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Sword Coast Legends Review

Platforms: PC, Mac (PS4 and Xbox One version coming 2016) We played on: PC Despite Dungeons and Dragons‘ recent renaissance, we’ve yet to receive a proper, officially licensed D&D video...Read More

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Gravity-Defying Racing Game Trackmania Turbo Will Be VR-Compatible

Ubisoft announced at Paris Games Week that Trackmania Turbo will be compatible with the Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR.Read More

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Halo 5: Guardians Review

Platform: Xbox One Halo 5 came out on Tuesday from developer 343 Industries. If you don’t know, 343 took over development of the Halo series from Bungie in 2009, and they’ve crafted...Read More

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Halo T Rating May Welcome Younger Players to the Series

Every FPS game in the Halo series—before Halo 5: Guardians, that is—was given an M for Mature rating from the ESRB. The latest addition to the franchise is instead rated...Read More

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Sony May Still Make Games for the Vita After All

Last week, reports were circulating that Sony was not making any more games for the PlayStation Vita, and that they were expecting other developers to support the system. But now...Read More

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Amiibo Sales Looking Good for Nintendo

It looks like amiibo sales are still going strong. Nintendo released some graphs that show off the continued success of the tiny figurines (and trading cards and plushies). Check out amiibos’...Read More

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PlayStation Plus November Free Games Announced

Beginning in November, PlayStation is making the following titles available for free to PlayStation Plus subscribers.Read More

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Mushroom 11 Review

Platforms: PC, Mac We played on: PC Walt Disney once said “Get a good idea and stay with it.” Many modern puzzle games have utilized a single brilliant concept to...Read More

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Neko Atsume Now Lets You Toggle English and Japanese

If you’ve been listening to our Gaming With the Moms podcast, you know that some of here at Pixelkin adore Neko Atsume, the extremely cute cat collecting game for iOS and...Read More

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Gaming With the Moms #29: Flappy Mario (with Mike Mika)

Check Out Video Games Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with Gaming With The Moms on BlogTalkRadio Nicole, Linda, and Simone are joined by game-industry veteran Mike Mika, AKA “Donkey Kong Dad,”...Read More

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Toptal Scholarships for Women Devs

Toptal is currently offering scholarships to female developers. Any female dev—or aspiring dev—older than 13 can apply. The scholarship is international, and there are no educational requirements. The scholarship was...Read More

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Nintendo Announces “My Nintendo” and “Nintendo Accounts”

Nintendo has finally announced its new loyalty program—”My Nintendo”—as well as a brand-new account system (called simply “Nintendo Account”) that will interlink your various consoles with social media and mobile devices. Both services...Read More

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You Can Pay $9.99 For Ad-Free YouTube, Starting Today

YouTube is changing things up by launching a subscription service called YouTube Red. Users can pay $9.99 a month and have access to ad-free YouTube, as well as a subscription...Read More

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Miitomo, Nintendo’s First Mobile App, Is Not a Game

Nintendo has announced its first mobile app, called Miitomo. The app has you creating custom Miis and answering questions about your personality and interests. Then your Mii goes off and...Read More