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Originally Posted by wraggster

The quest is complete; the spoils won. Obsidian Entertainment’s Kickstarter fund for Project Eternity closed at $3,986,929 on Tuesday, but with Paypal contributions the figure surpassed the studio’s final stretch goal target of $4 million. The isometric party-based RPG, a nostalgic tribute to titles like Baldur’s Gate and Icewind Dale, will now be receiving an extra layer of audio visual flourish.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

You’d think the developers of free-to-play games would be excluded from the money-spinning world of the pre-order programme. But you’d be wrong. Fans of robot combat have now slung over $5 million in pre-release payments at the forthcoming sci-fi slugfest, MechWarrior Online – even though its an FTP title.

http://www.edge-online.com/news/mech...o-play-status/

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Human Head claims open world sequel is in ‘limbo’, but its status is unknown

The development of Prey 2 is stuck in limbo, according to a Human Head’s lead level designer Nathan Cheever.
Cheever tweeted that the upcoming first-person shooter has not been cancelled, but its fate is still to be determined.

Cheever’s comments follow actions from publisher Bethesda in April, when it confirmed the game was not cancelled, but would not ship in 2012 due to quality issues.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Jet Set Radio is not styling its way to PlayStation Vita today in Europe, Sega announced. Speaking to VG247, a representative confirmed the game's skated past its due release date because of necessary optimizations required for the Vita platform. Sega UK couldn't confirm to Joystiq if the same delay affects the North American version, also due today.

The skater came in HD to XBLA and PSN (PS3) last

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Originally Posted by wraggster

According to code pulled from the latest Skyrim patch, the game's next piece of DLC is thought to be called "Dragonborn." Eurogamer took note of Bethesda forum member "Mardoxx," who went code diving and came up with a few unconfirmed details. Dragonborn will take place on the island of Solstheim, include new armor types and there are references to dragon mounts and several locations.

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