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Slaying rats and bats I’ve been fiddling around with the mobile meta-RPGKnights of Pen & Paperfor a wee while now. In fact, it’s one of the few games I actually play on my phone, normally preferring dedicated handheld gaming devices rather than ones that can be interrupted by my mother calling me to ask if I’ve gotten a real job yet. But last week I put aside my phone, and delved into the pop culture-smothered,D&D-inspired world ofKnights of Pen & Paperon a PC, the +1 edition....

Angry Mario lawyers up With each passing year, more and more of E3’s content appears to wind up online ahead of the game, with the annual video game conference finding it harder and harder to patch up its increasingly-leaky hull in this social media-driven age. Butit appears that Nintendo has had about all they can stands, as The Big N has reportedly sent one of this year’s most prolific leakers an official Cease & Desist order, threatening legal action should the publisher’s upcoming Nintendo Direct content mysteriously surface on twitter ahead of time....

Never trust the shadows Darkwoodis a game of gnarled roots and things that go bump in the night. Savages and mutated creatures hide just out of view, obscured by the heavy shadows cast from thick foliage and impossibly high trees. The forest looms overhead. It’s a natural enemy of sorts, an endless and oppressive force that plays host to a collection of monsters and macabre sites. Under the canopy of an ever-growing forest,Darkwoodforces players to confront the unknown....

InSkull and Bones, once you’ve unlockedThe Helmyou’ll also gain access to the Supply Network. This unique feature serves as a way to help progress The Helm and build a smuggling network and Pirate Empire. Here is everything we know about the Supply Network inSkull and Bonesand how you can gain access to it. What is the Supply Network inSkull and Bones? The main purpose of the Supply Network inSkull and Bonesis to acquire Helm Raw Materials for your pirate empire....

A Sony official has declared that aMonster HunterVita title is set to arrive some time this year, seeming to confirm the game ahead of any official announcement. He said this in response to the Vita’sslow Japanese sales, claiming Monster Hunter at launch would’ve made it more successful. “The games available at launch in Japan do not correspond to the typology of the Japanese public. It lacks a particular game,Monster Hunter, scheduled for the coming months,” saidPlayStation France CEO Philippe Cardon....

The pastoral life never looked so friendly Fans of farming and lifestyle sims are no doubt familiar with theconfusionsurrounding theBokujō Monogatariseries. Natsume owned the trademark on the English title,Harvest Moon, but XSEED had the relationship with Marvelous AQL, the series’ developers. So when XSEED wanted to bring Marvelous AQL’sBokujō Monogatari: Tsunagaru Shin Tenchito the States, they couldn’t call it aHarvest Moontitle. And thus,Story of Seasonswas born. I was able to get a look at the Nintendo 3DS game and couldn’t have been more enchanted....

Here’s a day I can get behind. Put something on a stick and it’s instantly better. It just is. In the past you could only get things like hot dogs and corn on a stick, but these days daring chefs are putting all sorts of stuff on sticks. I had fried macaroni and cheese on a stick once. Let me tell you, fried mac n’ cheese is good, but on a stick its incredible....

A new infiltraion game with RPG elements from Cyanide Studio Styx: Master of Shadowsis a new infiltration game with RPG elements from developer Cyanide Studio and publisher Focus Home Entertainment. The PC title will see that ugly goblin above as the playable character. His name is Styx, and he’s two centuries old. The very first of all the goblins, in fact. This adventure will see the master in stealth, theft, and murder infiltrates the Tower of Akenash, where humans and elves hide valuables....

…in an unlikely place Belarus is located in Eastern Europe, nestled above both Poland and Ukraine, a chunk found right on the far western edge of Russia. Minsk, the capital of Belarus, is a city of about 2 million, set in a dense forest of beautiful evergreen trees that look like they’ve been there since the end of the last ice age. It’s a city that contrasts greatly from those of North America or Western Europe with its stark Soviet-Bloc style buildings and its striking monuments....

Last week’sworld famous portmanteau betastarted off rocky but you all got the hang of it pretty quickly. So now it’s time for Round 2, this time with theprizes I promised. Here are the rules. If you need any more clarification, just ask, or check out the old port to see how things work: 1.Portmanteau… what is it? A portmanteau is basically two words, phrases, titles, or sentences that are tied together with one common word/part of a word....

Bulking up Developer Visual Concepts and wrestler Seth Rollins have a lot in common. They’re both the architects and the future of the WWE. The only difference is that Visual Concepts handles the2Kvideo game side of things, not the actual wrestling. As it turns out, the developer’s idea for the future of theWWE 2Kseries has a lot of WWE Superstars and Divas. In anInstagram post, Visual Concepts revealed that this year’s game will feature more than 120 characters;WWE 2K15topped out at 67 unique models....

The Last Bosslast week brought to my attention a little controversy that has hit the Internets recently. Basically, Timbaland, the popular rapper, stole a reallycatchy tune and claimedit as his own. If there is any group that can actually make a difference and possibly help the original creators of the songs, it’sYTMND. When EricBaumenstole fromYTMND, the collective of the freaking Internet descended onEBaumsWorld anddestroyed it for a couple of days....

20+ titles, including Warhammer, Saints Row, and Darksiders After the recentHumble THQ Bundle, I don’t know how useful this deal will be, but the sheer absurdity of it all warrants a special mention. As part of the 2012 holiday Steam sale, there’sa $24.99 collectionwhich includes most of the publisher’s games already released on the platform. There’s more than 20 games in all, ranging fromDarksiders IItoWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IIand its expansions toSaints Row: The Third....