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Inexplicable yet surprisingly competent third-person shooter Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare is the latest addition to EA's Origin Game Time service, a promotion that grants players free access to full games for a limited time. Here's how it works: If you pay a visit to the Game Time website, you'll find a list of relatively recent EA games. At the top of this list is Plants Vs Zombies: ...read more
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Steam Tags, the system where users of the Steam digital distribution service and storefront assign keywords to games, has exited beta testing. Valve announced the change earlier this week via a news post, but noted that the removal of the b-word is "mostly a cosmetic change." Valve reasoned that the change feels cosmetic due to the fact that Steam Tags will continue to evolve and change. For ...read more
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Hidden Path Entertainment's tower defense sequel Defense Grid 2 is primed for a September release on Steam, Xbox Live, and the PlayStation Network, publisher 505 Games announced this week. The result of a successful Kickstarter project and follow-up investment, Defense Grid 2 boasts a lengthy single-player campaign along with online PVP and multiplayer co-op modes. The sequel includes new ...read more
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Mineorama, the Minecraft convention scheduled to take place in mid-July that was canceled at the last minute—and with more than $500,000 spent on advance tickets—insisted that it was "not a scam," and that another event would be scheduled to take its place. But many ticket buyers worried that they had indeed been conned, and it's starting to look very much like that's exactly what has ...read more
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Rejoice! Metal Gear Solid 5 will be the first entry to arrive on PC at launch and it’s coming via Steam. Kojima confirmed the Steam version of both Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain during his live Twitch stream. PC users will also be able to use a Steam Cardboard Box in the game which will have specific functions. No release date was revealed for the PC, or console versions of Phantom Pain ...read more
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Tomorrow marks the day League of Legends receive its definitive patch. Riot Games has decided update 4.14 is most likely the patch that will be used for the upcoming 2014 League of Legends World Championship which will take place in Korea. This time, unlike last patch, it’s rather small since all major changes have already been made, and it’s now the time to get everything perfect for the ...read more
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The official Activision store has outed the PC system requirements for Sledgehammer’s upcoming Call of Duty title, Advanced Warfare. Here the minimum and recommended specs, according to the official download page: OS: Windows 7 64-Bit / Windows 8 64-Bit CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHZ / AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 2.4 GHZ or better Recommended: Intel® Core™ i5 – 680 @ ...read more
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World of Warcraft subscriber numbers have dropped to around 6.8 million, Blizzard has announced. Still the "number 1 subscription-based MMORPG", as Blizzard points out, its user base is down from the 7.7 million subscribers clocked by the end of the second calendar quarter of 2013. Despite this, Blizzard president and co-founder Mike Morhaime says the MMO "remains healthy", and that ...read more
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Back in May we reported that Dong Nguyen, the infamous creator of Flappy Bird was working on a new game, despite swearing off the gaming industry. Good o’ Nguyen is back to wreck havoc on the public’s emotions with Flappy Birds Family, which features multiple flapping birds all due to the addition of multiplayer. The free game is compatible with Amazon’s Fire TV platform, and includes ...read more
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Overkill Software will offer its bank robbery shooter Payday: The Heist for free via Steam on October 18, the developer has announced. The game will be served up as part of a Payday 2 community drive; the free Payday reward was unlocked after the official Payday 2 Steam Community group hit 1.05 million people. The group stood at 1,108,594 members at the time of writing, unlocking a free ...read more
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