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Judging by a new video and preview, EA's new MOBA Dawngate is trying to do at least a couple of things differently.Dawngate is typically MOBA at first glance, with lanes and heroes and a cartoon style you've seen a handful of times before.But within the familiar are interesting new touches such as regenerating towers called Bindings, which offer a battered team a way back in to a battle. There's resource gathering, too, in the shape of Spirit Wells. These create additional workers over time that gradually increase the amount of nearby resources (one kind) you harvest, but these workers can be killed by the other team and the Spirit Well can change team-hands.Read more…

Last week, EA shocked no one by announcing a fantasy-themed MOBA of its very own. RPS went street level to witness the complete lack of riots, and everything went pretty much exactly as expected. Jim Smitherford of Some Random San Francisco Apartment was incredulous. “Wait,” he said, brow furrowed as though on the verge of collapse. “They haven’t done that already? Huh. Also, how did you get inside my home?” Kelly Someoneson of Someplaceburg shared a similar sentiment. “Oh,” she replied when we gave her the news. “Well, good luck to them, I guess.” Then we tapped one last man on the shoulder and asked for his input. “Really? So they’re finally doing that, huh. Well I’ll be,” he exclaimed. It was EA COO Peter Moore. [Obviously, the above events are highly fictionalized. The following Dawngate video footage and details, however, are most certainly not.] (more…)

Ubisoft's western FPS available to download tomorrow. Ubisoft has sent over the launch trailer for Call of Juarez: Gunslinger.Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesKillzone: Mercenary screenshots show moody futuristic settingsNarco Terror announced for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360Battlefield 4 'big news' teased ahead of next-gen Xbox eventBatman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Vita and 3DS versions developed in parallelVideos: Resident Evil Revelations HD launch trailer, opening mission and more

Microsoft's next console will need to balance gaming with entertainment services to conquer the living room. As the world prepares to get a first glimpse of the Next Xbox, CVG will run a special four-part article series that examines the defining moments in Xbox's history and looks at its future. Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesRetro Vault: Sonic 3, Mario: The Lost Levels, LemmingsComments of the Week: 'Maybe I'll squeal like a schoolgirl'Timeline: The complicated birth of XboxThe Next Xbox: Everything we know about Microsoft's next-gen consoleSteam trading cards explained

They may look like the version of Google Glass for demons, but Toshiba‘s new OLED glasses are in fact more about lighting than wearables, and could even result in cameras that can illuminate subjects directly from their own lens. The Transmissive Single-sided Light Emission OLED Panel tech is Toshiba’s star for SID 2013 this week, Tech-On reports, a new illumination system that allows an OLED screen to simultaneously give out light while being transparent. Transparent OLEDs aren’t new – we got up close with Samsung’s transparent marketing system back at CES, for instance – and neither is OLED lighting. However, so far the two have been reluctant to play together. In traditional OLED lighting panels, they’re only transparent when the light is turned off. Powered up, meanwhile, and light is emitted from both sides; that makes for excess power consumption and less control over what gets lit, Toshiba points out. Toshiba’s system, however, is counter-intuitive in some ways, as it actually uses non-transparent electrodes. In fact, there’s a fine striping pattern of opaque metal electrodes and gaps, with those gaps allowing for “transmissive” light passage. It’s not fully transparent – Toshiba says it’s good for around a 68-percent light transmission rate – but it does mean that one side is light while the other is dark, and even when the OLED is lit up you can still see through. The expectation is that the 1.4mm-thick OLED screens will be used in applications like advertising, along with goggles that can light up the work area. Aquariums could also be another potential area, though we’d love to see a video light built into a camcorder lens. Brightness of 450 to 800 cd/m2 is possible, with power consumption of 0-7 to 1.6W. Toshiba will commercialize the technology itself, though it’s unclear when we could see the first products hit the market. Toshiba transparent light-up OLED makes for some crazy glasses is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear. © 2005 - 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.

[Posted 21 May 2013 by Mark E. Johnson] After a spot of apparent confusion, Microsoft's Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb has confirmed that the length of tonight's event revealing the next Xbox will be one hour. In a tweet the Major stated: FAQ: How long is the #XboxReveal event tomorrow? A: The show will be an hour long.— Larry Hryb (@majornelson) May 20, 2013 This ... click to read full item

Capcom game hits the US today and the UK this Friday. Capcom has released the Resident Evil: Revelations HD launch trailer to accompany today's Resident Evil Revelations release date in the US and the game's arrival in the UK this Friday.Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesTen New Super Luigi U screenshots releasedKillzone: Mercenary screenshots show moody futuristic settingsNarco Terror announced for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360Battlefield 4 'big news' teased ahead of next-gen Xbox eventBatman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Vita and 3DS versions developed in parallel

Hong Kong based collectible maker ThreeA previously released a jumbo-sized Metal Gear REX figure. And now? Now, it looks like they're working on a jumbo-sized RAY mecha. In these photos from Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, you can see a prototype of the upcoming RAY figure. That's resident artist Yoji Shinkawa in the pics. As the Metal Gear Wiki points out, the amphibious Metal Gear RAY was originally created in response to the Metal Gear REX. So, it kind of makes sense that this new figure would follow the previously released REX! In case you missed it, here are photos of the finished REX. ??RAY, 3A???RAY [Kojima_Hideo via Mecha Damashii] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.

Don’t get me wrong. I quite enjoyed the Syndicate shooter from last year. But it wasn’t really Syndicate, was it? More »      

Bad player behavior can ruin games -- but controlling it is a tremendous challenge. This in-depth article explores three avenues to shape it: engineering, education, and enforcement of the rules. ... More...