Homebrew News

Originally Posted by wraggster

Skullgirls, the 2D indie fighting game that was due for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network this year, has been delayed until early 2012.
In a post on the game's official blog, lead designer Peter Bartholow explains that the addition of several new features means Skullgirlswill not be released until the first three months of next year.
"Development is proceeding apace, and we'll announce a firm release date as soon as we can," he writes. "The vagaries of digital distribution

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Over a million players have registered for free-to-play browser MMOG Drakensang Online, publisher Bigpoint has announced.
The milestone has been reached in less than two months and despite the fact that Drakensang Online is still in beta. With one update already launched, Bigpoint says it continues to add more content to the game, with PvP features imminent and more in the pipeline.
Head of development Bernd Beyreuther said: "Our community keeps us supplied with a continual pool

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Gran Turismo 5's next significant content update, Spec 2.0, will be released next month, Kazunori Yamauchi, CEO of developer Polyphony Digital, has confirmed.
Yamauchi revealed the news on Twitter, saying: "GT fans, thanks for waiting...The GT5 Spec 2.0 update is coming [in] the third week of October, with DLC following a week later."
Despite the announcement, to date no information has been revealed on what new features the update will contain, what the DLC is, or how much

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Intelligent Systems, developer of the beloved strategy seriesAdvance Wars, will release its first 3DS game, Hiku-Osu, on the Japanese eShop next week.
In Hiku-Osu - which is to be published by Nintendo - players are cast as Maro, tasked with clearing his town of a block-like toy called Hiku-Osu.
Maro can push and pull these blocks to clear a path to each of the game's 250 stages, some of which will feature Nintendo settings and characters, and there's also a level editor. We've asked

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Originally Posted by wraggster

A number of reports are claiming that EA last night announced at a Las Vegas showcase that the recently revealed new Syndicate title will be released in February 2012.
That’s a lot earlier than most had expected, particularly seeing as the sequel was only officially confirmed earlier this month.
Coming in the wake of Deus Ex’s worldwide chart success, it’s perhaps no surprise to see the title described as “a unique and brutal sci-fi first-person shooter experience set in a not

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