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Psychonauts 2 Delayed, Will Not Release in 2018

Fans of Tim Schafer have a bit of bad news on the horizon: Psychonauts 2 is being delayed and it won't be released in 2018 according to a campaign update for the game on Fig. Psychonauts 2 was…

December 21, 2017 | 06:40 EST

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343 Announces Halo: The Master Chief Collection Beta Three Years After Launch

Halo: The Master Chief Collection has often been the butt of jokes in the Halo fan community. Its launch in November of 2014 was an unmitigated disaster, introducing bizarre glitches to older games…

October 18, 2017 | 09:30 EDT

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Age of Empires IV Announced, Definitive Editions of Age of Empires 2 and 3 Coming

The classic real-time strategy game Age of Empires had a major showing at gamescom, which showed off the upcoming Age of Empires: Definitive Edition in action. The biggest news, however, was the…

August 23, 2017 | 05:25 EDT

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Halo Summer Update: Back Compat, Halo Wars, and Halo 5 in 4K

343 has posted a Summer news drop that focuses on two major upgrades coming for Halo players. The first and most exciting is that the Xbox 360 versions of Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Combat Evolved…

July 7, 2017 | 12:12 EDT

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Xbox E3 2017 - Ori And The Will Of The Wisps

Gareth Coker was on stage playing a solemn and haunting piano track as the sounds of nature gently faded in and the screen came to life showcasing Ori And The Will Of The Wisps. A massive frog-like…

June 11, 2017 | 07:32 EDT

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Halo: Combat Evolved | Game Changers

Whenever a new console is launched, there is always the question of how much staying power it will have. Companies like Nintendo, Sega, and Sony have weathered many storms, and for years had…

February 23, 2017 | 01:00 EST

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10th Anniversary of Crackdown

Welcome to Pacific City, a metropolis filled with bustling citizens, large skyscrapers, and some of the worst crimes in the area. Three crime organizations hold the city hostage: Los Muertos or The…

February 20, 2017 | 11:00 EST

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Starbreeze to Publish Psychonauts 2

It has been announced that Double Fine's highly anticipated game Psychonauts 2 will be published by none other than Starbreeze Publishing (Dead By Daylight, Payday 2). This news comes from a news…

February 6, 2017 | 09:30 EST

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The Fable Legends Story

The saga of Lionhead Studios is certainly an interesting one, in particular the near 20 year history of the company to contend with. Recently, Eurogamer did an exclusive article on Lionhead Studios,…

May 12, 2016 | 05:15 EDT

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Fable Legends Cancelled As Lionhead Studios and Press Play are Closing

Big, and sad, news for Microsoft Studios today. Two of their more notable studios in Lionhead and Press Play were announced to be closing down with development on their current projects shutting down…

March 7, 2016 | 11:28 EST

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Psychonauts 2 Finishes Fig Campaign; Raises $3.8 million

Psychonauts 2 has been a success. At least, a success in terms of its crowdfunding campaign. In total, Double Fine was able to raise $3,829,024, with 24,109 backers for their campaign, with…

January 13, 2016 | 02:57 EST

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Fact or Fiction – Psychonauts 2 and FIG

Misconceptions. Fiction. Myths. All of these surround Psychonauts 2 and FIG—the latest big crowdfunding attempt. Poring through the documents, we've gone over and also talked with noted Game Lawyer…

January 9, 2016 | 05:32 EST

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Fable Legends' Microtransaction Structure Leaks

Today in a post on Reddit's r/gaming subreddit, the microtransaction structure for Fable Legends was revealed to the public. Fable Legends is the next title in the Fable series from Lionhead Studios…

December 23, 2015 | 06:14 EST

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Fable Legends Open Beta Delayed Until Spring 2016

Lionhead Studios had announced that the open beta for Fable Legends will not be available as soon as originally intended, and that the closed beta will continue until some time in the Spring of 2016…

December 14, 2015 | 10:22 EST

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Psychonauts 2 Crowdfunding Breaks $1,000,000 in 24 Hours

I guess gamers aren't that concerned about Double Fine's budgeting after all. Last night at The Game Awards, Tim Schafer announced that Psychonauts 2 was in development but would need a 3.3 million…

December 4, 2015 | 04:55 EST

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Game Awards 2015: Psychonauts 2 announced

