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                    New Killer is Dead videos show off a boss fight and "Gigolo Mode"
                
 
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                    Legendary buried E.T. cartridges to be excavated
                
 
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                    Wind Waker-esque platformer A Hat in Time soars on Kickstarter
                
 
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                    Dishonored dev now making Prey 2, new report claims
                
 
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                    Minerva matter: The Half-Life 2 mod that opened the gates of Valve
                
 
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                    Watch us play Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon from 5pm BST
                
 
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                    Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed 4 confirmed for Xbox One
                
 
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                    Watch us play The Last of Us from 7pm BST
                
 
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                    Bethesda re-releases Wolfenstein 3D on XBLA and PSN ahead of The New Order
                
 
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                    Here's a fresh look at Gunpoint
                
 
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                    Wii U platformer Toki Tori 2+ gets Steam release date
                
 
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                    El Shaddai director acquires IP rights from previous publisher
                
 
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                    Windows 8.1 changes detailed, Microsoft to revive Start button
                
 
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                    Shadow of the Eternals "unlikely" to be completed if Kickstarter fails
                
 
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                    After Microsoft's divisive "TV TV TV" Xbox One reveal, Sony's Kaz Hirai insists PS4 is "first and foremost" a game console
                
 
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                    Leviathan: Warships review
                
 
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                    Mutant Mudds Deluxe dated for North America in June on Wii U
                
 
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                    Telltale Humble Bundle lasts for this week only
                
 
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                    The Neverhood creators launch Kickstarter for spiritual successor Armikrog
                
 
            
           
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                    Asymmetrical mutliplayer horror game The Flock is like Pitch Black where you're the monster
                
 
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                    Grand Theft Auto 5 expected to sell 18 million copies in its first year - report
                
 
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                    BioWare RPG classic Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic ported to iPad
                
 
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                    NyxQuest dev on why it turned down publisher offers to make a sequel
                
 
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                    EA makes some Online Pass content free on Xbox Marketplace
                
 
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                    Killzone: Shadow Fall is playable after only downloading the first level and menu
                
 
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                    Sinking Simulator: the curious case of a tiny dev team divided and a pulled crowd-funding campaign
                
 
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                    Crysis 3 The Lost Island DLC returns series to its “spiritual roots”
                
 
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                    Limbo ventures onto PlayStation Vita next week
                
 
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                    Flower to bloom on Vita
                
 
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                    Sony ad suggests PS4 will be out in the UK in 2013
                
 
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                    Xbox One's Kinect will talk back to users ala Siri or Knight Rider - rumour
                
 
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                    In Theory: Can the Xbox One cloud transform next-gen gaming?
                
 
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                    Sony execs respond to #PS4NoDRM online campaign
                
 
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                    War for Nosgoth reference sparks Legacy of Kain reboot speculation
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Wolfenstein: The New Order preview: The Reich stuff?
                
 
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                    PS4 developer: Sony mandates Vita Remote Play for all games
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Driver: San Francisco dev reportedly working on a racing game called The Crew
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Mirror's Edge 2 listed on Amazon Italy, Germany
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Fuse review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Stickets review
                
 
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                    London's V&A museum appoints resident game designer
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Wii U Sniper Elite V2 lacks online play and DLC
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Dead Island: Riptide TV advert banned for showing couple committing suicide
                
 
                - 
                    
                    This is Hardware: Shipbreakers, the F2P RTS from the creators of Homeworld
                
 
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                    Rain preview: Japan Studio's other Ico heir
                
 
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                    Nintendo announces bigger Wii U GamePad battery in Japan
                
 
            
           
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                    Darkwood developer Acid Wizard on ambiguity, humour and fear of the unknown
                
 
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                    Valve explains how Dota 2's communication ban system is training its player base to be more friendly
                
 
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                    Watch us play Grid 2 from 5pm BST
                
 
                - 
                    
                    World of Diving is an online, undersea exploration game that supports Oculus Rift
                
