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Originally Posted by wraggster

Popular free-to-play shooter safeguarding long-term survival of the US studio, says Robin Walker

Team Fortress 2 is used by Valve as a testbed to explore new game design ideas and business models, the title’s lead designer has said.
Speaking to Gamasutra, Robin Walker said one of Valve's goals with Team Fortress 2 was to explore new areas to help safeguard the company’s future.

He explained that testing out MMO features and making the game free-to-play allowed

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Originally Posted by wraggster

BioWare has announced that the next chapter in the award-winning RPG franchise is in development and is set for a late 2013 release.
Dragon Age 3: Inquisition combines the storytelling legacy BioWare is known for, with deep RPG gameplay, all on a brand new RPG game engine underpinned by EA’s critically-acclaimed Frostbite 2 technology.
“The Dragon Age team has been working on Dragon Age 3: Inquisition for almost two years now,” said Aaryn Flynn, general manager of BioWare Edmonton

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Look, playing actual Dungeons & Dragons takes a lot of time and effort. First you have to find a group of people you don't hate to play with, and then you have to spend days constructing a campaign for them to adventure through. And then, when you finally get down to playing, that one guy decides to be a maverick a pull some crazy stunt that breaks the encounter.

Thankfully, there are alternatives

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Originally Posted by wraggster

War of the Roses, FatShark's multiplayer melee combat game set in the middle ages, launches on October 2 on Steam and I was able to get some hands-on time with the game alongside senior producer Gordon Van Dyke. We waged war together and even fought each other a few times.

But as we fought in a server full of the QA team, I couldn't help but wonder what would happen after launch? Would Fatshark and Paradox

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The HD remake of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is now available on Steam, replacing the decidedly un-HD version that has existed on Valve's service since 2010. Normally available for $9.99, the game has been discounted by 30 percent for the next 30 hours or so. Owners of the original standard-definition version will be able to download the new hotness for free "soon," so says Oddworth Inhabitants.

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