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How much would Notch have to cough up to make Psychonauts 2 a reality? $13 million--a sum the Minecraft creator "can do." Read more

The Lego Group has received the rights to make Star Wars video games and toys for another ten years, Lucasfilm announced today. Read more

A new adventure game from Tim Schafer, Ron Gilbert, and the rest of the Double Fine Productions gang is on its way, having hit its funding goal of $400,000 only eight hours after launching a crowd-funding plan. Read more

Markus "Notch" Persson has offered to help fund Psychonauts 2, following an interview in which creator Tim Schafer quipped that he only needs "a few million dollars" to get started. Read more

Shacknews readers share their own stories revolving around the original Max Payne, the latest game inducted into the "MobyGames Classic" series on Shacknews.com. Read more

MobyGames.com Classic returns with Max Payne, the 2001 PC game by Remedy that first introduced the now widely-used slow motion 'Bullet Time' gameplay mechanic. Read more

Hitman: Blood Money has been rated by the ESRB for PlayStation 3, echoing yesterday's revelation that Killzone will be hitting as a downloadable title. Read more

Zombielicious light gun shooters The House of the Dead 3 and 4 are getting downloadable console releases exclusively on PSN, complete with PS Move support. While 3 has come to PC, Wii and Xbox before, this will be 4's first outing on home systems. Read more

Despite the success of indie darling Bastion, a sequel is not in the works. According to Super Giant Games' Greg Kasavin, the developer now has the freedom to self-fund its next project. Read more