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Double Fine Crowdfunds Adventure Game: $400k in 1 day, $1 Million in 2 days

Published on 2012-02-10 00:23:00

On February 8th, Tim Schafer and Double Fine Productions (Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Stacking, etc.) launched a Kickstarter project to raise money for an unnamed, unknown "classic" point-and-click adventure game. Along with $300,000 for the game, an additional $100,000 was necessary to fund a documentary of the game's development filmed by 2 Player Productions (who are also working on the Minecraft documentary). You can watch the hilarious introduction video from Tim Schafer below. The $4

Skyrim Creation Kit, High-Res Texture Pack, Space Core Companion Released

Published on 2012-02-07 22:51:00

As previously announced, Bethesda released the Skyrim Creation Kit today along with the "surprise" high-res texture pack. The Skyrim Steam Workshop, Creation Kit Wiki, and official Creation Kit forum are now open as well. The Creation Kit can only be launched through Steam, which is mildly annoying, but not too bad considering Skyrim itself already has the same requirement. The new kit has some major new features mixed with scattered minor changes and improvements. Most obviously, the ne

Skyrim Creation Kit and Special Surprise "On Track for Tuesday"

Published on 2012-02-06 17:48:00

Almost 3 months after the release of Skyrim, the Creation Kit will finally be made available tomorrow. The Creation Kit has shifted from "on launch day" to "very close to launch" to "beginning in January" to its final deadline of January 38th.  As usual, believing anything Todd Howard says is a quick path to disappointment.  Presumably much of the delay was due to the Steam Workshop integration; that did involve Valve, after all. Bethesda has also uploaded a "first look" video