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Long Gone
My first job out of college, I was fired. I used two words with my editor that proved career limiting. I have quit with no notice; I’ve given two weeks and had cake on my last day. I’ve signed paperwork at the long conference room table twice. And I’ve had a farewell so tearful I…
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Child Of Light‘s Co-Op Channels The Spirit Of The Wii
While Ubisoft’s charming platform role-playing game Child of Light is skipping Nintendo’s last-gen console, the spirit of the Wii lives on inside it’s utterly charming co-op gameplay. The game’s circle of light co-op partner reminds me of so many Wii games — titles like Super Mario Galaxy, where player two could take up the Wii…
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Killzone Shadow Fall‘s first multiplayer expansion detailed, two free multiplayer maps released. Coming in April, The Insurgency Pack adds the Insurgent class, along with new weapons, abilities, and Elite Mode difficulty for single player. The Cruiser and Hangar multiplayer maps are available free today. Check out the PlayStation Blog for more info.
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Kids’ ‘Call of Duty Bomb’ Gets Their Neighbors Evacuated at 3 a.m.
Some kids in Pennsylvania made a prop bomb they were using when they played a real-life game of Call of Duty out in the yard. This is why you don’t leave your toys laying around outside, boys. A neighbor found it, didn’t know what the hell it was, and a very real bomb squad evacuated…
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The PS4 Gets The Ultimate Version Of PixelJunk Shooter
In my opinion, Q-Games’ PixelJunk Shooter and Shooter 2 are the best twin-stick shooters on the PlayStation 3. This summer, Double Eleven is combining both into PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate for the PS4 and Vita. Here are nine reasons it’ll be even best-ier than before. Richard Snowdon from the Double Eleven production team laid out the…
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Titanfall Will Add Paid DLC—and a Season Pass to Get It All
Titanfall will get both free and paid downloadable content, and the latter will be available through a season pass subscription, Respawn Entertainment’s co-founder said yesterday in an interview with GameSpot. The plans for post-release content for Titanfall had been unclear until Zampella laid down the details yesterday. “We’re going to do paid DLC, we’re also…
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”It’s not my fault people keep killing themselves.” The latest environment trailer for Frictional Games’ upcoming space horror game SOMA adds voices to excellent effect. I’d be happy just wandering these halls and listening to people talk. Knowing Frictional, there’ll probably be things try to kill me too. Always with the killing me.
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Pokémon Would Be a Really Fearsome 90s Horror Show
Like something straight out of cult horror show Tales from the Crypt (or Braindead, even), these Pokémon illustrations by DeviantART artist Dante are anything but cute little monsters you wanna catch. There’s something really scary in their eyes: The flying types freak me out the most: Pokémon Art by DanteCyberMan [DeviantART] To contact the author…
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Twitch Announces Mobile Streaming And Capture Tools
For years mobile gamers have had to jump through hoops to record and stream gameplay. Today Twitch gives mobile developers the ability to build such functionality directly into their apps. It’s about damn time. Services like Everyplay are nice, but built-in Twitch functionality will be much nicer. The Twitch Mobile Software Development Kit gives mobile…
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Adventure Time’s Jake, transformed into a giant, ridable, pixelized mech, thanks to Kid Skeletor’s awesome mod pack for Starbound You can download the pack here, with all the other characters included. Adventure Time Mod Pack 1.1 [Starbound Community] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots…
By Gergo Vas
