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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

Battlefield 3 Gulf of Oman Trailer and Community Highlights Video

Published on 2011-12-05 23:19:00

Just two quick Battlefield 3 videos to post here. The first is the latest trailer for the upcoming Back to Karkand expansion, this time set in the Gulf of Oman map. The video shows off some of the new vehicles being added in the expansion, plus the usual new weapons, enhanced destruction, and of course the "new" map. Back to Karkand will be released December 6 for PS3 and December 13 for PC and 360. On the other hand, there is also an official Battlefield 3 "community highlights" video ma

Skyrim Creation Kit Coming in January With Steam Workshop Integration

Published on 2011-12-03 01:11:00

Yesterday, in the midst of the aftermath of the broken Skyrim 1.2 patch, Bethesda made an announcement about both the future of the Creation Kit and upcoming patches. As far as patches go, a patch for the patch is coming next week, followed by "code" fixes followed later by "data" (quest fixes, item balance, etc.) fixes. We'll see. But the more important news was about the Creation Kit, the Skyrim version of the Construction Set (or G.E.C.K. from Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas). Althou

Skyrim Patch 1.2 Released...Breaks Resistances, Bookshelves, Dragons, More

Published on 2011-11-30 17:48:00

Bethesda has released patch 1.2 for Skyrim today through Steam. First, take a look at the rather short list of changes below. Improved occasional performance issues resulting from long term play (PlayStation 3) Fixed issue where textures would not properly upgrade when installed to drive (Xbox 360) Fixed crash on startup when audio is set to sample rate other than 44100Hz (PC) Fixed issue where projectiles did not properly fade away Fixed occasional issue where a guest would arrive to the pla

Magicka: The Stars Are Left Expansion Trailer and Release

Published on 2011-11-29 14:27:00

The trailer for Magicka's "The Stars Are Left" expansion was released today by Paradox Interactive and Arrowhead Game Studios. Like the PVP trailer before it, the release trailer for The Stars Are Left uses a "live action" style with no game footage, but both trailers do a great job of stirring up interest. The original Magicka debut trailer as well as an earlier The Stars Are Left trailer use game footage if you're interested. The Stars Are Left promises a "Lovecraftian horror myst

Humble Introversion Bundle Launches, 4 or 6 Games and 2 Prototypes Available

Published on 2011-11-24 12:08:00

Two days ago the Humble Introversion Bundle launched, continuing the pay-what-you-want/indie developer/charity model. The Introversion bundle includes four great games: Uplink, Darwinia, DEFCON, and Multiwinia, as well as two prototype tech demos (Subversion City Generator and Voxel Tech Demo). Additionally, paying above the average price, currently $3.79, gets you Aquaria and Crayon Physics Deluxe too, if you missed those games in previous bundles (Aquaria in #1, Crayon Physics Deluxe in #3).

Minecraft 1.0.0 Released at Minecon, Price Raised to $26.95

Published on 2011-11-18 20:05:00

Minecraft 1.0.0 has been released, finally bringing Minecraft out of beta. The announcement was made by Notch along with the rest of the Mojang staff at Minecon, the (technically second) annual Minecraft convention. You can watch the generally awkward live presentation mixed with amusing videos below. To maintain the awkwardness, please do not applaud or laugh when you are repeatedly begged to. After Notch pulled the lever, 1.0.0 was made available for download to existing customers.

Battlefield 3 Campaign Review and Multiplayer Thoughts

Published on 2011-11-10 01:54:00

I've been playing a lot of Battlefield 3 since the release. For the first few days I switched back and forth between multiplayer and the campaign; there was only so much of that single-player I could take at once. After forcing myself to finish the campaign, I was able to focus on the multiplayer alone. Put simply, the campaign ranges from mediocre to bad, is entirely derivative and forgettable, and Battlefield 3 would be a better game if this campaign didn't exist. On the other hand, the m