 
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                    After some pay up to £130 for the privilege, "serious issues" delay free-to-play Marvel Heroes early access launch
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Xbox One: developers have their say on specs, self-publishing and TV TV TV
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Nintendo launches web-based Miiverse for PC and smartphones
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Rezzed 2013 Leftfield Collection line-up unveiled
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Blizzard delays Titan MMO, will now launch 2016 "at the earliest"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Despite a bumpy ride to release, Resistance dev Insomniac already prototyping new Fuse "experiences"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    How Dying Light's everything Dead Island could have been
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The Last of Us' Season Pass and DLC detailed
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Zineth dev re-imagines its pop art-inspired skating game in first-person with Perfect Stride
                
 
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                    Fleish & Cherry in Crazy Hotel brings back the 1930's animation aesthetic
                
 
            
           
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                    Humble Indie Bundle 8 might be the hottest one yet
                
 
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                    Sonic Lost World channels Super Mario Galaxy and I'm not complaining
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Yakuza 1 & 2 HD on Japanese Wii Us touted as "an experiment" by series producer
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Final Fantasy 9 sidequest discovered after 13 years
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Zumba Fitness series to be revived for Xbox One
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Indie stealth puzzler Gunpoint aims for release next week
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The Next DRM coming to Vita
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Grid 2 review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Mojang's Scrolls goes into open beta 3rd June, costs £13
                
 
                - 
                    
                    UK chart: revived Resident Evil: Revelations captures top spot
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Football Manager 2013 best-selling game in the series
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Conker's Bad Fur Day creators get together for Director's Commentary over a decade after release
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Rayman Legends release date brought forward to August
                
 
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                    The Starship Damrey review
                
 
            
           
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                    Street Fighter 2: The Movie review
                
 
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                    Watch Call of Duty: Ghosts at 60FPS
                
 
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                    The legend of Nave, the Argentinian arcade cabinet
                
 
            
           
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                    Curiosity dispelled: Peter Molyneux reveals what's inside the cube
                
 
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                    Ubisoft offers US gamers the chance to be a pedestrian in Watch Dogs
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Inside Metro: Last Light
                
 
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                    Herzog Zwei retrospective
                
 
            
           
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                    This week on Outside Xbox
                
 
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                    Face-Off: Resident Evil: Revelations
                
 
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                    Wii U Wii U Wii U: Is it time to call an ambulance for Nintendo's console?
                
 
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                    Microsoft makes its first mouse with a dedicated Windows button
                
 
            
           
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                    Halo project Bootcamp outed by Korean Rating Board
                
 
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                    Microsoft patents awarding achievements for watching TV
                
 
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                    Game Dev Tycoon developer finds success after its cheeky anti-piracy stunt
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Chemical Spillage Simulation announced for release next month
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Aroooo! The inside story on Call of Duty dog motion capture
                
 
                - 
                    
                    EA makes SimCity Amusement Park expansion official
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Devil May Cry dev Ninja Theory's next game is Fightback
                
 
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                    Hello Games working on a next-gen game that isn't Joe Danger 3
                
 
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                    Grid 2 Special Edition costs £125,000
                
 
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                    "This is a win for Xbox customers" says Microsoft, emerging victorious from Motorola/Google fight
                
 
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                    FIFA 14 release date, pre-order bonuses, Limited, Ultimate and Collector's Edition announced
                
 
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                    Dust 514 review
                
 
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                    Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy HD due next week on iOS
                
 
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                    Capcom/Sega/Namco crossover Project X Zone's demo is out now on the 3DS eShop
                
 
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                    Stylish 1920s vaudevillian puzzle/platformer Contrast coming to PC, PSN and XBLA in Q3
                
 
            
           
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                    Kinect 2.0 for Windows due next year
                
 
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                    Angry Birds movie to be penned by The Simpsons and King of the Hill writer
                
 
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                    Destiny gets a minute long trailer starring Breaking Bad's Gus
                
