Top games : 2014-09-14

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Xbox One Delays Its Launch in China

"Despite strong and steady progress, we are going to need a bit more time."

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Moon-landing conspiracy claim refuted by video game graphics

The makers of state-of-the-art video game graphics technology say they have used it to debunk those who continue to think the United States' manned moon landings were a hoax filmed on a movie set. Nvidia, makers of top-of-the line graphics cards for PC gaming, put its Maxwell architecture on the case of explaining how the scene of Buzz Aldrin descending the ladder of Apollo 11's lunar module was lighted when it happened. Conspiracy theorists allege that, with Aldrin in the shadow of the Sun (off to the right and behind the lunar module) the only way he could be lit would be by some other auxilliary light source — like studio lighting.

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Microsoft delays Xbox One's China launch

The Xbox One's launch in China has been delayed, Microsoft says, to give the console "a bit more time to deliver the best experiences possible for our fans" there. Originally slated to launch Tuesday, that date now has been pushed to "by the end of this year," Microsoft said. "At Xbox, we pride ourselves on delivering first-rate gaming and entertainment experiences, and to allow us to deliver on that promise, we need to reschedule the launch of Xbox One," a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement to Polygon.

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Laws banning kids from playing video game, hacking as a form of protest, breaking the cycle of poverty with contraceptives, Yemen's brain drain, US-Russian alliance agaisnst Islamic State

The Korea Herald / Seoul, South KoreaLaws should fight Internet addiction among youth

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Friday, September 19, 2014

Upcoming video games: 'FIFA 15,' 'Disney Infinity 2.0'

Football fever kicks off with renewed enthusiasm as the new "FIFA 15" arrives on consoles, handhelds and smartphones, while "Disney Infinity" expands into Marvel territory with its new range of figurines and in-game pursuits.

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'Are Video Games Sexist' rebuttal song makes the world better

Musician Jonathan Mann has just posted an auto-tuned rebuttal song to Dr. Christina Hoff Sommers' video about whether video games are sexist. Mann goes through the video, auto-tuning Dr. Sommers' voice and setting the whole thing to music. "Ad hominem," he croons, after Sommers makes a cheap shot at "hipsters with degrees in cultural studies." Later in the song, he responds to Sommers "critique" with "So you're saying games are sexist, and that boys will be boys.

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Violent Video Games Don't Lead to Increases In Violent Crimes, Study Finds

New study from researchers at Villanova and Rutgers sheds light on the effect violent games have on real-world behavior.

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New Xbox One Game Launches With 25% Discount for Xbox Live Gold Members

Save yourself $6 by picking up Flockers during an "introductory" sale.

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The GTA 5 Effect? Sonic Boom Wii U Release Moved Up a Week

Sega brings release date forward from November 18 to November 11.

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Xbox/PS4/PC New IP from Borderlands Dev Gets 18-Minute Gameplay Trailer

Check out the first gameplay footage for Battleborn.

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Why Scalebound for Xbox One may be unlike anything Platinum Games has done before

Scalebound, the Xbox One-exclusive action game from Bayonetta and The Wonderful 101 developer Platinum Games, is unlike anything the studio has done before in terms of building an action game, game director Hideki Kamiya says. Don't look to games like Devil May Cry or Bayonetta for a "template" by which to think of the mysterious Scalebound. Kamiya, who was joined by producer Atsushi Inaba and creative producer JP Kellams at a Tokyo Game Show presentation this week, admitted he couldn't say much about Scalebound at this point.

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World of Warcraft's upcoming expansion might break the game, and that's okay

When World of Warcraft's fifth expansion pack, Warlords of Draenor, releases on Nov. 13, it's not likely to have perfect balance. Stockton is the lead designer on Warlords of Draenor's new garrison system, one of the biggest additions to World of Warcraft with the expansion and the source of many of the items that have a good chance of producing surprising and unexpected effects. The story of Warlords of Draenor involves the heroes of World of Warcraft journeying to an alien planet and an alternate reality to stop an invasion of Azeroth.

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Why You'll Buy GTA 5 Again on Xbox One/PS4/PC, According to Take-Two

Karl Slatoff says a raft of visual improvements and new content will make the new versions a "very compelling" proposition.

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PS3 Gets PlayStation Now Open Beta Today, More Games Coming to the Service

God of War: Ascension, Infamous, and Ultra Street Fighter IV are coming to the streaming service "soon."

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FIFA 15 Released Early on Xbox One via EA Access

Subscribers permitted to play for six hours throughout week preceding general release.

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Hands-on with Nintendo's better looking, better playing New Nintendo 3DS

The New Nintendo 3DS is a big improvement in many immediately noticeable ways, based on some hands-on time with the forthcoming Nintendo handheld at Tokyo Game Show 2014. It certainly makes playing Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, the Capcom game chosen to show off the New Nintendo 3DS to the public for the first time, a lot easier.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Sony PlayStation chief: hopes games unit can raise profit outlook this year

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp's game division head said he hopes the unit can raise its profit outlook for a second time this financial year as sales of the latest PlayStation console and subscription services for games and other content far exceed expectations. Andrew House, chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment, also told Reuters in an interview on Thursday that he was certain the game division would further increase its operating profit next year. ...

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Swery65's Xbox One-exclusive D4 to be Released Tomorrow

Action-adventure game D4 to launch unexpectedly.

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Meet PC's New Xbox One Controller, Same as the Old One

Microsoft releasing an Xbox One controller intended for use with PCs, but you can get the same experience right now.

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Funny Smash Bros. Ad Reveals Nintendo President's Love of Pancakes

Nintendo releases funny video to promote the Super Smash Club in Canada.

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Create Your NBA 2K15 Player on Xbox One/PS4 by Scanning Your Face

Using Kinect or the PS4 camera, you can have the game capture a 3D model of your face with which to create your player.

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Conservative Group to Video Game Gender Critics -- "Stand Down"

American Enterprise Institute's Christina Hoff Sommers says gender critics "do a lot of cherry-picking and they ignore the fact that the world of gaming has become inclusive."

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Xbox One Versions of Halo: Reach, ODST On Microsoft's Radar

"I think enough people have asked about it that we are thinking about it," 343 says.

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Check Out Some Xbox One Halo 2 HD Shotgun and Sniper Footage

Watch some footage right now for Sanctuary, Lockout, and Ascension.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

First Photo of PlayStation-Exclusive Superhero TV Series "Powers" Released

Powers combines the genres of superhero fantasy, crime noir, and police procedural.

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Get Assassin's Creed Unity PS4/Xbox One Collector's Edition for $60

A likely pricing error on the Dell store currently lets you order the Collector's Edition of Unity for Xbox One and PS4 at the regular edition price.

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$5 Metro 2033 and Eternal Sonata in Xbox One/360 Weekly Deals

Valiant Hearts is just $10 on Xbox One, while the first two Monkey Island games are $2.50 each on 360.

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Xbox One Exclusive Scalebound Is Unlike Anything the Bayonetta Studio Has Made Before

Platinum Games director says, "We've never made a game like Scalebound."

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Halo: Reach Is Free on Xbox 360 Through Games With Gold

Xbox Live subscribers can pick up their free copy of Bungie's final Halo title starting today.

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WWE 2K15 delays PS4, Xbox One release until Nov. 18

The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of WWE 2K15 have been delayed three weeks and will now launch on Nov. 18, 2K Sports said in a statement released this morning. The game's Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 launch is unchanged from the original Oct. 28 date. "The additional development time enables our talented teams to ensure the WWE 2K15 next-gen experience fully meets our expectations," Greg Thomas, the president of 2K Sports in-house developer Visual Concepts, said in the statement.