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GTA V Microtransactions: Stealing Money is Good. Buying Money... Not so Much

With GTA Online soon to go live, Team USG talks about the game's microtransactions: what they're hoping for - and what they're worried about.

Oct. 7, 2013 Jaz Rignall

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As The Dust Clears: Where is CCP Games's First-Person Shooter Today?

USGamer takes a brief look at where CCP's highly ambitious but deeply flawed DUST 514 stands today.

Oct. 7, 2013 Cassandra Khaw

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How to Play Grand Theft Auto V in Minecraft

This may be the closest thing any of us will ever come to GTA V on the PC for a while.

Oct. 7, 2013 Cassandra Khaw

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My Life as a Pokémon Trafficker

Eurogamer's Rich Stanton describes the strange effect Pokémon had on him as a player.

Oct. 7, 2013 Pete Davison

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The Classic Gamer's Tokyo Shopping Guide

Headed to Japan soon on vacation? Business? Looking to buy while the exchange rate is still tilted in your favor? Here's where to find the best selection and deals on retro games.

Oct. 6, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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Great PC Games to Play on Low-Spec Systems

Not all PC games require expensive graphics cards and massive rigs. Here are 16 great PC games that you can play on a typical budget system - or even a laptop.

Oct. 4, 2013 Daniel Sims

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GTA V Trailer: Reactions and Comments

This morning's latest GTA V trailer certainly looks like an impressive technical achievement, pushing the series to ever-greater heights. But is it all good? The USgamer team weighs in with their hopes, dreams... and fears.

Oct. 4, 2013 Jaz Rignall

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Most Wanted: Our Next-Gen Launch Titles of Choice

The PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One will both be with us by the end of the year. The USgamer team scratches its collective chins (and strokes beards where applicable) and attempts to figure out what each platform's "must-have" launch titles will be.

Oct. 4, 2013 USgamer Team

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JPgamer: The Next Generation

In this week's round-up of all things Japanese, we ask where all the Japanese next-gen games are, and there's news on Guided Fate Paradox, Idea Factory, Bunny Must Die, "Western JRPG" Septerra Core and a teaser from Treasure.

Oct. 4, 2013 Pete Davison

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GTA V Makes Me Want PS4 and Xbox One Right Now

The open-world fun of GTA V calls for a feature not found on current-gen consoles.

Oct. 4, 2013 Mike Williams

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Breaking Bad is Over. So Where's the Video Game?

Despite its emphasis on crime, conflict, and violent means to ends, television's most critically acclaimed show doesn't lend itself to a game adaptation.

Oct. 4, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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Tim Schafer: Unplugged

Eurogamer's Jeffrey Matulef talks with the legendary dev about internet rage, his formative years, and the game he's most proud of.

Oct. 3, 2013 Pete Davison

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David vs Dave: watch our Beyond video interview here

Oct. 2, 2013 Dave Cook

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You Know You Want To Play Massively Multiplayer Pong

If only so you can say you did. Torus Pong is a radial multiplayer Pong that demands a chance.

Oct. 2, 2013 Cassandra Khaw

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EGX: The Round-Up

Did you miss any of our Eurogamer Expo coverage? Here's a handy round-up of everything we saw.

Oct. 1, 2013 Pete Davison

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Mapping Los Santos

Eurogamer's Craig Owens tells the story of the fans who cracked Grand Theft Auto V's secrets, and how they did it.

Oct. 1, 2013 Pete Davison

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Indies Did This: Scammers and 3D Gemini Rue

In this week's Indies Did This, we have procedurally generated murder mysteries, a hilarious e-mail exchange and more.

Oct. 1, 2013 Cassandra Khaw

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Making Sense of Valve’s Steam Living Room

What is Valve's real focus for SteamOS, Steam Machines, and the Steam Controller?

Sept. 30, 2013 Mike Williams

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From Zero to Hero: The Wind Waker's Strange Transformation

How a former black sheep of the Zelda series turned its reputation around.

Sept. 29, 2013 Bob Mackey

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EGX: How Sony's Changing Publishing

Sony's Shahid Ahmad on the company's attitude towards indies.

Sept. 27, 2013 Pete Davison

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Ice-Pick Lodge on the Making of Monsters

USGamer talks to Ice-Pick Lodge, the creators of Knock Knock, about all things monstrous.

Sept. 27, 2013 Cassandra Khaw

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What The Hell Is Cookie Clicker?

Click cookies, win prizes that make you click cookies better. USgamer explores the world of Cookie Clicker.

Sept. 26, 2013 USgamer Team

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The Sims 4: Mixed Feelings Have Never Been so Much Fun

While the fourth generation Sims game is still a long way from release, its Sim and building creation tools are already looking absolutely phenomenal.

Sept. 26, 2013 Jaz Rignall

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AMD's Mantle and Why Valve Might Want to Worry

We take a quick look at the Mantle API which AMD announced today and what it might mean.

Sept. 26, 2013 Cassandra Khaw

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Valve's Second Announcement: Taking on PCs and Building a New Controller?

