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Chaos Reborn funded, births in 2015
Julian Gollop, the creator of X-COM: UFO Defense, has hit the $180,000 goal for Chaos Reborn, an update to his 1985 strategy game, Chaos: The Battle of Wizards. Unlike many, many projects seeking funding on Kickstarter, this game is already in a solid pr...
joystiq.com posted by Joystiq Apr 17 2014 01:30 GMT
Indie Royal Bundle 12 says you are not a banana
The Debut 12 Bundle from Indie Royale is live. The pay-what-you-want bundle features eight independent titles looking for Steam Greenlight campaign support: Yrminsul, Selknam Defense, Luna's Wandering Stars, Rot Gut, Storm over the Pacific, You Are Not A...
indieroyale.com posted by Joystiq Apr 17 2014 00:30 GMT
Obsidian gives your ears a taste of the Pillars of Eternity soundtrack
Just because we can't play old school-inspired, Kickstarter success Pillars of Eternity right now doesn't mean we can't experience it. Developer Obsidian has released a score from the game's soundtrack to give anxious adventurers a taste of what to expe...
rockpapershotgun.com posted by Joystiq Apr 16 2014 23:00 GMT
There is a Crazy Thing Happening in Elder Scrolls Online Involving Vampirism
What happens when everyone wants to be a vampire, but there's only so many bites to go around? Something very unexpected...
ign.com posted by IGN Apr 16 2014 21:35 GMT
The Blackwell Epiphany demo launches ahead of April 24 release
A demo for The Blackwell Epiphany is available now, just ahead of the independent adventure game's April 24 release date. Developed by Wadjet Eye Games, Epiphany is the fifth and final game in the Blackwell series, which first began in 2006. As a guest ...
wadjeteyegames.com posted by Joystiq Apr 16 2014 20:00 GMT
You can now buy Nuclear Throne straight from Twitch
Developer Vlambeer is offering the option to purchase its latest game, Nuclear Throne, through Twitch, a first for the video game broadcast company. Purchasing Nuclear Throne through Twitch gives players access to the game via Steam Early Access, special...
gamasutra.com posted by Joystiq Apr 16 2014 19:00 GMT
Dwarf Fortress: The Detailed Roguelike That’s Easy To Play
Dwarf Fortress is famous for producing anecdotes by the minute. The two-man, twelve-year, donation-funded indie project weaves together procedurally generated geography, civilizations and histories to create a rich fantasy world. It simulates its charact...
bay12games.com posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Apr 16 2014 18:00 GMT
Fixed: Second Episode of Broken Sword 5 Slithers Out
Splitting Broken Sword: The Serpent’s Curse into two episodes may have helped Revolution Software make good on its plan to release the retro adventure revival in 2013, not to mention earn a few pennies sooner rather than later, but unsurprisingly left ...
revolution.co.uk posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Apr 16 2014 17:30 GMT
Fallen Falling: Pantheon Development On Hold
By now we surely all understand that Kickstarting a game is a bit of a gamble: we rarely have a clear idea of how it’ll turn out, and sometimes if it’ll even be finished. At least Kickstarters have a clear goal to work towards, though, and will only ...
rockpapershotgun.com posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Apr 16 2014 17:00 GMT
Twitch funds chat-driven game Choice Chamber
Twitch matched funds pledged to Studio Bean's chat-driven Kickstarter project, Choice Chamber. The developer's crowdfunding campaign ends Sunday evening and raised nearly half of its $30,000 goal, and Twitch's contributions put it near the finish line....
joystiq.com posted by Joystiq Apr 16 2014 17:00 GMT
Wake Into Dreams: Grave’s Surrealist Horror
I’ve watched three videos of Grave. The first convinced me that the psychological horror game was precisely my cup of tea, with its shifting scenery and creepy sculptures. That’s the first video I’ve placed below and if you’re anything like me, y...
konami.jp posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Apr 16 2014 15:00 GMT
Aha: Take On Mars Adds Manned Mission
Bohemia have accomplished what real life scientists and government funding bodies cannot – exploration and colonisation sim Take On Mars now features a manned mission. I hadn’t realised that the previous build of the Early Access version only allowed...
mars.takeonthegame.com posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Apr 16 2014 13:00 GMT
R2-Detailed: X-Wing Alliance Resurrected
Now that I’ve got a massive and over-complicated joystick, the only games I’m interested in playing are games which are best-suited to a massive and over-complicated joystick. Yes, yes, I’ll get to Freespace and its total conversions, but first I ...
