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Rare’s fighting franchise Killer Instinct could be back from the dead. Microsoft renewed the IP’s trademark last week; and while they’re not hiding that fact, there’s not a whole lot the company is saying at this point. "We have either renewed or refiled a trademark application in various jurisdictions,” Microsoft …
Read More »The Walking Dead Episode 4 hits next month
Telltale has announced the next episode of The Walking Dead will arrive in October. Entitled ‘Around Every Corner’, the fourth chapter in the set of five has been penned by Book of Eli screenwriter Gary Whitta. A specific date wasn’t revealed, but look for it to release digitally on PC, …
Read More »No plans for Unity on 3DS, company solely focused on Wii U
The recent announcement of Unity support coming to the Wii U had some wondering if the relationship between Nintendo and Unity may extend beyond the upcoming console. Not so, explains Unity’s Tracy Erickson. The company’s development relations officer clarified to NintendoLife that the Wii U is, at the moment, the …
Read More »Telltale’s The Walking Dead heading to retail
Telltale Games has announced a retail version of its thus far acclaimed adventure game take on The Walking Dead, heading for stores in time for the holidays. The developer revealed on Twitter that copies will be available in US shops for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 on December 4th. The …
Read More »SONY: Remaining PS3 release lineup to span multiple years
Sony’s John Koller is forecasting no shortage of new Playstation 3 titles, as the company has reiterated its proposed ten year plan for the console. The firm’s VP of marketing reveals plans for a two to three year lineup of new releases coming to a console with already a half …
Read More »Borderlands 2 season pass won’t entitle owners to all DLC
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has teased plans for additional DLC for Borderlands 2 beyond the game’s season pass offerings. Speaking with Kotaku, Pitchford mentioned the previously announced additional character add-on, then went on to tease new vehicle types in the works. "We will have other, non-season pass related DLC. The …
Read More »Blizzard considering free-to-play option for Starcraft II multiplayer
Blizzard is looking into potentially offering a free-to-play option for Starcraft II’s multiplayer mode, according to the game’s lead designer Dustin Browder. Browder was asked during a panel at the Valencia eSports Congress (via pcgamesn) if Blizzard had any plans for f2p for the popular strategy franchise. [We’re] looking at …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: September 16-22
Valve has revealed Steam’s top ten selling titles for the past week, with Borderlands 2 and Torchlight II duking it out for the top spot. In its second week of availability, Gearbox’s shooter RPG was able to hold off the launch of Runic’s dungeon crawler – though both titles seem …
Read More »Steam lacks support for Japanese developers
Steam must address a few barriers if the digital distribution service wants to properly support the Japanese developer community, according to Marvelous AQL’s Esteban Salazar. The producer of Half-Minute Hero spoke to Gamasutra on what Valve can do to encourage Japan’s game makers to take the leap into the PC …
Read More »Capcom: Resident Evil 6 PC won’t repeat RE4’s missteps
Nowadays if a PC version of a game is coming later than its console counterpart, the developer/publisher combo better have a damned good reason to provide the platform’s community. Capcom appears to nailing it in the case of Resident Evil 6. While the console version arrives next month, the PC …
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