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Since the dead tree business is increasingly giving way to the might of the pixel, at least one traditional publisher is hedging its bets with an alternative storytelling medium. Black Crown is a free-to-play narrative-driven game made with technology built by Fallen London developers, Failbetter … [Read more...] about Random House’s Black Crown Narrative Project Coming In May

QUBE, the puzzle game that saw the light of day as the first ever Indie Fund project, is now coming to the Wii U. Developer Toxic Games has tweeted a picture of the game running on Nintendo's GamePad and also hinted at a Sony PS Vita version. Both Sony and Nintendo have been avidly courting indie … [Read more...] about QUBE Getting Wii U Version, Potentially Vita

Assemblywoman Linda Stender wants to make it illegal to operate arcade games rated M or AO by the ESRB anywhere in a public space. Fortunately, the ESRB doesn't rate arcade games, making this an exercise in futility likely brought about by the recent ban of light gun games in Massachusetts public … [Read more...] about New Jersey Video Game Law To Regulate Non-Existent Games

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