 
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                    Far Cry HD rated in Brazil for Xbox 360 and PS3
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Overwatch is Valve handing ban power to the Counter-Strike: GO community
                
 
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                    Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn out on PC and PS3 this August
                
 
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                    Phil Harrison tries (again) to clarify game ownership, second-hand sales and always-online in Xbox One
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The next Xbox: everything we know so far
                
 
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                    The Jagged Alliance: Flashback Kickstarter has done it, raised the dough
                
 
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                    How Far Cry 3 and UK racing veterans are helping bring Need for Speed to the next generation
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Arty survival badger game Shelter gets a gameplay video
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Dead Island dev unveils open world first-person survival horror game Dying Light for current-gen, next-gen and PC
                
 
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                    Super Stardust spiritual successor a PlayStation 4 exclusive
                
 
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                    Grand Theft Auto 5 Collector's Edition includes a real-life money bag and cap
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The Realm Kickstarter fails "but the war is not over yet!"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    It's the Xbox One Eurogamer Podcast special!
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Eurogamer.net Podcast Christmas Quiz 2012!
                
 
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                    Atari assets up for sale: Rollercoaster Tycoon for $3.5m, Test Drive for $1.5m, Total Annihilation for $250k
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Capcom cancels Resident Evil Revelations blood pool stunt following Woolwich attack
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Turn-based iOS game Warhammer Quest out next week
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn review
                
 
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                    Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon level editor allows your to make your own 80's distopian fantasy
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Oculus Rift hires ex-Valve Team Fortress 2 VR specialist
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Microsoft registers Kinect One and Kinect Fitness domains
                
 
                - 
                    
                    SimCity update 4.0 adds a new park and a new region - but doesn't increase the city size
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Call of Doggie: Ghosts, the CoD game we always wanted
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Ex-Skyrim dev's The Stomping Land looks like a prehistoric DayZ with dinosaurs
                
 
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                    Remedy on why Alan Wake 2 isn't happening right now
                
 
            
           
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                    Microsoft won't let indies self-publish on Xbox One
                
 
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                    Metro: Last Light DLC announced
                
 
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                    Eurogamer Podcast: PlayStation 4 special edition
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Spec Analysis: Xbox One
                
 
                - 
                    
                    What EA Sports' new Ignite engine means for a game like FIFA 14
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition for PC announced
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Crytek's Ryse confirmed as an Xbox One exclusive
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Xbox One shows flickers of visionary promise but misses an opportunity to prove it with games
                
 
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                    Battlefield 4 release date, Xbox One version announced
                
 
                - 
                    
                    FIFA 14 on PS4 and Xbox One uses the fancy new Ignite Engine - but the PC version doesn't
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Microsoft reveals Xbox One, due worldwide this year
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Microsoft exec's Xbox One Rare game tease sets tongues wagging
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The Xbox One controller still takes batteries but has programmable trigger-feedback
                
 
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                    Hands-on with Xbox One
                
 
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                    The big interview: Phil Harrison on Xbox One, Kinect, indie games and red rings
                
 
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                    Xbox One second-hand games will charge a fee to play
                
 
            
           
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                    Spielberg attached to a Halo TV show
                
 
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                    Gamerscores and Achievements carry over from Xbox 360 to Xbox One
                
 
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                    Alan Wake developer announces Xbox One game Quantum Break
                
 
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                    Xbox One will not be backwards compatible
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Forza Motorsport 5 announced for Xbox One
                
 
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                    Destiny coming to Xbox One
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Mocapped dogs, exponential polygons and a mysterious apocalypse: Infinity Ward's next-gen Call of Duty: Ghosts
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Thief confirmed for Xbox One
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Exclusive FIFA 14 Ultimate Team content for Xbox One
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Next Xbox Reveal: live report and live video
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Retro shmup/metroidvania A.N.N.E. hits its Kickstarter goal
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Despicable Me animation director's Indiegogo game Ghost of a Tale looks enchanting
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Call of Juarez: Gunslinger review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Sony Japan game Panopticon is Vita game Freedom Wars
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Kevin Conroy Batman confusion continues with deleted “new Arkham game” tweet
                
