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Celebrate Back To The Future Day With Rocket League And The Iconic DeLorian on October 21st

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

As every Back to the Future fan knows, this year on October 21st, 2015 Marty McFly arrives in the future from 1985. To celebrate this momentous occasion developer Psyonix is releasing a special DeLorian themed car pack for Rocket League. I’m willing to bet that most of you have already guessed whats in the pack, but if you havent ill let you take a look at the image below to confirm what most of us already know. (its a DeLorian) [youtube id=”MWTGyIwgvZw”] A statement from developer Psyonix on the PlayStation blog said  “Truth be told, we used to fantasize and joke

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Star Wars Battlefront Season Pass Priced at $50

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Just when we thought we had all the Star Wars news we could handle EA has released the price for their season pass. The price will be 50$ The four map packs that have been announced so far. The Collection of maps is quite expensive but if you calculate the total cost of each DLC to be 15$ you actually get a bit of a discount. EA is sweetening the pot with another added incentive. Players who buy the DLC season pass to Star Wars Battlefront will get two week early access to the maps before the release and an exclusive

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What Rae & Focks & Fionna Have Been Playing

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Each week we bring you short snippets recounting what we’ve been playing in the past seven days or so. Now that the Canadian Thanksgiving Holiday has come to an end here’s what Rae and Focks have been playing. Focks Recently I’ve been playing Dawn of War Soulstorm. The DoW series are my favorite strategy games. I’m not the best at strategy games but i still enjoy the games. I have also gotten into playing Serious Sam, which was one of my favorite fps games when I was younger. [youtube id=”Cit8aGfMpuM”] Rae I’ve been playing a lot of Rockband 4 for

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Hyperdimension Neptunia­ Re;Birth3: V Generation Coming To Steam Oct 30th

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Idea Factory International’s third Hyperdimension Neptunia remake will make the leap to Windows PC on October 30th the publisher has announced. Rebirth;3 was previously released on the PlayStation Vita this past summer to many positive reviews. The game takes players back to the 1980s when there were less bits, very few cut-scenes and no online play. Rebirth;3 features a combo system allowing you to string together up to 5 moves into a truly devastating blow. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the games features as provided by IFI: You Can Tell From the Pixels With a fantastic 1080p resolution, experience the two

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Heroes of the Storm Free Hero Rotation For 10.12.15

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

A Blizzard Russian community manager has revealed on their official forums which heroes which will be free this week. Long-time mainstays like Raynor and Muradin are free alongside Rexxar who makes his first appearance on the free line-up after being released last month. Rexxar is a unique Hero due to the fact that players control two characters at one time, adding a bit more micromanagement to the game. He is also the first ranged warrior to make an appearance in Heroes of the Storm. Here’s the full line-up for this week: Raynor Muradin Tassadar Jaina Zagara Nazebo (12) Rexxar (15)

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OverWatch Beta Live Stream Locked In For October 15th

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Blizzard will be announcing the first details for the beta version of their highly anticipated Team Based Shooter Overwatch live on Twitch.TV on Thursday October 15th they announced via Battle.Net. Viewers of this stream won’t only get to hear the new details first but will also enjoy over 90 minutes of gameplay footage from two different perspectives. Here are the official details from Battle.net: Join a duo of aspiring heroes, Haylinic and Ellohime, as they team up with our developers to fight for the future LIVE from Blizzard HQ. During these inaugural streams, you’ll have a chance to see over

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Rainbow Six Siege “CSG 9” Trailer

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Rainbow Six Siege
Ubisoft Europe’s official YouTube channel has posted a brand new trailer detailing the German CSG 9 Special Forces unit. In-game players will be able to take control of four different operatives from this unit – I.Q, Jager, Bandit and Blitz. Learn more about these Special Forces operatives and how they work in Rainbow Six Siege in the embedded trailer below. If you missed last month’s extended closed beta don’t worry we’ve got you covered with our extensive write up about our time with the game. UbiSoft’s official YouTube Channel offers the following description of the video: Rainbow is an elite

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Call of Duty Black Ops III Shadows of Evil Prologue Trailer

