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Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn to release Aug. 27, pre-order bonus detailed

Final fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn will release on PlayStation 3 and Windows PC on August 27, and retailers are now accepting pre-orders for the massively-multiplayer online game, PlayStation Blog announced. Both the PS3 and PC versions of the game will share servers and players on both platforms will be able to play together when the game releases. Those who pre-order the game will earn early access to A Realm Reborn before the game's official launch, and they will also receive in-game items like a Mog Cap and Cait Sith Doll minion. The blog post also detailed the game's collector's edition which comes with the following items: A box featuring art was Final Fantasy illustrator Yoshitaka Amano The Art of Eorzea: A Realm Reimagined โ€” a hardbound artbook featuring concept art T...
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Sony, Xbox One, Square Enix, Need for Speed Rivals, Dying Light: Speed Run

Sony is considering a proposal to split its entertainment and electronics divisions. Xbox designers are still trying to hammer out the details for parental controls on the Xbox One. Square Enix USA president and CEO Mike Fischer has left the company. Need for Speed Rivals is coming to current consoles this November and will eventually hit PS4 and Xbox One as well. Techland, the studio behind Dead Island, announced its free-running first-person zombie survival title, Dying Light. We've also revamped the design of our article pages. Sony considering split of entertainment and electronic divisions Parental controls need an overhaul for Xbox One, Microsoft official says President of Square Enix of America leaves company Need for Speed Rivals brings cops and racers to an open world,...
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FIFA 14 launching Sept. 24 in North America on PS3, Xbox 360, PC

FIFA 14 will be released Sept. 24 in North America and Sept. 27 in Europe on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC, publisher Electronic Arts announced today. EA said earlier this week that FIFA 14 will also be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but the company has yet to provide a more specific release window for those versions than "within the next 12 months." Both consoles are scheduled to launch later this year. The PS4 and Xbox One versions will run on Electronic Arts' new Ignite engine, which will power all of the publisher's sports titles on next-generation consoles, and the Xbox One version will include exclusive content for the popular FIFA Ultimate Team mode. Ignite won't run on PC or Wii U โ€” in fact, FIFA 14 won't be released on Nintendo's console at all. In...
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New-generation Kinect for Windows coming next year

Microsoft is currently developing a new-generation Kinect sensor for Windows that is set to release next year, according to the director of Kinect for Windows, Bob Heddle. Posting to the official Kinect for Windows Blog, Heddle announced that a new Kinect for Windows sensor and software development kit are in the works and are set to release in 2014. Both the new Kinect sensor for the Xbox One and the new Kinect for Windows sensor are being built on a shared set of technologies. "Just as the new Kinect sensor will bring opportunities for revolutionizing gaming and entertainment, the new Kinect for Windows sensor will revolutionize computing experiences," Heddle wrote. Some of the capabilities of the new sensor include: higher fidelity with an HD color camera, a noise-isolating...
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Super Splatters headed to Steam in late June

Super Splatters, a physics-based puzzle game from developer SpikySnail, is headed to Steam in late June, according to the developer. The game tasks players with slinging the titular goo-filled Splatters, earning combos and covering each stage with their juices as the goo balls compete for fame and fortune on "the nationwide all-popular channel Splatter TV." Super Splatters is the follow up to the developer's 2012 XBLA title The Splatters. Check out the video above to get a feel of the sticky platforming coming to Windows PC, Mac and Linux next moth. You can also pre-order the game on SpikySnail's official website for $7, a 30 percent discount off of the regular price of $10.
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Splinter Cell: Blacklist co-op missions offer different play styles for different characters

The co-op component of Splinter Cell: Blacklist ties specific play styles to certain characters, so co-op players will need to be versatile, said Ubisoft Toronto's Zack Cooper on the PlayStation Blog. Blacklist co-op features 14 missions split up according to the member of Fourth Echelon that gives them to you. Cooper, community developer at Ubisoft Toronto, revealed two of the characters and their respective game types today: Isaac Briggs and Anna Grimsdottir. Briggs plays alongside protagonist Sam Fisher in story-based missions that focus on the interplay between the grizzled Fisher and the relative neophyte Briggs. The story ties in with Blacklist's overall narrative, and the missions are more free-form, with support for the Ghost (non-lethal stealth), Panther (lethal stealth) or...
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Defiance Steam sale knocks 30 percent off price, free weekend incoming

The Windows PC version of Trion Worlds' Defiance is discounted by 30 percent on Steam right now, and Steam players can also try out the game for free this weekend, the studio announced today. The sale drops the game's Standard Edition from $59.99 to $41.99, and the Deluxe Edition from $99.99 to $69.99. Along with the deal comes a discount on Bits, Defiance's in-game currency. Trion is also running a 72-hour free trial on Steam, from 4 p.m. ET today through 4 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 26. The second part of the promotion is on the TV side, with Syfy putting up the series' first six episodes for on-demand viewing as well as on its website all weekend long. On Memorial Day, May 27, the network will air those episodes from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. in a marathon session.
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Ghost of a Tale: Why a Dreamworks animator left film for a gaming pet project

