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Hearthstone’s single player Curse of Naxxramas DLC priced

Blizzard has confirmed the pricing for its upcoming single player Hearthstone expansion Curse of Naxxramas. The DLC, which will be split into five parts, can be had in its entirety for 17.49/$24.99 or each part can be purchased separately for 4.99/$6.99 or 700 in-game gold. There is also a range …

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Some 360 owners being offered free credit if they buy an Xbox One

Microsoft is dangling an Xbox One shaped carrot in the face of a few select Xbox 360 owners. As spotted by NeoGaf, a promotion seems to have cropped up on the dashboard of a select number of Xbox 360 owners offering $75 worth of free credit if they make the …

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VIDEO: 343 unveils Halo Master Chief Collection Terminal trailer

343 Industries has revealed new details on Halo: The Master Chief Collection, along with debuting a new trailer for the upcoming Xbox One release. Speaking at Rooster Teeth Expo last weekend, the Halo developer explained what players can expect from Halo 2: Anniversary’s multiplayer mode. New(ish) game modes will be …

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Nexon acquires minority stake in Bleszinski’s new studio Boss Key

Nexon America has acquired a minority stake in Cliff Bleszinki’s freshly unveiled studio Boss Key Productions, the two companies revealed earlier this week in a joint announcement. Along with ownership of a portion of the company, the agreement terms also give Nexon exclusive worldwide publishing and marketing rights to Boss …

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Activision details Destiny beta runs on PlayStation and Xbox consoles

Destiny’s beta will take place later this month as two four-day runs on PlayStation hardware and one four-day run on Xbox consoles, Activision has announced. While Sony and Microsoft separately announced beta release windows last month, the game’s publisher has finally confirmed specific dates for the pre-release test. Destiny’s beta …

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2K and Gearbox announce first-person MOBA Battleborn

2K and Gearbox Software have announced Battleborn, a first-person shooter MOBA for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. Battleborn is being developed by the teams behind Borderlands 2 and is said to fetaure a similar combination of highly-stylised visuals, co-operative gameplay and first-person shooting. Players will be able to play a …

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VIDEOS: Impressive Driveclub shorts show off weather effects

Well, if these videos are representative of the final game then Driveclub is possibly the best looking racing game ever made. Two new videos released on the PlayStation Blog show off the upcoming racer’s dynamic weather system, that is fully customisable and will be offered as a free game update …

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UPDATE: The Sun ‘investigation’ claims gaming is ‘as addictive as heroin’

As if video games aren’t already bad enough, it has now been revealed that they are as addictive as another really bad thing. So says The Sun, anyhow, which has a spread in today’s paper (via @scully1888) with the headline: ‘Gaming as addictive as heroin’ carrying a ‘The Sun Investigation’ …

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