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Latest Mario & Final Fantasy games experience record low sales in Japan

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Playstation 3, Wii U On: 29 Nov

Mario and Final Fantasy are two of the biggest and most iconic franchises in gaming, but the latest entries in both series’ debuted to surprisingly low sales in Japan last week.

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Rune Factory, Lufia developer files for bankruptcy, closes up shop

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS On:

Japanese development studio Neverland has closed and will be filing for bankruptcy, the company announced today. The small studio was best known for producing the popular Rune Factory series, as well as the classic Lufia games for the SNES.

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Indie Culture Through the Eyes of GameLoading (Part 2)

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Blog, Gaming News On: 15 Oct

(Welcome back to Indie Culture Through the Eyes of GameLoading. This is the second and final part of a massive UberFeature. If you haven’t already checked out Part 1, I encourage you to do so now. ) There’s always the obvious explanation of why an indie developer would support a film project like this: It’s […]

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Indie Culture Through the Eyes of GameLoading (Part 1)

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Blog, Gaming News On:

Some have called the recent surge in self-publishing and the crowdfunding of video games to be the start of a “Golden Age” of indie gaming. When Indie Game: The Movie took a snapshot of independent development, it was during the early stages of a movement that would become much bigger than anyone could have anticipated. […]

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Indie Spotlight: The Amiable

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News, PC On: 11 Oct

This week is going to be a very special edition of Indie Spotlight for two reasons: For one thing, I’m changing up the format a bit and deviating from the standard Q&A to develop a more feature-oriented approach. The second reason comes with the heavy-hearted revelation that it will also be the very last installment […]

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Review: Rain

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News, Playstation 3 On: 07 Oct

Developer: Sony Computer Entertainment Japan (SCEJ), Acquire, PlayStation C.A.M.P! Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment MSRP: $14.99 Platforms: PSN (exclusive) Not content to let the PS3 fall into software obscurity as the PS4 inches ever-closer to launching, Sony is still releasing exclusive new IP both in stores and through the PlayStation Network store. Their most recent project […]

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Indie Spotlight: Flippfly

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News, PC On: 04 Oct

It’s crazy how much can happen in the course of a week. For instance, the focus of this week’s Indie Spotlight is the Wisconsin-based indie team Flippfly. At the core of Flippfly are brothers Forest and Aaron SanFilippo, two motivated individuals who quit their jobs in pursuit of their game development dreams. Their current project […]

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Awkward: Flippfly-Hosted ‘Not on Steam Sale’ Includes Recently-Greenlit Titles

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News, PC On: 02 Oct

Here’s an amusing tale for your Wednesday afternoon. Race the Sun developer – and upcoming featured devs for this week’s Indie Spotlight, spoiler alert! – Flippfly started their own special sale this morning to promote some of the struggling indie games that haven’t yet found their way onto Steam. The sale, dubbed the “Not on […]

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Nintendo Direct 10/01/2013: Highlights and Analysis

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News, Nintendo DS/3DS, Wii U On: 01 Oct

Nintendo held one of their increasingly frequent Nintendo Directs this morning, to focus on some upcoming Wii U and 3DS titles heading into the Holiday season. Most of the event was spent providing updates on soon-to-be-released first-party and third-party titles, but Nintendo managed to include a few surprises as well and even capped the event […]

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Sony is Keeping an Eye on Valve’s ‘Disruptive Technologies’

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News, PC, Playstation 4 On: 30 Sep

Last week, Valve set the internet ablaze with a week-long string of announcements pertaining to the evolution of their Steam service. Between their new SteamOS, the collection of Steam Boxes from various hardware manufacturers, and the interestingly-designed Steam Controller, the company is making a big push into the living room as a serious console contender. […]

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Screen Australia Approves Funding for Upcoming Indie Games

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News On:

I don’t have to tell you, my adoring readers, that I’ve developed quite the soft spot for indie games as of late. Perhaps my extensive coverage of incredible developers working on passion projects over the past few months- via my Indie Spotlight series, #Shameless – has really made me appreciate the kind of quality game design where […]

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Arkham Origins Includes Permadeath ‘I Am The Night’ Mode

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News On:

Are you prepared to prove once and for all that you’re worthy of the mantle of the bat? Well good news Bat-fans: Arkham Origins will give players the ultimate test of mettle in the upcoming prequel to the mega-popular Arkham series. Speaking to Eurogamer, producer Guillaume Voghel was on hand at EGX 2013 over the […]

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