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Everquest Next was at E3, apparently

We were sure that we saw everything there was to see at E3 but one game apparently evaded us. Everquest Next wasn’t shown publicly, but apparently the next-gen MMO was around in a clandestine capacity at E3—and was good e...
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Oculus VR obtains $16 million in additional funding

Virtual reality is kind of a big deal now. We’ve always hoped the tech would one day succeed, and now a few other people share our opinion—people with money. After taking in a cool $2.4 million from a successful Kickstarter...
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Dead Space 4 not in active development, Visceral working on something new

Put your plasma cutter replica back in its case and stuff your necromorph-stomping boots in the closet, because it looks like we aren’t getting a new Dead Space game anytime soon. In an interview with Eurogamer, EA Games labe...
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Dark Souls 2′s new engine will allow for subtler expression and gimmicks, says co-director

Dark Souls 2′s E3 trailer showed a game that was unmistakably Dark Souls, albeit overlayed with a hilariously inappropriate nu-metal soundtrack. What was less obvious was the enhancements made to the game’s new engine. Beyo...
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FIFA’s Ignite engine might come to PC, but not until average hardware specs are higher

Last month, EA Sports announced their new Ignite engine. They showed demos, revealed features, and generally explained how it would improve on their previous tech. Then they admitted that Ignite was only heading to consoles, an...
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SpeedRunners announced: four-player competitive platformer – with grappling hooks

SpeedRunners is side-scrolling multiplayer racer being developed by DoubleDutch Games and “published” by No Time to Explain developer tinyBuild. It’s an unusual situation – indies publishing indies – and makes you won...
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Hitman studio lays off almost half its staff, taking another swing at franchise

Dark clouds may have formed over Square Enix’s financial future months ago, but that doesn’t make the storm of layoffs at IO Interactive any less surprising or disheartening. In a statement to Develop, Square Enix confirmed...
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New Broken Age video footage stitched into Double Fine backer appreciation video

You probably don’t need the story of Double Fine’s Kickstarter campaign told to you once again; the hope-giving fairy tale of indie game development is already busted out an average of at least once a week. You probably d...
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Poster revealed for new Dota 2 documentary ‘Free To Play’

Comment F2P k thx Icefrog, the Dota legend himself, has posted on his Facebook page the new poster for the Dota 2 documentary Free To Play, which follows the lives of those players competing in the annual Valve-hosted Internati...
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