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    By Conan, in Frontpage,


    Behold the Angry Army, Warriors of the Inner Sphere!
    Mission: This is a casual/pro mission. We'll start with 1 quick drop for prep, and then split into casual and professional groups. You'll be informed as to which group you belong, and there's no negotiation on the designation at this time.
    Enemy: Each other or public pilots.
    Terrain: To be determined.
    Time: 2pm EDT, 09/23/2017. Duration: 2+ hours
    Location: AJSA Discord-> MWO Dropship 1
    Command/Signal:  Leadership TBD. RSVP by commenting below. Questions may be asked here as well. Please come ready to use your mic and communicate respectfully/effectively.
     
    See you there.
    NO GUTS, NO GALAXY.
    Teaser Paragraph:

    EPIC MUSIC PLAYS AS YOU OPEN AND READ THIS REVIEW.

    By Angry Joe, in Frontpage,


    AngryJoe gears up for Destiny 2, currently smashing records will this make up for the misfire of the first and is its truly the worthy sequel we deserve? All aspects played and reviewed in this exhaustive look at Bungie's latest!

    By Jayson's Rage, in Frontpage,


    This weeks EF event will be PAYDAY 2, on Saturday, the 23rd at 9pm BST/4pm EST/1PM PST. Like always, we'll be using the AJSA Discord Server to communicate for the duration of the event.
    We will gather and take on missions however we see fit. Let the chaos reign and go loud, or infiltrate silently and pull off the perfect quiet heist. It's time for a Payday... 2

    By WITHASTICK, in Frontpage,


    Game Nights Overwatch: Free Weekend (9/23/17), Hosted by WITHASTICK & Dekaku.
    Spots are limited and time is short, sign-up on the Events posted on the PlayStation 4 Community.

    Game Nights are weekly PlayStation 4 community events where members gather every Saturday to play games together. These games can span from; newly released Triple-A games, old popular games, indie games, free-to-play games, and even PS Plus monthly line-up games that support multiplayer features. Now Game Nights uses the PlayStation Events feature combine with the Community page feature. Simply join the AJSA Community page, and every Wednesday get a notification from the Events feature. This notification alerts you to sign-up for the next Game Nights event. No matter what game it is we’re sure you’ll find something to enjoy. So come join the mayhem, make new friends, laugh all night, destroy the world or destroy each other!

    How To Join Game Nights
    Make sure you’re apart of the AJSA’s PlayStation 4 Community Page. Click here to learn more about Community Pages.
    Each host will create an Event for Game Nights on the PlayStation 4 through the Community Page. Accept and join one of the host created Game Nights Events.
    Please DO NOT join more than one of the host created Events.
    Look for and remember Game Nights date and start time for your region/country below.
    On the day and start time of Game Nights the Event feature will auto-create a party chat and auto-invite everyone who signed-up to it.
    If you're having trouble joining Game Nights click here to see a visual guide on how to join.

    Regional/Country Start Times
    Universal Time Coordinated
    10:00 PM UTC
    North America Times
    6:00 PM ET
    5:00 PM CT
    4:00 PM MT
    3:00 PM PT
    United Kingdom/Ireland Times
    11:00 PM GMT

    *Game Nights are ever changing and are open to change. Always stay up-to-date in case a Game Nights event changes.*

    By Legolas_Katarn, in Articles,


    Nintendo Direct and Tokyo Game Show reveals, Max Payne 16 Years Later, Tim Schafer on what the job can do to your personal life and what he wants his legacy to be, Why Mario Made Him Cry, how games helped DACA immigrants, co-founder of Polygon Chris Plante returns to the site after three years and writes about why he loves games and game criticism, history of 2D Metroid, making a horror game in the coldest city on Earth, Overwatch development slowed as they attempt to address rising toxicity, Harvey Smith interviewed about his past and development career, Fortnight devs accidentally allow cross-play between Xbox and PS4, excerpts from David Craddock's new book Break Out How the Apple II Launched the PC Gaming Revolution, why a developer had to ban half of New Zealand, making of Fallout NV, and more.
     
