

Eyebrows have been raised at the rather shameless filching of the dimensional portal gameplay Valve’s Portal is known for by a Korean multiplayer FPS, with the equally original title “GATE.”
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Fallout 3 and Oblivion maker Bethesda’s honcho Todd Howard has said Japanese RPGs are “not realistic” compared to western ones.
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The Final Fantasy XIV beta running at 5040×1050 presents quite a spectacle.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jul 24, 2010 03:38 JST
- Tags: Copyright, DLC, DRM, Internet, Marketing, PC Gaming, Rankings, Statistics, USA

Digital sales of retail PC games now all but equal retail sales in the US.
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Whatever its other shortcomings, Final Fantasy XIV at least manages to approach the holy grail of RPG character customisation – the ability to change the breast size of the player character at creation.
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The strain of porting the graphical finery of the PC version of Final Fantasy XIV to the ageing hardware of the PS3 appears to have proven too much for Square Enix – after delaying the PS3 version’s release to March 2011, 6 months after the PC version, Square Enix has admitted they are struggling with a host of technical problems trying to get the game running on the PS3.
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A sequel to Bioware’s hit Dragon Age RPG has been announced, indicating more superbly executed if completely staid epic RPG adventures are to be expected.
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A boy engrossed in online gaming failed to notice his mother falling and subsequently dying, even though she was in the same room as him.
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Action-packed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV has been revealed to have hugely degraded graphics on the PS3 as compared to the PC, with textures a quarter the size and the usual pathetically low resolution – fortunately PS3 gamers need not worry, as Square Enix assures them “You won’t even notice.”
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Epic Games, makers of such manly shooters as Unreal and Gears of War, claim piracy forced them to abandon the PC, and that Facebook based gaming may be the only viable future the platform has.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: May 15, 2010 12:24 JST
- Tags: 3D CG, Augmented Reality, Chikan, Eroge, Fetish, Oppai, PC Gaming, Technology


Teatime’s new eroge title “Mousousei Kasou Jinkaku Shougai” includes hand tracking technology to allow players to virtually cop a feel or strip a girl of her clothing. Gameplay videos can be scrutinised below.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: May 15, 2010 00:26 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, FPS, Gravure, Idol, Oppai, PC Gaming, Valve, Video Gallery

A novel tactic for dispatching members of the opposing team has been developed by players of Team Fortress 2:
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