Friday, November 8, 2013

Something Street Fighter Is Happening On PS4, But We Don't Know What Yet

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Something Street Fighter Is Happening On PS4, But We Don't Know What Yet

A new viral site and video tease a Street Fighter surprise for PlayStation gamers at some point in the very near future... or the past.
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Call Of Duty: Ghosts Fails To Outsell Black Ops 2 At Launch

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Call Of Duty: Ghosts Fails To Outsell Black Ops 2 At Launch

Has shooter fatigue finally set in or is this just a case of stagger launches forcing some next-gen players to wait for Call of Duty?
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You Can't Preorder Anymore, But Here's How To Find An Xbox One Or PS4 Before Christmas

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You Can't Preorder Anymore, But Here's How To Find An Xbox One Or PS4 Before Christmas

Xbox One and PlayStation 4 hardware has been avialable for preorder for some time, but with only weeks to launch don't think you'll snap up another guaranteed-on-day-one console unless you're willing to spend over list price on eBay.
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Many Games Have To Make Concessions To Land On Brand New Next-Gen Hardware

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Many Games Have To Make Concessions To Land On Brand New Next-Gen Hardware

We've recently played more next-gen games and spoken to more next-gen developers and truly Call of Duty: Ghosts and its 720p resolution on Xbox One could be part of a larger issue depending on where you look.
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Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate (Vita) Review

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Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate (Vita) Review

Unfortunately, it’s not hard to think very little about the genre as you develop these Metroidvania games. You just lay out a few different power-ups, design an interesting-looking map that may or may not flip upside-down to reveal an entirely new Castle… or cave… or space station… or whatever. It sounds so easy, but designing an excellent Metroidvania game is a lot harder than it looks. In the end, that’s Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate’s biggest fault. It doesn’t think about you, it doesn’t try to evolve the now tried-and-true genre, and it doesn’t make any effort to introduce anything new about Batman’s Arkham universe. In fact, it kind of takes Metroidvania a step backwards.
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Gaming Executives Should Look To Nintendo's Satoru Iwata For Exemplary Leadership

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Gaming Executives Should Look To Nintendo's Satoru Iwata For Exemplary Leadership

Although he's sometimes prone to silly appearances in the company's Nintendo Direct videos, President Satoru Iwata maintains a firm grasp of Nintendo's business no matter how many hands try to steer the house Mario plumbed to mobile platforms or a software-only future.
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The Last Guardian Is "Moving Along In The Right Direction" Despite "Concern And Consternation" Says Japan Studio Head

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The Last Guardian Is "Moving Along In The Right Direction" Despite "Concern And Consternation" Says Japan Studio Head

Despite being revealed in 2009 and under development for the past five years, The Last Guardian still illudes/eludes PlayStation gamers, shrouded in an air of mystery at Japan Studio where Fumito Ueda, who recently left Sony to continue work on the title as a contractor, continues development.
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Extra Life Charity Site DDoS Attacked By People Who Hate Sick Children

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Extra Life Charity Site DDoS Attacked By People Who Hate Sick Children

Extra Life streams have been raising money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals charities that give video games to terminally ill children, but that was interrupted this weekend by a distributed denial of service attack against the foundation's data center.
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GR Radio 0092: We Play Games

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GR Radio 0092: We Play Games, Assassin's Creed, Batman, Battlefield, Pokemon, And More


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Call Of Duty: Ghosts Fails To Outsell Black Ops 2 At Launch

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Call Of Duty: Ghosts Fails To Outsell Black Ops 2 At Launch

Despite boasting that Call of Duty: Ghosts maintains the franchise's throne over the current generation of consoles and stating that $1 Billion worth of product had been shipped to retail, Activision admitted during an earnings call that the latest in the franchise failed to outsell its predecessor.
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PS4 And Xbox One Demand Drops Within Weeks Of Launch

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PS4 And Xbox One Demand Drops Within Weeks Of Launch

Hustling console product on eBay has become a lucrative second hand market for those with an eye for video games and preorders, but as next-generation console launches draw within weeks a look at sold listings paints a downward trend....

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Xbox One Supports CDs, PS4 Does Not

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Xbox One Will Support Archaic CD Technology, While PS4 Won't

After Sony revealed that their next-generation PlayStation 4 hardware wouldn't play compact discs, I laughed it off as a natural progression into an era where music has become increasingly digital and if you're still one of those people who buys CDs, you've got them in your car or on your shelf, and you've already ripped them to your computer.

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GameRevolution's Favorite Moments Of This Generation

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GameRevolution's Favorite Moments Of This Generation

The best moments in gaming from the past console generation.
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