     
    Gaming News (Announcements, previews, release dates, interviews and writing on upcoming games, DLC and game updates, company and developer news, country news, tech, mods)
     
    Tokyo Game Show 2017 live stream schedule

     
    Watch PlayStation's TGS 2017 Press Conference Right Here
    Everything Announced at Sony’s TGS Event Last Night
     
    Nintendo Direct 9.13.2017
    Yes, Please Inject Nintendo Switch RPG Octopath Traveler Directly Into My Veins
    Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Direct 9.13.2017
    Doom, Wolfenstein II and Honor of Kings boost Switch third-party line-up
    Octopath Traveler's Switch Demo Is A Blast Of JRPG Goodness
     
    SteamWorld Dig 2 is coming to PC on September 22
     
    Everything you need to know about Into the Breach, the next game from the developers of FTL
     
    Assassin's Creed Origins trailer introduces the Order of the Ancients
     
    Total War: Warhammer 2 trailer reveals the New World's gorgeous battle maps
    Lay eyes on the Lizardmen campaign in a new Total War: Warhammer 2 gameplay video
     
    Bad internet and frozen eyelashes: making a horror game in the coldest city on Earth

     
    Folding @ PAX Interview: Frostpunk
     
    Watch the first Call of Duty: WWII campaign trailer
    Call of Duty: WWII beta will be free for everyone later this month
     
    Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier tries to evolve the Telltale format with multiplayer
     
    Behind the beautifully grotesque art of Scorn

     
    Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time details Diana, snow stage, Divine Dragon boss, more

     
    Shadow is playable in Sonic Forces DLC
     
    Gal Gun 2 announced for PS4, Switch

     
    Exclusive Preview: Cuphead Composer Discusses Big Band Score and the Track "Floral Fury"

     
    NO MORE NAZIS [New Gameplay Trailer] – Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
     
    Arika’s “Mysterious Fighting Game” TGS 2017 trailer
     
    Spintires: MudRunner rides out on Halloween
     
    Dragon Ball FighterZ Gets An Original Character Named Android 21

    21 Takeaways From Our Time With The Dragon Ball FighterZ Beta
     
    Chaos;Child launches October 24 in North America, October 13 in Europe
     
    Hyakki Castle looks like Legend of Grimrock, but with samurai and ninjas
     
    Code Vein: 10 Minutes of Brutal Boss Fight Action - IGN First
     
    Space station sim enters a Stable Orbit next week
     
    Fight to become top god in Dominions 5

     
    Shadow of War interactive live-action trailer depicts the Nemesis System in motion
     
    Horror game Darq shows mind-bending puzzles and terrifying mannequins
     
    Everything is bigger in the new Dungeons 3 trailer
     
    Klei announces Don't Starve: Hamlet single-player DLC, new Shipwrecked content, and more
     
    For Honor's upcoming Tribute mode is 4v4 CTF with three flags
     
    Ghost Recon Wildlands 'Ghost War' standalone beta is open to everyone next week
     
    The Thargoids will officially arrive in Elite Dangerous later this month
     
    Galactic Civilizations 3 update brings expansion improvements to the base game

     
    Hollow Knight will get its second expansion this Halloween
     
    Warframe trailer brings new Plains of Eidolon gameplay
     
    Battleborn getting no more updates, 15 months after launch

     
    Paragon's Monolith Visual Update will go live later this week

     
    Editing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds files is now a bannable offense after players bypass fog

    The New Fog Map in 'PUBG' Isn't Just Cosmetic, It Changes How You Play
     
    Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire drops launch trailer
     
    Grim Dawn expansion Ashes of Malmouth will be out in October
     
    Black Widow and Monster Hunter joining Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite’s DLC

