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Every once in a while, we learn of gamers who have produced epic creations in Minecraft. Gamers have recreated Star Trek’s USS Enterprise, built the entire city of King’s Landing from Game of Thrones and developed a working 3D printer, all with the simple blocks and materials found in the game. And those are just a few of the thousands of impressive creations players have developed in Minecraft. Occasionally, players look to incorporate some of their favorite video game locations and moments within the open-world sandbox phenomenon....

The tension surrounding Diablo 3 has been palpable ever since its infamous release day. Millions of fans watched the minutes and hours add up as the error messages refused them access to the game they had been waiting over a decade to play. It seemed that at least once a week after release, another problem would crop up, outraging gamers who expected a relatively flawless product from Blizzard. The Diablo 3 team managed to keep their cool throughout the whole process, but an interview with David Brevik (one of the co-founders of Blizzard and creators of the franchise) finally struck a nerve in Diablo 3 game director Jay Wilson and an unfortunate outburst followed....

Although Far Cry 4 might have been more or less Far Cry 3.5 it still evolved the core concept enough to make it worth recommending. Among other things gameplay was tighter, the narrative was more involved, and the graphics included a beautiful next-gen sheen. One of the things we most appreciated about Far Cry 4 was the way Ubisoft evolved the idea of turning the wildlife against enemies. Where Far Cry 3 had some of that with the tiger cages, Far Cry 4 ballooned the idea out further, to the point players could essentially become tamers....

It seems like with every new iteration of FIFA comes a new unexpected, but totally hilarious, series of bugs. A few years back, the series’ Impact Engine created some of the most bizarre collisions, and re-collisions, that we’ve ever seen, whereas last year’s FIFA 14 took a decidedly more serious turn when it started crashing Xbox Ones. For FIFA 15, however, players on PC have started to notice an even more curious bug – one that, while odd, actually captures the spirit of Pee Wee soccer....

While Square Enix President, Yoichi Wad,a was busy giving a keynote address about the future of gaming at the Tokyo Game Show, his company was still churning out info regarding Final Fantasy XIII-2. It’s been awhile since we had new Final Fantasy XIII-2 news, the latest was a batch of gameplay screenshots, but the game has finally been dated, with first trailer releasing at TGS. Game director, Motomu Toriyama also delivered some answers regarding the game’s new gameplay feature, Historia Crux, and some screenshots of what the title will look like....

At the height of its success, the easy to play but notoriously hard to master mobile app Flappy Bird was raking in around $50,000 a day for its creator Dong Nguyen. Tasking the player with navigating an aerially-challenged bird between pipes of various sizes without dropping to the ground, all that Flappy Bird’s gameplay really involved was several well placed taps on a screen.Even so, it was fun and frustrating and oh so difficult to get the hang of (a sneeze could spell the end of a potentially high-scoring run, or change of song on your phone could destroy your inner rhythm making it that much harder....

Yesterday Halo 4 Senior Producer Alison Stroll tweeted out some news about the game that had us at the same time intrigued and confused. Contained within Stroll’s tweet was an announcement that some Halo 4 news was coming gamers’ way tomorrow (today) but it’s release method seemed a bit odd. The confusing part was that the apparent news would be releasing via Conan O’Brien (maybe his Twitter account, maybe his show)....

Microsoft has been positioning itself to have a very strong first party selection of games later this year especially when compared to Sony who recently admitted to having a sparser than normal first party selection due to the Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End delay. With Forza Motorsport 6, a rumored Gears of War Remaster, Rise of the Tomb Raider and one of the most anticipated games of this year, Halo 5: Guardians, on the way this year, things are looking rosy for Xbox fans....

It’s no secret that block-building enthusiasts all over the world have been keeping busy in the Minecraft realm, resulting in the Xbox 360 edition dominating top spots in the Xbox Live Arcade monthly sales leaderboard. Thus, it’s no surprise that 4J Studios has been working overtime to try and get the latest edition of console-based Minecraft bug-free and certified by Microsoft. If all goes well, the newest update should hit gamers in about a month....

When it comes to fighting games, players have their command input preferences. Those usually just come down to standard controller vs. custom fight stick or analog stick vs. D-pad, but if you’ve ever played a fighting game in the last couple of years, you may have noticed that, yes, some methods feel way better than others. 2011’s Mortal Kombat (or Mortal Kombat 9) was one such fighting game that eventually offered a choice between controller or fight stick, and its successor, Mortal Kombat X, appears to be doing the same thing, though with a slightly odd looking controller....

