Defiance and the challenges of transmedia storytelling

We speak to Syfy's Mark Stern and Trion Worlds' Nicholas Beliaeff about the upcoming MMO shooter and the accompanying TV series. On April 2, Rift developer Trion Worlds will launch a new project five years in the making, an open world, multiplatform...

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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance slashes to top spot in Japan weekly sales

February 27, 2013 11:58PM PST Konami's Metal Gear spin-off beats Dragon Quest VII 3DS port and Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the week of February 18. While the Metal Gear series isn't known for being a stylistic action title, it seemed...

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Star Wars: The Old Republic to get a 2.0 update of "Scum and Villainy"

February 28, 2013 12:02AM PST Game Update 2.0 to bring level cap up to 55 and introduce new skills for advanced classes. BioWare and EA have announced that the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will soon launch a new patch. Game Update...

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Sony to host PlayStation roadshow in Singapore from Feb. 28 to March 2

Sony fans in Singapore can look forward to an upcoming PlayStation roadshow hosted by Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong. The event will be held at the Funan DigitaLife Mall this week from February 28 to March 2, from 11am to 9pm. Games available...

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Final Fantasy Digital Collection out now in Asia

February 26, 2013 9:38PM PST Set with download codes for Final Fantasy I to Final Fantasy IX to cost S$209($153); 2,000 units available. Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong and Square Enix have announced that its earliest Final Fantasy...

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Skullgirls DLC crowdfunding page hits $190K in a day

The developers at Lab Zero Games have opened a Skullgirls DLC fundraising page over on crowdfunding site Indiegogo, with the sole purpose of using the money to release DLC characters for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC fighting game. The target goal is...

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Meeting The World's Fastest Gamer

Are racing games on the verge of becoming the next big thing in eSports? Joe Barron speaks to the iRacing grand prix world champion Greger Huttu to find out. Whenever eSports are mentioned, specific games come to mind: League of Legends, Starcraft 2...

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StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Aussie launch party guests revealed

Earlier this month Blizzard announced launch event plans for RTS title StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. The official Australian launch party will take place on March 11 at Federation Square in Melbourne from 8pm. Blizzard Australia has revealed...

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Xbox 720 could block used software, says Eidos president

Industry veteran and Eidos life president Ian Livingstone has said Microsoft's next Xbox could block pre-owned games and require an active internet connection. Speaking to MCV India, Livingstone said the next-gen consoles weren't prepared to go towards...

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Minecraft 1.5 coming in 'roughly two weeks'

February 26, 2013 3:28AM PST Lead designer says long-awaited Redstone update will arrive in early March. Minecraft lead designer Jens Bergensten has confirmed the 1.5 update to Minecraft, known as the Redstone update, will be released...

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GRID 2 Screens

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RIFT China publisher hires Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade as spokesperson

February 24, 2013 11:20PM PST Chinese publisher Shanda Games said to have spent 8-figure sum for NBA star. RIFT has a new face promoting the MMORPG in China; Miami Heat point guard Dwayne Wade. Shanda Games' official website has...

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Divergence Online seeking crowdfunding

Divergence Online, a sandbox sci-fi MMO that has been on hiatus since its original announcement in 2006, is now back in development, and is seeking crowdsourced funds to keep its momentum. According to an IndieGogo crowdfunding page, the goal the...

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UK Chart: Crysis 3 lands top, Aliens: Colonial Marines sales drop 84%

EA's Crysis 3 has taken pole position in the UK charts, firing an arrow into the chart dreams of the disappointing Aliens: Colonial Marines. Gearbox's FPS saw an 84% drop in sales and finishes in fifth place. Konami's Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance...

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Capcom axes annual Captivate event for 2013

Capcom isn't planning to hold its annual Captivate event this year, the publisher has confirmed. It has been running the event, which is designed to showcase its annual line-up, since 2008. "This year we're likely to be looking at announcements around...

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Kojima says MGS: Ground Zeroes may be too 'risky' to release

Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes may be too "risky" to ever see release. Designer Hideo Kojima explained in a roundtable interview session attended by Videogamer that the game's focus on mature and taboo themes may make it too controversial to sell, even...

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Kojima says MGS: Ground Zeroes may be too 'risky' to release

Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes may be too "risky" to ever see release. Designer Hideo Kojima explained in a roundtable interview session attended by Videogamer that the game's focus on mature and taboo themes may make it too controversial to sell, even...

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Firefall second public beta jumpstarts this weekend

February 21, 2013 8:57PM PST Red 5 Studio also hosting airborne moments video contest for participants to enter. Red 5 Studio has announced that it will be hosting another round of public beta testing for its upcoming shooter Firefall....

