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Video | Video: Watch us play Destiny from 12pm BST
Strike stream inbound.
Destiny! You can play it in your own home right now! Somewhat surprisingly, the beta has launched with only a few hitches, and it's all running smoothly enough. Will that be the case when we attempt to stream 60 minutes of Strike action from 12pm BST today? There's only one way to find out! Click below for the chance of seeing three men being disconnected from servers. Or, alternatively, to just watch them playing some Destiny.
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PS4 top-selling US console in June despite Kinect-less Xbox One launch
While Mario Kart 8 drives Wii U sales.
PlayStation 4 was the best-selling console in the US in June, Sony has announced, a title that the console has now held for six months running.
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Sony reveals special edition The Last of Us and Destiny-themed PS4 consoles
But they're only available in Japan for now.
Sony Japan has shown off two new PlayStation 4 models themed around the upcoming launches of Destiny and The Last of Us Remastered.
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Finally there's Areal prototype game footage
But is it too little too late?
There are six days of the Kickstarter to go and - finally - we're shown gameplay footage of Areal.
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Microsoft is shuttering Xbox Entertainment Studios, original programming
UPDATE: Remedy's game/TV show hybrid Quantum Break unaffected.
UPDATE 18/7/14 8.20AM: Microsoft has confirmed that part-game, part-TV show Xbox One exclusive Quantum Break will be unaffected by the closure of Xbox Entertainment Studios.
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Doom 4 is an oldschool reboot, just called Doom
Has double jumping, more melee combat and no regenerating health.
id Software has revealed its highly anticipated new game in the legendary Doom franchise and it's just called Doom.
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Surreal horror adventure Darkwood creeps onto Early Access next week
New interactive trailer sure is creepy.
Top-down survival-horror adventure Darkwood is coming to Steam Early Access on 24th July for PC, Mac and Linux where it will cost $14.99 (about £9).
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Horrifying Catdog-like wrestling game Push Me, Pull You reveals gameplay
"Prove that a good friendship can overcome anything."
In April I wrote about Push Me, Pull You, a bizarre, horrifying co-op wrestling game about conjoined worm-people competing with one another to keep a ball in their court. Now, developer House House has released some alpha footage depicting an entire round of the nightmare fuel.
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See how Bungie updated Destiny's Dinklage dialogue
And what happened to the wizard that came from the moon?
When Bungie community chief David "Deej" Dague told Eurogamer earlier this week that players would notice that the divisive Peter Dinklage dialogue in Destiny had been changed from alpha to beta, he wasn't kidding.
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Assassin's Creed Memories card combat game announced for iOS
Recruit historical figures in this F2P spin-off.
The Assassin's Creed series is getting a new free-to-play card combat RPG for iOS devices called Assassin's Creed Memories.
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Sniper Elite 3 has a three-part DLC campaign to Save Churchill
For the Winston.
A new three-part campaign is headed to long-range shooter Sniper Elite 3 where players must save Britain's legendary wartime prime minister Winston Churchill.
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Kickstarter-funded Yogventures canned, backers given Steam key for another game instead
UPDATE: Yogscast issues statement, game failure "a matter of deep regret".
UPDATE 1: Yogscast has issued Eurogamer a statement on the collapse of Yogventures and the demise of its developer Winterkewl Games.
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Review | Light review
Turn off.
Amnesia is one of the most common storytelling contrivances in media. It's always struck me as odd and reductionist: if you were to lose all of your old memories, would you still be you? It's a tough question, but it's one that Light tosses away almost immediately. We see the classic amnesia trope, but only through several layers of abstraction.
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The Walking Dead: Season Two - Episode 4 release date announced
Telltale's penultimate episode arrives next week.
The penultimate episode of Telltale's The Walking Dead: Season Two launches next week for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and Xbox 360, plus iPhone, iPad and Mac.
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Remember PS3 hacker Geohot? Now he works for Google
One of Project Zero.
