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Let Deadly Premonition creator Swery take you on a tour of Osaka

Hidetaka Suehiro is best known as the game designer behind such wacky classics as Deadly Premonition and D4. But Swery (as he's called by fans) is also a connoisseur of all the finest gaming and...

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D4: Swery's journey to PC and a second season of his gonzo episodic experiment

When developer Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro announced last week that he would be bringing his latest, previously Xbox-exclusive game to PC, it may not have come across as a huge surprise. But for the...

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Turning video gaming's great grub into meals you can really eat

Saturday night I whipped up a batch of Minecraft Mushroom Stew. Earlier in the day, I walked through some recipes, debating internally whether the stew found in my son's favorite video game was...

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December's PlayStation Plus game lineup adds three Hitman games, Deadly Premonition

PlayStation Plus subscribers will get access to more than just Secret Ponchos and Injustice: Gods Among Us next month as part of Sony's subscription service. They'll also get three Hitman games and...

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A rat in the mouth, a pull of the hair, a trip through the bizarre world of D4

Before I talk about the beginning of the D4 demo at E3, about the middle and the bizarre pull it displays in a way that only creative director Swery seems able to manage, I need to talk about the...

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Two GOG sales cut prices on Fez, The Banner Saga, Spelunky, more

GOG.com is offering two concurrent promotions with deep discounts on a variety of games from major publishers and indies such as Fez, Alan Wake and Spelunky, the digital distribution platform...

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Deadly Premonition PC version modded to add display options

The Windows PC version of Deadly Premonition doesn't live up to the visual potential of the platform — in its default state, it's locked at a resolution of 1280x720 — but a hastily developed mod is...

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Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut coming to Steam on Halloween

Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut will arrive on Steam for Windows PC Nov. 1 for North America and Oct. 31 for Europe, according to its Steam page. Publisher Rising Star Games announced D...

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Viscera Cleanup Detail, Satellite Reign, 13 more pass Steam Greenlight

Valve has passed 15 more titles through Steam Greenlight, bringing the total number of games approved through the service up to 160, the company announced today. Among the new batch are horror...

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Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut review: bizarre noir

Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut is like the winner of an ugly pet competition: Its faults somehow make it adorable. Access Games' open-world survival horror game obliterates the...