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Steam Gifts rules have been changed to protect you from swindlers

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Steam Gifts is a perfectly lovely way to trade with other Steam users, until it goes horribly wrong. A situation that’s been under scrutiny from Valve lately is where you make a trade for a game, only to have that game revoked from your library because the person you traded with has had their payment declined for the game. For shady types on this internet, this kind of action can lead to profit. But Valve are on the case and have changed the rulebook. 

From now on, games in your inventory that have been set aside for trading can only be traded 30 days after purchase.

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Far Cry 4’s director given go-ahead by Ubisoft for a personal project

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The last year has seen Ubisoft kick out some unusual games, from the absurdity-loving 80s homage Far Cry: Blood Dragon to the tear-inducing Valiant Hearts. They’re all personal labours of love for small teams, and it looks like the next unique project from Ubisoft may be coming from Far Cry 4’s creative director Alex Hutchinson. 

Along with members from the Far Cry 4 and Assassin’s Creed 3 development team, Hutchinson has had a pitch for his game idea greenlit by some head honchos at Ubisoft. 

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Dark Souls II to re-release with ‘Scholar of the First Sin’ edition, bundled with DLC

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Dark Souls II is getting a fancy new rejigged release that will bolster it with all the game’s DLC packs as well as some flash new features. 

Subtitled ‘Scholar of the First Sin’, the game doesn’t sounds as immediately defeatist as Dark Souls 1’s ‘Prepare to Die’ edition, but the First Sin is probably as equally terrifying. 

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Admiring Procedural Islands And Flora In Meadows

Just a quick note here: Steam sale seems to be indeed starting today (it's the 26th where I live ^^), as the usual midweek sales are missing (should've started about five hours ago), which strongly suggests there's another bigger sale starting very soon. Not that there was any doubt even before, but this is even further confirmation.

The Binding of Isaac developer turns to community for expansion pack ideas

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The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth may have enhanced an already super game, but developer Edmund McMillen doesn’t plan on stopping there. He’s turning to the community to offer up feedback on Rebirth and to suggest various new features that could be included in an expansion. 

If you want to get involved with the production of McMillen’s next release, now is the time to jump in and start commenting. 

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Armored Warfare’s co-op campaign is something World of Tanks sorely lacks

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World of Tanks and War Thunder don’t leave much space for a third free-to-play tank game. Yet Obsidian think Armored Warfare’s in with a chance of capturing some of the market from those entrenched mammoths by aiming for two things neither of its competitors have attempted; a story campaign and modern technology.

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Activision is placing copyright strikes on Call of Duty Advanced Warfare videos showing cheats and/or glitches

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Call of Duty publisher Activision is apparently issuing copyright strikes against YouTube videos that contain footage of game glitches or cheats.

YouTube videogames channel Machinima has reportedly alerted their partners to the strikes, warning that “your channel may be liable to receive a copyright strike so please be careful.”

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Good news, everyone: The World of Warcraft Blood Elf makeover is in progress

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While almost all of Azeroth is swanning about, looking fancy with their new character models, only the Worgen, Goblins and Blood Elves have been left out in the cold. The first two don’t care, because their character models look just as good as the new ones, but the Blood Elves were not so fortuitous. Worse, they had to look on as their Burning Crusade counterparts, the Draenei, got updated. 

This unfortunate situation will soon be remedied. New models for the Barbies and Kens of World of Warcraft are on their way, and Artcraft offers up a glimpse of their new look. 

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Distance, the neon-soaked survival racer, is launching on Steam Early Access next month

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I’m not usually interested in racing games that don’t involve karts and popular Nintendo characters unless they are called F-Zero, so it’s rare for me to get excited about new driving shenanigans. But Distance is weird. It’s an arcade racer where future-cars speed up and down neon highways, leaping, spinning and flipping their way to victory, if they can survive for that long. It’s utterly bonkers, and reeks of cool. 

Our Rob took a look at it in the summer, and his thoughts are neatly summed up by the preview headline, Distance: Oh hell yes. Now it’s about to hit Steam Early Access, and you’ll be able to start defying physics on December 9th. 

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Solve your own nautical murder in Why Am I Dead At Sea

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You should know three things about me: I like dogs more than people, I think boats are the raddest form of transportation and I reckon that ghosts are infinitely more interesting than zombies. Two of these facts are relevant to Why Am I Dead At Sea. Yes, it’s a game about spooky dogs. No, hang on a second. Wrong facts. It’s a game about a ghost on a boat. Sorry. 

Here’s what’s up: You’re dead, and you’re on a boat. Why? That’s up to you to find out by possessing the other passengers and using them to investigate. There’s a trailer, so slap your eyes on it below. 

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Rek'Sai is League of Legends' newest champion; she's underground, so you've probably never heard of her

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League of Legends has its fair share of grotesque champions, and the roster of horrors has just been expanded, with Riot revealing Rek’Sai, the Void Burrower. She’s a nasty piece of work, burrowing underground, creating tunnels, waiting to jump out and bite unsuspecting champions. 

She’s a terror, but has a bit of trouble dealing with another new champion, Kalista, as well as Kevin Bacon. 

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Project HON Is A TWIMTBP Title, New 25-Minute Video Shows New Gameplay Footage

Die With Pals: Take On Mars Adds Multiplayer & Survival

So... How reliable is Chiphell? Becuase they have posted 2 "leaked" graphs (one perforormanc, the other power consumption) of an AMD's 3xxchip which they've called "Captain Jack" that's almost 30% faster than a 290X with a surprisingly low power consumption (yet still not enough to beat Nvidia).

http://www.chiphell.com/thread-1182382-1-1.html

True? Fake?

Seems belivable if AMD is using 20nm.

If we believe those charts are true (even though I don't know how they can resume all those games listed on the right to just 1 chart), then comes the other question some people are also doing: is that "Captain Jack" a 390X or a 380X?