George "Geohot" Hotz - the man who hacked the PlayStation 3, among many other things - now works for Google.
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Interview | What's going on at Criterion?
Matt Webster on the possibility of paid alphas, its new prototype and, of course, Burnout.
Criterion is in a state. The once mighty Guildford studio has been hobbled by the transferral of the Need for Speed series to the Gothenburg-based Ghost Games, as well as the departure of its racing-focussed staff who formed Ghost UK and, more pertinently, the departure of two of its founding members, Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry.
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Microsoft announces 18,000 jobs to be cut in the next year
Nokia bears the brunt. "Limited change" for Xbox.
Microsoft has announced plans to cut 18,000 jobs over the course of the next year - its biggest round of layoffs ever.
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Frontier's drive to make Elite: Dangerous on PC future proof
"Moore's law is our friend."
Frontier Developments is aiming to future proof open world space game Elite: Dangerous so it stays relevant for years after launch.
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Video | Video: Why do Japanese games tell you characters' blood types?
Outside Xbox has the answer.
Why do game manuals sometimes give a character's blood group along with the expected name, height and age? Have a watch for the significance of blood types in Japanese games and find out if you're a compatible donor for the cast of Resident Evil, Final Fantasy and Street Fighter - at last.
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Destiny Xbox One beta won't be 1080p, but the final version will
"There is always room for improvement."
The Xbox One Destiny beta won't run at a 1080p resolution, but the final version of the game will.
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Intriguing indie Metrico gets a PlayStation Vita release date
Gameplay trailer shows Input Morphing mechanic in action.
Oddball PlayStation Vita platformer Metrico will be released on 6th August, developer Digital Dreams has confirmed.
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First footage of Wii U-exclusive survival horror Project Zero 5
But what about a European release?
The fifth game in the Project Zero/Fatal Frame series will launch in Japan on 27th September.
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The Last of Us Remastered lets you lock frame-rate at 30fps
UPDATE: Requested by PS3 "purists", not due to 60fps troubles.
UPDATE 17/7/14 09.30AM Naughty Dog's decision to include an optional 30fps lock in The Last of Us Remastered is due to requests by PS3 "purists" - not because the game would otherwise experience tearing.
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Broken Sword 5 - The Serpent's Curse: Episode 2 out now for iOS
A £3.99 in-app purchase within Episode 1.
Revolution has released the iOS version of Episode 2 of Broken Sword 5 - The Serpent's Curse.
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Ubisoft now employs a chief parkour officer for Assassin's Creed
We're not giving you the run around.
Assassin's Creed publisher Ubisoft now employs a chief parkour officer to oversee new entries in the series.
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Pinball FX2 Xbox One release date set
No option to import tables from last-gen version, unlike on PS4.
The Xbox One version of Pinball FX2 launches on Thursday 31st July, developer Zen Studios has announced.
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No PS3 to PS4 upgrade discount for The Last of Us Remastered
But expect to pay under £40.
Sony will not offer a discount to those buying The Last of Us Remastered on PlayStation 4 who already own The Last of Us on PlayStation 3, it has confirmed.
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Ex-Panama dictator suing Activision over likeness in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
All the cool kids are doing it.
Earlier this month we had Mean Girls and Freaky Friday star Lindsay Lohan suing Rockstar over allegedly using her likeness in Grand Theft Auto 5. Now, we have an ex-dictator suing Activision over allegedly using his likeness in Call of Duty.
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Codemasters responds to Grid Autosport £2.39 Boost Pack DLC criticism
"There is a silent subset of players that do like that sort of content."
Codemasters has responded to the negative reaction to the £2.39 Boost Pack DLC for racing game Grid Autosport, insisting it's aimed at a "silent subset of players".
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If Star Citizen hits $50m its developers will create alien languages
The money keeps on rolling in.
Cloud Imperium Games says if it hits $50m in crowdfunding for PC space game Star Citizen, it will create alien languages.
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