In a surprise twist for the day Double Fine has announced a sequel to the popular Psychonauts. In the trailer we see how much has been stacked against the military. With nothing else to do the…

December 3, 2015 | 10:47 EST

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Age of Empires II HD Receives Another New Expansion

Two years and a half after the release Age of Empires II HD, and two years after the release after the last Expansion pack, The Forgotten, Age of Empires II HD now sees another expansion announced…

November 4, 2015 | 08:00 EST

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UPDATE: Halo: ODST released to early adopters of Master Chief Collection

The last part of the Halo Master Chief Collection apology from 343 Industries has finally launched after a lot of back and forth this weekend on the suspected release of the product. Last year after…

May 30, 2015 | 05:40 EDT

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Halo: The Master Chief Collection Gets Major Multiplayer Update

Halo fans are finally getting a much needed overhaul. 343 Industries has announced the release of their latest patch for Halo: The Master Chief Collection. The patch is a long-awaited fix to many…

March 7, 2015 | 12:51 EST

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Screamride Review

There are two very specific things that Screamride does right. The first is to allow the player creative freedom to build any number of gravity defying roller coasters and watch them go. The second…

March 4, 2015 | 01:00 EST

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Fable Legends will be free to play, but how will it work?

Fable Legends, the newest spin-off game in the Fable franchise, has just been announced to be a free to play title. Fable Legends will be a 4v1 multiplayer fable experience where you can play as…

February 26, 2015 | 04:36 EST

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Fable Legends is coming to PC

Fable Legends, the upcoming cooperative role-playing game that is being developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Microsoft Studios for the Xbox One is now also coming to PC! At today's Windows…

January 21, 2015 | 04:45 EST

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Halo: The Master Chief Collection's new update addresses some of the issues

Halo: Master Chief Collection has been in the eye of the storm since its release. At launch, it suffered many online connectivity and matchmaking bugs that made the game unenjoyable for pretty much…

November 27, 2014 | 10:20 EST

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Halo The Master Chief Collection Review

Master Chief is back in his first outing to the Xbox One, and while it may not be a new adventure, it is one that fans of the franchise have been looking forward to. Halo The Master Chief Collection…

November 17, 2014 | 01:00 EST

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Halo: Master Chief Collection: Why Not Two Disks?

There has been great excitement as the Halo: Master Chief Collection nears its launch date, but there is one snag that the game's development director insists is a non-issue: that there will be a 20…

November 10, 2014 | 09:00 EST

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Halo: The Master Chief Collection Day One patch now available for pre-download

Halo: The Master Chief Collection, which releases next week on the 11th of November, was said to be accompanied by a day one 20 GB update. On top of the 45 GB that is already required to download for…

November 6, 2014 | 03:33 EST

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Halo: The Master Chief Collection adds more achievements!

Achievements on the Xbox have been a staple of the franchise since the launch of the Xbox 360, with 1000 Gamer Score given to each game. With the inclusion of Xbox Live Arcade titles each of them got…

November 4, 2014 | 03:23 EST

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Fable Anniversary Review

It has been ten years since Lionhead studios first launched Fable, and to celebrate, they have remastered and reissued the decade-old classic, turning it into Fable Anniversary. Fable has had several…

October 9, 2014 | 11:00 EDT

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Halo 2 Anniversary Cutscenes, Maps and TV Series Trailer Shown

Halo 2 fans have gotten a taste of what is to come for the Halo 2 Anniversary Edition, part of the Halo: Master Chief Collection, as a video showing off remastered cut scenes was posted to 343 and…

July 27, 2014 | 05:32 EDT

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Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Xbox One on the way

Halo fans are getting a pleasant surprise today with sources detailing a rumor of an HD bundle collecting all of the games following Master Chief's exploits. Halo: The Master Chief collection brings…

May 16, 2014 | 07:26 EDT

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State of Decay Review - Shoot Him in the Head!

Zombies are everywhere. Television, video games, the Internet; hell, there are a couple shuffling down the road as I peer out my bedroom window. The very idea of zombie survival plagues our minds…

November 18, 2013 | 09:00 EST

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State of Decay Has Potential, But Where's the Co-Op?

Developer Undead Labs turned a few heads when out of the blue, they released State of Decay for XBLA in the beginning of June. It took the marketplace by storm with players wanting to feed their…

November 8, 2013 | 10:00 EST