Obsidian wants to make another Star Wars RPG. The developer behind Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II told Rock, Paper, Shotgun it piqued LucasArts’ interest with the idea before the publisher and its parent company were bought up by Disney. “We pitched a between-Episode III and Episode IV …
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UPDATE: IGN confirms all 35 Crytek USA developers are former Vigil Games employees. The original story follows. Pie-in-the-sky dreams, like Platinum Games buying up the Darksiders license and hiring some of its lead developers from Vigil Games, are well and good. But they don’t mean a lot for the majority …
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U.S. President Barack Obama today called for government research into the effects violent video games may have on children. Obama’s moves for tighter gun control regulations and renewed research were informed by Vice President Joe Biden’s task force, which spoke with several game industry executives last week. “Congress will fund …
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Children playing violent video games has re-emerged as a national topic of scrutiny since the Newtown, Conn. shooting which left 28 dead. Now, the nearby town of Southington says it hopes to encourage conversation between parents and kids by offering an exchange program to collect and destroy the games on …
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What did we learn from last week’s brawl between Ratchet & Clank and Billy and Jimmy Lee? Mostly that folks care so little about the two teams that they can’t even be bothered to click their mouse button twice. Clearly, we’re going to need to step up our fight-promoter prowess… …
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Warhammer’s fantasy battles are in experienced hands, as Total War developers The Creative Assembly have signed a multi-game deal for the property with Games Workshop. The studio’s development slate now includes five games, Eurogamer reports, including Total War: Rome 2 and an Aliens licensed project. The deal only covers the …
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Two ArmA 3 developers remain jailed in Greece, with bond and an appeal against their espionagechargesboth denied, Eurogamer reports from Czech news site Rozhlas. Ivan Buchta and Martin Pezlar have been imprisoned for 70 days, awaiting trial as the Greek legal system remains paralyzed by labor strikes. The pair were …
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This week we go over some of the biggest reviews of the week (here’s the Assassin’s Creed III review to get you started) and talk about the gaming urban legends that creeped us out the most. Seriously, this is a spooky episode you guys. You’re done gonna get spooked. This …
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Its no co-incidence that good is just one letter away from hood Hoods are brilliant, as our stabby chum Altair up there is ably demonstrating. So, to celebrate the release of Assassins Creed III, we thought it was time we damn well looked back through the hooded annals to bring …
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Wreck-It Ralph trailer breakdown: all the movie’s references so far The headline cast for Disney’s upcoming Wreck-It Ralph is a sterling assemblage of comic talent: John C Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch? Those four alone could wring comedy out of cancer patients reading from the phone book. …
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