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It is fair to say that video game adaptations on the big screen have mostly (if not all) been failures. They have gained a notorious reputation for being poor of quality. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is the highest grossing video game adaptation of all time, yet still received mostly negative feedback with an aggregate rating of 36% on Rotten Tomatoes. In present day, the situation doesnt seem to be improving, with Hitman: Agent 47s release this year being criticised as one of the worst video game adaptions of all time, despite gaining a box office income of $41 million (albeit only managing a profit of $6 million). Despite these bleak examples, there is still reason to be optimistic about the future of video game adaptations in cinema.

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GR: You got some Old West in my X-COM! You got some X-COM in my- BLAM! ...death rattle. "Have you played XCOM before?" asked Kacper Szymczak, the Lead Designer at Creative Forge Games, before I sat down to take a look at Hard West, a tactical RPG with a western setting. His question was indeed the fastest way to explain Hard West, which borrows liberally from Firaxis' exemplary sci-fi SRPG.

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Marty ODonnell, the composer who created the music for the Halo and Destiny video games, has won his case in a legal battle with his former employer Bungie. Under a final ruling issued today from a court-appointed arbitrator, Bungie must honor its agreements with ODonnell that gave him the right to hold a considerable share of stock in the company. And the filing contains for the first time the ordeal that ODonnell went through as he quarreled with Bungie over issues of creative freedom and stock ownership in the company that he cofounded. The court papers reveal the unseen story of the making of Destiny, and the internal struggles that happened between Activision, the publisher, and Bungie, the developer of the game that is now played by millions.

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Early Access games are popular, despite last year's revelation that 75% have yet to launch a full version.

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Cyberpunk. Hack and slash. Rogue-like. You wouldnt think these three things would go together but that is exactly what makes up Leap of Fate.

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Microsoft shows off a slew of upcoming games for the system, such as Scalebound, Halo 5 and Quantum Break.

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Paul Tassi of Forbes: As we head into the fall, the console wars are heating up. Just kidding, theyre really not. Instead, the PS4 and Xbox One march more or less lockstep into the season sharing nearly all the biggest games. What will undoubtedly be the top three sellers of the holiday season, Black Ops 3, Fallout 4 and Metal Gear Solid 5 are out on both systems. The same goes for Mad Max, Assassins Creed Syndicate, Just Cause 3, FIFA, Star Wars: Battlefront and Rainbow Six Siege. Ive previously credited Xbox One has having a slight window to catch up to the PS4 with two powerful exclusives, Halo 5 and Rise of the Tomb Raider, on the horizon, but though both will sell well, in the grand scheme of things, its possible (probable) there is no catching PS4 at this point.

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ASidCast: "So if you're following the Indian gaming market, you know that Microsoft's Xbox One isn't doing so well in India and it's competitor, the PlayStation 4, has been destroying it over here. In the last few days, Xbox One has been making a slow and steady comeback after their disastrous initial launch at E3 and their Amazon exclusivity deal in India which gave Sony a clear lead in the Indian market without the latter putting in much effort. But overall, a rather bleak future awaits the Xbox One in India if things go the way they're going."

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343 Industries' studio head talks about how the Halo 5 universe is bigger than the Master Chief alone. The studio head also shares some insight in the new Plasma caster, the cinematics in the game and Halo 5's Pro team.