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After shutting down his company's last chance Kickstarter for RTS/RPG Wildman, Gas Powered Games chief Chris Taylor has now sold the struggling studio to Wargaming, best known for the massive MMO World of Tanks. Chris Taylor and the core few developers left will be staying on, though what they're … [Read more...] about Gas Powered Games Bought By Wargaming, Wildman’s Fate Still Uncertain

Valve hardware engineer Jeri Ellsworth has been laid off from Valve along with around 25 other staffers. Following the announcement of Steam's Big Picture Mode, Ellsworth was reportedly brought on to work on Valve's hardware ambitions, starting with the company's take on a controller for what … [Read more...] about Valve Lays Off Unknown Number Of People Including Hardware Engineer

FTL, the indie roguelike hit featuring space and ships being commanded in it, might be getting a LEGO set. Other notable indie hit Minecraft got one, so it's possible, at least in theory. Of course, Minecraft was actually about building blocks while FTL is about dying horribly in the cold void of … [Read more...] about FTL Lego Can Become Reality With 10K More Votes

Pokemon Rumble U, a downloadable eShop game, will be gracing the Wii U with its 650 Pokemon, 100 of which are visible on-screen at the same time. This impressive feature allows players to experience large-scale battles like never before, making it a unique addition to the Pokemon Rumble series. The … [Read more...] about Pokemon Rumble U Coming To Wii U, iOS Episode Streaming App Follows

Legendary designer Chris Taylor's bid to save Gas Powered Games via Kickstarter has come to an unceremonious end. The highly polarizing campaign aimed to raise money in order to complete the studio's ambitious cross-genre endeavour Wildman, but suffered from poor momentum almost immediately. It only … [Read more...] about Gas Powered Games Shuts Wildman Kickstarter Down

Despite Planescape Torment team member Colin McComb's extensive experience, license holders Wizards of the Coast (WotC) say they would have been happy to license the D&D property. McComb approached WotC on behalf of Wasteland 2 developers InXile, trying to secure the license for a new game. However, … [Read more...] about Wizards of the Coast Happy To License Planescape, New Planescape Does Without

Sony is still all in with the PS3, despite some recent setbacks and the rumor cycle going at full speed regarding its successor. "PS3, in its sixth year, I think it still has a long life. And here we're not in the stage where we are losing money in the hardware any more," Sony CFO Masaru Kato told … [Read more...] about Sony: PS3 Has Long Life Left, New Vita Games Are Needed

Ubisoft has posted sales information on some of its biggest titles, and some of the numbers are monstrous. Assassin's Creed 3 propelled the series to stratospheric heights, hitting a ridiculous 12 million, while lush island-bound FPS Far Cry 3 managed to score almost 5 million sales. However, Far … [Read more...] about Far Cry 3 Sells 4.5 Million, Assassin’s Creed 3 12 Million

Ode to Technology Over Game Dynamics Rage may not have set the world alight at launch, but it's definitely powered by an impressive engine. And now that Rage Toolkit is available on Steam Workshop, enthusiasts are finally able to harness that engine for their nefarious (and no doubt amazing) … [Read more...] about Rage Toolkit Released, Not For The Faint Of Heart

Habitual game of the year list fixture Journey was made by a very small team, but that doesn't mean development was cheap. The game's development ran an extra year out of the desire to polish the game into what it is today. And by the end, the company had spent all of its money, staff were on … [Read more...] about Journey Was Completed While thatgamecompany Was Bankrupt

Crytek, the company behind top-tier game engines and middling FPS games with superlative visuals, is going free-to-play in a big way. Already at the forefront of melding AAA and F2P with Warface, they're now committed to the new business model long term. Another part of that push is the company's … [Read more...] about Crytek Will Be Free To Play Only In Five Years

When 38 Studios closed down last year after Curt Schilling failed to repay a loan to the state of Rhode Island, Epic stepped in to offer the displaced staff a lifeline and formed Impossible Studios in the process. Things didn't work out for either party, however, and Impossible Studios is being shut … [Read more...] about Epic Shuts Down Former Kingdoms Of Amalur Dev Impossible Studios