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Headline-hitting console upstart Ouya has become the most successful Kickstarter of all time. At the time of writing the campaign stands at $5,047,737 from a total of 39,592 backers. And this is with 21 days still to go. This means Ouya beats previous Kickstarter record-holder Double Fine Adventure, which raised …

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The developer behind iOS hit CSR Racing has defended the implementation of microtransactions within the title. The game limits the time players can spend racing in a single session by rationing ‘gas’. Once gas has expired players can either leave it and return later when it will have recharged or …

New studio BitMonster working on 'triple-A' adventure RPG Lili

Gamers won’t necessarily have to buy a copy of Medal of Honor to gain access to next year’s Battlefield 4 beta. Speaking on Reddit, the company assured fans that there will be other ways to get into the beta aside from MoH Warfighter – at this time, however, it is …

Self-censorship can negatively affect creativity, says Monkey Island creator

Diablo III players will soon have fresh limits imposed on them by developer Blizzard. At some stage in the near future” Blizzard will limit how many games a player can create within a specific, as of yet unspecified timeframe. We’ve further tuned and tested the conditions that trigger this limit …

Elder Scrolls developer says it's easier to push limitations on PC

DICE GM Karl Magnus, Wargaming.net's Victor Kislyi and former Rare director Martin Hollis expected at event

New PS3 DVR hardware Nasne has missed its proposed release in Japan today after Sony suddenly put a hold on the product”. Andriasang reports that Japanese retailer Famicom Plaza broke the news, speculating that the last-minute decision was perhaps due to a discovery of a bug in the device’s software. …