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SOE Live 2014 Registration is LIVE!

SOE Live registration is finally open, so what are you waiting for? Sign up! Last year saw the announcement of Everquest Next and Everquest Next Landmark, with the year prior announcing Planetside 2’s release date. You can expect plenty of Everquest Next news at the show, as possibly (hopefully) they’ll announced their new sandbox game
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April 4, 2014
Assassin’s Creed Unity Teaser Trailer

Ubisoft has released a teaser trailer of entirely in-game alpha footage of the next Assassin’s Creed game, which will go next-gen only. As you can see from the trailer, and with the description Ubisoft leading off with Qu’ils mangent de la brioche, Let them eat cake, we can tell that the game will take place
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March 22, 2014
Everquest Next Landmark Alpha STREAM!

We told you about Everquest Next Landmark back in August from SOE Live, and now the Alpha is here, and I was lucky enough to get myself a key to the Everquest Next Landmark Alpha, and now that it’s installed, come watch me make pathetic attempts to build cool stuff in the Everquest Next Landmark
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February 15, 2014
SOE Developing New Star Wars Galaxies, Minus Star Wars

John Smedley, President of SOE, recently held a AMAA over the closure of 4 games, but it was revealed that SOE was working on a currently unannounced game, dedicated to fans of Star Wars Galaxies (hey, that’s me!). So is this Star Wars Galaxies 2? Not quite. just to clarify a point I made in
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January 27, 2014
IBIF Sponsors Local FIFA14 Charity Tournament

We here at I Beat It First are proud to announce that we will be sponsoring FIFA14 at Film Bar, a local FIFA 14 tournament being held at Film Bar Phoenix. Oh, you got that from the title of the event? Well good for you, have a cookie. ODFC News is putting on this event,
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January 20, 2014
CES 2014: Rise of the (Steam) Machines

The PC has long looked down on the Xbox 360 and PS3’s domain of the living room from the comfort of the home office, pushing FPS, players on a server, and graphics to levels that would make them cry out in pain as they melt into your entertainment center. The Xbox 360 and PS3 aren’t
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January 7, 2014
The Best Pickup Lines to Use Tonight [UPDATED]

In honor of New Years, I asked everyone on Twitter to give me their best #NerdPickupLines, so be sure to write these down so you can use them tonight to find someone to kiss when the clock hits midnight, or pick up a hot date in 2014! @clownphoenix @DevyWevie @benconrad @azc_domingo @IBeatItFirst @atticon40 @danger5tv @davedittell
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December 31, 2013
Elder Scrolls Online Trailer and Release Date Announced

If you’ve been playing the ESO beta [retracted]. So now that we got that out of the way, ESO is coming to PC and Mac on April 4th, and the PS4 and Xbox One sometime in June, so less than a year! Any who, watch the new trailer below, and if you care to, the
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December 11, 2013
Planetside 2: 1 Year Review

Planetside 2 released on PC one year ago, 11.20.2012, and has seen numerous updates. We’ve seen the vehicle Harasser added, a new continent (Hossin, still on public test server), battle islands, a major optimization update, and the announcement that all this is coming to PS4 sometime early next year. I for one, am very excited
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November 20, 2013
Dualshock 4 Controller PC Review

I Beat It First’s PS4s have yet to arrive, but the new Dualshock 4 did show up in stand alone form, so how about a little hands on review? The Dualshock 4 does work out of the box with a PC, either via a micro-USB cable (not included with a stand alone controller) or via
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November 12, 2013