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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Listen to New Theme from Legendary Secret of Mana Composer

Unraveled is a 16-bit role-playing game for PC in the style of Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana that's currently seeking funding on Kickstarter.

If you're a fan of Secret of Mana, you might want to check out Unraveled as the team behind it recently announced that Secret of Mana composer, Hiroki Kikuta, is writing the game's main theme song. You can hear a sample of the enchanting track below.

On the Kickstarter page, Kikuta is quoted saying, "I'm always looking for fabulous projects to get me excited. When I saw Unraveled, I felt strongly that this game was special. It has substance. The setting and message are very unique and create a beautiful and emotional world that I wish to explore through my music."

Composer Dale North will also lend his talents to the game, composing the main score.

What you hear above is a draft of the main theme. If you want to hear the final version, Unraveled will have to first hit its full funding goal of $15,000.

The game's story follows a little girl whose family has gone missing at a ship breaking yard, and Unraveled aims to bring attention to the real-world plight of workers in the ship breaking industry in India. You can find out more about the game on its Kickstarter page.

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Mortal Kombat X, GTA 5 Top April 2015 Game Sales Charts

Microsoft Denies Disabling Xbox Ones for Terms of Use Breaches

Xbox One Best-Selling Console in April 2015 for US

Dying Light's New DLC Built for Co-Op Play, Coming Later This Month

Dying Light developer Techland has announced new details about the game's upcoming Bozak Horde DLC, as well as a release date: May 26.

The Bozak Horde adds a new game mode where you'll face waves of enemies inside of a new area (Harran Stadium) as part of a game set up by someone named Bozak. You'll be able to do this on your own or with a group of up to four players--though it sounds as if the latter is the preferred method for tackling it.

Techland says this has been "designed with co-op gameplay in mind." Players will be faced with a challenge worthy of "even a team of four seasoned survivors," who will be able to showcase their results through the new leaderboards.

Those who are able to defeat the entire horde will be granted a compound hunting bow that is said to be "the ultimate stealth weapon." By completing other objectives, players can unlock new arrow types for it, including electric, incendiary, and exploding, which sure sounds as if it'll render this anything but a stealth weapon.

The Bozak Horde will be available both as part of the season pass and as its own DLC pack for $10.

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H1Z1 Players Log Out in Droves When the Sun Goes Down (in-Game)

Watch GTA 5's Top Mods: Flying Jesus, Telekinesis, and the Nuke Railgun

Even with a lack of official support from Rockstar, Grand Theft Auto V on PC has seen a number of very cool mods released. We've rounded up some of the best in the video below.

Whether you don't have a rig capable of running GTA V, you're afraid of malware (see below), or want to ensure you don't end up banned (even though Rockstar says it isn't banning people for the use of single-player mods), we've got you covered. The video takes a look at more than a half-dozen mods, including those that allow players to fly, flood the city, face off against the army at a five-star wanted level, and more.

We've included links below for all of the mods featured in the video, with the exception of one. As we learned today, certain mods reportedly include malware--and that possibly includes Angry Planes, one of the mods we showcase. As always, you should be careful about downloading and installing mods (or anything on the Internet, really), but Angry Planes is one you should likely avoid, at least for the time being.

Nice Fly by chileno
Telekinesis 0.6 by DaveA93
Trevor's Magic Bat 0.1 by bugbutts
Nuke Railgun by MisterY
Army Spawns at Five Stars v1.2 by PlasticTangerine
IPL Loader + Interior Teleports 1.1.1 by N3tt0 x BaG
No Water + Tsunami + Atlantis by Script Mods
Angry Planes by onsby

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New Mortal Kombat X PS4 and Xbox One Patch Coming Today

Best-Selling PS4, PS3, and PS Vita Games on PSN in April Revealed

Sony has released its monthly list of the best-selling games on the PlayStation Store in North America for April 2015, with Mortal Kombat X coming out on top on PS4.

MKX was released in April, so its top spot doesn't come as a big surprise. It edged out Bloodborne, March's top game, as well as MLB 15, which launched on the last day of March. Battlefield Hardline, meanwhile, dropped from the second spot in March down to number 8.

On PS3, Grand Theft Auto V was number one after a month in which it didn't even make the top 20; that's perhaps thanks to a PSN sale in mid-April that offered the game and $20's worth of GTA Online money for $30. Minecraft, always the strong seller, was number two.

Indie darling Shovel Knight topped the Vita charts, also making it to number five on PS4.

Check out the full lists below, and let us know what you bought in April in the comments below.

