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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.
Importing new objects into Minecraft can soon become as easy as taking a photo.
Perhaps no game is better suited for Oculus Rift than Dejobaan's falling simulator, AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome.
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.
The League of Legends season 3 World Championship will take place in the Staples Center this year, on October 4.
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.
The aptly-named Adventure Time Game Creator does what it says.
It just took two years, but Dota 2 is finally out of beta.
Blizzard has confirmed that it's "exploring" in-game microtransactions for World of Warcraft, after an XP booster mentioning an in-game store was discovered in the latest test patch. It's not yet clear exactly what else it'll sell, and whether this is a global move or simply for regions friendlier to microtransactions.
As apparently it's Freedom Day or something somewhere, Blizzard is celebrating with a little freedom of its own. Until Monday, all the StarCraft II custom maps Blizzard has singled out to be Featured in the Arcade will be playable by everyone who only has the demo.