     
    Ana, Junkrat, and a giant two-player robot are coming to Heroes of the Storm
     
    Overwatch Development Has Been Slowed Due To Need To Address "Rising Tide Of Toxicity"
    Blizzard has taken disciplinary action against 480,000 Overwatch accounts
    Toxicity in Overwatch: Beyond assigning blame
    Harassment experts: The latest ‘Overwatch’ developer update was an uninformed, incoherent mess
     
    Injustice 2 DLC character ‘Raiden’ trailer
     
    A message from Bruce Straley
     
    Divinity: Original Sin 2 claims top spot on Steam despite a very unlucky launch day
     
    Mike Morhaime founded Blizzard thanks to a $15,000 loan from his grandmother

    Blizzard releases Shadow the Fox pet to raise money for disaster relief
     
    The fight over Star Citizen’s production delay is getting dirty

     
    Bungie Explains How a Close Variant of a Hate Logo Shipped With 'Destiny 2'

     
    Cliff Bleszinski thinks LawBreakers can still be a success

    'LawBreakers' Was a Throwback to an Era That Might Never Have Existed
     
    Epic Accidentally Allows Xbox And PS4 Cross-Play In Fortnite, Disables It
     
    Former Valve writer Chet Faliszek joins Worlds Adrift developer Bossa Studios
     
    Atari and Fig announce partnership to develop and publish two new games

     
    Humble Bundle has raised more than $100 million for charity
    Final Fantasy XIV players raise over $21k for hurricane victims
     
    YouTube has “no idea” why queer gaming videos are being barred from monetisation

     
    Artificial Intelligence Is Learning How To Develop Games

     
    Half-Life 2 Is Being Demade In Half-Life 1's Engine
     
    This infamous Metroid fangame has received massive updates, despite Nintendo's opposition

     
    Final Fantasy 7's Tifa Lockhart invades Darkest Dungeon

     
    Zelda's most dedicated fan game developers built an engine anyone can use

     
    Esports News
     
    Study: Young Men In the U.S. Watch More Esports Than Regular Sports

     
    The Weekend In Esports: Counter-Strike Descends on Barclays

     
    The First Japanese Evo Will Be A Bit Different
     
    Is this the most misplayed turn in competitive Hearthstone history?

     
    Official Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Tournament Will Give Six Players Special Powers

     
    Allied Esports Opens New Esports Arena in Shenzhen

     
    INTERVIEW: Ian Smith, ESIC – “Match Fixing’s Impact on Esports Will Be a Loss of Major Sponsorship Deals, Audience, and Credibility”

     
    Crowdfunding News (not sharing everything I find, just ones that look interesting, have known talent behind them, and a chance to succeed)
     
    My Time at Portia – An Enchanting Sandbox Simulation RPG
     
    Content I found interesting this week (interviews, think pieces, history, music, culture, design, art, documentaries, criticism, etc)
     
    Why I love video games

     
    Great Gaming Minds: Harvey Smith (Dishonored, Deus Ex)

     
    Undocumented Immigrants Describe Life Under DACA, and How Games Helped Them

     
    Doublefine’s Tim Schafer: Does your dream job have to cost your personal life?

     
    How Richard Garriott got started in games

    The Making Of Carmen Sandiego
     
    The Making of Fallout New Vegas: How Obsidian's Cult Sequel Became a Beloved Classic

     
    Playing with politics: How real-world politics could improve your game

     
    Game Design Deep Dive: The asymmetric multiplayer of Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

     
    There is no 'heat of the moment' in video games

    Gaming YouTube must get its house in order
    PewDiePie says he doesn't agree with Campo Santo's DMCA, almost has another "slip up"
    Gaming Culture Has Always Been Racist – Y’all Just Didn’t Care
     
    If Something Happens, There Will Probably Be A Review Bomb On Steam

    Steam plans review changes
     
    Game Compression
     
    How Two Developers Dealt With the Shitty, Racist Parts of Their Community

     
    “There will be hate you cannot control. In all honesty, it's defeating”

