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Just Cause 3 Won’t Ship With Multiplayer

Avalanche Studios’ Just Cause 3 will be a single-player affair when it launches in 2015, though adding multiplayer modes post-release is a possibility. ...

By Sarah LeBoeuf Legacy AuthorNovember 23, 2014

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Double Fine Cuts a Dozen Staff Members

The cancellation of an unannounced title resulted in a staff reduction at Tim Schafer’s development studio. Just about a month after the release ...

By Sarah LeBoeuf Legacy AuthorNovember 23, 2014

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Writer Launches Kickstarter After Selling Apartment to Fund Game

In an interview with The Escapist, Alex Sytianov discusses sandbox RPG Sketch Tales, which is being crowd-funded through Kickstarter. In this era of ...

By Sarah LeBoeuf Legacy AuthorNovember 18, 2014

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Desert Bus For Hope Passes $2 Million Lifetime Donations

LoadingReadyRun’s annual charity drive has raised another $240,000 (and counting) for Child’s Play. When sketch comedy group LoadingReadyRun started an impromptu broadcast of ...

By Sarah LeBoeuf Legacy AuthorNovember 17, 2014

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Screens From Telltale’s Game of Thrones Reportedly Leak

Image Source: Kotaku Get your first look at Telltale’s vision of Game of Thrones. The first episode of Telltale Games’ Game of Thrones ...

By Sarah LeBoeuf Legacy AuthorNovember 16, 2014

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Ubisoft Posts Laundry List of Assassin’s Creed Unity Issues

A slew of problems across all platforms is currently plaguing Assassin’s Creed Unity as Ubisoft posts status updates and workarounds. Since its launch ...

By Sarah LeBoeuf Legacy AuthorNovember 15, 2014

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Fired Assassin’s Creed Creator Opens Panache Digital Games

My new studio in Montréal: http://t.co/7im0woEBOe Talk to you soon! #playwithpanache— Patrice Desilets (@PatriceDez) November 12, 2014 A year and a half after ...

By Sarah LeBoeuf Legacy AuthorNovember 15, 2014

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Evil Dead Series Starring Bruce Campbell Coming Next Year

A ten-episode Starz original series continuing the Evil Dead franchise will debut next year with a Sam Raimi-directed first episode. The Evil Dead ...

By Sarah LeBoeuf Legacy AuthorNovember 11, 2014

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Diablo III Console Editions Won’t Be Getting Seasons Mode

The Xbox and PlayStation versions of Diablo III won’t be offering the PC version’s Seasons gameplay mode or cross-system play. Console gamers hoping ...

By Sarah LeBoeuf Legacy AuthorNovember 11, 2014

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Microsoft Files Battletoads Trademark

Rare’s brutally difficult beat-em-up Battletoads might be making a comeback. The next retro game to make a modern-day appearance could be Rare’s Battletoads, ...

By Sarah LeBoeuf Legacy AuthorNovember 10, 2014

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New Gaming Awards Show Backed By Major Publishers, Streamed to Consoles

Image Source: Variety Airing December 5, the Geoff Keighley-produced Game Awards has the support of major publishers like Microsoft, Nintendo, and EA, with ...

By Sarah LeBoeuf Legacy AuthorNovember 10, 2014

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Aerannis Puts Stealth Action Gameplay in a Post-Feminist Dystopia

The Kickstarter game Aerannis, which is about halfway finished, stars a female transgender assassin struggling with her identity and culture. At first glance, ...

By Sarah LeBoeuf Legacy AuthorNovember 10, 2014

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