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After the success of Tim Schafer and Indie Game: The Movie, is Kickstarter all it's cracked up to be?

Tomahawk to offer dev-focused beta testing from specially recruited 'Super Users'

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It looks like it isn’t only Bethesda that is ramping up work on next-gen projects. A job listing from Peter Molyneux’s Lionhead is seeking a lead engine programmer for an unannounced title”. The applicant must have experience with DirectX 11, which is not used in either Xbox 360 or PS3 …

"Blanka, you’ve won a crossword competition! Collect 100 and pass the dice will you, pet?" Capcom has announced that USAopoly is working on a Street Fighter themed version of property and finance board game Monopoly. It’s such an obvious match MCV is staggered the concept has taken to long to …

'First ever' social games for digital download, claim California companies

Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine have released a report on the impact of active video games on healthy children’s physical activity. The results show consistent engagement by study participants (children 9-12 years of age) in games such as Wii Fit Plus and EA Sports Active yield little to …

Double Fine founder Tim Schafer has provided a bit of a reality check to individuals claiming the company’s record-breaking Kickstarter effort has publishers worried. Schafer explains that while the amount raised for their adventure game Kickstarter campaign is phenomenal in crowd-funding terms, publishers have hardly batted an eye over the …

A telling job listing posted to theZeniMax careers pagehas revealed Bethesda’s interest in hiring programmers for an unannounced title on next-generation consoles. The game studio is seeking those with at least five years of experience in the field, as well as extensive work logged programming/optimizing for Xbox 360 and PS3. …