Gallat worked at DreamWorks for 11 years, where he served as supervising animator on a number of films including The Prince of Egypt and The Road to El Dorado. The idea kernel that would eventually grow into Ghost of a Tale began while he was still with the company, working on big-budget movies as part of a larger team and without much time to develop his own ideas. "When you work with a big team, everyone has an opinion and of course it's a little bit difficult to find something more personal to put in," he said. "Ghost of a Tale started from a desire to do something different, something that I would like and that could be a bit more personal." Gallat began developing his game parallel to his full-time animation job, filling his evenings and weekends with what would become a vast...
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A new Infinite Crisis champion trailer puts the spotlight on lightning-fueled Shazam

In Turbine's upcoming DC Universe MOBA Infinite Crisis, the mystical Shazam will be a brawler with sustained damage according to his newly-released champion profile. Unlike other champions that have a slowly replenishing resource pool, Shazam's abilities draw from a rapidly-regenerating energy meter. One of his abilities creates a lightning storm around him doing area-of-effect and steadily draining energy, while another toggles between regaining energy whenever he is hit and whenever his attacks connect, allowing players to keep the lightning storm active for longer. He has two abilities that dash to an opponent, and his ultimate has a long enough range to engage on enemies over walls. Shazam's official name for most of his fictional existence had been Captain Marvel, but he had been...
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Watch the President of the United States' telekinesis in Saints Row 4 mini-trailer

The first installment in Deep Silver's "Hail to the Chief" series promoting the upcoming Saints Row 4 shows off the Telekinesis super-power. Using his Telekinesis, the Saints' leader and President of the United States grabs an evil alien and flings it into the distance before starting a dance party in his cut-off banana hammock. In Saints Row 4, the Saints have been trapped in a virtual version of the town of Steelport by an alien race called the Zin, but find that the virtual reality gives them the chance to exhibit superpowers. Saints Row 4 hits Windows PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this August.
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The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot gameplay trailer introduces the nimble Archer

A trailer from Ubisoft for its free-to-play Mighty Quest for Epic Loot shows off the skills of its falcon-wielding Archer, Black-eye Bogart. The Archer is a nimble fighter, with rolls and backflips allowing him to get out of danger. His ranged abilities come with more strategic elements like scattering traps and caltrops, and he can call in eagle ghosts to harass his foes. In The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot, players build their own fortresses and populate them with monsters to defend against intrusions by would-be treasure hunters, while attempting to ransack the treasure vaults of others. The game is currently in alpha testing.
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Publisher Curve 'sad to see' lack of dedicated indie support on Xbox One

Indie developer and publisher Curve is disappointed in Microsoft's stance on supporting indie developers on the Xbox One, according to a statement the company shared with Games Industry International. Curve has assisted numerous indie developers bring their titles to major platforms, most recently Mike Bithell's Thomas Was Alone to PlayStation 3 and Vita. The company is currently preparing Jasper Bryne's Lone Survivor for launch on both platforms as well. "Xbox Live Arcade was a trailblazer last generation, so it's sad to see Microsoft not announcing dedicated support for independent developers on the Xbox One," said managing director Jason Perkins. "Refusing to concentrate on easier submissions and discoverability leaves the way clear for Sony to capture the most innovative market...
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Disney Infinity trailer explores the Monsters University play set

While the majority of hype for Disney Infinity has revolved around the free-form Toy Box thus far, the game will also ship with pre-made play sets like this one for Pixar's upcoming Monsters University. The film deals with the college days of Monsters, Inc characters like Mike, Sulley and Randy, and the play set holds fast to that, featuring prank wars with rival school Fear Tech. At the end of the trailer, we see how the monsters might interact with the Toy Box. The Monsters University play set will be included with the Disney Infinity starter pack. Disney Infinity hits most major platforms this August.
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Wargaming offering financial backing to Linux, Django and Wikimedia Foundations

Wargaming will offer financial backing to three companies providing the open source development technology powering the company's games: the Linux, Django and Wikimedia Foundations, the company announced today. Wargaming uses open source tools to power its games, which include free-to-play massively multiplayer online titles World of Tanks and World of Warships. According to a press statement, Wargaming supports companies it "regularly leverages" and aims to assists in their technological growth and bolster development. The Linux Foundation is a non-profit company dedicating to growing the Linux platform, while Wikimedia focuses on the development of free content and wiki-based projects worldwide in multiplate languages. The Django Foundation works to advance the open-source framework...
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Need for Speed Rivals brings cops and racers to an open world, launches this year on current and next-gen

Need for Speed Rivals, the next installment in the nearly two-decade-old series in development at EA's new studio Ghost Games, will launch on current generation platforms Nov. 19, and Xbox One and PS4 sometime this year, EA announced today. Those current-gen platforms include Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PCs. The title is not planned to launch on Nintendo's Wii U, an EA representative confirmed to Polygon. The new game will feature an open world with challenges and collectibles to uncover โ€” similar to last year's Need for Speed Most Wanted from Criterion Games, a studio which will collaborate on developing this new title. However, Rivals has a bigger emphasis on the series' staple Cops vs. Racers modes, letting players play either side and move their respective ranks,...
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