rockpapershotgun.com posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Apr 16 2014 12:00 GMT
Blizzard Discusses Warlords of Draenor's System Requirements
There "shouldn't be any need" to upgrade your PC, says the World of Warcraft developer.
ign.com posted by IGN Apr 16 2014 08:48 GMT
Powering Up: New Defense Grid 2 Trailer
The late noughties were a time when we all wore baggy ‘boyfriend’ jeans, ate frozen yoghurt, longed for a Zune, and discovered the exciting new sound of bearded men playing guitars, a quick Google search tells me. It all sounds about right, though I ...
hiddenpath.com posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Apr 16 2014 07:00 GMT
Steam Statistics Reveal Most Owned Games, Most Popular Games, and More
The results contain some surprises.
ign.com posted by IGN Apr 16 2014 06:22 GMT
New Teaser Site Hints at Duke Nukem Game Without Duke Nukem
Interceptor now claiming it never officially announced anything relating to Duke Nukem.
ign.com posted by IGN Apr 16 2014 04:29 GMT
Respawn to Increase Frequency of Titanfall Updates
Respawn has outlined its update strategy for Titanfall moving forward.
ign.com posted by IGN Apr 16 2014 02:38 GMT
Top News Headlines for April 15, 2014
In today's Fix, Dark Souls 2 for PC gets a delay & Shuhei Yoshida reveals he's been banned from Miiverse twice!
ign.com posted by IGN Apr 16 2014 00:00 GMT
Riot Updates League of Legends Bots to Act 'More Human'
The California-based studio made it a goal in a recent patch to create bots that acted in more natural, human-like ways in the free-to-play MOBA.
ign.com posted by IGN Apr 15 2014 21:14 GMT
Cardboard Children: Rab’s Top 50 (50-41)
Hey youse. Please enjoy the first bit of my Top 50 Boardgames of All Time video. I tried to keep it as brief as possible. 50-41 this week. My 7 year old daughter directed it. Please enjoy. … [visit site to read more]
rockpapershotgun.com posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Apr 15 2014 20:00 GMT
Blood Bowl 2 resurfaces with new teaser
Orcs and humans battle it out in an in-game teaser for developer Cyanide Studios' Blood Bowl 2, coming to PC from publisher Focus Home Interactive. The brief footage is the first look at the game, which features a "brand new graphic engine," since being ...
joystiq.com posted by Joystiq Apr 15 2014 18:30 GMT
Dark Souls 2 PC Delayed at UK Retail
Manufacturing issues push back the boxed release by a week.
ign.com posted by IGN Apr 15 2014 16:03 GMT
StarCraft & Conquer: One-Man RTS Meridian Now On Steam
Here it is: the moment of truth. Meridian: New World, the RTS that should still still be impossible, can now be played by the masses. The shiny new space-base base-race is largely the work of one man, which is the sort of information that makes my mind ...
store.steampowered.com posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Apr 15 2014 13:00 GMT
Wot I Think: Moebius
One of the high profile Kickstarters in the Great Wave of 2012 was Gabriel Knight creator Jane Jensen’s half-million gathering cry for her new Pinkerton Road Studio. The first project to emerge from this, in collaboration with Phoenix Online, is Moebiu...
rockpapershotgun.com posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Apr 15 2014 12:00 GMT
Deus Next: Technolust Is Cyberpunk VR
“Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo,” lamented Juliet’s disembodied cyber-spine from her mechanized gelatinous vat while wistfully tearing the arms from a cleaning droid the way one might pick petals from a flower. That is what the name Techno...
rockpapershotgun.com posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Apr 15 2014 10:00 GMT
Spitfire Spit Take: Cult Of The Wind Has Human Dogfights
If you can look beyond their booger-noses and barely masked sociopathy, children make excellent game designers. They do this stuff for free all the time, just to amuse themselves. Every weekend is crunch time. Developers North of Earth are wise to look t...
steamcommunity.com posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Apr 15 2014 08:00 GMT
Former LucasArts President Joins Dungeon Defenders Developer
New CEO Darrell Rodriguez is hoping to expand Trendy Entertainment's portfolio.
ign.com posted by IGN Apr 15 2014 07:02 GMT
Found: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Lost Alpha Mod Coming This Month
Like old Stalker tales told around the campfire, a lot of strange and wonderful things were once said to be in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, from naked green dwarves to driveable vehicles and a whole extra city. Several mods have restored various ...
soc.stalker-game.com posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Apr 15 2014 07:00 GMT
The Strange Economy of Werewolves and Vampires in Elder Scrolls Online
Last night two people on the streets of Riften begged me to bite them.…
ign.com posted by IGN Apr 15 2014 06:55 GMT