PS4:

PS3:

PS Vita:

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Free Version of Half-Life Remaster Black Mesa to Get Limited Support, No Xen

Bravely Second Offers Interesting Combat But a Lackluster Beginning

Destiny House of Wolves Launch Trailer Arrives, as Work Continues on Update Bug

With the release of Destiny's House of Wolves expansion just a few days away, Bungie--apparently confident that issues around the game's latest patch won't delay its arrival--released a launch trailer for the add-on. The video provides an overview of the House of Wolves content, including its new multiplayer maps, the Prison of Elders and Trials of Osiris modes, and more.

On Wednesday, Bungie announced that it discovered a "late-breaking technical issue" related to Destiny update 1.2.0. This patch was released last week, but has not yet been activated.

Bungie has now provided a new update regarding the progress being made to overcome this issue. The developer said it's been able to isolate the problem, and work is now underway to fix it.

"Solutions for technical issues that have delayed the delivery of updates have been identified," Bungie community manager David "Deej" Dague said in the developer's forums. "Work is ongoing and we'll release the new content and the Patch Notes as soon as we can. Stand by for more information on timing."

House of Wolves, due May 19, is Destiny's second expansion. It follows December's The Dark Below. Looking ahead, Bungie will release more content for Destiny this summer, before the game's most substantial expansion yet is released this fall.

You can buy House of Wolves through the $35 Destiny Expansion Pass--which also includes The Dark Below--or by itself for $20.

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Capcom Steam Sale Offers Cheap Resident Evil, Dead Rising, DMC Games

Some GTA 5 PC Mods Reportedly Include Malware

Certain mods for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V may include malware, according to research done by a number of players.

A post today on GTAForums (via Reddit) raises the possibility of mods including some kind of malicious software. The exact nature of this remains unclear, and we don't yet know all of the mods that might be delivering the code to players' computers.

In at least one case, it looks as if running the game with infected mods installs a trojan called fade.exe, which then creates log files--possibly of activity on the computer--and transmits that information online. This apparently only happens after opening the game with the mods in question; simply downloading them may not infect you.

It initially seemed this could all be circumstantial, as the original forum poster was tracking the appearance of fade.exe back to when the game was first run with mods. However, other users have since chimed in, reporting they, too, have found traces of the malware. Others claimed they've inspected certain mod files and found they are infected with malware. Allegedly, these mods include NoClip and Angry Planes, possibly among others, though we haven't been able to verify this ourselves.

If you're used infected mods but run antivirus and anti-malware software, it's possible any malware was caught before it could do its thing. Still, if you have run mods, you should change any of your online passwords, and exercise caution before running mods.

That advice has always been true of downloading game mods. This isn't the first instance of them being used to transmit malware, but GTA V is no doubt a prime target due to both its popularity and the lack of official mod support.

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Watch Witcher 3's Stunning Cinematic Launch Trailer

Ahead of the game's release next week, Polish developer CD Projekt Red on Thursday released a new cinematic trailer for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Titled "A Night to Remember," the video is totally gorgeous and quite creepy and unexpected. We won't spoil it for you. Watch and let us know what you think.

Reviews for The Witcher 3 came online this week, and the RPG is receiving widespread praise. GameSpot scored the game a perfect 10/10, only the ninth title in our site's history to receive that score.

"Where the Witcher 2 sputtered to a halt, The Witcher 3 is always in a crescendo, crafting battle scenarios that constantly one-up the last, until you reach the explosive finale and recover in the glow of the game's quiet denouement," reviewer Kevin VanOrd wrote.

CD Projekt Red will release a day-one update for The Witcher 3 that improves the frame rate and makes other technical tweaks. What's more, Sony recently shared a new PlayStation 4 video that speaks to the size of game's massive world.

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Rainbow: Six Siege Release Date Confirmed

Ubisoft has announced Rainbow Six: Siege will be released on October 13.

The game, which will be available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, is developed by Ubisoft Montreal and is a strategic team-based military shooter with highly destructible maps.

"Players will engage in sieges, a new style of assault where enemies have the means to transform their environments into modern strongholds while Rainbow Six teams lead the assault to breach the enemy position," Ubisoft explains.

Ubisoft has also released a short trailer, which you can watch below.

Ubisoft has high hopes for for the upcoming shooter, recently saying it believes Rainbow Six: Siege has the potential to become the best-selling shooter in the company's history, surpassing Far Cry 4.

"Over its lifetime, we believe Rainbow Six: Siege has the potential to become the highest-selling shooter in Ubisoft's history," stated Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot during a recent call with investors.

CFO Alain Martine pointed out that Rainbow Six games traditionally sell about three million units, "versus Far Cry [4] that this year has exceeded seven million."

"We believe that Rainbow Six--because of replayability and multiplayer--might have a potential to [do] better than Far Cry over its lifetime," Martine added.

Ubisoft also recently delayed The Division until 2016, it did not announce a new release date for the game.

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