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Castlevania: Mirror of Fate HD sinks its fangs into Steam 'later this month'
Posted by Joystiq Mar 15 2014 03:00 GMT in Konami
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Having drained the blood from the Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate will next dine on Steam, at an unknown date later in March.

Originally released on Nintendo's handheld as a bridge between Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and the recently-released Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, Mirror of Fate sees Trevor Belmont traversing the familiar gothic climes of Dracula's domain. Gameplay is a cross between the action-focused Lords of Shadow games and those Castlevania entries (mostly notably Castlevania: Symphony of the Night) that focus on 2D exploration.

The PC incarnation of Mirror of Fate is based on the more recent PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 games, which means that it comes equipped with high-definition graphics, online leaderboards and a Boss Rush mode. New to the PC game are Steam Achievements, though they should be essentially identical to the Achievements and Trophies found in the Xbox 360 and PS3 games, respectively.

Unfortunately lacking from Konami's announcement is a price point for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD, and any specific release date. The best the publisher is willing to offer is a vague "later this month" release window which only leaves about two weeks for Dracula to crawl from his tomb once again. [Image: Konami]

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RUMOR - Action game in a known franchise heading to Wii U, may release soon
Posted by GoNintendo Mar 15 2014 02:20 GMT in Nintendo Stuff
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I'd like to think that Tilmen has some inside info and can be trusted with this stuff. With that said, still consider this 100% rumor.

RUMOR!!! A Nintendo Action Game is in development for #WiiU. - not a big but Known franchise - maybe eShop only - reveal & release soon

— NiNTENDOMiNATiON (@TiLMEN) March 15, 2014

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3DS eShop - A pair of Canadian prices
Posted by GoNintendo Mar 15 2014 02:15 GMT in Nintendo Stuff
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Pure Chess® price is marked for $8.99 in Canada. pic.twitter.com/IvxR3cSFms

— Vernon Schieck (@kitroplious) March 15, 2014

And yes, Yumi's Odd Odyssey will be $32.99 (as of now; subject to change). pic.twitter.com/141RV5ugpM

— Vernon Schieck (@kitroplious) March 15, 2014

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Pokemon X/Y - Special Mega Evolution I poster
Posted by GoNintendo Mar 15 2014 02:10 GMT in Pokemon X-Y
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Serebii Picture: First poster of the upcoming XY Special Mega Evolution I http://t.co/oV6DIIAFJJ pic.twitter.com/969lYm8fi7

— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) March 15, 2014

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Candy Crush studio King seeks up to $7.6 billion IPO valuation
Posted by Joystiq Mar 15 2014 02:00 GMT in Gaming News
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Candy Crush Saga makers King Digital Entertainment Plc, says it expects to price its initial public offering at $21-$24 per share, valuing the company at up to $7.6 billion.

King, which became notorious within the games industry after trademarking and enforcing use of the common word "Candy," saw its revenue grow to $602 million in Q4 2013 from only $22 in the first quarter of 2012. Though King's portfolio features 180 games for mobile devices, Facebook and through its own site, analysts note that most of the company's growth was directly linked to its Candy Crush games and questioned whether King could maintain its growth rate going forward.

"I think the valuation of a P/E ratio of 13 for a high-growth company is indeed reflecting a skepticism about the ability to continue growing at such a rapid pace," professor and IPO expert at the University of Florida Jay Ritter says, according to Reuters. "The ability to come up with future games and get people to pay for the game is a big question mark."

Analysts are quick to compare the high valuation to that of social gaming giant Zynga, which has had its stock price sliced in half since its IPO debuted in 2011 at $10 per share.

According to Reuters, "of the 22.2 million shares on sale in the offering, the company will sell 15.5 million, while stockholders, including Apax Ventures, will sell 6.7 million shares." King's IPO is set to be priced on March 25 and will now begin trading under the NYSE symbol 'KING' on March 26, after recently delaying the plan to prove its worth. [Image: King Digital Entertainment Plc]

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Candy Crush studio King seeks up to $7.6 billion IPO valuation
Posted by Joystiq Mar 15 2014 02:00 GMT in PC Gaming News
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Candy Crush Saga makers King Digital Entertainment Plc, says it expects to price its initial public offering at $21-$24 per share, valuing the company at up to $7.6 billion.

King, which became notorious within the games industry after trademarking and enforcing use of the common word "Candy," saw its revenue grow to $602 million in Q4 2013 from only $22 in the first quarter of 2012. Though King's portfolio features 180 games for mobile devices, Facebook and through its own site, analysts note that most of the company's growth was directly linked to its Candy Crush games and questioned whether King could maintain its growth rate going forward.

"I think the valuation of a P/E ratio of 13 for a high-growth company is indeed reflecting a skepticism about the ability to continue growing at such a rapid pace," professor and IPO expert at the University of Florida Jay Ritter says, according to Reuters. "The ability to come up with future games and get people to pay for the game is a big question mark."

