Black Ops II And Gratuitous Space Battles Can Be Played For Free This Weekend

So gratuitous…Maybe you’d like to play some games this weekend? Maybe you’d like them to be completely free? Maybe you’d also like them to be games you don’t own; games that will stop letting you play them on Sunday unless you pay a reduced price to secure their continued use? That’s a bizarre set of...

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Prison Architect’s Alpha7 Update Bangs Up The Backers

The latest Prison Architect update celebrates the incarceration management sim’srecent milestonesby inserting the faces, names and bios of all backers who’ve pledged the required amounts. Players who’ve paid at least $50 can find themselves in the new Name in the Game option, and request to have themselves...

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What We Want To See From Avalanche’s Rumoured Mad Max Game

Article by Nathan DitumLast year filming finally wrapped on a fourth Mad Max movie, subtitled Fury Road, after decades of stop-start development. We've known for some time that a tie-in game was also in the making, with God Of War 2 director Cory Barlog mentioning the project as early as 2008.Since...

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Dreamfall Chapters Gameplay Trailer Travels To The Neon-lit Streets Of Cyberpunk Europolis

Red Thread’s Dreamfall ChaptersKickstarter campaignhas done an impressive job stirring up anticipation for the next tale in The Longest Journey’s saga, passing the $1 million mark to achieve promised stretch goals for added lore, Mac and Linux support, andsolemn-looking monkeys. With more support needed...

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Will Wright And Ocean Quigley Talk About SimCity’s “guilt-driven Experience”

The newest video forSimCityfeatures franchise creator Will Wright sitting down with Designer Ocean Quigley to discuss how citizens react to player’s benevolent and malicious actions. Quigley tells the sim legend that he wants the player’s emotional investment with a populace to stay high throughout...

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The Curious Case Of StarCraft’s Harvester Pathfinding Hack

Even the most mundane game mechanics sometimes boast extraordinary origins. In the StarCraft series, resource collectors ignore collisions whenever traveling to or returning with minerals. It’s a type of unit behavior universally experienced by every commander, but its beginnings tell a far more interesting...

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The Night Of The Rabbit, A New Adventure Game From Daedalic, Coming May 29

Earlier this week, German studio Daedalic Entertainment announced thatThe Night of the Rabbit(formerly known as“The Rabbit’s Apprentice”) will release internationally on May 29, and called the game its“biggest adventure game so far.”The puzzle-adventure stars a 12-year-old boy who dreams of being a...

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