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TERA has a player-driven political system

The world of massive online RPGs seems to have leaned away from too many player-driven systems these days. It’s a reasonable trend from a designer’s standpoint. Us gamers with our pesky free will can create all kinds of chaos if

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TERA has a player-driven political system

The world of massive online RPGs seems to have leaned away from too many player-driven systems these days. It’s a reasonable trend from a designer’s standpoint. Us gamers with our pesky free will can create all kinds of chaos if

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Pokemon and samurai collide in Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition [UPDATE]

CoroCoro magazine recently teased the reveal of a brand new, “shocking” Pokemon title to be revealed in their January 2012 issue.  Turns out Jump Festa had other plans, seeing as they decided to showcase the game early.There is a chance

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Pokemon and samurai collide in Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition [UPDATE]

CoroCoro magazine recently teased the reveal of a brand new, “shocking” Pokemon title to be revealed in their January 2012 issue.  Turns out Jump Festa had other plans, seeing as they decided to showcase the game early.There is a chance

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Star Wars Galaxies is no more

It’s the end of an era. The once mighty MMORPG that allowed you to essentially live in the Star Wars universe has come to an end. The servers have been shut down permanently, ending SOE’s contract with Lucasarts. Honestly, I’m

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Star Wars Galaxies is no more

It’s the end of an era. The once mighty MMORPG that allowed you to essentially live in the Star Wars universe has come to an end. The servers have been shut down permanently, ending SOE’s contract with Lucasarts. Honestly, I’m

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Faith in Final Fantasy

Let me tell you why the recently released soundtrack to Final Fantasy XIII-2, featuring an incredibly awkward not quite death metal cover of the Chocobo song and an even more awkward rap song than Iwatodai Station from Persona 3, worse

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Faith in Final Fantasy

Let me tell you why the recently released soundtrack to Final Fantasy XIII-2, featuring an incredibly awkward not quite death metal cover of the Chocobo song and an even more awkward rap song than Iwatodai Station from Persona 3, worse

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After Skyward Sword the Legend of Zelda 'cannot go back to button controls'

The motion controls tailored for the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword were generally well received, but not everyone was happy with them. Bad news for them, Nintendo plans on sticking with these controls for generations to come! “I honestly think

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After Skyward Sword the Legend of Zelda 'cannot go back to button controls'

The motion controls tailored for the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword were generally well received, but not everyone was happy with them. Bad news for them, Nintendo plans on sticking with these controls for generations to come! “I honestly think

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Rumor: Batman: Arkham World title teased [UPDATE]

There are two things we can expect from the Spike Video Game Awards. Suprising game announcements and another, harsh reminder that the video games industry still has some growing up to do. Thankfully today we’re talking about the former since

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Rumor: Batman: Arkham World title teased [UPDATE]

There are two things we can expect from the Spike Video Game Awards. Suprising game announcements and another, harsh reminder that the video games industry still has some growing up to do. Thankfully today we’re talking about the former since

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Naughty Dog goes survival horror with The Last Of Us

Tonight at the VGAs Naughty Dog let loose the first trailer of their new survival horror game, The Last Of Us. The trailer shows us the two main characters, a gruff man named Joel (voiced by Troy Baker) and a

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Naughty Dog goes survival horror with The Last Of Us

Tonight at the VGAs Naughty Dog let loose the first trailer of their new survival horror game, The Last Of Us. The trailer shows us the two main characters, a gruff man named Joel (voiced by Troy Baker) and a

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Dynasty Warriors and Pepsi perform double musou marketing campaign

For what could be the greatest marketing campaign in the history of man, Tecmo Koei and Pepsi have joined forces to promote Pepsi Next through Dynasty Warriors Next, a launch title for the PS Vita. As of now this campaign

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Dynasty Warriors and Pepsi perform double musou marketing campaign

For what could be the greatest marketing campaign in the history of man, Tecmo Koei and Pepsi have joined forces to promote Pepsi Next through Dynasty Warriors Next, a launch title for the PS Vita. As of now this campaign

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Serious Sam 3's amazing Immortal Scorpion DRM

The DRM Croteam has placed into Serious Sam 3: BFE may just be the best yet. As you can see, pirated copies of the game contain an Immortal Scorpion foe that will constantly follow you throughout the game. You can

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Serious Sam 3's amazing Immortal Scorpion DRM

The DRM Croteam has placed into Serious Sam 3: BFE may just be the best yet. As you can see, pirated copies of the game contain an Immortal Scorpion foe that will constantly follow you throughout the game. You can

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Shigeru Miyamoto retires from current position at Nintendo (not really)

Shigeru Miyamoto, one of the greatest minds behind Nintendo, will be stepping down from his authoritative position so he can “be in the forefront of game development once again”. Don’t panic! He’s not leaving Nintendo, he just won’t be working

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Shigeru Miyamoto retires from current position at Nintendo (not really)

Shigeru Miyamoto, one of the greatest minds behind Nintendo, will be stepping down from his authoritative position so he can “be in the forefront of game development once again”. Don’t panic! He’s not leaving Nintendo, he just won’t be working

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