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If you build it, they will come and wreck it: see Fortnite gameplay with developer commentary

Epic Games has released a gameplay video with developer commentary that shows the classes of its upcoming exploration/construction/defense game Fortnite.
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‘Heavy Rain’ is steeped in mood, light on player interaction

David Cage has reined in a lot of his past excess with the new Detroit: Become Human, but his serial killer noir thriller 'Heavy Rain' looks more like The Room than anything else, in retrospect. The game’s lack of meaningful interaction for players is a flaw that’s even harder to tolerate today.
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Play King’s Quest, Maniac Mansion, and more than 2,000 others for free

80s and 90s kids, rejoice! The Internet Archive has made a collection of nearly 2,400 MS-DOS games available to play for free in a browser-based emulator.
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‘Cultist Simulator’ shows there’s more to Lovecraft than tentacles

Cthulhu-creator HP Lovecraft’s influence can be found all over pop culture, and especially in games. Where most other media has reduced his work to a style, however, Alexis Kennedy’s new ‘Cultist Simulator’ captures the spirit of Lovecraft’s work better than anything we’ve ever played.
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You can pre-order the Xbox Adaptive Controller now ahead of its September release

Pre-orders are now live for the Xbox Adaptive Controller and its many accessories, slated to ship in early September. It will open up a whole new world to disabled gamers everywhere. Microsoft opted to keep prices down by only including the bare minimum in the package and then allowing users to expand it à la carte.
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Microsoft explains the past, present, and future of the Xbox Adaptive Controller

The Xbox Adaptive Controller takes the most serious approach to accommodating physically disabled gamers that we’ve ever seen from one of the video game industry’s major hardware-makers. We spoke with Microsoft Senior Hardware Program Manager Gabi Michel, who managed development of the Adaptive Controller, to learn about how the project came to be, how it works, and how it will inform their approach to hardware going forward.
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Net neutrality bomb threat suspect has a history of hoax calls

A federal jury has charged Tyler Barriss with calling in two bomb threat hoaxes in December 2017, including one that delayed the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality vote. Barriss is already in custody, however, for a deadly "swatting" incident that same month.
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Scuf’s Vantage controller will bring the Elite treatment to PlayStation 4

Elite gamepad manufacturer Scuf has announced the Vantage PS4 controller, developed in partnership with Sony. The Vantage brings many of the same pro-level customization features that we saw in the Xbox Elite Controller to the PS4, but even further improved.
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Playing ‘The Sims’ in the harsh light of adulthood

Playing 'The Sims' in high school was a fun way to imagine independent life. Going back to play it again in your 30s is a very different and more sobering experience that casts light on how dehumanizing the endless treadmill of modern life can be.
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Lara, B.J., Kratos: Who’s next? 5 games ready for a ‘God of War’-style reboot

Video games are among the most nostalgia-driven art forms. Classic heroes like Kratos, Lara Croft, and B.J. Blazkowicz have all had critically adored returns to form in recent years, so we dug deep to find another wave of characters we think might be suitable for a modern reboot.
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Venetian ‘Rialto’ payload map is now live in ‘Overwatch’

A new payload map, Rialto, has gone live in Blizzard's hero shooter Overwatch. Set in Venice, Italy, players first experienced a nighttime version of Rialto in the recent Retribution co-op event. The map arrives alongside a substantial overhaul for archer Hanzo, replacing his long-maligned Scatter Shot.
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‘God of War’: How to help Kratos conquer every Muspelheim trial

Kratos faces all manner of challenges across the nine Norse realms in God of War, but when you're looking to cut out the puzzles and just focus on proving your worth in the battlefield, the volcanic realm of Muspelheim is the place to go. We've compiled tips for each of the different challenges, sorted by arena.
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New ‘Overwatch’ heroine, engineer Brigitte Lindholm, is now live

Brigitte Lindholm, daughter of Torb and squire of Reinhardt, has officially joined Overwatch as the 27th character.
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Blue shell your commute: Mario Kart temporarily races onto Google Maps

