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Shelter gameplay trailer is delightful, horrifying
by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, May 22, 2013 3:30PM PDT
Excitement at the announcement of Shelter in April turned into delight when I started watching the first gameplay trailer this morning, then into horror when it showed the uncaring and terrifying nature of nature. Pid developer Might and Delight's story of a mother badger protecting her kits is looking pretty lovely all right, and bound to break my heart. Read more
Demon Hunter is most popular Diablo 3 class, and other infographic stats
by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, May 22, 2013 9:40AM PDT
14.5 million players have killed 3.3 trillion monsters in Diablo III, Blizzard has revealed in a whopping great infographic released as part of the action-RPG's first birthday festivities. Yet only 33% of them have even beaten even Normal difficulty, which is arguably the point where it starts to get interesting, and a measly 6% cleared Inferno. If you like numbers, big numbers, and lots of them, it's a fascinating look. Read more
Leisure Suit Larry HD delayed until late June
by John Keefer, shacknews.com, May 20, 2013 2:30PM PDT
Lonely Lothario Larry Laffer has been forced to delay his return to the public spotlight about a month, as Replay Games has announced it is delaying the release of Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded until late June. Read more
Pripyat campaign released for Left 4 Dead 2
by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, May 20, 2013 11:30AM PDT
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is a jolly fascinating place but too expensive to visit and far too terrifying to tour virtually in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. Thankfully, some kindly modders are treating us to a slightly friendlier whistlestop tour of Pripyat with Dniepr, a Left 4 Dead 2 custom campaign released today after three years of development. Read more
Civilization 5: Brave New World adding Indonesia, Morocco
by Steve Watts, shacknews.com, May 20, 2013 8:30AM PDT
Firaxis announced two more cultures being added to Civilization 5's "Brave New World" expansion: Indonesia and Morocco. Read more
Jagged Alliance: Flashback downloadable 'diorama' shows off art style
by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, May 17, 2013 6:00AM PDT
With six days left on its crowdfunding campaign, retro "reset" Jagged Alliance: Flashback has only raised 65% of its goal. Oh, how tense! To tempt, tease and excite potential backers, developer Full Control has released a downloadable "diorama" with a rotatable in-engine peek at the art style it's bringing to the turn-based tactics 'em up. Read more
The Elder Scrolls Online video explores gathering, crafting
by John Keefer, shacknews.com, May 16, 2013 4:30PM PDT
Every massively multiplayer game has some sort of gathering mechanic where players can use items they find to craft useful things that they won't have to spend money on. The Elder Scrolls Online will be no different, as a new video talks about exploration and gathering in Tamriel. Read more
How Riot used social experiments on League of Legends players
by Steve Watts, shacknews.com, May 16, 2013 1:30PM PDT
League of Legends studio Riot Games explains how it has been using a behavior initiative to conduct subtle experiments on its large player base. Read more
Dota 2 Compendium sales push International 3 prize pool past $2 million
by Alice O'Connor, shacknews.com, May 16, 2013 12:30PM PDT
Valve started the prize pool for its big Dota 2 tournament The International 3 with a very respectable $1.6 million. But to make teams Dote like they've never Doted before, Valve's kicking in 25% of sales from its $10 collector's chart-ish-sort-of-thing The Compendium. It's selling like nobody's business so the pool has now passed a cool $2 million, and Valve has added more "stretch goal" bonuses for Compendium owners. Read more
How Telltale's Wolf Among Us will offer more choice than Walking Dead
by Steve Watts, shacknews.com, May 16, 2013 9:30AM PDT
Telltale president Kevin Bruner talks about how A Wolf Among Us will offer bigger choices alongside the conversational ones from The Walking Dead. Read more











