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NGames, a leading online games publisher, has today released the second playable character class spotlight for upcoming free-to-play side-scrolling RPG, Divines of the East

Coming soon to Game321.com, Divines of the East is an upcoming free-to-play side-scrolling RPG 2D browser game that throws players into an ancient world brought to life with gorgeous, painstakingly hand-drawn graphics inspired by ancient Asian mythology. Strange and powerful creatures, Eastern-themed locations, and an exciting storyline are all awaiting players in Divines of the East; an RPG set to offer gamers a thrilling and truly unique taste of the Orient.

Danish independent studio, Full Control, today announced that the Kickstarter campaign to fund the development of Jagged Alliance: Flashback has been successful.

Over the 30 day campaign Full Control raised 105% of their funding goal with a total amount of $368,614 from 7,167 backers. With an additional $12,000 raised through Paypal the total funds raised for Jagged Alliance: Flashback was over $380,000. Full development for Jagged Alliance: Flashback will begin later in 2013 with release set for late 2014.

You’ll never guess which piece of gaming news dominated the headlines this week. That’s right – Batman!! Or at least it would have if Microsoft’s big unveiling of the Xbox One didn’t get in the way. I guess you could say they were “Robin” the spotlight from Bats! No? Moving on then..

So the big news this week is the Xbox One, and not for particularly great reasons either. In a move that can only be described as a PR blunder of titanic proportions, this Tuesday saw Microsoft take to the stage in front of a global audience full of gamers, to unveil their next generation gaming console, only to completely forget to bring any freakin’ games. That’s even worse than Sony forgetting to take their PS4 console to their own event and releasing a blurred video of a black box to compensate.

The Xbox One covers of Forza 5 (left) and Battlefield 4 (below) have been revealed.

The box arts also reveal what Xbox One game boxes will look like – PS3 game boxes, apparently.

The Forza art was revealed on Forza 5′s Twitter account and features a McLaren P1 in bright orange. The green of the box means that you can be assured the Green Goblin will be purchasing it.

Along with Forza 5, the Battlefield 4 Xbox One box art was revealed. Details on both games is expected during Microsoft’s E3 press conference, which takes place on Monday 10th June at 9.30am Pacific Time (5.30pm BST).

With Xbox One’s boxes looking very similar to those of the PS3, it will be interesting to see what the PS4 boxes look like and how they differentiate themselves from the Xbox One’s. Maybe they’ll look like Xbox 360 boxes?

A Sony ad for the PS4 in today’s issue of Metro confirms a 2013 release for the machine.

The ad, pictured by Future’s James Jarvis, carries a simple “Coming 2013” line at the bottom.

Until now all signs had pointed to Sony being very, very keen on getting the console out in both Europe and America by the end of the year. This seems to serve as confirmation.

Whether the printing was intentional or accidental, it is certainly interesting that it came just days after the reveal of the Xbox One.

NGames Interactive Ltd, operators of leading free-to-play online games portal, Game321.com, has today announced an upcoming name change for magical web MMORPG, Tales of Laputa.

Starting Tuesday, May 28th, Tales of Laputa will be officially rebranded as Tales of Solaris, with a host of new gameplay updates to celebrate.

Currently in open beta on the Game321.com online games portal, Tales of Solaris combines RPG gameplay with classic anime elements and thrusts players into a brave new world where magic and machinery coexist, and the threat of demonic invasions is an ever-present danger.

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Bungie’s much hyped MMOFPS, Destiny, has been the talk of the gaming community lately, but we still have not seen much of the actual gameplay.

Yesterday, the Law of the Jungle live action trailer was released, which is directed by Iron Man director Jon Favreau. The trailer shows some epic looking space combat, while a Guardian of the City speaks about the importance of togetherness during battle. The video shows the Hunter, Titan and Warlock classes working alongside one another to take down a variety of aliens, as well as giving us a glimpse of some vehicles.

Destiny casts players as Guardians of the last city on Earth, who will traverse the ancient ruins of our solar system from the red dunes of Mars to the lush jungles of Venus. Able to wield incredible power, players must battle humanity’s enemies and reclaim all that was lost during the collapse of mankind’s Golden Age. In a story-driven universe, Destiny’s saga unfolds through grand tales and sweeping adventures by immersing gamers in a bold new world filled with cooperative, competitive, public, and social activities, all seamlessly connected.

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Today Codemasters announced that the world’s most expensive videogame – the GRID 2: Mono Edition – is available for pre-order with a price tag of £125,000.

This exclusive edition of the game is available for just one customer and includes the highly-anticipated racing game GRID 2, a PlayStation 3 to play it on and a 170 m.p.h. BAC Mono supercar – sporting a GRID 2 livery – and full driver race wear.

Yes, an actual supercar.

The BAC Mono is a British manufactured, road-legal, ultra-high performance supercar which stars in the game. Created from high-strength carbon fibre, the BAC Mono is an unrivalled example of light-weight performance engineering and its 2.3 litre, 280bhp four cylinder powerplant will propel its driver from 0-60 m.p.h. in just 2.8 seconds.

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The new issue of T1 Daily is available now, bringing you the best of today’s gaming news in magazine format!

The May 24th 2013 issue of Thirteen1 includes:

Grid 2: Mono Edition – £125,000
-GRID 2: Mono Edition – is available for pre-order with a price tag of £125,000. This exclusive edition of the game is available for just one customer and includes 170mph BAC Mono supercar!

Weekly Roundup
-We recap the biggest and best stories of the week.

Destiny’s New Trailer and Inter-Platform Save Transfers
-A look at the Law of the Jungle Trailer and news on the possibility of transferring save files across platforms.

Tales of Laputa Rebranding to “Tales of Solaris”
-New name, new version, and new features incoming for NGames’ magical web MMORPG.

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Today, Wizards of the Coast will be releasing the Dragon’s Maze Event Deck for Game Day.

The Event Deck is designed for players that want to get into Standard tournament play even if they are not quite ready to show off their deck building skills.

It will allow them to be immediately competitive, and the sideboard and strategy guide will provide advanced advice on how to keep the deck up to speed with their opponents.

While the Event Deck is released in conjunction with Game Day, it is perfect for Friday Night Magic and other Standard tournaments as well. The Event Deck is fully Standard-legal when it’s released!