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Blocked From Attending Last Year, Hideo Kojima to Receive Award Next Month
After not being permitted to attend last year’s show, The Game Awards will present Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima with the “Industry Icon” award on December 1. Game Awards host Geoff Keighley tweeted the announcement today, alongside a picture of Kojima holding the whole world in his hands–it’s actually just a small globe. Kojima…
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PlayStation Vue Expands Again, Now Available on Apple TV
Sony’s PlayStation TV-streaming service, PlayStation Vue, launched on Apple TV today, expanding its footprint even further. In a PlayStation Blog post, Sony said Apple TV was one of the “most highly requested devices” for the service. PlayStation Vue works on fourth generation Apple TV devices and supports the system’s Siri remote. People who have an…
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Star Wars Battlefront's Rogue One Expansion, VR Mode Dated
The final DLC pack for Star Wars Battlefront, which is themed around the upcoming Rogue One, arrives for season pass owners on December 6, EA announced today. EA had previously said the DLC, titled Rogue One: Scarif, would arrive in December but hadn’t gotten any more specific than that. With Rogue One itself releasing on…
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Why One of Blizzard's Most Veteran Devs Retired
Blizzard’s Chris Metzen retired from the video game industry earlier this year at the age of 42, which came as a surprise for someone who had helped create so many beloved franchises, including Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo. When he retired, Metzen was the senior vice president of story and franchise development and, to many, the…
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Next Historical Total War Game Will Go to a New Era for the Franchise
Developer Creative Assembly has started to tease the next historical Total War game. In a roundtable interview attended by Eurogamer, brand director Rob Bartholomew stated that the studio is working on a game that’s set in “an era we haven’t tackled yet.” “Yes, it’s not something we’ve done before,” creative director Mike Simpson added. That’s…
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Here's When Mass Effect: Andromeda's Theme Music Will be Revealed
BioWare will reveal the theme music for spacefaring RPG Mass Effect: Andromeda in December, the developer announced today. People who attend the concert, 2016: A Video Game Musical Odyssey, will be the first in the world to hear the song. Watch the teaser video below to learn more–there’s a brief sequence of music at the…
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Watch the Funny First Trailer for Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Netflix has released the first trailer for its take on A Series of Unfortunate Events. The eight-episode series is set to premiere on the streaming service on January 13. The trailer gives us our first look at Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf in motion. The overall tone and aesthetic of the series looks very…
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Smite's Next Patch Adds Holiday Skins and an Updated Co-Op Mode
Hi-Rez Studios has detailed the new update for Smite, and it has a decidedly Christmas-y theme to it. Update 3.22, titled Fafnir’s Wonderland, draws its name from a new co-op mode of the same name. This is essentially a revamped version of the limited-time co-op mode Xing Tian’s Mountain, pitting teams of five against AI-controlled…
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Watch Dogs 2's Disabled Multiplayer Mode May Return This Weekend
Watch Dogs 2‘s seamless multiplayer was removed from the game right before it launched, and now Ubisoft is aiming to get the feature back into the game “as soon as this weekend.” Ubisoft posted on its forums today, saying that it’s “been prioritizing finding a solution to the online connection frame rate issue,” in order…
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Quantum Break, Alan Wake Dev Teases New Game Reveal
It looks like Quantum Break and Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment is going to announce a new game soon. The developer today posted a teaser video that says a “new game trailer” is coming soon. Take a look: On YouTube, this video is titled “The Greatest Trailer of All Time.” This is all we have…