     
    Why I deleted my Steam account

     
    Opinion: For indie devs, game design and marketing are the same thing

     
    Why Video Games Cost So Much To Make

     
    This new book reverse engineers Diablo 2 to discover how it was so good

     
    20 Years Later, the Hardest Losses in 'Final Fantasy VII' Have Changed

     
    DOOM Is About Climate Change

     
    “The Troubled Rebirths of BioShock Infinite,” by Reid McCarter

    “BioShock Infinite’s Tragic Heaven,” by Ed Smith
     
    L.A. Noire's Ending, Revisited

     
    “HOLD ON TO THE CENTER”

     
    The Violent Path Feels Damn Good in 'Dishonored: Death of the Outsider'

     
    Death To The Author: killing creators in Dishonored, Portal and BioShock

     
    Why don't we complete games?

     
    Academia: School Simulator is like Prison Architect but with kids

     
    Destiny 2 is Practically Impossible to Play if You're a Parent

     
    The video game pacifists

     
    Games like Hellblade are eroding the border between indie and triple-A

     
    A Quick Tour Of One Of The Best Game Stores On Earth

     
    Destiny Team Watches Raid
     
    Leonardo Da Sidci‏ talks abotu Patreon and creators he supports
     
    Episode 110: Greg Kasavin on Pyre's Development, Reviews, and Supergiant Sequels
     
    Why Mario Made Him Cry - Expert Mode (Ep. 1)
     
    Final Fantasy VII's Nightlife District Wall Market Is A Lot Sexier In Japanese
     
    Max Payne... 16 Years Later
     
    Banjo V Mario: A Prescription for Platform Games
     
    Games as Lit. 101 Literary Analysis - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
     
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare's Best Level // HeavyEyed
     
    Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Retrospective
     
    How To Keep Safe In the Land of Twitch
     
    Yakuza's Villain Is One Of Gaming's Best
     
    18 things you didn't know about Fallout 1 & 2
     
    The History of 2D Metroid
     
    A Game Too Ambitious - Investigating Reich
     
    So, You Want to Be a Game Professor?
     
    Porting a Real Life Castle into Your Game When You're Broke
     
    Things I found entertaining throughout the week relating to video games, game communities, or game companies
     
    Video Game Theatre Presents: "CAN LOVE BLOOM ON THE BATTLEFIELD?" Metal Gear Solid (1998)
     
    Things I Missed From Previous Week
     
    Miyamoto on World 1-1: How Nintendo made Mario's most iconic level

    By RuneX, in Frontpage,


    For an extended outline of upcoming events and September projects, click here.
    AJSA Xbox One Weekly Event Schedule [September 19th to September 23rd]
    How Can I Join An Xbox One Event? - For new members/first time event participants, I highly encourage you to add all the hosts as your friend on Xbox Live (Gamertags are listed for every host below). You can also join the AJSA Xbox Club and add hosts/members there.
    All Xbox Live event parties are open and participants can join freely without restriction. Communication is done primarily in the Xbox Live Party system. We accept and make adjustments for people who are shy in large groups and/or for people who have no mics.
    If you do not have the host as a friend, please message the host for an invite to the game/party during the event and then exchange friend requests upon entry to the party.
    If you would like to give advance notice to the host that you would like to play, you are free to do so. Otherwise keep note of the event start times and join the host's Xbox Live party to begin. If you have any questions, please contact me directly at "RuneX" on the forums or on Xbox Live.
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    Destiny 2 - Xbox One Event - Tues. Sept. 19th, 2017 @7:00pm EST (12:00am GMT)

