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Talking the Future of Minecraft

27 Jan 2012 at 12:00pm

In December, Markus "Notch" Persson handed the reins of Minecraft development to Jens "Jeb" Bergensten, and in this interview, he explains what the future holds for the massively popular indie game and what he expects to concentrate on as far as additions go.

Building Games that Run on Poor Mobile Connections

26 Jan 2012 at 12:00pm

The former SVP of engineering of Moblyng, developers of Social Poker Live, explains the ins and outs of getting network traffic up and running over spotty cell connections using HTML5.

Postmortem: Mode 7 Games' Frozen Synapse

25 Jan 2012 at 12:00pm

The story of how the popular and acclaimed indie strategy game took shape, straight from Mode 7 Games joint-managing director Paul Taylor -- including both how the game exceeded the team's expectations and how they were unprepared for its success.

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More Diablo III Cuts

The Diablo III Forums have word that the Scrolls of Companion and Scrolls of Reforging have been dropped from the Diablo III beta among the recently announced systems changes for Blizzard's action/RPG...

PC Orbitron: Revolution Announced

Firebase Industries announces a PC edition of Orbitron: Revolution, their indie shoot-em-up that's available for Xbox 360. They offer some screenshots of the PC edition and the following rundown on...

THQ Layoffs

GameSpot has word on some layoffs have struck at THQ, following recent word that the company was shifting focus away from licensed entertainment for children. "THQ confirms a reduction in force to...

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Kingdoms of Amalur Contains Online Pass

27 Jan 2012 at 10:58pm
Image: http://cf.shacknews. Destructoid's (http://www.destruct Sterling is reporting that EA has managed to sneak in an Online Pass Code into Kingdom of Amalur,...

Get All Achievements/Trophies in Final Fantasy Get Rewarded

27 Jan 2012 at 10:45pm
Image: http://www.justpushs Justpushstart.com (http://www.justpush is reporting that, if you were to get the platinum trophy or acquire...

Do You Remember: Hybrid Heaven

27 Jan 2012 at 10:36pm
Image: http://i.imgur.com/5 I'm, kicking off a new theme called "Do you Remember" where I, and anyone who wants to join in, will do a quick review piece on an ancient title, acting as the ghost of video-gaming past: Click on the headline to read the article.

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Diablo 3 loses companion pets and 'Scrolls of Reforging'

27 Jan 2012 at 9:30pm

Diablo 3 has already seen sweeping changes throughout its life in beta, but Blizzard isn't shy about making more changes in its quest to perfect the next game in its famed series.

New changes coming to the current version of the game were announced earlier today, which cut companion scrolls and scrolls of reforging. The companion scrolls would summon an adorable minion that would run around and loot gold in your name. According to Blizzard community manager Nethaera, the creature's 'adorableness' was only part of the problem: "The companion pets felt like they were mandatory to maximize play efficiency and some of the pets were too cutesy for the gritty, dark world of Sanctuary."

"Neither of those are issues we felt like we could solve without a lot of additional work, and we’re trying to close in on a solid release date for the game, not move further away," Nathaera said.

While these elements were removed because they didn't mesh with the quality level Blizzard was looking to hit, they could return later. Blizzard says that they think companion pets could be, both mechanically and visually, turned into a "much cooler system" while making the intention of the reforging more "meaningful."

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Daily Filter: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Final Fantasy XIII-2

27 Jan 2012 at 11:00pm

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Tod Filter features a cinematic trailer for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and a gameplay trailer for Final Fantasy XIII-2. We also have an extended Rob Riggle trailer for Call of Duty Elite, a location unveil for SSX, an execution trailer for The Darkness 2, an inside look at the world of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, a cinematic trailer for FIFA Street, two new trailers for UFC Undisputed 3, a PlayStation exclusive characters trailer for Street Fighter X Tekken, a developer diary for Grand Slam Tennis 2, a motion capture trailer for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13: The Masters, and a Japanese launch trailer for Resident Evil: Revelations. We also have new screenshots for Mass Effect 3, pre-order goodies for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, and alpha screenshots from Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion on their respective game pages.

Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Weekend PC digital deals: Warhammer 40K

27 Jan 2012 at 8:45pm

This weekend, the canny PC gamer can pick up big digital savings on the Warhammer 40,000 games, Sonic Generations, Serious Sam 3, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Might & Magic Heroes VI, and other tasty treats. Come on, tuck in.

Her our selection of this weekend's PC deals:

Amazon< Collection (Steamworks) - $6.99 (65% off)

Sonic Generations (Steamworks) - $14.99 (50% off)

Total War: Shogun 2 (Steamworks) - $14.99 (50% off)

Victoria II - $6.78 (66% off)

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - The Complete Collection - $13.58 (66% off)

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (Steamworks) - $4.99 (75% off)

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising (Steamworks) - $6.78 (66% off)

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II + Chaos Rising (Steamworks) - $10.18 (66% off)

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (Steamworks) - $11.98 (60% off)

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution Last Standalone DLC bundle (Steamworks) - $4.98 (50% off)

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution Ulthwe Wargear DLC (Steamworks) - $3.75 (50% off)

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution Ultramarines Wargear DLC (Steamworks) - $3.75 (75% off)

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution Dark Angels Wargear DLC (Steamworks) - $3.75 (75% off)

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (Steamworks) - $24.98 (50% off)

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