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Don’t Buy New Video Game Hardware. Not Now.

With fantastic games on offer across just about every platform, with libraries that grow more accomplished with each passing day, you might think it’s always a good time to buy new video game hardware, should you still be without one of the major systems. Mostly, you would be correct. But not this month.


Microsoft Thinking About Giving You Achievements For Watching TV

Achievements are changing on the new Xbox One. They might be changing even more than we realise though, if a Microsoft patent application for TV achievements ever actually comes to fruition. Yes, according to a report on GI.biz, last November Microsoft applied for a patent aimed at giving you achievements for watching TV.


Some Of The Best Video Game Concept Art On The Planet

There are very few artists working in video games who I’d label truly “top shelf” without a moment’s hesitation. There’s Craig Mullins. Sparth. Jaime Jones. Daniel Dociu. Oh, and today’s subject, Jesse van Dijk.


Turn Your Android Phone Into A Gaming Powerhouse

Your Android phone isn’t just for widgets, talking, Google Now and photos. It can also be one of the world’s best gaming platforms, if you’re willing to spend a little time on it.


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Monday Night Web Movie: BioShock Infinite – The Movie

As a shooter, BioShock Infinite isn’t that great. People came for the story and world, and that’s what most people seem to have loved and have taken away from the experience. Naturally, then, somebody went and made a video including only BioShock Infinite‘s “best” bits.


Watch The Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset Do Team Fortress 2

Valve have been talking a lot lately about virtual reality, and, in particular, how Team Fortress 2 runs on it.


Watch 17 Minutes Of Battlefield 4 Gameplay, Right Here

EA just released this enormous 17-minute gameplay demonstration of Battlefield 4′s singleplayer campaign. Watch!


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For $25,000, You Can Have Your Own Giant RoboCop Killing Machine

This is, as close as we can get in 2013 anyway, a real version of RoboCop’s famous ED-209. It’s reportedly an actual Hollywood prop, built for RoboCop 2, and stands ten-feet tall.


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The Last Of Us Has A Series, And It Looks Pretty Good

It’s not even out yet, but Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us is inspiring enough love from fans that a very slick-looking web series is about to kick off.


Morgan Freeman. In Grand Theft Auto IV. Dressed As Gordon Freeman

The world is bursting at the seams with Grand Theft Auto IV mods. You’d think there wouldn’t be room for any more. But there’s always room for wapeddell’s Morgan Freeman. Oh, sorry. Gordon Freeman.


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