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The ladies and gentlemen at Turn 10, the studio behind Forza Motorsport 4, take their cars just as seriously as their gaming. They’re not the only gamers to invest heaps of time rendering metal into pixels, but you might be surprised just how much travel, how many microphones, how long on the dyno and what kinds of owners go into gathering the selection of rides.
If you’ve wondered what goes into taking a Bugatti Veyron, or even a Honda Civic Si, from the parking lot to the game’s custom Bernese Alps track, then there’s a video just for you after the jump.
from Autoblog
“Will you give me two Dilithium for one Tritanium?†This might be a question you’ll be asking sooner than you think! A new edition of the classic strategy board game Settlers of Catan is primed for release in March, so be ready to get your Red Shirts on ladies and gentlemen geeks, for Star Trek Catan will soon be here!
Of course, while every Trekkie and board gamer may be clamoring for this release, it is unfortunately going to be available only in Germany for now. The good news is that because of this, you now have both the time and a reason to brush up on your German language skills! “Lebe lang und erfolgreich!â€
If you loved the latest iCade controllers for iPhone and iPad, you are going to want to have sex with their new iCade 8-Bitty, a Nintendo-style gamepad controller with eight buttons. More »
from Gizmodo
Less than 24 hours after its creation, the Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter drive has broken the $1 million mark. More »
from Kotaku
The fact that more and more companies and people are trying to change the way they do/make their stuff is a sign that the business models of the current years are in serious needs of adaptation/evolution/revolution…
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It seems industry analysts aren’t the only ones questioning the traditional game publishing model these days, as Tim Schafer’s Double Fine (Brutal Legend, Costume Quest) has launched a Kickstarter project to crowdsource funding for “a brand-new, downloadable ‘Point-and-Click’ graphic adventure game for the modern age.”
from Ars Technica
