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So in what will either be a brilliant piece of self-promotion and gamer outreach or a beautiful disaster, last night Double Fine launched a Kickstarter campaign to produce an old-school point and click adventure game, led by Tim Schafer, the first for him in 14 years. This comes days after Minecraft creator Markus Persson offered to fund a sequel to Psychonauts out of his own pocket.

With a goal of $400,000 set at the beginning of the campaign, Double Fine has already exceeded that goal by half, at $600k as of the writing of this post. And the campaign still has 33 days to go.

So why are they doing this? What's it all about? How might it end up being a tremendous disaster (I don't think it will be)?
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Tags double fine productions, Kickstarter, tim schafer

Catch up with The Darkness if you're playing the game (or even if you're not) and our friends at Merge Games (The Binding of Isaac) want to give you something.
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Tags 2k games, Image Comics, Marc Silvestri, Non-Gaming Game News, the binding of isaac, The Darkness II

Today, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced their list of nominees for 2011's game of the year, and it looks pretty close to most other GOTY lists you've seen up until now. Arkahm City, Modern Warfare 3, and Portal 2 top the list which has a slightly European twist with the nomination for FIFA 12. I wanted to comment on the lack of smaller, downloadable titles like Bastion, but Minecraft—although it's pretty much an institution—more or less fits that bill.

You can see the nominees after the break.
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Tags BAFTA, batman: arkham city, battlefield 3, call of duty modern warfare 3, fifa 12, la noire, legend of zelda: skyward sword, minecraft, portal 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, uncharted 3: drake's deception

The Simpsons Arcade comes to consoles 20 years after the fact, while the much-anticipated (by yours truly, at least) Gotham City Impostors and Shank 2 make their debut. Oh, and Kingdoms of Amalur might just be the best open world game that doesn't have Elder Scrolls in the title.
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Tags 38 studios, 3DS / DS, big huge games, capcom, gotham city impostors, kingdoms of amalur the reckoning, konami, monolith productions, PC, PS3, PSN, resident evil: revelations, Shank 2, The Simpsons Arcade, wb interactive, Wii, xbla, Xbox 360

Last week, the New York Videogame Critics Circle announced 2011 slate of winners, crowning Bastion with two awards (one for music, one for Best Indie), while showing some love for Sony's "Michael" ad campaign (you know, the one where Kratos, Snake, and a bunch of other game heroes go to a bar). You can find the full lineup of winners after the jump.
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Tags 2011 NY Videogame Critics Circle Awards, 3DS / DS, bastion, crysis 2, PC, portal 2, PS3, saints row: the third, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Wii, Xbox 360

Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo eShop for 3DS, the Nintendo DSi Shop and the WiiShop Channel every week and we grab all info and put it here so you can stay up to speed on all of Nintendo's most recent digital titles.

This week we'll be slicing through sword-wielding henchmen on a mission to save Princess Cherry Blossom in Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword and taking on zombie horde in GO Series: Undead Storm for 3DS. On the Wii we'll once again be hot the heels of a master thief in Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math: The Great Gateway Grab. Head past the break for more from Nintendo. Read more...

Tags 3DS, DSiWare, eShop, iwata asks, nintendo, Wii, WiiWare

Oklahoma House Democrat Will Fourkiller introduces a 1% surcharge on all Teen-rated and up games sold in his state to combat childhood obesity and bullying.
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Tags Bully, Legal Action, rockstar games, Will Fourkiller

Activision and Beenox revealed the first official screenshot for The Amazing Spider-Man game tie-in today on the official Facebook page and, unfortunately, it's not as action-packed as we had hoped. That's not to say it doesn't look good - the suit is nicely detailed to match what we've seen in earlier shots, but I just wish there was more to look at. Read more...

Tags activision, beenox, Screenshots, Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man

Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Soul Calibur V mark the beginning of onslaught of 2012 game releases.
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Tags 3DS / DS, Double Fine Action Theater, final fantasy xiii-2, NeverDead, PC, PS3, PSN, Soul Calibur V, Wii, xbla, Xbox 360

Nintendo Wii's friend code approach to online multiplayer in games like Mario Kart has been a huge let down. It doesn't give us the ability to make a friends list or even see what games our friends are playing. Thankfully, it looks like Nintendo is finally catching up with Xbox LIVE and PSN, as Satoru Iwata confirmed the infrastructure is already in place for a new “Nintendo Network” during a recent investor presentation. Read more...

Tags 3DS, nintendo, Nintendo Network, wii u