 
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                    Men's Room Mayhem due next week
                
 
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                    That cancer game
                
 
                - 
                    
                    What to expect from tonight's Xbox reveal
                
 
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                    PlayStation 4 Press Conference Live Report
                
 
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                    EA's MOBA Dawngate is trying to do a couple of things differently
                
 
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                    Ludum Dare samurai entry Bladeless absolutely nails minimalist dueling
                
 
            
           
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                    Penny Arcade series concludes in early June
                
 
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                    Real-time SWAT commanding sim Door Kickers gets a new alpha
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Terry Cavanagh teases next game codenamed Halting Problem
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Zen Studios' tower-defense/RTS hybrid CastleStorm lays siege on XBLA next week
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Splinter Cell: Blacklist co-op shown off in new trailer
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Turns out Kevin Conroy is working on Batman: Arkham Origins after all
                
 
                - 
                    
                    New video teases the PlayStation 4 box
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Shadow Warrior remake set for PC and next-gen consoles
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Nearly-finished Deus Ex Machina sequel starring Christopher Lee seeks Kickstarter help
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Putty Squad remake out this summer
                
 
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                    Watch us play Call of Juarez: Gunslinger from 5pm BST
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Total War: Rome 2 and Company of Heroes 2 playable at Rezzed next month
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Denis Dyack: "I'm sorry for X-Men Destiny"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    40 minutes of Fast & Furious: Showdown you'll never get back
                
 
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                    Obsidian collaborating on a Russian MMO called Skyforge
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Resident Evil: Revelations review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Resident Evil: Revelations Review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN announced by Arc System Works
                
 
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                    UK chart: Metro: Last Light turns up top
                
 
            
           
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                    Sony Xperia Z review
                
 
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                    Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved retrospective
                
 
            
           
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                    This week on Outside Xbox
                
 
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                    Gran Turismo 6 preview: The turning point
                
 
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                    Watch Gran Turismo 6 at 60FPS
                
 
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                    Saturday Soapbox: IP Freely?
                
 
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                    Ron Gilbert's match-three puzzler Scurvy Scallywags gets a trailer
                
 
            
           
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                    Avant garde stealth game Tangiers looks like a surreal noir nightmare
                
 
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                    Six new games accepted on Steam Greenlight
                
 
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                    Nvidia's Project Shield to cost $349 in North America
                
 
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                    Capcom inserts Tobias Fünke into a montage of its classic games
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Vita exclusive Killzone: Mercenary out on 6th September in the UK
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Madden NFL 25 the latest EA game to skip Wii U - what now for FIFA 14?
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Sega Nintendo alliance announced for three Sonic exclusives on Wii U and 3DS
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Nintendo confirms Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101 UK release dates
                
 
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                    Homesick dev Chloe Sagal successfully crowd-funds life-saving operation
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Ratchet & Clank: QForce Vita release date announced
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Elder Scrolls Online: "You can compete with your friends to catch the biggest fish"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Weird purple Jason Vorhees from 1989 NES game Friday the 13th is back
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Mystery Defense Grid 2 investor "represents a group of people who could revive independent games"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    SimCity Amusement Park Pack DLC add-on revealed
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Gears of War: Judgment Lost Relics DLC out in June
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Catch some all new The Last of Us gameplay in our video preview
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Nintendo now claiming ad revenue for YouTube Let's Play videos
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Angry Birds movie set for 1st July 2016
                
 
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                    David Jaffe is working on car combat game Autoduel with new studio Pixelbionic
                
 
            
           
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                    Competitive platformer Atomic Ninjas announced for PS3 and Vita
                
 
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                    Wii U to miss out on 15 EA games using Frostbite Engine 3
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Stop-motion Metroidvania The Swapper due this month on Steam
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Damned looks like a randomised, asymmetrical multiplayer take on Slender
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Shaqfighter trademarked by Shaq's licensing company
                
