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Conquer gangs, galaxies, and the minions of Hell this week in gaming

Mobile gamers have it better than ever, and this week's new releases show the fantastic range of options available for when you want your gaming to go.
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Crushing it: Wil Wheaton to play Abe Lincoln in Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.

Actor/writer/gamer Wil Wheaton will play Abraham Lincoln in Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., a 3DS strategy game from Fire Emblem/Advance Wars' Intelligent Systems.
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The brains behind Steam and Minecraft are two of Forbes’ richest people on Earth

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell and Minecraft creator Notch appeared this year on Forbes' annual list of billionaires, tying for 1,415 with $1.3 billion each.
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Hearthstone’s next adventure heads to Blackrock Mountain and mobile phones

The next Adventure for Hearthstone will be called Blackrock Mountain, translating another one of the seminal game's famous raids into a solo adventure.
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Take a closer look at GTA Online’s upcoming Heists

In anticipation of the impending release of cooperative heists in GTA Online, Rockstar has released a new gallery of images and a brief teaser trailer.
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<em>Elite: Dangerous</em> is coming to Xbox One in 2015, PS4 eventually

Elite: Dangerous is coming to Xbox One later this year, according to Frontier Developments. Mac and PS4 versions are set to follow after Microsoft's timed exclusive ends.
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SimEverything studio Maxis is shut down

Electronic Arts has shut down Maxis Emeryville, the original Maxis studio and developer of SimCity, The Sims, and many other significant PC games over the last 28 years.
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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor wins Game of the Year at GDC

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor won Game of the Year at the 15th annual Game Developers Choice Awards, while Monument Valley took home the most awards.
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Mad Max versus Metal Gear: September 1 has another huge release

Mad Max, the upcoming post apocalyptic game from Avalanche Studios, will arrive on PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on September 1, 2015.
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Feel the groove of Amplitude’s multiplayer in action

Harmonix has shared the first gameplay trailer for Amplitude, the upcoming revival of its genre-defining rhythm game, and also announced a new, team-based multiplayer mode.
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Check out how good The Witcher 3 looks even when it’s not at max settings

Developer CD Projekt Red took to the stage at GDC 2015 during Nvidia's presentation to show off a brief gameplay demonstration of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
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Retro is going strong with the latest batch of indies headed to Xbox One through ID@Xbox

Retro platformer Shovel Knight and post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 2 are coming to Xbox One, along with over 50 games announced by Microsoft for ID@Xbox.
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OlliOlli 2, Oddworld, and more are free for March with PlayStation Plus

Sony announced the latest batch of free games to reward its PS+ subscribers for March, covering a range of genres and styles with something for everyone.
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The most dangerous game: Hunt your fellow man in GTA Online’s Adversary Modes

Alongside GTA Online's long-anticipated cooperative heists, Rockstar has announced three new Adversary Modes, which will unlock as heists are completed.
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World of Warcraft inches closer to dropping subscriptions with ‘WoW Tokens’

World of Warcraft players will soon be able to pay for their subscriptions with in-game gold through WoW Tokens, newly announced by Blizzard.
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Get into game development with free versions of both Unity and Unreal

Unreal Engine 4 and Unity 5, two of the dominant game development engines in the industry, are now both available for free to anyone interested.
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The Wire, Game of Thrones, and John Oliver are now on your PS4 with HBO GO

The HBO GO app for PlayStation 4 is available to download today, according to Sony, functioning just like it does on PlayStation 3.
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Trine 3 is coming in 2015, and it looks like it’s got some new twists to share

Frozenbyte has announced another entry in its popular puzzle-platformer franchise, called Trine 3: Artifacts of Power and coming later in 2015.
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Get over here, wherever you are: Mortal Kombat X will also be mobile

Warner Brothers and NetherRealm Studios announced that Mortal Kombat X will also be released as a fighting game/card battle hybrid for mobile devices.
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Peace and long life: Spock memorial coming to Star Trek Online

Leonard Nimoy, famous for playing Spock on the original Star Trek, will be honored on March 5 with a permanent, in-game memorial inside Star Trek Online.
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This week in gaming: Unleash the chaos of ScreamRide

This week in new gaming releases offers up head-scratching puzzles, tense mysteries, and explosive thrills for a wide range of platforms.
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What ever happened to that Kickstarter game you funded? Find out here

Frustrated with inconsistent communication from devs of Kickstarted games, NeoGAF user Stumpokapow created a spreadsheet of projects and their progress.
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CastAR wants you to reach out and touch your games

Technical Illusions, founded by two ex-Valve engineers, has released a new video for castAR, its augmented reality glasses which were Kickstarted in 2013.
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All hail our robot overlords: Google’s new AI will beat you at Atari

Researchers at Google have created an AI that teaches itself how to play video games on the Atari 2600, besting expert human players at most of them.
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Avoid packs of evil, drug-addled mimes in We Happy Few

We Happy Few is a creepy, newly announced game from Compulsion Games, set in an alternate 1960s England full of unsettling, pill-popping mimes.
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Bask in the upgraded visuals of Grand Theft Auto V for Windows

Rockstar has released a new batch of screenshots from the upcoming Windows port of Grand Theft Auto V, which was recently delayed until April 14, 2015.
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Grab the hottest PS4 indies on the cheap with Sony’s Spring Fever sale

PlayStation Plus members can save 10-percent on eight fantastic indie games when they launch on PlayStation 4 as part of Sony's Spring Fever 2015 sale.
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Hunt legends in Far Cry 4’s Valley of the Yetis DLC

Valley of the Yetis will take Ajay to a dangerous new corner of Kyrat on March 10, where he'll contend with a mysterious cult and the legendary Yeti.
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Darksiders creator returns to his Battle Chasers comics for a new game

Darksiders creator Joe Madureira has announced a new game with his studio, Airship Syndicate, based on his Battle Chasers comics from the late 90s.
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Heroes-on-villains free-for-all in Fable Legends, now free-to-play

Microsoft and Lionhead Studios have announced that the upcoming, asymmetric dungeon crawl RPG, Fable Legends, will be free-to-play on all platforms.
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Uncover more of The Evil Within’s horrible secrets in its first DLC this March

The Assignment, The Evil Within's first DLC, begins a 2-part arc following Julie Kidman, for a deeper dive into the game's mysterious story, on 3/10.
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Dial up Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number on March 10

The long-delayed Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number kicks off its gory murder spree on March 10 for Linux, Mac, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Vita, and Windows.
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Gotham’s worst villains team up in the new trailer for Batman: Arkham Knight

The "Gotham is Mine" trailer sets the stage for Batman's toughest fight yet in the conclusion to Rocksteady's Arkham trilogy, Batman: Arkham Knight.
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Forza Horizon 2 hooks up with Fast and Furious for a free, standalone game

Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious is an upcoming standalone that combines the open world driving of Forza Horizon with the Fast & Furious films.