Articles for February, 2015

WWE Diva Alicia Fox Calls Ariane a “Bootleg Nicki Minaj”—See the Heated Total Divas Clip!
Yikes, will Ariane and Alicia Fox ever be able to get along? In the above clip from tonight's all-new Total Divas, WWE Diva Rosa Mendes convinced Alicia to let Ariane come along...
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2015 Grammys: 7 Things You Need to Know Before Music’s Biggest Night
Who's ready to let the music play?! Yes, we loved applauding actors and actresses at the Golden Globes and SAG Awards. Tonight, however, we're ready to "Shake It Off" and...
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Happy Endings Season 4?! Check Out The Cryptic Tweet That’s Making Us Lose Our Minds
There's a Twitter mystery afoot, and it's making us lose our freakin' minds....
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Nintendo Offers Free Mario, Zelda, and Kirby Valentine’s Day Cards
Need a Valentine's Day card for that special someone in your life? If they love games, Nintendo can help you out.The company posted a selection of Nintendo-themed Valentine's Day cards to its website, which you can print, cut out, and give to your love...
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Sara Gilbert Receives the Ultimate Baby Shower on The Talk, Admits She Doesn’t Have a Name Picked Out Just Yet
Let the baby countdown begin! It wasn't just an ordinary Friday on The Talk! Instead, it was a day of celebration as Julie Chen, Aisha Tyler, Sheryl Underwood and Sharon Osbourne...
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RadioShack Goes Bankrupt
Even RadioShack was making fun of how outdated RadioShack was before the electronics store filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this week. However, the stores won't disappear entirely, the company is just no longer independently owned.RadioShack ope...
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Contrast Dev’s Next Game Involves Masks, Drugs, and Memory Loss

Compulsion Games, the developer behind 2013's puzzle platformer Contrast, has teased its next game.

At this point, we don't know much about Compulsion Games' new project other than that it won't be a sequel to Contrast. "We haven’t ruled out doing one in the future, but after so long working on Contrast, we wanted to make something fresh," the developer said in a post to its official site. "Something new and exciting. It involves masks, drugs and memory loss, but we swear it’s not a swinger’s party."

In addition, Compulsion Games released the concept art images you can see here. It said that you should keep checking its website over the next month if you want to hear more about the game, or sign up for its newsletter.

Contrast was released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and last generation systems. The game blended 2D and 3D, using objects and their shadows to solve puzzles. GameSpot's review gave Contrast a mediocre score of 5/10.

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Valve Bans More Counter-Strike Pros, Tells Them Not to Bet on Matches

Valve has banned an additional 19 professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players from sponsored events and instructed players to never bet on games they could have inside information on, the company has announced.

The news follows allegations of professional Counter-strike teams intentionally fixing matches in recent competitions. After gathering information from players and reviewing historical activity of accounts, Valve said it directed its CS:GO event partners to not allow the following players to participate in any capacity in Valve-sponsored events:

  • Kevin “Uzzziii” Vernel
  • Joey “fxy0” Schlosser
  • Robin “GMX” Stahmer
  • Morgan “B1GGY” Madour
  • Damian “DiAMon” Zarski
  • Michal “bCK” Lis
  • Jakub “kub” Pamula
  • Mateusz “matty” Kolodziejczyk
  • Michal “michi” Majkowski
  • Karol “rallen” Rodowicz
  • Mikolaj “mouz” Karolewski
  • Grzegorz “SZPERO” Dziamalek
  • Pawel “innocent” Mocek
  • Jacek “minise” Jeziak

Additionally, the following players will not be eligible to participate in the $250,000 ESL One Katowice tournament as it continues its investigation.

  • Robin “r0bs3n” Stephan
  • Tahsin “tahsiN” Sarikaya
  • Koray “xall” Yaman
  • Ammar “am0” Cakmak
  • Antonin “TONI” Bernhardt

Finally, in a post to the official CS:GO blog titled "Unnecessary Risks" Valve said that professional players or anyone involved in the production of CS:GO events should under no circumstances gamble on CS:GO matches or associate with high volume CS:GO gamblers, because they might have inside information.

"Because of this, we will always assume that you have access to private CS:GO-related 'inside information' that might give you an unfair advantage when placing a bet on any CS:GO game or match," Valve said.

Note that this is a "recommendation," not a rule, though it's a recommendation that players should heed, as Valve obviously has no problem banning players if they don't. This might also all seem like it should all be common sense, but keep in mind that the popularity of eSports and huge cash prizes are all relatively new, especially for CS:GO.

Valve is also clearly aware that these incidents reflect poorly on eSports and endanger its future. "It’s important to consider the substantial impact an individual professional Counter-Strike player has on the health and stability of the sport," Valve said. "Performing before an audience of millions of fans, you are ambassadors for your game – the strength of professional Counter-Strike comes from the integrity of its players and teams."

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Top 5 Parkour Games
We celebrate the many contributions to gaming the exhilarating discipline of parkour has brought by detailing our 5 favorite parkour games.
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What’s Next For the Director of Dragon Age Origins
You may or may not be familiar with n-Space, a studio that's spent the better part of its existence working on licensed properties and work-for-hire projects. Though n-Space's past is filled with projects that have ultimately faded into the background,...
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