Invade Diablo 3’s hell for $20

The reaper is coming on March 25, and to prepare, Blizzard is offering Diablo 3 for $20 on PC and Mac now through March 23. The Reaper of Souls expansion raises character level caps and features a new storyline arc with fresh endgame content, and an adventure mode that opens...

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Firefox stops being polite, starts getting Unreal Engine 4 in tech demo

Mozilla offered up a new trailer this week that shows Unreal Engine 4 tech demos running in Firefox. The games shown are seemingly running without the use of plugins in the popular browser. The software company added Unreal Engine 3 support to the browser last June.  

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‘Stiq Tips: A Titanfall Guide

Titanfall is finally here, and you’re going to be blowing up tons of Titans. Dozens. Hundreds, even. But with such a tiny body as a Pilot, it can be pretty intimidating to take on a giant robot — until you read these tips, that is. First things first: Before you...

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Warner Bros invests $18 million in Machinima

As the journal of Wall Street foretold, Machinima has received $18 million in funding from Warner Bros. Gamasutra reports WB’s executive vice president of strategy and biz development Thomas Gewecke said Machinima was a “pioneer and category leader” on YouTube and that Warner is “impressed with Machinima as a distribution...

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Watch Dogs PC specs announced, R18+ reclassification in Australia

Two doggie-snack sized bits of Watch Dogs news to report, starting with Ubisoft Montreal releasing the minimum specifications required to run the hacker game on PC. To become a Watch Dog you need a 28.8 BPS modem, an active-matrix display with a million psychedelic colors… oh wait, wrong specs. What...

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Titanfall State of Service: Launch Day

This is State of Service, an ongoing review of the online service of a recently launched game. See our scored review of Titanfall here. Wednesday, March 12 | T-minus 29 days until final verdict Current State of Service: Moderate Summary: Xbox One and PC versions experienced matchmaking issues. Problems seem...

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Explore and create music in the Tron-like world of Fract, out next month

Synaestheisa is a condition in which you experience one sense like sound through another pathway like sight, and it’s a growing concept in video games, particularly through the art of visualizing music. More recent indie games like Audiosurf and Sound Shapes carry on the groundwork laid by Dreamcast/PS2 classic Rez,...

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Arma 3 is out to Win next week with final campaign episode

Arma 3 concludes its The East Wind campaign on March 20, when the military shooter launches its third and final episode, ‘Win.’ The episode brings an end to the story of NATO soldier Ben Kerry and his Omega squad, and the near-future conflict that’s seen the Mediterranean swallowed up in...

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IndieCade returns to L.A. in October, now accepting submissions

IndieCade is accepting entries for this year’s independent games showcase event ahead of its October debut in Culver City, California. Developers interested in having their works featured and judged by IndieCade’s panel of more than 100 industry judges can submit their entries here. Event organizers note that all types of...

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Stop-motion adventure Dominique Pamplemousse sings on Steam, Humble Store

Stop-motion adventure game Dominique Pamplemousse is now available on Steam. The PC and Mac game is 15 percent off ($4.24), and the Deluxe Edition version is 17 percent off ($4.97) until March 18. Dominique Pamplemousse also launched on the Humble Store today, and is priced at $4.99. The indie adventure...

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