 
                - 
                    
                    UK LulzSec hackers jailed for their attacks on Sony and Bethesda among others
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Vita-exclusive OlliOlli is an auto-skateboarder a bit like Tony Hawk's but in pixely 2D
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate: Dat G-Rank - Getting the Horn
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The Football Playbook review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    4A details Metro: Last Light tech upgrades
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Sony Japan's mysterious Panopticon revealed in stylish new trailer
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Former THQ president reveals Metro dev's terrible work conditions
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Polyphony considering PS4 version of GT6; has "unfinished business" with PS3
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Ubisoft forecasts lower Assassin's Creed 4 sales than AC3 managed this past financial year
                
 
                - 
                    
                    EA's MOBA contender Dawngate gloves up
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Avalanche Studios' mysterious steampunk sandbox game has been put on hold
                
 
                - 
                    
                    EA to discontinue Online Passes
                
 
            
           
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                    Resident Evil: Revelations introduces wacky new costumes
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Among the Sleep to get a public alpha tomorrow
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Shadow of the Eternals developer Precursor Games on its origins
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Watch the Battlefield 4 trailer at 60FPS
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Gran Turismo 6 is official, boasts 1200 cars
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Pretty Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag trailer has ships, sharks and lots of stabbing
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Dream is a video conceptualising how visually sumptuous next-gen games could be
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Terraria, Dust 514, Metro: Last Light on EU PlayStation Store this week
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Scribblenauts Unmasked confirmed, stars DC Comics superheroes
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Scribblenauts DC superheroes game in development - report
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Secrets of the Wii U GamePad
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Demon's Souls, ICO & SOTC, and Kingdoms of Amalur free on PlayStation Plus in June
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Inside Killzone: Shadow Fall
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Hawken art prank changes CEO's mind about scantily clad women
                
 
                - 
                    
                    EA announces Star Wars-focused DICE Los Angeles studio
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Sony on Vita: "Sometimes you've had slow starts which have suddenly sprung into life"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Action RPG roguelike Chasm successfully funded on Kickstarter
                
 
            
           
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                    Frostbite engine in the works for mobile
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Pre-order Rayman Legends at GAME to get Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell skins
                
 
                - 
                    
                    PlayStation 4 military MMO War Thunder gives you planes, warships, tanks
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Rift finally capitulates and turns free-to-play as well
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Watch us play Metro: Last Light from 5pm BST
                
 
                - 
                    
                    WWE 2K14 UK release date punched up
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Pretty new Wolfenstein: The New Order screenshots stamp in
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Ubisoft "working hard" on ZombiU sequel prototype
                
 
                - 
                    
                    2008 PSN hack suspect smashes PCs, hides HDDs, gets off lightly
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Pokémon X and Y adds mounts, is set in an alternate version of France
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Google celebrates Atari Breakout's 37th birthday
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Inside the Poppenkast, indie's secret idyll
                
 
                - 
                    
                    BioShock Infinite sells "significantly" more than series predecessors
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Defiance second series confirmed, and telly tie-in game patch goes live
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Digital Foundry vs. Soul Sacrifice
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Man on fire: an afternoon with Borderlands 2's new psycho class
                
 
                - 
                    
                    XCOM's new perspective: how The Bureau stays true to the original's strategic heart
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The Novelist is what happens when Ghost Trick and Majora's Mask have a baby
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Ace Attorney 5 will be an eShop-only offering
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Shadow of the Eternals launches an actual Kickstarter "due to overwhelming popular demand"
                
 
            
           
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                    The Incredible Machine gets spiritual successor Contraption Maker
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Several Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 details emerge
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Metro: Last Light review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    UK's first eSports bar to open in London
                
 
                - 
                    
                    The Witcher 2 development tools released for free
                
 
                - 
                    
                    SNES classic Super Metroid just 30p on Wii U eShop
                
 
                - 
                    
                    UK chart: Dead Island: Riptide top for third week
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move review
                
 
            
