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Demos and themes also gone Twitterlet us know today that Silicon Knights’ titleToo Humandisappeared from the Xbox Live Arcade Marketplace today. Actually, everything related is also missing, including the demo, themes, and gamer pics. Where did they go? Well, remember theSilicon Knights v. Epic Gamesbattle from a couple of months back? The court ordered that games using Unreal were to be recalled or destroyed, andToo Human‘s disappearance may have been a result of this ruling....

This issimply adorable. TheWall Street Journalrecently attempted to talk about videogames as it reported on the speculated corporate takeover of THQ and the valuable “IP” a publisher can possess. Y’know, I always thought “IP” stood for “Intellectual Property,” but according to thereal journalists, I’m completely wrong. Let’s look at how JOURNALISM defines IP: “Take-Two has a number of strong franchises and a number of wholly owned Internet Protocols. Wholly owned IPs not only carry higher profitability, but also are more valuable to media companies because they could be adapted into movies, TV serials and online destinations....

I do, but I’m a child I’ve been playing a lot ofDarkest Dungeon, and it’s been a tense experience. It’s a merciless game about horror, stress, and the frailty of humanity. A great deal of the grim tone is established by the grave intonations of its dour narrator who frequently chimes in to remind you just how bleak everything is. After hearing thissound packof Twitch notification voice clips, I might not be so intimidated by his schpeel in the future....

Iron Chef Palico I don’t know if any of you are aware of this, butMonster Hunter Worldis pretty god damn amazing. It’s my first big dive into the series and in between carving up Jargas I started to really enjoy watching those Palico Chefs prepare my monstrous meals. Looking back cooking has always played an important role inMonster Hunter, but with a game this visually impressive it looks like Capcom decided to go the extra mile and make it as over the top as possible....

It’s almost time to catch ‘em all yet again, as The Teal Mask—the first DLC forPokémon Scarlet and Violet—is scheduled to release on September 13. But, one might wonderwhat specific timeit launches, so they can theoretically jump into the actionimmediatelyas it’s made public? OK, OK —I’m asking for myself. If you, like me, are someone who’d like to fully immerse yourself in the land of Kitakami immediately as it’s available, then read on....

‘The team never gave up’ Microsoft’s E3 announcement that the Xbox One would bebackwards compatiblewas a big one for fans who have thousands of dollars invested in the last generation of gaming. Two years ago, many struggled with the idea that their library would languish in a bygone era, never to be played again. At the time, Microsoft insisted that the architecture of the Xbox One made backwards compatibility an impossibility....

But the Wii U port is no more You know, up until this year, I’ve never had the chance to play the likes ofBanjo Kazooie, Conker’s Bad Fur Dayor any of the other oft-acclaimed Rareware classics. As a child, I never owned a Nintendo 64 of my own, and I rarely even had access to Nintendo’s fifth-generation gaming platform. Needless to say, I don’t have any nostalgic memories whatsoever what many consider to be the golden age of Rareware, prior to its acquisition by Microsoft in 2002....

We’re going to need more zippers My bum is on the keyblade…the keeeeyblade. Yep, just like Tom Green’s 1999 hit tore up TRL,Kingdom Hearts III‘s main theme “Face My Fears” is taking on the Billboard Charts. Billboard itselfhas announcedthat the Hikaru Utada & Skrillex single managed to actually crack the “Hot 100” chart and land in the 98th spot: no small feat given that there are literally thousands of songs playing around the world on any given day....

Coming to PC in March 2017 It’s been long enough since we last coveredRoutinethat I had to go back andlearn from myselfwhat it was about. It’s a sci-fi horror game set on a moon base “designed around a 70’s vision of the future,” and developer Lunar Software has at lastsettledon a release date: March 2017. “If you follow us on Twitter, you may have noticed that we were hinting towards a late 2016 release....

All the Borderlands you can shake a stick at If you have a free weekend and always wanted to try out theBorderlandsseries, a new Bundle Stars package might be worth a gander. EverythingBorderlands(almost everything) has beenslashed 82% in a Borderlands Bundlefor $17.99. The discount is valid for 14 days, so there is plenty time to decide on the bundle unless they go out of stock – a known trend on select Bundle Stars offers....

This and Planet Earth II in the same month! Giant Squid’s underwater adventureAbzuis a sight to behold, and it pleases me to hear that more of you will have the chance to do exactly that before too long here (if you aren’t buried in games as is). Publisher 505 Games is bringing out a retail Xbox One and PlayStation 4 version priced at $20 in January 2017. These physical copies will pack exclusive backgrounds and a dynamic theme, respectively....

And also has IAP Do you remember that one episode ofAdventure Timewhere Finn and Jakeplay a game called Card Wars? Well, that’s a real mobile game now. It’s pretty much everything you’d expect based on the rules from the show, and it actually functions very similarly toHearthstone. There are four “rows” on the game board, all of which can be filled with various structures and creatures. Each row can house one creature, and rows will be do battle with each other unless it’s empty — in which case, you can damage the “player” and potentially win the game....

He maxed out his bank account using the Stalk Market With a combination of brute-force determination and a deep understanding ofAnimal Crossing‘s inner workings, a streamer namedBrianMp16has earned an absurd one billion bells in the game. That’s enough money to unlock the Post Model – an in-game item requiring 999,999,999 bells – legitimately. The long-time bucket-list goal wrapped up just in time for this month’sAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. This billion-bell feat took around 180 hours of playtime, which was streamed over two months, but that’s nothing compared to all of the practice and know-how needed to pull it off in the first place....