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Lego: Batman 2: DC Super Heroes: The Kotaku Review
Lego: Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is the best Batman-Superman team-up video game I've ever played, though it's worth mentioning that it is also the only Batman-Superman team-up video game I've ever played. (It might be the only one that exists.) This new game is the 10th of the pop
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Penny Arcade! (+ launch delay)
OK, lame announcement maybe but we're pretty excited so we thought we'd share that Penny Arcade gave A Virus Named TOM some love! Penny Arcade Post Also, our release date has been pushed back to early August. As such we're taking some more time to QA and hope to release the final
Read articlePenny Arcade! (+ launch delay)
OK, lame announcement maybe but we're pretty excited so we thought we'd share that Penny Arcade gave A Virus Named TOM some love! Penny Arcade Post Also, our release date has been pushed back to early August. As such we're taking some more time to QA and hope to release the final
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Daily Deal - Revelations 2012, 50% off!
Today's Deal: Save 50% off Revelations 2012 ! Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!
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Magic The Gathering’s 2012 Demo of Planeswalkers 2013
Even though, as my partner commented with no little disgust the other day, I seem to be becoming ever-more geeky as I age, I’ve managed to pass 33 years of life without ever playing/understanding Magic: The Gathering. So it is that the demo of Stainless’ new Duels of the Planeswa
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MacGuffin's Curse Update Released
Update News: - Fixed brief game hang when entering Lucas' Apartment or Alley, more prevalent on slower computers - Fixed reset bug in 3rd room of Treasury
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Risen 2 demo offers piratical sabbatical, Magic: The Gathering 2013 demo also available
As the bigger words just up there say, demos for pirate arrrPG Risen 2 and Magic: The Gathering Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 are now live on Steam (thanks, Blue's News). The Risen 2 demo is the portlier of the pair at 6.2 GB, but the 1.2 Magic demo packs plenty of card battles
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Prototype Movie Trailer Isn't What You Think It Is
There's a movie coming out next year called The Prototype . It stars a "man" in a hoodie who is on the run, being hunted for his extraordinary powers. Combine the plot with the name and you'd be forgiven for assuming it's a movie about Activision's Prototype series. But it's not.
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About Time a Video Game Let You Freak Out and Flip a Table
Flipping tables. It's about as perfect a rage moment as you can get . And now, in WoW's upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion, you'll be able to do it in a video game. While there's actually a Japanese arcade game centred around this very premise , it's a Japanese arcade game. Thi
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Daily Deal - Vessel, 67% off!
Today's Deal: Save 67% off Vessel ! Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!
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Valve On Why Games Could Very Well Fix Education
The first time I ever played Portal was damn near magical. Each room I walked into held promise of some diabolical new assault on both my brain and the laws of physics, but I made them look like child’s play. At the time, I was certain it proved I was a genius with an IQ so huge
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Day Z + Arma 3 interview — optimization, map design, radios, porting Day Z into Arma 3
I interviewed the creators of Arma 3 and Day Z at E3. This is a continuation of that conversation (read part one of the interview over here), with discussion ranging from engine optimization and what hardware you'll need to run Arma 3 to the possibility of baby monitors appearing
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Patch 11, updated on Steam
The new patch that fixes all issues reported from the latest update is now live! We also want to apology for the down-time of our website as well as connection issues in multiplayer. *Update: The issue is now solved* On a site node, Assault Squad is now running on the improved co
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The new patch that fixes all issues reported from the latest update is now live! We also want to apology for the down-time of our website as well as connection issues in multiplayer. *Update: The issue is now solved* On a site node, Assault Squad is now running on the improved co
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Quantum Conundrum Gets Console Release Dates
Quantum Conundrum , released yesterday for the PC, now has a specific date for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. PlayStation Network gets the puzzler on July 10, Xbox Live subscribers may buy it on July 11. The game does not yet have a price on either console service but as it ran
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Backhanded Box Quotes: 'Duck Hunt 2012 with Swearing.'
Welcome to "Backhanded Box Quotes," a collection of super pissed-off user reviews from people just like you! Whoa, whoa, don't take that personal. Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor Released: June 19. Critic: JabbaTheSlush (Metacritic) • " his is a solid one out of ten." Score: 1 (out
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A Valley Without Wind Proceeds…Procedurally
Before A Valley Without Wind was released I excitedly emailed Jim to demand we discuss the game verdict-style after he’d told everyone wot he thought . I was bewitched by the idea of exploring the worlds it built and was even determined to be that guy , the one who actually liked
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