           
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                    Wii U goes mobile
                
 
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                    Gran Turismo 5 retrospective
                
 
            
           
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                    Samsung Galaxy S4 review
                
 
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                    This week on Outside Xbox
                
 
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                    Next Xbox to be called Xbox Infinity - report
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Saturday Soapbox: Force feeding fandom
                
 
                - 
                    
                    GeoGuessr is a brilliant, educational Google Maps-based game
                
 
            
           
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                    Half-Life 2 gets official Oculus Rift support
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Road Redemption meets its Kickstarter goal with two days to go
                
 
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                    Gears of War: Judgment's new Dreadnought map coming next week
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Inside Watch Dogs, Ubisoft's new open world
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Danny Bilson: inside the rise and fall of THQ
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Chinese World of Tanks clone so similar it allegedly copies even historical inaccuracies and fictional tanks
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Aliens: Colonial Marines managed 1.31 million sales
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Radeon HD 7790 review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity review
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Silicon Knights is "very busy" and "definitely alive"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    QWOP creator makes a 16-player real-time rendition of chess
                
 
                - 
                    
                    EA registers domains for Battlefields 13-20
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Aliens: Colonial Marines co-developer TimeGate Studios has been shuttered - report
                
 
            
           
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                    Shadow Warrior revival by the Hard Reset dev announced
                
 
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                    The Room rakes in over 2 million sales
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Saint's Row 4 dev walkthrough shows off six minutes of gameplay
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Capcom expects Lost Planet 3 and Resi Revelations to sell 1.2 million
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Total War: Rome 2 release date is Tuesday, 3rd September worldwide
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Former THQ frontman Danny Bilson announces ambitious new game-and-film idea
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Jagex hopes to have RuneScape on tablets by the end of the year
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate: Dat G-Rank - Rockin' the Wroggi set
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Ouya launch delayed a few weeks as another $15 million is raised
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Level-5's horror adventure curio The Starship Damrey due next week on 3DS eShop
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Sony: "Unlike PS3, we are not planning a major loss to be incurred with the launch of PS4"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Civilization 5 - Brave New World: Are culture players finally getting the endgame they deserve?
                
 
            
           
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                    World of Warcraft subscriptions drop 1.3 million in three months
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Wolfenstein: The New Order won't have multiplayer
                
 
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                    Sony drops its PlayStation Mobile publishing fees
                
 
                - 
                    
                    First-person open-world survival horror game The Forest looks brilliant
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Will Wright's next game to be "built around the player's life"
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Eve Online: Into the second decade
                
 
                - 
                    
                    Mike Diva's Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon: The Movie trailer is perfect
                
 
                - 
                    
                    New pay-what-you-want Humble Bundle has Double Fine games Costume Quest, Psychonauts, Stacking
                
 
                - 
                    
                    There's an RPG sale on PSN that includes Ni No Kuni for £20
                
 
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                    Capcom's annual results are in, "focusing on the overhaul of overseas development companies"
                
 
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                    Diablo 3 gold duping bug found, fixed, but servers not rolled back
                
 
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                    Ropey Duke Nukem Forever turned into a Duke Nukem 3D mod
                
 
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                    EA refuses to licence guns and war paraphernalia in its action games this year
                
 
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                    Sony definitively rules out always-online for PS4
                
 
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                    Zeno Clash 2 review
                
 
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                    American McGee working on Kickstarters to revive Alice and make and Oz game
                
 
            
           
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                    Spooky survival horror roguelike Darkwood launches its Indiegogo campaign
                
 
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                    SimCity has sold over 1.6 million units
                
 
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                    Soul Sacrifice to receive three free DLC packs
                
 
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                    Surreal 2D sandbox title Hohokum coming to PS4 and Vita
                
 
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                    Ben There, Dan That dev announces Gun Monkeys
                
 
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                    Borderlands 2's Krieg the Psycho DLC due next week
                
 
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                    GAME plans to open 18 new shops by July
                
