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July Contest Winners!

Cat|3912d ago |Blog Post|28|

Something winningly clever. Congratulations!

Er, you *might* also notice there are 6 blog winners, not 5...that's because I felt like it. So there.

COMMENT LOTTERY:
Prize: 4 winners - a $50 Amazon Gift Card each!

MysticStrummer
PSVita
CamptainCamper
XtraTrstrL

BEST USER BLOG:
Prize: 6 winners, a $50 Amazon Gift Card!

Creatchee "It Doesn't Matter"
http://n4g.com/user/blogpos...

dedicatedtogamers "Something of Value was Lost"
http://n4g.com/user/blogpos...

Abash "Sanzaru Games is needed to give MediEvil a new Resurrection"
http://n4g.com/user/blogpos...

iamnsuperman "Kinect’s Problem: Creating Expensive Solutions For Non-Existent Problems"
http://n4g.com/user/blogpos...

zerocrossing "The cost of AAA game production is putting a chokehold on creativity in the mainstream"
http://n4g.com/user/blogpos...

PopRocks359 "Kickstarter: Good or Bad"
http://n4g.com/user/blogpos...

BEST USER REVIEW:
Prize: 3 winners will be chosen and receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card!

PhantomTommy "Kentucky Route Zero: Act 1 review"
http://n4g.com/channel/kent...

dedicatedtogamers "Shadowrun Returns review"
http://n4g.com/channel/shad...

HonestDragon "Deadpool review"
http://n4g.com/channel/dead...

CONTRIBUTOR CONTEST:
 Submit news and get a top News ranking in July and you can win up to $100!

The prizes are:
1st: -Mezzo- $100 Amazon Gift Card
2nd: Lavalamp $75 Amazon Gift Card
3rd: Prcko $50 Amazon Gift Card
4th: Abriael $25 Amazon Gift Card
5th: NYC_Gamer $25 Amazon Gift Card
6th: Pozzle $25 Amazon Gift Card
7th: doctorstrange $25 Amazon Gift Card
8th: mathsman $25 Amazon Gift Card

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Some Terms and Conditions:
1. Competition is open to all N4G users, except for employees of HAVAmedia and immediate relatives. Contests are not limited to the US/NA.
2. Closing date is 11:59 PM EST 31st July 2013.
3. In the event of unforeseen circumstances N4G/HAVAmedia reserves the right to substitute the prizes for alternatives of equal or greater value.
4. Prizes are not transferrable.
5. The winners of the competition will be notified by N4G ticket on or before August 7, 2013.
6. Failure to reply to ticket notification within seven (7) days results in forfeiture of prize.

zerocrossing3912d ago (Edited 3912d ago )

Oh wow! one of my blogs won. Thanks Cat! :D

Congratulations to everyone else who something too! I really enjoyed reading the submissions this month.

Donnieboi3911d ago

I knew u could win! I guessed it way back, remember? Your blog was something a lot of game devs/publishers need to read. Was my favorite blog of that month tbh.

zerocrossing3911d ago

I remember, cheers for that :) It honestly gives me a lot of incentive to make a decent blog knowing someone enjoys reading them.

You keep up the good work too!

PopRocks3593912d ago

Alright! Thanks very much Cat. Congrats to all the other winners as well! :D

PSVita3912d ago

Didn't even know about this!!! Thanks :)

fsfsxii3912d ago

Congratulations to all of you. I need to submit more news but with Mezzo and the others i'll keep dreaming.

Donnieboi3911d ago

Lol yeah it's like Mezzo lives on Red Bull while staring at like 10 computer screens at the same time--all day long lol

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Sons Of Valhalla Review — Short But Unforgettable Journey | eXputer

Sons of Valhalla is an exceptional 2D side-scroller action game that challenges players' strategic approach and skills management.

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Atari Is Reviving The 'Infogrames' Publishing Label

The armadillo returns.

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nintendolife.com
Aphrodia2h ago

I personally do remember Infogrames in the years prior to merger. They really did have a portfolio that stuck out and I enjoyed. I wonder what value they see in reviving it now though?

Hofstaderman59m ago

Ah...the nostalgia...V-Rally, Hogs of War 2, Driver.

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PlayStation auto-play patent shows a feature to skip grindy sections of games

Sony is apparently experimenting with an AI tool that will play the game for you when you are grinding away. A PlayStation patent for “auto-play” mode would simulate your gameplay style in certain environments and apply them to skip that section completely. This technology would likely be built directly into the cloud-based PlayStation Network and be a new feature that subscribers would have access to.

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gamesandwich.com
Christopher6h ago

Hah! Either will never happen or publishers will charge you to use this AI. This concept would only exacerbate the problem we already have with GaaS.

gold_drake6h ago

doesnt that concept already exist tho?

buy dlc to get a ahead in games? money, weapon and exp dlc come to mind but yeh. one more thing for them.to potentially charge for.

Christopher5h ago

Usually, for GaaS/Seasonal games, you'll have to perform actions to earn specific in-game currency to buy things for events. Then they sell the currency with real cash or a third-currency to then buy the in-game currency items (it's honestly truly bloated to hide that they're cheating you out of money). With this, they'll just give you items if you do something 50 times or the like and then charge you to have the game play it for you. It's better, right? No currency shenanigans, just play the game and we reward you! But, the truth is they'll inflate the amount of times you have to play through content just to get the same thing.

jambola2h ago

Why?
Why not just remove the Grindy part?

I hope it's not an excuse to make them worse, but optional if you pay

Eonjay2h ago

This IGN blogger mode will allow 'reviewers' to play games like rest of us.
I will never forget watching GamingBolts spoiler video for Horizon FW and realizing they never played it. Made me wonder if they play games at all.

Skuletor1h ago

As if most modern games don't hold your hand enough already.

Profchaos1h ago

Reminds me of those 24 hours races in gran Turismo 4 having your PlayStation play for you.

But realistically if you have to use any of these for Grundy games there's a bigger underlying problem of the game not respecting your time in the first place.

Grind for game length is a real problem in my view

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