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Xbox 360 Disc Changer Is Built From Lego

YouTuber zwennkka has reached the next level of gamer convenience with “The Carousel.”

Built entirely out of LEGO, the disc changer can remove a game from the console and replace with any other 31 game titles. The teenage zwennkka built the the carousel with a friend during the recent winter.

[Geekologie]

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Games of the Week: A Classic Battle Wages On…

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Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (3DS): An extremely light week in gaming is headlined by a new downloadable title in the dependable puzzle series. Guide the Mini Marios through more than 180 puzzles by placing tiles on the touch screen. Includes a level editor for gamers to share an infinite number of puzzle creations.

[GameFAQs]

“Watch Dogs” Takes Control Of Your Wallet November 19

Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs is one of the year’s biggest games with its high octane action and semi-futuristic hacking mechanics. The biggest question surrounding the game wasn’t its gameplay, but when gamers would be able to finally their hands on it. Now we know that we only have to wait until the holidays to play it.

Along with a new trailer titled “Out of Control,” Watch Dogs was firmly dated for November 19, 2013. The trailer also revealed that while it is coming to PS4, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and PC, the game is coming to “Next-Gen Consoles.” Expect to be able to play Watch Dogs on that shiny new Xbox hardware we’ll hear about this month.

[Ubisoft on YouTube]

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Games of the Week: ’80s Throwback

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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (PS3, 360, PC): From the developer behind the incredible Far Cry 3 comes a love letter to the 1980s. Set in a dystopian 2007 society, players will experience “an 80s VHS vision of the future” where they have to “get the girl, kill the baddies and save the world.”

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Microsoft Set To Unveil The Next Xbox On May 21, Reveal Games At E3

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Microsoft set out an invitation today to a very select group of people to see something that the Xbox team has been hard at work on. Of course, if you’ve been paying attention to all the leaks over the past couple of years, this is certainly going to be the announcement of the next Xbox, codenamed ‘Durango.’

Details after the break.

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Games of the Week: Before She Was A Legend, She Started Here…

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Tomb Raider (PS3, 360, PC): Lara Croft returns in a reboot of the legendary action franchise. Shipwrecked and left for dead, Lara must stay alive on a vast, fully explorable jungle island infested with mercenaries that are trying to wipe the remaining survivors of her ship out. 

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Here’s The “Watch Dogs” Trailer From Yesterday’s PS4 Presser

Ubisoft’s new game Watch Dogs has set the internet abuzz again after show off more of their intrguing, dynamic thrid-person action gameplay running on Sony’s next-gen hardware.

The gameplay shown yesterday evening gives another glimpse at how manipulating computer-controlled environmental objects will further come into play and effect something as simple as an on-foot chase to a high-octane police chase. 

Watch Dogs is headed to PS4, Wii U, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

[PlayStation YouTube]

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Games of the Week: Slice-And-Dice Has Never Sounded So Appropriate

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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3, 360): The Metal Gear franchise takes a little detour before Ground Zeroes with an action game starring Raiden, protagonist of Metal Gear Solid 2. Developed by the great minds at Platinum Games, this is a pure action experience full of cybernetic super soldiers, slicing-and-dicing, and mounds of limbs and blood.

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More Details About Bungie’s Ambitious Game “Destiny”

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Few games have had the success of the Halo franchise, gaining worldwide recognition and a huge fanbase. Now the original developers of Halo aim to create a game that’s bigger and more expansive than anything that’s come before it. Meet Destiny.

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Here’s Your First Look At Bungie’s “Destiny”

From the creators of the Halo franchise comes the game Destiny, a new type of shooter with an expansive world of science fiction for players to discover as they protect humanity.

Here’s the official description:

“Everything changed with the arrival of the Traveler. It sparked a Golden Age when our civilization spanned the solar system, but it didn’t last. Something hit us, knocked us down. The survivors built a city beneath the Traveler, and have begun to explore our old worlds, only to find them filled with deadly foes.

You are a Guardian of the last safe city on Earth, able to wield incredible power. Defend the City. Defeat our enemies. Reclaim all that we have lost.

Be brave.”

More on Destiny to follow.

[Destiny’s YouTube Channel, Destiny’s Official Website]

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Games of the Week: Humans Don’t Stand A Chance

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Aliens: Colonial Marines (PS3, 360, PC): From the developers of the highly popular Borderlands series comes a new take on the Aliens universe. Taking place after the events of the second movie, step into the shoes of a Colonial Marine with up to 3 friends and fight your way through The Sulaco in search of Ripley and the lost marines of the movie Aliens.

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Games of the Week: In Space, Nobody Can Hear You Scream

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Dead Space 3 (PS3, 360, PC): Visceral Games’ third entry into gaming’s current scariest franchise. Step back into the shoes of Isaac Clark as he explores an icy mining planet in search of a way to end the Necromorph threat once and for all. Includes a new co-op campaign mode.

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Games of the Week: Console, PC, And Mobile Gamers Unite!

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Skulls of the Shogun (360, PC): A fast-paced turn-based strategy game that takes its roots from cheesy 60’s action films. Using samurais, monks, and generals, duke it out in a magical universe that features a 15 hour campaign. Features 4 player local or online multiplayer, which allows Xbox 360, PC, and Windows Phone gamers to play against one another.

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Games of the Week: Ebony And Ivory

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DmC: Devil May Cry (PS3, 360): Ninja Theory’s reboot of the Capcom action franchise has seen its share of criticism, especially with the new visual style of the Dante. But judging from their past successes with Enslaved and Heavenly Sword, DmC will see new life breathed into the fast-paced combat as Dante’s dual pistols and sword get their long awaited return to glory.

Other Games:

  • Borderlands 2: Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt (PS3, 360, PC)
  • Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 (PS3, 360, PC)
  • Corpse Party: Book of Shadows (PSP)

[GameFAQs]

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