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SimCity mod plans looking restrictive

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 01, 2013 6:30am PDT

EA has planned all along to release mod tools for SimCity, and is now finally making that vague idea more concrete. Maxis has proposed basic guidelines for the type of mods it'll allow, and is polling the community for feedback. Surprise surprise, they're more restrictive yo...

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"I feel like a better PR move for EA would be to let SimCity 5 sit as is, prevent it from ending ..."

- the archvile see all 5 comments

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs writer on the question Hitler and Stalin would ask

By Ozzie Mejia, Sep 30, 2013 4:40pm PDT

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is a frightening experience filled with horrific imagery and scary pig people. But writer Dan Pinchbeck says that the scariest creature of all just might be man.

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"I wish games could be like movies and I could get the directors cut edition. I NEED ME SOME PORK ..."

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Defense Technica goes nuclear on October 24

By Ozzie Mejia, Sep 30, 2013 4:00pm PDT

Biomechanical beasts are coming after your nuclear core in Defense Technica, a tower defense game from Devolver Digital and Kuno Interactive that will feature over 40 tower combinations, weather effects, and dynamic terrain.

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"Hmm, this game looks like it is a port of one already released on mobile devices: ..."

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Vlambeer's Wasteland Kings becomes Nuclear Throne

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 30, 2013 8:45am PDT

The roguelike-like top-down shooter Vlambeer announced in August as Wasteland Kings has received a new name, Nuclear Throne, lest anyone think it somehow related to Wasteland 2. It's also shown off more of the game, which sees mutants battling to evolve and rule a post-apoca...

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"Props to inXile and Vlambeer for handling this nicely. I bet inXile would have felt forced to go ..."

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Divinity: Original Sin delayed to February 2014

By Steve Watts, Sep 26, 2013 3:15pm PDT

Divinity: Original Sin has been pushed back to February 2014, as Larian cites the stretch goals from its Kickstarter campaign are taking longer than expected.

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Rogue Legacy coming to Mac & Linux, will support save slots

By Ozzie Mejia, Sep 25, 2013 2:30pm PDT

Rogue Legacy is coming to Mac and Linux through a new patch, which will also add save slots. A second patch will release shortly thereafter with new content at no extra charge.

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"thank goodness for save slots. i want to redo everything because i spent too much on the magic ..."

- deathofrats see all 4 comments

SteamOS is Valve's free Linux operating system

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 23, 2013 10:15am PDT

Valve has revealed the first of its big three Steam-related living room announcements of the week: a custom Linux operating system intended for living room PCs with big screens, named SteamOS. It'll even support streaming Windows and Mac games from your gaming PC. Valve's wo...

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"Netflix, Amazon and local = total market dominance.. oh yeah and it plays games. plus has it's ..."

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Counter-Strike: GO 'Operation Bravo' brings new maps for $6

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 20, 2013 12:30pm PDT

After raising over $150,000 for community mappers with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's Operation Payback, not to mention an undisclosed amount for itself, Valve is having another go. Last night it launched Operation Bravo, with another set of maps people can play on offic...

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"After raising over $150,000 for community mappers with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's ..."

- Endymion_ see all 6 comments

Dota 2 'First Blood' update due Monday, with GLaDOS and new mode

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 20, 2013 6:45am PDT

Now that Dota 2 has officially launched, some patches more than patches, they are, borrowing the language of Team Fortress 2, Updates. Valve has announced the first big fancy Update for Dota 2, named First Blood, which will launch on Monday with a new picking mode, the abili...

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Former Telltale, Mark of the Ninja devs found new studio Campo Santo

By Ozzie Mejia, Sep 19, 2013 12:00pm PDT

Former Telltale developers Jake Rodkin and Sean Vanaman, Mark of the Ninja lead designer Nels Anderson, and ex-Studio Ghibli artist Olly Moss have joined forces to create a new studio called Campo Santo. And yes, there's already one game in the works.

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"Jake is a cool dude. It was such a chance encounter during a SF Shackmeet where I told him about ..."

- Sailor of Fortune see all 8 comments

SimCity: Cities of the Future expansion announced

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 19, 2013 8:30am PDT

Like many my age, I want to play at living in a dystopian cityscape of towering arcologies as respite from my life in a dystopian cityscape of moderate towerblocks. SimCity finally has my attention with its Cities of the Future expansion, which turns your cities into, well, ...

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"LOL they paid people to work on this while knowing how shitty the main game is. It's not just ..."

- Lucien Irenicus see all 33 comments

Humble Indie Bundle adds Bastion, Limbo and more

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 18, 2013 11:45am PDT

The latest Humble Indie Bundle was already a remarkable bargain, including the likes of Fez, FTL, Trine 2, and Mark of the Ninja, but apparently it could do better. Another four games have been bunged into the pay-what-you-want bundle, namely Bastion, Limbo, A Virus Named To...

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"Quite possibly the best bundle yet. Already had most of the games, but worth it for Trine 2 and ..."

- CynicalWanderer see all 3 comments

The Fullbright Company's Steve Gaynor reflects on Gone Home

By Ozzie Mejia, Sep 17, 2013 12:00pm PDT

The Fullbright Company co-founder Steve Gaynor took some time out of his busy schedule to look back at Gone Home and reflect on its development, narrative, Chris Remo's composition, and whether he'll work with the Oculus Rift.

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"Awriite, Hot Scoops! I played through this in a split session between a Saturday and Sunday, ..."

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Diablo 3 shutting down auction house in March 2014

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 17, 2013 11:30am PDT

Diablo III's auction house may make it very easy to buy all sorts of shiny hats and swords but oh wait no that's awful, the dream of scoring 'phat loot' (as the kids say) is what keeps people coming back to Diablo. Or not, in the case of D3. So it's going. So long! Goodbye. ...

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"I think you got that opinion because that's all you've played. I agree it's the most polished, ..."

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SimCity Red Cross DLC raising money for charity

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 17, 2013 11:00am PDT

Right, so you're unhappy when EA releases ads as free DLC for SimCity, or paid DLC, or DLC free with toothpaste, but what about DLC which helps charity? What's that? You won't pay $9.99 for some pointless Red Cross odds and ends? Oh, what a monster you are!

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"God, the Red Cross is just AWFUL when it comes to "protecting their brand." Basically any 80s ..."

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