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Any Xbox One can become a game dev unit starting today

A preview of the long-promised Xbox Developer Mode is available today, allowing anyone to turn a retail Xbox One console into a developer kit.
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Bethesda explains Fallout 4’s Survival Mode, now available on Steam beta

Fallout 4's long-promised Survival Mode substantially amps up the challenge and immersion, and is available now in beta to anyone playing through Steam.
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Hands on: Below

We went hands-on with Below, the long-anticipated roguelike from Sword & Sworcery developer Capy Games, to plumb its punishing depths.
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Madness beckons: Whispers of the Old Gods expands Hearthstone this April/May

Whispers of the Old Gods, the upcoming third expansion for Hearthstone, will add 134 new cards full of Lovecraftian flavor in late April/early May.
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Google outraces Facebook to AI breakthrough by beating a Go champ

A team at Google has cracked one of the longest-standing challenges in AI and defeated a professional player of the ancient Chinese board game Go.
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Anarchy’s Children takes XCOM 2 to Burning Man on March 17

XCOM 2's first DLC, Anarchy's Children, arrives on March 17, adding a whole host of new soldier customization options for your scrappy, ragtag guerrillas.
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Microsoft shutters Fable developer Lionhead Studios, along with Fable Legends

Microsoft has shut down two of its European Studios, Lionhead and Press Play, ceasing development on Fable Legends and Project Knoxville along with them.
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In Lenovo’s experimental Game State, development is a gamer democracy

Leading computer hardware manufacturer Lenovo has partnered with indie studio Dark Rift and over 10,000 gamers to make a crowdsourced indie game.
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Fallout 4’s first DLC to add custom robots and Bethesda’s largest expansion ever

Bethesda has finally released details on the first three major DLC expansions for Fallout 4, promising personal robots, new settlement options, and more.
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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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The day Justice Scalia helped save video games

Following the sudden passing of Supreme Court Justice Scalia, we look back at when he upheld video games as free expression under the First Amendment.
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Bethesda teases overhauled Survival mode for Fallout 4

Bethesda has teased major changes coming to Fallout 4's Survival mode, adding concern for food, water, disease, sleeping, and more.
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Creators of the VR porn controller explain why they suspended Indiegogo orders

The VirtuaDolls virtual reality controller takes VR porn to a whole new level of immersion. Its Indiegogo campaign was suspended for too much demand.
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Long War creators working on official XCOM 2 mods for launch

Long War Studios, creators of the popular Long War mod for XCOM, will be developing mods that are slated to launch alongside XCOM 2 on February 5.
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Sorry Alien fans: Mortal Kombat X’s next DLC is not coming to PC

In a move sure to disappoint horror movie fans, The Kombat Pack 2 will not be coming to the PC version of Mortal Kombat X.
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Virtuix Omni Hands-on: Walk across virtual worlds from the comfort of your living room

The recently-released Virtuix Omni is a refined and elegant solution to the challenge of how to move around in virtual reality without breaking immersion.
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Get Schwifty! Pokemon-inspired Pocket Mortys coming to iOS and Android on January 14

Adult Swim Games has announced a Pokemon-inspired game based on the popular cartoon Rick and Morty, coming to iOS and Android platforms on January 14.
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Randy ‘Macho Man’ Savage terrorizes the Commonwealth in this Fallout 4 mod

A new fan-made mod for Fallout 4 replaces the game's monstrous deathclaws with legendary professional wrestler Randy "Macho Man" Savage.
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Rise of the Tomb Raider to make its PC debut next month

Rise of the Tomb Raider will break its timed Xbox exclusivity and come to PC in "January 2016," according to a quietly launched Steam page.
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Best Products of 2015: Gaming

2015 was a year of big games from big franchises, with The Witcher 3, Metal Gear Solid V, and Fallout 4 all delivering on massive ambition as some of the largest and most immersive games ever.
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FTC approves Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus VR

The Federal Trade Commission has approved Facebook's purchase of virtual reality company Oculus VR, Inc.
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Vrvana tosses its Totem headset into the VR ring

As the consumer virtual reality market heats up, a new challenger approaches in Vrvana, which has just launched its Totem headset on Kickstarter.
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James Cameron, the man who brought us Avatar, isn’t impressed with virtual reality

Pioneering filmmaker James Cameron recently expressed his middling opinion of Oculus Rift and the state of virtual reality at a Wall Street Journal panel.
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Virtual Reality make you feel sick? Try adding a nose

Purdue researchers have found that inserting a simulated nose into middle of a virtual reality field of vision substantially reduces motion sickness.
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Google wants to take students around the world and beyond with Expeditions

Google Expeditions provides complete sets of cardboard VR goggles so teachers around the world can take their students on virtual reality field trips.
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Step aside, noobs: digital eyewear maker Vuzix brings its own gaming VR set to E3

VuziX has revealed the iWear high definition video headphones, which are now open for pre-order and available for fans to try directly on the floor at E3.
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John Wick VR shooter coming in 2016

Lionsgate and Starbreeze have teamed up to develop a virtual reality first-person shooter based on the hit, Keanu Reeves-led action film John Wick.
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One year on, Google Cardboard is bigger and better than ever

One year after introducing it, Google has updated its DIY Cardboard VR with a simpler design, support for larger screens, and SDK support for iOS.
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Final Fantasy VII Remake is too big for just one game

Final Fantasy VII will be released over multiple episodes, in order to fully adapt the massive scope of the original game.
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Hands on: Sword Coast Legends

While the player side of D&D has informed video games for decades, Sword Coast Legends is one of the first attempts to capture being a Dungeon Master.
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Hands on: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Grab your headband and cardboard box: we got to spend an hour playing through one of the early missions in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
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Double Fine launches crowdfunding for Psychonauts 2

Double Fine Productions is coming full circle with a long-requested return to the studio's first game: Psychonauts.
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Sony confirms PlayStation 2 emulation coming to PS4

Sony has confirmed that PS2 backwards compatibility is coming to the PS4, though no details yet on the extent or the form it will take.
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Say what? Fallout 4 mod replaces dialogue wheel with full-text lists

A fan-created mod for Fallout 4 has replaced the new dialogue wheel with the series' traditional list of full-text options, and it's available now on PC.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III will have no campaign on PS3 and Xbox 360

Activision and Treyarch have revealed that Call of Duty: Black Ops III for PS3 and Xbox 360 will not include the co-op campaign mode.
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Master Fallout 4’s wasteland with these essential starting tips

The Commonwealth wasteland can be a brutal place. Here are some of our best starting tips for both series newbs and veterans looking to brush up.
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Did ISIS use PlayStation Network to plan the Paris attacks? [updated]

ISIS terrorists may have used PS4's chat in order to plan the horrific, coordinated attacks on Paris this past weekend, according to Belgian authorities.
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There’s only so much time in the day: Pornhub reports traffic drop on Fallout 4 launch

Among the many impressive metrics of Fallout 4's monumental launch was one surprise: Pornhub took a substantial hit to its traffic on launch.