
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Paladins Is Coming To Consoles, Just Like Overwatch
Afterlaunching into open beta on PC earlier this month and riding Overwatch comparisons to a steady spot on Steam’s ‘top games by player count’ list, Hi-Rez’s hero shooter Paladins is gearing up for its PlayStation 4 and Xbox One debut. Fun fact: Iplayed Paladins long before I got my hands on Overwatch, so the accusations…
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Logitech’s Top Streaming Webcam Gets An Upgrade
Since its introduction in January of 2012, Logitech’s C920 has been the go-to webcam for high definition streaming. Today it takes a backseat to the new C922, able to stream and record at 60 frames per second and dynamically remove the background from broadcasts. It doesn’t feel like all that much of an upgrade initially.…
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Reviews
Acer Predator G1 Gaming PC Review: Small But Mighty
Thanks to some incredibly clever engineering and an incredibly cramped Geforce GTX 1080, the Acer Predator G1 gaming PC packs an amazing amount of power into 16 liters of space, small enough to fit in its own custom suitcase. The baby of Acer’s black and red Predator gaming line doesn’t look like it should be…
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