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Why Overwatch's Diversity Matters to Gaming - Power Gaymers

Overwatch may not be all that revolutionary. But its launch and success could very well be a harbinger of overdue change in triple A games, and open up new markets for developers in the process.

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Gangsters in Love's lesbian mafiaso's love story continues - Power Gaymers

Gangsters in Love, Voltage Entertainment's mob romance visual novel game, has released the second instalment of lesbian mafiaso Aurora James' love story

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Meet the real-life inspiration behind Overwatch's Zarya - Power Gaymers

The character of Zarya is not without roots in reality. As it turns out, the game’s first female tank may have been inspired by a Blizzard artist named Tamara Bakhlycheva.

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Does this Easter Egg confirm The Last of Us 2? And Ellie is...pregnant? - Power Gaymers

A poster in Uncharted 4 teases a sequel to The Last of Us — with a pregnant girl who looks like Ellie, who has been confirmed to be gay.

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A Little Lily Princess released  - Power Gaymers

Hanako Game’s latest simulation yuri game A Little Lily Princess is being released today. The game, an adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess, follows the story of Sara Crewe.

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GameLoot Network promises rewards for mobile gaming

GameLoot is a fast-growing online mobile gaming community where gamers can be rewarded with gaming tokens and prizes for playing mobile games and sharing about them.

Gamers can earn GameLoot tokens by playing games and sharing about them. You can then use them to bid in auctions for prizes such as Amazon Gift Cards, game accessories and other items.

Check out GameLoot!

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A tale of fun, co-operation and betrayal in Bramblelash.

Bramblelash Genre: Party Platform: PC Release Date: April 2016 Website | Press Site | Trailer

Form connections and co-operate to destroy your enemies in Bramblelash. Then, if you want, betray your friends and form new alliances for the win.

Created during a 48-hour game jam, Bramblelash is a party game where players take control of enchanted plant sprites and work together to drive slimey invaders from their forest. Players do so by forming a natural tether - a lash - and coordinate to destroy their enemies by clotheslining them.

The concept lends itself to an engaging party game, and plenty of gamers agree. Bramblelash was quickly greenlit on Steam, and the game is expected to be out in April this year. We have a chat with developers ByteSprite to find out more about what we can expect.

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Pay and Get Paid for Helping Your Fellow Gamers!

Have you ever been stuck trying to get past that last level of Zelda and found yourself wishing you could find someone to help? Or are you on the other side of that equation, wishing you could put your mad skills in a game to good use for fun and/or profit? Bounty Gamers is a website offering the gaming back up you’ve always wanted. The site lets gamers help gamers, either for free or as a paid service. Just post a “Bounty” for something you need help with, whether it’s being taken through the latest World of Warcraft raid or asking for help defending your base in Clash of Clans. Accord to Engin Yapici, Co-founder and Developer of the site, many bounties are posted by gamers just looking for gaming buddies, but there is also significant demand from players looking to hire top gamers to help them take their gameplay to the next level. The site includes a section where you can find and hire Pro Gamers, many of whom have popular Twitch Streams. Check out Bounty Gamers!

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GameOn with the free Star Wars Battlefront magazine download

Created by fans for fans, GameOn is an online gaming magazine that has been publishing monthly issues since 2008.

To celebrate the upcoming reboot of the Star Wars Battlefront franchise, the team has put together a special edition focused exclusively on the game. 

Contents include:

Preview of the Star Wars Battlefront beta

Information on all three Star Wars Battlefront game modes

Reviews of older Star Wars games

Beautiful concept art of the movies by Production Designer/Illustrator Ralph McQuarrie

A timeline of all Star Wars games

Free for download, the Star Wars Battlefront Special Edition is definitely worth a read for fans of the movie and gaming franchises.

Download GameOn’s Star Wars Battlefront Special Edition

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I wanted to announce that my game with mammonmachinezeal and datenighto, WE KNOW THE DEVIL, has finally been released! 

