Earlier this year, a group of filmmakers came to Tim Schafer with a pitch to make a documentary about his video game development company, Double Fine . His people would make a game and they’d film the whole process. But nobody knew how to pay for it. Read full article > >

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Kickstarter.com helps video game developers reboot old titles

Notorious violent nineties video game Carmageddon is attempting a comeback with the help of a Kickstarter project.

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Carmageddon comeback seeks cash

The first thing you need to do is get out of town. But before you can get out of town, you have to go into the basement of that house. And it’s not a nice place. The design scheme is very Ikea-for-serial-killers: trash on the floor, mold on the walls, the lighting strictly flashlight-only. Read full article > >

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‘Silent Hill’ shows why horror works so well for video games

OKLAHOMA CITY — There’s something undeniably wholesome about Oklahoma City Thunder basketball. The entire arena stands before each game and prays together. The crowd goes silent for a video tribute of a community hero and is enthralled with the “kiss cam.” There was a marriage proposal between quarters at one recent game. And at the center of it all is the city’s squeaky-clean 23-year-old superstar, Kevin Durant , who fist bumps everyone he sees, kisses his mom following games and has turned the nation’s heartland into pro basketball country. Read full article > >

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Kevin Durant, the NBA’s unassuming superstar, remembers his D.C. roots

TOKYO — Sony Corp. is expecting an annual loss of $3.2 billion, reversing its earlier projection of a return to profit, as the electronics giant struggles with production disruptions from Japan’s tsunami. The Japanese maker of PlayStation 3 video game machines and Bravia flat-panel TVs said Monday that the projection of a 260 billion yen ($3.2 billion) net loss for the fiscal year ended March 2011 was largely due to writing off 360 billion yen ($4.4 billion) related to a tax credit booked in a previous quarter. Read full article > >

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Sony to report $3.2 billion loss as it struggles with production disruptions after quake

Sony says it is starting to restore its online PlayStation video game network – more than three weeks after a major security breach forced its closure.

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Sony begins PlayStation relaunch

Working from a new home base in a converted movie theater, the developers of Bungie are toiling away on their next video game, one that will have nothing to do with the franchise that put them on the map.

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What’s next for ‘Halo’?

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood leads the way for this year’s Bafta video game awards with seven nominations.

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Assassin’s Creed leads Bafta game nominations

The company that makes the video game series Guitar Hero says it’s axing the popular title because the franchise doesn’t make money any more.

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Firm axes Guitar Hero video game

Claiming he had a handgun, a man started a fire and barricaded himself inside a video game store at a California shopping mall Thursday, police said.

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Man barricades self in game store

The controversial video game Medal of Honor has gone on sale despite calls by the UK Defence Secretary for it to be banned.

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Plans to let players control Taliban fighters in the highly anticipated “Medal of Honor” video game have been scrapped amid harsh criticism from military officials and others.

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