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New Little King’s Story Vita Gets Official Date For North America
Excited for the continuation of Little King’s Story on Sony’s wunderkind handheld? You won’t have much longer to wait, as Konami today announced the game’s official release date for North America. New Little King’s Story—which serves as a sequel of sorts to Cing’s original Little King’s Story on the Wii—will be hitting our shores on ... Read More»
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Legend of Grimrock Dungeon Editor enters public beta
Legend of Grimrock’s free toolset enters public beta testing today. Almost Human will release the dungeon editor as a free update to the RPG, so modders can build their own dungeon crawling challenges and adventures. The update will include an “intuitive graphical interface, instant in-editor preview, comprehensive modding capabilities,” and built-in Steam Workshop support. A ... Read More»
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Borderlands 2 competition: win one of 3 PC copies this week
Borderlands 2 is launching September 21st across Europe on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, and VG247 has teamed up with Green Man Gaming to give three lucky UK readers a free PC copy this week. Read on to find out how you can enter. Green Man Gaming’s Borderlands 2 product page is up now for ... Read More»
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WoW design ‘never influenced by Activision’ – Blizzard defends Kotick
World of Warcraft’s design or direction has never been influenced by publisher Activision, developer Blizzard has stated during a Reddit Q&A session. During a Reddit ‘ask me anything’ session’, World of Warcraft game director Tom Chilton stressed the studio’s independence. “I’ll come out and say it,” Chilton explained, “Activision gets an unfair reputation among our ... Read More»
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Borderlands 2 on PS Vita: ‘Sony should make it happen’, says Pitchford
Borderlands 2 could be coming to PS Vita, but only if the right developer is found, Gearbox Software’s Randy Pitchford has revealed. He’s apparently meeting with Sony on the matter soon. In an interview with IGN, Pitchford explained his terms for the port, “If some other studio was capable and could be trusted by us, ... Read More»
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Mass Effect 3 Players Fail Operation Vigilance, Earth Now in Danger
Last weekend Mass Effect 3 players were tasked with completing 250,000 drone escort missions between them as part of Operation Vigilance, but Admiral Hackett has revealed that the operation was a complete failure. The news came in an open letter from the Admiral which reads: As mentioned in previous communications, we’ve seen a number of ... Read More»
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The Secret World ‘Issue 2′ update delayed
The Secret World’s next update, ‘Issue 2′ has been delayed, developer Funcom has confirmed.
Funcom took to Twitter to announce the delay, and posted this message, “Due to an issue found last night we decided to postpone the &#... Read More»
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown alien designs inspired by X-Files, Men in Black
XCOM: Enemy Unknown draws on a couple familiar cultural touchstones in its quest to deliver unique but recognisable aliens. Speaking to Killscreen, Enemy Unknown lead designer Jake Solomon said Enemy Unknown’s general alien design began with a classic “grey” template and built from there. “The first UFOs are disc-shaped, because we wanted it to start ... Read More»
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Mass Effect 3 drone operation ends in failure
Mass Effect 3′s Operation Vigilance did not go as planned. Players were tasked with completing 250,000 drone escort missions over the course of the weekend, and failed miserably – probably because they were playing D&D and drinking cider instead. In a sad note from Admiral Hackett, the soldiers of the galaxy were gently chastised – ... Read More»
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Final Fantasy 14 subscription fees to halt during Realm Reborn transition
Final Fantasy 14 will be free while Square Enix cranks out its massive overhaul, A Realm Reborn. As detailed on the MMORPG’s main blog, Lodestone, Square Enix will halt all billing on FF14 subscriptions at 11:59PM PDT on September 29. After this cut off, you won’t be able to register new accounts or redeem codes, ... Read More»
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Obsidian teaser site updated with more clues
Obsidian has updated its mysterious Project X teaser site with further fantasy-themed babblings. The main teaser image has ticked over from four to three, with new text: “The book unread is unwritten. The reason we don’t explain it is the reason we use it. Its power is in its mystery. That is the Leaden Key, ... Read More»
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Akaniero: Demon Hunter – video shows gameplay for the free-to-play action RPG
Akaniero: Demon Hunter, Spicy Horse’s interpretation of Little Red Riding Hood, has a video available for viewing below. Akaneiro is a free-to-play action RPG for PC, web and tablets, and uses the Red Riding Hood tale as its base with a Japanese folklore setting. It follows a group of Akane, a kind of demon hunter, ... Read More»
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BioWare owns its “creative culture,” is free to make new IPs, says Gibeau
Frank Gibeau has said the firm backs BioWare on whatever creative endeavor it sets upon, whether it’s a new IP or another entry in the Mass Effect series. Speaking with Kotaku, EA’s games label president said the firm doesn’t force BioWare to develop anything, as the firm has loads of faith in Mass Effect executive ... Read More»
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The Secret World: a conversation with Funcom
Is it just me or does The Secret World stop being fun about two hours in? I took my critique to Funcom and received a gentle reply. Having called on developers to talk to critics, I put my money where my mouth is and wrote a whinging letter to Funcom about how much I really ... Read More»
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Star Wars The Old Republic: BioWare ‘committed to major update every 6 weeks’
Star Wars: The Old Republic developer BioWare Austin has set itself the goal of releasing a major update to its MMO every six weeks. The game’s next update Terror From Beyond is looking substantial, and will gave players a lot of new content, marking a considerable effort fro the studio. In an interview with AusGamers, ... Read More»