WE KNOW THE DEVIL is a short horror visual novel about relationship dynamics, growing pains, queer isolation, summer camp, and The Devil. 

It’s something like an OTP simulator: instead of playing as one character, you pick which two you want to see pair off for different tasks and watch them bond while they try to get through their last week of bullshit delinquent kid summer camp. Maybe you want to see what happens when popular tomboy Jupiter deals with shy Venus’s bullies, or which one plays truth or dare with meangirl Neptune.  But this also comes at the cost of the third person, unless there’s somehow a way to keep everyone safe?

There are no routes to lock yourself out of, only endings determined by the sum of your choices. 

This game does not have jump scares or gore. It does feature themes of isolation and alienation of queer youth in a religious rural setting, abstract psychological horror, some body horror, and possibly alarming music. As in: it uses horror themes and is Not Unscary, but scaring or shocking the player is not the primary goal. 

I was the lead artist and creative director on this project and I could not be more proud of what we’ve made. I hope you enjoy it!

You can get it from Date Nighto for $6.66 here, and check out Alec Lambert’s killer 80′s horror synth soundtrack here. 

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Triad Wars in Open Beta 

Set in the vibrant city of Hong Kong within the Sleeping Dogs universe, Triad Wars is an online open-world action adventure MMOG for the PC where as a common street thug, you start building your criminal empire while navigating the various rivalries within the underworld.

Fight, shoot and drive your way to the top or become a kingpin via strategic extortions, hackings and money laundering. The city is yours to claim the way you want.

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Five quick SEO tips to increase gaming video views

Gaming videos are arguably the most popular type of content on Youtube. A quick search for “games” throws up over 42 million results. That’s a lot of Let’s Plays, reviews and other gaming content fighting for attention.

But don’t let that discourage your bid for gaming stardom, even if you are just starting out. While producing quality content consistently is important, it’s not the entire story.

Having a good Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) strategy for your channel is important going in. After all, nobody can watch your video if they can’t find it. Here are five things you can do now to improve your video’s search game. 

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Is Pewdiepie underpaid?

Love him or loathe him, you can’t deny that Felix Kjellberg aka Pewdiepie has come a long way from selling hot dogs. The Youtube star has seen his income grow from minimum wage to a reported US$7.4 million in 2014.

The resulting furor over the size of his earnings has seen him release a video to address the haters, including a claim that money was not a consideration when he started his channel.

And we believe him.

How did he earn it?

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Interested in making a name for yourself on social media? FanDuco is all about social media influence. One of our FanDuco influencers, Simon Tay, shares with us how he became one of the pioneering Clash of Clans YouTube influencers with Simonvideo. You too can get on social media in a big way,...

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Konami Gets YouTube To Take Down Critical Video

Social media wields extremely powerful influence, and one needs to watch out for the Streisand Effect. What do you think? Should Konami issue takedowns or rebuttals?

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Check out Asia Pacific’s Largest Mortal Kombat X Tournament! Show off your Kombat skills and win Cash, Prizes and a trip to attend Evolution 2015 in Las Vegas!

Top 3 winners from each qualifier will get a Get-Over-Here Shirt sponsored by Xmashed Gear

Philippines Qualifier (09 May 2015) : 1st S$500 & Trip to SEAM2015 | 2nd S$300 | 3rd S$200

Singapore Qualifier (16 May 2015): 1st S$500 & Trip to SEAM2015 | 2nd S$300 | 3rd S$200

Australia Qualifier (22-24 May 2015): See Battle Arena Melbourne

Thailand Qualifier (20 June 2015): 1st S$500 | 2nd S$300 | 3rd S$200

Mortal Kombat X Asia Pacific Championship Fatal 4 Finals (21 June 2015): 1st S$1,000 & Trip to Las Vegas, USA to join EVO2015 | 2nd S$800 | 3rd S$600 | 4th S$600