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Producer's Note
GameSpot Versus: Beat the Pros Edition Winter 2012 MVP's
GameSpot Versus Beat the Pros Edition is a way for GameSpot members to test their skills against super star pro gamers. From FPS to...
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Reviews Blog
Natural Selection 2 Review Pulled
Hi GameSpot readers! Yesterday, we posted our review of Natural Selection 2--but unfortunately, it's come to our attention...
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Rumor Control
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 arriving Nov. 13?
Source: A supposed Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 box art photo posted to the unofficial Modern Warfare 3 Twitter account. What we...
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Downloads Blog
Interested in a challenging yet fun indie turn-based strategy game?
You wake up in an unknown facility, in a medical gown and nothing else. The cold sense of reality sets in; you don't know your...
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Blacklight: Retribution Weapon Bundles Giveaway!
Today is the day to pick up some in-game code bundles for Blacklight: Retribution. Watch the replay of our livestream with Perfect World developers earlier today, and then drop by to grab the AK470 and M4-X bundles!
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Daily Digest - Valentine's Day 2013 Emblem!
To-Do List
- WATCH the Crysis 3 live stream starting at 10:30 a.m. PT
- COMMENT on relationships in gamesTip: Unlock a Valentine's Day Emblem!
Share a video game valentine in the comments below! If the comments reach 100 posts, everyone that posted will receive a Valentine's Day 2013 emblem. You're also welcome to share videos or images of your valentine!
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Daily Digest: Showdown Effect beta key giveaway
To-Do List
- WATCH GameSpot AU’s Valentine’s Day Livestream at 5pm PT
- WRITE a caption in the Showdown Effect beta giveaway
- COMMENTwhether or not the game industry is more mature
- DISCOVER AC3: The Tyranny of King Washington - The Betrayal
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Daily Digest: Image Hosting Changes
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- READ Offsite Image Hosting rules before its too late
- GAIN meme knowledge about LEEEEEEEEEEEROY JENKINS
- DISCOVER Giant Bomb’s site redesign
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Daily Digest - TSM Reality Show?
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- WATCH the TSM reality web show trailer
- JOIN the GameSpot Players Network
- PARTICIPATE in the GTA Vice City or Fire Emblem contests -
Daily Digest - EA Sports Challenge
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- WATCH the EA Sports Challenge coverage
- DETERMINE if you should be a GameSpot Justicar
- SIGN-UP to be a guest writer on Chalk Talk -
Daily Digest: Reviewers of the Month
To-Do List
- COMMENT about the Reviewers of the Month Feature!
- READ about the new players in the GameSpot Players Network
- PARTICIPATE in the Fire emblem contest
- FIND out about Xbox 720’s Siri-like voice recognition -
Daily Digest: eSports Roadmap
To-Do List
- DISCOVER our eSports roadmap for 2013
- COMMENT on Field Trip: Career Move
- PARTICIPATE in the GTA Vice City contest
- VISIT our 2013 Events & Attractions scheduleTip: Events & Attractions
Did you know we have an Events and Attractions forum? We’re always looking for small and big events we may not have listed in this forum. Feel free to create a new topic listing the event, location, and webpage url!
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Daily Digest: Social, Competitive & Appealing
To-Do List
- SIGN UP as a guest editor on Chalk Talk
- COMMENT on the return of Social Share: Safe & Secure Edition
- VIEW the League of Legends Fan Art Gallery
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Chalk Talk Contributing Editor Casting Call
Last week we revealed the GameSpot Writers Roundtable, a new program dedicated to the amazing writers of GameSpot.
As part of roll out of this new program, we are announcing a casting
call for 'Contributing Editors' for the second edition of Chalk Talk.When Chalk Talk was first introduced in June of 2012 one of the initial components considered to help make this feature unique was giving users the chance to appear as contributing editors. Essentially, this roll would allow you to choose the Chalk Talk topic, which blogs would be featured, as well as getting a byline as "Contributing Community Editor".
If you are interested in volunteering to become a Contributing Editor for Chalk Talk you can go to the official discussion and include; a brief bio about why you want to be a contributing editor, and the topic you want to write a Chalk Talk feature for.
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Introducing the Writer's Roundtable!
