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Kickstarting an Industry

What does fan based funding really mean for the industry?

I’d bet dollars to donuts that only a miniscule number of our readers had heard of Kickstarter a couple of months ago.  And those that had heard of the crowdsourcing fundraising site could not have possibly known that it would become an important part of an evolving video game industry; that it would throw a wrench into the workings of how things have “always been done” and give the community – the fans – a voice that is not only heard, but heeded as well.

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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Getting Free DLC

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Get ready to relive Jill Valentine's first encounter with Nemesis as Capcom has announced that the upcoming Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will have free DLC that recaptures that moment. On April 10/11 for the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360, the new mission will be available for download for free.

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Obsidian Entertainment Employees Laid Off Due to Metacritic Score

South Park RPG and unnamed next gen title affected

Joystiq has reported that Obsidian Entertainment was struck by layoffs this week, affecting staff across the board.  As a result, staff currently developing the South Park RPG were let go, and an unnamed next gen project was canceled. 

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PB & Jason Issue 79: Mass Disappointment

***WARNING: Minutes 5-8 of this podcast contain some MAJOR Mass Effect 3 spoilers!****

Remember last week when I said I didn't care about Mass Effect 3? I was wrong. Controversy has arisen over the game's endings, and said controversy is enough to make me care about the game, at least to a meager extent. If you're inclined to not know anything about the story and/or endings for Mass Effect 3, skip over a few minutes of the podcast, but be sure to listen to the rest! Why? Because there's Dillon's Rolling Western opinions, tons of Kid Icarus: Uprising information, a Club Nintendo update, more controversy with Tekken X Street Fighter and Sonic 4 Episode 2, and more! Click through to find the download, subscription, and listening links.

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Bioshock Infinite - "Heavy Hitters" #2 [Handyman]

This time the developers over at Irrational Games talk about another ferocious enemy in Bioshock Infinite, the Handyman.

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Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection Coming This June

The two previously Wii exclusive titles are coming to the PS3.

Game Informer is reporting that Capcom today unveiled the release window for Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection. The collection of the two Wii light gun shooters will be released this June on the PlayStation Network and individually at a later date.

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The Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter Campaign Ends Tonight

Check this space for a live stream from Double Fine's office.

Double Fine's Kickstarter Campaign is ending at 8 pm tonight, and the game designers have something special planned for their supporters and fans.

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Uncharted 3 Gets Survival Mode DLC

The new content comes on March 13.

Fortune Hunter's Club members get another pack of free DLC this week in the form of Shade Survival Mode. While previously announced, the exact release date was unknown. Though free for Fortune Hunter's Club members, the DLC will run everyone else $6.

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Xbox 360 Live Arcade Achievement Policy Changing

Major Nelson confirms the rumored changes.

Earlier today an anonymous source tipped off xbox360achievements.org that some changes are coming to the total number of Gamerscore points and achievements Xbox Live Arcade titles can have. Starting on April 1, each XBLA title can carry double the number of achievement points, going from 200 to 400, and 10 more total achievements, increasing from 20 to 30. Major Nelson has since confirmed this information, also revealing that starting in June, all XBLA games will mandatorily carry 400 Gamerscore points.

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Meet Yasuhiro Wada's New Company

The Harvest Moon creator forms Toybox Inc.

Yasuhiro Wada announced that he and another former Marvelous employee, Tomio Kanazawa, have created Toybox Inc., a new company consisting of only these two men. 

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