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Black Ops III
What do a washed up magician, a private eye, a cabaret singer looking for her shot at the big time and an aging fighter have to do with each other? They’re the brand new protagonists in the latest Call of Duty Zombies experience – Shadows of Evil – shipping with the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops III. Activision released the prologue trailer for this new mode and honestly it has a pretty neat 30s/40s Noir Vibe to the whole thing – I am really digging it. Let’s hope that each of these four characters get some growth over the

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Square Enix Game Sale at GOG This Weekend

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Jason Nason

Square Enix
Square Enix is putting the PC editions of a lot of their older games on sale this weekend. The sale is about 75% off the regular price on the PC gaming site, with games selling for $1.99 to $2.49. All of the games are at least ten years old with the newest games on here Thief™ 3: Deadly Shadows and Hitman 3: Contracts from 2004. See anything you’ll pick up? I have a personal soft spot for Omikron: The Nomad Soul, which I played a lot on the SEGA Dreamcast way back in the day. Click here for the sale,

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Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty: Coming soon on Vinyl

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Erika

For Old Honest Abe’s 18th birthday, the complete Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty video game soundtrack is being released by German record label Black Screen Records on 180 gram green vinyl! Currently available for pre-order, it will be released and shipped in late November. Coming in a full-coloured gatefold sleeve with RuptureFarms art by Raymond Swanland, with the soundtrack being composed, mixed, and mastered by Michael Bross.     If that wasn’t enough for die-hard Oddworld fans such as myself, also included is not only an exclusive two-sided A2 poster, or that it includes official DLC downloads for Oddworld: New ‘n’

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FFXIV Letter From The Producer Live XXV Confirmed

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Square Enix has confirmed that the next Letter from the Producer Live for Final Fantasy XIV Heavansward will take place on October 25th. It seems kind of fitting that we will get our first close look at Final Fantasy XIV Patch 3.1 during the 25th Live Letter. For those who are unaware – “Letter from the Producer Live” are a series of Live Streams featuring FFXIV’s producer Yoshi P where he details upcoming changes to the game, reveals new locations and other fun tidbits. Sometimes they are broadcast only in Japanese, which means the community will have to wait for

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Upcoming Free / Paid Tales of Zestiria DLC Detailed

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Namco Bandai Games will be releasing the next entry in the Tales of series in Europe and North America later this month and to celebrate the upcoming western release the publisher has detailed some of the first downloadable content coming for Tales of Zestiria, and hey some of it is totally free! Fans who purchase the game and register on either Bandai Namco’s VIP Corner in Europe or North America will gain access to an additional chapter titled Alisha’s Story which will expand the game’s single player story. The VIP Corner will play host to some free Mystic Artes as

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Dragon Age: Inquisition Game of the Year Edition | Review

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Kenny Keelan

Dragon Age is another in a strong list of BioWare franchises that has a strong, loyal, and sometimes fierce following; when games in their franchises try to hit a massive audience outside of their core user base things often get kind of messy and, unfortunately, as a result, good standalone games and franchise entries get dragged through the dirt. Inquisition is one of those games and, in an effort to try and re-establish itself with that wider audience and show some loyalty to its core audience, BioWare releases a Game of the Year edition to give those who either haven’t played the

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Twitter To Layoff 4000 Staff

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Reports have surfaced that Twitter is planning to layoff over 4,000 staff members and cancel a major expansion to their San Fransisco headquarters. The reason behind these cuts – spearheaded by the company’s new CEO – are an effort to curb rising operating costs and a lower stock price. How will this affect users of the popular social media site and its plan to move beyond the 140 character limit is unclear at this time. Recently Twitter has talked about expanding the amount of characters – giving users more room to express themselves. Do you use a lot of Twitter,

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New Call of Duty Black Ops 3 Live Streams Every Friday!

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Activision has announced a series of live streams that will feature never before seen content leading up to the November 6th release of the game on Windows PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS3 and Xbox 360. The first live stream will take place today at 3PM on the official Call of Duty YouTube channel. You’ll be able to watch a new stream every Friday from now on until the game hits retail. If any major news is announced during today’s stream we will bring it to you!

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