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Chatting Columbia With Irrational - Bioshock Infinite

Please don't suck, please don't suck, please don't suck. Don't dare to pull an Aliens CM move. I can look past the Halo/CoD (I don't play CoD so I'm not sure) regenerating shields instead of med kits, but I'm looking forward to exploring an immersive...

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Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn Screens

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My, That's a Fine-Looking Necromorph - Dead Space 3 Graphics Comparison

February 21, 2013 6:00AM PST Which version of Dead Space 3 is the best looking? You decide. Considering picking up that plasma cutter for one last foray into the world of Necromorph dismemberment, but in a dilemma over which version to...

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Starting From Scratch - Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn

February 21, 2013 6:00AM PST What does Final Fantasy mean to Square Enix game producer Naoki Yoshida? When Yoshida recently presented his plans for the upcoming re-release of the critically drubbed Final Fantasy XIV, he called out immersive...

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Daily Digest - PlayStation Rumor Mill

February 19, 2013 4:19PM PST Remember to tune in tomorrow for Sony's big announcement! To-Do List - TUNE IN Super Awesome PlayStation Announcement!- WELCOME The GameSpot Justicars- WATCH Escape from Mount Stupid - PlayStation 3- JOIN...

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Wishful Thinking: Predicting the PlayStation 4

February 19, 2013 8:17PM PST GameSpot staff from around the globe sound off on their hopes and dreams for Sony's new console. With the hours rapidly ticking down to Sony's New York event, rumour and speculation are running wild that the company...

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The State of PlayStation 3's Missing Exclusives

Ahead of the PlayStation 4 announcement, we look back on some of the PlayStation 3 exclusives that have gone MIA. All signs are pointing to Sony announcing the next PlayStation at its PlayStation Meeting 2013 event in New York today, and with the unveiling...

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Ninja Running Gameplay Video - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

This week we check out Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Crysis 3, Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington - The Infamy, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Hearthfire and Capcom Arcade Cabinet. Beats provided by DJ VInroc. Posted Feb 15, 2013...

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Assassin's Creed III: The Infamy - Launch Trailer

This week we check out Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Crysis 3, Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington - The Infamy, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Hearthfire and Capcom Arcade Cabinet. Beats provided by DJ VInroc. Posted Feb 15, 2013...

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Falling in Love With Lara - Live Stream

February 19, 2013 2:00AM PST Join Johnny as he teams up with Lara Croft to raid some tombs and generally have a good time. Until this year, I had never played a Tomb Raider game, so I decided to take them on in order. The first one went...

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League of Legends-themed restaurant opens in China

February 19, 2013 2:44AM PST MOBA-themed eatery gets $160,000 in investment. A restaurant tailored after the popular MOBA title League of Legends has opened in the city of Chongquing in the People's Republic of China. According to...

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Destiny ViDoc - Pathways out of Darkness

Our weekly video game news discussion show with John Davison, Brendan Sinclair, and Tom Mc Shea. Topics: Activision calls for Destiny in 2013, Street Fighter's opportunistic 25th Anniversary bundle, and more on this week's Quoted for Truth. Posted May...

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Soul Sacrifice bundle pack available in Singapore for pre-order

February 18, 2013 1:28AM PST Pre-orders to be open from February 22 to March 6. Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong has announced that it will soon take Singapore pre-orders for the regular and premium edition of the PS Vita title...

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UK Chart: Aliens: Colonial Marines the biggest launch of 2013 so far

Gearbox's panned FPS Aliens: Colonial Marines has shot to the top of the UK charts despite its massive critical drubbing. Aliens: Colonial Marines also enjoyed the best opening-week sales of any game this year so far--beating Dead Space 3, which Aliens:...

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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - Tactical Combat Trailer

This week we check out Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Crysis 3, Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington - The Infamy, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Hearthfire and Capcom Arcade Cabinet. Beats provided by DJ VInroc. Posted Feb 15, 2013...

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AZUBU Collegiate Champions Grand Finals

February 16, 2013 1:57PM PST Watch as the Grand Finals makes it way to Los Angeles on February 16th-17th for both StarCraft II and League of Legends. THE AZUBU Collegiate Champions Grand Finals is finally here and will start on Saturday,...

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Now Playing: Neverwinter

@Nekromenos @wexorian  Most people, in my experience, who bash F2P games are just freeloaders. They are giving you an entire game for free, and people can't be bothered to drop at least 40$, which is 20$ cheaper than a full game these days? ...

