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Left 4 Dead 2 Interview: Valve Details, Speculates, Reveals 'The Wire' Connection

by: Nick Breckon and Chris Faylor Jun 03, 2009 4:08am CST

Much to the chagrin of Half-Life fans, but to the pleasure of Left 4 Dead fiends, Valve announced a full sequel to its ... Read more

"And they thought the 1st L4D character models were bad enough to change?! These look worse. W..."320 Comments

Duke Nukem Developer 3D Realms Shuts Down

by: Nick Breckon and Chris Faylor May 07, 2009 12:40pm CST

The maker of Duke Nukem Forever shuts down, with the fate of the anticipated game unclear. Read more

"3DRealms is no more. Time to reboot the Duke Nukem franchise? Or is Duke dead too?"1386 Comments

How Fable 2 Inspired a Teen to Always Use Condoms: Game Developers Discuss Social Responsibility

by: Nick Breckon and Chris Faylor Mar 27, 2009 2:15pm CST

"Mommy, I'm never going to not use a condom again," concluded Fable II designer Peter Molyneux's tale on the ... Read more

"if i learned life lessons from fable 2 i would never eat again in fear of insta-obesity."32 Comments

Lead Blizzard Dev Outlines 9 WoW Quest Problems, Admits to Designing Stranglethorn Quest

by: Nick Breckon and Chris Faylor Mar 26, 2009 6:42pm CST

With a scant 40 minutes to address the gathered masses, former World of Warcraft director Jeffery Kaplan had a lot to ... Read more

"Kaplan's always had a dysfunctional view of MMOs in general and WOW specifically. He wants to te..."94 Comments

Fallout 3, Ico and No More Heroes Makers Talk Game Design, Regret and Cold Medicine Abuse

by: Nick Breckon and Chris Faylor Mar 25, 2009 8:30pm CST

Today's Game Developers Conference panel on "Evolving Game Design: Today and Tomorrow, East and West Game Design" ... Read more

"OH duh, you guys mean suda-57. I was wondering who that was for half the transcript!"7 Comments

Replay Couch: The Devolution of Sega Commercials

by: Nick Breckon and Chris Faylor Dec 31, 2008 1:12pm CST

As we venture into 2009, we here at Shacknews though it would be prudent to reflect not just on the past year, but on the ... Read more

"My brother bought a Genesis with the Joe Montana football game and kept it locked in his room so ..."31 Comments

BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO Revealed

by: Nick Breckon and Chris Faylor Oct 21, 2008 5:09pm CST

Ending years of silence and rumors, BioWare and LucasArts today revealed that they have joined forces to produce a ... Read more

"The thing that cracks me up about people bitching about the bad graphics (this has nothing to do ..."154 Comments

Diablo 3: The Wizard's Talent Trees Unveiled

by: Nick Breckon and Chris Faylor Oct 10, 2008 3:25pm CST

Continuing our ongoing coverage of BlizzCon, we have compiled a complete list of the Wizard class talent trees found ... Read more

"they better get the skill tree right because that was a major part of diablo2. "33 Comments

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