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There are rumblings out of Klei Entertainment about their slick-looking spy game. Specifically, that the game once known as Incognita but is now being called Invisible Inc. is making progress, entering alpha phase. Klei rumblings, unlike volcanic rumblings, are the best kind of rumblings, because th
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The fourth installment of the The Sims is coming out in fall, which will undoubtedly bring the number of Sims games sold to a grand total of a gazillion copies. It’s already the best-selling game on PC of all-time, and we were wondering what makes a simulation about the ins-and-outs of everyday life
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We love how Titanfall is plopping down some towering robots into the standard tactical-cooperative-shooter. But how will the average Battlefield 4 devotee who lives and breathes through the barrel of an AR-15 feel about it? Well, that’s what the guys at Respawn Entertainment want to know, as they ha
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A Reddit user has recreated in Animal Crossing: New Leaf the “Red Room” from the famous scene from the first season of Twin Peaks, which is arguably David Lynch’s most vivid and surreal two minutes of tape. (Personally I’d go with the Rabbits scene from Inland Empire, but I’m in the minority.) This
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The new and improved Oculus Rift was all the rage at CES, but there are still some kinks. In an interview with PC Gamer, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey tackled our biggest concerns, such as this one: when will this thing look less stupid and not make me motion-sick so I can use it for business travel?
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Yesterday Hideo Kojima tweeted a few pictures showing off Metal Gear Solid 5’s second-screen functionality, which puts to use that expensive tablet you bought. It displays the map from the game, and it also shows Snake’s “iDroid,” which apparently is his celly, so you don’t have to pull up a menu wh
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Final Fantasy Tactics designer Yasumi Matsuno is Kickstarting the strategy game Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians for mobiles, which is great because he’s Yasumi Matsuno and he makes really great strategy games, like Final Fantasy Tactics and Crimson Shroud. But it’s also great because of others o
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Net neutrality was a good idea while it lasted. Up until Tuesday, service providers couldn’t gouge you, the consumer, for burning through high-bandwidth on services like Netflix and online games, because all things on the Internet were considered equal. This kept competition fair and costs low. But
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Can the sequel to a 2,000-year-old game resuscitate the OUYA, the hackable system the Internet willed into existence? You’d think not, but then again there’s no bigger name in games than, uh… chess? Ludeme Games is either really good at playing it straight or they’re really serious about this whole
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Catalonia is a historic region in Spain that was settled on the Mediterranean in ancient times. It’s also the subject of this wild virtual-reality documentary, which isn’t recommended for those who fear free-falling through midair. The logistics of the 360 Catalonia Experience are tricky, but the p
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The news that SimCity is receiving an update, so that you can play it offline, has been seen as a victory for the Internet. But is it really? When the game launched last year, always being connected was required. Opponents of digital-rights management cried foul. There was pretty much a circus. Many
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Modern console features that pop up while you play are unbearable, or at least that’s what Jon Blow thinks. This is the takeaway from the brain behind Braid’s Twitter feed, which recently erupted with a flurry of posts like this one: And this one: You’re probably thinking that you can conveniently t