    Angry Guardians will rally this Tuesday night [9.19.2017] at 7:00pm EST with hosts MasterfulJoe101 and RuneX.
    This event will focus on squad play, completing Milestones, and ranking up fellow members. We'll be doing Strikes, Missions/Quests, and completing Challenges. For those who have yet to complete Nightfall, we will be taking people through it to complete it. If you've been looking to rank up your Guardian, and/or have been seeking an organized Destiny group, this is a perfect opportunity for you to meet up and play with other like-minded members.
    Contact our Destiny Sergeant on Xbox One, MasterfulJoe101 on Xbox Live, if you have any questions/require assistance about this upcoming event.
    For additional information about the AJSA Xbox One crew on Destiny 2, click here.
    Event Summary:
    Time: September 19th, 2017 @7:00pm EST (12:00am GMT)
    Hosts: Blast_Master115 [Gamertag: MasterfulJoe101] & RuneX [Gamertag: AScapeRunePlaya]
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    GTA Online - Xbox One Event - Thurs. Sept. 21st, 2017 @7:00pm EST (12:00am GMT)

    The Angry Grand Theft Army is returning to Los Santos this Thursday night for what will definitely be a night of shenanigans, explosions, and fun! Participants of all skill levels are welcome to play with fellow AJSA members in an event full of racing, missions, adversary matches and chaos in the city of Los Santos and Blaine County.
    In this event, we will be focusing on exploring and playing new content from the latest 'Smuggler's Run' update. Participants are highly encouraged to join the Xbox Live Party of the hosts, "RuneX"/"MasterfulJoe101", during the event. If the party is full, please message them so room can be made for you. You can add the hosts to your friends list if you yet to do so and/or you can message them in advance to let them know you'd like to play.
    Join the "Angry Grand Theft Army" GTA V Crew today! Head to the Rockstar Social Club to join:
    https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/crew/angrygrandtheftarmy
    Event Summary:
    Time: September 21st, 2017 @7:00pm EST (12:00am GMT)
    Hosts: Blast_Master115 [Gamertag: MasterfulJoe101] & RuneX [Gamertag: AScapeRunePlaya]
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    Battlefield 3 - Xbox One Event - Fri. Sept. 22nd, 2017 @7:00pm EST (12:00am GMT)

    BF3 Is Free With Games With Gold
    Squad up with the Angry Army Platoon on Xbox One this coming Friday night at 7:00pm EST with hosts RuneX and StraightUpMelon.
    We're heading back to Battlefield 3 (available through Backward Comptability) which is now free to download with Games With Gold. This will be a great/fun opportunity for members, veteran or recruit, to relive and/or experience this game for the first time.
    Participants are highly encouraged to join the Xbox Live Party of the host during the event. If the party is full, please message them so room can be made for you. You can message the host before the event to give advance notice of your attendance.
    No DLC required to play. We will focus on playing in regular maps and modes so everyone can participate.
    For participants playing from their Xbox 360: Please add the hosts to your friends list on your 360 and please send a message letting us know you want an invite to our game sessions during the event.
    Event Summary:
    Time: September 22nd, 2017 @7:00pm EST (12:00am GMT)
    Hosts: RuneX [Gamertag: AScapeRunePlaya] & Melon [Gamertag: StraightUpMelon]
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    Overwatch - Xbox One Event - Sat. Sept. 23rd, 2017 @6:30pm EST (11:30pm GMT)

    Calling all Agents of Overwatch! Team up with the Angry Army on Xbox during our Overwatch event this Saturday night on September 23rd, 2017 at 6:30pm EST. The event will be hosted by Game Officer AJSAWookieJedi.
    The host will set up a custom game lobby to start up the event. Afterwards the host will determine to split up the group to play regular, online multiplayer. If you have suggestions on modes/themes for custom games, please message WookieJedi on Xbox Live.
    For additional information on Xbox One Overwatch events, click the link below:
    http://angryjoeshow.com/ajsa/forums/topic/34618-overwatch-xbox-one-event-information-news/
    Event Summary:
    Time: September 23rd, 2017 @6:30pm EST (11:30pm GMT)
    Host: AJSAWookieJedi [Gamertag: AJSAWookieJedi]
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