Articles for August, 2014

Behemoth’s Game 4 Stage Demo – PAX Prime 2014
Take a look at the first few minutes from Behemoth's just-unveiled title, Game 4, with a co-founder of Behemoth and the narrator from the game, Will Stamper.
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Celebrity Chef Todd English Arrested for DUI
Celebrity chef Todd English was arrested on suspicion of DUI over the weekend, the Southampton Town Police Department confirms to E! News. According to law enforcement officials, the...
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We Are In ‘Lava’ With Pixar’s Lovesick Volcano
Volcanoes are having a moment right now (what with three of them going off around the world at the moment), but this one's likely the only one to melt your ever-loving heart. It's not so much a real one as a Pixar animated one, but still: a little bit ...
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Welding decorating and kicking butt in Fantasy Life – Gameplay
Check out a few highlights from Fantasy life including being a blacksmith, adding details to your bedroom and going on a cave adventure for treasure.
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Taking on Manhandla – Hyrule Warriors Gameplay
Give Mandhandla a good weed trimming and meet the witch Cia to learn of her plans for Hyrule.
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U.S. Moviegoers Love ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ …Like A Lot
Guess that's what happens when you have a raccoon named Rocket and a tree-thing named Groot: you become the highest grossing film of the year, domestically speaking.
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Nintendo Considered Making Splatoon a Mario Game

Nintendo's upcoming competitive paint shooter, Splatoon, could have been another Mario game, the company's iconic game designer and senior managing director Shigeru Miyamoto has said.

“There were heated debates over who the main character should be [in Splatoon],” Miyamoto told Edge magazine in an interview (via MCV). “Whether it should be Mario, or the squid. When we talked about the possibility of it being Mario, of course we could think of the advantages: anybody would be willing to touch it as soon as we announced that we had a new Mario game. But at the same time, we had some worries. If it were Mario, we wouldn’t be able to create a new IP.”

Nintendo first revealed Splatoon at E3 2014. It was a surprise both because it's the first new IP Nintendo has announced a long time, and because it's a competitive shooter, not a genre the family-friendly company is known for. However, as GameSpot's Managing Editor Randolph Ramsay said in our first hands-on coverage of the game, it's exactly how you'd imagine a Nintendo-made competitive shooter would be: colorful, charming, and non-violent.

In the game, two teams of four players armed with paint guns have to try to cover the level with as much of their team's color. Players also have the ability to transform into a squid, and swim through any area splashed with their team's color.

Splatoon is set to release on Wii U in 2015.

Are you happy to see new IP from Nintendo, or do you wish Splatoon was a Mario game? Let us know in the comments below.

Emanuel Maiberg is a freelance writer. You can follow him on Twitter @emanuelmaiberg.

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Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade Capture Points Gameplay – Pax Prime 2014
Get a feel for the mechanics, shooting, and more in Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade.
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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel’s $30 Season Pass Gets You Four DLC Packs
Gearbox Software and 2K Australia have announced their post-launch support plans for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel at their PAX 2014 panel. The Pre-Sequel, which takes place between Borderlands and Borderlands 2, will get four DLC packs that include new...
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Toy News Roundup: ‘Star Wars’, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, ‘Destiny’, and … – Action Figure Fury

Action Figure Fury

Toy News Roundup: 'Star Wars', 'Guardians of the Galaxy', 'Destiny', and ...
Action Figure Fury
ThreeA has announced they have acquired the license to make sixth scale Destiny video game action figures. They haven't announced much more than that, they I think they are going to be will done considering how well their Halo figures have turned out.

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