Analysts are quick to compare the high valuation to that of social gaming giant Zynga, which has had its stock price sliced in half since its IPO debuted in 2011 at $10 per share.

According to Reuters, "of the 22.2 million shares on sale in the offering, the company will sell 15.5 million, while stockholders, including Apax Ventures, will sell 6.7 million shares." King's IPO is set to be priced on March 25 and will now begin trading under the NYSE symbol 'KING' on March 26, after recently delaying the plan to prove its worth. [Image: King Digital Entertainment Plc]

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Titanfall - Top 5 Kills (March 14th, 2014)
Posted by IGN Mar 15 2014 01:09 GMT in Xbox One
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Prepare to laugh, cry, and be amazed in this week's Top 5 Titanfall Kills of the Week.

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Dick Mods: you've got to read this hilarious write-up by Cara Ellison about "schlongs of Skyrim" mod
Posted by Kotaku Mar 15 2014 00:30 GMT in Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Dick Mods: you've got to read this hilarious write-up by Cara Ellison about "schlongs of Skyrim" mod, which she coupled with the "Bathing Beefcake Luxury Suite" mod. It's as amusing as it sounds.Read more...

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Square-Enix says Dragon Quest X has 300k daily active players
Posted by GoNintendo Mar 15 2014 00:56 GMT in Nintendo Stuff
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The following comes form Dragon Quest X producer Yosuke Saito...

“We’ve only released the game in Japan, so you’ll be getting only Japan’s numbers, but we have about 300,000 people a day who actively enjoy the game. Thanks to having released version 2 at the end of last year, we’ve had even more active players since then.

At the time, we feared that version 2 could have actually decreased the amount of players. However, that didn’t happen so we were relieved. Well, it was a little unexpected that people who purchased version 2 and haven’t even been to Lendagia [One of the main continents in Dragon Quest X].”

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Nintendo Voice Chat: NVStreetPass
Posted by IGN Mar 15 2014 00:49 GMT in Nintendo News
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IGN's Nintendo crew recorded a live podcast.

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Moon Chronicles - 3DS banner tease
Posted by GoNintendo Mar 15 2014 00:41 GMT in Nintendo Stuff
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Moon Chronicles 3DS banner sneak peek! https://t.co/Tj4MpHntHi

— Jools Watsham (@JoolsWatsham) March 15, 2014

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This Game Jam Is About Bringing To Life A Computer's Weirdest Ideas
Posted by Kotaku Mar 15 2014 00:00 GMT in Gaming News
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Orteil42, creator of Cookie Clicker, has a toy on his website that generates random game concepts like "A tycoon game where you stop breathing if you don't hug chores." Now, there's a game jam to make those games real. Read more...

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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams Sells Over 1 Million Copies
Posted by GoNintendo Mar 15 2014 00:40 GMT in Nintendo Stuff
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Offenburg, 14th March 2014 – German Indie Games Developer Black Forest Games is pleased to announce that it has sold more than a million copies of the award-winning multi-platform game GIANA SISTERS: TWISTED DREAMS, which can now be counted as one of the big success stories in the crowd-funded gaming market. What began as a modest Kickstarter campaign has become a million seller: The great potential of the game became clear during the crowd-funding campaign in 2012 when the pledge goal of $150.000 USD was surpassed within short time. The Windows version of Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams was published on Steam and Gog.com only a few months after the campaign ended. It was followed by the release for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and WiiU in 2013.

The modern remake of the 80s classic Giana Sisters sends players into an entertaining jump'n'run adventure. The main mission is to rescue Giana's sister, Maria, from a mighty dragon that is holding her captive in a dream world. The special charm of the game lies in the smart game mechanics that lets players switch from the real world to the dream world solving puzzles.

"One million copies sold," says Andreas Speer, Managing Director of Black Forest Games, "that absolutely qualifies Giana Sisters as an indie hit – and yet it took a Kickstarter campaign to be able to develop the game. It wouldn't have been possible in the classic way through publisher financing. It is only thanks to the dedication of our 6000 backers that one million gamers (and counting) got the chance to play 'Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams'."

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams and the stand-alone add-on Rise of the Owlverlord have been awarded with several prizes, for example:

German Developer Award "Best Youth Game 2013" (GS:TD Rise of the Owlverlord)
Casual Connect Indieprize Showcase Award "Best Audio 2013"
German Children Software Award Tommi "Best Computer Game 2013"
German Developer Award "Best Sound 2012"
Demonews Game of the Year Award "Best Jump'n'Run and Puzzle Game 2012"

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is also nominated in three categories at this year's European Games Award: Best Art Direction, Sound und Game Design.