We have an exciting new program and volunteer dedicated to GameSpotters who enjoy publishing editorial blogs and user reviews on GameSpot. In the past month we've recruited prolific writers to assist with a new program called the GameSpot Writers Round Table (GSWR). Starting today, you can share your written work in GSWR prior to publishing it.
In addition to being an ideal place to get insights about your writing, the GameSpot Writers Round Table is the perfect place to gain recognition from GameSpot Staff. The experts who will be examining your work are volunteers known as "Justicars". If you wish to become an official GameSpot Justicar, simply submit an application to the community@gamespot.com email with the subject "Justicar Application" with a brief introduction, examples of your work, and why you should be considered.
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Daily Digest - Member Benefit Changes
To-Do List
- ENTER your best Mario Wii Score
- WATCH Zorine and Jess play System Shock 2
- SIGN UP to play Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 at 4pm PT this Friday!
Tip: Free Registration Changes
If you overheard the news about the subscription service changes this month, the changes we rolled out on the site today will be no surprise. Free registrants now have access to create a user created board, customize their forum name colors, and download videos in HD.
- User created boards: To create or change your UCB settings, go to members only and you’ll find a way to create your UCB there.
- Custom forum name colors: To change the color of your username in the forums, go to your settings under members only.
- HD video downloads: To download a video in HD, visit a video page and click the downloads button.
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Daily Digest - Augmented Reality
To-Do List
- SIGN UP to play Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 with Ryan Ramirez!
- READ about the EA Challenge Series
- WATCH Nerf Lazer Tag for iOS battle testedTip: Introducing Battle Fight!
GameSpot Australia is holding a new kind of competition for GameSpot members! Here’s how it works: If you can beat the high score challenge staff set, take a photo or a screenshot of it and post it in the challenge discussion. Whoever posts the highest score by the time GameSpot AU goes live next week will be crowned WINNER on the live stream! You are allowed to submit multiple posts, so keep on trying to grab the best score! The latest challenge is in a game of Tetris. See if you can beat Edmond Tran’s score: 237,459!
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Daily Digest - Crysis 3 and Game Updates!
To-Do List
- WATCH Crysis 3 Live Stream today at 3pm PT
- TWEET questions for the livestream by using the #gscrysis3 hashtag
- SAY HI to our new moderators!
- DISCOVER the definition of Jill’s SandwichTip: Followed Game Email Subscription
If you have enjoy receiving emails about new content based on the games you follow, you might have noticed no game updates for months now. We have some great news! Our tech crew fixed the problem this week! .
If you didn't receive an email this week, you probably aren't following some newer game titles and you don't have your preference set up. Make sure you change your email settings to allow Tracked Game Updates; it's the last option in your settings settings.
If you would like to see what games you're tracking, visit your followed games page. Also don’t forget to follow the games you care about by visiting the gamespace and clicking the follow button.
As always if you encounter any technical issues,, please post them in the Technical Support forum.
Random Acts of Awesome!
FantasticMrVox shares what it is like to be a gamer. -
Daily Digest- Happy CMAD!
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READ What next generation consoles will take from Computers
COMMENT in the consequences of unchecked Violence article.
WATCH Happy CMAD ! Jody and Synthia share a message.
Tip: GameSpot’s Video Producers!
The video crew are looking for your questions in the Ask Gamespot forum! We have a whole crew that is dedicated to video content in US, AU, and UK. Ask them about their current shows, upcoming shows, event coverage, and other content they produce! You can ask specific questoins about PAX East, GDC and more!
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Daily Digest - Ask GameSpot
To-Do List
- COMMENT about Off-site Image Hosting Rule Changes
- CHAT in Nintendo: Best Publisher of 2013 - System Wars
- WATCH Free of Charge
- READ The Wii U News RoundupTip: Ask GameSpot Staff Questions!
All members level 5 or up can now post in the Ask GameSpot forum; don’t be shy.
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Tip: Ask GameSpot Staff Questions!
Starting today, all free registrants level 5 or up can create a topic in the Ask GameSpot forum. We figured it was about time to share some of the things that may cause an editor or video producer to answer your questions!
- Controversy: Who would have thought, right? Well, if you find topics in the game industry that may cause our editors to think, maybe they'll answer your question in the forum.
- Technology: If there’s anything we hear our editors and video producers talk about, it’s about the latest technology. We may not have a dedicated hardware editor but all of our staff keep up with the trends and news around technology and gaming.
