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Academic paper debunks the physics of Super Mario Galaxy

Physics students at the University of Leicester have written a paper that examines the physics behind Nintendo's hit platformer, Super Mario Galaxy.
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Competitive cowboy shooter Secret Ponchos comes to PS4 for free in December

Secret Ponchos, a PVP shooter set in the old west, is coming to PS4 on 12/2, and will be available for free to PS Plus members for the entire month.

Star Wars puts some skin in the game with huge, Xbox-exclusive Minecraft skin pack

Microsoft, Disney, and Lucasfilm have teamed up to bring DLC with 55 skins from the original Star Wars trilogy to Minecraft on Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
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Ubisoft asks fans to ignore early reviews of The Crew

Upcoming open-world driving game The Crew, is a social experience, so Ubisoft wants you to put less stock in early reviews tested less populated servers.
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Pigeon dating sim Hatoful Boyfriend coming to PS4 and PS Vita in 2015

Hatoful Boyfriend, the dating sim from Japan that was released earlier this year on Windows, will be coming to PlayStation 4 and Vita in early 2015.
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Take a deeper dive into The Dark Below, Destiny’s upcoming expansion

Check out this behind-the-scenes video that shows off some gameplay and exclusive new content from Destiny's first DLC expansion, The Dark Below.
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The Force Awakens this coming weekend as the Star Wars teaser trailer hits theaters

The very first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be shown at select North American theaters this coming Thanksgiving weekend
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Watch Batman infiltrate Ace Chemicals in this Arkham Knight gameplay

Watch Batman infiltrate a heavily guarded chemical plant to rescue hostages and uncover Scarecrow's plot in this gameplay trailer for Batman: Arkham Knight.
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Tales from the Borderlands and some Japanese oddities lead this week in gaming

Telltale's Tales from the Borderlands is about as mainstream as it gets this week, which also features a few Japanese games new to western audiences.
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Learn about Jigglypuff’s rise to power over a decade of Super Smash Bros. Melee

A software engineer has produced a fascinating analysis of the shifting character rankings for Super Smash Bros. Melee over a decade of high level play.
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DIY Midgar: This fan completely rebuilt Final Fantasy VII in LittleBigPlanet 2

Dedicated fan Jamie Colliver has spent two years painstakingly recreating Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII inside Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet 2.
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Thedas was wracked by Garden Warfare in this Dragon Age: Inquisition easter egg

An eagle-eyed gamer tweeted an easter egg in the Dragon Age: Inquisition codex that refers to Plants vs. Zombies, PopCap's tower defense series.
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Ubisoft provides workaround for Assassin’s Creed Unity glitch causing crashes

In response to a bug that causes Assassin's Creed Unity to crash at the main menu, Ubisoft has issued a workaround: delete your friends.
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Here are the nominations for The Game Awards 2014

Producer Geoff Keighley announced the nominees for the first Game Awards, a recently-announced annual award show similar to Spike TV's Video Game Awards.
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Elite: Dangerous offline single player mode axed, refunds offered

David Braben angered fans when he announced that Elite: Dangerous, his open world space sim, would no longer include an offline single player mode.
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Do you have the requirement for velocity? Need For Speed No Limits goes mobile

EA has teamed up with pro rally racer Ken Block to announce Need For Speed No Limit, a mobile racing game currently under development by Firemonkeys.
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Time to finally find out what happened to Stringer Bell: HBO Go arrives on Xbox One

Streaming service HBO Go has finally arrived as an app for Xbox One, giving gamers access to programs like True Detective, Game of Thrones and The Wire.
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Take a first look at Telltale’s Game of Thrones series with this trailer

Telltale Games has shared a brief trailer for their upcoming Game of Thrones episodic adventure, providing an early look at the characters and locations.
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Delve into The Dark Below with the opening cinematic for Destiny’s first add-on

Someone leaked the opening cinematic for The Dark Below, the first DLC expansion for Bungie's massively multiplayer shooter Destiny which comes out on 12/9.
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Sweet ride, brah: Destiny season pass gets you a free speeder bike that does tricks

Guardians who purchase the Destiny Expansion Pass or The Dark Below by January 15 will receive a bonus EV-30 Tumbler Sparrow to replace their current ride.
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Maniac Mansion creators want to take you back to 1987 with a new point-and-click

Maniac Mansion's Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick have launched a Kickstarter for Thimbleweed Park, an adventure that looks like a long-lost LucasArts classic.
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Now you can play Destiny for free, at least for a little while

Bungie has released a free trial version of Destiny so anyone on the fence can it a try before taking the plunge into the massively multiplayer shooter.
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Far Cry 4 pirates out themselves by complaining about a missing feature

Far Cry 4's director informed PC players complaining about missing field of vision controls that it's because they pirated the newly released game.
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A French politician has some harsh words for Assassin’s Creed Unity’s vision of a revolution

Amid glitches, another kind of criticism has been raised against Assassin's Creed Unity from a French politician who decries it as right wing propaganda.
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Just Cause 3 will not have multiplayer at launch

Despite speculation when the game was recently announced, Avalanche Studio's Just Cause 3 will not include a multiplayer mode when it launches in 2015.
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection multiplayer patch is coming later than expected

An update to fix the multiplayer for Halo: The Master Chief Collection, originally set to arrive on Wednesday, has been delayed until later in the week.
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Rockstar is hard at work fixing GTA Online account transfer problems

Fans who had not logged into GTA Online since 2013 found that they couldn't transfer their account to the new PS4 and XB1 versions as promised
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Tales from the Borderlands is set to premiere in a proper movie theater on November 24

Tales from the Borderlands, Telltale's episodic take on Gearbox's FPS, will kick off its 5 episode season at a live event in Richardson TX on November 24.
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Move over, Warcraft: Goat Simulator goes massive, and multiplayer

The glitchy, ragdoll physics playground Goat Simulator is getting a free DLC that turns it into a glitchy, ragdoll physics fantasy MMORPG simulator.
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Pixelation nation: Here’s a review of the early history of video game graphics

This new video reviews the early history of video game graphics from Pong in 1972 through the genesis of home consoles and full color, sprites in the '80s.
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Are these screens an early look at Telltale’s upcoming Game of Thrones series?

Supposed stills have been leaked from Telltale's upcoming Game of Thrones series, featuring familiar faces like Tyrion and Cersei Lannister.
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Ubisoft has a third patch incoming for Assassin’s Creed Unity, and it’s a big one

Ubisoft continues to clean up the rocky launch of Assassin's Creed Unity with a third patch to address many of the most commonly-experienced problems.
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Far Cry 4 can be over in 15 minutes if you just, like, chill out, man

Some clever gamers have found an alternate ending to Far Cry 4 that can be completed in under fifteen minutes without touching a single weapon.
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This week in gaming: Tigers and dragons fill open worlds, waiting for you to explore

Whether you're hunting dragons, tigers, rival gangs, or MewTwo, these games all offer you nearly endless distractions to tempt you off the beaten path.