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Week in gaming: EVE monocles, board games, Sony HDMISunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:07AMThis week we reviewed Sanctum , a game that mixes first-person shooting with tower defense. We looked a new board game called Chaostle , and enjoyed that as well. We also followed the story of Sony's restriction of high-definition support over component cables in future PlayStation 3s, which the company clarified would only impact Blu-ray movie viewing. We talked about the virtual riots in EVE ...

Week in gaming: EVE mon0cles, board games, Sony HDMISaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:07PMThis week we reviewed Sanctum , a game that mixes first-person shooting with tower defense. We looked a new board game called Chaostle , and enjoyed that as well. We also followed the story of Sony's restriction of high-definition support over component cables in future PlayStation 3s, which the company clarified would only impact Blu-ray movie viewing. We talked about the virtual riots in EVE ...

AI Demonstrates Natural Learning, Applies New Skills To CivilizationWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:32PMSo we're teaching the computers how to advance their own interests via global warfare, now. Nice knowing you, fellow humans. Yes, researchers in MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) decided it would interesting to see how a computer with only a basic understanding of the English language would internalize "loose" knowledge. To test this, they had a few very basic AIs ...

XCOM Now an FPS Because Strategy Games Aren't "Contemporary"Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:03PMIt's nice to see the XCOM series being revived after more than a decade away, even if Ken Levine and Irrational Games aren't the ones developing the new game, as was once rumored . Series fans were shocked when the new XCOM was revealed as a first-person shooter; the series began in the turn-based strategy genre, and even when it moved in the direction of real-time strategy, it was still ...

Play Heroes of Newerth For FreeTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:30PMYou might have seen that IGN is currently running a promotion for IGN Prime, where Prime subscribers get free access to S2 Games' DotA-inspired competitive multiplayer game Heroes of Newerth. Prime subscribers also get access to tutorial videos created by some of the developers at S2 games to explai...

Red Bull Treats Pro Gamers Like Dave "Walshy" Walsh Like Real AthletesSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 12:03PMWhen it comes marketing, Red Bull invests a ton of money into sports. The international energy drink maker owns a NASCAR team, a Major League Soccer (MLS) team and sponsors a slew of extreme sports and other professional athletes around the globe. But over the past few years, Red Bull has also become active in the growing world of pro gaming. It’s a good fit, especially since many gamers ...

Why Uncharted Can't Compete With Call of DutyWednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 7:57PMFrank Fields is an IGN freelancer who is also a leader in a major American eSports organization, VT Gaming. He has spent a lot of time around eSports and is a prominent member of the StarCraft II eSports community...

Why Mario Can't Compete With Smash Bros.Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 6:38PMFrank Fields is an IGN freelancer who is also a leader in a major American eSports organization, VT Gaming. He has spent a lot of time around eSports and is a prominent member of the StarCraft II eSports community...

News: DOTA 2 gamescom reveal evidence buildsMonday, July 4, 2011 @ 11:32AMValve down to show a strategy game. Evidence is building that Portal 2 maker Valve will unveil DOTA 2, the sequel to the Warcraft III mod Defense of the Ancients, at German show gamescom next month. On the official Gamescom wesbite Valve is listed as an exhibitor set to show a product under the "strategy" category of video games, suggesting DOTA 2, a real-time strategy game due out this year ...