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Pokémon GO just dropped in America last night, and my productivity levels have already taken a critical hit, man. So many places to be, areas to explore, monsters to catch, and straight up not enough time in a day for all of it anymore...Comment at the bottom with tales of your Pokémon GO-fueled escapades thus far! We might just feature some of our favorites in an upcoming Pokémon GO piece!
2014's been a pretty good year for gaming, and now that it's over there are quite a few contenders for Game of the Year. Sites around the web have been compiling their favorites, so scroll on down to see the most talked about titles:
Via EA
EA Access is a new service from EA for Xbox Live that "unlocks The Vault, a collection of EA's biggest games on Xbox One ready for you to download and play. During the beta, gamers will have unlimited access to four great EA games: FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25, Peggle 2 and Battlefield 4™, with more titles being added soon. That's over $100 worth of games for $4.99 a month. You can play these EA favorites as much as you want with the click of a button. " In addition to EA's library, subscribers also get access to trials of games up to five whole days before they're released, and 10% off EA games that are not part of the EA Vault.
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He announced the departure via Twitter and added that he's "not yet ready to say what that new thing is… But OMG is writing code very [sic] day and exploring ideas fun!" His Twitter bio states his current project is "independent secret stuff."
Let us form a prayer circle in hopes this makes it stateside.
Via IGN
According to an Age of Empires support page, Games for Windows Live will cease to exist on July 1, 2014. IGN reached out to Microsoft for a statement and got this vague response:
Yesterday, an Age of Empires support web page communicated that the free to play Age of Empires Online will be discontinued on July 1, 2014. We believe in Windows/PC gaming and have long-term plans to grow our support. We expect there to be transitions as we build out new investments, but we remain committed to bringing first party gaming services and games to Windows for years to come. We will share more details in the future.
The Batman: Arkham games have already dropped Games for Windows Live, and a simple Steam updateremoves the service entirely. However, that update comes with a price; getting rid of Windows Live means all your save files will be deleted.
Losing saves sucks, but, doesn't matter; got rid of GfWL. How do you feel about the death of Games for Windows Live?
True horror is coming to Goat Simulator in GoatZ, a new zombie survival DLC touted as the "first survival game not in Early Access." Touché.
The game will feature:
-Mandatory crafting system because everyone else is doing it
-Zombies that bug out. There’s a pun here about actual living bugs, but we’re not going to bother
-You can craft anything in the world, as long as it’s one of the half dozen weapons in the game
-Zombies, because this is a zombie game, remember?
-A pretty big new map with some stuff in it
-Completely realistic survival mode where you have to eat every damn five minutes to survive because Dean Hall & Garry Newman said so
Get it on Steam starting May 7th for $4.99.
Via Phil Spencer
This encouraging news, demonstrates a move by Microsoft that'll work to make the Xbox One experience, notably inclusive for all gamers.
