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Oh, it's finally almost here! Another big Kickstarter success story, cyberpunk RPG Shadowrun Returns will launch next Thursday, and here's the launch trailer to get us even more excited than we already are.
Between catching some of Evo 2013's multiple tournament, I check out some of the indie titles on-hand, including SpyParty, Towerfall, Super Comboman, and Super Space _____.
Gosh, it's been over four years since Team Fortress 2 introduced random item drops. Four years of people standing idle in servers waiting for hats. Curiously, Valve's now chosen to clamp down on that. It's all perfectly reasonable but, well, hasn't everyone already moved onto idling in other games to score Steam Trading Cards?
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine developer Andy Schatz dropped into a Reddit thread and noted a displeasure in sales for the Xbox Live Arcade version of the game.
Richard Garriott has released a video of the Shroud of the Avatar prototype he recently showed at the Rooster Teeth expo.
If you like a little bam!, bif!, pow! and character customisation in your retro platformers, have a gander at Megabyte Punch. Described by developer Reptile Games as a "mash-up" of Super Smash Bros., Mega Man and Custom Robo, it's coming to PC, Mac and Linux on August 16 for $15.
In its ongoing missions to be known as anything other than "the company that made the game for unconventional virtual reality cybersex," Second Life developer Linden Lab has bought digital distribution platform Desura. It may not be a huge name, but the site is awfully popular with lesser-known indie developers as it's entirely open, which fits in with Linden quite nicely.
One big drive in the recent crowdfunding bonanza has been a sentiment of "publishers can go rot", but publishers do also provide valuable services beyond developers' area of expertise. Wasteland 2 developer inXile today announced it's signed a distribution deal with publisher Deep Silver for the post-apocalyptic RPG's physical release and backer rewards.
It just took two years, but Dota 2 is finally out of beta.
Valve's beta version of Left 4 Dead 2 has graduated to become it plain old regular version. Yesterday's update brought the official launch of the co-op shooter's Linux version and the Extended Mutation System that lets modders create complex new modes.
