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That Dragon, Cancer is a game that takes you through the harrowing experience of being a parent whose child gets diagnosed with cancer, from the very beginning of the tale to the unfortunate end.
That Dragon, Cancer is set to release today, on Joel's birthday, as a digital memorial to him and his struggles as well as the struggles of everyone else affected. But rather than having this be an incredibly depressing moment Joel's parents, the developers, opted to instead make it a celebration of life and charity. Here's the release trailer:
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In yet another case of Steamdb being amazing they've managed to catch an erroneously posted Valve message that was supposed to be a private recap of the Steam Winter Sale.
While they didn't share any actual numbers Valve was quite clear in the fact that both the best sellers & those outside of the top 500 saw a massive increase in sales compared to the previous Steam Winter Sale.
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HTC Vive pre-orders were supposed to go live back in December 2015 but the whole thing got abruptly canceled as HTC and Valve came upon some sort of technological breakthrough they felt would make all current Vive models obsolete.
Since then we've seen the announcement of the second generation of Vive headsets & controllers and now, through an interview the Telegraph did with HTC's CEO Cher Wang we know that the pre-orders for Vive will be going live on February 29th.
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This Week In PC Gaming is an easy way to catch up with all of the news that you might have missed this week, organized in such a way that you can get a brief overview on all of the stories and from there jump to the ones you're interested in (links are above). And if you are so inclined you can also find out what happened the previous week by going here.
An avalanche of news and announcements appeared this week so this one's going to be a bit larger than usual but that does mean there's a lot more interesting things to see, let's get started:
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Blizzard has been teasing the Grayhollow Island patch for over two months now, constantly releasing news and developer blogs but never actually telling us when it will be coming.
Thankfully, that has finally changed as patch 2.4.0 is set to arrive this Tuesday, 12th of January, barring any unforeseen circumstances. It will bring with it class and item balance changes, a new zone and dungeons to explore, items to collect and plenty of monsters to rain meteors on.
Here's a brief trailer showcasing the "lovely" vistas of Grayhollow Island:
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I think everyone will agree that the hacking was by far the best part of Watch Dogs. Messing with traffic lights and watching devastating pile-ups occur never stopped being entertaining despite the overall game losing its luster towards the end.
If you're of a similar opinion you'll be happy to hear that JulioNIB has created a mod for GTA V that introduces the very same hacking system Watch Dogs had in to a much more polished open world game with some great results. Here's a short video showcasing the mod in action:
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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture had a Steam database listing for a long time now but everyone simply assumed this was a leftover from before the Chinese Room partnered with Sony and made their game a PS4 exclusive.
Since then there were rumors of Everybody's Gone to the Rapture and a few other games being ported over to the PC, and while the fact that the game now has a store-front banner image in the Steam database isn't definitive proof I think we can safely assume that the PS4 exclusive "walking simulator" will be making its way to the PC sometime soon.
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If you've found yourself enjoying Rainbow Six: Siege now you have a chance to try out the games that inspired it, for a rather low price, at the currently ongoing Humble Weekly Bundle.
But perhaps the most stand-out deal in the whole package is the fact that the $10 tier, besides a bunch of great games, contains a beta key for The Division so you could give it try before its official release on March 8 and see if its the sort of thing you'd enjoy without spending a whole lot of money on it.
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The past few months showed that big developers are very interested in experimenting with virtual reality gaming, what with Crytek announcing The Climb and Ubisoft their Eagle Flight. But it isn't just the big players that are throwing their hats in to the VR ring however, there are also plenty of upcoming VR focused indie games such as Desolus, which is being made by a single person.
Desolus is a rather pretty & very stylish first person puzzle/exploration hybrid where you are able to harness the power of a black hole in order to absorb and redirect the power of the stars. While it is currently in alpha there is a short gameplay video showcasing the mechanic in action:
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To say that Starcraft 2 had a messed up custom map system when it first launched would be one hell of an understatement but over the years Blizzard has seen the error of their ways and went through a lot of effort to finally make it in to something worthy of its predecessor, Warcraft 3.
In order to celebrate a successful year for the Starcraft 2 Arcade Blizzard has recently launched the Rock the Cabinet 2015 contest where you will get to vote on your favorite Arcade map from the pool of 10 nominees and potentially win some nifty prizes. Here's a video briefly going over the nominated maps and how you can quality for the rewards: