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Investigating something wicked in The Secret World

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May 27, 2012
2 min

When Norwegian developer Funcom's latest massively multiplayer online role-playing game, The Secret World, launches in July, two things will no doubt set it apart from its competitors: its real-world Lovecraft meets Stephen King meets the X-Files setting and its challenging, brain-teasing missions.

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Reason for excitement over ‘This Masked Miscreant’

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May 27, 2012
1 min

This October you will be taking on the role of a masked assassin named Corvo out for blood in a neo-victorian steampunk dystopia. In a debut trailer released in April it is revealed that Corvo was once a guard for an Empress but found closest to her at her death and therefore marked as her murderer, hence the name Dishonored.

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Gaming art for your Facebook Timeline (Part 7: Future Games)

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May 26, 2012
1 min

Jazz up your Facebook profile with Timeline covers of upcoming video games like Call of Duty: Black Ops II, God of War: Ascension, and Borderlands 2.

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3 ways Heroes of Ruin wants you to be more social

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May 26, 2012
2 min

Whether it's local, online, or on the street: To get the most out of Heroes of Ruin, you'll need to interact with another human being.

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How I survived the real zombie apocalypse (gallery)

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May 26, 2012
5 min

Drawing on a rich heritage of horror movies and games, such as Dawn of the Dead, Resident Evil and Left 4 Dead, Zed Events has crafted a unique 'real life' zombie experience in the UK that is the stuff of nightmares.

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Video Blips: PlanetSide 2, Hitman: Absolution, and Red Orchestra 2

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May 26, 2012
1 min

Nothing says "immediate action" over handling dwindling resources better than expending more resources on shooting, blowing up, and knocking over other things expending resources....

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Rhode Island governor, former employee, and Salvatore weigh in on 38 Studios’ collapse

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May 26, 2012
2 min

News surrounding yesterday's company-wide layoff at Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning developer 38 Studios continues to roll in on as people in and around the event speak up about what exactly went wrong.

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Gaming art for your Facebook Timeline (Part 6: Arcade)

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May 26, 2012
1 min

Power up your Facebook profile with Timeline cover images of beloved arcade games like Donkey Kong, R-Type, and Double Dragon.

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Ron Gilbert and Double Fine go adventuring in The Cave (preview)

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May 25, 2012
2 min

Adventure game grandfathers Tim Schafer (Grim Fandango, Full Throttle) and Ron Gilbert (Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island) recently held a special media event at Double Fine Productions' San Francisco headquarters to unveil the developer's latest offering: The Cave.

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High noon: The confusing lack of spaghetti-western games

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May 25, 2012
3 min

Back in the swinging sixties, you couldn't walk 10 feet through the American mid-West without tripping over an Italian film crew working on a spaghetti...

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