 
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                    Techland's Hellraid looks like Dead Island meets Oblivion - here's your first (brief) look
                
 
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                    Splinter Cell: Blacklist preview: The king of multiplayer returns
                
 
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                    Wii U's Splinter Cell: Blacklist is being developed by Ubisoft Shanghai
                
 
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                    Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix gets UK release date
                
 
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                    Eclipse: New Dawn for the Galaxy review
                
 
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                    Teaser images point to new Wolfenstein game by some of the people behind The Darkness and Chronicles of Riddick
                
 
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                    Beyond: Two Souls special edition includes a 30-minute exclusive scene
                
 
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                    Sony launches indie game category on PlayStation Store
                
 
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                    The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing release date revealed
                
 
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                    Mansions of Madness review
                
 
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                    Another hour of Star Wars: Battlefront 3 gameplay footage leaks
                
 
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                    Free-to-play Xbox 360 RPG Ascend: New Gods re-named
                
 
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                    ShopTo refuses to sell upcoming Activision games in row over Call of Duty: Ghosts
                
 
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                    Mile-high robots fight Lovecraft-esque monsters in Pacific Rim: The Video Game
                
 
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                    Developers can disable PlayStation 4's Share button at certain parts of a game
                
 
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                    Oh the things Oculus Rift can do: Today, Guillotine simulation
                
 
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                    Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon sequel possible, says Michael Biehn
                
 
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                    Add money to the $1.6m Dota 2 International prize pool by buying a "living" virtual book
                
 
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                    UK charts: Dead Island: Riptide remains in top spot
                
 
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                    Valve has been measuring people's sweat while they play games
                
 
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                    Microsoft cautious on Windows 8 success: "we realise that change takes time"
                
 
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                    As Will Wright, creator of the SimCity series, labels the launch of the new SimCity "inexcusable", Maxis details update 3 - but still no offline mode
                
 
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                    Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut review
                
 
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                    Monaco creator working on fix to secure XBLA release
                
 
            
           
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                    Eternal Darkness "spiritual successor" Shadow of the Eternals announced
                
 
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                    EA acquires Star Wars video game license
                
 
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                    Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time due this July
                
 
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                    Nintendo seeks to convert iOS games onto Wii U - report
                
 
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                    Next Xbox won't require an internet connection for single-player games - report
                
 
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                    Grand Theft Auto 5 for PC spotted on German retail sites - rumour
                
 
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                    The Sims 4 officially announced
                
 
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                    Ocean views and indie gaming: introducing the developers on the tip of the African continent
                
 
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                    "It was just there: dolphin, dolphin, dolphin"
                
 
            
           
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                    Candy Box is the stupidest, most addictive thing since Cow Clicker
                
 
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                    PlayStation 3: retail disc vs. digital delivery
                
 
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                    Operation Flashpoint retrospective
                
 
            
           
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                    This Week On Outside Xbox
                
 
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                    Saturday Soapbox: The magic of dedicated hardware
                
 
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                    Road Redemption adds Oculus Rift and XBLA stretch goals
                
 
            
           
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                    Fire Emblem DLC censored in the west
                
 
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                    Rambo game finally shows off Rambo
                
 
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                    Pinball FX2 is coming to Steam next week
                
 
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                    Epic's Unreal Engine 3 tech demo Epic Citadel now exists in your browser
                
 
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                    Fuse demo launches next week on XBL and PSN
                
 
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                    Senior Scottish cop calls for second look into prevention of children playing adult games online after 13-year-old boy slashes friend's throat following Gears of War 3 session
                
 
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                    Eurogamer seeks Web Developer for companionship and maybe more
                
 
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                    A Camelot Unchained recap: what's been funded, at an average of $150 a head
                
 
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                    Dishonored: Void Walker's Arsenal DLC available 14th May
                
 
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                    Persona 4 Arena review
                
 
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                    Suda51 blames publisher problems for low game sales
                
 
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                    Portal meets Cthulhu in sci-fi puzzler Magrunner: Dark Pulse
                
