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CultureThe Internet Reacts To The New Persona Games
Persona 5 and a bunch of Persona spin-offs were finally announced this weekend, and the internet is already packed with cool reactions to the announcements. Let’s take a look at some of those reactions, shall we? Those chairs in the P5 teaser made everyone’s imagination run wild. As well as the unexpected Vita spin-off, Persona…
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The Average Price of a PS4 Sold on eBay is $425. So Far.
Though major retailers have been cleaned out of their launch-day stock, and supply is expected to be tightly manipulated through the holiday shopping season, the gray market has seen brisk business for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and unlike past console launches, prices have not been alarmingly out-of-hand. While there are numerous eBay listings for…
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Battlefield 4 Jet Swap Shows Everyone How Teamwork is Done
Now, that is one impressive Battlefield 4 moment right there. One guy comes in low with his jet and jumps out while his teammate jumps into the abandoned plane and moves on (the GIF shows both players’ view). Switching jets like this really requires superb skills and teamwork. It’s even better to watch the full…
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Twitch Taking a Harder Look at PS4’s Playroom After Livestream Mayhem
In light of the recent livestream antics on Playroom, the PlayStation 4 augmented-reality game set in players’ living rooms, Twitch.tv has felt compelled to restate its terms of use, which in effect forbids “non-gaming content.” For those who use Playroom (shown above), it sounds like a crackdown. To recap, the PlayStation 4 allows livestreaming to…
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‘Xbox: Where’s My Free Game?’
When I hooked up my PlayStation 4, it already offered me two great games for me to play, three, if you count DC Universe Online. Had I not traded in a bunch of games for store credit the day my Xbox One arrived, I would have been able to, what? Play a fighting game with…
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The Week in Games: The Hay’s in the Barn
It is axiomatic that just about nothing in video games happens—in the West, anyway—the week the United States celebrates its most important holiday: Black Friday. However, I do tip my cap to Professional Farmer 2014 for its timely release on Thursday—Thanksgiving day itself. Tuesday, Nov. 26 Air Conflicts: Vietnam (360, PS3) Ys: Memories of Celceta…
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Meet the First PS4 Customer. He Has Come to Judge You.
For the second straight week, the subject of our ‘Shop Contest will judge the entries making fun of him. As a courtesy, we will now profile Joey Chiu (center)—who 10 days ago was first in line to buy the PlayStation 4 at its launch event in New York. Soon after hearing word over Twitter when…
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Twitch Couple’s Strip Show Could Mean Bad News for PlayStation 4
File this one under “Why we can’t have nice things.” A week after the console’s launch, some PlayStation 4 users appear to be using Playroom, an augmented-reality game taking place in one’s living room, to broadcast ridiculous live “shows” involving nudity, firearms, and God knows what else. This is accomplished through the live-streaming of games…
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Wreck-It Ralph, Rapunzel and Frozen Disney Infinity Toys Are Out There
The third round of Infinity figures is hitting stores today, bringing Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope, Tangled‘s Rapunzel, and Anna and Elsa from Frozen to Disney’s cross-property toy box. Now all you have to do is find them — at three different retailers. Dammit, Disney. Not only are you releasing four products (Anna and Elsa come…
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Team Fortress 2‘s Medic Just Got Some Extra Powers
The Medic from Team Fortress 2 recently got some nifty new items as part of Valve’s Two Cities update, shown off in a pretty cool official animated short. Gotta love that exploded Heavy getting reanimated. Here’s the full clip: Mann vs Machine – The Sound of Medicine [YouTube] To contact the author of this post,…
By Gergo Vas