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Mugen considering 2DS battery expansion
Posted by GoNintendo Mar 15 2014 00:26 GMT in Nintendo Stuff
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NewEgg - Bayonetta 2 with $10 gift card
Posted by GoNintendo Mar 15 2014 00:21 GMT in Nintendo Stuff
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Newegg: Bayonetta 2 pre-order with $10 gift card http://t.co/9NirzBwlcL

— Cheap Ass Gamer (@videogamedeals) March 14, 2014

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Snazzy Snake: check out the awesome reversible cover on the physical copies of Metal Gear Solid V: G
Posted by Kotaku Mar 14 2014 23:33 GMT in Gaming News
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Snazzy Snake: check out the awesome reversible cover on the physical copies of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. Here's the front cover, for comparison's sake. Read more...

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Ballpoint Universe needs 2-3 more weeks in development for bug-squashing
Posted by GoNintendo Mar 15 2014 00:18 GMT in Nintendo Stuff
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@kitroplious It will cost $4.99 and be out a few weeks later than planned.

— Arachnid Games (@Arachnid_Games) March 14, 2014

It looks like the Wii U version will take another 2-3 weeks longer than expected while we work out the bugs. :(

— Arachnid Games (@Arachnid_Games) March 14, 2014

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GOG holds two sales at the same time, for luck's sake
Posted by Joystiq Mar 15 2014 00:00 GMT in PC Gaming News
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GOG has two sales live right now in celebration of St. Patrick's Day: The Luck of the Irish weeklong sale and a big weekend sale. The Luck of The Irish sale offers a build-your-own bundle of five games for up to 90 percent off, from a selection of 25 games including Alan Wake, Fez, Hotline Miami, Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, Reus, Brutal Legend, Dust: An Elysian Tail and The Swapper. That sale ends in six days.

The weekend sale offers up to 75 percent off on 14 games, including The Banner Saga for $16.75, Outlast for $6.80, Cognition for $9, Shadow Warrior for $10, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs for $8 and Deponia 3: Goodbye Deponia for $15. The weekend sale ends on March 18 at 1AM ET. [Image: GOG]

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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams shifts one million copies
Posted by Joystiq Mar 15 2014 00:30 GMT in Wii U
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Indie developer Black Forest Games announced that its Commodore 64-era revival project Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams has crested one million sales units across all available platforms.

Funded by a successful Kickstarter project, Twisted Dreams is a dimension-shifting platformer that launched in 2012 for Windows, with ports for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii U arriving last year. Black Forest's recent sales milestone comes in the wake of Twisted Dreams' recent appearance in Humble Indie Bundle 11, where it accompanied standout indie hits like Guacamelee, Monaco, and Dust: An Elysian Tail.

Black Forest continued to update the Windows version of Twisted Dreams with new content in the years following its initial release, including holiday-themed Christmas and Halloween levels.

[Image: Black Forest Games]

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Titanfall: Best Pilot Loadout - Best Way To Play
Posted by IGN Mar 15 2014 00:00 GMT in Xbox One
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Alfredo tells you how to create a killer loadout for Titanfall.

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Dark Souls 2 - How to Beat the Belfry Gargoyle Boss
Posted by IGN Mar 14 2014 23:41 GMT in Dark Souls II
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Defeat the Belfry Gargoyles in Dark Souls 2.

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Seven Types of People You Don't Want To Watch TV With
Posted by Kotaku Mar 14 2014 23:00 GMT in Gaming News
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Watching TV can be a great communal experience, a thing you love doing with friends and family...or it can suck, depending on the type of person you do it with.Read more...

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Dota 2 Update - March 14th, 2014
Posted by Valve Mar 14 2014 23:34 GMT in Steam
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- Fix bug causing MMR to intermittently fail to appear on the scoreboard at the end of a ranked match. MMR is visible to all players in the match with a calibrated MMR. It is not visible to spectators or players with uncalibrated MMR. MMR is not recorded in replays.
- Fix bug causing matchmaking cooldowns to escalate too quickly in some circumstances
- Fix bug in team matchmaking causing team details to be occasionally swapped.

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Dark Souls 2 - How to Beat the Rat Vanguard Boss
Posted by IGN Mar 14 2014 23:32 GMT in Dark Souls II
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Defeating the Royal Rat Vanguard in Dark Souls 2.

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Dark Souls 2 - How to Beat The Rotten Boss
Posted by IGN Mar 14 2014 23:18 GMT in Dark Souls II
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Defeating The Rotten Boss in Dark Souls 2.

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Dark Souls 2 - How to Beat the Old Iron King
Posted by IGN Mar 14 2014 23:16 GMT in Dark Souls II
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Defeating the Old Iron King in Dark Souls 2

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Game Scoop! Episode 296: Titanfall and PlayStation Now
Posted by IGN Mar 14 2014 23:06 GMT in Xbox One
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This week on Game Scoop!: Titanfall, PlayStation Now, and the frustration of game delays.
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