The Steam Machine isn't just a console, it's an attempt at total living room domination.

Sept. 26, 2013 USgamer Team

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Two Things GTA V Does Really Well

GTA V has attracted its fair share of criticism since launch, but what are its positive qualities?

Sept. 25, 2013 Pete Davison

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Inside Paradox, the Strangest Company in Games

Eurogamer's Paul Dean tells the story of the Swedes who say what they think.

Sept. 25, 2013 Pete Davison

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Beyond: Two Souls - David Cage talks movies, audience, accessibility

Sept. 25, 2013 Brenna Hillier

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Indies Did This: Viva la Game Jams!

This week, Cassandra Khaw gets on her soapbox and breaks down why game jams rock.

Sept. 25, 2013 Cassandra Khaw

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Final Fantasy XIV: One Month Later

Has the reborn realm lost its luster, or is it in the game for the long run?

Sept. 24, 2013 Pete Davison

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Guided by Voices

Eurogamer's Jeffrey Matulef catches up with Davey Wreden behind the scenes of his mental meta madhouse The Stanley Parable.

Sept. 24, 2013 Pete Davison

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TGS: Secrets of the New Final Fantasy Sound

How The World Ends With you and Final Fantasy Type-0 composer Takeharu Ishimoto is pushing RPG soundtracks into a new frontier.

Sept. 23, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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Vanquish Revisited

Eurogamer's Chris Schilling takes a fond look back at Shinji Mikami's attempt to take on the West at its own game.

Sept. 23, 2013 Pete Davison

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What is Valve announcing next week?

Valve's new announcement is looking to bring Steam into our living rooms. Is it the Steam Box, or something else?

Sept. 21, 2013 Mike Williams

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TGS: Mighty No. 9, the "First McDonald's in Japan" of Games

We catch up with Comcept's Keiji Inafune to discuss his project's reception back home, fearlessness of failure, and more of those hamburger metaphors he loves so much.

Sept. 21, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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TGS: Defender Has Its Tempest 2000 Equivalent, and It's Called Resogun

Housemarque's PS4 shooter feels pleasantly familiar as it destroys you.

Sept. 21, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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TGS: An Exclusive First Look at La Mulana 2

NIGORO has begun working on a sequel to their crushingly (yet charmingly!) difficult indie platformer.

Sept. 21, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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Oooops. I Just Erased My Great, Great, Great Grandchild From Existence

Teleportation? Time travel? The Sims 3: Into the Future is full of surprises.

Sept. 21, 2013 Jaz Rignall

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When Infocom Meets Media's Favorite Man-Eating Shark

Tired of watching those old VHSes, why not play through the experience instead -- as the shark itself!

Sept. 21, 2013 Cassandra Khaw

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TGS: An Audience with Shuhei Yoshida

The jolly face of Sony talks indie games, mobile's impact on handheld gaming and more.

Sept. 20, 2013 Kat Bailey

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TGS: Xbox One Pays Fealty to Our New Smartphone Overlords

Microsoft shows the new console's interface and its influences from other modern technology... but the underlying message may not quite be the one it's trying to communicate.

Sept. 20, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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GTA 5: misogyny, teeth-pulling and subjectivity

Sept. 20, 2013 Dave Cook

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Inside Polyphony's House of Cars

Eurogamer's Martin Robinson brings us a photo feature from the Gran Turismo developer's HQ.

Sept. 20, 2013 Pete Davison

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End of an Age: The Unfortunate Side Effect of Online Games

With Warhammer Online and Toontown Online ending, a big problem with online experiences begins to take shape.

Sept. 20, 2013 Mike Williams

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TGS: Yasumi Matsuno's New World

The eclectic creator of Vagrant Story and Final Fantasy Tactics discusses his new ventures: a whole new setting, with its games designed in collaboration with digital board game specialist Playdek.

Sept. 19, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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TGS: Inside the DualShock 4

Kat Bailey speaks with designer Tetsu Sumii about the creation of PlayStation 4's controller, and how DualShock has evolved.

Sept. 19, 2013 Kat Bailey

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TGS: Agito, Type 0, Fan Support, and the Intimacy of Portables

Our chat with Square Enix's Hajime Tabata explores his Final Fantasy projects and the importance of fan enthusiasm.

Sept. 18, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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GTA V. Love the Game. The Characters? Not so Much.

Are you enjoying GTA V's story and listening to everything the characters have to say? Or are you only interested in the action?

Sept. 18, 2013 Jaz Rignall

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JPgamer: Record of Hatsune Miku War

In our inaugural roundup of all things Japanese gaming, we talk about our Hatsune Miku review, the arrival of Agarest on PC, new details on New Atelier Rorona and the explosive charms of Sweet Fuse. Join the conversation!

Sept. 18, 2013 Pete Davison

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Tada! The 20-Year Crusade to Solve Checkers

Eurogamer's Christian Donlan investigates the "perfect" checkers-playing program Chinook.

Sept. 18, 2013 Pete Davison