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Ghost in the Shell Online scheduled for early 2014

February 14, 2013 11:26PM PST Upcoming MMO shooter based on anime franchise to be developed by Dungeon Fighter Online team. Nexon announced the launch schedule for the upcoming MMO shooter Ghost in The Shell online for Japan. According...

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Sound Byte Radio Episode 13: Ico, Chrono Cross, To The Moon

February 14, 2013 11:33PM PST This month's music podcast playlist will put you in the mood for love, with songs from Team Ico's adventure title and a couple of RPG themes or two. We hope you had a lovely time celebrating Valentine's Day...

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Microsoft: 'majority of consumers' won't know about PlayStation 4 announcement

Microsoft has said that whatever Sony announces on February 20--where many expect the PlayStation 4 to be formally unveiled--will not impact the Xbox 360 in the short-term, as "the majority of consumers" won't be aware of it. "Whatever gets announced...

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Company of Heroes movie moved up

The Company of Heroes movie has been moved up to a February 26 debut. The straight-to-DVD and Blu-ray film was previously expected to launch March 19. Based on Relic's strategy game series (now owned by Sega), the film is skipping a theatrical release....

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BitSummit aims to raise awareness of Japanese indie scene

Today, organizers announced the first BitSummit, an international game developers gathering aimed at raising awareness for the Japanese independent development scene. Disclosure: GameSpot is a media partner for the event More than a dozen Japanese...

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Mass Effect version of Risk shown off by BioWare

February 13, 2013 2:37AM PST Latest video game-themed adaptation of Hasbro's board game coming later this year. BioWare has announced its own Mass Effect-themed take on Hasbro's strategy board game Risk, scheduled to be released later...

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GameSpot UK Podcast - Music Special

Dara O'Briain did a funny stand-up bit about videogames. He apologiesed (humoursly) to audience-members David Seaman and Peter Shilton who appearantly had no idea what he talked about the half of the show. He also talked about the fact that "no grown-ups...

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Valve hardware developer Jeri Ellsworth fired

Jeri Ellsworth, a notable hardware developer on Valve's R&D team who, among other things, was prototyping controllers for the oft-rumoured Steam Box, posted on Twitter yesterday to say she had been fired. "Yup. Got fired today. Time for new exciting...

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Xbox 360 has been "painful to watch" says hardware founder

Nat Brown, a Microsoft engineer who helped start the Xbox project and claims to have named the device, has severely criticised the company's direction said the last five years of Xbox 360 have been "painful to watch." "The past five years, and the...

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Video Review - Aliens: Colonial Marines

Knew it. I could tell this was going to be mediocre-ville when I saw the gameplay demos. No suspense in an Aliens game? really? This may sound weird, but when it starts up and you exit the cryo pod in Halo 4, walking through the ship briefly I thought...

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Gaming Meme History: Leeroy Jenkins

I was hoping that this was a video about all the gaming memes that have sprung up over the years but it was a good video, I guess ;)And yes, Leroy Jenkins is classic and forever will be - whether you like/liked WoW or not, that raid video was so funny...

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Wii U owners promised an exclusive Rayman Legends demo

Last week Ubisoft simultaneously announced that its twice-delayed Wii U-exclusive Rayman Legends was being bumped from February to September and was also going multiplatform. Ubisoft has now said it will be offering an exclusive Rayman Legends demo for...

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Metal Gear Rising: The Desperado Elite Trailer

@solidsnake_x3 i know right? they've shwn us every boss fight, every power up, every skill, every enemy type, and if you piece all the trailers, you get the entire plot. The only thing they havent shown is the ending. Fuck Konami, they're...

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UK Chart: Dead Space 3 is first, but sells 26 per cent less than Dead Space 2

EA's micro-transaction tinged horror shooter Dead Space 3 has blasted its way to the top of the UK charts, though sales were down 26 per cent compared to its predecessor. Dead Space 2 launched at a similar period in 2011, though the third game has...

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With Connor Gone, Where Could Assassin's Creed Go Next?

February 9, 2013 9:52AM PST Martin picks out the places he wants to travel to in the next Assassin's Creed. As Assassin's Creed III ended, Connor's storyline felt like it had come to a fairly natural close. But Ratonhnhaké:ton's time as the...

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GameSpot UK Podcast 08/02/13

GameSpot UK Podcast 29/01/13 What's in store for the next-generation consoles? Just how good is Ni No Kuni? And who will triumph in the news quiz? All this and more on today's GameSpot UK Podcast. Download The GameSpot UK Podcast 22/01/13 Join...

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