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The Banner Saga To Begin Waving This Summer
Indie developer Stoic Studio has released the first trailer for their new Viking-themed turn-based strategy role-playing game, The Banner Saga The three developers who form the studio all previously worked at BioWare, and drew attention with the earlier announcement of their new title. While details regarding the game are still scarce, the art speaks for…
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PCGamingWiki Wants to Solve the Biggest Problems with PC Gaming: Intimidation and Confusion
Have you ever had a problem installing the latest and greatest PC game and were forced to scour semi-helpful forum posts for hours looking for a solution? Andrew Tsai certainly has, and he created PCGamingWiki so no one else ever has to. If Tsai, who goes by the handle Andytizer on the PCGamingWiki site (and…
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The Custom PC of Yesterday’s Future, Today
PC case mods aren’t always about adding character and catching the eye. As this lovely design by Swedish artist Love Hulten demonstrates, it can also be about adding sophistication and capturing the hi-fi spirit of yesteryear. This particular case made the rounds last year, but the design is timeless. Well, perhaps timeless is the wrong…
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Tera‘s Frightening Spokesman Continues to Terrorize Innocent Role-Players
Last week Tera‘s mixed martial arts master spokesman pitched the game’s action-oriented combat to a room full of guild leaders from other massively multiplayer online games. This week he breaks into a player’s house. Oh those MMO-FOs. Last week’s viral MMO-FO video from En Masse Entertainment at least featured some actual gamers. This week sees…
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Deep Black: Reloaded is Worth Playing Just to Hear Men Die
Created by Russian independent developer Biart, Depp Black: Reloaded is a third-person shooter driven by a unique blend of underwater and land-based exploration and combat. Other than that there’s not much going for it, except for these gut-wrenching screams. Originally called Underwater Wars or U-Wars, Deep Black: Reloaded weaves a tale of suspense, mystery, terrorism,…
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Leaked Pics Appear to Show a Sprawling, Gorgeous SimCity 5
A set of seven leaked images assumed to be concept art for SimCity 5 have surfaced today, along with rumors indicating that the game is 30% of the way through development, and will be released in 2013. Users at NeoGAF have posted the images as well as a translation from a print edition of German…
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WTPT: Battlefield 3 Is Beautiful With A Tilt-Shift Perspective
Battlefield 3 has never looked prettier than from this angle. Using a tilt-shift camera perspective, Independent Gamers Production managed to create this array of scenes from Battlefield 3 in a unique perspective. From the more distant angle and with a sharper look, the trees and water look even more realistic. That same effect that makes…
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Take Out Skeletons with Take-Out Pizza in this Ridiculous iPhone Platformer
More often than not, it seems that mobile game developers are encouraging you to not take their games too seriously. The art is fun, and the game mechanics are typically quirky. Pizza Vs. Skeletons is maybe the quirkiest of them all. As the name suggests, you’ll be controlling an animated pie of pizza against a…
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Morsel Kombat: One Man’s Quest To “Finish” His Meal
In the eternal struggle between man and lunch, there can be only one victor! It takes dedication, preparation, and a vat of ketchup to defeat the breaded foe once and for all. The nuggets may fight back, but it is a fighter’s task — nay, his silly, funny, comic duty — to FINISH THEM. Morsel…
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My Commander Shepard Has a First Name, It’s…
What’s in a name? To the John and Jane Shepards out there, not much, but to those that prefer customizing their Mass Effect heroes picking the right name can make all the difference in the universe. In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Salari wants to know how you name your role-playing game characters. With…
By Mike Fahey