- Industry Trends: Game distribution has changed a great deal in the past few years so if you have questions about our content or other related industry trends, that’s a good question to ask the editors.
- Medium Crossover: We see it all of the time, films about a popular game, actual game merchandise or perhaps you know of a television show that showcased a game? Any of this is often fun for the editors to consider in features, so maybe this is another topic worth sharing!
- Video content of all kinds: We have a variety of video producers that enjoy seeing your questions that they can answer. If you have a question about a show, video content, or a livestream ask away! Especially around the times we’re doing coverage of live events!
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Daily Digest - Off-Site Image Hosting
To-Do List
- Comment about the Off-site Image Hosting Rule Changes
- Watch The Cave livestream replay
- Read American McGee: The Man, The BrandTip: Reporting Comments Abuse
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Tip: Reporting Abusive Comments
A recent question we've been asked involves the way we handle abuse in the comments.
What to report: With our updated community rules we no longer moderate for profanity or inciting flames unless it contains personal life threatening statements or harassment about someone’s ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability. Other items that we’ll moderate include advertisements, flooding/invasion behavior, illegal activities, grotesque, and sexually explicit content.
How to report offensive abuse: If you see someone posting content that falls under personal life threatening statements or harassment about someone’s ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability, click on FLAG and then select the offensive category.
How to report illegal activities and advertising abuse: If you see someone posting content that falls under illegal activities or advertising, click on FLAG and then select the advertising category.
If you have questions about the types of content we moderate, please post them in the Moderation Clarification forum.
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Community Digest - 2013 Is Here!
We've changed our check-ins name! How about community digest to start the new year? As always if your strapped for time check out the TLDNR section below. But if you've got time to smell the roses by all means, take a deeper look into what's been going on at GameSpot.
The Latest
Commenting System Update
There have been several new features added to the existing commenting feature. Now users have the ability to edit their comments, apply rich text formatting, and they change how notifications work. You’ll also notice Staff, Rangers, Moderators, and Game Rep icons! We’re still currently in the process of fighting for things like emoticons so be sure to share your feedback if there is something you want to see in our commenting system.GameSpot Paid Services Ending
Last week we announced that GameSpot’s paid subscriptions services would be ending, there was a nifty FAQ that was released that helped to provide information on what this change would mean for the current subscribers as well as current members without the service.Contest Winners, People won stuff!
December was filled with plenty of opportunities to get some awesome swag, SteelSeeries Headphones, Gunnars, Games, and Swag were all ripe for the taking! Here are the winners for the following contests:
- Doruko Game Giveaway
- Sonic Racing Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
- Beat the Pros with TSquared, MRS Violence, and Team SoloMidGameSpot Live Stream Schedule
- Daily Random Encounters with Danny O’Dwyer @ 8:00am PT
- Now Playing: Akaneiro with Kevin VanOrd (Time TBD)
- Rumor Has It: Kevin got an awesome looking box today, I think it might be swag.
NOTE: Times are subject to alteration as well as possible cancellation.Moderator of the Month January - Verbtex!
New year means that we have a new Mod of the Month! January’s Mod of the Month went to Verbtex. An awesome member of the community who works with a level of ferocity that borders on insanity in the System Wars forums. We are all very thankful for his guidance and his vigilant efforts to help keep the battlefield alive.
Tip of the Week
We’re sure you follow every one of our Community announcements, and for that we love you. But in the event you missed this little gem about sprucing up your profiles, you should check out these 10 New Years Interweb tips. Everything from tips about security to signing up for new features!
Giveaway!
We've got not one, but TWO copies of Europa Universalis III Chronicles for the PC to give away. You don't have to do anything too fancy to be in the running, simply answer this question:
"As the player you guide your nation to greatness in the fields of diplomacy, trade, politics, exploration, religion, culture, and warfare. In what year does this game take place?"
Put your answer in the comments section below, those who answer correctly will be entered in a drawing for a copy of the game!TLDNR Top 5
Time for this weeks top 5 things you should check out that has to do with the awesome GameSpot Community!
1) Commenting System Update
2) GameSpot Paid Services Ending
3) GameSpot Versus Beat the Pros Winners!
4) New Years Interwebs Checklist
5) New Volunteers Incoming TBA