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The Fallout 4 Announcement Has Begun

It’s official: Fallout 4 is coming. Bethesda just put up a countdown timer leading up to the announcement, which will apparently take place tomorrow.

It’s curious to see Bethesda announce the game before their E3 conference, which takes place on June 14, but it’s happening. Yesterday, a person familiar with goings-on at the company told me that a 24-hour countdown clock would be launching today and lead up to a Fallout 4announcement this week. Looks like that’s true, although of course it’s possible they’ll drag this out with an extended ARG or other teasers leading up to the 14th.

Fallout 4, a sequel to Bethesda’s 2008 post-apocalyptic RPG, is one of the most anticipated games in recent history, and it’s been driving everyone nuts for weeks now. Back in December of 2013, we posted leaked casting documents indicating the game would be in Boston, but we haven’t heard much since then.

That “please stand by” image, of course, is straight out of Fallout:

Originally posted on Kotaku.

Dragon Age: Inquisition Twitch Stream Shows Impressive Dragon Fight

You could pick up a few tips to use in their own campaigns

Dragon Age: Inquisition has already been out for a few weeks but there are plenty of gamers who do not know exactly everything that the title has to offer, and the development team at BioWare is coming to the rescue with a new Twitch stream that allows players to take a look at one of the dragon fights that offers the most interesting challenges in the RPG.

The footage is more than half an hour long and ends somewhat abruptly, but there are some very cool moments to watch and gamers might pick up some tips that they can use in their own engagements.

Dragon Age: Inquisition can be very challenging when dealing with the flying beasts, which can breathe fire and a number of other elements, and it’s important for players to make sure that they have a solid party and that they carefully decide when to use special abilities and when to deploy their Focus-based attacks.

BioWare has said that it plans to deliver a first full patch for the title on December 9, although no information on what changes it will make has yet been offered.

Dragon Age: Inquisition will also get downloadable content at some point in 2015.

Share your videos and screenshots from Dragon Age: Inquisition in the comments bellow.

Top Twitch Games for October 2014 – Extra Life Edition

First, a big thank you to everyone who participated in Extra Life 2014! This year, Twitch specifically added Extra Life as a “Game” and numerous participating broadcasters set this as their game during the event. For its limited run, Extra Life finished at #14 in the Top 20. We’ll have more on all things Extra Life in an upcoming blog.

While the Top 5 remained the same as September, we welcomed the release of World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, which debuted at #6. The most notable move belonged to Fifa 15, which went on a run to #11, jumping six spots in the process. Magic: The Gathering also shuffled its way up six spots to land back in the Top 20 at #17.

October/Spooktober/Shocktober wouldn’t be complete without some horror games. Two highly anticipated games, Alien: Isolation and The Evil Within, released at #12 and #13, respectively. Much shock. So spooky. WoW. (Speaking of doge,  Twitch now takes DogeCoin!)

Gaze now upon the Top 20.

Twitch Top Games for October 2014 (By Total Minutes Watched)
Ranking Title Prev. Month Difference
1 League of Legends 1 E
2 Dota 2 2 E
3 Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft 3 E
4 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 4 E
5 Minecraft 5 E
6 World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor New
7 Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm 8 +1
8 Destiny 6 -2
9 World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria 7 -2
10 Arma III 11 +1
11 Fifa 15 17 +6
12 Alien: Isolation New
13 The Evil Within New
14 Extra Life New
15 Smite 12 -3
16 DayZ 14 -2
17 Magic: The Gathering 23 +6
18 Runescape 15 -3
19 World of Tanks 19 E
20 Diablo III: Reaper of Souls 9 -11

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