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Originally Posted by wraggster

Zynga is working on Farmville 2, a follow-up to its most successful title of all time, Farmville, the company announced at Zynga Unleashed today. Farmville 2is Zynga's first 3D game, a short teaser demonstrated.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/26/fa...phics-farming/

Originally Posted by wraggster

Haunt, NanaOn-Sha's Kinect-based haunted house adventure is free from now through July 2 – but only if you download it through the "Kinect Central" app on your Xbox 360's dashboard.

Sure, late June isn't exactly the season for spookiness, but Haunt isn't meant to be all that spooky anyway. Think "whimsical." Think "Tim Schafer's voice." Besides, something had to alert us to the

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Freelance detectives and full-time pirates are on sale at GOG.com until July 3. As part of its "Welcome to GOG" promotion for Telltale Games, the full packages of the developer's Sam & Max and Monkey Island episodic adventures will be 60% off.

Sam & Max Save the World (Season 1) and Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space (Season 2) are currently $11.99 apiece, with Tales of Monkey

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Celebrated movie studio offered workshop to Epic team on storytelling
Gears of War has never really been put on a pedestal with titles such as Half Life and Assassin's Creed when it comes to developing a story. While many are quite fond of the franchise, the reigning notion is that the game does more for third-person shooter mechanics than anything else. This has troubled series producer Rod Fergusson and creative lead Cliff Bleszinski for some time.
Of course, with the new push for

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Developer behind Star Trek working on sci-fi PC shooter for this winter
Digital Extremes, which is working on Star Trek for 2013, has unveiled another project under its banner. Warframe, a new PvE sci-fi shooter will be coming out late this year with the hope for a beta by fall. The new game will be a free-to-play shooter, one that Digital Extremes hopes will create an 'evolving world' for gamers to shape and play in.
"We've heard for years now that PC gaming is dead. It isn't dead;

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