Nintendo and Google have teamed up for Mario Day, March 10, to temporarily add Mario Kart to the Google Maps app for iOS and Android.
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One year after Orisa, Blizzard teases the 27th ‘Overwatch’ hero

Blizzard has released the first official teaser for hero 27 in 'Overwatch', which fans expect to arrive in the next few weeks, one year after Orisa.
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Microsoft isn’t shutting down unofficial mouse and keyboard support on Xbox One

Microsoft said it is not taking a hard stance on allowing the usage of a mouse and keyboard for Xbox One games. Instead, it is letting developers decide what is right for their game.
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Ubisoft’s ‘Sam’ A.I. wants to help you play video games

Ubisoft and Google have teamed up to create Sam, the first gaming-specific A.I. virtual assistant. We spoke to its creative director Charles Huteau to learn more.
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Learn how to quickly and easily pin a game or app on Xbox One

Here's a quick guide on how to pin a game or app on Xbox One, making it easier to access your favorites in one place.
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Darth Vader is just as menacing in pink in ‘Star Wars Battlefront II’ mod

A new mod for the PC version of 'Star Wars Battlefront II' is letting Darth Vader finally get over his goth phase and diversify his palette.
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‘Monster Hunter World’ will stalk its way onto PC this fall

'Monster Hunter World' finally brings the franchise back to consoles on January 26, but PC gamers just have to wait until fall 2018 to join.
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‘Civilization VI’ for iPad brings the full sweep of history to your fingertips

You didn't misread that -- PC gaming giant Sid Meier's Civilization VI is available now, in its entirety, for iPad.
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Dear game designers: Please rip off these brilliant game ideas from 2017

Good artists borrow, but great artists steal. Here are 10 ideas from this year's best games that we hope someone steals in 2018.
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EA is really going all-in on Star Wars

EA is going all-in on Star Wars for the foreseeable future, announcing new games in the next few years from Motive, DICE, Visceral, and Respawn.
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‘Pokémon Go’ levels up its augmented reality abilities with Apple’s ARKit

'Pokémon Go' will be getting an upgrade soon on all iOS 11 devices capable of supporting the new ARKit augmented reality features.

Winter Wonderland returns to 'Overwatch' with some a-Mei-zing additions

'Overwatch's annual Winter Wonderland event returns with new skins, map variants, and another a-Mei-zing new gameplay mode.

Lara Croft raids again in newly announced Tomb Raider game

Fans of Lara Croft's adventures have something to look forward to with official confirmation that a new Tomb Raider game is in the works.
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‘Civilization VI’ sacrifices Sean Bean for ‘Rise and Fall’ in February

'Rise and Fall' is the first major expansion for 'Sid Meier's Civilization VI', coming to PC on February 2018.
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‘Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV’ review

In our ‘Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV’ review, Square Enix brings Final Fantasy, fishing, and VR together to make one of the most solid and complete-feeling PSVR games to date.
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Do players really like loot boxes, or are game publishers forcing them on us?

Loot boxes and the like are fundamentally reshaping the economics of video games, and it’s only just beginning. Should players be worried?
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We’re all wizards now — ‘Pokémon Go’ developer sets its sights on Harry Potter

Pokémon Go developer Niantic announced its follow-up Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, an AR game set in J.K. Rowling's wizarding world.
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Get back to cave exploring and treasure hunting when ‘Spelunky 2’ comes to PS4

Spelunky 2, the sequel to Derek Yu's genre-defining rogue-lite platformer, was announced for PS4 at Sony's Paris Games Week show.
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‘Shin Megami Tensei 5’ gets a teaser trailer, is coming to Nintendo Switch

Nintendo and Atlus confirmed that Shin Megami Tensei 5, a long-anticipated RPG, will be coming exclusively to the Switch.
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VR objects are coming to your Facebook news feed with ‘3D posts’

Interactive 3D posts are coming to your news feed, as part of a general expansion of Facebook's Spaces VR hangout platform's utility.
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Face the ‘Destiny 2’ Trials of the Nine PVP challenge at 10 a.m. PT today

'Destiny 2's Trials of the Nine Crucible event, replacing the weekly Trials of Osiris, launches today, September 15, at 10 a.m. PT.