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    Arkham Origins Studio Is Hiring For New DC Comics Games

    I would have thought Green Arrow would be the easiest fit for the Arkham gameplay style. They already did archery with Shadow of Mordor, so it wouldn't be much work to adapt it to suit that character.
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    That game that you REALLY want to complete, but always get distracted from

    BG1 and 2. I now own the originals on CD, the GOG version and the Enhanced version on Steam. Just never seem to get through it. Also Planescape Torment.
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    Movies you loved...but grew to dislike.

    The 2009 Star Trek reboot. I thought it was okay on first viewing, but the more you think about the stupidity of the plot, the more it becomes an insult to the Star Trek legacy. The less said about Into Darkness the better.
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    Diablo III's Massive Patch 2.1 Releases Tomorrow - Finally Adds a Ladder Mode

    I think Steam gets a pass from a lot of people because at least you can still play in offline mode if their servers are unavailable. Sure, you can't install any games you own without logging on, but you can still play most games you've currently got installed. As much as everyone hates DRM...
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    TMNT Sequel Already Confirmed For 2016

    Then maybe more parents need to grow a spine and tell their kids "no". Personally I won't be taking my kids to see this, despite my youngest being a big TMNT fan. If he wants to rent it when it's released on BluRay then fine, but there is no way I'm paying cinema prices for this tripe.
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    Fantastic Four Reboot's Kate Mara Shares Pic to Mark End of Filming

    So presumably either Sue or Johnny is adopted in this version, or am I missing something?
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    Warner Brothers Shows First Batman v Superman Teaser

    Surely a few seconds of Superman's heat vision through the mouth, and it's fight over?
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    Guardians of the Galaxy Co-Writer: James Gunn Will Write and Direct Sequel

    I hope it makes a shit-ton of money. They deserve to for having the balls to put a talking raccoon and a humanoid tree in a mainstream movie, while everyone else plays it ultra-conservative and by the book.
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    MovieBob's Take: The Strain Premiere Was a Strain to Watch

    From what I have read elsewhere, del Toro tried to pitch the show, but couldn't drum up any interest. He decided to write the books to demonstrate that the idea could attract a fan-base, and then FX approached him to turn it into a show. I don't know if that's accurate, but considering...
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    Beta Steam Machines and Controllers Shipping Dec. 13

    From reading the Steam forum's most non-US complaints are around the timing of the change. The beta opened up around 10-12 weeks ago, and they wait until the day before shipping to suddenly declare it US-only? They must have known before today that it wasn't going to be feasible. I suspect they...
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    Microsoft Unveils December's Games with Gold Catalog

    Meanwhile PS+ this month gives you Grid 2, Guacamelee!, Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed and GTA: Liberty City Stories (in Australia). And 3 of those are playable as PS Vita versions too. I only have Gold because it came free for a year with Office 365, and I will never give MS any money...
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    DOTA

    I'm glad it wasn't just me then. I was quite enjoying DOTA2, working my way through the off-line tutorials and BOT games. Then I had to play on-line against other players. After several supposedly noob-friendly matches, mostly filled with obviously experienced players telling me to fuck off and...
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    Escapist News Now: Steam Box Officially Steam Machines

    They've already committed to making SteamOS free(as in speech), promising to make the source code available to download, so it shouldn't take long for any improvements to make their way into other distros.
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    Microsoft: Xbox One Overhaul Hasn't Hurt Momentum

    I'm not sure there's really anything MS can do at this stage to turn this around before the launch. They really need to just shut up for 6 months and come back with a well planned and unified message. The turn-arounds and apparently scatter-gun approach they've taken so far is making them look...
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    Xbox One Won't Support External Storage At Launch

    As others have said, this is a bit of a non-issue, because you're not going to fill up 500GB shortly after launch. You'd need to install a load of day one releases and then put lots of music and videos on the disk, say if you wanted to use it as the One media device for your lounge room. And...