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Awesome trailer for a game I have never heard of until today

Futuremark, creators of the industry standard benchmarking tools 3D Mark and PC Mark, apparently have be working on a game, something that many people would hope they would do, given the quality of the ‘demos’ in their tools. I for one however was totally unaware that this dream had actually become a reality until today, when I saw this trailer. Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor. Shattered Horizon is a zero G online only FPS. This is a PC only title, and with graphics like…

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Gabe Newell Floats Micro Investment Game Development

Valve founder Gabe Newell suggests the idea of having fans pay in advance for a new title, during this video interview (relevant bit starts at 7:20) with Australian video game show Good Game, Basically the player would pay somewhere in the neighbourhood of $30-40, and have a say in the direction of the title as well as get a copy of it when it’s released.  Another perk would be if the game became a success, you would actually have a chance to make some money when it’s all done. I…

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