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Bungie Details Destiny Ghost Edition, Limited Edition

Bungie today announced the much anticipated limited edition to it’s upcoming blockbuster game, Destiny. Releasing September 9th, fans who put down $150 for the Destiny Ghost Edition can expect to receive… (from Bungie) Limited Edition SteelBook Case and Game Disc Ghost Replica: This is your motion-sensing Ghost, featuring lights and audio from the game. May it lead you through the Darkness. Letter of Introduction: These worlds were once ours. If you accept your...

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Meet the Team Behind Boss Key Productions

Cliffy B’s new studio, Boss Key Productions, has just been ousted. While we know the obvious culprit of Cliff himself and most likely his wife, Lauren, being on board the team, we won’t be hearing anything about anyone else who’s working with them for quite some time. We are able to infer quite a bit just by taking a look at Boss Key’s Twitter followers, though. Starting from oldest to newest, we have Cliff himself, followed by a regular civilian...

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Boss Key Productions is Cliff Bleszinski’s New Studio, Bringing Us Bluestreak

Cliff Bleszinksi’s new production studio has been ousted just days after he announced his return from retirement, with the discovery of Boss Key Productions. Cliffy B, as most know him, is best known for his work at Epic with the Gears of War trilogy, which he worked on until his departure two years ago. After recently announcing his return to gaming, fans and super slueths alike dug up Boss Key Productions, the new studio headed up by Cliff who’s first title...

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The Shovel Knight Soundtrack is available for download

Many of you just picked up Shovel Knight and many of you enjoyed it. I for one could not have been happier with the game. It is so full of mirth and merriment that it is hard not to play with a goofy grin adorning your face. Part of what made the game so awesome was the music, which is now available for download! You can get the entirety of the original soundtrack here. There is also an album with more-than-8-bit arrangements of the Shovel Knight jams. That one can be found...

PC • Reviews

Review: Shovel Knight – A Nostalgia Treasure Trove

The Shovel Knight, defeated by fate, has spent many years gardening in obscurity. During his absence the world has fallen into chaos. The land is rife with villains that need spaying and you’ve got just the tool for the job. So take up your shovel, knight, and scoop yourself out a steaming pile of justice.

Podcasts • This Game Is Broken

Podcast: This Game is Broken 22

Hohokum! Barry is back and taking charge in this episode of This Game is Broken. Hurricane Matt stormed through the podcast but luckily we still talked about some games. Topics include: Hurricane Matt, Transistor, Chris can’t spell, Destiny, Always Sometimes Monsters, Mario Kart, Zelda, and wow we actually did talk about a lot of games this episode. If you like the show, review us on iTunes! This Game is Broken 22 Intro music is 8-bit Introduction by EliteFerrex Final...

Exclusives • Features • Previews

Hands on with Bungie’s Destiny Alpha – Our First Impressions + Enter to win!

We’ve been playing Bungie’s latest and greatest for a week now. Curious as to whether it’s worth your time? Read ahead to find out… Four years. Four long years. It has been this long since we have had our hands on anything created by the masterminds at Bungie, who we haven’t seen come from their shell since the last great Halo, Halo: Reach, hit store shelves on September 14th, 2010. Since that day, many years ago, much has changed: Bungie has...

E3 2014 • Editorials

Assassin’s Creed Unity – Moving the Conversation Forward

Gender equality controversy has once again struck the video game industry. This time Ubisoft has come under fire for what many believe are flimsy excuses regarding the absence of female character models in Ubisoft’s new Assassin’s Creed game, AC: Unity. The controversy began when Ubisoft creative director Alex Amancio intimated that female assassins were left out of the game due to “the reality of production.”  “It’s double the animations, it’s...

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Destiny’s Limited Edition White PlayStation 4 Is Available for Preorder for $449.99

The beautiful white PlayStation 4 with white DualShock 4 controller and a copy of Destiny that was announced last night is now available for preorder from all your favorite retailers. The bundle retails for $449.99, saving you approximately ten dollars off the cost of purchasing a PlayStation 4 and the game separately, and throwing in that beautiful white paint job to boot. You can preorder at Amazon, Best Buy, and GameStop’s Online store. Currently, no retailers are...

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Destiny’s Alpha Portal Website is Now Live

As Bungie has opened the floodgates to its new Destiny Alpha, showing it at both E3 and to a number of press outlets, they’ve also finally opened the doors to their new and improved Destiny portal on Bungie.net. The website for all things Destiny to come allows users to create and link profiles with their Destiny Alpha-linked PlayStation Network accounts, view and edit their player created Guardians as well as check their inventories and gear, navigate the humongous...