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Valve Not Showing Anything New at E3

Sorry to disappoint those hoping for a “Half-Life 3/Half-Life 2:  Episode 3″ announcement, but Valve says they won’t be showing any new games at this year’s E3.  A company spokesperson told GameSpot, “There are no new Valve product announcements planned for this year’s E3.” -Nick’s take:  Valve has been known to lie about E3 plans [...]

Shadowrun Returns Another Kickstarter Success

Following the recent industry trend started by Tim Schafer’s Double Fine adventure game, Jordan Weisman (who created the original Shadowrun game) and developer Harebrained Schemes LLC started a Kickstarter project for Shadowrun Returns.  The Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter was supposed to have a goal of $400,000, but over 36,000 people ended up raising over $1.8 million [...]

No Price or Release Date for the Wii U Will be Revealed at E3

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed in an investor’s briefing that Nintendo will not be announcing a release date or price for the Wii U at this year’s E3. -Nick’s take:  This is pretty strange, considering that E3 is the best time to announce launch plans for new hardware.  Also, the Wii U is supposed to [...]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Killed By Radiation Poisoning; Survarium Rises From Ashes

Fans of creepy post-apocalyptic FPS/RPG hybrids have reason to be disappointed:  S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 (so many periods!) has been cancelled and developer GSC Game World has been shut down.  Don’t be too upset, though; some former members of GSC Game World have formed their own independent studio, Vostok Games.  Vostok is developing a game called Survarium [...]

Motorola May Block Xbox 360s From Coming To America

According to Bloomberg, a U.S. International Trade Commission judge ruled that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 violates four of Motorola Mobility’s patents.  The Commission must now determine what actions to take against Microsoft.  Why should you care?  Well, the Commission has the right to ban imported Xbox 360s from entering the U.S.  Since the Xbox 360 is [...]

Former Infinity Ward Creative Strategist Forms New Studio, Robotoki

Former Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling has shed some light on his new studio, Robotoki.  In an interview with Game Informer, Mr. Bowling said that Robotoki will announce its first game–which will appear on PC, mobile devices, and unspecified next-gen consoles–later this year.  He said the mobile versions “should be additive” to the PC/console [...]

Prey 2 Delayed Over Quality Concerns

Bummer.  The promising FPS (first-person shooter) Prey 2 has been delayed out of 2012 by publisher Bethesda.  The game was to be a sequel of sorts to the 2006 game, but starring a new protagonist and featuring a new cyberpunk noir world similar to that of the movie Blade Runner.  Unfortunately, Bethesda isn’t happy with [...]

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