 
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                    Moshimoshi is a free shmup with a catchy soundtrack and hilarious life advice
                
 
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                    Obsidian's next-gen game "already looking great" says Feargus Urquhart
                
 
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                    Aliens: Colonial Marines class action lawsuit targets Sega and Gearbox
                
 
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                    Asda drops Wii U price to just £149/£199
                
 
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                    World of Tanks dev Wargaming sponsors new RAF education centre
                
 
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                    Google hires LucasArts, DreamWorks veteran as Chief Game Designer
                
 
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                    Kojima scraps Zone of the Enders sequel project
                
 
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                    Gods Will Be Watching is a bleak, beautiful free survival sim
                
 
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                    2D randomly-generated sandbox adventure Starbound secures over $600K in three days
                
 
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                    TimeGate Studios has filed for bankruptcy
                
 
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                    Borderlands 2's fourth DLC is Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep
                
 
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                    Warner Bros. and 5th Cell targeted by Keyboard Cat, Nyan Cat lawsuit
                
 
            
           
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                    Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate: Dat G-Rank
                
 
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                    Shoryuken founders announce crafting RTS/RPG hybrid Stonehearth
                
 
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                    Splinter Cell Blacklist shows off its Spies vs. Mercs mode
                
 
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                    The Conduit dev's Animales de la Muerte reincarnated as iOS tower defense game
                
 
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                    Kojima: Xbox 360 disc size to blame for lack of Metal Gear Solid: Legacy Collection
                
 
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                    Former Sony Liverpool developers announce Men's Room Mayhem for Vita, iOS and Android
                
 
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                    Intel unveils Iris - its next-gen graphics tech
                
 
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                    Nintendo's Game & Wario finally gets Wii U release date
                
 
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                    Sid Meier's Ace Patrol, a turn-based WW1 strategy game for iOS, announced
                
 
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                    XCOM: Enemy Unknown dev announces free-to-play strategy game Haunted Hollow
                
 
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                    Slender: The Arrival review
                
 
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                    Fighting Fantasy author's RPG Sorcery! re-imagined for and released on iOS for £2.99
                
 
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                    Kaz Hirai and his executives will sacrifice chunky annual bonuses to boost Sony's balance
                
 
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                    The Last of Us ending details leak online
                
 
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                    The "Denpa" Men 2: Beyond the Waves dated this month on the 3DS eShop
                
 
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                    Three more games accepted on Steam Greenlight
                
 
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                    A Link to the Past 2 will have a dark world
                
 
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                    Papo & Yo developer releases teaser video for its next project Silent Enemy
                
 
            
           
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                    Camelot Unchained demo shows 500 characters fighting at 90 FPS on a 2011 MacBook Pro
                
 
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                    Call of Duty: Ghosts confirmed for PC, PS3, Xbox 360, and "next gen platforms"
                
 
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                    Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn release date narrowed
                
 
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                    Molyneux signals end to Curiosity - and we could find out what's inside the cube on the day of the next Xbox reveal
                
 
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                    Molyneux teases mystery appearance at Microsoft's next Xbox reveal event
                
 
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                    Hitman Absolution, Catherine free for PlayStation Plus subscribers
                
 
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                    A postcard from Reykjavik: Inside 2013's Eve FanFest
                
 
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                    Grand Theft Auto 1 and 2 spotted for PS3, Vita release
                
 
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                    Face-Off: Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
                
 
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                    Battle Worlds: Kronos dev thrilled by Kickstarter and "connecting with people"
                
 
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                    Lovefilm Instant PlayStation 3 app finally gets HD streaming
                
 
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                    Face-Off: Netflix vs. Lovefilm
                
 
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                    Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition boxed release dated
                
 
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                    Dragon's Dogma title update may corrupt your save, Capcom warns
                
 
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                    Neverwinter open beta begins, opening cinematic released
                
 
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                    Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon review
                
 
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                    Paper-craft point-and-click Tengami confirmed for Wii U