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Uber Entertainment has cancelled its crowdfunding campaign for RTS Human Resources after raising less than a third of its $1.4m target. The team had previously raised $2.2m for its last Kickstarter project Planetary Annihilation in 2012, but was unable to replicate that success with its second game, raising $384,358 before …

This is a case that falls squarely in the camp known as ‘shooting oneself in the foot’. Mike Maulbeck’s new game Paranautical Activity arrived on Steam yesterday and was, due to an error, listed as an Early Access title. Maulbeck’s reaction? An ill-advised Twitter rant that included the following: I …

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Studio fails to replicate success of Planetary Annihilation

Shares in the rejuvenated GAME have reached a record high of over 300p today. That gives it a market cap of 510m. The lucky customers who were offered 100 in virtual loyalty shares were from last week able to cash them in. Their final value, which is tied to GAME’s …

Mike Maulbeck admits statements were 'totally unacceptable'

Frédérick Raynal returns to the survival horror genre he helped define

Bandai Namco has at last confirmed concrete plans to remove Games for Windows Live from the PC version of Dark Souls. Owners will be able to carry over achievements and, most crucially, save games once the game is shifted to Steam’s servers. To switch gamers will simply have to input …

As part of the newly fragmented schedule for the Freeplay Festival this year, nine Aussie-made games were showcased back-to-back by the developers themselves in Melbourne last Saturday.

Halo developer 343 Industries has peeled back the curtain on Remaking the Legend – Halo 2: Anniversary,” a documentary chronicling development of the updated sequel featured in the Master Chief Collection. The game itself will feature updated audio, HD graphics, and an hour of new cinematics. It’ll also carry a …