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Mineorama, the Minecraft convention scheduled to take place in mid-July that was canceled at the last minute—and with more than $500,000 spent on advance tickets—insisted that it was "not a scam," and that another event would be scheduled to take its place. But many ticket buyers worried that they had indeed been conned, and it's starting to look very much like that's exactly what has ...read more
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Rejoice! Metal Gear Solid 5 will be the first entry to arrive on PC at launch and it’s coming via Steam. Kojima confirmed the Steam version of both Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain during his live Twitch stream. PC users will also be able to use a Steam Cardboard Box in the game which will have specific functions. No release date was revealed for the PC, or console versions of Phantom Pain ...read more
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Tomorrow marks the day League of Legends receive its definitive patch. Riot Games has decided update 4.14 is most likely the patch that will be used for the upcoming 2014 League of Legends World Championship which will take place in Korea. This time, unlike last patch, it’s rather small since all major changes have already been made, and it’s now the time to get everything perfect for the ...read more
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The official Activision store has outed the PC system requirements for Sledgehammer’s upcoming Call of Duty title, Advanced Warfare. Here the minimum and recommended specs, according to the official download page: OS: Windows 7 64-Bit / Windows 8 64-Bit CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHZ / AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 2.4 GHZ or better Recommended: Intel® Core™ i5 – 680 @ ...read more
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World of Warcraft subscriber numbers have dropped to around 6.8 million, Blizzard has announced. Still the "number 1 subscription-based MMORPG", as Blizzard points out, its user base is down from the 7.7 million subscribers clocked by the end of the second calendar quarter of 2013. Despite this, Blizzard president and co-founder Mike Morhaime says the MMO "remains healthy", and that ...read more
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Back in May we reported that Dong Nguyen, the infamous creator of Flappy Bird was working on a new game, despite swearing off the gaming industry. Good o’ Nguyen is back to wreck havoc on the public’s emotions with Flappy Birds Family, which features multiple flapping birds all due to the addition of multiplayer. The free game is compatible with Amazon’s Fire TV platform, and includes ...read more
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Overkill Software will offer its bank robbery shooter Payday: The Heist for free via Steam on October 18, the developer has announced. The game will be served up as part of a Payday 2 community drive; the free Payday reward was unlocked after the official Payday 2 Steam Community group hit 1.05 million people. The group stood at 1,108,594 members at the time of writing, unlocking a free ...read more
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Ah, there it is. A new version of Valve's Steam Controller includes an analog stick on the left-hand side, replacing a series of four directional buttons previously in its place. The new controller design still has two circular track pads, four lettered buttons, bumpers and triggers, among other features included in previous iterations. The new design shows up in the latest Steam client beta, ...read more
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Stories of financial woe from failed Kickstarter Yogventures show just how they managed to lose half a million dollars. If you're scratching your head wondering how a company manages to blow through that much cash and still come up empty, some stores of financial woe, such as an artist who was paid $35,000 for two weeks of "work" (in which he produced nothing), may help explain it. Kris ...read more
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Popular YouTube network Yogscast has confirmed that Kickstarter-funded sandbox game Yogventures has been cancelled. The project raised $570,000 during its 2012 Kickstarter campaign and subsequently went into development at indie studio Winterkewl Games. Originally planned for release in 2013, the project is no longer due to see the light of day. Winterkewl is in danger of going out of ...read more
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