A new Play of the Game 2.0 feature is coming to Overwatch, confirms Blizzard, which should help show off teamwork between players in the game’s highlight clip Players who are tired of all the Death Blossom or RIP-Tire ultimate abilities hogging the glory in Overwatch’s Play of the Game feature are in luck, as Blizzard announces that it is looking to change up the formula in favor of a more team-based format....

As many fans are well aware, the shroud of silence surrounding Rainbow Six Siege following its reveal has been bothersome for longtime followers of the series. Fortunately, that all changed after Ubisoft announced plans to release a closed alpha build of its beloved Tom Clancy franchise. The alpha is certainly something for fans to look forward to, that much is to be sure, and now Ubi has revealed a second map that’ll be playable during the trial run – Plane....

The Cave beckons gamers to explore the darker sides of their hearts in this new platform-adventure by legendary game creator Ron Gilbert, but is this the spelunking journey of a lifetime? Ron Gilbert is synonymous with quality games, having helped create such classics as Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. Gilbert has been sitting on The Cave for around 20 years (figuratively, of course), until former colleague and fellow legend Tim Schafer recently picked the idea back up and began developing the game with his company Double Fine and publisher Sega....

What’s the sound you hear off in the distance? That’s right! It’s the Hype Train rolling into town, and Geoff Keighley is the conductor as he begins talking up the brand new PlayStation 3 exclusive The Last of Us, stating that everything shown off at the Spike Video Game Awards will be in-engine. Skepticism aside, PS3 fans should definitely be intrigued by The Last of Us. After the cryptic trailer released a few days ago, many are baffled by what the game could be, as all we have to go by is riot footage and an ant infected by the parasitic fungus cordyceps....

It was the Victorian England setting of The Order: 1886 that was first highlighted when the PS4-exclusive was revealed at E3 2013 via a moody cinematic trailer. Yet the mutated enemies that the player would seek to destroy were kept (literally) out of focus. Now more is known about the monstrous ‘Half-Breeds’ that threaten the western world in the game’s alternate take on history, and the newest trailer goes behind-the-scenes about the design, the fiction, and ‘The Evolution of the Half-Breeds....

It may not fully come to bear until 2016 or even 2017, but this year is the start of a new trend for video game movies. With the arrival of Hitman: Agent 47, movie audiences will soon be treated to video game movies that don’t try to repurpose the subject material, but instead attempt to preserve their appealing qualities. Think of it like the modern comic book film approach, only this time applied to video games....

Capcom’s exquisite Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is about to enter its “end of life” phase, at least as evidenced by news of its upcoming update. On Twitter yesterday, the official Monster Hunter account announced that the 15.10 update will be unlocking “virtually all event quests” for hunters to play through. This should help with acquiring enough mutagen to unlock those Witcher armor pieces and weapons. Said to land in early December, the update will also be tweaking the Safi’jiiva siege to be playable with one or two hunters....

The “Showcase of the Immortals” is filled out at last. Following weeks of feverish fan-led speculation, WWE 2K14 developer Yukes! Interactive has unveiled the identities of all 46 of the game’s “WrestleMania Mode” matches. First announced back in August of this year, “30 Years of WrestleMania,” links three decades of in-ring hijinks directly to your joypad, replacing last year’s “Attitude Era” retrospective with a Hall of Famer-level offering. Slated to make its debut on October 29th 2013, grapple-fans everywhere can now look forward to five distinct eras of entertainment (sorry, “territory age” enthusiasts), including those of bumbling big men, hot-shot small fries, loudmouthed brawlers, flashy technicians and more....

Fishing, golf, and karaoke: all fun actives to partake in when visiting Japan. That is, unless it’s infested by zombies. Oh wait, you can still play these mini-games in Yakuza: Dead Souls? Awesome! In the newly released trailer for Yakuza: Dead Souls, Sega chose to highlight the title’s mini-games. Mini-games are a staple of the Yakuza franchise, and despite the zombie horde, players can still take a break and partake in all of the fun....

Assassin’s Creed has long been a video game series defined by its willingness to innovate and evolve over time. The series is in a near-constant state of change with new features being introduced every game while some older ones are forgotten. Surprisingly, while many of these features are beloved parts of one or more game in the series, the series continues to do well despite its change. Still, we can’t help but hope that eventually some of these lost features may find their way back into the series....