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North Korean propaganda uses Modern Warfare 3 footage to show New York under attack
North Korean propaganda network Uriminzokkiri has created a seemingly anti-American propaganda video, containing footage of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 that shows New York City being bombarded by missiles. The clip was unearthed by LiveLeak, and the site explains that the video was uploaded on Saturday on behalf of North Korea’s state media. It ... Read More»
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Sniper Elite V2 confirmed for Wii U release, GamePad screens emerge
Sniper Elite V2 is heading to Wii U in 2013, courtesy of developer Rebellion and publisher 505 Games. The game’s debut images show how the GamePad is used to pull off skull-splitting sniper kills. In a statement sent to VG247, Sniper Elite V2 on Wii U will feature”all new controls and a level of interactivity ... Read More»
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‘There is a lot more story to tell’: Visceral teases life beyond Dead Space 3
Dead Space 3 probably won’t be the last game in Visceral’s horror series, according to a tease from the game’s associate producer John Calhoun. But he couldn’t say if Isaac will be along for the ride or not. Mysterious bugger. In a Q&A session on PS Blog US, Calhoun responded to a fan question that ... Read More»
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DayZ patch adds bloodborne virus, new weapons
ArmA 2 mod DayZ has been patched, adding a ton of new features. There’s a collection of weapons and food, two new vehicles and the ability to catch viruses and flip ATVs (good luck with that, Dan), for example. Zombies can now damage your vehicle, pull you from it, or even spawn inside unoccupied vehicles, ... Read More»
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MLG Pro Circuit 2013 offers improved event experience
Major League Gaming has announced changes to its live events, introducing improvements for those who make the effort to attend in person. The layout of the event floor has been completely redesigned, and split into General and VIP sections. A special theatre-style arena will cater to Call of Duty: Black Ops fans, and view screen ... Read More»
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Battlefield Premium February update adds gold dogtags
Battlefield Premium members should be in receipt of some very snazzy new dogtags, the latest content update from DICE to its most faithful fans. The dogtags are visible in all their glory on the Battlefield blog. During its recent financial report, EA said Battlefield Premium subscriptions have reached a total of 2.9 million and that ... Read More»
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Resident Evil producer cops to “too many” releases
Resident Evil producer Masachika Kawata has admitted that the franchise might have suffered from a glut of releases in the last few years. “I think certainly looking at the last year or two, there probably were a few too many,” Kawata told VideoGamer. “I think we learned last year that putting on a lot of ... Read More»
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Bullet Run – MMO Makes Its Midnight Run
Gamesta.com receives sad news from Sony Online Entertainment. Their free-to-play MMO shooter Bullet Run will cease to exist after less than a year after being released. It wasn’t received well by critics and it seems that Sony will wipe this as Planetside 2 receives all the glory... Read More»
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Killzone: Mercenary dev talks PS Vita optimisation, AI tech
Killzone: Mercenary isn’t developed by Guerilla Games – it’s Guerilla Cambridge to be precise – but that hasn’t stopped it from being a technical powerhouse on Sony’s PS Vita hardware. It’s no secret that the game closely apes the visuals of Killzone 3, but the developer has now confirmed that it uses the same AI ... Read More»
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Dead Space 3 demo downloaded 2 million times
Dead Space 3 is coming out across Europe this Friday, but it seems gamers simply can’t wait to play it. EA confirmed today that since launching January 22nd on Xbox Live and PSN, the Dead Space 3 demo has been downloaded 2 million times. The publisher also said that pre-orders for the game are surpassing ... Read More»
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Special Forces: Team X gets video blog ahead of next week’s release
Special Forces: Team X is the insane third-person shooter from Zombie Studios, and publisher Microprose. It’s got the visuals of Borderlands 2 mixed with gunplay and gory chainsaw executions. In short, it looks totally hat-stands. The studio has released a new video blog ahead of the game’s release. See it below. The game will hit ... Read More»
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Borderlands 2′s Tiny Tina accused as racist, Gearbox responds
Borderlands 2 features some totally bat-shit crazy characters, but none are as loop as enfant terrible Tiny Tina, the game’s resident child bomb-maker. Gamers have called out Tina’s dialogue as racist in a Twitter spat with the game’s lead writer. The result? She may be patched in future. PC Gamer reports that it all started ... Read More»
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Half-Life 2 modded for head tracking, Occulus Rift compatibility – see it here.
Half-Life 2 has been modded to support head tracking control in to prepare for the launch of Occulus Rift, the Kickstarter-funded headset device backed by Valve, id Software and Hawken developer Adhesive Games. The modders have posted a video of the game’s head tracking in action. The mod was created by one Nathan Andrews, who ... Read More»
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Resident Evil producer concedes action, shooter focus not ideal
Resident Evil Masachika Kawata has changed his mind somewhat about leveraging shooter and action elements for the horror series. In an interview with VideoGamer, Kawata referenced an interview he gave in early 2012, in which he said survival horror as a genre doesn’t sell as well as action and shooter games and that Resident Evil ... Read More»
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Firefall to separate PvE and PvP Battleframes
Firefall is changing the way equipment works so that it can provide a “balanced and entertaining” experience for both PvE and PvP. In upcoming updates, developer Red 5 Studios will disallow crafted gear in PvP; remove PvP tiers so there is one tier and one queue; and disallow changing of weapons and abilities in instanced ... Read More»