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Let’s watch a new clip from The Last of Us

Naughty Dog is making a game that doesn’t star Nathan Drake! But we knew that already. We also knew that The Last of Us has been keeping a low profile as we head towards the build-up to E3. Luckily, there’s a new clip from the game to remind us just how awesome things are looking.

On top of a new clip, we also get a new Ellie, the young, female heroine who we won’t actually control during the game. When we first met Ellie many people commented on how similar she looked and sounded to actress Ellen Page. The character is, in fact, being played by actress Ashley Johnson.

In an interview with website IGN, the game’s creative director Neil Druckmann claimed that the changes to Ellie were done so as to “better reflect [actress] Ashley’s personality, and also resemble a slightly younger teen more fitting to the story”. Hit the jump to see the clip; it’s some nail-biting stuff!

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Posted by Miklós Szecsei May 17, 2012
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This is how you do it

Who hunches for hours in front of a PC monitor, cramping their elbows and cultivating haemorrhoids? Not me, that’s not who. Although the keyboard and mouse are pictured here on a coffee table, they are moved onto my lap and a conveniently placed cushion once the real click-looting commences. This arrangement also puts me in range of my Xbox, so I can sign into Xbox LIVE and use the party voice chat because Diablo III doesn’t have it. Improvisation, people.

Posted by Tarryn van der Byl May 17, 2012
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Activision vs EA case settled; West and Zampella still pending

As you all know, Activision and Electronic Arts aren’t exactly on speaking terms. Activision and former Infinity Ward main men Jason West and Vince Zampella aren’t on speaking terms either. West and Zampella were responsible for making the Modern Warfare series a household name. They were fired by Activision due to alleged insubordination. They then went to work for EA and that’s when things got even messier.

Activision accused EA of poaching West and Zampella – this was due to go to court but has since been resolved. Activision and EA are settling out of court, with the only official wording on the matter saying “Activision and EA have agreed to put this matter behind them”.

As for Activision versus West and Zampella, that bout of litigation continues. West and Zampella are seeking unpaid bonuses and royalties amounting to millions of dollars. Activision is saying that West and Zampella breached their contract and as such are not entitled to anything. Documents have since surfaced that implicate Activision in instigating an illegal hacking attempt into West and Zampella’s PCs so as to “dig up dirt”.

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Posted by Miklós Szecsei May 17, 2012
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Whimsyshire is Diablo III’s Cow Level

Diablo games with secret levels are nothing new. What is new is Diablo III, and it’s got a secret level of its own called Whimsyshire. The level itself is meant to be a nod to the fan furore that erupted when Diablo III was first announced. Way back in 2008 (wow, we’ve been waiting a while for this game) Diablo fans moaned that Diablo III looked too colourful.

Blizzard has a sense of humour. As such, it doesn’t get more colourful and cutesy than Whimsyshire. The land features “Cuddle Bears”, rainbow unicorns and dancing flowers. It’s a wonderful land – a beautiful land full of cheer and whimsical laughter. But then, some evil demon hunter suddenly appeared and slaughtered the wonderful creatures of Whimsyshire, all the time repeating the mantra “moar loot!” as he/she carved his/her way through the cuddly friends.

If you want to get to Whimsyshire then you better be collecting a few odds and ends that are scattered about the various acts of the game. There’s a full shopping list after the jump, but be warned that there are some very, very minor spoilers as far as names of characters and locations go. There’s also a video, if you want to witness firsthand the genocide of the creatures of Whimsyshire.

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Posted by Miklós Szecsei May 17, 2012
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Diablo III server issues ruining my life

I suppose I shouldn’t be disappointed, or even surprised. As a result of bazillions of would-be dungeon trawlers all desperately clawing to get started on Diablo III, Blizzard’s Battle.net servers have been falling over all morning. If you have tried to play Diablo III this morning, you might be familiar with the screen below the break.

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Posted by Nic Simmonds May 15, 2012
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Kalahari.com Diablo III midnight launch in Cape Town

I’ve never seen so much pizza in one place. It’s like somebody slayed a Level 100 Infernal Pizza Beast in here, and it dropped all this loot everywhere. It’s probably a good thing, though, because the nice people at Kalahari.com have paid up the bar, and all that free beer demands a punishing tummy toll. Pizza for the pizza gods.

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Posted by Tarryn van der Byl May 15, 2012
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BT Games midnight launch winner!

Were you at BT Games Fourways Mall last night? Did you enter our competition to stand a chance to win this cool swag? No? Well I’m sorry about that, but Nicole Pireu won’t be, as she was drawn this morning as the lucky winner! Congratulations! Please contact Jacqui Jacobs at jacqui@nag.co.za to claim your prize.

Bonus prize for everyone who didn’t win: here are two of our favourite photos from the event last night:

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Posted by Geoff Burrows May 15, 2012
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“Blizzard DotA” is now called Blizzard All-Stars

Blizzard Dota

Following a tedious but mercifully short-lived disagreement over the use of the DotA name, Valve and Blizzard have come to an agreement. Valve retains full rights to using the title for commercial purposes, while Blizzard may only use the title for its community – whatever that means.

As a result, Blizzard has agreed to rename its forthcoming Blizzard DotA game to Blizzard All-Stars.

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Posted by Nic Simmonds May 14, 2012
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The Avengers: Battle for Earth made official

Remember on Monday when a domain registration alerted the world to the existence of a thing called The Avengers: Battle for Earth? It was tied to Ubisoft’s servers and initially outed for Fusible. Fast-forward to today: Ubisoft, along with Marvel Entertainment, have made the whole game official.

Now, remember how we were all dreaming that this would be an Avengers game worthy of the more recent film; the same film that made people’s eyes explode from the military-grade awesome that was pumped into them? It’s totally not going to be anything like that! How do we know based on having not actually seen the game in action? It’s being made for Kinect and Wii U only.

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Posted by Miklós Szecsei May 11, 2012
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BioShock Infinite delayed until 2013

Irrational Games’ BioShock successor was supposed to be arriving in October this year. That’s no longer the case, which makes all of us here at NAG very sad boys and girls. Instead, we can expect to shoot holes in things and run around the sky city of Columbia on 26 February 2013.

Irrational bossman Ken Levine broke the news about the delay, but likened it to a similar delay that the original BioShock experienced: “We had a similar experience with the original BioShock, which was delayed several months as our original ship date drew near. Why? Because the Big Daddies weren’t the Big Daddies you’ve since come to know and love. Because Andrew Ryan’s golf club didn’t have exactly the right swing. Because Rapture needed one more coat of grimy Art Deco. The same principle now applies to BioShock Infinite.”

You see, when he puts it like that, the delay doesn’t seem all that bad, does it? Levine also confirmed that BioShock Infinite will not be making appearances at E3 or Gamescom this year because they feel any public appearance will not reflect the final product. Sounds as if they’re making some serious alterations then. Still, if the news leaves you absolutely devastated then head over here to make yourself feel better.

Source: Kotaku

Posted by Miklós Szecsei May 11, 2012
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