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Another Look Inside ‘Copernicus,’ the Game You’ll Never Play
It was meant to be the “first triple-A, hundred-million-dollar-plus, free-to-play, micro-transaction-based MMO,” according to the studio’s celebrity boss, Major League Baseball all-star pitcher Curt Schilling. But plans for “Project Copernicus” vaporized when Schilling’s studio—makers of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning went under back in May. Since then, screenshots and even this trailer concept have leaked out,…
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The Secret World Developer Lays Off “Around Half” Its Staff
Modern-day MMO The Secret World has a great deal going for it. The world is interesting, there are clear plans for regular content updates, and their new raid looks lovely. It even has a free trial now. But unfortunately, what it doesn’t have going for it is subscribers. Developer Funcom, based in Norway, had announced…
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If Not This Year, Women’s Soccer Will Be In Video Games Soon, Says FIFA Producer
It’s inevitable that women will appear as playable athletes in a football title, the executive producer of the FIFA video game series told a petition organizer. But it’s far too late for that to happen in FIFA 13, and he couldn’t commit to any future year in which it might for his series. Still, whatever…
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Watch Us Kill For Weapons In This New Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Mode
I promised you a video of the new Arms Race mode in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, so here it is. The objective pretty much mirrors the game’s other modes: kill the enemy team. But navigating the much more open area maps quickly makes you lose sight of anything team-based. As you secure kills, you’ll move up…
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Deponia is the Biggest Pile of Trash I’ve Ever Had the Pleasure of Escaping
Stranded on a world that’s literally one gigantic garbage dump, the adventurous Rufus dreams of escaping his sub-lower-class life to live among the world’s elite in a gleaming floating city in the clouds. He’ll probably kill himself first, the idiot. Adventure gaming fans will surely recognize the name Daedalic Entertainment, the creators of gorgeous hand-crafted…
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Windows 8 Is Not Good For Gamers
For the past several days, I’ve been playing with a very nice laptop that has Windows 8 Professional installed on it. Many others, like our sibling site Gizmodo, have looked at Windows 8’s usability for professional environments, or for everyday home computing. I’ve been exploring its potential specifically for gaming, trying out play-related features both…
By Kate Cox
