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Back in 2010, before the current incarnation of XCOM both vindicated and realized the hopes of an entire fan community, it looked like the XCOM franchise would first be seeing an FPS addition. The website for the game, under development at 2K Marin, has been taken offline and YouTube videos for the … [Read more...] about XCOM Shooter Website And Videos Taken Offline

Animal Crossing's Mr. Resetti is something of an Animal Crossing institution. Despite annoyingly blasting ever larger dollops of text at the player when the game is reset without saving, he's as much a part of Animal Crossing as Tom Nook's enforced loans or a turnip market crash. However, making … [Read more...] about Animal Crossing New Leaf Making Mr. Resetti Optional

While Shadowrun Returns was an unequivocal Kickstarter success purely on the strength of the license, one of the campaign's initial selling points was the "chicken in every pot" claim that every reward tier will include a DRM-free copy of the game. However, due to licensing issues, the developer … [Read more...] about Shadowrun Returns Subsequent DLC To Come With DRM

Mind-bending puzzle platformer Fez, of Indie Game: The Movie fame, has achieved a significant milestone by selling 200 thousand units. An elated Phil Fish, the game's creator, shared this exciting news on Polytron Corporation's blog. The game is currently only available on XBLA, but it is due to hit … [Read more...] about Fez Hits 200,000 Copy Milestone On XBLA, PC Version May 1st

Proving that there is life after Kickstarter, Death Inc., the indie game that sees players become a reaper spreading plague through 1660s England, is back in action with a paid alpha. The game managed to raise a tidy sum despite not hitting its Kickstarter goal, so developer Ambient is moving … [Read more...] about Death Inc. RTS From Former Little Big Planet Devs Launching Paid Alpha After Failed Kickstarter

Eden Games, the developer behind Alone in the Dark and Test Drive Unlimited 2, has now officially closed its gates. The studio has been in a tailspin and has been operating with a skeleton crew since the first half of last year. The Rise and Fall of Eden Games Eden Games, founded in 1998, … [Read more...] about Test Drive Unlimited Developer Eden Games Shut Down By Atari

Ubisoft and Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner have announced the second game in the original series is being remade for mobile OSes. The game will see all new 3D environments and characters, but the 2D gameplay will be preserved. The occasion has also prompted a blog post by Mechner, … [Read more...] about Prince Of Persia 2 Remake Coming To Phones & Tablets

The Dark Souls franchise, of which Dark Souls 2 (or rather Demon's Souls 3 if the franchise chronology is to be observed) has always been a tentative balance of frustration and empowerment, one always just barely outrunning the other. The arrival of new director Yui Tanimura on the scene for the … [Read more...] about Dark Souls 2 Gameplay First In-Depth Look Emerges

Inexplicably popular literal timewaster Draw Something is being brought to television screens in the form of a game show. Unfortunately, developing Draw Something 2 wasn't proving quite stimulating enough for Zynga, who will be helping make Draw It a reality while losing this idea's only redeeming … [Read more...] about Draw Something Game Show Hitting Channel 4

In a bid to remain a fixture in game industry news, EA is continuing its recent momentous run of "worst company in America" awards, disastrous game launches, fleeing CEOs, and condescending non-apologies by firing an unknown number of people. As always, undermining an unsuspecting group of people's … [Read more...] about EA Cutting Undisclosed Number Of Jobs

OnLive is hoping to rekindle its short-lived status as a tech novelty and halt the slow march to irrelevance apparent in the company since its restructuring last year with a patch that allows the service to take advantage of up to 12 Mbps of bandwidth. The PC-only update (for now) dramatically … [Read more...] about OnLive Releases Quality Boosting Update That More Than Doubles Bandwidth

The fact that series originator Rocksteady won't be taking up the mantle this time around isn't the strangest or most dispiriting part of the latest Arkham Origins reveal. That would have to be a tie between WB Montreal's utter lack of ambition or the company's joyless marketing. While new enemies … [Read more...] about Batman: Arkham Origins Announced, Not A Rocksteady Game